North West RSS Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Really Simple Syndication (RSS) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited RSS over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Really Simple Syndication (RSS)
Location Berkshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London Croydon Dorset East of England England Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Kenilworth Kent Leeds London Macclesfield Maidstone Manchester Middlesex Norfolk North West Peterborough Redhill Sheffield Slough South East South West South Yorkshire Stratford-upon-Avon Suffolk Surrey UK Warwickshire West Midlands West Yorkshire Weybridge Wimbledon Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	245	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching permanent IT job ads	28	0
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.015 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.701 %	0.000 %
Salaries quoted	28	0
Average minimum salary	£28,071	-
Average salary	£29,929	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum salary	£31,786	-
UK excluding London average salary	£30,802	£36,500
% change on same period last year	-15.61 %
Application Development North West
Matching permanent IT job ads	3997	4594
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	2.110 %	1.881 %
Salaries quoted	3472	3952
Average minimum salary	£29,752	£31,523
Average salary	£32,816	£34,621
% change on same period last year	-5.21 %
Average maximum salary	£35,880	£37,719
UK excluding London average salary	£35,873	£36,830
% change on same period last year	-2.59 %
RSS England

RSS
Demand Trend

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

RSS
Salary Trend

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

RSS
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing RSS across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

RSS
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RSS within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Cheshire	-	24	£30,396	-
Manchester	-	4	£27,125	-

RSS England

RSS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing RSS 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 RSS.

1 39 (95.12 %) HTML 1 39 (95.12 %) CSS 2 38 (92.68 %) XML 3 37 (90.24 %) VB 4 27 (65.85 %) .NET 4 27 (65.85 %) SQL Server 5 25 (60.98 %) SQL 5 25 (60.98 %) Transact-SQL 5 25 (60.98 %) ASP.NET 5 25 (60.98 %) SharePoint 5 25 (60.98 %) Intranet 5 25 (60.98 %) SQL Server 2000 5 25 (60.98 %) SQL Server 2005 5 25 (60.98 %) SharePoint Server 2007 6 24 (58.54 %) ASP.NET 2.0

6 24 (58.54 %) XSLT 7 22 (53.66 %) Graphic Design 8 19 (46.34 %) Visual Studio 9 13 (31.71 %) ColdFusion 9 13 (31.71 %) SEO 9 13 (31.71 %) Pay per click 10 12 (29.27 %) JavaScript 11 10 (24.39 %) DNS 12 8 (19.51 %) ASP 13 7 (17.07 %) Marketing 13 7 (17.07 %) Health 14 6 (14.63 %) XHTML 15 4 (9.756 %) MS Excel 15 4 (9.756 %) Workflow 15 4 (9.756 %) Internet Marketing

RSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing RSS 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 RSS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 39 (95.12 %) HTML 1 39 (95.12 %) CSS 2 38 (92.68 %) XML 3 27 (65.85 %) .NET 4 25 (60.98 %) ASP.NET 5 24 (58.54 %) ASP.NET 2.0 5 24 (58.54 %) XSLT 6 8 (19.51 %) ASP 7 6 (14.63 %) XHTML 8 2 (4.878 %) SOAP 9 1 (2.439 %) WAP	Application Platforms 1 25 (60.98 %) SharePoint 1 25 (60.98 %) SharePoint Server 2007 2 13 (31.71 %) ColdFusion 3 3 (7.317 %) IIS
Applications 1 4 (9.756 %) MS Excel 2 1 (2.439 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 25 (60.98 %) Intranet 2 10 (24.39 %) DNS 3 3 (7.317 %) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 27 (65.85 %) SQL Server 2 25 (60.98 %) SQL Server 2000 2 25 (60.98 %) SQL Server 2005 3 3 (7.317 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 3 3 (7.317 %) Crystal Reports 3 3 (7.317 %) SQL Server 7	Development Applications 1 19 (46.34 %) Visual Studio
General 1 22 (53.66 %) Graphic Design 2 7 (17.07 %) Health 2 7 (17.07 %) Marketing 3 1 (2.439 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 15 (36.59 %) Webmaster 2 13 (31.71 %) Developer 3 10 (24.39 %) Operations Manager 3 10 (24.39 %) SharePoint Developer 4 2 (4.878 %) Systems Developer 5 1 (2.439 %) Technical Manager 5 1 (2.439 %) Marketing Manager 5 1 (2.439 %) Web Manager 5 1 (2.439 %) Online Marketing Manager 5 1 (2.439 %) SEO Consultant 5 1 (2.439 %) Marketing Consultant 5 1 (2.439 %) Consultant
Operating Systems 1 1 (2.439 %) Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 13 (31.71 %) SEO 1 13 (31.71 %) Pay per click 2 4 (9.756 %) Internet Marketing 2 4 (9.756 %) Workflow 3 3 (7.317 %) OO 3 3 (7.317 %) Web Analytics 4 1 (2.439 %) Email Marketing 4 1 (2.439 %) GAP Analysis 4 1 (2.439 %) Extreme Programming
Programming Languages 1 37 (90.24 %) VB 2 25 (60.98 %) SQL 2 25 (60.98 %) Transact-SQL 3 12 (29.27 %) JavaScript 4 2 (4.878 %) C# 4 2 (4.878 %) VBA 5 1 (2.439 %) VB.NET	Vendors 1 2 (4.878 %) Microsoft