Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs within the Birmingham region 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 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDegree
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank1630
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching permanent IT job ads201167
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.173 %0.085 %
As % of the category below41.44 %28.40 %
Salaries quoted188156
Average minimum salary£32,521£30,766
Average salary£36,415£34,450
% change on same period last year+5.70 %
Average maximum salary£40,309£38,134
UK excluding London average salary£36,676£36,994
% change on same period last year-0.86 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads485588
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.418 %0.300 %
Salaries quoted453545
Average minimum salary£33,341£35,098
Average salary£36,471£37,885
% change on same period last year-3.73 %
Average maximum salary£39,601£40,672
UK excluding London average salary£38,642£38,193
% change on same period last year+1.17 %
Degree West MidlandsDegree
West Midlands

Degree
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Degree Demand Trend

Degree
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Degree across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

Birmingham Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Birmingham region 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.

1125 (28.41 %)C#
2122 (27.73 %)SQL
3119 (27.05 %)C++
484 (19.09 %)Mathematics
582 (18.64 %).NET
673 (16.59 %)SQL Server
769 (15.68 %)Finance
769 (15.68 %)Pensions
859 (13.41 %)XML
948 (10.91 %)Windows
1046 (10.45 %)Computer Science
1143 (9.773 %)VB
1239 (8.864 %)HTML
1336 (8.182 %)Data Modelling
1435 (7.955 %)Java
1435 (7.955 %)OO
1531 (7.045 %)ASP.NET
1531 (7.045 %)Project Management
1630 (6.818 %)Education
1729 (6.591 %)JavaScript
1729 (6.591 %)VB.NET
1828 (6.364 %)Microsoft
1926 (5.909 %)C
2024 (5.455 %)Government
2024 (5.455 %)Manufacturing
2122 (5.000 %)Oracle
2122 (5.000 %)CRM
2221 (4.773 %)E-Commerce
2221 (4.773 %)WAN
2221 (4.773 %)UNIX

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT jobs across the Birmingham region 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.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
182 (18.64 %).NET
259 (13.41 %)XML
339 (8.864 %)HTML
431 (7.045 %)ASP.NET
519 (4.318 %)CSS
617 (3.864 %)J2EE
712 (2.727 %)ASP
811 (2.500 %)OpenGL
910 (2.273 %)AJAX
107 (1.591 %)DirectX
107 (1.591 %)XHTML
107 (1.591 %)MFC
115 (1.136 %)XSLT
124 (0.909 %)XForms
124 (0.909 %).NET Framework
133 (0.682 %)WCF
133 (0.682 %)WinForms
133 (0.682 %)WebServices
142 (0.455 %)EDI
142 (0.455 %)XML Schema
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (1.818 %)MS Exchange
26 (1.364 %)SAS
35 (1.136 %)CMS
44 (0.909 %)Exchange Server 2003
53 (0.682 %)Exchange Server 2007
53 (0.682 %)IIS
53 (0.682 %)Lotus Notes
62 (0.455 %)Apache
62 (0.455 %)JBoss
71 (0.227 %)SharePoint
71 (0.227 %)Oracle Workflow
71 (0.227 %)Exchange Server 2000
71 (0.227 %)WebLogic
71 (0.227 %)ESB
Birmingham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
118 (4.091 %)MS Excel
28 (1.818 %)Photoshop
36 (1.364 %)Acrobat
36 (1.364 %)Adobe Illustrator
36 (1.364 %)InDesign
36 (1.364 %)MS Office
44 (0.909 %)MS Visio
53 (0.682 %)SPSS
62 (0.455 %)MS Project
62 (0.455 %)Spreadsheet
71 (0.227 %)Fireworks
71 (0.227 %)AutoCAD
Birmingham IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.909 %)SAP FI/CO
14 (0.909 %)SAP CO
14 (0.909 %)SAP R/3
14 (0.909 %)SAP FI
21 (0.227 %)SAP MM
21 (0.227 %)Oracle 11i
21 (0.227 %)SAP Retail
21 (0.227 %)SAP Oil and Gas
21 (0.227 %)arcHouse
21 (0.227 %)SAP SRM
21 (0.227 %)Siebel Analytics
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
121 (4.773 %)WAN
220 (4.545 %)LAN
318 (4.091 %)Internet
415 (3.409 %)Firewall
510 (2.273 %)Intranet
510 (2.273 %)GPRS
510 (2.273 %)GSM
510 (2.273 %)3GPP
510 (2.273 %)UMTS
510 (2.273 %)VoIP
68 (1.818 %)TCP/IP
76 (1.364 %)VPN
76 (1.364 %)SAN
85 (1.136 %)SMS
85 (1.136 %)Network Security
94 (0.909 %)MPLS
94 (0.909 %)ASN.1
94 (0.909 %)Wireless
103 (0.682 %)HSDPA
111 (0.227 %)3G
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
173 (16.59 %)SQL Server
210 (2.273 %)SQL Server 2005
39 (2.045 %)Datawarehouse
47 (1.591 %)OLAP
47 (1.591 %)RDBMS
56 (1.364 %)Oracle 10g
56 (1.364 %)SQL Server 2000
64 (0.909 %)SAP BW
64 (0.909 %)BusinessObjects
64 (0.909 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (0.682 %)Crystal Reports
73 (0.682 %)MySQL
82 (0.455 %)MSDE
82 (0.455 %)Oracle 9i
82 (0.455 %)Data Mining
91 (0.227 %)MS Access
91 (0.227 %)Oracle Reports
91 (0.227 %)DB2
91 (0.227 %)PowerCenter
91 (0.227 %)BusinessObjects XI
Birmingham IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (1.364 %)TestDirector
24 (0.909 %)LoadRunner
24 (0.909 %)Visual Studio
24 (0.909 %)WinRunner
32 (0.455 %)LabVIEW
32 (0.455 %)NUnit
41 (0.227 %)StarTeam
41 (0.227 %)WATIR
41 (0.227 %)Selenium
41 (0.227 %)yacc
41 (0.227 %)Firebug
41 (0.227 %)Fiddler
41 (0.227 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.227 %)Eclipse
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
169 (15.68 %)Finance
169 (15.68 %)Pensions
230 (6.818 %)Education
324 (5.455 %)Government
324 (5.455 %)Manufacturing
419 (4.318 %)Health
518 (4.091 %)Aerospace
617 (3.864 %)Auditing
715 (3.409 %)Marketing
814 (3.182 %)Retail
911 (2.500 %)Automotive
911 (2.500 %)Electronics
1010 (2.273 %)Insurance
119 (2.045 %)Telecoms
128 (1.818 %)3D Graphics
136 (1.364 %)Games
136 (1.364 %)Electric
145 (1.136 %)Construction
145 (1.136 %)Banking
154 (0.909 %)Back Office
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1158 (35.91 %)Developer
274 (16.82 %)Software Developer
344 (10.00 %)Software Engineer
439 (8.864 %)Graduate
439 (8.864 %)Analyst
532 (7.273 %)Architect
630 (6.818 %)Data Modeller
728 (6.364 %)Consultant
827 (6.136 %)C# Developer
922 (5.000 %)Web Developer
922 (5.000 %)Graduate Developer
1019 (4.318 %).NET Developer
1114 (3.182 %)C++ Developer
1213 (2.955 %)Programmer
1312 (2.727 %)Support Analyst
1312 (2.727 %)Senior Developer
1312 (2.727 %)Junior
1312 (2.727 %)Graduate Software Engineer
1411 (2.500 %)Solutions Architect
1510 (2.273 %)PHP Developer
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
184 (19.09 %)Mathematics
246 (10.45 %)Computer Science
37 (1.591 %)Management Information System
46 (1.364 %)Handset
46 (1.364 %)Life Science
46 (1.364 %)Physics
55 (1.136 %)EPoS
55 (1.136 %)NHS
63 (0.682 %)Client/Server
63 (0.682 %)N-Tier
63 (0.682 %)Statistics
72 (0.455 %)LIMS
72 (0.455 %)Blackberry
72 (0.455 %)Video Conferencing
72 (0.455 %)German Language
72 (0.455 %)Credit Risk
72 (0.455 %)Economics
81 (0.227 %)RIA
81 (0.227 %)Data Integration
81 (0.227 %)DTV
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
148 (10.91 %)Windows
221 (4.773 %)UNIX
311 (2.500 %)Windows Server 2003
48 (1.818 %)Linux
57 (1.591 %)Mac OS X
57 (1.591 %)Windows 2000 Server
65 (1.136 %)Windows 2000
74 (0.909 %)Windows NT
74 (0.909 %)Red Hat Linux
83 (0.682 %)Windows Vista
83 (0.682 %)Windows Server 2008
92 (0.455 %)Windows XP
101 (0.227 %)Solaris
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
136 (8.182 %)Data Modelling
235 (7.955 %)OO
331 (7.045 %)Project Management
422 (5.000 %)CRM
521 (4.773 %)E-Commerce
615 (3.409 %)Business Development
713 (2.955 %)Software Engineering
713 (2.955 %)ITIL
713 (2.955 %)SOA
812 (2.727 %)Service Management
812 (2.727 %)OOP
910 (2.273 %)OOD
910 (2.273 %)ERP
109 (2.045 %)Business Intelligence
109 (2.045 %)B2B
109 (2.045 %)Zachman Framework
109 (2.045 %)TOGAF
109 (2.045 %)Enterprise Architecture
118 (1.818 %)Web Development
118 (1.818 %)CAD
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1125 (28.41 %)C#
2122 (27.73 %)SQL
3119 (27.05 %)C++
443 (9.773 %)VB
535 (7.955 %)Java
629 (6.591 %)JavaScript
629 (6.591 %)VB.NET
726 (5.909 %)C
816 (3.636 %)PHP
99 (2.045 %)VBA
108 (1.818 %)VC++
115 (1.136 %)PL/SQL
124 (0.909 %)Transact-SQL
124 (0.909 %)Perl
124 (0.909 %)XPath
133 (0.682 %)VB6
142 (0.455 %)ActionScript
142 (0.455 %)COBOL
151 (0.227 %)Tcl
Birmingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (3.409 %)Microsoft Certification
214 (3.182 %)Cisco Certification
313 (2.955 %)ISEB
313 (2.955 %)HND
313 (2.955 %)CISA
411 (2.500 %)CCNA
510 (2.273 %)CCNP
69 (2.045 %)Security Cleared
78 (1.818 %)MCP
78 (1.818 %)CCIE
86 (1.364 %)CCDP
86 (1.364 %)CCIP
86 (1.364 %)MCSE
86 (1.364 %)ACCA
86 (1.364 %)SC Cleared
95 (1.136 %)MCSA
104 (0.909 %)BC Cleared
113 (0.682 %)MCAD
113 (0.682 %)MCSD
113 (0.682 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Birmingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (3.409 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
212 (2.727 %)QA
310 (2.273 %)SLA
44 (0.909 %)MiFID
51 (0.227 %)ISO9000
Birmingham IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (2.727 %)Active Directory
22 (0.455 %)Terminal Services
31 (0.227 %)VMware ESX
31 (0.227 %)Oracle RMAN
31 (0.227 %)AquaLogic
31 (0.227 %)Oracle RAC
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
128 (6.364 %)Microsoft
222 (5.000 %)Oracle
312 (2.727 %)SAP
410 (2.273 %)Cisco
59 (2.045 %)CA
67 (1.591 %)Citrix
76 (1.364 %)Adobe
76 (1.364 %)Apple
85 (1.136 %)IBM
94 (0.909 %)Business Objects
94 (0.909 %)Red Hat
103 (0.682 %)Lotus
112 (0.455 %)Pegasus
112 (0.455 %)NEC
112 (0.455 %)Infragistics
112 (0.455 %)webMethods
112 (0.455 %)Cognos
121 (0.227 %)Siebel
121 (0.227 %)PeopleSoft
121 (0.227 %)Sun