Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Degree in IT jobs within the Hertfordshire 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDegree
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank77
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads311545
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.269 %0.278 %
As % of the category below47.19 %60.35 %
Salaries quoted267426
Average minimum salary£38,869£33,808
Average salary£43,214£38,856
% change on same period last year+11.21 %
Average maximum salary£47,559£43,905
UK excluding London average salary£36,646£36,975
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads659903
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.570 %0.461 %
Salaries quoted569745
Average minimum salary£39,043£35,332
Average salary£42,134£39,401
% change on same period last year+6.93 %
Average maximum salary£45,226£43,470
UK excluding London average salary£38,607£38,188
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Degree East of EnglandDegree
East of England

Degree
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Degree Salary Trend

Degree
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Degree across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Hertfordshire Degree Salary Histogram

Degree
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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 8 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
Welwyn Garden CityUp+937£54,914+80.04 %
WatfordDown-1923£39,227+20.41 %
StevenageUp+620£37,368-11.68 %
St AlbansUp+719£43,618+13.75 %
HoddesdonNew entry-4£35,250-
LetchworthUp+23£39,667+30.05 %
HertfordDown-12£32,250+4.45 %
RoystonDown-91£29,000-11.11 %
Potters BarDown-91£47,500+58.33 %
WelwynNo change01--
Degree East of EnglandDegree
East of England

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1190 (22.02 %)SQL
2162 (18.77 %)Retail
3158 (18.31 %).NET
4143 (16.57 %)Windows
5125 (14.48 %)XML
6124 (14.37 %)Microsoft
7121 (14.02 %)MS Excel
8118 (13.67 %)Computer Science
9116 (13.44 %)C#
10112 (12.98 %)Java
11111 (12.86 %)SQL Server
12100 (11.59 %)Project Management
1398 (11.36 %)Finance
1489 (10.31 %)C++
1587 (10.08 %)ASP.NET
1683 (9.618 %)E-Commerce
1774 (8.575 %)Pensions
1873 (8.459 %)OO
1970 (8.111 %)Education
2068 (7.879 %)HTTP
2166 (7.648 %)C
2166 (7.648 %)Health
2265 (7.532 %)Mathematics
2361 (7.068 %)Oracle
2361 (7.068 %)Microsoft Certification
2361 (7.068 %)BizTalk Server
2458 (6.721 %)HTML
2555 (6.373 %)Marketing
2654 (6.257 %)Windows Server 2003
2753 (6.141 %)UNIX

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1158 (18.31 %).NET
2125 (14.48 %)XML
387 (10.08 %)ASP.NET
458 (6.721 %)HTML
547 (5.446 %)AJAX
639 (4.519 %)CSS
735 (4.056 %)XSL
831 (3.592 %)XSLT
923 (2.665 %)J2EE
1019 (2.202 %)ADO.NET
1019 (2.202 %)WebServices
1019 (2.202 %)XHTML
1118 (2.086 %)LAMP
1118 (2.086 %)ASP
1215 (1.738 %).NET Framework
1314 (1.622 %)DHTML
1314 (1.622 %)SOAP
1413 (1.506 %)JSP
1512 (1.390 %)STL
1611 (1.275 %)COM+
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
161 (7.068 %)BizTalk Server
240 (4.635 %)SAS
240 (4.635 %)IIS
334 (3.940 %)MS Exchange
418 (2.086 %)SharePoint
517 (1.970 %)CMS
68 (0.927 %)Tomcat
77 (0.811 %)Exchange Server 2003
86 (0.695 %)Apache
95 (0.579 %)JBoss
95 (0.579 %)Office Project Server
95 (0.579 %)SharePoint Server 2007
104 (0.463 %)SharePoint Portal Server
113 (0.348 %)TeamSite
122 (0.232 %)OpenEdge
131 (0.116 %)CICS
131 (0.116 %)Lotus Notes
131 (0.116 %)WebSphere Application Server
131 (0.116 %)MQSeries
131 (0.116 %)Exchange Server 2007
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1121 (14.02 %)MS Excel
248 (5.562 %)MS Office
332 (3.708 %)MS PowerPoint
416 (1.854 %)SPSS
515 (1.738 %)Spreadsheet
611 (1.275 %)MATLAB
79 (1.043 %)Photoshop
79 (1.043 %)MS Project
88 (0.927 %)MS Visio
95 (0.579 %)QuarkXPress
95 (0.579 %)Adobe Illustrator
95 (0.579 %)InDesign
103 (0.348 %)Simulink
111 (0.116 %)Fireworks
111 (0.116 %)Pro/ENGINEER
111 (0.116 %)CA Clarity
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
116 (1.854 %)Oracle EBS
116 (1.854 %)Oracle Financials
211 (1.275 %)Oracle 11i
211 (1.275 %)Oracle EBS R12
36 (0.695 %)Oracle Applications
45 (0.579 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
52 (0.232 %)ResourceLink
52 (0.232 %)Unica Affinium
61 (0.116 %)Remedy ITSM
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
168 (7.879 %)HTTP
238 (4.403 %)Internet
331 (3.592 %)TCP/IP
427 (3.129 %)Firewall
524 (2.781 %)SAN
622 (2.549 %)DNS
718 (2.086 %)SMTP
815 (1.738 %)FTP
911 (1.275 %)Wireless
109 (1.043 %)LAN
118 (0.927 %)WAN
126 (0.695 %)WLAN
135 (0.579 %)GSM
135 (0.579 %)UMTS
135 (0.579 %)DHCP
135 (0.579 %)VPN
135 (0.579 %)WiMAX
135 (0.579 %)SSL
135 (0.579 %)LTE
144 (0.463 %)IP Telephony
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1111 (12.86 %)SQL Server
235 (4.056 %)Datawarehouse
324 (2.781 %)SQL Server Integration Services
324 (2.781 %)Base SAS
419 (2.202 %)SQL Server 2005
419 (2.202 %)SQL Server 2000
515 (1.738 %)Oracle Discoverer
612 (1.390 %)BusinessObjects
711 (1.275 %)TOAD
711 (1.275 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
87 (0.811 %)Text Mining
87 (0.811 %)Data Mining
87 (0.811 %)MySQL
96 (0.695 %)RDBMS
105 (0.579 %)DTS
105 (0.579 %)Oracle 8/8i
105 (0.579 %)MS Access
114 (0.463 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
123 (0.348 %)Data Cleansing
123 (0.348 %)Database Marketing
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (0.811 %)Eclipse
24 (0.463 %)JUnit
33 (0.348 %)VSS/SourceSafe
33 (0.348 %)LoadRunner
33 (0.348 %)NUnit
33 (0.348 %)Subversion
42 (0.232 %)Ant
42 (0.232 %)WebSpeed
42 (0.232 %)WinRunner
42 (0.232 %)TestDirector
42 (0.232 %)Visual Studio
51 (0.116 %)ClearCase
51 (0.116 %)ClearQuest
51 (0.116 %)InstallShield
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1162 (18.77 %)Retail
298 (11.36 %)Finance
374 (8.575 %)Pensions
470 (8.111 %)Education
566 (7.648 %)Health
655 (6.373 %)Marketing
744 (5.098 %)Pharmaceutical
837 (4.287 %)Telecoms
921 (2.433 %)Banking
1017 (1.970 %)FMCG
1116 (1.854 %)Manufacturing
1214 (1.622 %)Electric
1313 (1.506 %)Publishing
1313 (1.506 %)Construction
1411 (1.275 %)Financial Institution
1411 (1.275 %)Games
1510 (1.159 %)Insurance
1510 (1.159 %)Aerospace
168 (0.927 %)3D Graphics
176 (0.695 %)Automotive
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1210 (24.33 %)Analyst
2133 (15.41 %)Developer
3112 (12.98 %)Architect
4100 (11.59 %)Business Analyst
551 (5.910 %)Solutions Architect
645 (5.214 %)Junior
740 (4.635 %)Systems Analyst
740 (4.635 %)Consultant
838 (4.403 %)Business Systems Analyst
937 (4.287 %)Graduate
1036 (4.171 %)Enterprise Architect
1135 (4.056 %)Project Manager
1234 (3.940 %)Data Analyst
1331 (3.592 %)Software Developer
1331 (3.592 %)Senior Analyst
1430 (3.476 %)Java Developer
1529 (3.360 %)Team Leader
1627 (3.129 %)Support Engineer
1726 (3.013 %)Programmer
1825 (2.897 %)Software Engineer
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1118 (13.67 %)Computer Science
265 (7.532 %)Mathematics
330 (3.476 %)Statistics
422 (2.549 %)Thin Client
422 (2.549 %)Fat Client
521 (2.433 %)Management Information System
620 (2.317 %)Clustering
716 (1.854 %)German Language
815 (1.738 %)N-Tier
815 (1.738 %)Multithreading
914 (1.622 %)Credit Risk
1011 (1.275 %)Life Science
1011 (1.275 %)Robotics
116 (0.695 %)Spanish Language
116 (0.695 %)IVR
116 (0.695 %)Speech Recognition
125 (0.579 %)EPoS
134 (0.463 %)Blackberry
134 (0.463 %)Client/Server
134 (0.463 %)Physics
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1143 (16.57 %)Windows
254 (6.257 %)Windows Server 2003
353 (6.141 %)UNIX
449 (5.678 %)Linux
518 (2.086 %)Solaris
518 (2.086 %)AIX
68 (0.927 %)Windows XP
76 (0.695 %)Windows 2000
76 (0.695 %)Windows Vista
83 (0.348 %)Android
83 (0.348 %)Windows 2000 Server
83 (0.348 %)Red Hat Linux
83 (0.348 %)NetWare
83 (0.348 %)HPUX
92 (0.232 %)Windows Server 2008
101 (0.116 %)VxWorks
101 (0.116 %)pSOS
101 (0.116 %)SUSE
101 (0.116 %)Debian
101 (0.116 %)Windows NT
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1100 (11.59 %)Project Management
283 (9.618 %)E-Commerce
373 (8.459 %)OO
442 (4.867 %)Scrum
536 (4.171 %)User Acceptance Testing
635 (4.056 %)Workflow
734 (3.940 %)Business Intelligence
830 (3.476 %)Business Analysis
929 (3.360 %)Content Management
929 (3.360 %)ITIL
929 (3.360 %)UML
1028 (3.244 %)CRM
1028 (3.244 %)Data Analysis
1120 (2.317 %)Agile Software Development
1120 (2.317 %)PRINCE2
1120 (2.317 %)Use Case
1219 (2.202 %)RAD
1318 (2.086 %)OOD
1417 (1.970 %)Web Development
1417 (1.970 %)ERD
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1190 (22.02 %)SQL
2116 (13.44 %)C#
3112 (12.98 %)Java
489 (10.31 %)C++
566 (7.648 %)C
628 (3.244 %)VBA
726 (3.013 %)JavaScript
822 (2.549 %)VB
912 (1.390 %)Transact-SQL
109 (1.043 %)VB.NET
109 (1.043 %)PL/SQL
109 (1.043 %)SAS Macro
118 (0.927 %)PHP
127 (0.811 %)VB6
136 (0.695 %)XPath
136 (0.695 %)PHP5
145 (0.579 %)Perl
154 (0.463 %)Shell Script
163 (0.348 %)Objective-C
163 (0.348 %)Ada
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
161 (7.068 %)Microsoft Certification
246 (5.330 %)MCSE
328 (3.244 %)Cisco Certification
421 (2.433 %)HND
517 (1.970 %)CCNA
614 (1.622 %)MCP
614 (1.622 %)MBA
79 (1.043 %)CCNP
88 (0.927 %)CCIE
97 (0.811 %)Security Cleared
105 (0.579 %)CIMA
105 (0.579 %)PhD
105 (0.579 %)HNC
105 (0.579 %)ISEB
113 (0.348 %)CISSP
113 (0.348 %)MCSD
113 (0.348 %)MCDBA
113 (0.348 %)Sun Certification
113 (0.348 %)ITIL Certification
113 (0.348 %)SSCP
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
121 (2.433 %)QA
29 (1.043 %)SLA
38 (0.927 %)JTAG
44 (0.463 %)ISO9001
44 (0.463 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
44 (0.463 %)ISO14001
53 (0.348 %)ISO27001
53 (0.348 %)ISO17799
53 (0.348 %)BS7799
53 (0.348 %)PCI DSS
61 (0.116 %)JSP 440
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
136 (4.171 %)Active Directory
25 (0.579 %)VMware Infrastructure
33 (0.348 %)ISA Server
42 (0.232 %)NetBackup
42 (0.232 %)MetaFrame
51 (0.116 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (0.348 %)MOM
21 (0.116 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
21 (0.116 %)SCCM
21 (0.116 %)SCOM
21 (0.116 %)Unicenter
21 (0.116 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1124 (14.37 %)Microsoft
261 (7.068 %)Oracle
329 (3.360 %)Citrix
426 (3.013 %)Cisco
515 (1.738 %)Adobe
612 (1.390 %)Sun
612 (1.390 %)Business Objects
612 (1.390 %)Quark
710 (1.159 %)EMC
89 (1.043 %)Chordiant
89 (1.043 %)HP
98 (0.927 %)Dell
98 (0.927 %)Symbian
98 (0.927 %)Sybase
98 (0.927 %)VMware
107 (0.811 %)Zend
116 (0.695 %)IBM
116 (0.695 %)Retek
124 (0.463 %)SAP
124 (0.463 %)Altiris