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This section looks at the demand for WordPress skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WordPress over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWordPress
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank9081000
Rank change on same period last yearUp+92
Matching permanent IT job ads185
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.058 %0.013 %
Salaries quoted155
Average minimum salary£35,133£40,000
Average salary£39,833£40,000
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
Average maximum salary£44,533£40,000
UK excluding London average salary--
% change on same period last year-
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads3088837939
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled16.31 %15.54 %
Salaries quoted2612530949
Average minimum salary£37,177£38,322
Average salary£40,462£41,789
% change on same period last year-3.17 %
Average maximum salary£43,748£45,257
UK excluding London average salary£37,105£38,707
% change on same period last year-4.13 %

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Demand Trend

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

WordPress Demand Trend

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Salary Trend

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

WordPress Salary Trend

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WordPress over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 within the UK.

WordPress Salary Histogram

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Top 3 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WordPress within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 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+8218£39,833-0.41 %
LondonUp+9017£39,833-0.41 %
South EastNew entry-1--

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing WordPress 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 WordPress.

123 (92.00 %)PHP
221 (84.00 %)CSS
317 (68.00 %)JavaScript
416 (64.00 %)XHTML
512 (48.00 %)MySQL
512 (48.00 %)HTML
611 (44.00 %)AJAX
710 (40.00 %)Content Management
710 (40.00 %)XML
89 (36.00 %)XSLT
89 (36.00 %)ASP
98 (32.00 %)ActionScript
98 (32.00 %).NET
98 (32.00 %)CMS
98 (32.00 %)Web Development
98 (32.00 %)Adobe Flex
107 (28.00 %)Drupal
107 (28.00 %)JSON
107 (28.00 %)Linux
107 (28.00 %)Flash
116 (24.00 %)Java
116 (24.00 %)SOAP
116 (24.00 %)SEO
116 (24.00 %)Joomla!
116 (24.00 %)OpenCms
116 (24.00 %)PHP5
125 (20.00 %)W3C
125 (20.00 %)TDD
125 (20.00 %)Scrum
134 (16.00 %)Ruby on Rails

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs within the UK citing WordPress 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 WordPress. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
121 (84.00 %)CSS
216 (64.00 %)XHTML
312 (48.00 %)HTML
411 (44.00 %)AJAX
510 (40.00 %)XML
69 (36.00 %)ASP
69 (36.00 %)XSLT
78 (32.00 %).NET
78 (32.00 %)Adobe Flex
87 (28.00 %)JSON
87 (28.00 %)Drupal
96 (24.00 %)SOAP
104 (16.00 %)Ruby on Rails
104 (16.00 %)ASP.NET
113 (12.00 %)XSL
113 (12.00 %)LAMP
122 (8.000 %)Symfony
131 (4.000 %)Django
131 (4.000 %)script.aculo.us
131 (4.000 %)jQuery
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (32.00 %)CMS
26 (24.00 %)OpenCms
26 (24.00 %)Joomla!
33 (12.00 %)Apache
33 (12.00 %)ColdFusion
41 (4.000 %)SharePoint
41 (4.000 %)Immediacy CMS
41 (4.000 %)Movable Type
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (8.000 %)Photoshop
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (8.000 %)Internet
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (48.00 %)MySQL
23 (12.00 %)SQL Server
23 (12.00 %)MS Access
23 (12.00 %)SQL Server 2000
23 (12.00 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (28.00 %)Flash
24 (16.00 %)Subversion
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (12.00 %)Games
13 (12.00 %)Online Games
22 (8.000 %)Marketing
22 (8.000 %)Back Office
31 (4.000 %)Publishing
31 (4.000 %)Retail
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
120 (80.00 %)Developer
28 (32.00 %)Web Developer
28 (32.00 %)PHP Developer
34 (16.00 %)Senior Developer
43 (12.00 %)Programmer
43 (12.00 %)Web Designer
43 (12.00 %)PHP Programmer
43 (12.00 %)Senior PHP Developer
51 (4.000 %)Senior Web Developer
51 (4.000 %)Technical Lead
51 (4.000 %)Lead Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (20.00 %)W3C
22 (8.000 %)Web 2.0
31 (4.000 %)Blog
31 (4.000 %)Flash Lite
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (28.00 %)Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (40.00 %)Content Management
28 (32.00 %)Web Development
36 (24.00 %)SEO
45 (20.00 %)Scrum
45 (20.00 %)TDD
53 (12.00 %)Web Design
53 (12.00 %)OO
62 (8.000 %)Project Management
71 (4.000 %)Software Engineering
71 (4.000 %)CRM
71 (4.000 %)Internet Marketing
71 (4.000 %)Usability Testing
71 (4.000 %)Unit Testing
71 (4.000 %)Integration Testing
71 (4.000 %)Time Management
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123 (92.00 %)PHP
217 (68.00 %)JavaScript
38 (32.00 %)ActionScript
46 (24.00 %)Java
46 (24.00 %)PHP5
54 (16.00 %)Ruby
63 (12.00 %)SQL
63 (12.00 %)Transact-SQL
63 (12.00 %)VB
63 (12.00 %)VB.NET
72 (8.000 %)Python
81 (4.000 %)Perl
81 (4.000 %)C#
81 (4.000 %)DHTML
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (4.000 %)Degree
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.000 %)WAI
11 (4.000 %)QA
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (12.00 %)Microsoft
13 (12.00 %)Adobe
22 (8.000 %)Zend
31 (4.000 %)RedDot
31 (4.000 %)Google
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