The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Facebook products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the Wakefield region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Facebook over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Wakefield region.

The figures below represent the IT job market in general and are NOT representative of salaries within Facebook, Inc.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Facebook
Rank 32 - 27
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing Facebook 2 0 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 1.449% - 1.053%
As % of the Vendors category 2.326% - 1.299%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 1
Average salary £21,500 - £21,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £33,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +3.12%
All Vendors
Wakefield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
86 56 77
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wakefield 62.32% 58.33% 81.05%
Number of salaries quoted 73 39 75
Average salary £38,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.33% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £20,250 £20,400 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Facebook
West Yorkshire

Facebook
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Facebook across the Wakefield region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Wakefield Facebook Jobs Demand Trend

Facebook
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Facebook across the Wakefield region.

Wakefield Facebook Salary Trend

Facebook
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region citing Facebook 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 Facebook.

1 8 (100.00%) Games
2 7 (87.50%) Online Games
3 5 (62.50%) ActionScript 3.0
3 5 (62.50%) Social Gaming
3 5 (62.50%) Facebook Platform
3 5 (62.50%) Flash Games
3 5 (62.50%) Flash
3 5 (62.50%) C++
3 5 (62.50%) Java
3 5 (62.50%) ActionScript
4 3 (37.50%) Ajax
4 3 (37.50%) jQuery
4 3 (37.50%) MySQL
4 3 (37.50%) Linux
4 3 (37.50%) OO
4 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 3 (37.50%) PHP
5 1 (12.50%) Degree
5 1 (12.50%) amfPHP
5 1 (12.50%) MVC

Facebook
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wakefield region citing Facebook 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 Facebook. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (62.50%) Flash
2 3 (37.50%) Ajax
2 3 (37.50%) jQuery
3 1 (12.50%) amfPHP
Application Platforms
1 5 (62.50%) Facebook Platform
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (37.50%) MySQL
General
1 8 (100.00%) Games
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (62.50%) Games Developer
2 5 (62.50%) Flash Developer
2 5 (62.50%) Flash Games Developer
3 4 (50.00%) Junior
3 4 (50.00%) Junior Developer
3 4 (50.00%) Junior Flash Developer
3 4 (50.00%) Junior Games Developer
4 3 (37.50%) Web Developer
5 2 (25.00%) PHP Developer
5 2 (25.00%) PHP Web Developer
6 1 (12.50%) Senior Flash Developer
6 1 (12.50%) Senior Games Developer
6 1 (12.50%) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (87.50%) Online Games
2 5 (62.50%) Social Gaming
2 5 (62.50%) Flash Games
Operating Systems
1 3 (37.50%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (37.50%) OO
2 1 (12.50%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) ActionScript 3.0
1 5 (62.50%) C++
1 5 (62.50%) Java
1 5 (62.50%) ActionScript
2 3 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 3 (37.50%) PHP
Qualifications
1 1 (12.50%) Degree