The first table below looks at the demand for WordPress skills in IT jobs advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WordPress over the 3 months to 20 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 North East region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WordPress
Rank 64 72 66
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -6
Permanent jobs citing WordPress 4 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 0.592% 0.114% 0.280%
As % of the Application Platforms category 4.082% 0.658% 1.942%
Number of salaries quoted 4 1 2
Average salary £22,500 £40,000 £23,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-43.75% +68.42%
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £30,000 £30,000
% change year-on-year
+5.00% -
All Application Platforms
North East
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
98 152 103
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North East 14.50% 17.35% 14.43%
Number of salaries quoted 93 130 95
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -
90% offered a salary of more than £22,700 £22,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+2.66% -
WordPress
England

WordPress
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North East WordPress Jobs Demand Trend

WordPress
Salary Trend

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

North East WordPress Salary Trend

WordPress
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WordPress within the North East region over the 3 months to 20 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
Tyne and Wear -1 4 £22,500 -43.75%
WordPress
England

WordPress
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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.

1 4 (100.00%) C
1 4 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 4 (100.00%) CSS
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 4 (100.00%) Adobe
1 4 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
1 4 (100.00%) WinForms
1 4 (100.00%) Web Design
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
1 4 (100.00%) WPF
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience Design
1 4 (100.00%) Web Usability
1 4 (100.00%) Visualisation

WordPress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North East 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.

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) HTML
1 4 (100.00%) CSS
1 4 (100.00%) WinForms
1 4 (100.00%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (100.00%) Photoshop
1 4 (100.00%) Adobe Illustrator
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Web Designer
1 4 (100.00%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (100.00%) Visualisation
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Web Design
1 4 (100.00%) User Experience Design
1 4 (100.00%) Web Usability
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (100.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Adobe
Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
We are looking for a full time PHP / Web developer to work in our office near Gateshead... A high level of knowledge is required in PHP, MySQL, HTML,...
RE Media
Salary: Unspecified Salary negotiable dependent on experience
Posted: 24 April 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
You will be working as part of a design and development team creating mainly bespoke web applications, CMS driven websites, e-commerce as well as e-learning applications...
Solutions Recruitment
Salary: From £25,000 to £27,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
County Durham
Specifically you'll need the following skills: PHP, XHTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery and Wordpress... An excellent understanding of google analytics is also essential as well as an understanding...
Concept Personnel
Salary: From £25,000 to £30,000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne
Frontend development skills: - Expert, hands-on knowledge of HTML(5), CSS(3), OO JavaScript - Experience translating comps and wireframes into flexible and usable code templates - Excellent understanding of...
Accenture
Salary: £21K + (Including paid overtime and excellent benefits package)
Posted: 20 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Frontend development skills: Expert, hands-on knowledge of HTML(5), CSS(3), OO JavaScript... MVC frameworks such as Spring, Play, Zend or Cake... Experience working with Enterprise and /...
Accenture
Salary: £21K + (Including paid overtime and excellent benefits package)
Posted: 9 May 2013