Mercator
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge and experience of Mercator products and/or services. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Mercator over the 6 months to 19 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

The figures below represent the IT labour market in general and are not representative of salaries within Mercator Software, Inc.

6 months to
19 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 890 960 1145
Rank change year-on-year +70 +185 -287
Permanent jobs citing Mercator 18 38 60
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.019% 0.036% 0.039%
As % of the Vendors category 0.049% 0.085% 0.10%
Number of salaries quoted 3 19 16
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile £65,000 £42,500 £45,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £70,000 £55,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year +27.27% - -24.14%
75th Percentile £75,000 £81,250 £65,000
90th Percentile - £90,000 -
UK excluding London median annual salary - - -

All Vendors
UK

Mercator is in the Vendor Products and Services category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for knowledge or experience of vendor products and services 36,471 44,656 59,680
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 37.52% 41.92% 38.98%
Number of salaries quoted 25,240 25,365 33,555
10th Percentile £26,695 £31,250 £30,000
25th Percentile £36,085 £41,250 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £50,000 £57,500 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -13.04% +4.55% +4.76%
75th Percentile £68,750 £76,500 £75,000
90th Percentile £87,500 £95,000 £90,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £45,000 £50,000 £47,500
% change year-on-year -10.00% +5.26% +3.26%

Mercator
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Mercator as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Mercator in the UK

Mercator
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Mercator.

Salary trend for Mercator in the UK

Mercator
Top 3 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Mercator within the UK over the 6 months to 19 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
London - 13 £70,000 -
England - 13 £70,000 -
Work from Home +88 5 - -

Mercator
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (22.22%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 4 (22.22%) Git
General
1 7 (38.89%) Public Sector
2 4 (22.22%) Social Skills
3 1 (5.56%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (50.00%) Developer
1 9 (50.00%) Scala Developer
2 4 (22.22%) Engagement Manager
2 4 (22.22%) User Researcher
3 3 (16.67%) Lead
3 3 (16.67%) Lead Developer
4 2 (11.11%) Trainer
5 1 (5.56%) Analyst
5 1 (5.56%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 4 (22.22%) HTML
1 4 (22.22%) Play Framework
1 4 (22.22%) REST
1 4 (22.22%) RESTful
Miscellaneous
1 4 (22.22%) Distributed Applications
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (61.11%) Line Management
2 9 (50.00%) Mentoring
2 9 (50.00%) User Experience
3 8 (44.44%) Agile
3 8 (44.44%) Problem-Solving
4 5 (27.78%) Coaching
4 5 (27.78%) Continuous Improvement
4 5 (27.78%) User Research
5 4 (22.22%) Customer Experience
5 4 (22.22%) Customer Insight
5 4 (22.22%) Decision-Making
5 4 (22.22%) Event-Driven
5 4 (22.22%) Event-Driven Programming
5 4 (22.22%) Qualitative Research
5 4 (22.22%) Requirements Gathering
5 4 (22.22%) Scrum
5 4 (22.22%) TDD
5 4 (22.22%) Usability Testing
5 4 (22.22%) User Stories
5 4 (22.22%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (50.00%) Scala
2 4 (22.22%) Java
Qualifications
1 15 (83.33%) BPSS Clearance
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (22.22%) Accessibility