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The table below looks at the demand for Web 2.0 skills across the UK with a comparison to our Miscellaneous category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Web 2.0 over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb 2.0
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank315507
Rank change on same period last yearUp+192
Matching permanent IT job ads952608
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.553 %0.262 %
As % of the category below2.605 %1.188 %
Salaries quoted849447
Average minimum salary£42,795£33,378
Average salary£46,147£36,656
% change on same period last year+25.89 %
Average maximum salary£49,500£39,934
UK excluding London average salary£42,415£34,584
% change on same period last year+22.64 %
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads3655251177
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled21.23 %22.02 %
Salaries quoted3008738753
Average minimum salary£44,408£47,454
Average salary£49,428£52,401
% change on same period last year-5.67 %
Average maximum salary£54,447£57,349
UK excluding London average salary£37,660£39,569
% change on same period last year-4.82 %

Web 2.0
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Web 2.0 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Web 2.0 Demand Trend

Web 2.0
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Web 2.0 within the UK.

Web 2.0 Salary Trend

Web 2.0
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Web 2.0 over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 within the UK.

Web 2.0 Salary Histogram

Web 2.0
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web 2.0 within the UK over the 3 months to 13 October 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
EnglandUp+192937£46,229+25.88 %
LondonUp+194572£49,005+27.93 %
South EastUp+56166£44,994+32.19 %
City of LondonUp+2578£50,418+25.91 %
East of EnglandUp+658£38,546+13.38 %
BerkshireUp+6249£50,477+48.46 %
South WestUp+4540£45,230+42.31 %
North WestUp+5538£37,692+29.23 %
YorkshireUp+2835£44,350+15.38 %
ManchesterUp+6735£36,484+24.73 %
BuckinghamshireUp+3229£44,017+6.63 %
KentUp+228£30,833+16.48 %
ReadingUp+4225£55,239+52.38 %
West MidlandsUp+1024£28,675-35.07 %
Milton KeynesUp+820£43,825-11.46 %
BristolUp+1419£44,778+15.55 %
HampshireDown-118£48,048+43.51 %
West YorkshireUp+3318£30,722+22.88 %
North YorkshireNew entry-17£58,888-
YorkNew entry-17£58,888-
HertfordshireUp+1117£34,100-6.75 %
CambridgeshireDown-216£33,841-4.35 %
NorfolkUp+2916£53,506+102.14 %
MaidstoneUp+816£26,227-6.33 %
NorwichUp+1716£53,506+102.14 %
LeedsUp+2216£30,656+22.62 %
CambridgeDown-416£34,719+0.39 %
WarwickshireNew entry-15£32,050-
OxfordshireUp+1214£24,571-30.78 %
OxfordUp+2014£24,571-37.26 %

Web 2.0
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Web 2.0 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 Web 2.0.

1867 (44.69 %)AJAX
2748 (38.56 %)CSS
3711 (36.65 %)JavaScript
4583 (30.05 %)XML
5578 (29.79 %).NET
6568 (29.28 %)HTML
7534 (27.53 %)XHTML
8402 (20.72 %)PHP
9401 (20.67 %)Java
10374 (19.28 %)ASP.NET
11372 (19.18 %)C#
12351 (18.09 %)J2EE
13337 (17.37 %)E-Commerce
14331 (17.06 %)SQL Server
15302 (15.57 %)Web Development
16275 (14.18 %)Content Management
17271 (13.97 %)OO
18269 (13.87 %)SQL
19252 (12.99 %)MySQL
20245 (12.63 %)Internet
21244 (12.58 %)Degree
22219 (11.29 %)Marketing
23212 (10.93 %)Agile Software Development
24210 (10.82 %)WebServices
25202 (10.41 %)Oracle
26201 (10.36 %)CMS
27200 (10.31 %)Social Network
28189 (9.742 %)Scrum
29176 (9.072 %)DOM
30173 (8.918 %)ASP

Web 2.0
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing Web 2.0 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 Web 2.0. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1867 (44.69 %)AJAX
2748 (38.56 %)CSS
3583 (30.05 %)XML
4578 (29.79 %).NET
5568 (29.28 %)HTML
6534 (27.53 %)XHTML
7374 (19.28 %)ASP.NET
8351 (18.09 %)J2EE
9210 (10.82 %)WebServices
10176 (9.072 %)DOM
11173 (8.918 %)ASP
12164 (8.454 %)Ruby on Rails
13151 (7.784 %)Spring
14149 (7.680 %)JSP
15132 (6.804 %)XSLT
16118 (6.082 %)JSON
17100 (5.155 %).NET Framework
1893 (4.794 %)MVC
1991 (4.691 %)Hibernate
2082 (4.227 %)Java EE
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1201 (10.36 %)CMS
278 (4.021 %)IIS
366 (3.402 %)Apache
459 (3.041 %)WebLogic
551 (2.629 %)SharePoint
647 (2.423 %)JBoss
735 (1.804 %)WebLogic Portal
823 (1.186 %)WebSphere Application Server
922 (1.134 %)Tomcat
1019 (0.979 %)Movable Type
1019 (0.979 %)Mambo
1116 (0.825 %)ColdFusion
1212 (0.619 %)Immediacy CMS
1311 (0.567 %)BizTalk Server
1311 (0.567 %)Lotus Notes
149 (0.464 %)Resin
156 (0.309 %)EPiServer
156 (0.309 %)SharePoint Server 2007
156 (0.309 %)Lotus Domino
164 (0.206 %)Flash Media Server
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1124 (6.392 %)MS Visio
2100 (5.155 %)Photoshop
362 (3.196 %)MS Excel
452 (2.680 %)Adobe Illustrator
527 (1.392 %)MS Office
626 (1.340 %)MS Project
716 (0.825 %)Fireworks
89 (0.464 %)Acrobat
89 (0.464 %)MS PowerPoint
95 (0.258 %)Adobe Premiere
95 (0.258 %)Adobe After Effects
95 (0.258 %)Maya
95 (0.258 %)3ds Max
101 (0.052 %)FreeHand
101 (0.052 %)Spreadsheet
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
134 (1.753 %)WebTrends
220 (1.031 %)Google Analytics
33 (0.155 %)GoldMine
42 (0.103 %)Oracle Applications
42 (0.103 %)Summit
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1245 (12.63 %)Internet
285 (4.381 %)Intranet
325 (1.289 %)HTTP
420 (1.031 %)FTP
517 (0.876 %)SMS
612 (0.619 %)TCP/IP
79 (0.464 %)3G
85 (0.258 %)WiMAX
85 (0.258 %)Extranet
85 (0.258 %)VoIP
85 (0.258 %)SMTP
94 (0.206 %)LDAP
94 (0.206 %)Broadband
103 (0.155 %)GPRS
103 (0.155 %)GSM
103 (0.155 %)UMTS
103 (0.155 %)SSH
103 (0.155 %)RTP
112 (0.103 %)Firewall
112 (0.103 %)Reverse Proxy
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1331 (17.06 %)SQL Server
2252 (12.99 %)MySQL
373 (3.763 %)SQL Server 2005
446 (2.371 %)DB2
446 (2.371 %)RDBMS
524 (1.237 %)SQL Server Integration Services
621 (1.082 %)PostgreSQL
717 (0.876 %)SQL Server 2000
815 (0.773 %)Oracle 10g
911 (0.567 %)Oracle 9i
109 (0.464 %)Oracle 8/8i
117 (0.361 %)Oracle 11g
117 (0.361 %)Datawarehouse
124 (0.206 %)Oracle Reports
133 (0.155 %)Data Mining
133 (0.155 %)TOAD
133 (0.155 %)Oracle Discoverer
142 (0.103 %)MS Access
151 (0.052 %)Firebird
151 (0.052 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1164 (8.454 %)Flash
296 (4.948 %)Visual Studio
349 (2.526 %)Subversion
444 (2.268 %)Bugzilla
540 (2.062 %)CruiseControl
638 (1.959 %)VSS/SourceSafe
638 (1.959 %)JUnit
638 (1.959 %)ClearCase
734 (1.753 %)Dreamweaver
825 (1.289 %)Eclipse
919 (0.979 %)Selenium
1014 (0.722 %)FitNesse
1111 (0.567 %)Ant
129 (0.464 %)Oracle Forms
129 (0.464 %)NUnit
129 (0.464 %)XDoclet
138 (0.412 %)JBuilder
138 (0.412 %)JDeveloper
147 (0.361 %)Oracle APEX
154 (0.206 %)Firebug
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1219 (11.29 %)Marketing
2125 (6.443 %)Finance
397 (5.000 %)Pensions
492 (4.742 %)Music
575 (3.866 %)Publishing
657 (2.938 %)Games
753 (2.732 %)Retail
842 (2.165 %)Insurance
842 (2.165 %)Telecoms
940 (2.062 %)Education
1039 (2.010 %)Health
1138 (1.959 %)Advertising
1235 (1.804 %)Banking
1328 (1.443 %)Law
1420 (1.031 %)Manufacturing
1420 (1.031 %)Multimedia
1511 (0.567 %)Investment Banking
169 (0.464 %)Graphic Design
169 (0.464 %)Government
169 (0.464 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11128 (58.14 %)Developer
2465 (23.97 %)Web Developer
3225 (11.60 %)Senior Developer
4180 (9.278 %)Java Developer
5168 (8.660 %)Architect
6142 (7.320 %).NET Developer
7135 (6.959 %)PHP Developer
895 (4.897 %)Project Manager
987 (4.485 %)Web Manager
1080 (4.124 %)Ruby On Rails Developer
1178 (4.021 %)Senior Java Developer
1277 (3.969 %)C# Developer
1376 (3.918 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1474 (3.814 %)J2EE Developer
1570 (3.608 %)ASP.NET Developer
1666 (3.402 %)Analyst
1764 (3.299 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1861 (3.144 %)Development Manager
1959 (3.041 %)Applications Developer
2057 (2.938 %).NET Web Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1200 (10.31 %)Social Network
2146 (7.526 %)W3C
360 (3.093 %)Blog
457 (2.938 %)Computer Science
540 (2.062 %)RIA
630 (1.546 %)Wiki
728 (1.443 %)Copywriting
728 (1.443 %)IPTV
822 (1.134 %)Streaming Video
921 (1.082 %)Derivative
1020 (1.031 %)Data Integration
1117 (0.876 %)Handset
1213 (0.670 %)E-Learning
1213 (0.670 %)SCORM
1213 (0.670 %)iPhone
1312 (0.619 %)iDTV
1312 (0.619 %)Podcast
1410 (0.515 %)Client/Server
158 (0.412 %)STB
166 (0.309 %)Management Information System
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1172 (8.866 %)Linux
2118 (6.082 %)Windows
377 (3.969 %)UNIX
423 (1.186 %)Solaris
517 (0.876 %)Windows XP
68 (0.412 %)Windows Server 2003
77 (0.361 %)Ubuntu
77 (0.361 %)Windows Mobile
86 (0.309 %)Debian
94 (0.206 %)Mac OS X
103 (0.155 %)Android
111 (0.052 %)Windows 2000 Server
111 (0.052 %)Red Hat Linux
111 (0.052 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1337 (17.37 %)E-Commerce
2302 (15.57 %)Web Development
3275 (14.18 %)Content Management
4271 (13.97 %)OO
5212 (10.93 %)Agile Software Development
6189 (9.742 %)Scrum
7155 (7.990 %)Project Management
8142 (7.320 %)TDD
9137 (7.062 %)SOA
10135 (6.959 %)SEO
11108 (5.567 %)Web Design
1268 (3.505 %)B2C
1367 (3.454 %)UML
1462 (3.196 %)TOGAF
1555 (2.835 %)RUP
1555 (2.835 %)Technical Architecture
1654 (2.784 %)Business Analysis
1751 (2.629 %)Enterprise Architecture
1849 (2.526 %)Knowledge Management
1948 (2.474 %)PRINCE2
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1711 (36.65 %)JavaScript
2402 (20.72 %)PHP
3401 (20.67 %)Java
4372 (19.18 %)C#
5269 (13.87 %)SQL
6173 (8.918 %)Ruby
7120 (6.186 %)DHTML
889 (4.588 %)VB.NET
980 (4.124 %)Perl
1070 (3.608 %)Python
1159 (3.041 %)ActionScript
1251 (2.629 %)C
1349 (2.526 %)PHP5
1448 (2.474 %)VB
1547 (2.423 %)C++
1633 (1.701 %)VBScript
1731 (1.598 %)XPath
1826 (1.340 %)VBA
1924 (1.237 %)PHP4
2016 (0.825 %)PowerShell
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1244 (12.58 %)Degree
227 (1.392 %)Microsoft Certification
317 (0.876 %)PRINCE2 Certification
48 (0.412 %)MBA
57 (0.361 %)MCSD
66 (0.309 %)PMP
66 (0.309 %)PMI Certification
75 (0.258 %)ISEB
84 (0.206 %)ITIL Certification
92 (0.103 %)MCSE
101 (0.052 %)MCP
101 (0.052 %)Sun Certification
101 (0.052 %)ISEB Practitioner
101 (0.052 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
150 (2.577 %)QA
243 (2.216 %)WAI
322 (1.134 %)WCAG
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
120 (1.031 %)MSMQ
24 (0.206 %)AquaLogic
32 (0.103 %)Active Directory
41 (0.052 %)ISA Server
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1202 (10.41 %)Oracle
2170 (8.763 %)Microsoft
364 (3.299 %)Google
459 (3.041 %)Adobe
547 (2.423 %)IBM
633 (1.701 %)Interwoven
725 (1.289 %)Zend
821 (1.082 %)Vignette
919 (0.979 %)BEA
919 (0.979 %)FatWire
1017 (0.876 %)SAP
1113 (0.670 %)Lotus
1212 (0.619 %)Sybase
1311 (0.567 %)telerik
1410 (0.515 %)Yahoo!
157 (0.361 %)KANA
157 (0.361 %)Apple
157 (0.361 %)Nokia
165 (0.258 %)Ericsson
165 (0.258 %)BT