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The table below looks at the demand for Social Networking skills within the London region with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Social Network over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSocial Networking
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank359589
Rank change on same period last yearUp+230
Matching permanent IT job ads287108
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.166 %0.046 %
As % of the category below1.477 %0.356 %
Salaries quoted26397
Average minimum salary£39,023£33,794
Average salary£43,662£37,124
% change on same period last year+17.61 %
Average maximum salary£48,300£40,454
UK excluding London average salary£40,244£35,060
% change on same period last year+14.78 %
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
London
Matching permanent IT job ads1943530376
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled11.25 %13.07 %
Salaries quoted1591422588
Average minimum salary£52,799£54,419
Average salary£59,133£60,402
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Average maximum salary£65,467£66,385
UK excluding London average salary£37,701£39,528
% change on same period last year-4.62 %
Social Network EnglandSocial Network
England

Social Network
Demand Trend

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

London Social Network Demand Trend

Social Network
Salary Trend

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

London Social Network Salary Trend

Social Network
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Social Network across the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

London Social Network Salary Histogram

Social Network
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Network within the London region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
City of LondonUp+231£40,379+8.15 %
SouthwarkNew entry-8£52,500-
ClaphamNew entry-4£55,000-
Kingston Upon ThamesNew entry-1£37,500-
Social Network EnglandSocial Network
England

Social Network
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London region citing Social Network 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 Network.

1247 (38.18 %)JavaScript
2204 (31.53 %).NET
3199 (30.76 %)C#
4190 (29.37 %)HTML
5178 (27.51 %)XML
6167 (25.81 %)ASP.NET
7166 (25.66 %)AJAX
7166 (25.66 %)Web 2.0
8139 (21.48 %)CSS
9132 (20.40 %)SQL Server
10125 (19.32 %)SQL
11118 (18.24 %)PHP
12111 (17.16 %)Java
13100 (15.46 %)OO
1494 (14.53 %)Flash
1590 (13.91 %)Games
1590 (13.91 %)Ruby
1685 (13.14 %)XHTML
1784 (12.98 %)Ruby on Rails
1872 (11.13 %)Internet
1969 (10.66 %)SQL Server 2005
2067 (10.36 %)Transact-SQL
2164 (9.892 %)OOP
2263 (9.737 %)Linux
2356 (8.655 %)WebServices
2454 (8.346 %)MySQL
2552 (8.037 %)Marketing
2650 (7.728 %)ActionScript
2749 (7.573 %)CMS
2749 (7.573 %)Agile Software Development

Social Network
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the London region citing Social Network 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 Network. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1204 (31.53 %).NET
2190 (29.37 %)HTML
3178 (27.51 %)XML
4167 (25.81 %)ASP.NET
5166 (25.66 %)AJAX
6139 (21.48 %)CSS
785 (13.14 %)XHTML
884 (12.98 %)Ruby on Rails
956 (8.655 %)WebServices
1047 (7.264 %)LAMP
1143 (6.646 %)NHibernate
1143 (6.646 %)WCF
1240 (6.182 %)XSLT
1336 (5.564 %)WF
1433 (5.100 %)WPF
1531 (4.791 %)Adobe Flex
1626 (4.019 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1725 (3.864 %)ASP
1824 (3.709 %)SOAP
1922 (3.400 %)MVC
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
149 (7.573 %)CMS
229 (4.482 %)Apache
313 (2.009 %)IIS
44 (0.618 %)Tomcat
44 (0.618 %)ColdFusion
44 (0.618 %)Flash Media Server
52 (0.309 %)MS Exchange
61 (0.155 %)SharePoint
61 (0.155 %)Commerce Server
61 (0.155 %)SharePoint Server 2007
61 (0.155 %)DotNetNuke
61 (0.155 %)WordPress
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
131 (4.791 %)MS Visio
223 (3.555 %)MS Project
316 (2.473 %)Photoshop
414 (2.164 %)MS Excel
54 (0.618 %)Fireworks
54 (0.618 %)Adobe Illustrator
61 (0.155 %)Adobe Director
61 (0.155 %)Shockwave
61 (0.155 %)MS Office
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
115 (2.318 %)WebTrends
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
172 (11.13 %)Internet
226 (4.019 %)3G
310 (1.546 %)FTP
46 (0.927 %)Intranet
55 (0.773 %)WiMAX
55 (0.773 %)VoIP
63 (0.464 %)Broadband
63 (0.464 %)HTTP
72 (0.309 %)SMS
72 (0.309 %)VPN
72 (0.309 %)Wireless
72 (0.309 %)Extranet
81 (0.155 %)Firewall
81 (0.155 %)TCP/IP
81 (0.155 %)LAN
81 (0.155 %)WAN
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1132 (20.40 %)SQL Server
269 (10.66 %)SQL Server 2005
354 (8.346 %)MySQL
420 (3.091 %)SQL Server Integration Services
513 (2.009 %)PostgreSQL
612 (1.855 %)Oracle 10g
612 (1.855 %)Oracle 9i
76 (0.927 %)SQL Server 2000
84 (0.618 %)Data Mining
92 (0.309 %)TOAD
92 (0.309 %)SQL Navigator
101 (0.155 %)RDBMS
101 (0.155 %)BusinessObjects
101 (0.155 %)SQLite
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
194 (14.53 %)Flash
229 (4.482 %)Visual Studio
321 (3.246 %)Subversion
420 (3.091 %)CruiseControl
515 (2.318 %)Eclipse
69 (1.391 %)Bugzilla
75 (0.773 %)Selenium
82 (0.309 %)QuickTest Pro
82 (0.309 %)LoadRunner
82 (0.309 %)Dreamweaver
91 (0.155 %)WinRunner
91 (0.155 %)jMock
91 (0.155 %)QARun
91 (0.155 %)QALoad
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
190 (13.91 %)Games
252 (8.037 %)Marketing
340 (6.182 %)Music
434 (5.255 %)Publishing
519 (2.937 %)Advertising
613 (2.009 %)Education
712 (1.855 %)Music Industry
712 (1.855 %)Animation
89 (1.391 %)Multimedia
89 (1.391 %)Finance
96 (0.927 %)Graphic Design
104 (0.618 %)Video Editing
104 (0.618 %)Flash Games
113 (0.464 %)Automotive
113 (0.464 %)Retail
122 (0.309 %)Pensions
122 (0.309 %)Retail Banking
122 (0.309 %)Banking
122 (0.309 %)Government
122 (0.309 %)Interactive Media
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1412 (63.68 %)Developer
2106 (16.38 %).NET Developer
388 (13.60 %)C# Developer
473 (11.28 %)Web Developer
564 (9.892 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
662 (9.583 %)ASP.NET Developer
759 (9.119 %)Ruby On Rails Developer
850 (7.728 %)Senior Developer
949 (7.573 %)PHP Developer
1048 (7.419 %)Flash Developer
1143 (6.646 %)Project Manager
1143 (6.646 %).NET Web Developer
1231 (4.791 %)Java Developer
1325 (3.864 %)C# Web Developer
1424 (3.709 %)Development Manager
1523 (3.555 %)Junior
1622 (3.400 %)Architect
1622 (3.400 %)Team Leader
1720 (3.091 %)Technical Lead
1819 (2.937 %)Analyst
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1166 (25.66 %)Web 2.0
237 (5.719 %)BBC
329 (4.482 %)Computer Science
425 (3.864 %)Blog
517 (2.628 %)Streaming Video
614 (2.164 %)Replication
78 (1.236 %)iDTV
87 (1.082 %)Management Information System
87 (1.082 %)IPTV
95 (0.773 %)Podcast
95 (0.773 %)E-Learning
95 (0.773 %)W3C
104 (0.618 %)Clustering
104 (0.618 %)Streaming Media
113 (0.464 %)N-Tier
122 (0.309 %)MPEG
122 (0.309 %)Blackberry
122 (0.309 %)Handset
122 (0.309 %)Interactive TV
122 (0.309 %)Flash Lite
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
163 (9.737 %)Linux
239 (6.028 %)Windows
325 (3.864 %)UNIX
419 (2.937 %)Windows 2000
419 (2.937 %)Windows XP
53 (0.464 %)Debian
53 (0.464 %)Ubuntu
62 (0.309 %)Windows Mobile
62 (0.309 %)Windows 2000 Server
71 (0.155 %)Windows Server 2003
71 (0.155 %)Solaris
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1100 (15.46 %)OO
264 (9.892 %)OOP
349 (7.573 %)Project Management
349 (7.573 %)Agile Software Development
447 (7.264 %)Web Development
545 (6.955 %)E-Commerce
630 (4.637 %)TDD
726 (4.019 %)Web Design
824 (3.709 %)PRINCE2
922 (3.400 %)RUP
1021 (3.246 %)Content Management
1120 (3.091 %)Load Testing
1215 (2.318 %)Web Testing
1313 (2.009 %)Scrum
1313 (2.009 %)CRM
1412 (1.855 %)Automated Testing
1511 (1.700 %)Internet Marketing
1610 (1.546 %)SEO
1610 (1.546 %)Business Intelligence
179 (1.391 %)Software Engineering
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1247 (38.18 %)JavaScript
2199 (30.76 %)C#
3125 (19.32 %)SQL
4118 (18.24 %)PHP
5111 (17.16 %)Java
690 (13.91 %)Ruby
767 (10.36 %)Transact-SQL
850 (7.728 %)ActionScript
927 (4.173 %)Python
1026 (4.019 %)DHTML
1125 (3.864 %)PHP5
1217 (2.628 %)Perl
1315 (2.318 %)C++
1315 (2.318 %)Shell Script
1315 (2.318 %)VB.NET
1414 (2.164 %)C
1513 (2.009 %)VB
1612 (1.855 %)PL/SQL
175 (0.773 %)PHP4
183 (0.464 %)VBScript
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
146 (7.110 %)Microsoft Certification
236 (5.564 %)Degree
329 (4.482 %)MCP
329 (4.482 %)MCAD
329 (4.482 %)MCSD
45 (0.773 %)ISEB
54 (0.618 %)OCP
54 (0.618 %)Oracle Certification
62 (0.309 %)MBA
71 (0.155 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
71 (0.155 %)Cisco Certification
71 (0.155 %)PMP
71 (0.155 %)PMI Certification
71 (0.155 %)CCNA
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
136 (5.564 %)QA
23 (0.464 %)SLA
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
120 (3.091 %)MSMQ
26 (0.927 %)Active Directory
32 (0.309 %)Oracle RMAN
41 (0.155 %)VMware Infrastructure
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (0.618 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
22 (0.309 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
140 (6.182 %)Microsoft
224 (3.709 %)Adobe
320 (3.091 %)Google
418 (2.782 %)Yahoo!
516 (2.473 %)Oracle
611 (1.700 %)telerik
78 (1.236 %)Sony
84 (0.618 %)Zend
93 (0.464 %)Cisco
93 (0.464 %)Quark
93 (0.464 %)Progress
102 (0.309 %)Symbian
102 (0.309 %)HP
102 (0.309 %)Avaya
111 (0.155 %)Business Objects
111 (0.155 %)VMware