Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for GIS skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GIS over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Database & Business Intelligence category for the West Midlands region.

 Geographic Information System (GIS)
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank136144192
Rank change year-on-year
Up+8Up+48
Matching permanent IT job ads133038
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands0.366 %0.644 %0.433 %
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category1.215 %2.211 %1.622 %
Salaries quoted83035
Average salary£50,000£31,500£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+58.73 %-1.560 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£34,900£28,700£21,300
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,000£33,000
% change year-on-year
+1.350 %+12.12 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryAll Database & Business Intelligence
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
107013572343
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands30.09 %29.13 %26.69 %
Salaries quoted93812152072
Average salary£35,000£32,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.690 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,550£25,000£24,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£45,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
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England

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing GIS across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

West Midlands GIS Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing GIS across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands GIS Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing GIS across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

West Midlands GIS Salary Histogram

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing GIS within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BirminghamUp+187£50,000+60.64 %
WorcestershireUp+131£36,000+20.00 %
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England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing GIS also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited GIS.

113 (56.52 %).NET
210 (43.48 %)SQL Server
39 (39.13 %)C#
39 (39.13 %)Java
47 (30.43 %)Windows
56 (26.09 %)OO
56 (26.09 %)JavaScript
56 (26.09 %)C
56 (26.09 %)HTML
65 (21.74 %)XML
65 (21.74 %)Microsoft
74 (17.39 %)OCP
74 (17.39 %)Oracle Certification
74 (17.39 %)NetWeaver
74 (17.39 %)CRM
74 (17.39 %)Client/Server
74 (17.39 %)UML
74 (17.39 %)ABAP
74 (17.39 %)Visual Studio
74 (17.39 %)SAP
74 (17.39 %)SOAP
74 (17.39 %)Web Services
74 (17.39 %)SAP Basis
74 (17.39 %)SAP PM
74 (17.39 %)SAP CRM
74 (17.39 %)Extreme Programming
74 (17.39 %)BAPI
74 (17.39 %)Project Management
74 (17.39 %)Pair Programming
74 (17.39 %)NUnit

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing GIS also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited GIS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
113 (56.52 %).NET
26 (26.09 %)HTML
35 (21.74 %)XML
44 (17.39 %)SOAP
44 (17.39 %)Web Services
44 (17.39 %)SAP Basis
44 (17.39 %)BAPI
44 (17.39 %)SAP BSP
44 (17.39 %).NET Framework
44 (17.39 %)WCF
44 (17.39 %)WPF
44 (17.39 %)LINQ
52 (8.696 %)WebSphere
61 (4.348 %)ArcObjects
61 (4.348 %)Adobe Flex
61 (4.348 %)AJAX
61 (4.348 %)Flash
61 (4.348 %)XHTML
61 (4.348 %)Middleware
61 (4.348 %)CSS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
14 (17.39 %)NetWeaver
22 (8.696 %)ArcGIS
31 (4.348 %)ArcSDE
31 (4.348 %)ArcIMS
31 (4.348 %)Tomcat
31 (4.348 %)SharePoint
West Midlands IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (4.348 %)MS Office
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
14 (17.39 %)SAP PM
14 (17.39 %)SAP CRM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (13.04 %)SMTP
13 (13.04 %)TCP/IP
21 (4.348 %)Wireless
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (43.48 %)SQL Server
24 (17.39 %)SQL Server 2005
24 (17.39 %)SQL Server 2008
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
14 (17.39 %)Visual Studio
14 (17.39 %)NUnit
14 (17.39 %)Subversion
14 (17.39 %)FitNesse
14 (17.39 %)Git (software)
West Midlands IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (13.04 %)Telecoms
13 (13.04 %)Finance
21 (4.348 %)Police
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
17 (30.43 %)Developer
26 (26.09 %)Consultant
26 (26.09 %)C# Developer
34 (17.39 %)SAP Consultant
34 (17.39 %)Software Engineer
43 (13.04 %)Business Manager
43 (13.04 %)Software Developer
43 (13.04 %)Development Manager
43 (13.04 %)Business Development Manager
52 (8.696 %)Service Manager
52 (8.696 %)Applications Support Analyst
52 (8.696 %)Support Analyst
52 (8.696 %)Applications Support
52 (8.696 %)Project Manager
52 (8.696 %)Analyst
52 (8.696 %)C# Software Engineer
52 (8.696 %)C# Software Developer
61 (4.348 %)GIS Consultant
61 (4.348 %)GIS Analyst
61 (4.348 %)Technical Consultant
West Midlands IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (17.39 %)Client/Server
22 (8.696 %)Management Information System
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
17 (30.43 %)Windows
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
16 (26.09 %)OO
24 (17.39 %)CRM
24 (17.39 %)UML
24 (17.39 %)Extreme Programming
24 (17.39 %)Project Management
24 (17.39 %)Pair Programming
24 (17.39 %)Business Analysis
33 (13.04 %)Business Development
33 (13.04 %)Systems Analysis
42 (8.696 %)PRINCE2
42 (8.696 %)Asset Management
51 (4.348 %)Use Case
51 (4.348 %)MODAF
51 (4.348 %)Requirements Analysis
51 (4.348 %)Information Management
51 (4.348 %)Software Engineering
51 (4.348 %)OOD
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
19 (39.13 %)C#
19 (39.13 %)Java
26 (26.09 %)JavaScript
26 (26.09 %)C
34 (17.39 %)ABAP
43 (13.04 %)C++
52 (8.696 %)VB
61 (4.348 %)ActionScript
61 (4.348 %)SQL
West Midlands IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (17.39 %)OCP
14 (17.39 %)Oracle Certification
22 (8.696 %)DV Cleared
22 (8.696 %)Security Cleared
22 (8.696 %)Degree
West Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
15 (21.74 %)Microsoft
24 (17.39 %)SAP
33 (13.04 %)ESRI
33 (13.04 %)Oracle