England Blog Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Blogs skills within the England region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blog over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Belfast Buckinghamshire Cheshire City of London County Antrim Croydon Docklands, London Doncaster East of England Edinburgh England Folkestone Kenilworth Kent Leeds London Norfolk North West Northern Ireland Scotland Sheffield South East South West South Yorkshire Suffolk Surrey Thames Ditton UK Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	774	911
Rank change on same period last year	+137
Matching permanent IT job ads	132	64
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.070 %	0.026 %
As % of the category below	0.345 %	0.115 %
Salaries quoted	99	60
Average minimum salary	£34,238	£37,210
Average salary	£37,248	£39,290
% change on same period last year	-5.19 %
Average maximum salary	£40,257	£41,371
UK excluding London average salary	£29,329	£29,292
% change on same period last year	+0.12 %
Miscellaneous England
Matching permanent IT job ads	38283	55618
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	20.21 %	22.78 %
Salaries quoted	31475	42353
Average minimum salary	£44,233	£48,608
Average salary	£49,027	£53,681
% change on same period last year	-8.67 %
Average maximum salary	£53,821	£58,755
UK excluding London average salary	£38,014	£39,235
% change on same period last year	-3.11 %
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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Blog across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Blog across the England region.

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Blog across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Blog within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
London	+113	68	£42,598	-16.14 %
South East	+73	44	£29,111	-10.25 %
Yorkshire	+8	9	£24,682	+2.84 %
East of England	-	4	£36,500	-
South West	-	4	£37,500	-
West Midlands	-8	2	£27,500	+22.22 %
North West	+16	1	£17,000	-44.86 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing Blog 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 Blog.

1 78 (32.64 %) Marketing 2 65 (27.20 %) SQL 3 60 (25.10 %) Web 2.0 4 54 (22.59 %) Microsoft 5 51 (21.34 %) SQL Server 6 48 (20.08 %) SQL Server 7 6 48 (20.08 %) Business Intelligence 6 48 (20.08 %) SQL Server 2005 7 46 (19.25 %) SQL Server Integration Services 7 46 (19.25 %) OLAP 7 46 (19.25 %) HTML 7 46 (19.25 %) SEO 8 38 (15.90 %) CSS 9 36 (15.06 %) Social Network 10 35 (14.64 %) Wiki

10 35 (14.64 %) Project Management 11 31 (12.97 %) JavaScript 12 28 (11.72 %) Internet 13 26 (10.88 %) EMC 13 26 (10.88 %) Internet Marketing 14 25 (10.46 %) XML 15 22 (9.205 %) Content Management 16 21 (8.787 %) MS Visio 17 20 (8.368 %) XHTML 17 20 (8.368 %) .NET 17 20 (8.368 %) Business Analysis 18 19 (7.950 %) Knowledge Management 18 19 (7.950 %) AJAX 18 19 (7.950 %) Web Development 18 19 (7.950 %) RSS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing Blog 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 Blog. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 46 (19.25 %) HTML 2 38 (15.90 %) CSS 3 25 (10.46 %) XML 4 20 (8.368 %) .NET 4 20 (8.368 %) XHTML 5 19 (7.950 %) RSS 5 19 (7.950 %) AJAX 6 17 (7.113 %) Ruby on Rails 7 10 (4.184 %) ASP.NET 8 7 (2.929 %) LAMP 9 6 (2.510 %) JSP 10 4 (1.674 %) WebServices 10 4 (1.674 %) ASP 10 4 (1.674 %) JSON 11 3 (1.255 %) MVC 11 3 (1.255 %) DOM 12 2 (0.837 %) XSLT 12 2 (0.837 %) .NET Framework 12 2 (0.837 %) Adobe Flex 13 1 (0.418 %) Silverlight	Application Platforms 1 16 (6.695 %) Lotus Notes 2 8 (3.347 %) CMS 2 8 (3.347 %) SharePoint 3 6 (2.510 %) ColdFusion 3 6 (2.510 %) SharePoint Server 2007 4 5 (2.092 %) IIS 5 3 (1.255 %) Apache 5 3 (1.255 %) Morello 6 1 (0.418 %) WordPress 6 1 (0.418 %) Lotus Domino 6 1 (0.418 %) TeamSite
Applications 1 21 (8.787 %) MS Visio 2 13 (5.439 %) Photoshop 3 9 (3.766 %) MS Excel 4 6 (2.510 %) MS Office 5 4 (1.674 %) MS PowerPoint 6 2 (0.837 %) Adobe Illustrator 7 1 (0.418 %) Fireworks	Business Applications 1 12 (5.021 %) Google Analytics 2 11 (4.603 %) WebTrends 3 2 (0.837 %) Oracle ERP
Communications & Networking 1 28 (11.72 %) Internet 2 8 (3.347 %) VoIP 3 6 (2.510 %) Intranet 3 6 (2.510 %) NGN 4 5 (2.092 %) WiMAX 4 5 (2.092 %) 3G 5 4 (1.674 %) VPN 6 3 (1.255 %) LAN 6 3 (1.255 %) FTP 6 3 (1.255 %) WLAN 6 3 (1.255 %) Wireless 7 2 (0.837 %) SMTP 8 1 (0.418 %) DHCP 8 1 (0.418 %) DNS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 51 (21.34 %) SQL Server 2 48 (20.08 %) SQL Server 7 2 48 (20.08 %) SQL Server 2005 3 46 (19.25 %) SQL Server Integration Services 3 46 (19.25 %) OLAP 4 14 (5.858 %) MySQL 5 8 (3.347 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 6 (2.510 %) SQL Server Analysis Services 7 2 (0.837 %) RDBMS 7 2 (0.837 %) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications 1 15 (6.276 %) Flash 2 7 (2.929 %) Dreamweaver 3 4 (1.674 %) Visual Studio 4 1 (0.418 %) Subversion	General 1 78 (32.64 %) Marketing 2 16 (6.695 %) Advertising 3 12 (5.021 %) Games 4 8 (3.347 %) Finance 5 7 (2.929 %) Education 5 7 (2.929 %) Banking 6 6 (2.510 %) Pensions 6 6 (2.510 %) Health 7 5 (2.092 %) Telecoms 8 4 (1.674 %) Publishing 8 4 (1.674 %) Graphic Design 8 4 (1.674 %) Retail 9 3 (1.255 %) Music 10 2 (0.837 %) Multimedia 10 2 (0.837 %) Insurance 11 1 (0.418 %) Law 11 1 (0.418 %) Pharmaceutical 11 1 (0.418 %) Automotive
Job Titles 1 50 (20.92 %) Developer 2 33 (13.81 %) Architect 3 25 (10.46 %) Marketing Executive 4 21 (8.787 %) Marketing Manager 4 21 (8.787 %) Project Manager 5 20 (8.368 %) Business Architect 6 19 (7.950 %) Relationships Manager 7 16 (6.695 %) Web Developer 8 15 (6.276 %) Online Marketing Manager 9 10 (4.184 %) Ruby On Rails Developer 10 8 (3.347 %) Web Manager 10 8 (3.347 %) Perl Developer 10 8 (3.347 %) Team Leader 11 7 (2.929 %) Web Designer 11 7 (2.929 %) Analyst 11 7 (2.929 %) PRINCE2 Project Manager 12 6 (2.510 %) Java Applications Developer 12 6 (2.510 %) Java Web Developer 12 6 (2.510 %) Web Applications Developer 12 6 (2.510 %) Business Analyst	Miscellaneous 1 60 (25.10 %) Web 2.0 2 36 (15.06 %) Social Network 3 35 (14.64 %) Wiki 4 10 (4.184 %) Streaming Video 5 9 (3.766 %) Podcast 6 8 (3.347 %) E-Learning 7 6 (2.510 %) Computer Science 8 5 (2.092 %) IPTV 8 5 (2.092 %) W3C 9 2 (0.837 %) N-Tier 10 1 (0.418 %) Clustering 10 1 (0.418 %) Spread Betting
Operating Systems 1 17 (7.113 %) Linux 2 7 (2.929 %) Windows 3 3 (1.255 %) UNIX 3 3 (1.255 %) Ubuntu 4 2 (0.837 %) Debian	Processes & Methodologies 1 48 (20.08 %) Business Intelligence 2 46 (19.25 %) SEO 3 35 (14.64 %) Project Management 4 26 (10.88 %) Internet Marketing 5 22 (9.205 %) Content Management 6 20 (8.368 %) Business Analysis 7 19 (7.950 %) Knowledge Management 7 19 (7.950 %) Web Development 8 17 (7.113 %) E-Commerce 9 12 (5.021 %) Agile Software Development 9 12 (5.021 %) Direct Marketing 10 11 (4.603 %) Web Design 11 8 (3.347 %) PRINCE2 12 7 (2.929 %) TDD 12 7 (2.929 %) Workflow 13 6 (2.510 %) PRINCE 14 5 (2.092 %) SOA 14 5 (2.092 %) Systems Analysis 14 5 (2.092 %) Pay per click 15 4 (1.674 %) Search Engine Marketing
Programming Languages 1 65 (27.20 %) SQL 2 31 (12.97 %) JavaScript 3 17 (7.113 %) PHP 3 17 (7.113 %) Ruby 4 13 (5.439 %) Java 4 13 (5.439 %) Perl 5 12 (5.021 %) Python 6 5 (2.092 %) VB 6 5 (2.092 %) C# 7 4 (1.674 %) DHTML 8 2 (0.837 %) Transact-SQL 8 2 (0.837 %) VB.NET 9 1 (0.418 %) ActionScript	Qualifications 1 15 (6.276 %) Degree 2 8 (3.347 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 1 (0.418 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (2.092 %) WCAG	System Software 1 2 (0.837 %) Active Directory
Vendors 1 54 (22.59 %) Microsoft 2 26 (10.88 %) EMC 3 15 (6.276 %) Lotus 4 14 (5.858 %) Google 5 5 (2.092 %) Oracle 6 2 (0.837 %) Cisco 7 1 (0.418 %) Adobe 7 1 (0.418 %) Red Hat 7 1 (0.418 %) MetaSolv 7 1 (0.418 %) Yahoo! 7 1 (0.418 %) Citrix