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This section looks at the demand for WordPress skills within the London 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 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWordPress
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank613713
Rank change on same period last yearUp+100
Matching permanent IT job ads239
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.199 %0.055 %
Salaries quoted219
Average minimum salary£35,333£40,000
Average salary£38,333£40,000
% change on same period last year-4.16 %
Average maximum salary£41,333£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£31,400£33,000
% change on same period last year-4.84 %
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
London
Matching permanent IT job ads1153616255
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.298 %6.825 %
Salaries quoted984213138
Average minimum salary£42,144£42,311
Average salary£45,606£46,067
% change on same period last year-1.00 %
Average maximum salary£49,067£49,823
UK excluding London average salary£38,015£39,205
% change on same period last year-3.03 %
WordPress EnglandWordPress
England

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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 London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

London 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 London region.

London WordPress Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WordPress across the London region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

London WordPress Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

127 (96.43 %)CSS
226 (92.86 %)PHP
323 (82.14 %)JavaScript
421 (75.00 %)XHTML
513 (46.43 %)Flash
612 (42.86 %)AJAX
612 (42.86 %)HTML
612 (42.86 %)Drupal
711 (39.29 %)Joomla!
810 (35.71 %).NET
810 (35.71 %)XML
99 (32.14 %)XSLT
99 (32.14 %)MySQL
108 (28.57 %)ActionScript
108 (28.57 %)Web Development
108 (28.57 %)CMS
117 (25.00 %)SEO
117 (25.00 %)Content Management
117 (25.00 %)ASP
117 (25.00 %)SOAP
117 (25.00 %)Python
117 (25.00 %)Adobe Flex
117 (25.00 %)JSON
126 (21.43 %)PHP5
126 (21.43 %)W3C
126 (21.43 %)Java
126 (21.43 %)Perl
126 (21.43 %)Retail
126 (21.43 %)OpenCms
126 (21.43 %)Publishing

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the London 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.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
127 (96.43 %)CSS
221 (75.00 %)XHTML
312 (42.86 %)AJAX
312 (42.86 %)HTML
312 (42.86 %)Drupal
410 (35.71 %).NET
410 (35.71 %)XML
59 (32.14 %)XSLT
67 (25.00 %)JSON
67 (25.00 %)Adobe Flex
67 (25.00 %)ASP
67 (25.00 %)SOAP
74 (14.29 %)ASP.NET
74 (14.29 %)Ruby on Rails
83 (10.71 %)XSL
92 (7.143 %)Symfony
92 (7.143 %)LAMP
101 (3.571 %)XML-RPC
101 (3.571 %)Zend Framework
101 (3.571 %)Django
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (39.29 %)Joomla!
28 (28.57 %)CMS
36 (21.43 %)OpenCms
43 (10.71 %)Apache
43 (10.71 %)ColdFusion
51 (3.571 %)Immediacy CMS
51 (3.571 %)Movable Type
51 (3.571 %)SharePoint
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (10.71 %)Photoshop
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (7.143 %)Internet
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (32.14 %)MySQL
21 (3.571 %)SQLite
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
113 (46.43 %)Flash
22 (7.143 %)Subversion
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (21.43 %)Publishing
16 (21.43 %)Retail
24 (14.29 %)Games
24 (14.29 %)Online Games
32 (7.143 %)Back Office
32 (7.143 %)Marketing
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
124 (85.71 %)Developer
213 (46.43 %)PHP Developer
37 (25.00 %)Web Developer
44 (14.29 %)Senior Developer
44 (14.29 %)Web Designer
53 (10.71 %)Senior PHP Developer
62 (7.143 %)Lead Developer
71 (3.571 %)Senior Web Developer
71 (3.571 %)Technical Lead
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (21.43 %)W3C
23 (10.71 %)Web 2.0
31 (3.571 %)Blog
31 (3.571 %)Social Network
31 (3.571 %)Flash Lite
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (14.29 %)Linux
21 (3.571 %)UNIX
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (28.57 %)Web Development
27 (25.00 %)SEO
27 (25.00 %)Content Management
35 (17.86 %)TDD
35 (17.86 %)Scrum
44 (14.29 %)Web Design
44 (14.29 %)OO
52 (7.143 %)Project Management
61 (3.571 %)Software Engineering
61 (3.571 %)CRM
61 (3.571 %)Internet Marketing
61 (3.571 %)Usability Testing
61 (3.571 %)Unit Testing
61 (3.571 %)Integration Testing
61 (3.571 %)Time Management
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
126 (92.86 %)PHP
223 (82.14 %)JavaScript
38 (28.57 %)ActionScript
47 (25.00 %)Python
56 (21.43 %)Perl
56 (21.43 %)Java
56 (21.43 %)PHP5
64 (14.29 %)Ruby
73 (10.71 %)SQL
73 (10.71 %)Transact-SQL
81 (3.571 %)C#
81 (3.571 %)DHTML
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.571 %)Degree
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.571 %)WAI
11 (3.571 %)QA
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (14.29 %)Adobe
23 (10.71 %)Zend
31 (3.571 %)RedDot
31 (3.571 %)Google