The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Digital Media in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Digital Media 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Digital Media
Rank 171 141 152
Rank change year-on-year
-30 +11
Permanent jobs citing Digital Media 23 34 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.567% 0.938% 0.532%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.967% 3.459% 2.008%
Number of salaries quoted 23 33 21
Average salary £30,000 £32,500 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.69% +30.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £23,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £40,000 £30,000
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1169 983 1046
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 28.81% 27.11% 26.51%
Number of salaries quoted 1050 803 934
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £57,500 £50,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,815 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.96% +6.66%
Digital Media
North West

Digital Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester Digital Media Jobs Demand Trend

Digital Media
Salary Trend

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

Manchester Digital Media Salary Trend

Digital Media
Salary Histogram

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

Manchester Digital Media Salary Histogram

Digital Media
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Digital Media 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
Stockport -4 7 £30,000 +5.26%
Bury +2 2 £32,500 -18.75%
Oldham - 1 £35,000 -
Rochdale - 1 £35,000 -
Digital Media
North West

Digital Media
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 40 (68.97%) JavaScript
2 33 (56.90%) CSS
3 29 (50.00%) HTML
4 20 (34.48%) PHP
5 17 (29.31%) Content Management
5 17 (29.31%) Web Development
6 16 (27.59%) E-Commerce
6 16 (27.59%) MVC
6 16 (27.59%) SEO
7 15 (25.86%) jQuery
8 13 (22.41%) Internet
9 12 (20.69%) BBC
9 12 (20.69%) HTML5
10 11 (18.97%) Adobe Illustrator
10 11 (18.97%) XHTML
10 11 (18.97%) Photoshop
11 10 (17.24%) .NET
12 9 (15.52%) Java
12 9 (15.52%) Dreamweaver
12 9 (15.52%) Flash
12 9 (15.52%) Adobe
12 9 (15.52%) Scrum
12 9 (15.52%) Fireworks
13 8 (13.79%) C#
14 7 (12.07%) OO
14 7 (12.07%) Ruby
14 7 (12.07%) Interactive TV
14 7 (12.07%) New Media
15 6 (10.34%) BDD
15 6 (10.34%) TDD

Digital Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 33 (56.90%) CSS
2 29 (50.00%) HTML
3 15 (25.86%) jQuery
4 12 (20.69%) HTML5
5 11 (18.97%) XHTML
6 10 (17.24%) .NET
7 9 (15.52%) Flash
8 6 (10.34%) ASP.NET
9 3 (5.172%) Lucene
9 3 (5.172%) LINQ
9 3 (5.172%) ASP.NET MVC
9 3 (5.172%) Ajax
9 3 (5.172%) NHibernate
9 3 (5.172%) WCF
9 3 (5.172%) Silverlight
9 3 (5.172%) Castle Windsor
9 3 (5.172%) CSS3
9 3 (5.172%) Razor View Engine
9 3 (5.172%) ASP.NET MVC 4
10 2 (3.448%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 4 (6.897%) CMS
2 2 (3.448%) WordPress
Applications
1 11 (18.97%) Photoshop
1 11 (18.97%) Adobe Illustrator
2 9 (15.52%) Fireworks
3 2 (3.448%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 13 (22.41%) Internet
2 2 (3.448%) HTTP
2 2 (3.448%) DNS
3 1 (1.724%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.897%) SQL Server
2 3 (5.172%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (3.448%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (15.52%) Dreamweaver
2 3 (5.172%) NUnit
2 3 (5.172%) Selenium
2 3 (5.172%) Rhino Mocks
2 3 (5.172%) Cucumber
3 2 (3.448%) Axure RP
General
1 6 (10.34%) Marketing
2 4 (6.897%) Games
3 3 (5.172%) Publishing
3 3 (5.172%) Music
4 2 (3.448%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 24 (41.38%) Developer
2 16 (27.59%) Web Developer
3 14 (24.14%) PHP Developer
4 12 (20.69%) PHP Web Developer
5 11 (18.97%) Designer
6 9 (15.52%) Web Designer
7 5 (8.621%) Product Manager
8 4 (6.897%) .NET Developer
8 4 (6.897%) Software Engineer
9 3 (5.172%) Senior Product Manager
9 3 (5.172%) Front-End Developer
9 3 (5.172%) Front-End Web Developer
9 3 (5.172%) Account Manager
9 3 (5.172%) Senior Manager
10 2 (3.448%) Java Developer
10 2 (3.448%) Solutions Architect
10 2 (3.448%) Architect
10 2 (3.448%) Enterprise Architect
10 2 (3.448%) User Experience Designer
10 2 (3.448%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.69%) BBC
2 7 (12.07%) Interactive TV
2 7 (12.07%) New Media
3 5 (8.621%) Social Media
4 4 (6.897%) MHEG
5 3 (5.172%) Semantic Web
5 3 (5.172%) Enterprise Software
5 3 (5.172%) Web 2.0
5 3 (5.172%) Social Network
5 3 (5.172%) Streaming Video
6 2 (3.448%) W3C
6 2 (3.448%) Blackberry
7 1 (1.724%) E-Learning
7 1 (1.724%) SCORM
7 1 (1.724%) FMCG
Operating Systems
1 5 (8.621%) Windows
2 3 (5.172%) Linux
2 3 (5.172%) Mac OS X
3 2 (3.448%) Android
3 2 (3.448%) Apple iOS
3 2 (3.448%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (29.31%) Content Management
1 17 (29.31%) Web Development
2 16 (27.59%) E-Commerce
2 16 (27.59%) MVC
2 16 (27.59%) SEO
3 9 (15.52%) Scrum
4 7 (12.07%) OO
5 6 (10.34%) Software Engineering
5 6 (10.34%) TDD
5 6 (10.34%) BDD
6 5 (8.621%) User Experience Design
6 5 (8.621%) Product Management
6 5 (8.621%) OOP
7 4 (6.897%) Pay per click
8 3 (5.172%) Scrum-ban
8 3 (5.172%) Kanban
8 3 (5.172%) Web Application Development
8 3 (5.172%) Project Management
8 3 (5.172%) Business Analysis
8 3 (5.172%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 40 (68.97%) JavaScript
2 20 (34.48%) PHP
3 9 (15.52%) Java
4 8 (13.79%) C#
5 7 (12.07%) Ruby
6 6 (10.34%) SQL
7 4 (6.897%) ActionScript
7 4 (6.897%) C++
8 3 (5.172%) Scala
9 1 (1.724%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 2 (3.448%) Microsoft Certification
1 2 (3.448%) MCTS
1 2 (3.448%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.724%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (15.52%) Adobe
2 3 (5.172%) Google
2 3 (5.172%) Microsoft
3 2 (3.448%) Zend
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Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + benefits
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