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This section looks at the demand for Internet skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Internet over the last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank3453
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching permanent IT job ads628448
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.303 %0.199 %
As % of the category below26.41 %21.49 %
Salaries quoted547396
Average minimum salary£29,903£30,689
Average salary£32,320£33,550
% change on same period last year-3.66 %
Average maximum salary£34,736£36,411
UK excluding London average salary£35,955£36,753
% change on same period last year-2.17 %
Communications & Networking North WestCommunications & Networking
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads23782085
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.146 %0.927 %
Salaries quoted20441817
Average minimum salary£31,121£32,642
Average salary£33,550£35,097
% change on same period last year-4.40 %
Average maximum salary£35,979£37,552
UK excluding London average salary£37,694£38,927
% change on same period last year-3.16 %
Internet EnglandInternet
England

Internet
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads 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 ads 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 past 3 months.

North West Internet Salary Histogram

Internet
Job Locations

This section 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 past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1ManchesterUp+26336£33,913-3.10 %
2CheshireDown-12119£31,933-2.52 %
3MerseysideUp+1769£30,806+17.34 %
4LancashireUp+1966£25,577-6.84 %
5CumbriaUp+108--
Internet EnglandInternet
England

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the North West region citing Internet also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Internet.

1279 (24.24 %)Windows
2228 (19.81 %)HTML
3215 (18.68 %)Microsoft
4195 (16.94 %)Cisco
5193 (16.77 %)MS Excel
6178 (15.46 %)Java
7175 (15.20 %)Project Management
8173 (15.03 %)SQL
8173 (15.03 %)SQL Server
9171 (14.86 %).NET
10156 (13.55 %)WAN
11153 (13.29 %)CSS
12147 (12.77 %)E-Commerce
12147 (12.77 %)MS Exchange
12147 (12.77 %)Cisco Certification
13144 (12.51 %)Windows 2000
14139 (12.08 %)JavaScript
15133 (11.56 %)XML
15133 (11.56 %)MPLS
16115 (9.991 %)Microsoft Certification
17114 (9.904 %)ISA Server
18112 (9.731 %)Degree
19111 (9.644 %)Pensions
20110 (9.557 %)Citrix
20110 (9.557 %)Finance
21108 (9.383 %)PRINCE2
22105 (9.123 %)IIS
23104 (9.036 %)ASP.NET
24102 (8.862 %)Exchange Server 2003
25100 (8.688 %)OO

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the North West region citing Internet also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1228 (19.81 %)HTML
2171 (14.86 %).NET
3153 (13.29 %)CSS
4133 (11.56 %)XML
5104 (9.036 %)ASP.NET
679 (6.864 %)J2EE
776 (6.603 %)ASP
874 (6.429 %)XHTML
972 (6.255 %)JSP
1057 (4.952 %)AJAX
1148 (4.170 %)XSLT
1148 (4.170 %)WebServices
1148 (4.170 %)JDBC
1237 (3.215 %)Servlets
1336 (3.128 %)Hibernate
1435 (3.041 %)EJB
1528 (2.433 %).NET Framework
1620 (1.738 %)XML Schema
1718 (1.564 %)LAMP
1718 (1.564 %)ADO
Application Platforms
1147 (12.77 %)MS Exchange
2105 (9.123 %)IIS
3102 (8.862 %)Exchange Server 2003
478 (6.777 %)Exchange Server 2000
548 (4.170 %)Exchange Server 2007
628 (2.433 %)Apache
722 (1.911 %)SharePoint
818 (1.564 %)Tomcat
911 (0.956 %)Lotus Notes
109 (0.782 %)CMS
117 (0.608 %)Lotus Domino
125 (0.434 %)JBoss
125 (0.434 %)Oracle Workflow
125 (0.434 %)SAS
125 (0.434 %)ColdFusion
125 (0.434 %)BizTalk Server
125 (0.434 %)SharePoint Portal Server
134 (0.348 %)MTS
143 (0.261 %)ESB
143 (0.261 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Applications
1193 (16.77 %)MS Excel
292 (7.993 %)MS Office
323 (1.998 %)Photoshop
419 (1.651 %)MS Project
510 (0.869 %)Adobe Illustrator
65 (0.434 %)MS PowerPoint
65 (0.434 %)Fireworks
73 (0.261 %)MS Visio
73 (0.261 %)FreeHand
82 (0.174 %)Paint Shop Pro
Business Applications
11 (0.087 %)WebTrends
11 (0.087 %)Oracle EBS
11 (0.087 %)Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1156 (13.55 %)WAN
2133 (11.56 %)MPLS
385 (7.385 %)Firewall
481 (7.037 %)VoIP
575 (6.516 %)ADSL
670 (6.082 %)TCP/IP
760 (5.213 %)Broadband
859 (5.126 %)LAN
859 (5.126 %)Intranet
951 (4.431 %)VPN
1038 (3.301 %)IP Telephony
1134 (2.954 %)FTP
1230 (2.606 %)DNS
1326 (2.259 %)Frame Relay
1326 (2.259 %)ATM
1424 (2.085 %)ISDN
1519 (1.651 %)BGP
1617 (1.477 %)OSPF
1716 (1.390 %)SAN
1716 (1.390 %)EIGRP
Database & Business Intelligence
1173 (15.03 %)SQL Server
261 (5.300 %)MySQL
261 (5.300 %)SQL Server 2005
359 (5.126 %)SQL Server 2000
433 (2.867 %)Oracle 10g
530 (2.606 %)Oracle 9i
612 (1.043 %)RDBMS
711 (0.956 %)Crystal Reports
810 (0.869 %)Datawarehouse
810 (0.869 %)PostgreSQL
99 (0.782 %)MS Access
107 (0.608 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
116 (0.521 %)SQL Server 7
125 (0.434 %)EDRMS
125 (0.434 %)Oracle 8/8i
133 (0.261 %)DTS
133 (0.261 %)SQL Server Integration Services
142 (0.174 %)ETL
142 (0.174 %)GIS
151 (0.087 %)DB2
Development Applications
133 (2.867 %)Flash
218 (1.564 %)Dreamweaver
218 (1.564 %)Visual Studio
36 (0.521 %)Eclipse
45 (0.434 %)JUnit
45 (0.434 %)LoadRunner
54 (0.348 %)Ant
61 (0.087 %)Bugzilla
61 (0.087 %)NUnit
61 (0.087 %)Subversion
61 (0.087 %)jMock
General
1111 (9.644 %)Pensions
2110 (9.557 %)Finance
394 (8.167 %)Marketing
482 (7.124 %)Insurance
576 (6.603 %)Banking
662 (5.387 %)Online Banking
761 (5.300 %)Telecoms
855 (4.778 %)Health
939 (3.388 %)Retail
1029 (2.520 %)Advertising
1124 (2.085 %)Legal
1218 (1.564 %)Education
1311 (0.956 %)Government
1410 (0.869 %)Billing
157 (0.608 %)Construction
166 (0.521 %)Law
174 (0.348 %)Military
174 (0.348 %)Multimedia
174 (0.348 %)Electric
183 (0.261 %)Back Office
Job Titles
1293 (25.46 %)Developer
2164 (14.25 %)Analyst
3110 (9.557 %)Web Developer
4103 (8.949 %)Project Manager
597 (8.427 %)Consultant
674 (6.429 %)Java Developer
748 (4.170 %)Support Analyst
748 (4.170 %)Internet Developer
843 (3.736 %)Architect
941 (3.562 %).NET Developer
1038 (3.301 %)Network Consultant
1137 (3.215 %)Network Engineer
1236 (3.128 %)Programmer
1333 (2.867 %)Support Technician
1333 (2.867 %)Technical Support
1431 (2.693 %)Business Analyst
1530 (2.606 %)Test Analyst
1530 (2.606 %)Senior Developer
1628 (2.433 %)3rd Line Support
1628 (2.433 %)Systems Architect
Miscellaneous
122 (1.911 %)W3C
218 (1.564 %)Thin Client
218 (1.564 %)Fat Client
37 (0.608 %)Blackberry
37 (0.608 %)Client/Server
37 (0.608 %)Management Information System
46 (0.521 %)Computer Science
55 (0.434 %)Clustering
64 (0.348 %)PDA
73 (0.261 %)VLE
73 (0.261 %)N-Tier
82 (0.174 %)PMI
82 (0.174 %)Mainframe
82 (0.174 %)Dutch Language
82 (0.174 %)French Language
82 (0.174 %)Data Extraction
91 (0.087 %)Data Integration
91 (0.087 %)Video Conferencing
91 (0.087 %)Wiki
91 (0.087 %)Blog
Operating Systems
1279 (24.24 %)Windows
2144 (12.51 %)Windows 2000
375 (6.516 %)Unix
471 (6.169 %)Linux
527 (2.346 %)Windows Server 2003
617 (1.477 %)Windows XP
711 (0.956 %)Windows NT
84 (0.348 %)Solaris
93 (0.261 %)FreeBSD
101 (0.087 %)AIX
101 (0.087 %)HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1175 (15.20 %)Project Management
2147 (12.77 %)E-Commerce
3108 (9.383 %)PRINCE2
4100 (8.688 %)OO
581 (7.037 %)Web Development
680 (6.950 %)SEO
765 (5.647 %)Internet Marketing
847 (4.083 %)UML
946 (3.997 %)CRM
1041 (3.562 %)OOP
1041 (3.562 %)Pay per click
1135 (3.041 %)ITIL
1227 (2.346 %)B2B
1227 (2.346 %)Content Management
1324 (2.085 %)Business Analysis
1423 (1.998 %)Web Design
1520 (1.738 %)Software Testing
1617 (1.477 %)Search Engine Marketing
1715 (1.303 %)Agile Software Development
1715 (1.303 %)RUP
Programming Languages
1178 (15.46 %)Java
2173 (15.03 %)SQL
3139 (12.08 %)JavaScript
472 (6.255 %)VB.NET
569 (5.995 %)VB
666 (5.734 %)PHP
760 (5.213 %)C#
842 (3.649 %)VB6
920 (1.738 %)Perl
1015 (1.303 %)VBA
1114 (1.216 %)Transact-SQL
1114 (1.216 %)PHP5
1210 (0.869 %)COBOL
139 (0.782 %)VBScript
139 (0.782 %)C
148 (0.695 %)ActionScript
148 (0.695 %)DHTML
157 (0.608 %)PL/SQL
166 (0.521 %)C++
166 (0.521 %)Python
Qualifications
1147 (12.77 %)Cisco Certification
2115 (9.991 %)Microsoft Certification
3112 (9.731 %)Degree
472 (6.255 %)MCSA
567 (5.821 %)CCNA
663 (5.474 %)CCIE
759 (5.126 %)PRINCE2 Certification
840 (3.475 %)MCSE
840 (3.475 %)CCNP
928 (2.433 %)Citrix Certification
1027 (2.346 %)CCEA
1118 (1.564 %)CCDA
1216 (1.390 %)ISEB
1310 (0.869 %)MCP
149 (0.782 %)HND
157 (0.608 %)NVQ Level 4
166 (0.521 %)HNC
166 (0.521 %)CCSP
175 (0.434 %)CCDP
175 (0.434 %)PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
187 (7.559 %)QA
241 (3.562 %)SLA
32 (0.174 %)Basel II
41 (0.087 %)WCAG
41 (0.087 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1114 (9.904 %)ISA Server
240 (3.475 %)NetBackup
338 (3.301 %)Citrix Presentation Server
437 (3.215 %)Active Directory
536 (3.128 %)Backup Exec
626 (2.259 %)MetaFrame
76 (0.521 %)Terminal Services
76 (0.521 %)Nmap
Systems Management
134 (2.954 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
215 (1.303 %)MOM
39 (0.782 %)Norton AntiVirus
46 (0.521 %)Nessus
55 (0.434 %)SCOM
64 (0.348 %)WSUS
72 (0.174 %)Nagios
81 (0.087 %)CiscoWorks
Vendors
1215 (18.68 %)Microsoft
2195 (16.94 %)Cisco
3110 (9.557 %)Citrix
496 (8.341 %)Oracle
544 (3.823 %)VMware
643 (3.736 %)Juniper
740 (3.475 %)VERITAS
839 (3.388 %)Google
925 (2.172 %)Symantec
1021 (1.825 %)McAfee Security
1119 (1.651 %)HP
1217 (1.477 %)Yahoo!
1217 (1.477 %)Redback
1316 (1.390 %)Nortel
1316 (1.390 %)CheckPoint
1412 (1.043 %)Lotus
1412 (1.043 %)Dell
158 (0.695 %)Cognos
158 (0.695 %)PeopleSoft
167 (0.608 %)Remedy
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