The first part of the table below looks at the demand for concrete5 skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited concrete5 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.

concrete5
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank868855-
Rank change year-on-year
Down-13New entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads1130
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.009 %0.002 %-
As % of the Application Platforms category0.045 %0.013 %-
Number of salaries quoted1120
Average salary£37,500£29,000-
Average salary % change year-on-year
+29.31 %-
UK excluding London average salary£30,000£18,000-
% change year-on-year
+66.66 %-
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 %

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Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing concrete5 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

concrete5 Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing concrete5 within the UK.

concrete5 Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing concrete5 over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 within the UK.

concrete5 Salary Histogram

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Top 7 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing concrete5 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+1611£37,500+29.31 %
LondonDown-187£37,500-6.25 %
East of EnglandNew entry-2£28,750-
West MidlandsNew entry-2£30,000-
CambridgeshireNew entry-2£28,750-
CambridgeNew entry-2£28,750-
BirminghamNew entry-2£30,000-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing concrete5 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 concrete5.

134 (91.89 %)CSS
233 (89.19 %)PHP
332 (86.49 %)JavaScript
430 (81.08 %)HTML
529 (78.38 %)jQuery
626 (70.27 %)MVC
725 (67.57 %)MySQL
818 (48.65 %)CMS
916 (43.24 %)Subversion
1015 (40.54 %)Zend
1015 (40.54 %)OO
1015 (40.54 %)HTML5
1015 (40.54 %)CSS3
1114 (37.84 %)XML
1114 (37.84 %)JSON
1213 (35.14 %)Open Source
1213 (35.14 %)WordPress
1312 (32.43 %)Google
1411 (29.73 %)Ajax
1411 (29.73 %)XHTML
1411 (29.73 %)E-Commerce
1411 (29.73 %)Android
1411 (29.73 %)Facebook
159 (24.32 %)Magento
159 (24.32 %)Linux
159 (24.32 %)OOP
159 (24.32 %)Symfony
168 (21.62 %)PHP5
168 (21.62 %)Google Analytics
168 (21.62 %)LAMP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs within the UK citing concrete5 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 concrete5. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
134 (91.89 %)CSS
230 (81.08 %)HTML
329 (78.38 %)jQuery
415 (40.54 %)HTML5
415 (40.54 %)CSS3
514 (37.84 %)XML
514 (37.84 %)JSON
611 (29.73 %)Ajax
611 (29.73 %)XHTML
79 (24.32 %)Symfony
88 (21.62 %)LAMP
94 (10.81 %)CodeIgniter
94 (10.81 %)Google Maps API
103 (8.108 %)ASP
111 (2.703 %).NET
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
118 (48.65 %)CMS
213 (35.14 %)WordPress
39 (24.32 %)Magento
47 (18.92 %)Drupal
47 (18.92 %)Apache
55 (13.51 %)Joomla!
64 (10.81 %)Amazon S3
73 (8.108 %)Umbraco
73 (8.108 %)Alfresco
73 (8.108 %)Liferay
73 (8.108 %)Sitecore CMS
73 (8.108 %)DotNetNuke
73 (8.108 %)Plone
73 (8.108 %)OpenCms
81 (2.703 %)Facebook Platform
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (10.81 %)Photoshop
21 (2.703 %)Fireworks
21 (2.703 %)Adobe Premiere
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
18 (21.62 %)Google Analytics
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (10.81 %)Intranet
14 (10.81 %)DNS
14 (10.81 %)SSL
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (67.57 %)MySQL
24 (10.81 %)SQL Server
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
116 (43.24 %)Subversion
25 (13.51 %)Git (software)
34 (10.81 %)Dreamweaver
34 (10.81 %)JIRA
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (16.22 %)Publishing
22 (5.405 %)Advertising
31 (2.703 %)Finance
31 (2.703 %)Marketing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
137 (100.00 %)Developer
223 (62.16 %)PHP Developer
318 (48.65 %)Web Developer
413 (35.14 %)PHP Web Developer
55 (13.51 %)Senior Developer
64 (10.81 %)Front-End Developer
72 (5.405 %)Lead Developer
81 (2.703 %)Lead PHP Developer
81 (2.703 %)Facebook Developer
81 (2.703 %)PHP MySQL Developer
81 (2.703 %)Senior PHP Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
113 (35.14 %)Open Source
27 (18.92 %)Computer Science
27 (18.92 %)W3C
36 (16.22 %)BBC
44 (10.81 %)NHS
52 (5.405 %)Social Media
61 (2.703 %)iPad
61 (2.703 %)iPhone
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
111 (29.73 %)Android
29 (24.32 %)Linux
36 (16.22 %)Apple iOS
43 (8.108 %)UNIX
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
126 (70.27 %)MVC
215 (40.54 %)OO
311 (29.73 %)E-Commerce
49 (24.32 %)OOP
57 (18.92 %)Web Analytics
65 (13.51 %)SEO
74 (10.81 %)Web Development
83 (8.108 %)User Acceptance Testing
83 (8.108 %)Unit Testing
83 (8.108 %)Agile Software Development
83 (8.108 %)TDD
83 (8.108 %)Pay per click
83 (8.108 %)Content Management
91 (2.703 %)Web Testing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
133 (89.19 %)PHP
232 (86.49 %)JavaScript
38 (21.62 %)PHP5
46 (16.22 %)SQL
53 (8.108 %)Java
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
17 (18.92 %)Degree
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.703 %)QA
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
115 (40.54 %)Zend
212 (32.43 %)Google
311 (29.73 %)Facebook
44 (10.81 %)Adobe
53 (8.108 %)Sitecore
53 (8.108 %)Twitter
53 (8.108 %)Telerik
61 (2.703 %)Apple
61 (2.703 %)Microsoft