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Q2 2013 reviewThe 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

Contract IT jobs advertised by skill

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%

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%

Demandfor C++ fell 24%

YOY

Demandfor Javafell 9%QOQ

Demandfor PHPfell 1%QOQ

Jobsadvertisedfor Java rose 9%

QOQ

Jobs forLinux

rose 6%QOQ

Demand for .NETfell 12%

YOY

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OpscodeChef£416

Windows 8£350

SQLServer 2012

£363

KnockoutJS£388

Node.js£360

Kanban£400

ASP.NETMVC 4£400

BDD£400 Big Data

£450

Puppet£425

Sass£37,500

WindowsServer 2012

£38,000

SQLServer 2012

£40,000 KnockoutJS£47,500

Windows 8£35,000

Big Data£52,500

Node.js£50,000

Backbone.js£45,000

AngularJS£42,500

Webdriver£45,000

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

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

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

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Average Permanent IT salaries by skill

Skill Q2 2013 Q1 2013 Q2 2012 Q% CHG YOY% CHGOracle £47,500 £47,500 £49,000 0% -3%Java £47,500 £47,500 £47,500 0% 0%C++ £44,000 £42,500 £45,000 4% -2%Linux £42,500 £42,500 £42,500 0% -0%C £42,500 £41,000 £41,000 4% 4%SQL £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%JavaScript £40,000 £39,000 £37,500 3% 7%HTML £37,500 £37,500 £35,500 0% 0%PHP £36,000 £36,000 £35,000 0% 3%

Average Contract IT salaries by skill

Skill Q2 2013 Q1 2013 Q2 2012 Q% CHG YOY% CHGC++ £465 £475 £436 -2% 7%Java £443 £438 £425 1% 4%Oracle £425 £425 £425 0% 0%Linux £406 £400 £375 1% 8%C# £400 £398 £375 1% 7%C £385 £370 £375 4% 3%SQL £386 £375 £375 3% 3%.NET £375 £370 £363 1% 3%JavaScript £350 £330 £325 6% 8%HTML £325 £325 £325 0% 0%PHP £301 £300 £300 0% 0%

Hourly Rates

Daily Rates

Skill Q2 2013 Q1 2013 Q2 2012 Q% CHG YOY% CHGC++ £37.50 £37.50 £40.00 0% -6%Linux £37.50 £37.50 £40.00 0% -6%Java £37.50 £34.00 £35.00 10% 7%Oracle £35.00 £31.70 £32.50 10% 8%C# £35.00 £38.50 £35.00 -9% 0%.NET £35.00 £35.00 £33.40 0% 5%C £32.50 £35.00 £37.50 -7% -13%JavaScript £35.00 £35.00 £31.50 0% 13%PHP £22.66 £33.75 £19.50 -33% 16%SQL £26.00 £27.50 £23.00 -5% 13%HTML £29.96 £35.00 £29.50 -14% 2%

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

Averagesalary for C++ rose4% QOQ

Averagesalary forPHP rose3%YOY

Averagesalary forJavaScript

rose 7%YOY

Hourlyrate

for Oraclerose 10%

QOQ

Daily ratefor Linux

rose 8% YOY

Dailyrate for

JavaScriptrose 6%

QOQ

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Permanent demand by region

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

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

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

Scotland 3,507 +12% +12%Scotland 3,095 -2% -6%

North East 625 -16% -24%

East Midlands 3,007 -5% -8%

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

London 42,237 -8% -18%

South East 25,211 +10% +10%South East 21,170 -6% -9% South West 4,996 -10% -8%

Thames Valley 8,853 -4% -5%

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

North West 7,113 -6% -1%

Contract demand by region

Scotland 2,426 8% -7%

North East 315 1% -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%South West 1,948 -21% -35%

Thames Valley 5,165 +8% +14%Thames Valley 3,625 -3% -21%

West Midlands 1,679 -13% -25%

North West 2,343 -5% -24%

National permanent IT jobs advertised 103,979 -8% -11%

National contract IT jobs advertised 46,905 -3% -18%