The first table below looks at the demand for GIS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Worcestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited GIS over the 3 months to 17 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 Database & Business Intelligence category for the Worcestershire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Geographic Information System (GIS)
Rank - - 35
Permanent jobs citing GIS 0 0 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire - - 0.943%
As % of the Database & Business Intelligence category - - 2.632%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 2
Average salary - - £38,750
UK excluding London average salary £35,250 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-11.87% +6.66%
All Database & Business Intelligence
Worcestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Database & Business Intelligence category
95 120 76
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Worcestershire 42.41% 43.80% 35.85%
Number of salaries quoted 92 118 76
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
GIS
West Midlands

GIS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing GIS across the Worcestershire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Database & Business Intelligence category.

Worcestershire GIS Jobs Demand Trend

GIS
Salary Trend

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

Worcestershire GIS Salary Trend

GIS
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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.

1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Solaris
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
1 3 (100.00%) OO
1 3 (100.00%) RAD
1 3 (100.00%) OOD
1 3 (100.00%) MVC
1 3 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared
1 3 (100.00%) Business Transformation

GIS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Worcestershire 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.

Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Software Engineer
Operating Systems
1 3 (100.00%) Windows
1 3 (100.00%) Solaris
1 3 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) OO
1 3 (100.00%) RAD
1 3 (100.00%) OOD
1 3 (100.00%) MVC
1 3 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (100.00%) Business Transformation
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) C++
1 3 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (100.00%) Security Cleared