The first table below looks at the demand for WordPress skills in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WordPress over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category for the Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
WordPress
Rank 51 34 59
Rank change year-on-year
-17 +25
Permanent jobs citing WordPress 13 25 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 2.057% 5.187% 0.562%
As % of the Application Platforms category 10.40% 26.32% 2.752%
Number of salaries quoted 8 25 3
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £30,000 £29,500
% change year-on-year
+5.00% +1.69%
All Application Platforms
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
125 95 109
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 19.78% 19.71% 20.41%
Number of salaries quoted 114 88 104
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £35,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% -1.40%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,758 £22,750
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £41,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.31% +1.33%
WordPress
South West

WordPress
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing WordPress across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Somerset WordPress Jobs Demand Trend

WordPress
Salary Trend

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

Somerset WordPress Salary Trend

WordPress
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WordPress across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Somerset WordPress Salary Histogram

WordPress
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WordPress within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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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
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WordPress
South West

WordPress
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset region citing WordPress 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 WordPress.

1 34 (97.14%) PHP
2 32 (91.43%) CSS
3 30 (85.71%) HTML
4 27 (77.14%) JavaScript
5 25 (71.43%) MySQL
6 23 (65.71%) OOP
7 21 (60.00%) OOD
8 15 (42.86%) PostgreSQL
8 15 (42.86%) PHP5
9 12 (34.29%) Software Engineering
9 12 (34.29%) Degree
10 11 (31.43%) SQL
11 10 (28.57%) Publishing
12 9 (25.71%) RESTful
13 8 (22.86%) Drupal
14 7 (20.00%) jQuery
14 7 (20.00%) CMS
15 6 (17.14%) Telecoms
15 6 (17.14%) SOAP
15 6 (17.14%) JIRA
15 6 (17.14%) Marketing
15 6 (17.14%) Digital Media
15 6 (17.14%) Mobile App
16 5 (14.29%) Analytics
17 4 (11.43%) Web Analytics
17 4 (11.43%) Multimedia
17 4 (11.43%) CakePHP
17 4 (11.43%) Bash shell
17 4 (11.43%) VBA
17 4 (11.43%) SQL Server

WordPress
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset region citing WordPress 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 WordPress. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 32 (91.43%) CSS
2 30 (85.71%) HTML
3 9 (25.71%) RESTful
4 7 (20.00%) jQuery
5 6 (17.14%) SOAP
6 4 (11.43%) CakePHP
7 2 (5.714%) Ajax
7 2 (5.714%) CSS3
7 2 (5.714%) HTML5
7 2 (5.714%) LAMP
8 1 (2.857%) XHTML
8 1 (2.857%) Google Maps API
8 1 (2.857%) CodeIgniter
Application Platforms
1 8 (22.86%) Drupal
2 7 (20.00%) CMS
3 1 (2.857%) Apache
3 1 (2.857%) Magento
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.714%) Fireworks
2 2 (5.714%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 1 (2.857%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (71.43%) MySQL
2 15 (42.86%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (11.43%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (17.14%) JIRA
2 3 (8.571%) Subversion
General
1 10 (28.57%) Publishing
2 6 (17.14%) Telecoms
2 6 (17.14%) Marketing
3 4 (11.43%) Multimedia
3 4 (11.43%) Advertising
4 1 (2.857%) Games
Job Titles
1 33 (94.29%) Developer
2 11 (31.43%) Web Developer
3 9 (25.71%) Systems Developer
4 8 (22.86%) PHP Developer
5 4 (11.43%) Graduate Developer
5 4 (11.43%) Graduate
6 3 (8.571%) Graduate PHP Developer
7 2 (5.714%) Junior PHP Web Developer
7 2 (5.714%) Junior PHP Developer
7 2 (5.714%) PHP Web Developer
7 2 (5.714%) Junior Web Developer
7 2 (5.714%) Junior Developer
7 2 (5.714%) UI Designer
7 2 (5.714%) PHP MySQL Developer
7 2 (5.714%) Designer
7 2 (5.714%) Graduate Web Developer
7 2 (5.714%) Junior
7 2 (5.714%) User Experience Designer
8 1 (2.857%) Drupal Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (17.14%) Digital Media
1 6 (17.14%) Mobile App
2 2 (5.714%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (5.714%) Linux
2 1 (2.857%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (65.71%) OOP
2 21 (60.00%) OOD
3 12 (34.29%) Software Engineering
4 5 (14.29%) Analytics
5 4 (11.43%) Web Analytics
5 4 (11.43%) SEO
5 4 (11.43%) Project Management
6 3 (8.571%) Web Development
7 2 (5.714%) B2B
8 1 (2.857%) OO
8 1 (2.857%) Scrum
8 1 (2.857%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 34 (97.14%) PHP
2 27 (77.14%) JavaScript
3 15 (42.86%) PHP5
4 11 (31.43%) SQL
5 4 (11.43%) Bash shell
5 4 (11.43%) VBA
Qualifications
1 12 (34.29%) Degree
Vendors
1 4 (11.43%) Microsoft
1 4 (11.43%) Adobe
2 3 (8.571%) Zend
3 1 (2.857%) Google