Industry Analysis In partnership with:
@TechNetUK
IT skills and technology trends October 2014 - March 2015 We have partnered with Microsoft to create a skills dashboard. This cloud based business insight tool hosted on Microsoft Azure, provides analysis on IT Job Board advert data, from this we are able to extract key industry insight. For the purpose of this report we have selected 5 key sectors to analyse.
What’s in demand?
Top 5 IT Roles 1
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Developer
IT Consultant
IT Support
Project Manager
Analyst
19%
4%
3%
3%
3%
Top 5 IT Skills 1
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3
4
5
Agile
Integration
Network
Security
BI
11%
6%
5%
5%
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4%
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Banking & Finance
October 2014 - March 2015
Total Banking Jobs advertised on the IT Job Board
19,705
26%
Jobs advertised online
of total jobs advertised
Technologies
Role Trend
SQL
29%
Java
15%
C#
14%
SQL Server
0%
5%
Developer
13%
JavaScript
11% 10%
15%
30%
20%
25%
30%
7%
7%
IT Support
IT Consultant
7% Project Manager
8% Analyst
Banking Insight
Skills e-commerce 10%
Agile
Integration
18%
10% Skills
11% Network
The banking and finance industry is focused on big data. Big data development is providing integrated business intelligence and insights internally, as well as secure online services for customers who are increasingly using e-commerce platforms for banking.
12% BI
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Telecoms
October 2014 - March 2015
Total Telecoms Jobs advertised on the IT Job Board
6,323
8%
Jobs advertised online
of total jobs advertised
Technologies
Role Trend
JavaScript
32%
SQL
24%
22%
C#
22%
HTML 0%
5%
IT Consultant
21% 10%
15%
20%
25%
3%
30%
4% Project Manager
4%
4%
Architect
IT Support
49% Developer
35%
Telecoms Insight
Skills e-commerce 11%
Integration
Agile 33%
16% Skills
12% Network
The Telecoms industry is evolving with the times in order to keep up with the digital era. Key to this is building modern day tablets and mobile platforms in response to the popularity of e-commerce. This has led to increased demand for integrated and secure app development to optimise their investment in the newer hardware.
14% Apps
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Retail
October 2014 - March 2015
Total Retail Jobs advertised on the IT Job Board
3,564
4%
Jobs advertised online
of total jobs advertised
Technologies
Role Trend
SQL SQL Server
13%
C#
11%
JavaScript
11%
SAP 0%
4%
25%
Architect
9%
10%
10%
Developer
Business Analyst
Project Manager
10% 5%
26%
15%
20%
25%
30%
9% IT Consultant
Retail Insight
Skills Analytics eCommerce
8%
Agile 18%
15% Skills
12%
13%
BI
Integration
The retail industry is moving with current trends in customer spending habits with the growth of online purchasing. Focus is on the development of their existing e-commerce systems as well as insights and intelligence into customer behaviour.
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Public Sector
October 2014 - March 2015
Total Public Sector Jobs advertised on the IT Job Board
4,023
5%
Jobs advertised online
of total jobs advertised
Technologies
Role Trend
SAP
34%
SQL
22%
JavaScript C#
IT Consultant
13%
22%
12%
SQL Server 0%
5%
10%
11% 15%
20%
25%
30%
35%
Developer
7% IT Support
6% Architect
8% Project Manager
Public Sector Insight
Skills Integration
BI
9%
12%
34%
Security 22%
Skills
13% Network
Due to data privacy concerns, the public sector has a high priority for the optimisation and increased security of existing ERP systems. Additionally there is a need for Business Intelligence for better management of resources as well as supporting services to provide secure online platforms.
17% Agile
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Manufacturing
October 2014 - March 2015
Total Manufacturing Jobs advertised on the IT Job Board
3,606
4%
Jobs advertised online
of total jobs advertised
Technologies
Role Trend
SAP
46% 14%
SQL Dynamics
11%
C
10%
C# 0%
13% IT Consultant
9%
7%
5% 5% Project Manager
Architect
10%
20%
30%
40%
50%
IT Support
17% Developer
Manufacturing Insight
Skills Hardware Integration
BI
8%
38%
9% Skills
9% Agile
The manufacturing vertical is investing heavily in optimisation of existing ERPs through ongoing management and consultation, as well as implementing new ERP systems. This to provide improved business intelligence.
10% ERP
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