The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Facebook products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Facebook over the 3 months to 23 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 Vendors for the City of London region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Facebook, Inc.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Facebook
Rank 160 252 297
Rank change year-on-year
+92 +45
Permanent jobs citing Facebook 170 76 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 1.466% 0.582% 0.192%
As % of the Vendors category 3.197% 1.248% 0.444%
Number of salaries quoted 137 73 26
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £31,700 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £54,500 £66,250
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £33,000 £32,250
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +2.32%
All Vendors
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
5318 6089 6751
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 45.85% 46.60% 43.21%
Number of salaries quoted 4555 5555 6081
Average salary £52,500 £55,000 £57,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.54% -4.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £82,500 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Facebook
London

Facebook
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Facebook across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

City of London Facebook Jobs Demand Trend

Facebook
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Facebook across the City of London region.

City of London Facebook Salary Trend

Facebook
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Facebook across the City of London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

City of London Facebook Salary Histogram

Facebook
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Facebook 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 Facebook.

1 157 (55.48%) Twitter
2 131 (46.29%) JavaScript
3 129 (45.58%) CSS
4 122 (43.11%) HTML
5 120 (42.40%) Google
6 98 (34.63%) Social Media
7 89 (31.45%) MVC
8 83 (29.33%) PHP
9 81 (28.62%) Java
9 81 (28.62%) HTML5
10 75 (26.50%) Games
10 75 (26.50%) jQuery
11 74 (26.15%) OO
12 68 (24.03%) SQL
13 66 (23.32%) Google Maps API
13 66 (23.32%) Android
14 59 (20.85%) Apple iOS
14 59 (20.85%) Ajax
15 58 (20.49%) .NET
16 57 (20.14%) OOP
17 56 (19.79%) E-Commerce
18 51 (18.02%) Marketing
19 50 (17.67%) ASP.NET
20 47 (16.61%) Agile Software Development
20 47 (16.61%) iOS SDK
21 46 (16.25%) Degree
21 46 (16.25%) Objective-C
22 44 (15.55%) CSS3
23 43 (15.19%) CMS
23 43 (15.19%) Photoshop

Facebook
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Facebook 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 Facebook. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 129 (45.58%) CSS
2 122 (43.11%) HTML
3 81 (28.62%) HTML5
4 75 (26.50%) jQuery
5 66 (23.32%) Google Maps API
6 59 (20.85%) Ajax
7 58 (20.49%) .NET
8 50 (17.67%) ASP.NET
9 47 (16.61%) iOS SDK
10 44 (15.55%) CSS3
11 38 (13.43%) JSON
11 38 (13.43%) CakePHP
12 37 (13.07%) XML
13 32 (11.31%) Web Services
13 32 (11.31%) REST
14 31 (10.95%) ASP.NET MVC
15 30 (10.60%) CodeIgniter
15 30 (10.60%) Semantic HTML
16 23 (8.127%) XSLT
17 22 (7.774%) XHTML
Application Platforms
1 43 (15.19%) CMS
2 28 (9.894%) Drupal
3 17 (6.007%) Facebook Platform
4 15 (5.300%) WordPress
5 11 (3.887%) Joomla!
6 8 (2.827%) Apache
7 6 (2.120%) IIS
8 4 (1.413%) Umbraco
9 3 (1.060%) Gunicorn
9 3 (1.060%) Confluence
9 3 (1.060%) ExpressionEngine
9 3 (1.060%) nginx
9 3 (1.060%) Sitecore CMS
10 2 (0.707%) RabbitMQ
11 1 (0.353%) concrete5
11 1 (0.353%) Amazon S3
11 1 (0.353%) Amazon AWS
11 1 (0.353%) ActiveMQ
Applications
1 43 (15.19%) Photoshop
2 7 (2.473%) Adobe Illustrator
3 3 (1.060%) MS Excel
4 1 (0.353%) Adobe After Effects
4 1 (0.353%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.353%) SPSS
4 1 (0.353%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 20 (7.067%) Google Analytics
2 2 (0.707%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 41 (14.49%) HTTP
2 24 (8.481%) Internet
3 8 (2.827%) SMS
4 3 (1.060%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.707%) Bluetooth
5 2 (0.707%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 39 (13.78%) SQL Server
2 26 (9.187%) MySQL
3 24 (8.481%) SQL Server 2008
4 9 (3.180%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.120%) MongoDB
6 3 (1.060%) Redis
7 2 (0.707%) SQL Server 2005
8 1 (0.353%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.353%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.353%) BusinessObjects
8 1 (0.353%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 40 (14.13%) Git (software)
2 24 (8.481%) Visual Studio
3 14 (4.947%) Jenkins
4 10 (3.534%) JIRA
5 9 (3.180%) Selenium
6 7 (2.473%) Cucumber
6 7 (2.473%) Subversion
7 6 (2.120%) Xcode
7 6 (2.120%) RSpec
8 5 (1.767%) Eclipse
9 4 (1.413%) Mercurial
9 4 (1.413%) Hudson
10 3 (1.060%) Team Foundation Server
11 2 (0.707%) JUnit
12 1 (0.353%) Redmine
12 1 (0.353%) Axure RP
12 1 (0.353%) PHPUnit
12 1 (0.353%) JBehave
12 1 (0.353%) WebDriver
12 1 (0.353%) FitNesse
General
1 75 (26.50%) Games
2 51 (18.02%) Marketing
3 31 (10.95%) Advertising
4 22 (7.774%) Publishing
5 20 (7.067%) Multimedia
6 9 (3.180%) Finance
7 5 (1.767%) Retail
8 4 (1.413%) French Language
8 4 (1.413%) German Language
9 3 (1.060%) Dutch Language
9 3 (1.060%) Billing
9 3 (1.060%) Manufacturing
9 3 (1.060%) Telecoms
10 2 (0.707%) Banking
11 1 (0.353%) Arabic Language
11 1 (0.353%) Electronics
11 1 (0.353%) Legal
11 1 (0.353%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 203 (71.73%) Developer
2 50 (17.67%) Senior Developer
3 38 (13.43%) PHP Developer
4 32 (11.31%) Web Developer
5 24 (8.481%) iOS Developer
6 22 (7.774%) .NET Developer
7 19 (6.714%) Java Developer
8 16 (5.654%) Android Developer
9 14 (4.947%) Software Developer
10 12 (4.240%) ASP.NET Developer
11 11 (3.887%) Senior PHP Developer
12 10 (3.534%) C# Developer
13 9 (3.180%) C# .NET Developer
13 9 (3.180%) Senior Web Developer
13 9 (3.180%) C# ASP.NET Developer
14 8 (2.827%) C# Software Developer
14 8 (2.827%) Facebook Developer
14 8 (2.827%) .NET Software Developer
15 7 (2.473%) Front-End Developer
15 7 (2.473%) C++ Developer
Miscellaneous
1 98 (34.63%) Social Media
2 31 (10.95%) Mobile App
3 29 (10.25%) Computer Science
4 26 (9.187%) Social Network
5 21 (7.420%) iPhone
5 21 (7.420%) iPad
5 21 (7.420%) Open Source
6 20 (7.067%) Social Gaming
7 19 (6.714%) Blog
8 10 (3.534%) Client/Server
8 10 (3.534%) Online Games
8 10 (3.534%) Augmented Reality
9 6 (2.120%) Mathematics
10 4 (1.413%) BBC
10 4 (1.413%) Statistics
10 4 (1.413%) Digital Media
10 4 (1.413%) New Media
11 3 (1.060%) Web 2.0
11 3 (1.060%) Handset
11 3 (1.060%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 66 (23.32%) Android
2 59 (20.85%) Apple iOS
3 41 (14.49%) Linux
4 33 (11.66%) UNIX
5 6 (2.120%) Windows
6 4 (1.413%) Ubuntu
7 1 (0.353%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.353%) SUSE
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (31.45%) MVC
2 74 (26.15%) OO
3 57 (20.14%) OOP
4 56 (19.79%) E-Commerce
5 47 (16.61%) Agile Software Development
6 38 (13.43%) Analytics
7 36 (12.72%) Scrum
8 35 (12.37%) TDD
8 35 (12.37%) Digital Marketing
9 23 (8.127%) Game Development
9 23 (8.127%) Unit Testing
10 22 (7.774%) Web Development
10 22 (7.774%) SEO
11 20 (7.067%) Business Intelligence
12 18 (6.360%) Continuous Integration
13 16 (5.654%) Memory Management
13 16 (5.654%) Pay per click
14 15 (5.300%) Time Management
14 15 (5.300%) Mobile Application Development
15 11 (3.887%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 131 (46.29%) JavaScript
2 83 (29.33%) PHP
3 81 (28.62%) Java
4 68 (24.03%) SQL
5 46 (16.25%) Objective-C
6 42 (14.84%) C#
7 27 (9.541%) C++
8 20 (7.067%) Python
9 14 (4.947%) ActionScript
10 11 (3.887%) Ruby
11 6 (2.120%) Lua
11 6 (2.120%) PHP5
12 5 (1.767%) XPath
12 5 (1.767%) Perl
13 4 (1.413%) ActionScript 3.0
13 4 (1.413%) ActionScript 2.0
14 2 (0.707%) C
15 1 (0.353%) CoffeeScript
15 1 (0.353%) Bash shell
15 1 (0.353%) PHP4
Qualifications
1 46 (16.25%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (8.127%) QA
Systems Management
1 6 (2.120%) Puppet
2 5 (1.767%) Plesk
Vendors
1 157 (55.48%) Twitter
2 120 (42.40%) Google
3 39 (13.78%) Adobe
4 6 (2.120%) Microsoft
4 6 (2.120%) Apple
4 6 (2.120%) Zend
5 5 (1.767%) SAP
6 4 (1.413%) Oracle
7 3 (1.060%) Sitecore
7 3 (1.060%) DoubleClick
7 3 (1.060%) Sony
8 2 (0.707%) Yahoo!
9 1 (0.353%) Salesforce.com
9 1 (0.353%) Business Objects
9 1 (0.353%) Red Hat
City of London
Therefore you must have excellent knowledge of HTML(5), CSS and JavaScript web application development... Strong experience of third party API's such as Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £45000.00 - £50000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
PHP Web Developer... CodeIgniter, CakePHP)... Twitter API, Facebook Graph API and Javascript SDK, Google Maps etc)... Good UNIX and Linux sysadmin skills... Objective-C / iOS, Java / Android etc).
Acceler-IT
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum +great benefits+career
Posted: 18 May 2013
City, London
HTML / CSS / Javascript / php / flash / git /Apache / MySQL/ (postgres) config, package management, building from source or Similar... * Solid understanding of semantic HTML and CSS * Comfortable turning Photoshop layouts...
Acceler-IT
Salary: From £20,000 to £27,000 per annum +great bens+bonus
Posted: 18 May 2013
City of London
Excellent knowledge of .NET C# IIS web application development is essential... ASP.NET 4... Entity Framework. LINQ. Visual Studio 2010+... Any additional experience with following is highly desirable:...
Hays Specialist Recruitment
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
You will need to be an idea driven, Junior Web Developer / Junior PHP Developer confident in their coding ability and capable of demonstrating: Excellent knowledge of PHP5 and...
Guru Careers
Salary: £22-25k
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Key Skills: QA Engineer, Automated Testing, Ruby, LUA, Selenium, Cucumber, SQL, Agile... *Knowledge of some of the following technologies (or equivalents): Ruby, LUA, Java, Flex, Actionscript, Selenium, Cucumber,...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Bonus and Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Their games are the most widely played games with their games being played on Facebook as well as android phones... They are looking for a C++ developer who...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + bonus and benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Over the last year or so we have seen two explosive growth areas in the IT market; social gaming and mobile application development... They are seeking ambitious C++...
Aston Carter
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + bonus, stock options, benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
You may only have a year or two commercial experience or be a recent graduate with a relevant degree however if you have the talent, ambition and drive...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing Limited
Salary: £25000 - £27000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013
City, London
You may only have a year or two commercial experience or be a recent graduate with a relevant degree however if you have the talent, ambition and drive...
Cornucopia IT Resourcing
Salary: £25000 - £27000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013