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Q3 2013 reviewThe IT Job Board has partnered with IT Jobs Watch to bring you a comprehensive overview of the IT recruitment industry in Q3 2013. Review national and regional statistics, covering skills in demand, salaries and jobs advertised.

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Q3 2013: July - September 2013 QOQ = Q3 2013 V's Q2 2013 YOY = Q3 2013 V's Q3 2012

Contract IT jobs advertised by skill

Permanent IT jobs advertised by skill

Skill Q3 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2012 QOQ YOY

SQL 22,071 23,754 26,265 -7% -16% .NET 18,453 20,385 22,050 -9% -16% C# 16,984 19,133 19,877 -11% -15% HTML 15,147 16,556 16,232 -9% -7%

JavaScript 14,562 15,300 15,037 -5% -3% Java 14,111 15,087 17,371 -6% -19% Oracle 10,595 11,271 12,905 -6% -18% Linux 10,182 10,988 12,498 -7% -19%

PHP 5,977 6,722 6,389 -11% -6% C++ 5,356 5,988 6,889 -11% -22% C 3,155 3,697 3,974 -15% -21%

Skill Q3 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2012 QOQ YOY

SQL 7,440 7,176 8,424 4% -12% Oracle 5,230 5,066 6,145 3% -15%

Java 4,833 4,786 5,633 1% -14% .NET 4,776 4,683 5,654 2% -16% C# 4,420 4,437 4,969 0% -11% HTML 4,297 4,104 4,442 5% -3%

JavaScript 4,139 3,752 4,058 10% 2% Linux 3,342 3,057 3,240 9% 3%

C++ 1,451 1,499 1,506 -3% -4% PHP 1,307 1,301 1,603 0% -18%

C 954 1,072 1,249 -11% -24%

Demandfor C++ fell 22%

YOY

Demandfor Javafell 6%QOQ

Demandfor PHPfell 11%QOQ

Jobsadvertised

for Javascript rose 10%

QOQ

Jobs forHTML

rose 5%QOQ

Demand for Linuxrose 3%

YOY

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Windows 8£325

KnockoutJS£375

AngularJS£388

ResponsiveWeb Design

£350

WindowsServer 2012

£325

SQLServer 2012

£400

EMIR£550

Opscode Chef£450

Sharepoint2013£400

Backbone.js£375

Node.js£47,500

SQLServer 2012

£41,500

WindowsServer 2012

£39,500Sharepoint

2013£45,000

AngularJS£45,000

Windows 8£35,000

KnockoutJS£47,500

ResponsiveWeb Design

£37,500

BackboneJS£45,000

Sass£37,500

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

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

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Average Permanent IT salaries by skill

Skill Q3 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2012 QOQ YOYOracle £50,000 £47,500 £47,500 5% 5% Java £50,000 £47,500 £47,500 5% 5% Linux £45,000 £42,500 £42,500 6% 6% C++ £45,000 £45,000 £42,500 0% 6% JavaScript £40,000 £40,000 £40,000 0% 0% .NET £40,000 £40,000 £40,000 0% 0% C# £40,000 £40,000 £40,000 0% 0% C £42,771 £42,500 £40,500 1% 6% SQL £41,500 £40,000 £40,000 4% 4% HTML £39,000 £37,500 £37,500 4% 4% PHP £37,500 £36,000 £36,250 4% 3%

Average Contract IT salaries by skill

Skill Q3 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2012 QOQ YOYSQL £375 £375 £375 0% 0% Oracle £350 £383 £375 -9% -7% Java £375 £400 £375 -6% 0% .NET £450 £450 £450 0% 0% C# £350 £335 £325 4% 8% HTML £450 £450 £405 0% 11% JavaScript £350 £350 £338 0% 4% Linux £400 £400 £388 0% 3% C++ £425 £425 £425 0% 0% PHP £315 £300 £315 5% 0% C £388 £388 £380 0% 2%

Hourly Rates

Daily Rates

Skill Q3 2013 Q2 2013 Q3 2012 QOQ YOYLinux £37.50 £37.50 £37.50 0% 0% Java £37.25 £37.50 £37.00 -1% 1% C++ £37.00 £37.50 £37.50 -1% -1% JavaScript £36.00 £35.00 £30.00 3% 20% .NET £35.00 £35.00 £34.00 0% 3% C# £35.00 £35.00 £36.00 0% -3% C £33.50 £32.50 £37.50 3% -11% HTML £30.00 £29.96 £25.73 0% 17% Oracle £30.00 £34.00 £33.00 -12% -9% PHP £26.50 £22.66 £28.00 17% -5% SQL £23.06 £26.00 £27.50 -11% -16%

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

Averagesalary for

Oracle rose5% QOQ

Averagesalary forC skill rose

6%YOY

Averagesalary for

HTMLrose 4%

YOY

Hourlyrate

for PHProse 17%

QOQ

Daily ratefor HTMLrose 11%

YOY

Dailyrate for

C#rose 8%

YOY

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Permanent demand by region

Total IT jobs advertised in Q3 2013 148,271 -2% QOQ -13%YOY

Key: Advertised Jobs QOQ % change = Q3 2013 V’s Q2 2013 YOY % change = Q3 2013 V’s Q3 2012

Key: Advertised Jobs QOQ % change = Q3 2013 V’s Q2 2013 YOY % change = Q3 2013 V’s Q3 2012

Scotland 3,507 +12% +12%Scotland 2,893 -7% -9%

North East 608 -3% -15%

East Midlands 3,052 1% --4%

East of England 6,583 -12% -28%

London 41,709 -1% -15%

South East 25,211 +10% +10%South East 19,611 -7% -12% South West 4,768 -5% -15%

Thames Valley 8,607 -3% -4%

West Midlands 4,921 +4% +13%West Midlands 4,998 -3% 4%

North West 6,252 -12% -13%

Contract demand by region

Scotland 2,306 -5% -9%

North East 316 0% -33%

East Midlands 1,480 17% -6%

East of England 2,202 2% -30%

London 23,314 5% -8%

South East 8,090 4% -17%South West 2,120 9% -31%

Thames Valley 5,165 +8% +14%Thames Valley 3,854 6% -13%

West Midlands 1,953 16% -13%

North West 2,714 16% -17%

National permanent IT jobs advertised 99,454 -4% -13%

National contract IT jobs advertised 48,817 4% -14%