Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WordPress skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WordPress over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 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.

LinkWordPress
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank552664960
Rank change year-on-year
Up+112Up+296
Matching permanent IT job ads12464
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.144 %0.007 %0.002 %
As % of the Application Platforms category0.919 %0.044 %0.013 %
Salaries quoted11144
Average salary£35,000£27,500£21,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+27.27 %+26.43 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£27,500£21,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£27,500£24,600
UK excluding London average salary£30,000-£21,000
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
134871376631281
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK15.70 %16.23 %15.33 %
Salaries quoted114591149426474
Average salary£40,000£38,500£38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.890 %+1.310 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000

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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 19 March 2010 within the UK.

WordPress Salary Histogram

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Top 30 Job Locations

The table below 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 19 March 2010. 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+109124£35,000+27.27 %
LondonUp+957£42,500+54.54 %
South EastNew entry-38£30,000-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-22£30,000-
BuckinghamNew entry-19£30,000-
BerkshireNew entry-13£38,750-
City of LondonDown-4911£35,000-
WokinghamNew entry-7£35,000-
South WestNew entry-7£29,000-
West MidlandsNew entry-7£31,750-
SomersetNew entry-6£30,250-
East of EnglandUp+74£22,250-
ManchesterNew entry-4£17,250-
BirminghamNew entry-4£27,500-
North WestNew entry-4£17,250-
East MidlandsNew entry-4£32,500-
YorkshireNew entry-3£27,500-
LeicestershireNew entry-3£32,500-
BathNew entry-3£29,000-
ShropshireNew entry-3£40,000-
CambridgeshireDown-22£26,000-
HuntingdonNew entry-2£26,000-
HarrogateNew entry-2--
ColchesterNew entry-2£18,500-
ReadingNew entry-2£28,250-
LeicesterNew entry-2£32,500-
SurreyNew entry-2£26,500-
North YorkshireNew entry-2--
EssexNew entry-2£18,500-
West YorkshireNew entry-1£27,500-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

1146 (77.66 %)PHP
2140 (74.47 %)CSS
3110 (58.51 %)JavaScript
4107 (56.91 %)HTML
585 (45.21 %)MySQL
585 (45.21 %)Drupal
676 (40.43 %)jQuery
769 (36.70 %)Web Development
769 (36.70 %)CMS
868 (36.17 %)AJAX
961 (32.45 %)Joomla!
1055 (29.26 %)XHTML
1151 (27.13 %)SEO
1248 (25.53 %)XML
1346 (24.47 %)Marketing
1441 (21.81 %)Open Source
1539 (20.74 %)Subversion
1638 (20.21 %)Google
1736 (19.15 %)Flash
1834 (18.09 %)OO
1933 (17.55 %)Linux
2032 (17.02 %)Photoshop
2032 (17.02 %)Zend
2131 (16.49 %)ASP
2131 (16.49 %)SQL
2131 (16.49 %)Web Services
2230 (15.96 %)C#
2328 (14.89 %)Scrum
2427 (14.36 %).NET
2526 (13.83 %)SQL Server

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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 Development CategoryApplication Development
1140 (74.47 %)CSS
2107 (56.91 %)HTML
376 (40.43 %)jQuery
468 (36.17 %)AJAX
555 (29.26 %)XHTML
648 (25.53 %)XML
736 (19.15 %)Flash
831 (16.49 %)Web Services
831 (16.49 %)ASP
927 (14.36 %).NET
1024 (12.77 %)LAMP
1122 (11.70 %)SOAP
1218 (9.574 %)Smarty
1218 (9.574 %)Zend Framework
1317 (9.043 %)XSLT
1416 (8.511 %)DHTML
1514 (7.447 %)JSP
1612 (6.383 %)Struts
1612 (6.383 %)JSTL
1710 (5.319 %)ASP.NET
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
185 (45.21 %)Drupal
269 (36.70 %)CMS
361 (32.45 %)Joomla!
420 (10.64 %)Apache
519 (10.11 %)Tomcat
616 (8.511 %)IIS
715 (7.979 %)osCommerce
89 (4.787 %)Magento
98 (4.255 %)Plone
105 (2.660 %)Umbraco
114 (2.128 %)EPiServer
114 (2.128 %)ExpressionEngine
123 (1.596 %)nginx
131 (0.532 %)Moodle
131 (0.532 %)SharePoint
131 (0.532 %)MS Exchange
131 (0.532 %)ColdFusion
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
132 (17.02 %)Photoshop
28 (4.255 %)MS Excel
28 (4.255 %)Adobe Illustrator
33 (1.596 %)Fireworks
41 (0.532 %)MS Visio
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
115 (7.979 %)Google Analytics
21 (0.532 %)WebTrends
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
114 (7.447 %)Internet
212 (6.383 %)FTP
38 (4.255 %)HTTP
38 (4.255 %)DNS
43 (1.596 %)SMS
52 (1.064 %)Intranet
61 (0.532 %)VPN
61 (0.532 %)SSH
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
185 (45.21 %)MySQL
226 (13.83 %)SQL Server
315 (7.979 %)SQL Server 2005
413 (6.915 %)SQL Server 2008
51 (0.532 %)RDBMS
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
139 (20.74 %)Subversion
216 (8.511 %)Ant
314 (7.447 %)Dreamweaver
42 (1.064 %)Firebug
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
146 (24.47 %)Marketing
215 (7.979 %)Social Media
311 (5.851 %)Multimedia
47 (3.723 %)Games
55 (2.660 %)Advertising
55 (2.660 %)Publishing
64 (2.128 %)Telecoms
64 (2.128 %)Music
73 (1.596 %)Animation
73 (1.596 %)Online Games
82 (1.064 %)Retail
91 (0.532 %)Pharmaceutical
91 (0.532 %)Military
91 (0.532 %)Education
91 (0.532 %)Health
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1152 (80.85 %)Developer
277 (40.96 %)PHP Developer
376 (40.43 %)Web Developer
419 (10.11 %)Senior Developer
513 (6.915 %)Java Developer
612 (6.383 %)Java Web Developer
710 (5.319 %)PHP Web Developer
710 (5.319 %)Senior Web Developer
89 (4.787 %)Product Manager
98 (4.255 %)Senior PHP Developer
107 (3.723 %)SEO Specialist
107 (3.723 %)Architect
107 (3.723 %)Designer
116 (3.191 %)Web Designer
125 (2.660 %)Lead Architect
125 (2.660 %)Front-End Developer
134 (2.128 %)C# Developer
134 (2.128 %)PPC Specialist
134 (2.128 %)Web Specialist
134 (2.128 %)C# Web Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
141 (21.81 %)Open Source
219 (10.11 %)Blog
311 (5.851 %)Social Network
410 (5.319 %)Web 2.0
410 (5.319 %)W3C
59 (4.787 %)SaaS
64 (2.128 %)Computer Science
64 (2.128 %)Statistics
72 (1.064 %)N-Tier
72 (1.064 %)iPhone
81 (0.532 %)BBC
81 (0.532 %)Taxonomies
81 (0.532 %)Mathematics
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
133 (17.55 %)Linux
212 (6.383 %)UNIX
39 (4.787 %)Windows
46 (3.191 %)Red Hat Linux
55 (2.660 %)AIX
55 (2.660 %)Solaris
63 (1.596 %)Windows XP
63 (1.596 %)Windows Server 2003
72 (1.064 %)Windows Vista
72 (1.064 %)Windows Server 2008
81 (0.532 %)SUSE
81 (0.532 %)Fedora
81 (0.532 %)Ubuntu
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
169 (36.70 %)Web Development
251 (27.13 %)SEO
334 (18.09 %)OO
428 (14.89 %)Scrum
520 (10.64 %)MVC
618 (9.574 %)E-Commerce
717 (9.043 %)OOP
816 (8.511 %)Web Design
816 (8.511 %)Content Management
913 (6.915 %)Digital Marketing
1012 (6.383 %)Web Analytics
1012 (6.383 %)OOD
1111 (5.851 %)Workflow
129 (4.787 %)Agile Software Development
129 (4.787 %)Online Marketing
137 (3.723 %)TDD
137 (3.723 %)Business Analysis
146 (3.191 %)Pay per click
155 (2.660 %)Project Management
164 (2.128 %)Email Marketing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1146 (77.66 %)PHP
2110 (58.51 %)JavaScript
331 (16.49 %)SQL
430 (15.96 %)C#
521 (11.17 %)Java
619 (10.11 %)PHP5
714 (7.447 %)ActionScript
714 (7.447 %)C++
810 (5.319 %)VB
96 (3.191 %)PHP4
105 (2.660 %)Bash shell
105 (2.660 %)Ruby
105 (2.660 %)Perl
113 (1.596 %)C
122 (1.064 %)T-SQL
131 (0.532 %)ActionScript 3.0
131 (0.532 %)tcsh
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
116 (8.511 %)Degree
22 (1.064 %)MCP
22 (1.064 %)MCAD
22 (1.064 %)MCSD
22 (1.064 %)Microsoft Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (3.723 %)QA
21 (0.532 %)WCAG
21 (0.532 %)WAI
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.532 %)Plesk
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
138 (20.21 %)Google
232 (17.02 %)Zend
320 (10.64 %)Yahoo!
415 (7.979 %)Adobe
512 (6.383 %)DoubleClick
66 (3.191 %)Red Hat
75 (2.660 %)Sun
83 (1.596 %)Vignette
92 (1.064 %)VMware
101 (0.532 %)Oracle
101 (0.532 %)Microsoft
101 (0.532 %)Apple
101 (0.532 %)Mercator
101 (0.532 %)Sony