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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkDegree
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1214
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching permanent IT job ads1602423122
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled10.34 %10.35 %
As % of the category below50.13 %51.49 %
Salaries quoted1372618555
Average minimum salary£36,705£37,770
Average salary£40,842£42,126
% change on same period last year-3.04 %
Average maximum salary£44,978£46,482
UK excluding London average salary£36,675£36,791
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads3196444903
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled20.62 %20.10 %
Salaries quoted2743636472
Average minimum salary£37,334£38,115
Average salary£40,819£41,527
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Average maximum salary£44,304£44,940
UK excluding London average salary£37,971£38,036
% change on same period last year-0.17 %

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 21 November 2008 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 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+115155£40,847-3.51 %
LondonDown-16339£47,637-3.01 %
South EastUp+23210£38,623+1.33 %
City of LondonUp+21703£49,607-7.44 %
East of EnglandUp+21440£38,764+8.90 %
South WestUp+31120£34,749-2.18 %
SurreyUp+5923£37,163-4.61 %
North WestDown-5872£34,476-11.29 %
BerkshireUp+1798£40,007-0.57 %
West MidlandsUp+7707£34,704+3.52 %
YorkshireUp+1694£30,250-3.92 %
CambridgeshireDown-1691£38,156+6.44 %
HampshireNo change0599£37,669+7.51 %
CambridgeDown-2580£38,139+4.46 %
East MidlandsUp+1568£32,975+4.43 %
ManchesterDown-1495£36,504-16.34 %
HertfordshireUp+2447£42,543+16.77 %
West YorkshireDown-2420£29,488-4.59 %
ScotlandUp+1405£38,389+20.91 %
BristolNo change0403£34,968-6.83 %
LeedsDown-1262£29,764-4.54 %
OxfordshireDown-6246£35,883+3.19 %
BirminghamUp+7238£36,922+9.36 %
SomersetUp+4208£33,599+10.00 %
BuckinghamshireDown-6202£39,070+8.64 %
NottinghamshireUp+9198£31,630+8.84 %
CheshireDown-4187£32,312+8.05 %
WiltshireUp+12180£34,188-2.75 %
West SussexUp+9179£43,285+13.74 %
NottinghamUp+7176£30,869+7.87 %

Degree
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

17980 (22.92 %)Finance
27558 (21.71 %)SQL
37230 (20.77 %).NET
46504 (18.68 %)C#
56076 (17.45 %)SQL Server
66021 (17.29 %)Java
75723 (16.44 %)C++
85296 (15.21 %)Windows
95174 (14.86 %)Computer Science
104291 (12.32 %)Microsoft
113934 (11.30 %)XML
123817 (10.96 %)Oracle
133377 (9.699 %)ASP.NET
143324 (9.547 %)UNIX
153132 (8.996 %)OO
163066 (8.806 %)C
172919 (8.384 %)Project Management
182913 (8.367 %)HTML
192770 (7.956 %)Education
202719 (7.809 %)Mathematics
212663 (7.649 %)MS Excel
222644 (7.594 %)Linux
232643 (7.591 %)Banking
242522 (7.244 %)JavaScript
252206 (6.336 %)VB
262001 (5.747 %)Pensions
271963 (5.638 %)J2EE
281914 (5.497 %)Marketing
291891 (5.431 %)VB.NET
301795 (5.156 %)CSS

Degree
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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
17230 (20.77 %).NET
23934 (11.30 %)XML
33377 (9.699 %)ASP.NET
42913 (8.367 %)HTML
51963 (5.638 %)J2EE
61795 (5.156 %)CSS
71364 (3.918 %)WebServices
81283 (3.685 %)AJAX
91193 (3.426 %)ASP
10751 (2.157 %).NET Framework
11726 (2.085 %)JSP
12694 (1.993 %)XHTML
13653 (1.876 %)Spring
14630 (1.809 %)XSLT
15619 (1.778 %)WinForms
16501 (1.439 %)Hibernate
17453 (1.301 %)WebSphere
18429 (1.232 %)STL
19427 (1.226 %)MFC
20344 (0.988 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1990 (2.843 %)SAS
2648 (1.861 %)IIS
3619 (1.778 %)MS Exchange
4573 (1.646 %)SharePoint
5472 (1.356 %)Apache
6348 (1.000 %)WebLogic
7339 (0.974 %)Exchange Server 2003
8302 (0.867 %)BizTalk Server
9287 (0.824 %)Tomcat
10257 (0.738 %)CMS
11228 (0.655 %)SharePoint Server 2007
12223 (0.640 %)JBoss
13106 (0.304 %)Exchange Server 2007
1499 (0.284 %)Lotus Notes
1598 (0.281 %)ColdFusion
1694 (0.270 %)WebSphere Application Server
1764 (0.184 %)WebSphere MQ
1863 (0.181 %)Exchange Server 2000
1959 (0.169 %)WebLogic Portal
2054 (0.155 %)Lotus Domino
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12663 (7.649 %)MS Excel
21201 (3.449 %)MS Office
3492 (1.413 %)MS Visio
4482 (1.384 %)Photoshop
5388 (1.114 %)SPSS
6325 (0.933 %)MATLAB
7322 (0.925 %)MS Project
8275 (0.790 %)MS PowerPoint
9197 (0.566 %)Spreadsheet
10150 (0.431 %)Adobe Illustrator
11121 (0.348 %)Simulink
1296 (0.276 %)CA Clarity
1362 (0.178 %)Fireworks
1450 (0.144 %)RoboHelp
1547 (0.135 %)Pro/ENGINEER
1643 (0.124 %)Acrobat
1741 (0.118 %)FrameMaker
1838 (0.109 %)AutoCAD
1929 (0.083 %)Maya
2026 (0.075 %)3ds Max
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1109 (0.313 %)SAP FI
2105 (0.302 %)Oracle Applications
3104 (0.299 %)SAP FI/CO
3104 (0.299 %)SAP CO
497 (0.279 %)Oracle Financials
595 (0.273 %)SAP SD
693 (0.267 %)Oracle EBS
778 (0.224 %)SAP HR
856 (0.161 %)Oracle 11i
954 (0.155 %)Microsoft CRM
1051 (0.146 %)Dynamics AX
1146 (0.132 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
1146 (0.132 %)Summit
1245 (0.129 %)SAP CRM
1344 (0.126 %)Kondor+
1443 (0.124 %)Dynamics CRM
1541 (0.118 %)SAP IS-U
1638 (0.109 %)Navision
1735 (0.101 %)SoftGrid
1735 (0.101 %)RMDS
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11414 (4.061 %)Internet
21122 (3.223 %)TCP/IP
3687 (1.973 %)WAN
4655 (1.881 %)LAN
5586 (1.683 %)Firewall
6544 (1.562 %)Wireless
7383 (1.100 %)Intranet
8363 (1.043 %)DNS
8363 (1.043 %)HTTP
9356 (1.022 %)SAN
10337 (0.968 %)VPN
11285 (0.819 %)VoIP
12196 (0.563 %)Network Security
13182 (0.523 %)DHCP
14170 (0.488 %)GSM
15130 (0.373 %)SMTP
16116 (0.333 %)3G
17114 (0.327 %)MPLS
18108 (0.310 %)FTP
1999 (0.284 %)Broadband
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16076 (17.45 %)SQL Server
21447 (4.156 %)SQL Server 2005
3988 (2.838 %)SQL Server 2000
4893 (2.565 %)MySQL
5861 (2.473 %)Datawarehouse
6703 (2.019 %)RDBMS
7474 (1.361 %)BusinessObjects
8448 (1.287 %)ETL
9389 (1.117 %)Oracle 10g
10362 (1.040 %)Crystal Reports
11289 (0.830 %)SQL Server Integration Services
12285 (0.819 %)MS Access
13281 (0.807 %)DTS
14279 (0.801 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
15268 (0.770 %)GIS
15268 (0.770 %)Oracle 8/8i
16262 (0.753 %)DB2
17233 (0.669 %)Oracle 9i
18189 (0.543 %)Oracle Reports
19160 (0.460 %)Data Mining
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1961 (2.760 %)Visual Studio
2618 (1.775 %)Flash
3274 (0.787 %)Eclipse
4236 (0.678 %)JUnit
5213 (0.612 %)Subversion
6174 (0.500 %)TestDirector
7162 (0.465 %)VSS/SourceSafe
8137 (0.393 %)QuickTest Pro
9133 (0.382 %)Dreamweaver
10131 (0.376 %)LoadRunner
11120 (0.345 %)Ant
12110 (0.316 %)WinRunner
1399 (0.284 %)Rational Rose
1495 (0.273 %)Selenium
1588 (0.253 %)Oracle Forms
1686 (0.247 %)ClearCase
1779 (0.227 %)NUnit
1857 (0.164 %)IntelliJ
1946 (0.132 %)RequisitePro
2040 (0.115 %)FitNesse
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17980 (22.92 %)Finance
22770 (7.956 %)Education
32643 (7.591 %)Banking
42001 (5.747 %)Pensions
51914 (5.497 %)Marketing
61650 (4.739 %)Telecoms
71586 (4.555 %)Health
81353 (3.886 %)Front Office
91277 (3.668 %)Retail
101268 (3.642 %)Insurance
11944 (2.711 %)Games
12912 (2.619 %)Electronics
13901 (2.588 %)Investment Banking
14849 (2.438 %)Government
15702 (2.016 %)Manufacturing
16502 (1.442 %)Back Office
17450 (1.292 %)Electric
18432 (1.241 %)Financial Institution
19344 (0.988 %)Legal
20339 (0.974 %)Aerospace
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110101 (29.01 %)Developer
25754 (16.53 %)Analyst
32636 (7.571 %)Consultant
42318 (6.658 %)Graduate
52284 (6.560 %)Software Engineer
61950 (5.601 %).NET Developer
71853 (5.322 %)C# Developer
81683 (4.834 %)Java Developer
91465 (4.208 %)Business Analyst
101418 (4.073 %)Project Manager
111393 (4.001 %)Junior
121373 (3.943 %)Software Developer
131234 (3.544 %)Programmer
141142 (3.280 %)Senior Developer
151139 (3.271 %)C++ Developer
161136 (3.263 %)Architect
171088 (3.125 %)Web Developer
18938 (2.694 %)Support Analyst
19850 (2.441 %)Graduate Developer
20705 (2.025 %)Team Leader
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15174 (14.86 %)Computer Science
22719 (7.809 %)Mathematics
31262 (3.625 %)Derivative
4858 (2.464 %)Physics
5636 (1.827 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
6624 (1.792 %)Fixed Income
7611 (1.755 %)Equities
8544 (1.562 %)Statistics
9487 (1.399 %)Management Information System
10394 (1.132 %)Client/Server
11353 (1.014 %)Multithreading
12283 (0.813 %)Credit Risk
13280 (0.804 %)Equity Derivative
14263 (0.755 %)Economics
15230 (0.661 %)Web 2.0
15230 (0.661 %)German Language
16229 (0.658 %)French Language
17213 (0.612 %)N-Tier
18204 (0.586 %)Credit Derivative
19172 (0.494 %)NHS
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15296 (15.21 %)Windows
23324 (9.547 %)UNIX
32644 (7.594 %)Linux
41153 (3.312 %)Windows Server 2003
5870 (2.499 %)Windows XP
6625 (1.795 %)Solaris
7509 (1.462 %)Windows 2000
8222 (0.638 %)Windows 2000 Server
9195 (0.560 %)Windows Vista
10174 (0.500 %)AIX
11170 (0.488 %)Red Hat Linux
12154 (0.442 %)Windows Mobile
13150 (0.431 %)Windows NT
1499 (0.284 %)Embedded Linux
1583 (0.238 %)HPUX
1682 (0.236 %)Windows CE
1777 (0.221 %)Windows Server 2008
1854 (0.155 %)Debian
1952 (0.149 %)Mac OS X
2051 (0.146 %)VxWorks
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13132 (8.996 %)OO
22919 (8.384 %)Project Management
31643 (4.719 %)Software Engineering
41558 (4.475 %)UML
51289 (3.702 %)PRINCE2
61126 (3.234 %)Business Analysis
71020 (2.930 %)Business Intelligence
8978 (2.809 %)E-Commerce
9954 (2.740 %)ITIL
10915 (2.628 %)Web Development
11881 (2.530 %)Security Cleared
12861 (2.473 %)CRM
13842 (2.418 %)Agile Software Development
14811 (2.329 %)Risk Management
15707 (2.031 %)OOD
16616 (1.769 %)Software Testing
17580 (1.666 %)ERP
18576 (1.654 %)Data Analysis
19539 (1.548 %)Business Development
20467 (1.341 %)SOA
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17558 (21.71 %)SQL
26504 (18.68 %)C#
36021 (17.29 %)Java
45723 (16.44 %)C++
53066 (8.806 %)C
62522 (7.244 %)JavaScript
72206 (6.336 %)VB
81891 (5.431 %)VB.NET
91022 (2.935 %)Perl
10995 (2.858 %)VBA
11969 (2.783 %)PHP
12884 (2.539 %)Transact-SQL
13606 (1.741 %)VB6
14563 (1.617 %)PL/SQL
15510 (1.465 %)Python
16449 (1.290 %)VC++
17435 (1.249 %)Delphi
18350 (1.005 %)VBScript
19342 (0.982 %)Shell Script
20332 (0.954 %)ActionScript
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11636 (4.699 %)Microsoft Certification
2864 (2.482 %)MCSE
3719 (2.065 %)ISEB
4688 (1.976 %)HND
5590 (1.695 %)Cisco Certification
6502 (1.442 %)PhD
7490 (1.407 %)MCP
8425 (1.221 %)CCNA
9261 (0.750 %)PRINCE2 Certification
10258 (0.741 %)CISSP
11242 (0.695 %)MCSD
12240 (0.689 %)MCSA
13209 (0.600 %)HNC
14199 (0.572 %)MBA
15192 (0.551 %)CCNP
16185 (0.531 %)ITIL Certification
17138 (0.396 %)MCTS
18125 (0.359 %)PMI Certification
19124 (0.356 %)Sun Certification
20122 (0.350 %)CISA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1966 (2.775 %)QA
2362 (1.040 %)SLA
3134 (0.385 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
4100 (0.287 %)ISO9001
596 (0.276 %)WAI
694 (0.270 %)ISO27001
788 (0.253 %)Basel II
845 (0.129 %)PCI DSS
944 (0.126 %)COBIT
1038 (0.109 %)ISO9000
1135 (0.101 %)BS7799
1230 (0.086 %)ISO17799
1325 (0.072 %)TickIT
1416 (0.046 %)GCP
1514 (0.040 %)MiFID
1612 (0.034 %)JTAG
1711 (0.032 %)GMP
1810 (0.029 %)HL7
199 (0.026 %)WCAG
208 (0.023 %)EFQM
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11115 (3.202 %)Active Directory
2134 (0.385 %)VMware Infrastructure
385 (0.244 %)Oracle RAC
482 (0.236 %)Backup Exec
577 (0.221 %)ISA Server
665 (0.187 %)Oracle RMAN
751 (0.146 %)VMware ESX
849 (0.141 %)NetBackup
941 (0.118 %)MSMQ
1040 (0.115 %)NFS
1131 (0.089 %)Terminal Server
1227 (0.078 %)Citrix Presentation Server
1326 (0.075 %)MetaFrame
1425 (0.072 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
1523 (0.066 %)Xen
1622 (0.063 %)AquaLogic
1713 (0.037 %)Terminal Services
1812 (0.034 %)Samba
195 (0.014 %)Cronacle
204 (0.011 %)VMware Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
164 (0.184 %)OpenView
255 (0.158 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
348 (0.138 %)MOM
441 (0.118 %)SCOM
537 (0.106 %)Tivoli
633 (0.095 %)AutoSys
730 (0.086 %)Nagios
827 (0.078 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
917 (0.049 %)WSUS
1016 (0.046 %)SCCM
1114 (0.040 %)BMC PATROL
1212 (0.034 %)Unicenter
1311 (0.032 %)CONTROL-M
1311 (0.032 %)OVSD
1410 (0.029 %)Legato
159 (0.026 %)CiscoWorks
168 (0.023 %)Norton AntiVirus
177 (0.020 %)EMC NetWorker
177 (0.020 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
177 (0.020 %)ZENworks
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14291 (12.32 %)Microsoft
23817 (10.96 %)Oracle
31002 (2.878 %)SAP
4824 (2.367 %)Cisco
5567 (1.629 %)Sybase
6474 (1.361 %)Business Objects
7471 (1.353 %)IBM
8418 (1.201 %)Citrix
9369 (1.060 %)HP
10358 (1.028 %)Cognos
11353 (1.014 %)VMware
12265 (0.761 %)Sun
13248 (0.712 %)Adobe
14194 (0.557 %)Red Hat
15154 (0.442 %)Informatica
16143 (0.411 %)EMC
17139 (0.399 %)Lotus
18125 (0.359 %)BEA
19122 (0.350 %)Reuters
20121 (0.348 %)CheckPoint