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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 North West 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 North West region.

 Animation
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank178194268
Rank change year-on-year
Up+16Up+74
Matching permanent IT job ads10612
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West0.185 %0.105 %0.095 %
As % of the General category0.436 %0.231 %0.218 %
Salaries quoted8610
Average salary£29,750£24,000£22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+23.95 %+6.660 %
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£30,000£29,000
% change year-on-year
-+3.440 %
North West IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
229225985497
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West42.33 %45.50 %43.68 %
Salaries quoted200522924770
Average salary£37,500£35,000£37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-5.400 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,400£22,500£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£60,000£60,000£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£38,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
+5.260 %+1.330 %
Animation EnglandAnimation
England

Animation
Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Animation Salary Trend

Animation
Salary Histogram

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

North West Animation Salary Histogram

Animation
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Animation within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterUp+27£30,000+25.00 %
CheshireUp+92£28,500-40.00 %
MerseysideNew entry-1--
Animation EnglandAnimation
England

Animation
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the North West 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.

140 (85.11 %)CSS
236 (76.60 %)Flash
236 (76.60 %)Photoshop
236 (76.60 %)HTML
236 (76.60 %)JavaScript
334 (72.34 %)Adobe Illustrator
431 (65.96 %)ActionScript
530 (63.83 %)XML
530 (63.83 %)Multimedia
629 (61.70 %)Adobe Flex
724 (51.06 %)ActionScript 3.0
724 (51.06 %)OO
724 (51.06 %)Games
89 (19.15 %)XHTML
97 (14.89 %)Dreamweaver
106 (12.77 %)Adobe
106 (12.77 %)Marketing
106 (12.77 %)Web Development
115 (10.64 %)Web Design
115 (10.64 %)3ds Max
124 (8.511 %)E-Commerce
124 (8.511 %)W3C
124 (8.511 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
124 (8.511 %)jQuery
124 (8.511 %)Retail
133 (6.383 %)RIA
133 (6.383 %)ActionScript 2.0
133 (6.383 %)Web Services
133 (6.383 %)PHP
133 (6.383 %)SEO

Animation
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the North West 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.

North West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
140 (85.11 %)CSS
236 (76.60 %)HTML
236 (76.60 %)Flash
330 (63.83 %)XML
429 (61.70 %)Adobe Flex
59 (19.15 %)XHTML
64 (8.511 %)jQuery
73 (6.383 %)Web Services
82 (4.255 %)DOM
82 (4.255 %)SOAP
91 (2.128 %).NET
North West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (4.255 %)Umbraco
12 (4.255 %)EPiServer
12 (4.255 %)WordPress
North West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
136 (76.60 %)Photoshop
234 (72.34 %)Adobe Illustrator
35 (10.64 %)3ds Max
North West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (4.255 %)Internet
North West IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
17 (14.89 %)Dreamweaver
North West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
130 (63.83 %)Multimedia
224 (51.06 %)Games
36 (12.77 %)Marketing
44 (8.511 %)Retail
51 (2.128 %)3D Graphics
North West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
137 (78.72 %)Developer
220 (42.55 %)Flash Developer
312 (25.53 %)Designer
411 (23.40 %)Web Designer
411 (23.40 %)Web Developer
58 (17.02 %)Flex Developer
67 (14.89 %)ActionScript Developer
75 (10.64 %)Front-End Developer
83 (6.383 %)Animator
92 (4.255 %)Senior Developer
92 (4.255 %)3D Artist
101 (2.128 %)Games Developer
101 (2.128 %)Internet Developer
101 (2.128 %)C++ Developer
101 (2.128 %)Senior C++ Developer
101 (2.128 %)Senior Flash Developer
101 (2.128 %)Senior Games Developer
101 (2.128 %)Flash Designer
101 (2.128 %)Marketing Web Developer
101 (2.128 %)Photoshop Designer
North West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
14 (8.511 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
14 (8.511 %)W3C
23 (6.383 %)RIA
31 (2.128 %)Visualisation
31 (2.128 %)Derivative
31 (2.128 %)Physics
North West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
124 (51.06 %)OO
26 (12.77 %)Web Development
35 (10.64 %)Web Design
44 (8.511 %)E-Commerce
53 (6.383 %)SEO
62 (4.255 %)Pay per click
62 (4.255 %)Internet Marketing
62 (4.255 %)Online Marketing
71 (2.128 %)Validation
North West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
136 (76.60 %)JavaScript
231 (65.96 %)ActionScript
324 (51.06 %)ActionScript 3.0
43 (6.383 %)ActionScript 2.0
43 (6.383 %)PHP
51 (2.128 %)Lua
51 (2.128 %)C++
North West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
16 (12.77 %)Adobe
21 (2.128 %)Apple