Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Internet skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Internet 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the North West region.

 Internet
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank493238
Rank change year-on-year
Down-17Up+6
Matching permanent IT job ads208375587
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West3.841 %6.567 %4.664 %
As % of the Communications & Networking category26.43 %36.91 %28.33 %
Salaries quoted185345510
Average salary£27,500£35,000£30,131
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.42 %+16.15 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£19,143£17,500£20,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,000£60,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
North West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryAll Communications & Networking
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
78710162072
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West14.53 %17.79 %16.46 %
Salaries quoted6978901813
Average salary£32,500£32,500£31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+4.830 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,000£21,500£19,775
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£53,500£50,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.140 %-
Internet EnglandInternet
England

Internet
Demand Trend

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

North West Internet Demand Trend

Internet
Salary Trend

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

North West Internet Salary Trend

Internet
Salary Histogram

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

North West Internet Salary Histogram

Internet
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internet 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
CheshireUp+596£34,000-19.04 %
ManchesterDown-3973£27,000-22.85 %
LancashireDown-1118£27,500-21.42 %
MerseysideUp+1016£24,250-1.02 %
CumbriaUp+72£29,000+7.40 %
Internet EnglandInternet
England

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1118 (30.57 %)Microsoft
2104 (26.94 %)SQL
3102 (26.42 %)Windows
4101 (26.17 %).NET
589 (23.06 %)SQL Server
681 (20.98 %)HTML
767 (17.36 %)SEO
866 (17.10 %)E-Commerce
965 (16.84 %)Marketing
1063 (16.32 %)ASP.NET
1155 (14.25 %)Intranet
1254 (13.99 %)C#
1353 (13.73 %)Active Directory
1451 (13.21 %)CSS
1546 (11.92 %)XML
1644 (11.40 %)UNIX
1644 (11.40 %)Degree
1743 (11.14 %)JavaScript
1743 (11.14 %)Windows Server 2003
1841 (10.62 %)MS Excel
1940 (10.36 %)Web Services
2039 (10.10 %)PHP
2138 (9.845 %)DNS
2237 (9.585 %)Finance
2336 (9.326 %)IIS
2435 (9.067 %)VB.NET
2435 (9.067 %)Linux
2435 (9.067 %)Pay per click
2534 (8.808 %)OO
2534 (8.808 %)Oracle

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the North West region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1101 (26.17 %).NET
281 (20.98 %)HTML
363 (16.32 %)ASP.NET
451 (13.21 %)CSS
546 (11.92 %)XML
640 (10.36 %)Web Services
724 (6.218 %)AJAX
821 (5.440 %)ASP
821 (5.440 %)XHTML
918 (4.663 %)Flash
1016 (4.145 %)XSLT
1113 (3.368 %)jQuery
1211 (2.850 %)Adobe Flex
139 (2.332 %)JSP
147 (1.813 %)DOM
147 (1.813 %)LAMP
156 (1.554 %).NET Framework
156 (1.554 %)J2EE
156 (1.554 %)Spring
165 (1.295 %)COM
North West IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
136 (9.326 %)IIS
229 (7.513 %)MS Exchange
319 (4.922 %)Exchange Server 2003
417 (4.404 %)SharePoint
516 (4.145 %)ColdFusion
614 (3.627 %)Exchange Server 2007
78 (2.073 %)Apache
85 (1.295 %)Tomcat
94 (1.036 %)Oracle Application Server
103 (0.777 %)Exchange Server 2000
111 (0.259 %)BizTalk Server
111 (0.259 %)WebLogic
111 (0.259 %)Drupal
111 (0.259 %)osCommerce
111 (0.259 %)Magento
111 (0.259 %)JCAPS
111 (0.259 %)SharePoint Server 2007
North West IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
141 (10.62 %)MS Excel
233 (8.549 %)MS Office
311 (2.850 %)MS Visio
311 (2.850 %)Photoshop
46 (1.554 %)MS Project
52 (0.518 %)Fireworks
61 (0.259 %)Adobe Illustrator
61 (0.259 %)CA Clarity
61 (0.259 %)Acrobat
North West IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (1.295 %)WebTrends
22 (0.518 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (0.259 %)Google Analytics
31 (0.259 %)SAP R/3
31 (0.259 %)Oracle Applications
North West IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
155 (14.25 %)Intranet
238 (9.845 %)DNS
328 (7.254 %)Firewall
422 (5.699 %)TCP/IP
520 (5.181 %)DHCP
617 (4.404 %)WAN
617 (4.404 %)SAN
713 (3.368 %)LAN
810 (2.591 %)VoIP
810 (2.591 %)Broadband
810 (2.591 %)Extranet
97 (1.813 %)MPLS
105 (1.295 %)DMZ
105 (1.295 %)FTP
114 (1.036 %)VPN
114 (1.036 %)Ethernet
114 (1.036 %)SSL
123 (0.777 %)SNMP
132 (0.518 %)HTTPS
132 (0.518 %)Wireless
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
189 (23.06 %)SQL Server
219 (4.922 %)MySQL
318 (4.663 %)Datawarehouse
318 (4.663 %)OLTP
415 (3.886 %)DB2
513 (3.368 %)SQL Server 2005
611 (2.850 %)SQL Server 2008
611 (2.850 %)SQL Server 2000
79 (2.332 %)Oracle 8/8i
86 (1.554 %)Ingres
94 (1.036 %)MS Access
102 (0.518 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
111 (0.259 %)SAP BI
111 (0.259 %)Oracle 11g
111 (0.259 %)RDBMS
111 (0.259 %)SAP BW
North West IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
120 (5.181 %)Dreamweaver
215 (3.886 %)Visual Studio
38 (2.073 %)Flex Builder
43 (0.777 %)Subversion
51 (0.259 %)FrontPage
51 (0.259 %)Selenium
51 (0.259 %)Team Foundation Server
51 (0.259 %)WebDriver
51 (0.259 %)ClearCase
51 (0.259 %)JUnit
North West IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
165 (16.84 %)Marketing
237 (9.585 %)Finance
332 (8.290 %)Retail
425 (6.477 %)Advertising
523 (5.959 %)Telecoms
614 (3.627 %)Pensions
712 (3.109 %)Billing
810 (2.591 %)Health
98 (2.073 %)Back Office
98 (2.073 %)Pharmaceutical
98 (2.073 %)Education
107 (1.813 %)Auditing
114 (1.036 %)Graphic Design
122 (0.518 %)Animation
131 (0.259 %)Government
131 (0.259 %)Construction
131 (0.259 %)Front Office
131 (0.259 %)Law
131 (0.259 %)Legal
131 (0.259 %)3D Graphics
North West IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1132 (34.20 %)Developer
267 (17.36 %)Analyst
363 (16.32 %)Web Developer
439 (10.10 %).NET Developer
520 (5.181 %)PHP Developer
619 (4.922 %)Support Analyst
718 (4.663 %)DBA
817 (4.404 %)SQL DBA
916 (4.145 %)Server Analyst
916 (4.145 %)Support Engineer
1015 (3.886 %)Architect
1114 (3.627 %)Consultant
1114 (3.627 %)Senior Developer
1114 (3.627 %)Technical Engineer
1213 (3.368 %).NET Web Developer
1213 (3.368 %)Technical Support
1213 (3.368 %)Project Manager
1312 (3.109 %)C# Developer
1411 (2.850 %)Senior Web Developer
1411 (2.850 %)ASP.NET Developer
North West IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
113 (3.368 %)Blackberry
113 (3.368 %)Copywriting
211 (2.850 %)W3C
310 (2.591 %)Thin Client
310 (2.591 %)N-Tier
310 (2.591 %)Fat Client
310 (2.591 %)RIA
310 (2.591 %)Statistics
46 (1.554 %)Client/Server
55 (1.295 %)Computer Science
64 (1.036 %)Data Integration
64 (1.036 %)Open Source
64 (1.036 %)VLE
73 (0.777 %)Clustering
73 (0.777 %)Cloud Computing
82 (0.518 %)Blog
91 (0.259 %)Social Network
91 (0.259 %)IBM Mainframe
91 (0.259 %)Tandem
91 (0.259 %)Data Protection Act
North West IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1102 (26.42 %)Windows
244 (11.40 %)UNIX
343 (11.14 %)Windows Server 2003
435 (9.067 %)Linux
522 (5.699 %)Windows 2000
616 (4.145 %)Windows Server 2008
715 (3.886 %)Windows XP
715 (3.886 %)Solaris
813 (3.368 %)Windows 2000 Server
911 (2.850 %)Windows Vista
101 (0.259 %)Windows NT
101 (0.259 %)AIX
101 (0.259 %)HPUX
101 (0.259 %)Red Hat Linux
North West IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
167 (17.36 %)SEO
266 (17.10 %)E-Commerce
335 (9.067 %)Pay per click
434 (8.808 %)OO
530 (7.772 %)Web Development
626 (6.736 %)Internet Marketing
725 (6.477 %)Project Management
817 (4.404 %)OOA/OOD
916 (4.145 %)Change Management
1012 (3.109 %)Business Development
1111 (2.850 %)Web Design
1111 (2.850 %)PRINCE2
1210 (2.591 %)B2C
139 (2.332 %)Business Continuity
139 (2.332 %)Content Management
139 (2.332 %)Disaster Recovery
139 (2.332 %)Data Security
139 (2.332 %)Web Marketing
148 (2.073 %)Online Marketing
148 (2.073 %)ITIL
North West IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1104 (26.94 %)SQL
254 (13.99 %)C#
343 (11.14 %)JavaScript
439 (10.10 %)PHP
535 (9.067 %)VB.NET
622 (5.699 %)T-SQL
719 (4.922 %)Java
815 (3.886 %)Perl
815 (3.886 %)VB
914 (3.627 %)Shell Script
1011 (2.850 %)C
1110 (2.591 %)ActionScript
129 (2.332 %)ActionScript 3.0
136 (1.554 %)VBScript
145 (1.295 %)VB6
154 (1.036 %)C++
163 (0.777 %)Delphi
172 (0.518 %)PHP5
172 (0.518 %)PHP4
181 (0.259 %)ActionScript 2.0
North West IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
144 (11.40 %)Degree
225 (6.477 %)Microsoft Certification
318 (4.663 %)MCP
415 (3.886 %)MCSE
513 (3.368 %)Citrix Certification
513 (3.368 %)Cisco Certification
612 (3.109 %)CCNA
710 (2.591 %)MCSA
84 (1.036 %)CCA
93 (0.777 %)APMP
102 (0.518 %)PRINCE2 Certification
102 (0.518 %)CCNP
111 (0.259 %)CCDP
111 (0.259 %)CISSP
111 (0.259 %)RHCE
111 (0.259 %)ITIL Certification
111 (0.259 %)CCVP
111 (0.259 %)MCITP
111 (0.259 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
121 (5.440 %)QA
27 (1.813 %)ISO9001
27 (1.813 %)SLA
27 (1.813 %)ISO27001
North West IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
153 (13.73 %)Active Directory
213 (3.368 %)Terminal Services
311 (2.850 %)VMware Infrastructure
410 (2.591 %)Citrix Presentation Server
54 (1.036 %)VMware ESX
North West IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (1.036 %)SCOM
22 (0.518 %)NetBackup
31 (0.259 %)Backup Exec
31 (0.259 %)SCCM
31 (0.259 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
31 (0.259 %)MSI
North West IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1118 (30.57 %)Microsoft
234 (8.808 %)Oracle
234 (8.808 %)Citrix
330 (7.772 %)Cisco
421 (5.440 %)VMware
520 (5.181 %)Google
615 (3.886 %)HP
714 (3.627 %)Yahoo!
812 (3.109 %)Adobe
911 (2.850 %)IBM
109 (2.332 %)3Com
118 (2.073 %)SAP
127 (1.813 %)BT
136 (1.554 %)Sybase
145 (1.295 %)Avaya
154 (1.036 %)Foundry
163 (0.777 %)NetApp
172 (0.518 %)Remedy
172 (0.518 %)McAfee
181 (0.259 %)Juniper