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The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Animation in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Animation over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category for the Manchester region.

 Animation
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank129131171
Rank change year-on-year
Up+2Up+40
Matching permanent IT job ads7411
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester0.260 %0.148 %0.193 %
As % of the General category0.692 %0.344 %0.447 %
Salaries quoted649
Average salary£30,000£24,000£22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00 %+6.660 %
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£29,000
% change year-on-year
-+3.440 %
Manchester IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
101211632463
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester37.54 %42.90 %43.26 %
Salaries quoted90410092181
Average salary£36,000£40,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.00 %+6.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,500£25,000£23,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£72,500
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.260 %+1.330 %
Animation North WestAnimation
North West

Animation
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Animation across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Manchester Animation Demand Trend

Animation
Salary Trend

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

Manchester Animation Salary Trend

Animation
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Animation across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Manchester Animation Salary Histogram

Animation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Animation 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 Animation.

137 (86.05 %)CSS
236 (83.72 %)Photoshop
236 (83.72 %)Flash
334 (79.07 %)Adobe Illustrator
433 (76.74 %)HTML
433 (76.74 %)JavaScript
531 (72.09 %)ActionScript
630 (69.77 %)Multimedia
729 (67.44 %)XML
729 (67.44 %)Adobe Flex
824 (55.81 %)ActionScript 3.0
824 (55.81 %)OO
923 (53.49 %)Games
108 (18.60 %)XHTML
117 (16.28 %)Dreamweaver
126 (13.95 %)Adobe
135 (11.63 %)3ds Max
144 (9.302 %)Retail
144 (9.302 %)Web Design
144 (9.302 %)Marketing
144 (9.302 %)Web Development
144 (9.302 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
144 (9.302 %)W3C
144 (9.302 %)E-Commerce
144 (9.302 %)jQuery
153 (6.977 %)ActionScript 2.0
153 (6.977 %)RIA
162 (4.651 %)DOM
162 (4.651 %)SOAP
162 (4.651 %)Web Services

Animation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing Animation 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 Animation. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Manchester IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
137 (86.05 %)CSS
236 (83.72 %)Flash
333 (76.74 %)HTML
429 (67.44 %)Adobe Flex
429 (67.44 %)XML
58 (18.60 %)XHTML
64 (9.302 %)jQuery
72 (4.651 %)DOM
72 (4.651 %)SOAP
72 (4.651 %)Web Services
Manchester IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (4.651 %)Umbraco
12 (4.651 %)EPiServer
12 (4.651 %)WordPress
Manchester IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
136 (83.72 %)Photoshop
234 (79.07 %)Adobe Illustrator
35 (11.63 %)3ds Max
Manchester IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (16.28 %)Dreamweaver
Manchester IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
130 (69.77 %)Multimedia
223 (53.49 %)Games
34 (9.302 %)Retail
34 (9.302 %)Marketing
41 (2.326 %)3D Graphics
Manchester IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
133 (76.74 %)Developer
220 (46.51 %)Flash Developer
312 (27.91 %)Designer
411 (25.58 %)Web Designer
59 (20.93 %)Web Developer
68 (18.60 %)Flex Developer
77 (16.28 %)ActionScript Developer
84 (9.302 %)Front-End Developer
93 (6.977 %)Animator
102 (4.651 %)3D Artist
111 (2.326 %)Senior Developer
111 (2.326 %)Photoshop Designer
111 (2.326 %)Senior Flash Developer
111 (2.326 %)Flash Designer
Manchester IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (9.302 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 (9.302 %)W3C
23 (6.977 %)RIA
31 (2.326 %)Visualisation
31 (2.326 %)Derivative
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
124 (55.81 %)OO
24 (9.302 %)E-Commerce
24 (9.302 %)Web Design
24 (9.302 %)Web Development
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
133 (76.74 %)JavaScript
231 (72.09 %)ActionScript
324 (55.81 %)ActionScript 3.0
43 (6.977 %)ActionScript 2.0
Manchester IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (13.95 %)Adobe