The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Media in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Digital Media over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Media
Rank 101 108 103
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -5
Permanent jobs citing Digital Media 19 16 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.062% 0.830% 0.785%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 4.251% 3.131% 3.858%
Number of salaries quoted 15 16 13
Average salary £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.33% -
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
447 511 337
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 24.99% 26.52% 20.34%
Number of salaries quoted 330 446 280
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £21,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £58,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Digital Media
North West

Digital Media
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Digital Media across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Cheshire Digital Media Jobs Demand Trend

Digital Media
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Digital Media across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Digital Media Salary Trend

Digital Media
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Digital Media across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheshire Digital Media Salary Histogram

Digital Media
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Media within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Chester - 15 £35,000 -
Macclesfield -13 3 £26,000 -13.33%
Digital Media
North West

Digital Media
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Digital Media also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Digital Media.

1 41 (63.08%) E-Commerce
2 34 (52.31%) CSS
3 31 (47.69%) JavaScript
4 26 (40.00%) XHTML
5 23 (35.38%) Information Security
6 20 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
7 19 (29.23%) jQuery
7 19 (29.23%) HTML
8 18 (27.69%) .NET
9 16 (24.62%) Photoshop
10 15 (23.08%) SQL
10 15 (23.08%) C#
10 15 (23.08%) Flash
11 14 (21.54%) MVC
11 14 (21.54%) MySQL
11 14 (21.54%) Web Services
11 14 (21.54%) CMS
11 14 (21.54%) .NET Framework
11 14 (21.54%) HTML5
12 13 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
12 13 (20.00%) Fireworks
13 12 (18.46%) Dreamweaver
13 12 (18.46%) Adobe
13 12 (18.46%) Sitecore
14 10 (15.38%) Sitecore CMS
15 8 (12.31%) Web Design
16 6 (9.231%) ASP.NET
17 5 (7.692%) PHP
17 5 (7.692%) SEO
17 5 (7.692%) Degree

Digital Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Digital Media also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited Digital Media. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 34 (52.31%) CSS
2 26 (40.00%) XHTML
3 19 (29.23%) HTML
3 19 (29.23%) jQuery
4 18 (27.69%) .NET
5 15 (23.08%) Flash
6 14 (21.54%) .NET Framework
6 14 (21.54%) HTML5
6 14 (21.54%) Web Services
7 6 (9.231%) ASP.NET
8 3 (4.615%) Ajax
8 3 (4.615%) CSS3
9 2 (3.077%) XML
9 2 (3.077%) XSLT
9 2 (3.077%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 14 (21.54%) CMS
2 10 (15.38%) Sitecore CMS
3 4 (6.154%) Magento
3 4 (6.154%) WordPress
4 3 (4.615%) Drupal
Applications
1 16 (24.62%) Photoshop
2 13 (20.00%) Fireworks
2 13 (20.00%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.615%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (21.54%) MySQL
2 1 (1.538%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.538%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 12 (18.46%) Dreamweaver
2 3 (4.615%) Git (software)
General
1 4 (6.154%) Advertising
2 2 (3.077%) Retail
2 2 (3.077%) Marketing
2 2 (3.077%) Legal
3 1 (1.538%) Manufacturing
3 1 (1.538%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 21 (32.31%) Developer
2 18 (27.69%) Security Specialist
2 18 (27.69%) Information Security Specialist
2 18 (27.69%) Information Specialist
3 14 (21.54%) Graduate
4 13 (20.00%) Web Developer
4 13 (20.00%) Web Designer
4 13 (20.00%) Designer
5 5 (7.692%) Digital Account Manager
5 5 (7.692%) Information Analyst
5 5 (7.692%) Account Manager
5 5 (7.692%) Analyst
6 4 (6.154%) Front-End Developer
7 3 (4.615%) Front-End Web Developer
7 3 (4.615%) .NET Developer
8 2 (3.077%) Information Security Analyst
8 2 (3.077%) Software Developer
8 2 (3.077%) Senior Developer
8 2 (3.077%) Security Analyst
9 1 (1.538%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.615%) Social Media
2 1 (1.538%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (1.538%) Linux
1 1 (1.538%) Android
1 1 (1.538%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (63.08%) E-Commerce
2 23 (35.38%) Information Security
3 14 (21.54%) MVC
4 8 (12.31%) Web Design
5 5 (7.692%) SEO
5 5 (7.692%) Pay per click
6 3 (4.615%) Web Development
7 2 (3.077%) Risk Management
7 2 (3.077%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (1.538%) OOP
8 1 (1.538%) Risk Analysis
8 1 (1.538%) Digital Marketing
8 1 (1.538%) Product Marketing
8 1 (1.538%) Product Management
8 1 (1.538%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 31 (47.69%) JavaScript
2 15 (23.08%) C#
2 15 (23.08%) SQL
3 5 (7.692%) PHP
4 1 (1.538%) Perl
Qualifications
1 5 (7.692%) Degree
2 1 (1.538%) ISEB
2 1 (1.538%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 20 (30.77%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 12 (18.46%) Adobe
1 12 (18.46%) Sitecore
2 2 (3.077%) Facebook
2 2 (3.077%) Google
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