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IT skills and technology trends October 2014 - March 2015

What’s in demand?

We have partnered with Microsoft to create a skills dashboard. This cloudbased 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

Top 5 IT Roles

Developer19%

1

IT Consultant4%

2

IT Support3%

3

Project Manager3%

4

Analyst3%

5

Top 5 IT Skills

Agile11%

1

Integration6%

2

Network5%

3

Security5%

4

BI4%

5

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Total Banking Jobs advertised on the IT Job Board

Technologies

Skills

Role Trend

19,705

Jobs advertisedonline

26%

of total jobsadvertised

Banking Insight

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.

0% 5% 10% 15% 30%25%20%

SQL

C#

Java 15%

SQL Server

JavaScript

30%

Developer

Integration

NetworkBI

Agile

e-commerce

8%Analyst

7%IT Support

7%Project

Manager

7%IT Consultant

Skills

10%

12%11%

10%18%

14%

13%

11%

29%

October 2014 - March 2015Banking & Finance

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3%IT Consultant

October 2014 - March 2015Telecoms

Total Telecoms Jobs advertised on the IT Job Board

Technologies

Skills

Role Trend

6,323

Jobs advertisedonline

8%

of total jobsadvertised

Telecoms Insight

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.

0% 5% 10% 25% 30% 35%20%15%

JavaScript

Google

SQL

C#

HTML 21%

49%

Developer

4%IT Support

4%Architect

4%Project

Manager24%

22%

22%

Integration

Network

Agile

e-commerce

Skills

11%

Apps

14%12%

16% 33%

32%

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October 2014 - March 2015Retail

Total Retail Jobs advertised on the IT Job Board

Technologies

Skills

Role Trend

3,564

Jobs advertisedonline

4%

of total jobsadvertised

Retail Insight

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.

0% 5% 10% 25% 30%20%15%

SQL

C#

SQL Server

JavaScript

SAP 10%

26%

Developer

4%Architect

9%Project

Manager

10%BusinessAnalyst

9%IT Consultant

13%

11%

11%

BI

Analytics

Skills

8%

Integration

13%12%

eCommerce

15%

Agile

18%

25%

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October 2014 - March 2015Public Sector

Total Public Sector Jobs advertised on the IT Job Board

Technologies

Skills

Role Trend

4,023

Jobs advertisedonline

5%

of total jobsadvertised

Public Sector Insight

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.

0% 5% 10% 25% 35%30%20%15%

SAP

JavaScript

SQL

C#

SQL Server

22%

Developer

6%Architect

7%IT Support

8%Project

Manager

9%IT Consultant

13%

22%

12%

Integration

Skills

12%

Agile

17%Network

13%

BI

34%Security

22%

34%

11%

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October 2014 - March 2015Manufacturing

Total Manufacturing Jobs advertised on the IT Job Board

Technologies

Skills

Role Trend

3,606

Jobs advertisedonline

4%

of total jobsadvertised

Manufacturing Insight

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.

0% 10% 30% 50%40%20%

SAP

Dynamics

SQL

C 17%

Developer

9%Architect

13%IT Consultant

C#

14%

11%

10%

Hardware

Skills

8%

ERP

10%Agile

9%

Integration

9%

BI

38%

46%

7%

5%IT Support5%

ProjectManager