Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for RSS skills in IT jobs advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RSS over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the England region.

 Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank637591829
Rank change year-on-year
Down-46Up+238
Matching permanent IT job ads2966119
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England0.036 %0.082 %0.062 %
As % of the Application Development category0.097 %0.235 %0.189 %
Salaries quoted215793
Average salary£35,000£37,500£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.660 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£22,500£26,700
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,500£55,000£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£32,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+9.370 %-8.570 %
England IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
299032803863075
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in England36.80 %34.96 %32.79 %
Salaries quoted262092405554058
Average salary£38,500£36,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.940 %-4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,000£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
RSS UKRSS
UK

RSS
Demand Trend

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

England RSS Demand Trend

RSS
Salary Trend

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

England RSS Salary Trend

RSS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RSS across the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

England RSS Salary Histogram

RSS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RSS within the England region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonDown-6117£37,500-10.17 %
South EastUp+15£35,000-6.66 %
East of EnglandDown-15£42,500+13.33 %
North WestUp+101£30,000+36.36 %
South WestUp+41£27,000-16.92 %
RSS UKRSS
UK

RSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the England region citing RSS 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 RSS.

136 (57.14 %)CSS
235 (55.56 %)PHP
333 (52.38 %)JavaScript
432 (50.79 %)XML
531 (49.21 %)XHTML
630 (47.62 %)SEO
726 (41.27 %)HTML
824 (38.10 %)MySQL
920 (31.75 %)Marketing
1019 (30.16 %)Apache
1118 (28.57 %)AJAX
1216 (25.40 %)jQuery
1315 (23.81 %)E-Commerce
1412 (19.05 %)CMS
1412 (19.05 %)W3C
1412 (19.05 %).NET
1511 (17.46 %)IIS
1511 (17.46 %)Dreamweaver
1511 (17.46 %)Content Management
1511 (17.46 %)Social Network
1610 (15.87 %)PHP5
1610 (15.87 %)Project Management
1610 (15.87 %)Photoshop
1610 (15.87 %)Web Services
1610 (15.87 %)SQL
1610 (15.87 %)Online Marketing
179 (14.29 %)Internet
179 (14.29 %)Flash
179 (14.29 %)LAMP
188 (12.70 %)Degree

RSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the England region citing RSS 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 RSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
136 (57.14 %)CSS
232 (50.79 %)XML
331 (49.21 %)XHTML
426 (41.27 %)HTML
518 (28.57 %)AJAX
616 (25.40 %)jQuery
712 (19.05 %).NET
810 (15.87 %)Web Services
99 (14.29 %)Flash
99 (14.29 %)LAMP
108 (12.70 %)SOAP
116 (9.524 %)ASP
125 (7.937 %)ASP.NET
125 (7.937 %)XSLT
134 (6.349 %)CodeIgniter
143 (4.762 %)DHTML
143 (4.762 %)JSP
151 (1.587 %)Struts
151 (1.587 %)J2EE
151 (1.587 %)DOM
England IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
119 (30.16 %)Apache
212 (19.05 %)CMS
311 (17.46 %)IIS
41 (1.587 %)Joomla!
41 (1.587 %)WordPress
England IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
110 (15.87 %)Photoshop
28 (12.70 %)Fireworks
34 (6.349 %)Adobe Illustrator
41 (1.587 %)MS PowerPoint
41 (1.587 %)MS Excel
England IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (3.175 %)WebTrends
12 (3.175 %)Google Analytics
21 (1.587 %)Microsoft CRM
England IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
19 (14.29 %)Internet
28 (12.70 %)DNS
31 (1.587 %)Intranet
31 (1.587 %)SSH
31 (1.587 %)FTP
England IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
124 (38.10 %)MySQL
25 (7.937 %)SQL Server
34 (6.349 %)SQL Server 2000
England IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
111 (17.46 %)Dreamweaver
24 (6.349 %)Visual Studio
31 (1.587 %)Ant
England IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
120 (31.75 %)Marketing
26 (9.524 %)Social Media
34 (6.349 %)Finance
34 (6.349 %)Publishing
43 (4.762 %)Retail
43 (4.762 %)Advertising
52 (3.175 %)Legal
52 (3.175 %)Insurance
52 (3.175 %)Pensions
61 (1.587 %)Multimedia
61 (1.587 %)Electric
61 (1.587 %)Health
England IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
128 (44.44 %)Developer
213 (20.63 %)Web Developer
213 (20.63 %)Senior Developer
312 (19.05 %)PHP Developer
46 (9.524 %)Architect
46 (9.524 %)Marketing Manager
46 (9.524 %)Senior PHP Developer
46 (9.524 %)Head of Technology
46 (9.524 %)Online Marketing Manager
54 (6.349 %)PHP Web Developer
54 (6.349 %)Web Manager
54 (6.349 %)SEO Manager
54 (6.349 %)Senior Web Developer
54 (6.349 %)Designer
63 (4.762 %)Technical Manager
63 (4.762 %)Senior Java Developer
63 (4.762 %)Java Developer
63 (4.762 %)Analyst
72 (3.175 %)Web Designer
72 (3.175 %)Systems Manager
England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
112 (19.05 %)W3C
211 (17.46 %)Social Network
35 (7.937 %)Blog
44 (6.349 %)Open Source
52 (3.175 %)Wiki
52 (3.175 %)iPhone
52 (3.175 %)Blackberry
52 (3.175 %)Management Information System
52 (3.175 %)Streaming Media
52 (3.175 %)Web 2.0
61 (1.587 %)Computer Science
England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
18 (12.70 %)Linux
23 (4.762 %)UNIX
32 (3.175 %)Android
41 (1.587 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (1.587 %)Windows
41 (1.587 %)Mac OS X
41 (1.587 %)SUSE
41 (1.587 %)Fedora
England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
130 (47.62 %)SEO
215 (23.81 %)E-Commerce
311 (17.46 %)Content Management
410 (15.87 %)Project Management
410 (15.87 %)Online Marketing
57 (11.11 %)Pay per click
66 (9.524 %)Digital Marketing
75 (7.937 %)Web Development
83 (4.762 %)Web Analytics
83 (4.762 %)OOP
92 (3.175 %)OO
92 (3.175 %)CRM
92 (3.175 %)Web Design
92 (3.175 %)Web Accessibility
92 (3.175 %)Information Architecture
101 (1.587 %)Website Architecture
101 (1.587 %)Web Marketing
101 (1.587 %)Test Automation
101 (1.587 %)Product Management
101 (1.587 %)Agile Software Development
England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
135 (55.56 %)PHP
233 (52.38 %)JavaScript
310 (15.87 %)PHP5
310 (15.87 %)SQL
45 (7.937 %)C#
45 (7.937 %)Java
45 (7.937 %)Perl
54 (6.349 %)VBScript
54 (6.349 %)ActionScript
63 (4.762 %)Bash shell
71 (1.587 %)Python
71 (1.587 %)Ruby
71 (1.587 %)C
71 (1.587 %)C++
England IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (12.70 %)Degree
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.587 %)WCAG
England IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (3.175 %)Squid
England IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (4.762 %)Plesk
England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (6.349 %)Adobe
23 (4.762 %)Google
32 (3.175 %)Microsoft
32 (3.175 %)Oracle
41 (1.587 %)JBoss
41 (1.587 %)Red Hat
41 (1.587 %)Apple