The first table below looks at the demand for Internet skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet
Rank 27 47 37
Rank change year-on-year
+20 -10
Permanent jobs citing Internet 31 18 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 6.327% 3.203% 3.485%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 34.07% 27.69% 22.81%
Number of salaries quoted 30 16 13
Average salary £35,750 £37,500 £21,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.66% +78.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,000 £26,000 £14,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £52,500 £34,900
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
91 65 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 18.57% 11.57% 15.28%
Number of salaries quoted 76 57 54
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,350 £21,500 £21,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Internet
North West

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Internet across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Lancashire Internet Jobs Demand Trend

Internet
Salary Trend

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

Lancashire Internet Salary Trend

Internet
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Internet across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Lancashire Internet Salary Histogram

Internet
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 22 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
Lancaster - 9 £40,000 -
Blackburn +2 8 £21,000 -19.23%
Blackpool - 3 £22,000 -
Preston - 3 £38,000 -
Darwen -1 1 £18,500 -30.18%
Burnley -9 1 £30,000 -25.00%
Internet
North West

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire region citing Internet 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 Internet.

1 15 (44.12%) Microsoft
2 13 (38.24%) .NET
2 13 (38.24%) SQL Server
2 13 (38.24%) Windows
3 11 (32.35%) ASP.NET
3 11 (32.35%) C#
4 10 (29.41%) MVC
5 9 (26.47%) Games
5 9 (26.47%) TDD
5 9 (26.47%) MCTS
5 9 (26.47%) WCF
5 9 (26.47%) Domain-Driven Design
5 9 (26.47%) ASP.NET MVC
5 9 (26.47%) Dependency Injection
5 9 (26.47%) Microsoft Certification
5 9 (26.47%) MCP
5 9 (26.47%) MCAD
5 9 (26.47%) MCSD
5 9 (26.47%) MS Excel
5 9 (26.47%) Node.js
5 9 (26.47%) Ninject
5 9 (26.47%) KnockoutJS
5 9 (26.47%) Web Application Development
5 9 (26.47%) SQL Server 2012
5 9 (26.47%) ASP.NET MVC 4
6 8 (23.53%) Windows Server 2008
7 7 (20.59%) VMware
7 7 (20.59%) Active Directory
8 6 (17.65%) Citrix
8 6 (17.65%) IIS

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 13 (38.24%) .NET
2 11 (32.35%) ASP.NET
3 9 (26.47%) WCF
3 9 (26.47%) ASP.NET MVC
3 9 (26.47%) Node.js
3 9 (26.47%) Ninject
3 9 (26.47%) KnockoutJS
3 9 (26.47%) ASP.NET MVC 4
4 2 (5.882%) JSON
4 2 (5.882%) SOAP
4 2 (5.882%) Web Services
4 2 (5.882%) Ajax
4 2 (5.882%) jQuery
5 1 (2.941%) CodeIgniter
5 1 (2.941%) CSS
5 1 (2.941%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 6 (17.65%) IIS
2 4 (11.76%) SharePoint
2 4 (11.76%) SharePoint Server
2 4 (11.76%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (2.941%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
3 1 (2.941%) Apache
3 1 (2.941%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 9 (26.47%) MS Excel
2 4 (11.76%) MS Office
3 1 (2.941%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 3 (8.824%) Wireless
2 2 (5.882%) SMTP
2 2 (5.882%) FTP
2 2 (5.882%) HTTP
2 2 (5.882%) VoIP
2 2 (5.882%) WLAN
2 2 (5.882%) DNS
2 2 (5.882%) Firewall
3 1 (2.941%) Cisco ASA
3 1 (2.941%) Openswan
3 1 (2.941%) Asterisk PBX
3 1 (2.941%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (2.941%) WPA2
3 1 (2.941%) VLAN
3 1 (2.941%) IP Telephony
3 1 (2.941%) Extranet
3 1 (2.941%) Frame Relay
3 1 (2.941%) WAN
3 1 (2.941%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.941%) VPN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (38.24%) SQL Server
2 9 (26.47%) SQL Server 2012
3 2 (5.882%) MySQL
3 2 (5.882%) SQL Server 2008
General
1 9 (26.47%) Games
2 5 (14.71%) Marketing
3 2 (5.882%) Advertising
4 1 (2.941%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 10 (29.41%) Developer
2 9 (26.47%) .NET Developer
3 6 (17.65%) Analyst
3 6 (17.65%) Service Desk Analyst
3 6 (17.65%) Service Analyst
4 3 (8.824%) Consultant
5 2 (5.882%) Field Engineer
5 2 (5.882%) Technical Manager
6 1 (2.941%) PHP MySQL Developer
6 1 (2.941%) PHP Developer
6 1 (2.941%) PHP Programmer
6 1 (2.941%) PRINCE2 Project Manager
6 1 (2.941%) Project Manager
6 1 (2.941%) Desktop Support
6 1 (2.941%) Network Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Programmer
6 1 (2.941%) Senior Systems Engineer
6 1 (2.941%) Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) Social Media
2 2 (5.882%) Management Information System
2 2 (5.882%) Clustering
3 1 (2.941%) Replication
3 1 (2.941%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 13 (38.24%) Windows
2 8 (23.53%) Windows Server 2008
3 6 (17.65%) Windows Server 2003
4 3 (8.824%) Linux
5 1 (2.941%) CentOS
5 1 (2.941%) FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (29.41%) MVC
2 9 (26.47%) TDD
2 9 (26.47%) Domain-Driven Design
2 9 (26.47%) Dependency Injection
2 9 (26.47%) Web Application Development
3 5 (14.71%) Internet Marketing
3 5 (14.71%) Digital Marketing
3 5 (14.71%) Online Marketing
3 5 (14.71%) SEO
3 5 (14.71%) Pay per click
3 5 (14.71%) E-Commerce
3 5 (14.71%) Social Media Marketing
4 3 (8.824%) Email Marketing
4 3 (8.824%) HOOD
4 3 (8.824%) Analytics
5 2 (5.882%) Continuous Improvement
5 2 (5.882%) Change Management
6 1 (2.941%) Network Management
6 1 (2.941%) Time Management
6 1 (2.941%) Communications Security
Programming Languages
1 11 (32.35%) C#
2 3 (8.824%) Python
2 3 (8.824%) JavaScript
3 2 (5.882%) PHP
3 2 (5.882%) VB
3 2 (5.882%) Shell Script
3 2 (5.882%) Objective-C
3 2 (5.882%) Ruby
3 2 (5.882%) PowerShell
4 1 (2.941%) Bash shell
4 1 (2.941%) PHP5
4 1 (2.941%) C
4 1 (2.941%) SQL
4 1 (2.941%) Perl
Qualifications
1 9 (26.47%) MCTS
1 9 (26.47%) Microsoft Certification
1 9 (26.47%) MCP
1 9 (26.47%) MCAD
1 9 (26.47%) MCSD
2 3 (8.824%) SC Cleared
2 3 (8.824%) Security Cleared
3 2 (5.882%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (2.941%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.941%) CCNP
4 1 (2.941%) CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.882%) SLA
2 1 (2.941%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 7 (20.59%) Active Directory
2 6 (17.65%) Citrix Presentation Server
3 1 (2.941%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (2.941%) Terminal Server
Systems Management
1 3 (8.824%) Nagios
2 1 (2.941%) Munin
2 1 (2.941%) ARCserve
Vendors
1 15 (44.12%) Microsoft
2 7 (20.59%) VMware
3 6 (17.65%) Citrix
4 3 (8.824%) Cisco
5 2 (5.882%) SolarWinds
6 1 (2.941%) Zend
6 1 (2.941%) Tripwire
6 1 (2.941%) Avaya
6 1 (2.941%) Oracle
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