The first table below looks at the demand for CMS skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CMS over the 3 months to 17 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 Application Platforms category for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Content Management System (CMS)
Rank 74 111 97
Rank change year-on-year
+37 -14
Permanent jobs citing CMS 140 64 79
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 3.450% 1.765% 2.002%
As % of the Application Platforms category 17.46% 8.466% 12.21%
Number of salaries quoted 128 62 68
Average salary £33,250 £29,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.71% -6.34%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,000 £21,600 £24,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £40,000 £46,500
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £33,750 £34,000
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -0.73%
All Application Platforms
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
802 756 647
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 19.76% 20.85% 16.40%
Number of salaries quoted 679 673 604
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £61,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
CMS
North West

CMS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing CMS across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Manchester CMS Jobs Demand Trend

CMS
Salary Trend

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

Manchester CMS Salary Trend

CMS
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing CMS across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Manchester CMS Salary Histogram

CMS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CMS within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bolton - 23 £35,000 -
Wigan +21 18 £27,500 -9.83%
Stockport -5 7 £35,000 +40.00%
Altrincham -8 2 £21,500 -38.79%
Bury +7 1 £40,000 +56.86%
CMS
North West

CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing CMS 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 CMS.

1 177 (69.14%) CSS
2 170 (66.41%) HTML
3 144 (56.25%) .NET
4 134 (52.34%) ASP.NET
5 131 (51.17%) JavaScript
6 115 (44.92%) C#
7 103 (40.23%) jQuery
8 77 (30.08%) SQL
8 77 (30.08%) E-Commerce
9 69 (26.95%) SQL Server
10 64 (25.00%) PHP
11 61 (23.83%) MVC
12 55 (21.48%) .NET Framework
13 53 (20.70%) Marketing
14 52 (20.31%) XML
15 48 (18.75%) Web Services
16 46 (17.97%) MySQL
17 45 (17.58%) SEO
17 45 (17.58%) Web Development
18 44 (17.19%) Visual Studio
19 41 (16.02%) Degree
20 35 (13.67%) Microsoft
21 33 (12.89%) CSS3
22 30 (11.72%) Google
22 30 (11.72%) WordPress
22 30 (11.72%) Project Management
23 29 (11.33%) OO
23 29 (11.33%) Content Management
23 29 (11.33%) HTML5
24 28 (10.94%) TDD

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing CMS 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 CMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 177 (69.14%) CSS
2 170 (66.41%) HTML
3 144 (56.25%) .NET
4 134 (52.34%) ASP.NET
5 103 (40.23%) jQuery
6 55 (21.48%) .NET Framework
7 52 (20.31%) XML
8 48 (18.75%) Web Services
9 33 (12.89%) CSS3
10 29 (11.33%) HTML5
11 27 (10.55%) LINQ
12 24 (9.375%) Ajax
12 24 (9.375%) ASP.NET MVC
13 21 (8.203%) LAMP
14 20 (7.813%) XSL
14 20 (7.813%) JSON
15 19 (7.422%) XHTML
16 12 (4.688%) WCF
16 12 (4.688%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
17 10 (3.906%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 30 (11.72%) WordPress
2 26 (10.16%) SharePoint
3 25 (9.766%) Magento
4 24 (9.375%) Drupal
5 20 (7.813%) Joomla!
6 16 (6.250%) Umbraco
6 16 (6.250%) IIS
7 12 (4.688%) Apache
8 10 (3.906%) Sitecore CMS
9 6 (2.344%) Kentico
10 5 (1.953%) EPiServer CMS
10 5 (1.953%) SharePoint Server
11 3 (1.172%) concrete5
12 2 (0.781%) MS Exchange
12 2 (0.781%) Documentum
12 2 (0.781%) Exchange Server 2010
12 2 (0.781%) Orchard CMS
13 1 (0.391%) Moodle
Applications
1 27 (10.55%) Photoshop
2 12 (4.688%) MS Excel
3 6 (2.344%) Adobe Illustrator
4 4 (1.563%) MS Visio
5 3 (1.172%) Fireworks
6 2 (0.781%) MS Office
6 2 (0.781%) MS PowerPoint
7 1 (0.391%) Adobe Captivate
Business Applications
1 24 (9.375%) Google Analytics
2 8 (3.125%) Dynamics CRM
3 6 (2.344%) Bond Adapt
4 1 (0.391%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 12 (4.688%) Intranet
2 4 (1.563%) Internet
3 3 (1.172%) DNS
4 2 (0.781%) Firewall
5 1 (0.391%) Network Security
5 1 (0.391%) Broadband
5 1 (0.391%) FTP
5 1 (0.391%) VPN
5 1 (0.391%) Extranet
5 1 (0.391%) DSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (26.95%) SQL Server
2 46 (17.97%) MySQL
3 12 (4.688%) SQL Server 2008
4 6 (2.344%) SQL Server 2005
5 2 (0.781%) RDBMS
5 2 (0.781%) SQL Server 2000
5 2 (0.781%) MongoDB
5 2 (0.781%) RavenDB
6 1 (0.391%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 1 (0.391%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (0.391%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (0.391%) OLAP
6 1 (0.391%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (0.391%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 44 (17.19%) Visual Studio
2 20 (7.813%) Dreamweaver
3 9 (3.516%) Selenium
4 6 (2.344%) Behat
5 5 (1.953%) Subversion
6 2 (0.781%) Git (software)
6 2 (0.781%) Team Foundation Server
7 1 (0.391%) Hudson
7 1 (0.391%) Eclipse
General
1 53 (20.70%) Marketing
2 25 (9.766%) Back Office
3 18 (7.031%) Finance
4 11 (4.297%) Retail
5 3 (1.172%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (1.172%) Financial Institution
6 2 (0.781%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.391%) Law
7 1 (0.391%) Legal
7 1 (0.391%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.391%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 177 (69.14%) Developer
2 74 (28.91%) Web Developer
3 40 (15.63%) .NET Developer
4 33 (12.89%) PHP Developer
5 23 (8.984%) Senior Developer
6 21 (8.203%) ASP.NET Developer
7 19 (7.422%) Junior
8 17 (6.641%) Junior Developer
9 16 (6.250%) Analyst
10 12 (4.688%) Drupal Developer
10 12 (4.688%) PHP MySQL Developer
11 11 (4.297%) C# .NET Developer
11 11 (4.297%) C# Developer
12 10 (3.906%) VB.NET Developer
12 10 (3.906%) Web Designer
12 10 (3.906%) VB.NET/ASP.NET Developer
12 10 (3.906%) Designer
13 9 (3.516%) Software Developer
14 8 (3.125%) Tester
14 8 (3.125%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 20 (7.813%) Mobile App
2 14 (5.469%) Smartphone
3 13 (5.078%) Social Media
4 11 (4.297%) Computer Science
4 11 (4.297%) N-Tier
5 10 (3.906%) iPad
5 10 (3.906%) iPhone
6 7 (2.734%) W3C
7 5 (1.953%) Open Source
7 5 (1.953%) E-Learning
8 4 (1.563%) Digital Media
8 4 (1.563%) Copywriting
9 3 (1.172%) Blog
9 3 (1.172%) Management Information System
9 3 (1.172%) BBC
9 3 (1.172%) New Media
10 2 (0.781%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 21 (8.203%) Android
2 20 (7.813%) Windows
3 12 (4.688%) Linux
4 11 (4.297%) Apple iOS
5 8 (3.125%) Windows Server 2008
6 7 (2.734%) Windows Mobile
7 2 (0.781%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.781%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.391%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 77 (30.08%) E-Commerce
2 61 (23.83%) MVC
3 45 (17.58%) SEO
3 45 (17.58%) Web Development
4 30 (11.72%) Project Management
5 29 (11.33%) Content Management
5 29 (11.33%) OO
6 28 (10.94%) TDD
7 25 (9.766%) Analytics
8 23 (8.984%) CRM
9 18 (7.031%) Time Management
10 17 (6.641%) Web Design
11 15 (5.859%) UML
12 14 (5.469%) RAD
12 14 (5.469%) Mobile Application Development
13 13 (5.078%) Unit Testing
14 12 (4.688%) Workflow
15 10 (3.906%) OOP
15 10 (3.906%) Performance Management
16 9 (3.516%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 131 (51.17%) JavaScript
2 115 (44.92%) C#
3 77 (30.08%) SQL
4 64 (25.00%) PHP
5 18 (7.031%) VB.NET
6 17 (6.641%) PHP5
7 12 (4.688%) Java
8 9 (3.516%) T-SQL
9 7 (2.734%) C
10 4 (1.563%) Objective-C
11 3 (1.172%) VB
11 3 (1.172%) Python
12 2 (0.781%) Ruby
12 2 (0.781%) PHP4
Qualifications
1 41 (16.02%) Degree
2 9 (3.516%) Microsoft Certification
3 5 (1.953%) MCTS
4 3 (1.172%) MCPD
5 1 (0.391%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.344%) SLA
2 2 (0.781%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 2 (0.781%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.781%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 35 (13.67%) Microsoft
2 30 (11.72%) Google
3 18 (7.031%) Zend
3 18 (7.031%) EPiServer
4 10 (3.906%) Sitecore
5 6 (2.344%) Adobe
6 5 (1.953%) Oracle
7 2 (0.781%) Apple
7 2 (0.781%) VMware
8 1 (0.391%) HP
8 1 (0.391%) Eloqua
8 1 (0.391%) Facebook
8 1 (0.391%) Twitter
Manchester, Lancashire
Essential IT: - 2 years’ plus of PHP programming - MySQL, XHTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript - Experience of PHP 5 and OOP beneficial - Extensive knowledge and experience of building WordPress CMS...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
ASP .NET / VB.NET background. SQL Server knowledge. HTML / CSS / JQuery experience... Key Skills: VB.Net / ASP.Net / SQL Server / SQL / Visual Studios / CSS / HTML / JQuery / Free iPad-...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Salford, North West
My client need someone that would be able to integrate and upgrade all the brand web sites to .NET 4.0 and Umbraco, as such those who have...
Computer Futures
Salary: £36000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Wigan, North West
This is a growing team, (currently two developers) looking to in-house development work that is currently outsourced with a view to building their on-line business revenue...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 3 May 2013
Manchester, North West
ASP-NET C# Umbraco Developer - up to £40KI have a new opportunity for a digital client based in Manchester- My client is a superb agency that has won...
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 to GBP40000 per annum + Benefits: Benefits
Posted: 2 May 2013
Stockport, Cheshire
C# ASP.NET Developer required with skills in Database design & builds, C#, ASP.NET, Javascript, HTML / XML / XSLT, OO,AJAX , PHP, SQL, CRM and Umbraco for an Online...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Systems Developer - Junior Web Developer - C#, ASP.NET - Learn MS Sharepoint - ManchesterC#, ASP.NET - Junior Web Developer - Learn MS Sharepoint, MS Dynamics and LINQSkills: C#, ASP.NET, SQL...
Amoria Bond
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 3 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Requirements For this position you must have an understanding of MS SQL or Oracle, EpiServer/SharePoint (or other CMS exposure), HTML or ASP.net/XML, and experience in...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £28000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Key Skill: PHP, MySql, Symfony, Zend, Cake, Drupal, Joomla, CMS, Magento, OS Commerce, XHTML / CSS, Jquery , Java Script... Excellent PHP/MySql developments skills... Symfony, Zend, or Cake... Drupal...
OCC
Salary: Market related
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Symfony, Zend, or Cake.Experience with one or more open source CMS system e.g. Drupal or Joomla.Experience with open source e-commerce platforms e.g... jQuery...
OCC Computing
Salary: Market related
Posted: 18 May 2013
Manchester, North West
You must be able to demonstrate expertise in the following technologies: EpiServer/Sharepoint (or other CMS exposure). SQL Server/SQL/T-SQL, ASP. Net, C#, XML, HTML v4/...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000.00 - £30000.00 per annum + Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 10 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Integrate HTML, CSS and JS into CMS templates with editable regions and settings. We use Wordpress and Zend - but the ability to adapt to new PHP CMS backends...
Reason Digital
Salary: From £25,000 to £32,000 per annum depending upon experience.
Posted: 27 April 2013
Manchester, North West
As well as this, you will be adding to the development team using your technical development skills and knowledge in:.NET technologies (C#, SQL, XSLT, Razor, HTML, CSS)...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Manchester, North West
ASP.NET Back End Web Developer. Our successful client based in Manchester is currently looking for a skilled Back End (ASP.NET) Web Developer. We are looking for...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
LEAD APPLICATION SUPPORT DEVELOPER - Manchester City Centre - .Net - C# - MVC... Key Requirements: -Knowledge of Web services including SOAP... -Excellent knowledge of CSS, XHTML, DHTML, development, Javascript, JSon, Ajax &...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £46000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Our client based in Manchester is currently looking for a talented Head of Web Design... As our Lead Web Designer, the successful applicant will be given scope to...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Manchester, North West
Our client, an award winning design agency that specialises in great mobile design is currently looking for a Digital Designer. Their design is all about the user interaction...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Our client, an award winning design agency that specialises in great mobile design is currently looking for a Digital Designer. Their design is all about the user interaction...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
ASP.NET Back End Web Developer. Our successful client based in Manchester is currently looking for a skilled Back End (ASP.NET) Web Developer. We are looking for...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Requirements For this position you must have an understanding of MS SQL or Oracle, EpiServer/SharePoint (or other CMS exposure), HTML or ASP.net/XML, and experience in...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 9 May 2013
Manchester, North West
You must be able to demonstrate expertise in the following technologies: EpiServer/Sharepoint (or other CMS exposure). SQL Server/SQL/T-SQL, ASP. Net, C#, XML, HTML v4/...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + Pension, Healthcare.
Posted: 9 May 2013
Manchester, North West
You must be able to demonstrate expertise in the following technologies: EpiServer/Sharepoint (or other CMS exposure). SQL Server/SQL/T-SQL, ASP. Net, C#, XML, HTML v4/...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare,
Posted: 8 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
A unique, market leading IT products distributor based in Manchester, currently has an urgent requirement for a tenacious and proactive individual to fill this integral role as an: *...
Clearchoice Careers
Salary: £25k - 30k per year
Posted: 14 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Key Words: IT, Customer Interface Lead, Web Development, Web Developer, Front-end development, Team Lead, Web Technologies, C#, C Sharp, CMS, Content Management System, Management, Development Deliverables, Customer...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £35000 - £47000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, North West
As a Lead, you will develop a team of IT developers who are specialists in Customer Interface technologies, primarily Web related technologies, C# and CMS... * Performance management of...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £48000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 27 April 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
As a Lead, you will develop a team of IT developers who are specialists in Customer Interface technologies, primarily Web related technologies, C# and CMS... * Performance management of...
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £40000 - £48000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Altrincham, North West
You will be required to write, copy, edit and proof read all web content to ensure quality and work with my client's incumbent SEO company to ensure...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Altrincham, Cheshire
Good understanding of CMS platforms and email marketing. Solid knowledge of SEO and PPC. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Powerpoint. Working knowledge of social media and Google...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Salford, Lancashire
Experience of working with internet and/or mobile technologies... Knowledge of internet architectures and networking... Content management system... Configuration management systems... Open Games is currently working with 6...
BBC Future Media
Salary: £Competitive + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
WFO & voice recording experience - Verint 360... Solid understanding of protocols including but not limited to SIP, H.323, H.248, Q.931, QSIG, TSAPI, TR/87, TLS, RTP,...
FT Select
Salary: From £37,000 to £55,000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013