Slack Jobs

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Slack skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Slack over the 3 months to 24 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Slack UK
Location	3 months to 24 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	819	887	970
Rank change year-on-year	+68	+83
Permanent jobs citing Slack	64	36	5
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.073%	0.037%	0.005%
As % of the Cloud Services category	0.43%	0.31%	0.052%
Number of salaries quoted	44	35	5
Median salary	£42,500	£55,000	£50,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-22.72%	+10.00%
UK excluding London median salary	£38,750	£30,000	-
% change year-on-year	+29.16%	-

Slack is in the cloud computing skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills.

Cloud Computing Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills	14953	11716	9656
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	17.00%	11.90%	8.71%
Number of salaries quoted	12390	9938	7827
Median salary	£52,500	£52,500	£50,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-	+5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than	£32,500	£32,500	£31,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£80,000	£75,000	£77,500
UK excluding London median salary	£46,000	£47,500	£45,000
% change year-on-year	-3.15%	+5.55%

Slack
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Slack as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Cloud Services category.

Slack
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Slack.

Slack
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Slack over the 3 months to 24 June 2017.

Slack
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Slack within the UK over the 3 months to 24 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
England	+79	63	£42,500	-22.72%	13
London	+35	39	£53,750	-2.27%	7
South East	+48	5	£29,000	-3.33%	1
Yorkshire	+9	5	£26,500	-3.63%	1
West Midlands	-	5	£55,000	-	1
South West	-	4	£39,250	-
Bristol	-	4	£39,250	-
Birmingham	-	4	£55,000	-	1
West Yorkshire	+16	2	-	-
Leeds	+10	2	-	-
City of London	-	2	£71,250	-
Manchester	-	2	£44,500	-
North West	-	2	£44,500	-	2
Scotland	-	1	£39,000	-	1
Tyne and Wear	-	1	£37,500	-
North East	-	1	£37,500	-
Hastings	-	1	£29,000	-
Dundee	-	1	£39,000	-	1
Coventry	-	1	-	-
Cambridge	-	1	£31,500	-	1
West Sussex	-	1	£29,000	-
Surrey	-	1	£45,000	-
North Yorkshire	-	1	£28,000	-	1
Kent	-	1	-	-
East Sussex	-	1	£29,000	-
Cambridgeshire	-	1	£31,500	-	1
Buckinghamshire	-	1	-	-
York	-	1	£28,000	-	1
Worthing	-	1	£29,000	-
Newcastle upon Tyne	-	1	£37,500	-

Slack
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 June 2017, IT jobs citing Slack also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads with a requirement for Slack.

1	71 (47.02%)	Agile Software Development
2	58 (38.41%)	DevOps
3	53 (35.10%)	Google
4	52 (34.44%)	Java
5	50 (33.11%)	TDD
6	48 (31.79%)	Scrum
7	45 (29.80%)	Retail
7	45 (29.80%)	Python
7	45 (29.80%)	JIRA
7	45 (29.80%)	Test Automation
8	44 (29.14%)	Selenium
8	44 (29.14%)	C#
9	43 (28.48%)	Atlassian Bamboo
9	43 (28.48%)	G Suite
10	42 (27.81%)	Finance

11	40 (26.49%)	JavaScript
12	38 (25.17%)	BDD
12	38 (25.17%)	Office 365
13	37 (24.50%)	Continuous Integration
13	37 (24.50%)	Kanban
13	37 (24.50%)	Software Testing
14	36 (23.84%)	Software Engineering
14	36 (23.84%)	Cucumber
14	36 (23.84%)	Jenkins
15	35 (23.18%)	DSDM
16	34 (22.52%)	PHP
17	33 (21.85%)	SoapUI
18	32 (21.19%)	Linux
19	31 (20.53%)	C
19	31 (20.53%)	Amazon AWS

Slack
Co-occurring IT Skills by Category

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

Application Platforms
Applications
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Job Titles
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	8 (5.30%)	CMS
1	8 (5.30%)	Confluence
2	3 (1.99%)	Skype for Business
2	3 (1.99%)	WordPress
3	1 (0.66%)	Adobe Experience Manager
3	1 (0.66%)	Apache
3	1 (0.66%)	Apache Solr
3	1 (0.66%)	Drupal
3	1 (0.66%)	Elasticsearch
3	1 (0.66%)	EPiServer
3	1 (0.66%)	Ethereum
3	1 (0.66%)	ExpressionEngine
3	1 (0.66%)	nginx
3	1 (0.66%)	OpenStack
3	1 (0.66%)	SharePoint
3	1 (0.66%)	Tomcat

Applications
1	7 (4.64%)	Campfire
2	2 (1.32%)	InVision
3	1 (0.66%)	HipChat
3	1 (0.66%)	Photoshop

Business Applications
1	1 (0.66%)	Magento

Cloud Services
1	43 (28.48%)	G Suite
2	38 (25.17%)	Office 365
3	31 (20.53%)	Amazon AWS
4	28 (18.54%)	GitHub
5	22 (14.57%)	SaaS
6	17 (11.26%)	Trello
7	13 (8.61%)	Cloud Computing
7	13 (8.61%)	Microsoft Azure
7	13 (8.61%)	Sumo Logic
8	7 (4.64%)	Asana
9	4 (2.65%)	Amazon EC2
10	3 (1.99%)	Amazon CloudSearch
10	3 (1.99%)	Amazon ElastiCache
10	3 (1.99%)	Amazon SQS
10	3 (1.99%)	Dropbox
10	3 (1.99%)	OneDrive
10	3 (1.99%)	Yammer
11	2 (1.32%)	BrowserStack
12	1 (0.66%)	AWS CloudFormation
12	1 (0.66%)	MailChimp

Communications & Networking
1	11 (7.28%)	Internet
1	11 (7.28%)	LAN
2	10 (6.62%)	TCP/IP
3	7 (4.64%)	Skype
4	3 (1.99%)	HTTP
5	2 (1.32%)	Firewall
5	2 (1.32%)	SSH
6	1 (0.66%)	IPsec
6	1 (0.66%)	SSL
6	1 (0.66%)	VPN

Database & Business Intelligence
1	25 (16.56%)	MySQL
2	16 (10.60%)	Redis
3	14 (9.27%)	MongoDB
4	13 (8.61%)	NoSQL
5	3 (1.99%)	Amazon DynamoDB
6	2 (1.32%)	Apache Cassandra
6	2 (1.32%)	Blockchain
6	2 (1.32%)	SQL Server Reporting Services
7	1 (0.66%)	Amazon RDS
7	1 (0.66%)	Azure SQL Data Warehouse
7	1 (0.66%)	Azure SQL Database
7	1 (0.66%)	Big Data
7	1 (0.66%)	Data Warehouse
7	1 (0.66%)	InterSystems Cache
7	1 (0.66%)	OLTP
7	1 (0.66%)	Oracle Database
7	1 (0.66%)	Oracle Database 10g
7	1 (0.66%)	PostgreSQL
7	1 (0.66%)	SQL Server
7	1 (0.66%)	SQL Server 2005

Development Applications
1	45 (29.80%)	JIRA
2	44 (29.14%)	Selenium
3	43 (28.48%)	Atlassian Bamboo
4	36 (23.84%)	Cucumber
4	36 (23.84%)	Jenkins
5	33 (21.85%)	SoapUI
6	27 (17.88%)	Git (software)
7	22 (14.57%)	Appium
7	22 (14.57%)	Buildbot
7	22 (14.57%)	Ranorex
8	20 (13.25%)	JMeter
9	17 (11.26%)	Team Foundation Server
10	14 (9.27%)	TeamCity
11	13 (8.61%)	HP UFT
12	11 (7.28%)	LoadRunner
12	11 (7.28%)	WATIR
13	9 (5.96%)	Gatling
13	9 (5.96%)	NeoLoad
13	9 (5.96%)	WebLOAD
14	8 (5.30%)	Vagrant

General
1	45 (29.80%)	Retail
2	42 (27.81%)	Finance
3	13 (8.61%)	Games
4	12 (7.95%)	Banking
5	11 (7.28%)	Marketing
6	9 (5.96%)	Investment Banking
7	8 (5.30%)	Retail Banking
8	3 (1.99%)	Advertising
8	3 (1.99%)	Back Office
9	1 (0.66%)	Billing
9	1 (0.66%)	Music Industry
9	1 (0.66%)	Telecoms

Job Titles
1	49 (32.45%)	Developer
2	34 (22.52%)	Consultant
3	20 (13.25%)	Technical Consultant
4	18 (11.92%)	Test Consultant
5	16 (10.60%)	Analyst
6	13 (8.61%)	DevOps Engineer
7	12 (7.95%)	.NET Developer
7	12 (7.95%)	Technical Leader
8	10 (6.62%)	DevOps Consultant
8	10 (6.62%)	Test Analyst
9	8 (5.30%)	ServiceNow Developer
10	7 (4.64%)	Digital Developer
10	7 (4.64%)	Python Developer
10	7 (4.64%)	Senior Analyst
10	7 (4.64%)	Senior Test Analyst
11	6 (3.97%)	Graduate
11	6 (3.97%)	Graduate Consultant
11	6 (3.97%)	Java Developer
11	6 (3.97%)	Junior
11	6 (3.97%)	Junior Consultant

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	29 (19.21%)	CSS
1	29 (19.21%)	HTML
2	26 (17.22%)	Web Services
3	19 (12.58%)	.NET
4	16 (10.60%)	jQuery
5	13 (8.61%)	REST
6	12 (7.95%)	AngularJS
6	12 (7.95%)	ASP.NET
6	12 (7.95%)	Node.js
6	12 (7.95%)	XML
7	11 (7.28%)	.NET Framework
7	11 (7.28%)	Entity Framework
8	10 (6.62%)	SOAP
8	10 (6.62%)	WCF
9	9 (5.96%)	Ajax
9	9 (5.96%)	Django
10	8 (5.30%)	HTML5
10	8 (5.30%)	LAMP
10	8 (5.30%)	React
11	7 (4.64%)	Laravel

Miscellaneous
1	11 (7.28%)	User Experience
2	8 (5.30%)	Analytical Skills
2	8 (5.30%)	Data Centre
3	7 (4.64%)	Enterprise Software
3	7 (4.64%)	Virtual Team
4	6 (3.97%)	Blog
5	5 (3.31%)	Computer Science
6	4 (2.65%)	Social Media
7	2 (1.32%)	Algorithms
7	2 (1.32%)	iPhone
8	1 (0.66%)	Client/Server
8	1 (0.66%)	Contactless
8	1 (0.66%)	Fintech
8	1 (0.66%)	Hybrid Cloud
8	1 (0.66%)	Mobile App
8	1 (0.66%)	Public Cloud
8	1 (0.66%)	Raspberry Pi
8	1 (0.66%)	Wiki

Operating Systems
1	32 (21.19%)	Linux
2	21 (13.91%)	Unix
3	14 (9.27%)	Apple iOS
4	11 (7.28%)	SmartOS
5	10 (6.62%)	Windows
6	8 (5.30%)	Android
7	7 (4.64%)	Mac OS
8	2 (1.32%)	Windows Server

Processes & Methodologies
1	71 (47.02%)	Agile Software Development
2	58 (38.41%)	DevOps
3	50 (33.11%)	TDD
4	48 (31.79%)	Scrum
5	45 (29.80%)	Test Automation
6	38 (25.17%)	BDD
7	37 (24.50%)	Continuous Integration
7	37 (24.50%)	Kanban
7	37 (24.50%)	Software Testing
8	36 (23.84%)	Software Engineering
9	35 (23.18%)	DSDM
10	25 (16.56%)	SDLC
11	23 (15.23%)	Mentoring
12	21 (13.91%)	Continuous Delivery
13	16 (10.60%)	ITSM
14	14 (9.27%)	MVC
14	14 (9.27%)	Time Management
14	14 (9.27%)	Web Development
15	13 (8.61%)	Operations Management
16	12 (7.95%)	ITIL

Programming Languages
1	52 (34.44%)	Java
2	45 (29.80%)	Python
3	44 (29.14%)	C#
4	40 (26.49%)	JavaScript
5	34 (22.52%)	PHP
6	31 (20.53%)	C
6	31 (20.53%)	Ruby
7	23 (15.23%)	C++
8	22 (14.57%)	Scala
9	13 (8.61%)	SQL
10	11 (7.28%)	Groovy
11	6 (3.97%)	Bash Shell
12	5 (3.31%)	Perl
13	4 (2.65%)	XPath
14	3 (1.99%)	Go
14	3 (1.99%)	PowerShell
15	1 (0.66%)	PHP 5
15	1 (0.66%)	PHP 7
15	1 (0.66%)	Rust
15	1 (0.66%)	TypeScript

Qualifications
1	13 (8.61%)	Degree
2	5 (3.31%)	ACSP
3	4 (2.65%)	Computer Science Degree
4	3 (1.99%)	ACSA
4	3 (1.99%)	ACTC
5	2 (1.32%)	ACMT
6	1 (0.66%)	AWS Certification
6	1 (0.66%)	MCSE
6	1 (0.66%)	Microsoft Certification
6	1 (0.66%)	RHCA
6	1 (0.66%)	RHCE

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	5 (3.31%)	QA
2	1 (0.66%)	SLA

System Software
1	20 (13.25%)	Docker
2	3 (1.99%)	Virtual Machines
3	1 (0.66%)	Hyper-V
3	1 (0.66%)	VMware Infrastructure
3	1 (0.66%)	zsh

Systems Management
1	24 (15.89%)	Puppet
2	20 (13.25%)	Ansible
3	17 (11.26%)	Opscode Chef
4	11 (7.28%)	HP Quality Center
4	11 (7.28%)	Nagios
5	6 (3.97%)	CA Service Virtualization
5	6 (3.97%)	Graphite
6	4 (2.65%)	Salt
6	4 (2.65%)	ZABBIX
7	2 (1.32%)	Terraform
8	1 (0.66%)	Grafana
8	1 (0.66%)	HAProxy
8	1 (0.66%)	Kibana
8	1 (0.66%)	logstash
8	1 (0.66%)	Marathon
8	1 (0.66%)	Mesos
8	1 (0.66%)	Packer

Vendors
1	53 (35.10%)	Google
2	21 (13.91%)	PagerDuty
3	20 (13.25%)	Splunk
4	13 (8.61%)	AppDynamics
4	13 (8.61%)	New Relic
5	12 (7.95%)	ServiceNow
6	11 (7.28%)	HP
6	11 (7.28%)	Salesforce.com
7	6 (3.97%)	Apple
7	6 (3.97%)	CA
7	6 (3.97%)	IBM
7	6 (3.97%)	SaltStack
7	6 (3.97%)	XebiaLabs
8	4 (2.65%)	Telerik
9	3 (1.99%)	Facebook
9	3 (1.99%)	Twitter
10	2 (1.32%)	Microsoft
10	2 (1.32%)	Sophos
10	2 (1.32%)	VMware
10	2 (1.32%)	Zend