Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Really Simple Syndication (RSS) skills within the South 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 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkReally Simple Syndication (RSS)
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank244269
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching permanent IT job ads11
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.028 %0.026 %
Salaries quoted11
Average minimum salary£30,000£30,000
Average salary£30,000£35,000
% change on same period last year-14.28 %
Average maximum salary£30,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,426£35,457
% change on same period last year-0.08 %
South West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South West
Matching permanent IT job ads35873862
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.322 %1.722 %
Salaries quoted32983375
Average minimum salary£31,085£32,879
Average salary£34,094£35,675
% change on same period last year-4.43 %
Average maximum salary£37,103£38,471
UK excluding London average salary£36,028£36,569
% change on same period last year-1.48 %
RSS EnglandRSS
England

RSS
Demand Trend

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

South West RSS Demand Trend

RSS
Salary Trend

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

South West RSS Salary Trend

RSS
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing RSS within the South West region over the 3 months to 18 November 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SomersetNew entry-1£30,000-
RSS EnglandRSS
England

RSS
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the South 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.

12 (100.00 %)CSS
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)JavaScript
21 (50.00 %)PHP
21 (50.00 %)MySQL
21 (50.00 %)C#
21 (50.00 %)XHTML
21 (50.00 %)Project Management
21 (50.00 %)Marketing
21 (50.00 %)WordPress

RSS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT jobs across the South 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.

South West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)CSS
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)XHTML
South West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)WordPress
South West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)MySQL
South West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (50.00 %)Marketing
South West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Business Analyst
11 (50.00 %)Developer
11 (50.00 %)Analyst
11 (50.00 %)PHP Developer
South West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Project Management
South West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (50.00 %)JavaScript
11 (50.00 %)PHP
11 (50.00 %)C#