The first part of the table below looks at the demand for CMS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited CMS 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 of the Application Platforms category.

Content Management System (CMS)
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank113134140
Rank change year-on-year
Up+21Up+6
Matching permanent IT job ads270223251654
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK2.230 %1.905 %1.737 %
As % of the Application Platforms category10.94 %10.01 %10.03 %
Number of salaries quoted249620651428
Average salary£38,500£37,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66 %+7.14 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,500£57,500£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£33,750£30,000
% change year-on-year
+0.74 %+12.50 %
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
246992323116485
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK20.38 %19.04 %17.31 %
Number of salaries quoted214752000213747
Average salary£42,500£42,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+6.25 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£67,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£35,500
% change year-on-year
-+5.63 %

CMS
Demand Trend

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

CMS Demand Trend

CMS
Salary Trend

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

CMS Salary Trend

CMS
Salary Histogram

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

CMS Salary Histogram

CMS
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing CMS 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+162586£39,750+6.00 %
LondonUp+351379£42,500-5.55 %
South EastDown-4534£37,500+7.14 %
City of LondonUp+12252£45,000-14.28 %
North WestUp+10171£31,500+5.00 %
East of EnglandDown-5135£37,500+11.11 %
South WestDown-7120£31,500-3.07 %
SurreyDown-30119£37,500-25.00 %
YorkshireDown-26114£32,000-1.53 %
BerkshireDown-998£45,000+20.00 %
West MidlandsDown-2186£30,000-
HampshireDown-973£35,000+7.69 %
West YorkshireDown-2973£31,000-5.34 %
ManchesterDown-1266£29,500-6.34 %
HertfordshireUp+3164£37,500+22.95 %
OxfordshireUp+1863£35,000+12.00 %
West SussexUp+3157£43,500+19.17 %
BuckinghamshireUp+150£38,500+18.46 %
ScotlandUp+3648£33,000-5.03 %
BristolDown-247£30,000-7.69 %
WalesDown-644£30,000-14.28 %
BirminghamUp+243£30,000-
LeedsDown-2443£31,000+3.33 %
CheshireUp+841£35,000+16.66 %
LancashireUp+540£32,500+30.00 %
East MidlandsDown-2938£27,500-9.83 %
South WalesDown-535£30,000-14.28 %
KentUp+2432£35,000-12.50 %
East SussexDown-231£32,500+14.03 %
ReadingDown-1631£50,000+42.85 %

CMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

13014 (55.02 %)CSS
22801 (51.13 %)JavaScript
32719 (49.63 %)HTML
42120 (38.70 %).NET
51655 (30.21 %)C#
61615 (29.48 %)PHP
71595 (29.12 %)ASP.NET
81584 (28.92 %)jQuery
91436 (26.21 %)SQL Server
101378 (25.16 %)Content Management
111249 (22.80 %)E-Commerce
121222 (22.31 %)SQL
131218 (22.23 %)XML
141096 (20.01 %)MySQL
151091 (19.92 %)MVC
161074 (19.61 %)Ajax
171022 (18.66 %)Web Development
18970 (17.71 %)XHTML
19941 (17.18 %)Marketing
20833 (15.21 %)Java
21753 (13.75 %)Web Services
22715 (13.05 %)HTML5
23701 (12.80 %)SEO
24693 (12.65 %)OO
25683 (12.47 %)Microsoft
26670 (12.23 %)Drupal
27583 (10.64 %)Agile Software Development
28578 (10.55 %)Umbraco
29574 (10.48 %)Finance
30558 (10.19 %)Scrum

CMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13014 (55.02 %)CSS
22719 (49.63 %)HTML
32120 (38.70 %).NET
41595 (29.12 %)ASP.NET
51584 (28.92 %)jQuery
61218 (22.23 %)XML
71074 (19.61 %)Ajax
8970 (17.71 %)XHTML
9753 (13.75 %)Web Services
10715 (13.05 %)HTML5
11535 (9.766 %)XSLT
12469 (8.562 %)CSS3
13457 (8.342 %)Flash
14415 (7.576 %)ASP.NET MVC
15362 (6.608 %)LAMP
16336 (6.134 %)Spring
17317 (5.787 %)J2EE
18300 (5.476 %).NET Framework
19278 (5.075 %)WCF
20245 (4.472 %)ASP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1670 (12.23 %)Drupal
2578 (10.55 %)Umbraco
3479 (8.744 %)WordPress
4458 (8.361 %)Apache
5445 (8.123 %)SharePoint
6444 (8.105 %)Sitecore CMS
7350 (6.389 %)Joomla!
8304 (5.549 %)IIS
9173 (3.158 %)WebLogic
10167 (3.049 %)Tomcat
11141 (2.574 %)Magento
12111 (2.026 %)Kentico
13110 (2.008 %)DotNetNuke
13110 (2.008 %)Adobe CQ
14106 (1.935 %)Alfresco
14106 (1.935 %)SharePoint 2010
15100 (1.825 %)SharePoint Server
1666 (1.205 %)TeamSite
1763 (1.150 %)Apache Solr
1861 (1.114 %)Sitefinity
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1480 (8.762 %)Photoshop
2305 (5.568 %)MS Excel
3192 (3.505 %)Adobe Illustrator
4109 (1.990 %)MS Visio
592 (1.679 %)Fireworks
668 (1.241 %)MS Office
742 (0.767 %)InDesign
837 (0.675 %)MS PowerPoint
926 (0.475 %)XMetaL
1024 (0.438 %)MS Project
1119 (0.347 %)Acrobat
1213 (0.237 %)InfoPath
1312 (0.219 %)Paint Shop Pro
1312 (0.219 %)Adobe Premiere
146 (0.110 %)GIMP
154 (0.073 %)Spreadsheet
163 (0.055 %)OmniGraffle
163 (0.055 %)Adobe After Effects
172 (0.037 %)ImageReady
172 (0.037 %)Inkscape
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
1107 (1.953 %)Google Analytics
236 (0.657 %)Tridion
335 (0.639 %)WebTrends
424 (0.438 %)Dynamics CRM
516 (0.292 %)SiteCatalyst
615 (0.274 %)Visualfiles
711 (0.201 %)Dynamics NAV
711 (0.201 %)Remedy AR System
85 (0.091 %)Exchequer
93 (0.055 %)SAP BPC
93 (0.055 %)Pivotal CRM
102 (0.037 %)Summit
102 (0.037 %)BASE24
111 (0.018 %)Optimost
111 (0.018 %)Sage 200
111 (0.018 %)Sage 50
111 (0.018 %)INSURE/90
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1378 (6.900 %)Internet
2253 (4.618 %)Intranet
3136 (2.483 %)DNS
4125 (2.282 %)HTTP
577 (1.406 %)TCP/IP
664 (1.168 %)FTP
750 (0.913 %)LAN
750 (0.913 %)VoIP
846 (0.840 %)Extranet
945 (0.821 %)Firewall
1032 (0.584 %)SSH
1129 (0.529 %)WAN
1226 (0.475 %)PBX
1226 (0.475 %)SMTP
1324 (0.438 %)Wireless
1422 (0.402 %)SSL
1422 (0.402 %)HTTPS
1520 (0.365 %)IP Telephony
1618 (0.329 %)IMAP
1716 (0.292 %)SAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11436 (26.21 %)SQL Server
21096 (20.01 %)MySQL
3412 (7.521 %)SQL Server 2008
4283 (5.166 %)SQL Server 2005
5104 (1.899 %)RDBMS
685 (1.552 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
767 (1.223 %)SQL Server Integration Services
845 (0.821 %)NoSQL
936 (0.657 %)SQL Server 2000
1030 (0.548 %)Oracle 11g
1030 (0.548 %)Crystal Reports
1128 (0.511 %)PostgreSQL
1220 (0.365 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1317 (0.310 %)Oracle 8/8i
1416 (0.292 %)Data Warehouse
1514 (0.256 %)DTS
1611 (0.201 %)ETL
1710 (0.183 %)Oracle 10g
1710 (0.183 %)MongoDB
189 (0.164 %)Data Mining
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1552 (10.08 %)Subversion
2437 (7.977 %)Visual Studio
3146 (2.665 %)Dreamweaver
4139 (2.537 %)Git (software)
5116 (2.118 %)Eclipse
6109 (1.990 %)NUnit
798 (1.789 %)Maven
894 (1.716 %)Ant
976 (1.387 %)JUnit
1072 (1.314 %)Selenium
1166 (1.205 %)Team Foundation Server
1255 (1.004 %)Rhino Mocks
1349 (0.894 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1349 (0.894 %)PHPUnit
1443 (0.785 %)Mercurial
1541 (0.748 %)JIRA
1636 (0.657 %)Hudson
1722 (0.402 %)Cucumber
1821 (0.383 %)PhoneGap
1920 (0.365 %)IntelliJ
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1941 (17.18 %)Marketing
2574 (10.48 %)Finance
3253 (4.618 %)Publishing
4201 (3.669 %)Retail
5162 (2.957 %)Advertising
6124 (2.264 %)Telecoms
7120 (2.191 %)Legal
8112 (2.045 %)Law
9100 (1.825 %)Banking
1095 (1.734 %)Games
1190 (1.643 %)Back Office
1271 (1.296 %)Multimedia
1340 (0.730 %)Investment Banking
1432 (0.584 %)Music
1515 (0.274 %)French Language
1612 (0.219 %)German Language
1612 (0.219 %)Automotive
1711 (0.201 %)Pharmaceutical
1810 (0.183 %)Financial Institution
198 (0.146 %)Online Betting
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13578 (65.32 %)Developer
21245 (22.73 %)Web Developer
31096 (20.01 %).NET Developer
4721 (13.16 %)PHP Developer
5555 (10.13 %)Senior Developer
6469 (8.562 %)ASP.NET Developer
7462 (8.434 %)C# Developer
8401 (7.320 %)C# .NET Developer
9295 (5.385 %)Analyst
10290 (5.294 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
11272 (4.965 %)Front-End Developer
12269 (4.911 %).NET Web Developer
13250 (4.564 %)Java Developer
14217 (3.961 %)Designer
15208 (3.797 %)Junior
16205 (3.742 %)Senior .NET Developer
17197 (3.596 %)Project Manager
18190 (3.468 %)Architect
19161 (2.939 %)Junior Developer
20154 (2.811 %)PHP Web Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1521 (9.511 %)Social Media
2447 (8.160 %)Open Source
3221 (4.034 %)Digital Media
4220 (4.016 %)W3C
5151 (2.756 %)Computer Science
6134 (2.446 %)iPhone
7102 (1.862 %)Social Network
891 (1.661 %)N-Tier
891 (1.661 %)Web 2.0
984 (1.533 %)Management Information System
1074 (1.351 %)Blackberry
1156 (1.022 %)iPad
1156 (1.022 %)Graphic Design
1251 (0.931 %)New Media
1348 (0.876 %)Blog
1446 (0.840 %)Smartphone
1545 (0.821 %)Copywriting
1642 (0.767 %)SaaS
1642 (0.767 %)Online Games
1738 (0.694 %)IVR
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1507 (9.255 %)Linux
2441 (8.050 %)Windows
3273 (4.984 %)UNIX
4186 (3.395 %)Android
5125 (2.282 %)Apple iOS
690 (1.643 %)Solaris
690 (1.643 %)Windows Server 2003
753 (0.968 %)Windows Server 2008
838 (0.694 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
934 (0.621 %)Windows Mobile
1025 (0.456 %)CentOS
1115 (0.274 %)Ubuntu
1213 (0.237 %)Mac OS X
1213 (0.237 %)Debian
1311 (0.201 %)Windows 7
1410 (0.183 %)Windows XP
159 (0.164 %)BlackBerry OS
165 (0.091 %)Windows Vista
174 (0.073 %)FreeBSD
174 (0.073 %)openSUSE
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11378 (25.16 %)Content Management
21249 (22.80 %)E-Commerce
31091 (19.92 %)MVC
41022 (18.66 %)Web Development
5701 (12.80 %)SEO
6693 (12.65 %)OO
7583 (10.64 %)Agile Software Development
8558 (10.19 %)Scrum
9500 (9.127 %)TDD
10355 (6.480 %)Project Management
11332 (6.061 %)OOP
12276 (5.038 %)Web Design
13268 (4.892 %)CRM
14218 (3.980 %)Digital Marketing
15215 (3.925 %)Web Application Development
16187 (3.414 %)Continuous Integration
17182 (3.322 %)Unit Testing
18151 (2.756 %)SOA
19139 (2.537 %)Email Marketing
20132 (2.410 %)ITIL
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
12801 (51.13 %)JavaScript
21655 (30.21 %)C#
31615 (29.48 %)PHP
41222 (22.31 %)SQL
5833 (15.21 %)Java
6296 (5.403 %)PHP5
7220 (4.016 %)ActionScript
8212 (3.870 %)VB.NET
9185 (3.377 %)Ruby
10176 (3.213 %)Python
11151 (2.756 %)T-SQL
12148 (2.702 %)Perl
1396 (1.752 %)VB
1483 (1.515 %)ActionScript 3.0
1560 (1.095 %)XPath
1655 (1.004 %)C++
1754 (0.986 %)PL/SQL
1851 (0.931 %)Objective-C
1950 (0.913 %)Bash shell
2049 (0.894 %)C
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1418 (7.631 %)Degree
2133 (2.428 %)Microsoft Certification
397 (1.771 %)MCP
479 (1.442 %)MCTS
572 (1.314 %)MCSD
671 (1.296 %)MCAD
754 (0.986 %)Cisco Certification
837 (0.675 %)CCNA
931 (0.566 %)CCVP
1026 (0.475 %)PMI Certification
1125 (0.456 %)MCSE
1224 (0.438 %)ISEB
1321 (0.383 %)Security Cleared
1417 (0.310 %)CCNP
1513 (0.237 %)PMP
1612 (0.219 %)ISTQB
1612 (0.219 %)MCPD
1710 (0.183 %)Sun Certification
1710 (0.183 %)ITIL Certification
188 (0.146 %)SC Cleared
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1119 (2.172 %)QA
285 (1.552 %)SLA
352 (0.949 %)WCAG
429 (0.529 %)ISO 9001
429 (0.529 %)WAI
522 (0.402 %)ISO/IEC 27001
610 (0.183 %)PCI DSS
72 (0.037 %)Data Quality
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
171 (1.296 %)Active Directory
225 (0.456 %)VMware Infrastructure
324 (0.438 %)Varnish
421 (0.383 %)vSphere
518 (0.329 %)Hyper-V
611 (0.201 %)VMware ESX
79 (0.164 %)LiteSpeed
87 (0.128 %)NFS
93 (0.055 %)XenApp
93 (0.055 %)NDS
101 (0.018 %)Postfix
101 (0.018 %)Sendmail
101 (0.018 %)Samba
101 (0.018 %)Squid
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
128 (0.511 %)Puppet
215 (0.274 %)Plesk
311 (0.201 %)HP Quality Center
410 (0.183 %)NetBackup
59 (0.164 %)vCenter
68 (0.146 %)Cisco IPCC
68 (0.146 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
68 (0.146 %)Control-M
68 (0.146 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
76 (0.110 %)Backup Exec
84 (0.073 %)SCCM
92 (0.037 %)BMC PATROL
92 (0.037 %)Tivoli
92 (0.037 %)Oracle Identity Management
101 (0.018 %)Tivoli Endpoint Manager
101 (0.018 %)Nagios
101 (0.018 %)Foglight
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1683 (12.47 %)Microsoft
2444 (8.105 %)Sitecore
3382 (6.973 %)Oracle
4335 (6.115 %)Zend
5295 (5.385 %)EPiServer
6290 (5.294 %)Adobe
7248 (4.527 %)Google
8235 (4.290 %)Facebook
9136 (2.483 %)Ektron
10122 (2.227 %)Twitter
11120 (2.191 %)Avaya
12110 (2.008 %)FatWire
13100 (1.825 %)hybris
1481 (1.479 %)Cisco
1577 (1.406 %)IBM
1676 (1.387 %)BroadVision
1771 (1.296 %)Alterian
1867 (1.223 %)Vignette
1965 (1.187 %)VMware
1965 (1.187 %)Endeca