Velocity Jobs

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies with a requirement for Velocity skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Velocity over the 3 months to 27 June 2017 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Apache Velocity UK
Location	3 months to 27 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	777	766	854
Rank change year-on-year	-11	+88
Permanent jobs citing Velocity	113	166	128
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in the UK	0.13%	0.17%	0.12%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category	0.31%	0.43%	0.31%
Number of salaries quoted	83	119	94
Median salary	£60,000	£65,000	£60,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-7.69%	+8.33%
90% offered a salary of more than	£40,500	£40,000	£33,600
10% offered a salary of more than	£72,500	£75,000	£74,250
UK excluding London median salary	£57,500	£40,000	£57,500
% change year-on-year	+43.75%	-30.43%

Velocity is in the industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills category. The next table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies with a requirement for industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills.

Software Library & Framework Skills UK
Permanent job vacancies with a requirement for industry standards, technical specifications and software library and framework skills	36421	38335	41712
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in the UK	40.85%	38.93%	38.12%
Number of salaries quoted	30573	33333	35674
Median salary	£47,500	£45,000	£45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	+5.55%	-
90% offered a salary of more than	£32,500	£31,000	£30,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,000	£65,000	£70,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£40,000	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+6.25%	-

Velocity
Job Vacancy Trend

The job posting trend of jobs advertised citing Velocity as a proportion of all permanent or contract IT jobs with a match in the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category.

Job vacancy trend for Velocity in the UK

Velocity
Salary Trend

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

Velocity
Salary Histogram

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Velocity over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

Velocity
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Velocity within the UK over the 3 months to 27 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	-10	109	£62,500	-3.84%	24
London	+4	64	£65,000	-7.14%	12
East of England	-7	13	£65,000	-3.70%
Cambridgeshire	-	12	£65,000	-
Cambridge	-	12	£65,000	-
City of London	+35	11	£65,000	+7.43%	4
South East	+37	10	£55,000	+37.50%	4
Hampshire	+21	7	£55,000	+46.66%	1
Yorkshire	-20	7	£53,750	+34.37%	1
East Midlands	+18	6	£50,000	-	1
West Yorkshire	+9	5	£53,750	+19.44%
Chiswick	-	5	£55,000	-
Northamptonshire	+8	4	£40,000	-	1
Leeds	+4	4	£53,750	+19.44%
Manchester	-34	4	£85,000	+97.67%	2
North West	-40	4	£85,000	+97.67%	4
Basingstoke	-	4	£55,000	-	1
Northampton	+9	3	£40,000	-	1
West Midlands	+2	3	£62,500	+19.04%
Coventry	-	3	£62,500	-
Southampton	-	3	£60,000	-
Hounslow	-	2	£55,000	-
Hammersmith	-	2	£78,750	-
York	-	2	£53,750	-
Buckinghamshire	-	2	£51,000	-	1
North Yorkshire	-	2	£53,750	-
Leicestershire	-	2	£60,000	-
Surrey	+32	1	£40,000	-	1
South West	-4	1	£34,603	-34.08%	2
Hertfordshire	-12	1	£55,000	-21.42%

Velocity
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills

For the 6 months to 27 June 2017, IT jobs citing Velocity 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 Velocity.

1	153 (66.81%)	Agile Software Development
2	111 (48.47%)	Scrum
3	105 (45.85%)	TDD
4	60 (26.20%)	Test Automation
5	58 (25.33%)	Java
6	52 (22.71%)	Continuous Integration
7	49 (21.40%)	Analytics
7	49 (21.40%)	User Experience
8	48 (20.96%)	SDLC
9	46 (20.09%)	QA
10	45 (19.65%)	JIRA
10	45 (19.65%)	JavaScript
11	42 (18.34%)	Degree
12	41 (17.90%)	Coaching
13	40 (17.47%)	Kanban

14	39 (17.03%)	Finance
15	35 (15.28%)	SQL
15	35 (15.28%)	Open Source
16	34 (14.85%)	Performance Optimisation
16	34 (14.85%)	JSON
17	32 (13.97%)	Continuous Improvement
18	31 (13.54%)	HTML
18	31 (13.54%)	Configuration Management
19	30 (13.10%)	CSS
19	30 (13.10%)	OOP
19	30 (13.10%)	Computer Science
19	30 (13.10%)	Mobile Development
20	29 (12.66%)	SOLID
20	29 (12.66%)	Git (software)
20	29 (12.66%)	Games

Velocity
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	11 (4.80%)	Apache Solr
1	11 (4.80%)	WebLogic
1	11 (4.80%)	WebSphere
2	10 (4.37%)	OpenStack
3	8 (3.49%)	Confluence
4	6 (2.62%)	Apache Spark
5	5 (2.18%)	K2 blackpearl
5	5 (2.18%)	SAS
5	5 (2.18%)	SharePoint
5	5 (2.18%)	SharePoint 2010
5	5 (2.18%)	Tomcat
6	4 (1.75%)	Elasticsearch
7	1 (0.44%)	Apache
7	1 (0.44%)	Cloud Foundry
7	1 (0.44%)	CMS
7	1 (0.44%)	JBoss
7	1 (0.44%)	Skype for Business
7	1 (0.44%)	WildFly
7	1 (0.44%)	WordPress

Applications
1	10 (4.37%)	Microsoft Office
1	10 (4.37%)	Photoshop
2	2 (0.87%)	Microsoft Excel
3	1 (0.44%)	Adobe Creative Suite
3	1 (0.44%)	Microsoft PowerPoint
3	1 (0.44%)	Spreadsheet
3	1 (0.44%)	SPSS

Business Applications
1	1 (0.44%)	Salesforce.com CRM
1	1 (0.44%)	WebTrends

Cloud Services
1	21 (9.17%)	Google Play
2	18 (7.86%)	Amazon AWS
3	16 (6.99%)	Microsoft Azure
4	14 (6.11%)	SaaS
5	11 (4.80%)	PaaS
6	9 (3.93%)	GitHub
7	6 (2.62%)	IaaS
8	4 (1.75%)	Cloud Computing
9	3 (1.31%)	Amazon EC2
9	3 (1.31%)	Amazon ELB
9	3 (1.31%)	Google Analytics
10	2 (0.87%)	Amazon ElastiCache
10	2 (0.87%)	Amazon SQS
10	2 (0.87%)	Google Cloud Platform
10	2 (0.87%)	OpenShift
11	1 (0.44%)	Amazon S3
11	1 (0.44%)	Force.com
11	1 (0.44%)	Virtual Private Cloud

Communications & Networking
1	7 (3.06%)	VoIP
2	6 (2.62%)	Firewall
3	3 (1.31%)	Intranet
3	3 (1.31%)	Wireless
4	2 (0.87%)	Extranet
5	1 (0.44%)	DNS
5	1 (0.44%)	Internet
5	1 (0.44%)	Intrusion Detection
5	1 (0.44%)	Skype
5	1 (0.44%)	SNMP
5	1 (0.44%)	SSH
5	1 (0.44%)	TCP/IP

Database & Business Intelligence
1	25 (10.92%)	SQL Server
2	24 (10.48%)	MySQL
3	20 (8.73%)	NoSQL
4	15 (6.55%)	Relational Database
5	13 (5.68%)	RDBMS
6	11 (4.80%)	Apache Cassandra
7	7 (3.06%)	Big Data
8	5 (2.18%)	Hadoop
9	4 (1.75%)	Apache Hive
9	4 (1.75%)	Data Mining
9	4 (1.75%)	DB2
9	4 (1.75%)	KNIME
9	4 (1.75%)	SQL Server 2008
9	4 (1.75%)	STATISTICA
9	4 (1.75%)	Text Mining
10	3 (1.31%)	Amazon RDS
10	3 (1.31%)	MongoDB
11	2 (0.87%)	Amazon DynamoDB
11	2 (0.87%)	Neo4j
11	2 (0.87%)	Riak

Development Applications
1	45 (19.65%)	JIRA
2	29 (12.66%)	Git (software)
3	25 (10.92%)	JUnit
4	19 (8.30%)	Subversion
5	17 (7.42%)	Jenkins
6	15 (6.55%)	Maven
7	11 (4.80%)	Ant
8	10 (4.37%)	Grunt
9	9 (3.93%)	Xcode
10	8 (3.49%)	Artifactory
11	7 (3.06%)	Automake
11	7 (3.06%)	CMake
11	7 (3.06%)	Hudson
11	7 (3.06%)	Sonatype Nexus
11	7 (3.06%)	TestNG
11	7 (3.06%)	Visual Studio
12	6 (2.62%)	NUnit
12	6 (2.62%)	SonarQube
13	4 (1.75%)	gulp
13	4 (1.75%)	JIRA Agile

General
1	39 (17.03%)	Finance
2	29 (12.66%)	Games
3	11 (4.80%)	Banking
4	8 (3.49%)	Legal
5	7 (3.06%)	Retail
6	6 (2.62%)	Marketing
7	3 (1.31%)	Advertising
7	3 (1.31%)	Law
8	1 (0.44%)	Automotive
8	1 (0.44%)	Billing
8	1 (0.44%)	Telecoms

Job Titles
1	77 (33.62%)	Developer
2	60 (26.20%)	Scrum Master
3	30 (13.10%)	Senior Developer
4	25 (10.92%)	Analyst
4	25 (10.92%)	Java Developer
5	20 (8.73%)	Android Developer
6	18 (7.86%)	Delivery Manager
7	17 (7.42%)	Agile Scrum Master
8	16 (6.99%)	Senior Analyst
9	15 (6.55%)	Business Analyst
9	15 (6.55%)	Senior Business Analyst
10	14 (6.11%)	E-Commerce Developer
10	14 (6.11%)	Java E-Commerce Developer
11	13 (5.68%)	Project Manager
11	13 (5.68%)	UI Developer
12	12 (5.24%)	Architect
12	12 (5.24%)	Senior Android Developer
13	11 (4.80%)	Agile Delivery Manager
13	11 (4.80%)	Development Manager
13	11 (4.80%)	Development Project Manager

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	34 (14.85%)	JSON
2	31 (13.54%)	HTML
3	30 (13.10%)	CSS
4	25 (10.92%)	Ajax
5	24 (10.48%)	Hibernate
6	22 (9.61%)	Spring
7	21 (9.17%)	.NET
7	21 (9.17%)	RxJava
8	17 (7.42%)	jQuery
9	16 (6.99%)	HTML5
9	16 (6.99%)	XML
10	15 (6.55%)	SOAP
11	14 (6.11%)	CSS3
12	13 (5.68%)	J2EE
12	13 (5.68%)	JMS
13	12 (5.24%)	RabbitMQ
13	12 (5.24%)	Spring MVC
14	11 (4.80%)	ActiveMQ
14	11 (4.80%)	Akka
14	11 (4.80%)	Lucene

Miscellaneous
1	49 (21.40%)	User Experience
2	30 (13.10%)	Computer Science
3	22 (9.61%)	Foreign Exchange (FX)
4	18 (7.86%)	Analytical Skills
5	10 (4.37%)	Algorithms
6	9 (3.93%)	Data Centre
7	8 (3.49%)	Reinsurance
8	7 (3.06%)	Fintech
8	7 (3.06%)	Management Information System
9	5 (2.18%)	N-Tier
10	4 (1.75%)	iSeries
11	3 (1.31%)	Enterprise Software
11	3 (1.31%)	Replication
12	2 (0.87%)	Enterprise Cloud
12	2 (0.87%)	Greenfield Project
12	2 (0.87%)	Smart Meter
13	1 (0.44%)	Data Protection Act
13	1 (0.44%)	EPoS
13	1 (0.44%)	FMCG
13	1 (0.44%)	Mainframe

Operating Systems
1	23 (10.04%)	Android
2	21 (9.17%)	Linux
3	10 (4.37%)	Apple iOS
4	8 (3.49%)	Windows
5	5 (2.18%)	Unix
5	5 (2.18%)	Windows Server 2012
6	2 (0.87%)	Ubuntu
7	1 (0.44%)	Debian
7	1 (0.44%)	Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7	1 (0.44%)	Windows Server
7	1 (0.44%)	Windows Server 2008

Processes & Methodologies
1	153 (66.81%)	Agile Software Development
2	111 (48.47%)	Scrum
3	105 (45.85%)	TDD
4	60 (26.20%)	Test Automation
5	52 (22.71%)	Continuous Integration
6	49 (21.40%)	Analytics
7	48 (20.96%)	SDLC
8	41 (17.90%)	Coaching
9	40 (17.47%)	Kanban
10	35 (15.28%)	Open Source
11	34 (14.85%)	Performance Optimisation
12	32 (13.97%)	Continuous Improvement
13	31 (13.54%)	Configuration Management
14	30 (13.10%)	Mobile Development
14	30 (13.10%)	OOP
15	29 (12.66%)	SOLID
16	28 (12.23%)	ATDD
17	25 (10.92%)	E-Commerce
17	25 (10.92%)	OO
18	22 (9.61%)	Project Management

Programming Languages
1	58 (25.33%)	Java
2	45 (19.65%)	JavaScript
3	35 (15.28%)	SQL
4	22 (9.61%)	Python
5	12 (5.24%)	Scala
6	11 (4.80%)	Groovy
6	11 (4.80%)	PowerShell
7	10 (4.37%)	Apple Swift
7	10 (4.37%)	Objective-C
8	9 (3.93%)	C#
9	8 (3.49%)	Bash Shell
9	8 (3.49%)	Perl
9	8 (3.49%)	Ruby
10	4 (1.75%)	Erlang
10	4 (1.75%)	PHP
10	4 (1.75%)	R
11	2 (0.87%)	C++
11	2 (0.87%)	Go
11	2 (0.87%)	Shell Script
11	2 (0.87%)	VB

Qualifications
1	42 (18.34%)	Degree
2	8 (3.49%)	ISEB
3	4 (1.75%)	PhD
4	1 (0.44%)	ITIL Certification

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	46 (20.09%)	QA
2	2 (0.87%)	Cyber Essentials
2	2 (0.87%)	Cyber Essentials PLUS
2	2 (0.87%)	ISO 14001
2	2 (0.87%)	ISO/IEC 27001
2	2 (0.87%)	PMO
2	2 (0.87%)	SLA
3	1 (0.44%)	ISO/IEC 20000

System Software
1	8 (3.49%)	vSphere
2	7 (3.06%)	vCloud
3	6 (2.62%)	Docker
4	2 (0.87%)	Firmware
5	1 (0.44%)	VMware Infrastructure

Systems Management
1	12 (5.24%)	Ansible
2	8 (3.49%)	Opscode Chef
2	8 (3.49%)	Puppet
3	2 (0.87%)	Kubernetes
4	1 (0.44%)	Consul
4	1 (0.44%)	vCenter Server

Vendors
1	26 (11.35%)	Google
2	16 (6.99%)	Oracle
3	15 (6.55%)	Microsoft
4	11 (4.80%)	Cognizant
5	6 (2.62%)	Progress
6	4 (1.75%)	ServiceNow
7	3 (1.31%)	Apple
7	3 (1.31%)	Perforce
8	2 (0.87%)	Salesforce.com
9	1 (0.44%)	Adobe
9	1 (0.44%)	AppDynamics
9	1 (0.44%)	hybris
9	1 (0.44%)	Omniture
9	1 (0.44%)	Red Hat
9	1 (0.44%)	SAP
9	1 (0.44%)	Tableau
9	1 (0.44%)	TOWER Software
9	1 (0.44%)	VMware