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The table below looks at the demand for WordPress skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WordPress over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWordPress
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank840979
Rank change on same period last yearUp+139
Matching permanent IT job ads2812
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.107 %0.036 %
Salaries quoted2712
Average minimum salary£33,074£38,833
Average salary£35,000£38,833
% change on same period last year-9.87 %
Average maximum salary£36,926£38,833
UK excluding London average salary£30,500£33,000
% change on same period last year-7.57 %
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
England
Matching permanent IT job ads2621833663
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled14.56 %14.18 %
Salaries quoted2234327592
Average minimum salary£37,755£38,433
Average salary£40,982£41,906
% change on same period last year-2.20 %
Average maximum salary£44,208£45,379
UK excluding London average salary£38,007£39,071
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
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UK

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Demand Trend

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

England WordPress Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

England WordPress Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WordPress across the England region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

England WordPress Salary Histogram

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Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WordPress within the England region over the 3 months to 8 September 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+9320£36,895-7.76 %
South WestNew entry-7£29,143-
South EastNew entry-1£40,000-
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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing WordPress 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 WordPress.

138 (95.00 %)PHP
237 (92.50 %)CSS
325 (62.50 %)JavaScript
423 (57.50 %)XHTML
522 (55.00 %)HTML
618 (45.00 %)Drupal
717 (42.50 %)MySQL
815 (37.50 %)XML
815 (37.50 %)Flash
914 (35.00 %)Joomla!
1013 (32.50 %)Content Management
1112 (30.00 %)AJAX
1112 (30.00 %)CMS
1112 (30.00 %).NET
129 (22.50 %)ActionScript
129 (22.50 %)XSLT
138 (20.00 %)ASP
138 (20.00 %)Python
138 (20.00 %)Web Development
138 (20.00 %)Adobe Flex
138 (20.00 %)PHP5
147 (17.50 %)JSON
147 (17.50 %)Retail
147 (17.50 %)W3C
147 (17.50 %)SEO
147 (17.50 %)Publishing
147 (17.50 %)SOAP
147 (17.50 %)Linux
147 (17.50 %)Perl
156 (15.00 %)Java

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing WordPress 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 WordPress. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
137 (92.50 %)CSS
223 (57.50 %)XHTML
322 (55.00 %)HTML
418 (45.00 %)Drupal
515 (37.50 %)XML
612 (30.00 %)AJAX
612 (30.00 %).NET
79 (22.50 %)XSLT
88 (20.00 %)Adobe Flex
88 (20.00 %)ASP
97 (17.50 %)SOAP
97 (17.50 %)JSON
105 (12.50 %)LAMP
114 (10.00 %)Symfony
114 (10.00 %)ASP.NET
114 (10.00 %)Ruby on Rails
123 (7.500 %)XSL
132 (5.000 %)MVC
132 (5.000 %)Zend Framework
141 (2.500 %)Django
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (35.00 %)Joomla!
212 (30.00 %)CMS
36 (15.00 %)OpenCms
44 (10.00 %)Apache
53 (7.500 %)ColdFusion
61 (2.500 %)Immediacy CMS
61 (2.500 %)Movable Type
61 (2.500 %)SharePoint
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (10.00 %)Photoshop
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (5.000 %)Internet
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (42.50 %)MySQL
21 (2.500 %)SQL Server
21 (2.500 %)MS Access
21 (2.500 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (2.500 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (2.500 %)SQLite
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
115 (37.50 %)Flash
23 (7.500 %)Subversion
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (17.50 %)Publishing
17 (17.50 %)Retail
25 (12.50 %)Games
34 (10.00 %)Online Games
42 (5.000 %)Back Office
42 (5.000 %)Marketing
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
135 (87.50 %)Developer
221 (52.50 %)PHP Developer
38 (20.00 %)Web Developer
46 (15.00 %)Senior Developer
55 (12.50 %)Senior PHP Developer
64 (10.00 %)Web Designer
72 (5.000 %)LAMP Developer
72 (5.000 %)Lead Developer
81 (2.500 %)Senior Web Developer
81 (2.500 %)Technical Lead
81 (2.500 %)PHP Programmer
81 (2.500 %)Programmer
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (17.50 %)W3C
23 (7.500 %)Web 2.0
32 (5.000 %)Social Network
41 (2.500 %)Flash Lite
41 (2.500 %)Blog
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (17.50 %)Linux
21 (2.500 %)UNIX
21 (2.500 %)Windows
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (32.50 %)Content Management
28 (20.00 %)Web Development
37 (17.50 %)SEO
45 (12.50 %)Scrum
45 (12.50 %)TDD
54 (10.00 %)Web Design
54 (10.00 %)OO
62 (5.000 %)Migration
62 (5.000 %)Project Management
62 (5.000 %)Data Migration
71 (2.500 %)Software Engineering
71 (2.500 %)Internet Marketing
71 (2.500 %)Usability Testing
71 (2.500 %)Unit Testing
71 (2.500 %)Integration Testing
71 (2.500 %)Time Management
71 (2.500 %)CRM
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
138 (95.00 %)PHP
225 (62.50 %)JavaScript
39 (22.50 %)ActionScript
48 (20.00 %)Python
48 (20.00 %)PHP5
57 (17.50 %)Perl
66 (15.00 %)Java
74 (10.00 %)Ruby
83 (7.500 %)SQL
83 (7.500 %)Transact-SQL
91 (2.500 %)VB
91 (2.500 %)VB.NET
91 (2.500 %)C#
91 (2.500 %)DHTML
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (2.500 %)Degree
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.500 %)WAI
11 (2.500 %)QA
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (12.50 %)Zend
24 (10.00 %)Adobe
31 (2.500 %)RedDot
31 (2.500 %)Google
31 (2.500 %)Microsoft