Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Qualifications we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Degree over the 3 months to 5 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDegree
Location
3 months to
5 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank1214
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads1215720019
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled10.31 %10.14 %
As % of the category below45.23 %48.24 %
Salaries quoted1043316193
Average minimum salary£36,479£37,870
Average salary£40,512£42,202
% change on same period last year-4.00 %
Average maximum salary£44,544£46,533
UK excluding London average salary£36,682£37,050
% change on same period last year-0.99 %
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads2687941499
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled22.79 %21.01 %
Salaries quoted2300234064
Average minimum salary£37,547£38,102
Average salary£41,046£41,547
% change on same period last year-1.20 %
Average maximum salary£44,545£44,991
UK excluding London average salary£38,610£38,230
% change on same period last year+0.99 %

Degree
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Degree within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Qualifications category.

Degree Demand Trend

Degree
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Degree within the UK.

Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree over the 3 months to 5 January 2009 within the UK.

Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Degree within the UK over the 3 months to 5 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+111564£40,534-4.25 %
LondonDown-14666£47,226-3.58 %
South EastUp+22530£39,100+1.86 %
City of LondonNo change01216£49,959-5.86 %
East of EnglandUp+11033£38,220+4.68 %
South WestUp+3896£35,603+0.91 %
North WestDown-1786£34,675-7.86 %
SurreyUp+3698£40,242+3.49 %
BerkshireNo change0604£39,819-1.97 %
YorkshireUp+3579£30,168-3.60 %
HampshireUp+1500£37,014+6.32 %
West MidlandsUp+3499£34,562+3.23 %
CambridgeshireDown-3491£38,160+3.69 %
ManchesterNo change0466£36,326-11.40 %
East MidlandsUp+5410£33,088+4.84 %
CambridgeDown-2408£38,385+3.54 %
West YorkshireUp+1345£29,722-2.75 %
HertfordshireNo change0331£42,945+12.01 %
BristolDown-5286£35,668+5.75 %
ScotlandUp+3277£37,034+5.71 %
LeedsUp+5234£30,373-1.74 %
BirminghamUp+15204£36,720+5.64 %
SomersetUp+3203£33,968+2.59 %
OxfordshireDown-4186£34,553-4.49 %
NottinghamshireUp+11164£32,372+3.33 %
BasingstokeUp+13163£38,229+15.86 %
West SussexUp+12162£42,325+9.93 %
BuckinghamshireUp+1156£37,370+1.84 %
CheshireDown-7151£33,475+9.12 %
BathUp+1151£33,326+1.04 %

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, IT jobs within the UK citing Degree 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 Degree.

16844 (22.85 %)Finance
26510 (21.73 %)SQL
36394 (21.35 %).NET
45767 (19.25 %)C#
55362 (17.90 %)SQL Server
65103 (17.04 %)Java
75049 (16.86 %)C++
84638 (15.48 %)Computer Science
94619 (15.42 %)Windows
103747 (12.51 %)Microsoft
113360 (11.22 %)XML
123312 (11.06 %)Oracle
133058 (10.21 %)ASP.NET
142872 (9.588 %)UNIX
152746 (9.168 %)OO
162672 (8.921 %)C
172532 (8.453 %)HTML
182454 (8.193 %)Project Management
192429 (8.109 %)Education
202355 (7.862 %)Mathematics
212317 (7.735 %)MS Excel
222305 (7.695 %)Linux
232153 (7.188 %)JavaScript
242105 (7.028 %)Banking
251938 (6.470 %)VB
261755 (5.859 %)Pensions
271649 (5.505 %)J2EE
281638 (5.469 %)VB.NET
291615 (5.392 %)Marketing
301492 (4.981 %)Software Engineering

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, IT jobs within the UK citing Degree 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 Degree. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16394 (21.35 %).NET
23360 (11.22 %)XML
33058 (10.21 %)ASP.NET
42532 (8.453 %)HTML
51649 (5.505 %)J2EE
61490 (4.974 %)CSS
71194 (3.986 %)WebServices
81091 (3.642 %)AJAX
91037 (3.462 %)ASP
10643 (2.147 %).NET Framework
11588 (1.963 %)JSP
12584 (1.950 %)WinForms
13555 (1.853 %)Flash
14552 (1.843 %)XHTML
15551 (1.840 %)Spring
16539 (1.799 %)XSLT
17427 (1.426 %)Hibernate
18407 (1.359 %)STL
19404 (1.349 %)MFC
20346 (1.155 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1801 (2.674 %)SAS
2579 (1.933 %)IIS
3551 (1.840 %)SharePoint
4530 (1.769 %)MS Exchange
5404 (1.349 %)Apache
6316 (1.055 %)Exchange Server 2003
7279 (0.931 %)WebLogic
8254 (0.848 %)Tomcat
9252 (0.841 %)BizTalk Server
10195 (0.651 %)CMS
11191 (0.638 %)SharePoint Server 2007
12179 (0.598 %)JBoss
13107 (0.357 %)Exchange Server 2007
14101 (0.337 %)ColdFusion
1590 (0.300 %)Lotus Notes
1671 (0.237 %)WebSphere Application Server
1752 (0.174 %)Exchange Server 2000
1849 (0.164 %)WebLogic Portal
1947 (0.157 %)Lotus Domino
2046 (0.154 %)CICS
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12317 (7.735 %)MS Excel
21047 (3.495 %)MS Office
3403 (1.345 %)MS Visio
4391 (1.305 %)Photoshop
5341 (1.138 %)SPSS
6314 (1.048 %)MATLAB
7267 (0.891 %)MS Project
8209 (0.698 %)MS PowerPoint
9170 (0.568 %)Spreadsheet
10120 (0.401 %)Adobe Illustrator
11105 (0.351 %)Simulink
1271 (0.237 %)CA Clarity
1349 (0.164 %)Pro/ENGINEER
1444 (0.147 %)AutoCAD
1543 (0.144 %)RoboHelp
1639 (0.130 %)Fireworks
1639 (0.130 %)Acrobat
1727 (0.090 %)FrameMaker
1824 (0.080 %)Maya
1920 (0.067 %)CATIA
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
198 (0.327 %)SAP SD
291 (0.304 %)Oracle Applications
388 (0.294 %)Oracle Financials
486 (0.287 %)SAP FI
580 (0.267 %)SAP FI/CO
580 (0.267 %)SAP CO
674 (0.247 %)Oracle EBS
765 (0.217 %)SAP HR
765 (0.217 %)Oracle 11i
845 (0.150 %)SoftGrid
941 (0.137 %)Microsoft CRM
1040 (0.134 %)SAP CRM
1040 (0.134 %)Dynamics AX
1040 (0.134 %)SAP IS-U
1138 (0.127 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1138 (0.127 %)Summit
1234 (0.114 %)Kondor+
1331 (0.103 %)Oracle ERP
1331 (0.103 %)Navision
1430 (0.100 %)SAP MM
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11196 (3.993 %)Internet
21001 (3.342 %)TCP/IP
3593 (1.980 %)WAN
4587 (1.960 %)LAN
5528 (1.763 %)Firewall
6491 (1.639 %)Wireless
7346 (1.155 %)DNS
8314 (1.048 %)Intranet
9298 (0.995 %)HTTP
10296 (0.988 %)VPN
11266 (0.888 %)SAN
12247 (0.825 %)VoIP
13224 (0.748 %)Network Security
14179 (0.598 %)DHCP
15157 (0.524 %)GSM
16138 (0.461 %)SMTP
17104 (0.347 %)MPLS
18103 (0.344 %)3G
1998 (0.327 %)GPRS
2092 (0.307 %)Broadband
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15362 (17.90 %)SQL Server
21330 (4.440 %)SQL Server 2005
3902 (3.011 %)SQL Server 2000
4768 (2.564 %)MySQL
5702 (2.344 %)Datawarehouse
6563 (1.880 %)RDBMS
7404 (1.349 %)BusinessObjects
8382 (1.275 %)ETL
9353 (1.179 %)Oracle 10g
10292 (0.975 %)Crystal Reports
11266 (0.888 %)MS Access
12248 (0.828 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
13245 (0.818 %)SQL Server Integration Services
14230 (0.768 %)DTS
15222 (0.741 %)Oracle 8/8i
16208 (0.694 %)GIS
17186 (0.621 %)Oracle 9i
18165 (0.551 %)DB2
19152 (0.507 %)Oracle Reports
20131 (0.437 %)Base SAS
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1907 (3.028 %)Visual Studio
2229 (0.765 %)JUnit
2229 (0.765 %)Eclipse
3184 (0.614 %)Subversion
4149 (0.497 %)VSS/SourceSafe
5147 (0.491 %)TestDirector
6117 (0.391 %)QuickTest Pro
7115 (0.384 %)Dreamweaver
8111 (0.371 %)LoadRunner
995 (0.317 %)Selenium
1094 (0.314 %)Rational Rose
1188 (0.294 %)WinRunner
1287 (0.290 %)Oracle Forms
1287 (0.290 %)Ant
1382 (0.274 %)NUnit
1472 (0.240 %)ClearCase
1561 (0.204 %)IntelliJ
1641 (0.137 %)RequisitePro
1737 (0.124 %)InstallShield
1833 (0.110 %)FitNesse
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16844 (22.85 %)Finance
22429 (8.109 %)Education
32105 (7.028 %)Banking
41755 (5.859 %)Pensions
51615 (5.392 %)Marketing
61480 (4.941 %)Telecoms
71305 (4.357 %)Health
81131 (3.776 %)Front Office
91100 (3.672 %)Insurance
10974 (3.252 %)Retail
11840 (2.804 %)Electronics
12789 (2.634 %)Games
13757 (2.527 %)Government
14677 (2.260 %)Investment Banking
15594 (1.983 %)Manufacturing
16430 (1.436 %)Back Office
17424 (1.416 %)Electric
18372 (1.242 %)Financial Institution
19311 (1.038 %)Aerospace
20295 (0.985 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18872 (29.62 %)Developer
24759 (15.89 %)Analyst
32202 (7.352 %)Consultant
42031 (6.781 %)Software Engineer
51986 (6.630 %)Graduate
61778 (5.936 %).NET Developer
71760 (5.876 %)C# Developer
81402 (4.681 %)Java Developer
91279 (4.270 %)Software Developer
101214 (4.053 %)Project Manager
111205 (4.023 %)Business Analyst
121204 (4.020 %)Junior
131089 (3.636 %)Senior Developer
141036 (3.459 %)C++ Developer
151019 (3.402 %)Architect
151019 (3.402 %)Programmer
16945 (3.155 %)Web Developer
17756 (2.524 %)Graduate Developer
18691 (2.307 %)Support Analyst
19597 (1.993 %)Team Leader
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14638 (15.48 %)Computer Science
22355 (7.862 %)Mathematics
31039 (3.469 %)Derivative
4761 (2.541 %)Physics
5553 (1.846 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
6489 (1.633 %)Fixed Income
7451 (1.506 %)Equities
8433 (1.446 %)Statistics
9426 (1.422 %)Management Information System
10356 (1.189 %)Client/Server
11345 (1.152 %)Multithreading
12251 (0.838 %)Credit Risk
13228 (0.761 %)German Language
14226 (0.755 %)Economics
15225 (0.751 %)N-Tier
16220 (0.734 %)French Language
17212 (0.708 %)Credit Derivative
18205 (0.684 %)Equity Derivative
19178 (0.594 %)Blackberry
20166 (0.554 %)Web 2.0
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14619 (15.42 %)Windows
22872 (9.588 %)UNIX
32305 (7.695 %)Linux
41021 (3.409 %)Windows Server 2003
5724 (2.417 %)Windows XP
6523 (1.746 %)Solaris
7441 (1.472 %)Windows 2000
8175 (0.584 %)Windows 2000 Server
9165 (0.551 %)Windows Vista
10153 (0.511 %)Red Hat Linux
11138 (0.461 %)Windows NT
12130 (0.434 %)Windows Mobile
13116 (0.387 %)AIX
14103 (0.344 %)Embedded Linux
1573 (0.244 %)Windows Server 2008
1665 (0.217 %)HPUX
1764 (0.214 %)Debian
1858 (0.194 %)Windows CE
1950 (0.167 %)Mac OS X
2048 (0.160 %)VxWorks
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12746 (9.168 %)OO
22454 (8.193 %)Project Management
31492 (4.981 %)Software Engineering
41323 (4.417 %)UML
51160 (3.873 %)PRINCE2
6921 (3.075 %)Business Analysis
7869 (2.901 %)ITIL
8849 (2.834 %)Business Intelligence
9833 (2.781 %)E-Commerce
10808 (2.698 %)Agile Software Development
11766 (2.557 %)Web Development
12747 (2.494 %)CRM
13659 (2.200 %)OOD
14611 (2.040 %)Risk Management
15535 (1.786 %)Software Testing
16527 (1.759 %)Data Analysis
17464 (1.549 %)ERP
18435 (1.452 %)Business Development
19425 (1.419 %)Workflow
20417 (1.392 %)OOP
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16510 (21.73 %)SQL
25767 (19.25 %)C#
35103 (17.04 %)Java
45049 (16.86 %)C++
52672 (8.921 %)C
62153 (7.188 %)JavaScript
71938 (6.470 %)VB
81638 (5.469 %)VB.NET
9848 (2.831 %)Perl
10846 (2.824 %)PHP
11825 (2.754 %)Transact-SQL
12805 (2.688 %)VBA
13548 (1.830 %)PL/SQL
14538 (1.796 %)VB6
15426 (1.422 %)VC++
16419 (1.399 %)Python
17381 (1.272 %)Delphi
18333 (1.112 %)VBScript
19281 (0.938 %)Shell Script
20276 (0.921 %)ActionScript
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11452 (4.848 %)Microsoft Certification
2842 (2.811 %)Security Cleared
3716 (2.390 %)MCSE
4626 (2.090 %)ISEB
5613 (2.047 %)HND
6495 (1.653 %)Cisco Certification
7423 (1.412 %)MCP
8421 (1.406 %)PhD
9356 (1.189 %)CCNA
10283 (0.945 %)SC Cleared
11259 (0.865 %)CISSP
12226 (0.755 %)MCSD
13211 (0.704 %)PRINCE2 Certification
14197 (0.658 %)MCSA
15190 (0.634 %)HNC
16170 (0.568 %)CCNP
17166 (0.554 %)MBA
18159 (0.531 %)ITIL Certification
19129 (0.431 %)MCTS
20112 (0.374 %)PMI Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1796 (2.657 %)QA
2301 (1.005 %)SLA
3110 (0.367 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
4100 (0.334 %)ISO27001
589 (0.297 %)ISO9001
678 (0.260 %)WAI
768 (0.227 %)PCI DSS
860 (0.200 %)Basel II
941 (0.137 %)ISO9000
1026 (0.087 %)BS7799
1026 (0.087 %)ISO17799
1026 (0.087 %)COBIT
1125 (0.083 %)TickIT
1214 (0.047 %)GCP
1313 (0.043 %)21 CFR Part 11
1313 (0.043 %)MiFID
1412 (0.040 %)HL7
1511 (0.037 %)JTAG
1511 (0.037 %)GAMP
1511 (0.037 %)GxP
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1975 (3.255 %)Active Directory
2133 (0.444 %)VMware Infrastructure
387 (0.290 %)Oracle RAC
475 (0.250 %)Backup Exec
569 (0.230 %)Oracle RMAN
654 (0.180 %)ISA Server
742 (0.140 %)MSMQ
841 (0.137 %)NFS
938 (0.127 %)VMware ESX
1034 (0.114 %)NetBackup
1124 (0.080 %)Terminal Server
1124 (0.080 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1220 (0.067 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1318 (0.060 %)AquaLogic
1416 (0.053 %)Xen
1513 (0.043 %)Samba
1612 (0.040 %)Terminal Services
1710 (0.033 %)MetaFrame
189 (0.030 %)Hyper-V
195 (0.017 %)Cronacle
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
159 (0.197 %)OpenView
240 (0.134 %)MOM
338 (0.127 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
436 (0.120 %)Data Guard
533 (0.110 %)AutoSys
631 (0.103 %)SCOM
730 (0.100 %)Nagios
828 (0.093 %)Tivoli
920 (0.067 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
1018 (0.060 %)SCCM
1114 (0.047 %)WSUS
1114 (0.047 %)BMC PATROL
1213 (0.043 %)CONTROL-M
1312 (0.040 %)Unicenter
149 (0.030 %)OVSD
158 (0.027 %)Legato
167 (0.023 %)Netcool
167 (0.023 %)EMC NetWorker
176 (0.020 %)ZENworks
176 (0.020 %)CiscoWorks
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13747 (12.51 %)Microsoft
23312 (11.06 %)Oracle
3825 (2.754 %)SAP
4689 (2.300 %)Cisco
5493 (1.646 %)Sybase
6404 (1.349 %)Business Objects
7401 (1.339 %)IBM
7401 (1.339 %)Citrix
8315 (1.052 %)VMware
9309 (1.032 %)HP
10307 (1.025 %)Cognos
11227 (0.758 %)Sun
12211 (0.704 %)Adobe
13159 (0.531 %)Red Hat
14135 (0.451 %)Informatica
15121 (0.404 %)Lotus
16120 (0.401 %)EMC
17119 (0.397 %)CheckPoint
18109 (0.364 %)Murex
1996 (0.321 %)Symbian