The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Micro Focus products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Micro Focus over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the West Midlands region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Micro Focus.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Micro Focus
Rank 197 193 165
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -28
Permanent jobs citing Micro Focus 5 1 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.095% 0.021% 0.116%
As % of the Vendors category 0.192% 0.043% 0.233%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 4
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £16,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +165.62%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £37,500 £32,500
% change year-on-year
+6.66% +15.38%
All Vendors
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2610 2321 2144
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 49.49% 48.55% 49.53%
Number of salaries quoted 2114 1961 1771
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £26,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Micro Focus
England

Micro Focus
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Micro Focus across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

West Midlands Micro Focus Jobs Demand Trend

Micro Focus
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Micro Focus Salary Trend

Micro Focus
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Micro Focus within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Shropshire - 3 £40,000 - 1
Birmingham - 1 £37,500 -
Micro Focus
England

Micro Focus
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Micro Focus 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 Micro Focus.

1 7 (100.00%) COBOL
2 6 (85.71%) Oracle
3 5 (71.43%) PL/SQL
3 5 (71.43%) SQL
4 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
4 2 (28.57%) Degree
4 2 (28.57%) Oracle 11g
4 2 (28.57%) Integration Testing
4 2 (28.57%) Continuous Integration
5 1 (14.29%) iSeries
5 1 (14.29%) IBM
5 1 (14.29%) Middleware
5 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
5 1 (14.29%) Finance
5 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
5 1 (14.29%) .NET

Micro Focus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Micro Focus 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 Micro Focus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (14.29%) Middleware
1 1 (14.29%) .NET
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle 11g
General
1 1 (14.29%) Finance
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
1 7 (100.00%) COBOL Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior Developer
2 2 (28.57%) Senior COBOL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) iSeries
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (28.57%) Waterfall
1 2 (28.57%) Integration Testing
1 2 (28.57%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (14.29%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) COBOL
2 5 (71.43%) PL/SQL
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (85.71%) Oracle
2 1 (14.29%) IBM
Telford, UK, United Kingdom
An experienced and skilled COBOL developer, you will ideally have developed using Microfocus COBOL on a HP-UX environment. You will also have experience of SQL, and ideally...
Admin Re
Salary: Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 4 June 2013
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