The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term New Media in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited New Media 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 terms in our Miscellaneous category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
New Media
Rank 231 216 203
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -13
Permanent jobs citing New Media 10 29 33
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.141% 0.409% 0.487%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.510% 1.538% 1.949%
Number of salaries quoted 8 27 32
Average salary £36,750 £32,500 £27,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.07% +17.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,900 £21,900 £22,200
10% offered a salary of more than £85,000 £45,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £30,000 £37,250 £36,500
% change year-on-year
-19.46% +2.05%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
1960 1886 1693
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 27.58% 26.60% 25.01%
Number of salaries quoted 1660 1564 1467
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 £54,000 £57,500 £54,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,625 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-3.43% +6.66%
New Media
England

New Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West New Media Jobs Demand Trend

New Media
Salary Trend

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

North West New Media Salary Trend

New Media
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing New Media across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

North West New Media Salary Histogram

New Media
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing New Media within the North West 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
Manchester -15 8 £38,500 +18.46%
Merseyside +16 1 £35,000 -
Cheshire -5 1 - -
New Media
England

New Media
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing New Media 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 New Media.

1 38 (55.07%) TDD
2 36 (52.17%) Marketing
2 36 (52.17%) Digital Marketing
2 36 (52.17%) CSS
3 35 (50.72%) HTML
3 35 (50.72%) JavaScript
3 35 (50.72%) Continuous Integration
3 35 (50.72%) Git (software)
4 34 (49.28%) C#
5 32 (46.38%) .NET
6 31 (44.93%) MVC
7 28 (40.58%) SQL Server
8 27 (39.13%) SQL
9 24 (34.78%) T-SQL
10 18 (26.09%) ASP.NET
11 17 (24.64%) Ruby
12 16 (23.19%) Kanban
13 15 (21.74%) Scrum
14 13 (18.84%) Internet
15 12 (17.39%) PostgreSQL
15 12 (17.39%) Agile Software Development
15 12 (17.39%) Ruby on Rails
15 12 (17.39%) nginx
15 12 (17.39%) Riak
16 10 (14.49%) BBC
16 10 (14.49%) Digital Media
17 8 (11.59%) Content Management
17 8 (11.59%) Business Analysis
18 7 (10.14%) PHP
18 7 (10.14%) Flash

New Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 36 (52.17%) CSS
2 35 (50.72%) HTML
3 32 (46.38%) .NET
4 18 (26.09%) ASP.NET
5 12 (17.39%) Ruby on Rails
6 7 (10.14%) Flash
6 7 (10.14%) HTML5
7 6 (8.696%) jQuery
8 5 (7.246%) .NET Framework
9 4 (5.797%) XML
9 4 (5.797%) CSS3
10 2 (2.899%) XHTML
10 2 (2.899%) ASP.NET MVC
10 2 (2.899%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 2 (2.899%) WCF
10 2 (2.899%) Zend Framework
10 2 (2.899%) LINQ
11 1 (1.449%) Silverlight
11 1 (1.449%) Hibernate
11 1 (1.449%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 12 (17.39%) nginx
2 4 (5.797%) CMS
3 2 (2.899%) IIS
3 2 (2.899%) Apache
3 2 (2.899%) Zen Cart
3 2 (2.899%) Sitefinity
4 1 (1.449%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (2.899%) Fireworks
2 1 (1.449%) Adobe Illustrator
2 1 (1.449%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.899%) Dynamics CRM
1 2 (2.899%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 13 (18.84%) Internet
2 2 (2.899%) Extranet
2 2 (2.899%) HTTP
2 2 (2.899%) DNS
2 2 (2.899%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (40.58%) SQL Server
2 12 (17.39%) Riak
2 12 (17.39%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (5.797%) MySQL
4 1 (1.449%) DTS
4 1 (1.449%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.449%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (1.449%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 35 (50.72%) Git (software)
2 3 (4.348%) Subversion
3 2 (2.899%) WATIR
3 2 (2.899%) Selenium
3 2 (2.899%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (2.899%) Cucumber
3 2 (2.899%) Capybara
4 1 (1.449%) JUnit
4 1 (1.449%) Visual Studio
4 1 (1.449%) Eclipse
4 1 (1.449%) IntelliJ
4 1 (1.449%) Dreamweaver
General
1 36 (52.17%) Marketing
2 6 (8.696%) Publishing
3 3 (4.348%) Retail
3 3 (4.348%) Music
4 2 (2.899%) Multimedia
4 2 (2.899%) Finance
4 2 (2.899%) Advertising
5 1 (1.449%) Games
5 1 (1.449%) Local Government
5 1 (1.449%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 47 (68.12%) Developer
2 26 (37.68%) Software Engineer
3 23 (33.33%) Programmer
4 12 (17.39%) Ruby on Rails Developer
5 11 (15.94%) Software Developer
5 11 (15.94%) Software Programmer
6 5 (7.246%) Senior Manager
6 5 (7.246%) Product Manager
7 4 (5.797%) C# .NET Developer
7 4 (5.797%) .NET Developer
7 4 (5.797%) C# Developer
8 3 (4.348%) Project Manager
8 3 (4.348%) Business Analyst
8 3 (4.348%) Analyst
8 3 (4.348%) Web Developer
8 3 (4.348%) Senior Product Manager
9 2 (2.899%) Designer
9 2 (2.899%) PHP Developer
9 2 (2.899%) Enterprise Architect
9 2 (2.899%) Senior Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (14.49%) BBC
1 10 (14.49%) Digital Media
2 6 (8.696%) Streaming Video
2 6 (8.696%) Web 2.0
2 6 (8.696%) Social Network
3 5 (7.246%) Interactive TV
4 4 (5.797%) W3C
5 2 (2.899%) Blackberry
5 2 (2.899%) Computer Science
5 2 (2.899%) Mobile App
5 2 (2.899%) PMI
6 1 (1.449%) MHEG
6 1 (1.449%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (4.348%) Windows
2 2 (2.899%) Linux
3 1 (1.449%) Android
3 1 (1.449%) Windows Phone 7
3 1 (1.449%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.449%) BlackBerry OS
3 1 (1.449%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 38 (55.07%) TDD
2 36 (52.17%) Digital Marketing
3 35 (50.72%) Continuous Integration
4 31 (44.93%) MVC
5 16 (23.19%) Kanban
6 15 (21.74%) Scrum
7 12 (17.39%) Agile Software Development
8 8 (11.59%) Content Management
8 8 (11.59%) Business Analysis
9 6 (8.696%) Web Development
9 6 (8.696%) Project Management
10 5 (7.246%) User Experience Design
10 5 (7.246%) Product Management
10 5 (7.246%) Software Engineering
11 4 (5.797%) OOP
12 3 (4.348%) PRINCE2
12 3 (4.348%) UML
12 3 (4.348%) Use Case
12 3 (4.348%) User Stories
13 2 (2.899%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 35 (50.72%) JavaScript
2 34 (49.28%) C#
3 27 (39.13%) SQL
4 24 (34.78%) T-SQL
5 17 (24.64%) Ruby
6 7 (10.14%) PHP
7 5 (7.246%) Java
8 4 (5.797%) C++
9 2 (2.899%) ActionScript
10 1 (1.449%) XAML
10 1 (1.449%) C
10 1 (1.449%) ActionScript 3.0
10 1 (1.449%) ActionScript 2.0
Qualifications
1 4 (5.797%) Degree
2 2 (2.899%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 4 (5.797%) Zend
2 2 (2.899%) Adobe
3 1 (1.449%) Microsoft