The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term Social Media in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Social Media over the 3 months to 21 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Social Media
Rank 86 83 80
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -3
Permanent jobs citing Social Media 3 3 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 0.284% 0.308% 0.224%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 1.095% 1.181% 0.637%
Number of salaries quoted 2 3 2
Average salary £30,750 £42,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.64% +54.54%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £35,000 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-2.85% +14.75%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
274 254 314
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 25.97% 26.05% 35.24%
Number of salaries quoted 256 200 302
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £39,625
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -11.67%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £48,400
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +6.66%
Social Media
Wales

Social Media
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Social Media Salary Trend

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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cardiff -15 2 £30,750 -27.64%
Newport - 1 - -
Social Media
Wales

Social Media
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 6 (66.67%) Marketing
2 5 (55.56%) Finance
3 4 (44.44%) Direct Marketing
3 4 (44.44%) Digital Marketing
3 4 (44.44%) Copywriting
3 4 (44.44%) Online Marketing
4 3 (33.33%) Web Development
5 2 (22.22%) Content Management
5 2 (22.22%) HTML
5 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 2 (22.22%) CMS
6 1 (11.11%) LAMP
6 1 (11.11%) Open Text
6 1 (11.11%) RedDot
6 1 (11.11%) E-Learning
6 1 (11.11%) Subversion
6 1 (11.11%) MVC
6 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
6 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
6 1 (11.11%) SEO
6 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
6 1 (11.11%) PHP
6 1 (11.11%) MySQL
6 1 (11.11%) CSS
6 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
6 1 (11.11%) Windows
6 1 (11.11%) Linux
6 1 (11.11%) OOP
6 1 (11.11%) OO
6 1 (11.11%) Apache

Social Media
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 2 (22.22%) HTML
2 1 (11.11%) LAMP
2 1 (11.11%) CSS
2 1 (11.11%) Lucene
2 1 (11.11%) jQuery
2 1 (11.11%) Smarty
2 1 (11.11%) HTML5
2 1 (11.11%) Zend Framework
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) CMS
2 1 (11.11%) Apache
2 1 (11.11%) SharePoint
2 1 (11.11%) Umbraco
2 1 (11.11%) WordPress
2 1 (11.11%) Sitecore CMS
2 1 (11.11%) Apache Solr
2 1 (11.11%) Moodle
2 1 (11.11%) Windows Azure
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) Intranet
1 1 (11.11%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Subversion
General
1 6 (66.67%) Marketing
2 5 (55.56%) Finance
3 1 (11.11%) Telecoms
3 1 (11.11%) Welsh Language
3 1 (11.11%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Marketing Executive
1 4 (44.44%) Digital Marketing Executive
2 1 (11.11%) PHP Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Business Development Executive
2 1 (11.11%) Project Manager
2 1 (11.11%) Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Programmer
2 1 (11.11%) PHP Programmer
2 1 (11.11%) SEO Executive
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Copywriting
2 1 (11.11%) E-Learning
2 1 (11.11%) Web 2.0
2 1 (11.11%) Statistics
2 1 (11.11%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 1 (11.11%) Windows
1 1 (11.11%) Linux
1 1 (11.11%) Android
1 1 (11.11%) Windows 8
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Phone 8
1 1 (11.11%) Windows Phone
1 1 (11.11%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Direct Marketing
1 4 (44.44%) Digital Marketing
1 4 (44.44%) Online Marketing
2 3 (33.33%) Web Development
3 2 (22.22%) Content Management
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
4 1 (11.11%) MVC
4 1 (11.11%) Risk Management
4 1 (11.11%) SEO
4 1 (11.11%) PRINCE2
4 1 (11.11%) OOP
4 1 (11.11%) OO
4 1 (11.11%) CRM
4 1 (11.11%) E-Commerce
4 1 (11.11%) B2B
4 1 (11.11%) Competitor Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Web Analytics
4 1 (11.11%) Pay per click
4 1 (11.11%) Telemarketing
4 1 (11.11%) Business Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
1 1 (11.11%) PHP
1 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Open Text
1 1 (11.11%) RedDot
1 1 (11.11%) Google
1 1 (11.11%) Sitecore
1 1 (11.11%) Blackboard
1 1 (11.11%) Facebook
1 1 (11.11%) Twitter
1 1 (11.11%) Zend