The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in IT jobs advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Social Media over the 3 months to 20 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Kent region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Social Media
Rank 69 54 93
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +39
Permanent jobs citing Social Media 21 23 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 1.799% 3.239% 0.097%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 6.522% 11.22% 0.350%
Number of salaries quoted 13 23 1
Average salary £37,500 £51,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.18% +14.44%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £35,000 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +14.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Kent
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
322 205 286
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Kent 27.59% 28.87% 27.66%
Number of salaries quoted 267 178 256
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,600 £25,000 £24,401
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £50,600 £51,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,625 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.43% +6.66%
Social Media
South East

Social Media
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Social Media across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Kent Social Media Jobs Demand Trend

Social Media
Salary Trend

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

Kent Social Media Salary Trend

Social Media
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Social Media across the Kent region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Kent Social Media Salary Histogram

Social Media
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Media within the Kent region over the 3 months to 20 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
Canterbury +10 2 £27,500 -8.33%
Social Media
South East

Social Media
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing Social Media 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 Social Media.

1 18 (64.29%) Marketing
2 11 (39.29%) CSS
3 9 (32.14%) PHP
4 8 (28.57%) Google
4 8 (28.57%) Online Marketing
5 7 (25.00%) HTML5
5 7 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
5 7 (25.00%) HTML
5 7 (25.00%) Advertising
6 6 (21.43%) JavaScript
6 6 (21.43%) SEO
6 6 (21.43%) Pay per click
6 6 (21.43%) Analytics
7 5 (17.86%) Big Data
7 5 (17.86%) WordPress
8 4 (14.29%) Games
8 4 (14.29%) SQL Server
8 4 (14.29%) MS Excel
8 4 (14.29%) CRM
8 4 (14.29%) PhD
8 4 (14.29%) .NET
8 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
8 4 (14.29%) Salesforce.com
8 4 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
8 4 (14.29%) Social Gaming
8 4 (14.29%) Facebook
8 4 (14.29%) Twitter
9 3 (10.71%) Digital Media
9 3 (10.71%) Marketing Analytics
9 3 (10.71%) Enterprise Software

Social Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Kent region citing Social Media 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 Social Media. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (39.29%) CSS
2 7 (25.00%) HTML
2 7 (25.00%) HTML5
3 4 (14.29%) .NET
4 3 (10.71%) LAMP
4 3 (10.71%) jQuery
4 3 (10.71%) CSS3
5 2 (7.143%) Task Parallel Library
5 2 (7.143%) Esper
5 2 (7.143%) WAMP
5 2 (7.143%) ASP.NET MVC
5 2 (7.143%) Ajax
5 2 (7.143%) LINQ
5 2 (7.143%) Memcached
5 2 (7.143%) AppFabric
5 2 (7.143%) LINQ to SQL
5 2 (7.143%) ASP.NET
5 2 (7.143%) COM
5 2 (7.143%) SOAP
5 2 (7.143%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 5 (17.86%) WordPress
2 3 (10.71%) CMS
2 3 (10.71%) Drupal
3 2 (7.143%) MTS
3 2 (7.143%) MSMQ
3 2 (7.143%) RabbitMQ
4 1 (3.571%) Magento
Applications
1 4 (14.29%) MS Excel
2 2 (7.143%) Fireworks
2 2 (7.143%) MS PowerPoint
2 2 (7.143%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.143%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (17.86%) Big Data
2 4 (14.29%) SQL Server
3 3 (10.71%) MySQL
4 2 (7.143%) Hadoop
4 2 (7.143%) MongoDB
4 2 (7.143%) Apache Cassandra
4 2 (7.143%) NoSQL
4 2 (7.143%) StreamInsight
4 2 (7.143%) Redis
General
1 18 (64.29%) Marketing
2 7 (25.00%) Advertising
3 4 (14.29%) Games
4 1 (3.571%) Retail
Job Titles
1 14 (50.00%) Developer
2 6 (21.43%) Web Developer
3 5 (17.86%) PHP Developer
4 4 (14.29%) Account Director
5 3 (10.71%) Lead Web Developer
5 3 (10.71%) PPC Manager
5 3 (10.71%) PPC Analyst
5 3 (10.71%) PPC Executive
5 3 (10.71%) Engagement Manager
5 3 (10.71%) PPC Specialist
5 3 (10.71%) Junior
5 3 (10.71%) Lead Developer
5 3 (10.71%) Junior Developer
6 2 (7.143%) .NET Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Senior Developer
6 2 (7.143%) PHP Web Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Junior PHP Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Senior .NET Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Digital Account Director
6 2 (7.143%) Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.29%) Cloud Computing
1 4 (14.29%) Social Gaming
2 3 (10.71%) Digital Media
2 3 (10.71%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (10.71%) SaaS
3 2 (7.143%) Taxonomies
3 2 (7.143%) Open Source
3 2 (7.143%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.71%) Android
1 3 (10.71%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) Online Marketing
2 7 (25.00%) Digital Marketing
3 6 (21.43%) Pay per click
3 6 (21.43%) SEO
3 6 (21.43%) Analytics
4 4 (14.29%) CRM
5 3 (10.71%) Service Delivery
5 3 (10.71%) Strategic Planning
5 3 (10.71%) Web Analytics
5 3 (10.71%) Software Architecture
5 3 (10.71%) Marketing Analytics
6 2 (7.143%) Multithreading
6 2 (7.143%) MVC
6 2 (7.143%) E-Commerce
6 2 (7.143%) Scrum
6 2 (7.143%) Web Design
6 2 (7.143%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (7.143%) Data Analysis
7 1 (3.571%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (32.14%) PHP
2 6 (21.43%) JavaScript
3 2 (7.143%) C#
3 2 (7.143%) SQL
3 2 (7.143%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.571%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) PhD
Vendors
1 8 (28.57%) Google
2 4 (14.29%) Facebook
2 4 (14.29%) Twitter
2 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.29%) Salesforce.com
3 3 (10.71%) Omniture
3 3 (10.71%) DoubleClick
3 3 (10.71%) Coremetrics
4 1 (3.571%) Sage
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