The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Blog in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Blog over the 3 months to 23 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Blogs
Rank 229 213 222
Rank change year-on-year
-16 +9
Permanent jobs citing Blog 20 23 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.280% 0.323% 0.215%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.013% 1.204% 0.850%
Number of salaries quoted 14 23 12
Average salary £30,000 £27,500 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.09% -18.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £24,000 £16,750
10% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £31,500 £52,375
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +14.28%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1975 1910 1764
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 27.64% 26.84% 25.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1665 1587 1529
Average salary £35,000 £35,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.40% +1.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Blog
England

Blog
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Blog Jobs Demand Trend

Blog
Salary Trend

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

North West Blog Salary Trend

Blog
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Blog across the North West region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

North West Blog Salary Histogram

Blog
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Blog within the North West region over the 3 months to 23 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
Cheshire +12 10 £24,500 -10.90%
Manchester -23 8 £30,000 +11.11%
Merseyside - 2 - -
Blog
England

Blog
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Blog 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 Blog.

1 21 (80.77%) SEO
2 18 (69.23%) Social Media
3 17 (65.38%) Marketing
4 13 (50.00%) Copywriting
5 12 (46.15%) Email Marketing
6 11 (42.31%) Google Analytics
6 11 (42.31%) Analytics
6 11 (42.31%) Google
7 10 (38.46%) CSS
7 10 (38.46%) Pay per click
8 9 (34.62%) Drupal
8 9 (34.62%) WordPress
8 9 (34.62%) Magento
8 9 (34.62%) XHTML
8 9 (34.62%) MySQL
8 9 (34.62%) PHP
8 9 (34.62%) Omniture
8 9 (34.62%) Technical Architecture
8 9 (34.62%) Competitor Analysis
9 4 (15.38%) .NET
9 4 (15.38%) C#
10 3 (11.54%) HTTP
10 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET
10 3 (11.54%) MVC
10 3 (11.54%) CMS
10 3 (11.54%) Web Usability
10 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET MVC
10 3 (11.54%) Podcast
10 3 (11.54%) Digital Marketing
10 3 (11.54%) Mobile App

Blog
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Blog 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 Blog. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (38.46%) CSS
2 9 (34.62%) XHTML
3 4 (15.38%) .NET
4 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET
4 3 (11.54%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (3.846%) HTML5
5 1 (3.846%) jQuery
5 1 (3.846%) CSS3
Application Platforms
1 9 (34.62%) Drupal
1 9 (34.62%) WordPress
1 9 (34.62%) Magento
2 3 (11.54%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (7.692%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (42.31%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 3 (11.54%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (34.62%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (3.846%) JUnit
1 1 (3.846%) Selenium
1 1 (3.846%) QUnit
1 1 (3.846%) Jasmine
1 1 (3.846%) Cucumber
1 1 (3.846%) Hudson
General
1 17 (65.38%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 9 (34.62%) SEO Specialist
2 6 (23.08%) Copywriter
3 4 (15.38%) Developer
4 3 (11.54%) .NET Developer
4 3 (11.54%) Content Manager
4 3 (11.54%) Marketing Executive
4 3 (11.54%) Digital Marketing Executive
5 2 (7.692%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Web Developer
6 1 (3.846%) Development Manager
6 1 (3.846%) Agile .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 18 (69.23%) Social Media
2 13 (50.00%) Copywriting
3 3 (11.54%) Podcast
3 3 (11.54%) Mobile App
4 1 (3.846%) Smartphone
Processes & Methodologies
1 21 (80.77%) SEO
2 12 (46.15%) Email Marketing
3 11 (42.31%) Analytics
4 10 (38.46%) Pay per click
5 9 (34.62%) Technical Architecture
5 9 (34.62%) Competitor Analysis
6 3 (11.54%) MVC
6 3 (11.54%) Web Usability
6 3 (11.54%) Digital Marketing
7 2 (7.692%) Online Marketing
7 2 (7.692%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (7.692%) Direct Marketing
7 2 (7.692%) Web Development
7 2 (7.692%) Pair Programming
7 2 (7.692%) B2B
7 2 (7.692%) E-Commerce
8 1 (3.846%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (3.846%) Scrum
8 1 (3.846%) TDD
8 1 (3.846%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 9 (34.62%) PHP
2 4 (15.38%) C#
3 1 (3.846%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 11 (42.31%) Google
2 9 (34.62%) Omniture
3 2 (7.692%) Adobe
4 1 (3.846%) Facebook
4 1 (3.846%) Twitter
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