The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Social Media over the 3 months to 24 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 Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Social Media
Rank 147 136 122
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -14
Permanent jobs citing Social Media 6 19 37
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.191% 0.550% 1.062%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 0.663% 2.088% 4.039%
Number of salaries quoted 2 14 31
Average salary £45,000 £30,750 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+46.34% -23.12%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £26,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £53,000 £40,700 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £35,000 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +14.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
905 910 916
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 28.76% 26.34% 26.29%
Number of salaries quoted 538 633 646
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £55,000 £55,300
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Social Media
UK

Social Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Social Media Jobs Demand Trend

Social Media
Salary Trend

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

Scotland Social Media Salary Trend

Social Media
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Social Media across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland Social Media Salary Histogram

Social Media
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Social Media within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 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
Edinburgh -4 2 - -
Glasgow -25 1 £35,000 -17.64%
Social Media
UK

Social Media
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Social 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 Social Media.

1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) Marketing
3 3 (30.00%) Project Planning
3 3 (30.00%) Content Management
3 3 (30.00%) HTML
3 3 (30.00%) Degree
3 3 (30.00%) jQuery
4 2 (20.00%) Graphic Design
4 2 (20.00%) CSS
4 2 (20.00%) Intranet
4 2 (20.00%) Flash
4 2 (20.00%) XHTML
4 2 (20.00%) Publishing
4 2 (20.00%) Data Security
4 2 (20.00%) Photoshop
4 2 (20.00%) MS Office
4 2 (20.00%) Web Design
4 2 (20.00%) Multimedia
4 2 (20.00%) Web 2.0
4 2 (20.00%) EPiServer
5 1 (10.00%) Android
5 1 (10.00%) Git (software)
5 1 (10.00%) User Experience Design
5 1 (10.00%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (10.00%) Amazon EC2
5 1 (10.00%) Windows Azure
5 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (10.00%) HTML5

Social Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region citing Social 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 Social Media. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (30.00%) HTML
1 3 (30.00%) jQuery
2 2 (20.00%) CSS
2 2 (20.00%) Flash
2 2 (20.00%) XHTML
3 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET MVC
3 1 (10.00%) HTML5
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (10.00%) Web Services
3 1 (10.00%) .NET
3 1 (10.00%) YUI
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) Amazon EC2
1 1 (10.00%) Windows Azure
1 1 (10.00%) CMS
1 1 (10.00%) Umbraco
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Photoshop
1 2 (20.00%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Git (software)
1 1 (10.00%) Subversion
General
1 5 (50.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) Marketing
3 2 (20.00%) Publishing
3 2 (20.00%) Multimedia
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Investment Banking
4 1 (10.00%) Back Office
4 1 (10.00%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 2 (20.00%) Developer
1 2 (20.00%) Consultant
1 2 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
1 2 (20.00%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (10.00%) Digital Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Designer
2 1 (10.00%) Content Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Online Content Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Service Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Web Designer
2 1 (10.00%) IT Services Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Web Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Lead Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Senior Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Analyst
2 1 (10.00%) Web Developer
2 1 (10.00%) Project Manager
2 1 (10.00%) Web Content Manager
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Graphic Design
1 2 (20.00%) Web 2.0
2 1 (10.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (10.00%) Android
1 1 (10.00%) Apple iOS
1 1 (10.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Project Planning
1 3 (30.00%) Content Management
2 2 (20.00%) Data Security
2 2 (20.00%) Web Design
3 1 (10.00%) User Experience Design
3 1 (10.00%) Customer Engagement
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Engagement
3 1 (10.00%) BDD
3 1 (10.00%) Test Strategy
3 1 (10.00%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (10.00%) Web Development
3 1 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (10.00%) Software Engineering
3 1 (10.00%) Knowledge Management
3 1 (10.00%) MVC
3 1 (10.00%) Workflow
3 1 (10.00%) Stakeholder Management
3 1 (10.00%) B2C
3 1 (10.00%) Mobile Commerce
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (10.00%) C#
2 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 3 (30.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) SLA
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) EPiServer
3 1 (10.00%) Facebook
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