Q2 2013 market report

Q2 2013 review The IT Job Board has partnered with IT Jobs Watch to bring you a comprehensive overview of the IT recruitment industry in Q2 2013. Review national and regional statistics, covering skills in demand, salaries and jobs advertised.

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Q2 2013: April - June 2013 QOQ = Q2 2013 V's Q1 2013

YOY = Q2 2013 V's Q2 2012

Permanent IT jobs advertised by skill Skill

Q2 2013

Q1 2013

Q2 2012

Q% CHG

YOY% CHG

SQL

22,781

25,714

26,693

-11%

-15%

.NET

19,533

21,710

22,846

-10%

-15%

C#

18,372

20,166

20,938

-9%

-12%

JavaScript 14,611

15,574

15,837

-6%

-8%

Java

14,434

15,907

18,150

-9%

-20%

HTML

12,774

13,558

14,235

-6%

-10%

Oracle

10,774

12,742

13,368

-15%

-19%

Linux

10,538

11,791

11,958

-11%

-12%

PHP

6,429

6,501

7,017

-1%

-8%

C++

5,762

5,977

7,606

-4%

-24%

C

3,547

4,013

4,014

-12%

-12%

Demand for C++ fell 24% YOY Demand for PHP fell 1% QOQ

Demand for Java fell 9% QOQ

Contract IT jobs advertised by skill Skill

Q2 2013

Q1 2013

Q2 2012

Q% CHG

YOY% CHG

SQL

6,583

7,329

8,150

-6%

-16%

Oracle

4,817

5,024

5,953

-4%

-19%

Java

4,550

4,192

5,310

9%

-14%

.Net

4,451

4,856

5,047

-8%

-12%

C#

4,211

4,458

4,632

-6%

-9%

JavaScript 3,571

3,385

3,637

5%

-2%

Linux

2,939

2,764

3,364

6%

-13%

HTML

2,915

2,977

3,255

-2%

-10%

C++

1,437

1,398

1,558

3%

-8%

PHP

1,235

1,107

1,542

12%

-20%

C

1,035

1,163

1,319

-11%

-22%

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Jobs advertised for Java rose 9% QOQ Demand for .NET fell 12% YOY Jobs for Linux rose 6% QOQ

2013 movers and shakers See the YOY skills that are rising in demand and their average salaries

Top ten permanent skills on the rise and average salaries (annual)

Skills on the rise

SQL Server 2012 £40,000

Backbone.js £45,000

KnockoutJS £47,500

Windows 8 £35,000

Webdriver £45,000

Node.js £50,000

AngularJS £42,500

Windows Server 2012 £38,000

Sass £37,500

Big Data £52,500

Top ten contract skills on the rise and average salaries ( daily )

Skills on the rise

BDD £400

SQL Server 2012 £363 Node.js £360

Big Data £450

Opscode Chef £416

KnockoutJS £388

ASP.NET MVC 4 £400

Windows 8 £350

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Kanban £400

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Puppet £425

Average Permanent IT salaries by skill Skill

Q2 2013

Q1 2013

Q2 2012

Q% CHG

YOY% CHG

Oracle Java C++ Linux C SQL .NET C# JavaScript HTML PHP

£47,500 £47,500 £44,000 £42,500 £42,500 £40,000 £40,000 £40,000 £40,000 £37,500 £36,000

£47,500 £47,500 £42,500 £42,500 £41,000 £40,000 £40,000 £40,000 £39,000 £37,500 £36,000

£49,000 £47,500 £45,000 £42,500 £41,000 £40,000 £40,000 £40,000 £37,500 £35,500 £35,000

0% 0% 4% 0% 4% 0% 0% 0% 3% 0% 0%

-3% 0% -2% -0% 4% 0% 0% 0% 7% 0% 3%

Average salary for C++ rose 4% QOQ

Average salary for PHP rose 3%YOY

Average salary for JavaScript rose 7% YOY

Average Contract IT salaries by skill Daily Rates Skill

Q2 2013

Q1 2013

Q2 2012

Q% CHG

YOY% CHG

C++ Java Oracle Linux C# C SQL .NET JavaScript HTML PHP

£465 £443 £425 £406 £400 £385 £386 £375 £350 £325 £301

£475 £438 £425 £400 £398 £370 £375 £370 £330 £325 £300

£436 £425 £425 £375 £375 £375 £375 £363 £325 £325 £300

-2% 1% 0% 1% 1% 4% 3% 1% 6% 0% 0%

7% 4% 0% 8% 7% 3% 3% 3% 8% 0% 0%

Hourly Rates Skill

Q2 2013

Q1 2013

Q2 2012

Q% CHG

YOY% CHG

C++ Linux Java Oracle C# .NET C JavaScript PHP SQL HTML

£37.50 £37.50 £37.50 £35.00 £35.00 £35.00 £32.50 £35.00 £22.66 £26.00 £29.96

£37.50 £37.50 £34.00 £31.70 £38.50 £35.00 £35.00 £35.00 £33.75 £27.50 £35.00

£40.00 £40.00 £35.00 £32.50 £35.00 £33.40 £37.50 £31.50 £19.50 £23.00 £29.50

0% 0% 10% 10% -9% 0% -7% 0% -33% -5% -14%

-6% -6% 7% 8% 0% 5% -13% 13% 16% 13% 2%

All permanent and contract rates are exclusive of recruitment agency fees, commissions, employee benefits and performance related bonuses

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Daily rate for JavaScript rose 6% QOQ

Daily rate for Linux rose 8% YOY Hourly rate for Oracle rose 10% QOQ

Total IT jobs advertised in Q2 2013 150,884 -6% QOQ -13%YOY

Permanent demand by region National permanent IT jobs advertised 103,979 -8% -11%

Scotland 3,095 Scotland 3,507 +12%-2% +12% -6% North East 625 -16% North West 7,113 -6% -1%

-24%

East Midlands 3,007 -5% -8%

West Midlands 5,150+4% 2%+13% 8% West Midlands 4,921

East of England 7,518 -15% - 9%

Thames Valley 8,853 -4% -5%

London 42,237 -8% -18% South East +10%-6% +10% South East25,211 21,170 -9%

South West 4,996 -10% -8%

Key: Advertised Jobs QOQ % change = Q2 2013 V’s Q1 2013 YOY % change = Q2 2013 V’s Q2 2012

Contract demand by region National contract IT jobs advertised 46,905 -3% -18%

Scotland 2,426 8% -7% North East 315 1% North West 2,343 -5% -24%

West Midlands 1,679 -13% -25% Thames Valley -3%+14% -21% Thames Valley3,625 5,165 +8% South West

1,948 -21% -35%

-40%

East Midlands 1,270 -2% -5%

East of England 2,126 -10% -26% London 22,294 3% -15% South East 7,764 -5% -20%

Key: Advertised Jobs QOQ % change = Q2 2013 V’s Q1 2013 YOY % change = Q2 2013 V’s Q2 2012

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