The first table below looks at the demand for Market Research 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 Market Research over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Market Research
Rank 202 178 169
Rank change year-on-year
-24 -9
Permanent jobs citing Market Research 2 7 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.040% 0.154% 0.168%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.053% 0.221% 0.243%
Number of salaries quoted 1 7 7
Average salary £17,500 £45,000 £19,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-61.11% +136.84%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £50,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-30.00% +42.85%
All Processes & Methodologies
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
3770 3162 2881
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 74.98% 69.37% 69.06%
Number of salaries quoted 3158 2737 2424
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £62,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
Market Research
England

Market Research
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Market Research across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

West Midlands Market Research Jobs Demand Trend

Market Research
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Market Research Salary Trend

Market Research
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Market Research within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Shropshire - 1 £17,500 -
Worcestershire - 1 - -
Market Research
England

Market Research
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Market Research 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 Market Research.

1 4 (66.67%) .NET
1 4 (66.67%) ASP.NET
1 4 (66.67%) WinForms
2 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 3 (50.00%) Adobe
2 3 (50.00%) CSS
2 3 (50.00%) HTML
2 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (50.00%) Windows
2 3 (50.00%) MVC
2 3 (50.00%) Product Management
2 3 (50.00%) Visualisation
2 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 3 (50.00%) HTML5
2 3 (50.00%) CSS3
2 3 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 3 (50.00%) WPF
3 2 (33.33%) Marketing
4 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
4 1 (16.67%) C#
4 1 (16.67%) Test Management
4 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
4 1 (16.67%) B2B
4 1 (16.67%) B2C
4 1 (16.67%) VBScript
4 1 (16.67%) XML
4 1 (16.67%) ISEB
4 1 (16.67%) ISEB Practitioner
4 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
4 1 (16.67%) ISTQB

Market Research
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Market Research 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 Market Research. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (66.67%) .NET
1 4 (66.67%) ASP.NET
1 4 (66.67%) WinForms
2 3 (50.00%) CSS
2 3 (50.00%) HTML
2 3 (50.00%) ASP.NET MVC
2 3 (50.00%) HTML5
2 3 (50.00%) CSS3
2 3 (50.00%) WPF
3 1 (16.67%) .NET Framework
3 1 (16.67%) XML
General
1 2 (33.33%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Developer
1 3 (50.00%) Front-End Developer
1 3 (50.00%) User Experience Designer
1 3 (50.00%) Designer
2 1 (16.67%) Test Leader
2 1 (16.67%) Graduate
2 1 (16.67%) Sales Executive
2 1 (16.67%) Marketing Manager
Miscellaneous
1 3 (50.00%) Visualisation
1 3 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (50.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) MVC
1 3 (50.00%) Product Management
2 1 (16.67%) Test Management
2 1 (16.67%) Manual Testing
2 1 (16.67%) B2B
2 1 (16.67%) B2C
2 1 (16.67%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (16.67%) C#
2 1 (16.67%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 1 (16.67%) ISEB
1 1 (16.67%) ISEB Practitioner
1 1 (16.67%) ISTQB
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
1 3 (50.00%) Adobe