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The table below looks at the demand for Migration skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Processes & Methodologies category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Migration over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Migration
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank11097
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads127151
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.070 %0.063 %
As % of the category below2.588 %3.130 %
Salaries quoted103132
Average minimum salary£38,068£34,464
Average salary£41,162£37,570
% change on same period last year+9.56 %
Average maximum salary£44,256£40,675
UK excluding London average salary£44,094£46,744
% change on same period last year-5.66 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads49084824
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.716 %2.023 %
Salaries quoted41504159
Average minimum salary£36,142£37,278
Average salary£39,523£40,357
% change on same period last year-2.06 %
Average maximum salary£42,904£43,435
UK excluding London average salary£42,540£44,374
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
Migration EnglandMigration
England

Migration
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Migration Demand Trend

Migration
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Migration Salary Trend

Migration
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Migration across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

West Midlands Migration Salary Histogram

Migration
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Migration within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BirminghamDown-2438£41,105+11.11 %
HerefordshireDown-124£48,479+46.32 %
ShropshireDown-1715£32,308-8.53 %
WarwickshireUp+49£34,333-10.98 %
West BromwichNew entry-5£37,000-
StaffordshireDown-124£42,394-4.73 %
CoventryDown-114£40,000-5.88 %
SolihullDown-42£27,750-53.75 %
WorcestershireDown-61£60,000+28.34 %
Migration EnglandMigration
England

Migration
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Migration 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 Migration.

196 (37.21 %)Data Migration
273 (28.29 %)Windows
369 (26.74 %)Microsoft
467 (25.97 %)SQL Server
562 (24.03 %)SQL
661 (23.64 %)Windows Server 2003
757 (22.09 %)Active Directory
856 (21.71 %)MS Exchange
948 (18.60 %)SAP
1044 (17.05 %)Oracle
1142 (16.28 %)MS Excel
1237 (14.34 %)Windows 2000 Server
1332 (12.40 %)Finance
1429 (11.24 %)Pensions
1528 (10.85 %)C#
1528 (10.85 %).NET
1528 (10.85 %)Business Intelligence
1528 (10.85 %)Microsoft Certification
1626 (10.08 %)WAN
1725 (9.690 %)BusinessObjects
1725 (9.690 %)SQL Server 2000
1725 (9.690 %)Business Objects
1725 (9.690 %)Data Cleansing
1824 (9.302 %)XML
1923 (8.915 %)VB
2022 (8.527 %)HTML
2022 (8.527 %)ASP.NET
2022 (8.527 %)Datawarehouse
2022 (8.527 %)Citrix
2121 (8.140 %)Project Management

Migration
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Migration 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 Migration. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (10.85 %).NET
224 (9.302 %)XML
322 (8.527 %)HTML
322 (8.527 %)ASP.NET
48 (3.101 %)ASP
56 (2.326 %)CSS
64 (1.550 %)SAP XI
64 (1.550 %)WebSphere
64 (1.550 %).NET Framework
73 (1.163 %)ASP.NET 2.0
73 (1.163 %)JSP
73 (1.163 %)WebServices
82 (0.775 %)J2EE
82 (0.775 %)SAP Basis
91 (0.388 %)Spring
91 (0.388 %)Silverlight
91 (0.388 %)SAP Business Workflow
91 (0.388 %)Oracle Fusion
91 (0.388 %)JDBC
91 (0.388 %)EJB
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
156 (21.71 %)MS Exchange
220 (7.752 %)SharePoint
318 (6.977 %)Apache
318 (6.977 %)IIS
416 (6.202 %)Exchange Server 2003
515 (5.814 %)Exchange Server 2007
612 (4.651 %)SAS
710 (3.876 %)SharePoint Server 2007
84 (1.550 %)OpenEdge
84 (1.550 %)WebSphere Application Server
84 (1.550 %)Lotus Domino
93 (1.163 %)Lotus Notes
93 (1.163 %)GroupWise
93 (1.163 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
102 (0.775 %)CMS
102 (0.775 %)SAP EP
102 (0.775 %)Exchange Server 5.5
102 (0.775 %)Exchange Server 2000
111 (0.388 %)WPS
111 (0.388 %)Oracle Application Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
142 (16.28 %)MS Excel
22 (0.775 %)InfoPath
31 (0.388 %)MS Project
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (4.264 %)Dynamics CRM
210 (3.876 %)Microsoft CRM
37 (2.713 %)SAP SD
37 (2.713 %)SAP FI
37 (2.713 %)SAP CO
37 (2.713 %)SAP FI/CO
45 (1.938 %)MAXIMO
45 (1.938 %)Oracle EBS
54 (1.550 %)Oracle Applications
54 (1.550 %)SAP Retail
63 (1.163 %)Oracle 11i
72 (0.775 %)SalesLogix
72 (0.775 %)SAP CRM
72 (0.775 %)SAP Business One
72 (0.775 %)Line 100
72 (0.775 %)Line 500
81 (0.388 %)Sage MMS
81 (0.388 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
81 (0.388 %)Movex
81 (0.388 %)SAP MM
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
126 (10.08 %)WAN
216 (6.202 %)VPN
313 (5.039 %)DNS
313 (5.039 %)DDNS
411 (4.264 %)Cisco IOS
411 (4.264 %)LAN
59 (3.488 %)Firewall
68 (3.101 %)LDAP
77 (2.713 %)TCP/IP
86 (2.326 %)SAN
95 (1.938 %)VoIP
104 (1.550 %)Cisco PIX
104 (1.550 %)Network Security
111 (0.388 %)SMS
111 (0.388 %)HTTPS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
167 (25.97 %)SQL Server
225 (9.690 %)BusinessObjects
225 (9.690 %)SQL Server 2000
225 (9.690 %)Data Cleansing
322 (8.527 %)Datawarehouse
417 (6.589 %)BusinessObjects XI
515 (5.814 %)SQL Server 2005
515 (5.814 %)MS Access
614 (5.426 %)ETL
711 (4.264 %)SQL Server Integration Services
810 (3.876 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
810 (3.876 %)Oracle 8/8i
99 (3.488 %)BODI
108 (3.101 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
117 (2.713 %)Text Mining
117 (2.713 %)Data Mining
125 (1.938 %)Oracle 10g
125 (1.938 %)RDBMS
125 (1.938 %)Oracle Reports
133 (1.163 %)Star Schema
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (1.550 %)LSMW
22 (0.775 %)Visual LANSA
22 (0.775 %)Visual Studio
31 (0.388 %)Synon
31 (0.388 %)COOL2E
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
132 (12.40 %)Finance
229 (11.24 %)Pensions
320 (7.752 %)Health
411 (4.264 %)Retail
58 (3.101 %)Manufacturing
66 (2.326 %)Telecoms
74 (1.550 %)Insurance
74 (1.550 %)Automotive
83 (1.163 %)Education
83 (1.163 %)Government
92 (0.775 %)Back Office
92 (0.775 %)Banking
101 (0.388 %)Billing
101 (0.388 %)Local Government
101 (0.388 %)Retail Banking
101 (0.388 %)Financial Institution
101 (0.388 %)Publishing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
150 (19.38 %)Consultant
246 (17.83 %)Developer
330 (11.63 %)Analyst
422 (8.527 %)Support Engineer
520 (7.752 %)Support Analyst
618 (6.977 %)2nd Line Support
618 (6.977 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
715 (5.814 %)Administrator
715 (5.814 %)SAP Consultant
715 (5.814 %)Network Engineer
715 (5.814 %)Project Manager
812 (4.651 %)Technical Consultant
812 (4.651 %)Change Manager
911 (4.264 %)Business Developer
1010 (3.876 %)DBA
1010 (3.876 %)CRM Consultant
1010 (3.876 %)Microsoft Consultant
1010 (3.876 %)Data Consultant
1010 (3.876 %)Dynamics CRM Consultant
119 (3.488 %)Applications Support
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
119 (7.364 %)Clustering
29 (3.488 %)Client/Server
35 (1.938 %)NHS
35 (1.938 %)Blackberry
43 (1.163 %)AS400
52 (0.775 %)Mainframe
52 (0.775 %)Replication
61 (0.388 %)N-Tier
61 (0.388 %)PMI
61 (0.388 %)Handset
61 (0.388 %)IBM Mainframe
61 (0.388 %)Data Integration
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
173 (28.29 %)Windows
261 (23.64 %)Windows Server 2003
337 (14.34 %)Windows 2000 Server
419 (7.364 %)Windows 2000
419 (7.364 %)Windows NT
517 (6.589 %)Linux
613 (5.039 %)Windows XP
712 (4.651 %)UNIX
85 (1.938 %)NetWare
94 (1.550 %)Windows Vista
103 (1.163 %)Windows Server 2008
112 (0.775 %)AIX
121 (0.388 %)Solaris
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
196 (37.21 %)Data Migration
228 (10.85 %)Business Intelligence
321 (8.140 %)Project Management
321 (8.140 %)CRM
419 (7.364 %)ERP
419 (7.364 %)SAP Implementation
518 (6.977 %)Change Management
518 (6.977 %)Data Analysis
614 (5.426 %)Release Management
712 (4.651 %)Risk Assessment
810 (3.876 %)User Acceptance Testing
97 (2.713 %)Programme Management
97 (2.713 %)Data Modelling
106 (2.326 %)Data Management
115 (1.938 %)Information Management
115 (1.938 %)Web Development
115 (1.938 %)Business Development
115 (1.938 %)Resource Management
115 (1.938 %)Problem Management
115 (1.938 %)Risk Management
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
162 (24.03 %)SQL
228 (10.85 %)C#
323 (8.915 %)VB
414 (5.426 %)JavaScript
510 (3.876 %)C
68 (3.101 %)VBA
77 (2.713 %)ABAP
86 (2.326 %)VB.NET
86 (2.326 %)Java
95 (1.938 %)PL/SQL
104 (1.550 %)VBScript
104 (1.550 %)Progress 4GL
113 (1.163 %)C++
113 (1.163 %)VB6
122 (0.775 %)RPG
122 (0.775 %)Transact-SQL
131 (0.388 %)SAPscript
131 (0.388 %)Shell Script
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
128 (10.85 %)Microsoft Certification
216 (6.202 %)MCSE
314 (5.426 %)MCP
48 (3.101 %)Degree
53 (1.163 %)Cisco Certification
62 (0.775 %)CCNA
62 (0.775 %)MCSA
71 (0.388 %)CCIE
71 (0.388 %)CCNP
71 (0.388 %)CCA
71 (0.388 %)Citrix Certification
71 (0.388 %)PRINCE2 Certification
71 (0.388 %)CCVP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (2.713 %)QA
21 (0.388 %)SLA
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
157 (22.09 %)Active Directory
211 (4.264 %)Terminal Services
32 (0.775 %)ISA Server
32 (0.775 %)VMware Infrastructure
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (2.326 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
23 (1.163 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
32 (0.775 %)MOM
32 (0.775 %)Tivoli
41 (0.388 %)WSUS
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
169 (26.74 %)Microsoft
248 (18.60 %)SAP
344 (17.05 %)Oracle
425 (9.690 %)Business Objects
522 (8.527 %)Citrix
619 (7.364 %)Cisco
77 (2.713 %)Siebel
77 (2.713 %)Novell
77 (2.713 %)VMware
86 (2.326 %)Teradata
86 (2.326 %)IBM
95 (1.938 %)Cognos
95 (1.938 %)Trillium
104 (1.550 %)Sage
104 (1.550 %)Progress
104 (1.550 %)Lotus
113 (1.163 %)HP
122 (0.775 %)JD Edwards
122 (0.775 %)LANSA
131 (0.388 %)FatWire