The first table below looks at the demand for Internet skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Internet 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet
Rank 47 64 33
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -31
Permanent jobs citing Internet 84 65 107
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 4.695% 3.373% 6.457%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 20.74% 26.86% 35.79%
Number of salaries quoted 70 60 80
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £62,500 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
405 242 299
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.64% 12.56% 18.04%
Number of salaries quoted 307 219 249
Average salary £32,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.57% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £24,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £44,800 £60,500
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Internet
North West

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Internet across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Cheshire Internet Jobs Demand Trend

Internet
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Internet Salary Trend

Internet
Salary Histogram

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

Cheshire Internet Salary Histogram

Internet
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internet 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
Macclesfield +5 18 £40,000 +83.90%
Chester -8 7 £35,000 +34.61%
Knutsford -10 7 £32,500 -44.44%
Crewe +3 6 £60,000 +84.61%
Nantwich - 2 - -
Wilmslow -16 1 £19,000 -33.33%
Internet
North West

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Internet 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 Internet.

1 103 (55.68%) .NET
2 95 (51.35%) C#
3 83 (44.86%) Web Services
4 81 (43.78%) ASP.NET
5 67 (36.22%) W3C
6 65 (35.14%) SQL Server
7 63 (34.05%) OO
8 51 (27.57%) CSS
9 50 (27.03%) Configuration Management
10 47 (25.41%) HTML
11 46 (24.86%) JavaScript
11 46 (24.86%) SQL
12 42 (22.70%) Integration Testing
13 36 (19.46%) Marketing
14 32 (17.30%) XML
15 31 (16.76%) XHTML
16 22 (11.89%) Linux
16 22 (11.89%) UML
16 22 (11.89%) SQL Server 2008
17 21 (11.35%) Project Management
18 20 (10.81%) jQuery
19 19 (10.27%) PHP
19 19 (10.27%) Java
20 18 (9.730%) UNIX
20 18 (9.730%) E-Commerce
20 18 (9.730%) Microsoft
21 17 (9.189%) Windows
21 17 (9.189%) C
22 14 (7.568%) Agile Software Development
22 14 (7.568%) QA

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 103 (55.68%) .NET
2 83 (44.86%) Web Services
3 81 (43.78%) ASP.NET
4 51 (27.57%) CSS
5 47 (25.41%) HTML
6 32 (17.30%) XML
7 31 (16.76%) XHTML
8 20 (10.81%) jQuery
9 11 (5.946%) HTML5
9 11 (5.946%) WCF
9 11 (5.946%) SOAP
10 9 (4.865%) Apache Flex
11 8 (4.324%) .NET Framework
11 8 (4.324%) Flash
12 6 (3.243%) WSDL
12 6 (3.243%) JSP
13 5 (2.703%) XSLT
13 5 (2.703%) Middleware
13 5 (2.703%) Ajax
13 5 (2.703%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 11 (5.946%) Magento
2 6 (3.243%) IIS
3 5 (2.703%) Apache
3 5 (2.703%) WordPress
4 4 (2.162%) nginx
5 3 (1.622%) WebSphere Application Server
5 3 (1.622%) IBM HTTP Server
6 2 (1.081%) Exchange Server 2007
6 2 (1.081%) MS Exchange
6 2 (1.081%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 1 (0.541%) Exchange Server 2010
Applications
1 6 (3.243%) MS Office
1 6 (3.243%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.622%) Photoshop
3 2 (1.081%) Fireworks
3 2 (1.081%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 10 (5.405%) LAN
1 10 (5.405%) Firewall
2 8 (4.324%) LDAP
2 8 (4.324%) WAN
2 8 (4.324%) TCP/IP
3 7 (3.784%) VPN
3 7 (3.784%) BGP
4 6 (3.243%) HTTP
4 6 (3.243%) DNS
4 6 (3.243%) SSL
5 5 (2.703%) SMTP
5 5 (2.703%) DHCP
5 5 (2.703%) SMS
5 5 (2.703%) Wireless
5 5 (2.703%) IMAP
6 4 (2.162%) VLAN
6 4 (2.162%) Ethernet
6 4 (2.162%) DMZ
7 3 (1.622%) Intranet
7 3 (1.622%) DWDM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 65 (35.14%) SQL Server
2 22 (11.89%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (4.324%) MySQL
4 5 (2.703%) SQL Server 2000
4 5 (2.703%) PostgreSQL
4 5 (2.703%) SQL Server 2005
4 5 (2.703%) SQL Server 2012
5 4 (2.162%) Oracle 10g
5 4 (2.162%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.081%) DB2
7 1 (0.541%) Oracle 8/8i
7 1 (0.541%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 11 (5.946%) Visual Studio
2 7 (3.784%) Subversion
3 6 (3.243%) Synon
3 6 (3.243%) Ant
4 1 (0.541%) Selenium
4 1 (0.541%) Team Foundation Server
4 1 (0.541%) Cucumber
4 1 (0.541%) QUnit
General
1 36 (19.46%) Marketing
2 13 (7.027%) Finance
3 6 (3.243%) Telecoms
3 6 (3.243%) Banking
4 5 (2.703%) Music
4 5 (2.703%) Games
5 4 (2.162%) Retail
6 2 (1.081%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.541%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.541%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 135 (72.97%) Developer
2 28 (15.14%) .NET Developer
3 24 (12.97%) Lead Developer
4 19 (10.27%) Front-End Developer
5 18 (9.730%) Junior
5 18 (9.730%) Junior Developer
6 17 (9.189%) Senior Developer
7 16 (8.649%) Web Developer
7 16 (8.649%) Analyst
8 14 (7.568%) Architect
9 13 (7.027%) ASP.NET Developer
10 10 (5.405%) Solutions Architect
11 7 (3.784%) Software Developer
12 6 (3.243%) Graduate
12 6 (3.243%) Analyst Programmer
12 6 (3.243%) Programmer
12 6 (3.243%) Senior Analyst
12 6 (3.243%) Analyst Developer
12 6 (3.243%) Senior Analyst Programmer
12 6 (3.243%) C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 67 (36.22%) W3C
2 9 (4.865%) Mobile App
3 6 (3.243%) N-Tier
3 6 (3.243%) Derivative
3 6 (3.243%) Online Banking
3 6 (3.243%) iSeries
4 5 (2.703%) iPhone
4 5 (2.703%) Social Media
4 5 (2.703%) Computer Science
5 4 (2.162%) Mainframe
5 4 (2.162%) Handset
5 4 (2.162%) Tandem
5 4 (2.162%) Mobile Banking
6 2 (1.081%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.081%) Firmware
6 2 (1.081%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.541%) Client/Server
7 1 (0.541%) Smartphone
7 1 (0.541%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (0.541%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 22 (11.89%) Linux
2 18 (9.730%) UNIX
3 17 (9.189%) Windows
4 9 (4.865%) Android
5 5 (2.703%) Apple iOS
6 4 (2.162%) Windows Phone
7 3 (1.622%) AIX
7 3 (1.622%) HPUX
7 3 (1.622%) Solaris
8 2 (1.081%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.541%) Mac OS
9 1 (0.541%) Windows Server 2012
9 1 (0.541%) Windows Server 2003
9 1 (0.541%) Debian
9 1 (0.541%) Ubuntu
9 1 (0.541%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 63 (34.05%) OO
2 50 (27.03%) Configuration Management
3 42 (22.70%) Integration Testing
4 22 (11.89%) UML
5 21 (11.35%) Project Management
6 18 (9.730%) E-Commerce
7 14 (7.568%) Agile Software Development
8 12 (6.486%) MVC
9 9 (4.865%) Web Design
9 9 (4.865%) Waterfall
9 9 (4.865%) Mobile Application Development
10 7 (3.784%) Stakeholder Management
10 7 (3.784%) Web Development
11 6 (3.243%) Time Management
11 6 (3.243%) Unit Testing
11 6 (3.243%) Internet Marketing
12 5 (2.703%) User Stories
12 5 (2.703%) Load Balancing
12 5 (2.703%) Use Case
12 5 (2.703%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 95 (51.35%) C#
2 46 (24.86%) JavaScript
2 46 (24.86%) SQL
3 19 (10.27%) PHP
3 19 (10.27%) Java
4 17 (9.189%) C
5 13 (7.027%) Perl
6 12 (6.486%) VB.NET
7 8 (4.324%) Shell Script
8 7 (3.784%) Python
9 6 (3.243%) VB
9 6 (3.243%) VBA
9 6 (3.243%) RPG
9 6 (3.243%) RPG/400
9 6 (3.243%) RPG IV
10 1 (0.541%) C++
10 1 (0.541%) VC++
10 1 (0.541%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.541%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 13 (7.027%) Degree
2 6 (3.243%) CCNP
2 6 (3.243%) Cisco Certification
3 1 (0.541%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.541%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (0.541%) ITIL Certification
3 1 (0.541%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 14 (7.568%) QA
2 2 (1.081%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.622%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.081%) Hyper-V
3 1 (0.541%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 5 (2.703%) Tivoli
2 3 (1.622%) CA Wily
3 1 (0.541%) FortiGate
Vendors
1 18 (9.730%) Microsoft
2 11 (5.946%) IBM
3 10 (5.405%) Cisco
4 7 (3.784%) Adobe
4 7 (3.784%) Google
5 6 (3.243%) Facebook
5 6 (3.243%) Juniper
5 6 (3.243%) JD Edwards
6 5 (2.703%) Oracle
7 4 (2.162%) Siebel
7 4 (2.162%) Citrix
7 4 (2.162%) Avaya
7 4 (2.162%) Twitter
8 3 (1.622%) Nokia
8 3 (1.622%) CheckPoint
8 3 (1.622%) JBoss
8 3 (1.622%) Sun
9 2 (1.081%) Northgate
10 1 (0.541%) Fortinet
10 1 (0.541%) Panasonic
Cheshire, North West
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