The first part of the table below looks at the prevalence of the term Advertising in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Advertising over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our General category.

Advertising
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank136160119
Rank change year-on-year
Up+24Down-41
Matching permanent IT job ads224019531879
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK1.848 %1.601 %1.973 %
As % of the General category4.107 %3.310 %4.054 %
Number of salaries quoted185516841385
Average salary£40,000£40,000£38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+3.89 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£22,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£61,500£60,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£36,750£36,500£36,500
% change year-on-year
+0.68 %-
IT Job Market, General CategoryAll General Category
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
General category
545465899946348
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK45.01 %48.35 %48.67 %
Number of salaries quoted458734818537517
Average salary£50,000£52,500£52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£30,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£80,000£85,000£85,000
UK excluding London average salary£42,500£41,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
+3.65 %+2.50 %

Advertising
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Advertising within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the General category.

Advertising Demand Trend

Advertising
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Advertising within the UK.

Advertising Salary Trend

Advertising
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Advertising over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

Advertising Salary Histogram

Advertising
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Advertising within the UK over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+212095£40,000-
LondonDown-131014£45,000+3.44 %
South EastDown-3354£41,000+10.81 %
City of LondonDown-6281£47,500-
South WestUp+5172£33,500+3.07 %
North WestUp+40163£33,500-16.25 %
BerkshireNo change0115£38,500-6.09 %
East of EnglandDown-4111£38,750+3.33 %
West MidlandsUp+29103£32,500-18.75 %
YorkshireUp+4387£32,500-13.33 %
ManchesterUp+1886£30,000-25.92 %
SurreyDown-1883£45,750+30.71 %
HampshireUp+2766£40,000-
East MidlandsUp+3561£40,000+14.28 %
WalesDown-259£35,000-2.09 %
West YorkshireUp+1856£32,500+4.83 %
BristolUp+751£34,500+6.15 %
ScotlandUp+1948£45,000+74.75 %
South WalesDown-847£35,000-2.09 %
CheshireUp+1846£33,250-16.87 %
ReadingDown-1441£37,500-13.79 %
WiltshireDown-840£31,000-8.82 %
LeedsUp+1336£35,000-33.33 %
HertfordshireUp+1135£40,000+3.22 %
DorsetUp+2732£37,500+25.00 %
BirminghamDown-632£40,000-
CambridgeshireDown-2928£45,000+12.50 %
BuckinghamshireUp+2525£50,000+36.98 %
ChippenhamUp+624£30,250-11.02 %
OxfordshireUp+1723£27,500-21.42 %

Advertising
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Advertising 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 Advertising.

11008 (24.07 %)Microsoft
2815 (19.46 %)JavaScript
3791 (18.89 %)HTML
4765 (18.27 %)Marketing
5733 (17.50 %).NET
6728 (17.38 %)SQL
7695 (16.60 %)CSS
8645 (15.40 %)Finance
9611 (14.59 %)C#
10524 (12.51 %)Java
11518 (12.37 %)SQL Server
12488 (11.65 %)Degree
13414 (9.885 %)MS Excel
14383 (9.145 %)CRM
15342 (8.166 %)PHP
15342 (8.166 %)XML
16341 (8.142 %)Project Management
17339 (8.095 %)MySQL
18337 (8.047 %)ASP.NET
19326 (7.784 %)OO
20317 (7.569 %)Windows
21316 (7.545 %)Linux
22302 (7.211 %)Oracle
23293 (6.996 %)SharePoint
24289 (6.901 %)Scrum
25283 (6.757 %)Social Media
26278 (6.638 %)jQuery
27270 (6.447 %)Flash
28262 (6.256 %)E-Commerce
29252 (6.017 %)Agile Software Development

Advertising
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing Advertising 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 Advertising. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1791 (18.89 %)HTML
2733 (17.50 %).NET
3695 (16.60 %)CSS
4342 (8.166 %)XML
5337 (8.047 %)ASP.NET
6278 (6.638 %)jQuery
7270 (6.447 %)Flash
8252 (6.017 %)HTML5
9195 (4.656 %)Web Services
10189 (4.513 %)Ajax
11154 (3.677 %)J2EE
12145 (3.462 %)JSP
13142 (3.391 %)XHTML
14139 (3.319 %)CSS3
15138 (3.295 %)Spring
16129 (3.080 %)WCF
17117 (2.794 %)Servlets
18109 (2.603 %)DHTML
19104 (2.483 %)JSON
2094 (2.245 %)WPF
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1293 (6.996 %)SharePoint
2162 (3.868 %)CMS
3154 (3.677 %)Apache
4104 (2.483 %)SharePoint 2010
598 (2.340 %)SAS
677 (1.839 %)MS Exchange
759 (1.409 %)Tomcat
854 (1.289 %)SharePoint Server
952 (1.242 %)Drupal
1043 (1.027 %)Exchange Server 2007
1138 (0.907 %)WordPress
1138 (0.907 %)IIS
1231 (0.740 %)Exchange Server 2010
1329 (0.692 %)Joomla!
1428 (0.669 %)WebLogic
1525 (0.597 %)Exchange Server 2003
1616 (0.382 %)Umbraco
1616 (0.382 %)BizTalk Server
1715 (0.358 %)Sitecore CMS
1812 (0.287 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1414 (9.885 %)MS Excel
2228 (5.444 %)Photoshop
3169 (4.035 %)Adobe Illustrator
4118 (2.818 %)MS Office
5105 (2.507 %)MS Visio
663 (1.504 %)Fireworks
750 (1.194 %)MS PowerPoint
837 (0.883 %)Acrobat
837 (0.883 %)MS Project
927 (0.645 %)InDesign
1022 (0.525 %)MATLAB
1120 (0.478 %)SPSS
1217 (0.406 %)Adobe After Effects
1312 (0.287 %)Final Cut Pro
1312 (0.287 %)Simulink
1411 (0.263 %)Adobe Premiere
1510 (0.239 %)ImageReady
168 (0.191 %)3ds Max
177 (0.167 %)RoboHelp
177 (0.167 %)Maya
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1229 (5.468 %)Dynamics CRM
2204 (4.871 %)Dynamics AX
3195 (4.656 %)Dynamics NAV
459 (1.409 %)Dynamics GP
544 (1.051 %)Google Analytics
632 (0.764 %)Sage 200
730 (0.716 %)Oracle EBS
826 (0.621 %)Oracle EBS R12
925 (0.597 %)Oracle Applications
1021 (0.501 %)WebTrends
1116 (0.382 %)SiteCatalyst
1116 (0.382 %)SalesLogix
1215 (0.358 %)Oracle 11i
1310 (0.239 %)Sage 1000
1310 (0.239 %)SAP CRM
147 (0.167 %)Pivotal CRM
147 (0.167 %)Line 500
156 (0.143 %)FRx
165 (0.119 %)Cognos Controller
165 (0.119 %)Summit
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1185 (4.417 %)Internet
264 (1.528 %)TCP/IP
350 (1.194 %)Firewall
441 (0.979 %)LAN
540 (0.955 %)SAN
636 (0.860 %)WAN
734 (0.812 %)HTTP
831 (0.740 %)DNS
925 (0.597 %)Broadband
1020 (0.478 %)Intranet
1119 (0.454 %)DHCP
1218 (0.430 %)Network Security
1218 (0.430 %)Cisco ASA
1218 (0.430 %)VPN
1218 (0.430 %)Wireless
1315 (0.358 %)VoIP
1414 (0.334 %)Cisco PIX
1512 (0.287 %)NAS
1512 (0.287 %)Intrusion Detection
1611 (0.263 %)IP Telephony
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1518 (12.37 %)SQL Server
2339 (8.095 %)MySQL
3135 (3.223 %)SQL Server 2005
4131 (3.128 %)SQL Server 2008
5111 (2.650 %)SQL Server Integration Services
6110 (2.627 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
789 (2.125 %)Data Warehouse
870 (1.671 %)ETL
963 (1.504 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1057 (1.361 %)RDBMS
1148 (1.146 %)Hadoop
1232 (0.764 %)NoSQL
1326 (0.621 %)OLAP
1326 (0.621 %)PostgreSQL
1425 (0.597 %)Data Mining
1523 (0.549 %)SQL Server 2000
1622 (0.525 %)Oracle 8/8i
1719 (0.454 %)Oracle BI EE
1818 (0.430 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
1917 (0.406 %)QlikView
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1146 (3.486 %)Subversion
2137 (3.271 %)Selenium
399 (2.364 %)JUnit
491 (2.173 %)Maven
584 (2.006 %)Dreamweaver
679 (1.886 %)Eclipse
679 (1.886 %)Visual Studio
776 (1.815 %)Git (software)
866 (1.576 %)Team Foundation Server
960 (1.433 %)Jasmine
1059 (1.409 %)JSUnit
1146 (1.098 %)MorphX
1243 (1.027 %)JProfiler
1335 (0.836 %)Ant
1335 (0.836 %)Hudson
1425 (0.597 %)PhoneGap
1522 (0.525 %)JIRA
1613 (0.310 %)NUnit
1712 (0.287 %)AnthillPro
1712 (0.287 %)Cucumber
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1765 (18.27 %)Marketing
2645 (15.40 %)Finance
3178 (4.250 %)Retail
4109 (2.603 %)Manufacturing
595 (2.268 %)Telecoms
686 (2.053 %)Games
782 (1.958 %)Banking
868 (1.624 %)Publishing
947 (1.122 %)German Language
1045 (1.074 %)Music
1144 (1.051 %)Multimedia
1242 (1.003 %)Law
1333 (0.788 %)Legal
1432 (0.764 %)French Language
1521 (0.501 %)Back Office
1620 (0.478 %)Interactive Media
1620 (0.478 %)Spanish Language
1719 (0.454 %)Billing
1814 (0.334 %)Investment Banking
1913 (0.310 %)Electronics
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
11234 (29.47 %)Developer
2462 (11.03 %)Consultant
3414 (9.885 %)Analyst
4227 (5.420 %)Designer
5223 (5.325 %)Senior Developer
6219 (5.229 %)Account Manager
7205 (4.895 %)Project Manager
8193 (4.608 %).NET Developer
9164 (3.916 %)Sales Manager
10158 (3.773 %)Web Developer
11148 (3.534 %)Java Developer
12146 (3.486 %)Business Analyst
13113 (2.698 %)PHP Developer
14110 (2.627 %)Architect
15109 (2.603 %)Front-End Developer
16102 (2.436 %)Web Designer
1798 (2.340 %)C# Developer
1889 (2.125 %)Software Engineer
1981 (1.934 %)Marketing Manager
2079 (1.886 %)Administrator
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1283 (6.757 %)Social Media
2228 (5.444 %)Digital Media
3157 (3.749 %)Computer Science
485 (2.030 %)Open Source
570 (1.671 %)iPhone
660 (1.433 %)Mathematics
752 (1.242 %)Statistics
752 (1.242 %)Animation
844 (1.051 %)SaaS
844 (1.051 %)Management Information System
942 (1.003 %)Streaming Video
1041 (0.979 %)Blackberry
1138 (0.907 %)W3C
1234 (0.812 %)FMCG
1234 (0.812 %)Visualisation
1333 (0.788 %)iPad
1333 (0.788 %)Copywriting
1432 (0.764 %)Social Network
1432 (0.764 %)Graphic Design
1530 (0.716 %)Economics
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1317 (7.569 %)Windows
2316 (7.545 %)Linux
3167 (3.988 %)UNIX
487 (2.077 %)Android
567 (1.600 %)Windows Server 2008
659 (1.409 %)Windows Server 2003
753 (1.266 %)Debian
836 (0.860 %)Apple iOS
931 (0.740 %)Windows XP
1026 (0.621 %)Windows 7
1122 (0.525 %)Ubuntu
1216 (0.382 %)CentOS
1216 (0.382 %)Solaris
1314 (0.334 %)Mac OS
1413 (0.310 %)Mac OS X
1512 (0.287 %)Windows 2000
1512 (0.287 %)AIX
169 (0.215 %)Windows Vista
177 (0.167 %)Windows Phone 7
186 (0.143 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1383 (9.145 %)CRM
2341 (8.142 %)Project Management
3326 (7.784 %)OO
4289 (6.901 %)Scrum
5262 (6.256 %)E-Commerce
6252 (6.017 %)Agile Software Development
7239 (5.707 %)SEO
8196 (4.680 %)Web Development
9193 (4.608 %)Business Intelligence
10190 (4.537 %)Change Management
11188 (4.489 %)ERP
12187 (4.465 %)MVC
13165 (3.940 %)Digital Marketing
14141 (3.367 %)Pay per click
15140 (3.343 %)Business Development
16134 (3.200 %)PRINCE2
17127 (3.032 %)TDD
18126 (3.009 %)ITIL
18126 (3.009 %)Display Advertising
19110 (2.627 %)Web Design
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1815 (19.46 %)JavaScript
2728 (17.38 %)SQL
3611 (14.59 %)C#
4524 (12.51 %)Java
5342 (8.166 %)PHP
6167 (3.988 %)C
7131 (3.128 %)ActionScript
8120 (2.865 %)T-SQL
9117 (2.794 %)ActionScript 3.0
1099 (2.364 %)C++
1191 (2.173 %)VB.NET
1280 (1.910 %)PHP5
1376 (1.815 %)X++
1468 (1.624 %)Python
1468 (1.624 %)VB
1555 (1.313 %)Ruby
1645 (1.074 %)ActionScript 2.0
1742 (1.003 %)PL/SQL
1837 (0.883 %)Perl
1935 (0.836 %)Shell Script
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1488 (11.65 %)Degree
2119 (2.841 %)Microsoft Certification
357 (1.361 %)Security Cleared
357 (1.361 %)ACCA
456 (1.337 %)CIMA
550 (1.194 %)ISEB
648 (1.146 %)SC Cleared
745 (1.074 %)PRINCE2 Certification
841 (0.979 %)Cisco Certification
936 (0.860 %)MCSE
1030 (0.716 %)PhD
1127 (0.645 %)MCP
1226 (0.621 %)MCITP
1325 (0.597 %)CCNP
1422 (0.525 %)VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
1521 (0.501 %)MCTS
1620 (0.478 %)CISSP
1719 (0.454 %)MBA
1719 (0.454 %)CCNA
1814 (0.334 %)ISTQB
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1135 (3.223 %)QA
243 (1.027 %)SLA
327 (0.645 %)ISO/IEC 27001
415 (0.358 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
510 (0.239 %)PCI DSS
68 (0.191 %)ISO 9001
74 (0.096 %)Data Quality
83 (0.072 %)ISO 14001
83 (0.072 %)WCAG
91 (0.024 %)GAAP
91 (0.024 %)WAI
91 (0.024 %)BS25999
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
199 (2.364 %)Active Directory
256 (1.337 %)VMware Infrastructure
318 (0.430 %)XenApp
318 (0.430 %)vSphere
417 (0.406 %)Oracle RAC
516 (0.382 %)VMware ESX
613 (0.310 %)Oracle RMAN
710 (0.239 %)ISA Server
88 (0.191 %)Hyper-V
97 (0.167 %)XenServer
105 (0.119 %)UAG
105 (0.119 %)XenDesktop
113 (0.072 %)Terminal Services
122 (0.048 %)Xen
131 (0.024 %)VMware ESXi
131 (0.024 %)vCloud
131 (0.024 %)Postfix
131 (0.024 %)Citrix Presentation Server
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
111 (0.263 %)SCCM
210 (0.239 %)HP Quality Center
38 (0.191 %)SCOM
46 (0.143 %)Netcool
55 (0.119 %)Backup Exec
55 (0.119 %)OpenView
64 (0.096 %)Puppet
73 (0.072 %)Cisco UCCX
73 (0.072 %)Data Guard
73 (0.072 %)ZABBIX
73 (0.072 %)Zenoss
82 (0.048 %)EMC NetWorker
82 (0.048 %)Sysprep
82 (0.048 %)CiscoWorks
82 (0.048 %)BMC PATROL
82 (0.048 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
91 (0.024 %)NetBackup
91 (0.024 %)ARCserve
91 (0.024 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
91 (0.024 %)vCenter
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11008 (24.07 %)Microsoft
2302 (7.211 %)Oracle
3162 (3.868 %)Google
4153 (3.653 %)Adobe
4153 (3.653 %)BT
5148 (3.534 %)Facebook
6115 (2.746 %)Sage
799 (2.364 %)VMware
875 (1.791 %)SAP
875 (1.791 %)Cisco
966 (1.576 %)Zend
1063 (1.504 %)DoubleClick
1153 (1.266 %)Citrix
1246 (1.098 %)Omniture
1344 (1.051 %)Twitter
1442 (1.003 %)Informatica
1540 (0.955 %)Salesforce.com
1635 (0.836 %)MicroStrategy
1734 (0.812 %)JBoss
1827 (0.645 %)Business Objects