The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of Facebook products and/or services in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Facebook over the 3 months to 20 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 West Midlands region.

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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Facebook
Rank 173 175 153
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -22
Permanent jobs citing Facebook 31 11 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.629% 0.244% 0.465%
As % of the Vendors category 1.239% 0.507% 0.949%
Number of salaries quoted 27 10 19
Average salary £32,500 £40,000 £25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.75% +60.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £31,050 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,200 £40,750 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £31,500 £34,000 £32,000
% change year-on-year
-7.35% +6.25%
All Vendors
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
2503 2168 2002
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 50.75% 48.03% 48.95%
Number of salaries quoted 2041 1806 1653
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -1.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £25,000 £24,300
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £61,500 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
Facebook
England

Facebook
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Facebook Salary Trend

Facebook
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Facebook across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Midlands Facebook Salary Histogram

Facebook
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Facebook within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Birmingham -12 7 £32,500 -7.14%
Warwickshire +4 3 £35,000 -12.50%
Solihull - 3 £40,500 -
Walsall - 3 £30,000 -
Worcestershire +6 1 £25,000 +11.11%
Stourbridge - 1 £35,000 -
Wolverhampton - 1 £35,000 -
Shropshire - 1 £27,500 -
Staffordshire - 1 - -
Facebook
England

Facebook
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 39 (68.42%) CSS
2 38 (66.67%) jQuery
3 35 (61.40%) JavaScript
4 31 (54.39%) HTML
5 23 (40.35%) CSS3
6 22 (38.60%) Photoshop
7 21 (36.84%) HTML5
8 20 (35.09%) CMS
9 19 (33.33%) PHP
10 16 (28.07%) XHTML
11 15 (26.32%) Ajax
12 14 (24.56%) Twitter
13 12 (21.05%) Subversion
13 12 (21.05%) OOP
13 12 (21.05%) .NET
14 11 (19.30%) MySQL
14 11 (19.30%) Web Development
14 11 (19.30%) Sitecore
14 11 (19.30%) WordPress
15 10 (17.54%) Sitecore CMS
15 10 (17.54%) ASP.NET
15 10 (17.54%) SEO
16 9 (15.79%) HTTP
16 9 (15.79%) HTTPS
16 9 (15.79%) Unit Testing
16 9 (15.79%) Integration Testing
17 8 (14.04%) Degree
17 8 (14.04%) New Media
18 7 (12.28%) C#
19 6 (10.53%) TDD

Facebook
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands 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 39 (68.42%) CSS
2 38 (66.67%) jQuery
3 31 (54.39%) HTML
4 23 (40.35%) CSS3
5 21 (36.84%) HTML5
6 16 (28.07%) XHTML
7 15 (26.32%) Ajax
8 12 (21.05%) .NET
9 10 (17.54%) ASP.NET
10 6 (10.53%) Sass
10 6 (10.53%) LESS
10 6 (10.53%) Semantic HTML
11 4 (7.018%) Node.js
11 4 (7.018%) .NET Framework
11 4 (7.018%) JSON
11 4 (7.018%) Spring
12 3 (5.263%) Web Services
13 2 (3.509%) WinForms
13 2 (3.509%) ASP.NET MVC
13 2 (3.509%) Backbone.js
Application Platforms
1 20 (35.09%) CMS
2 11 (19.30%) WordPress
3 10 (17.54%) Sitecore CMS
4 5 (8.772%) Magento
4 5 (8.772%) Joomla!
4 5 (8.772%) Drupal
5 1 (1.754%) Apache
5 1 (1.754%) Tomcat
5 1 (1.754%) SilverStripe
5 1 (1.754%) Facebook Platform
Applications
1 22 (38.60%) Photoshop
2 4 (7.018%) MS Project
3 2 (3.509%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 9 (15.79%) HTTP
1 9 (15.79%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (19.30%) MySQL
2 5 (8.772%) SQL Server
3 3 (5.263%) Redis
4 1 (1.754%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.754%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (1.754%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 12 (21.05%) Subversion
2 6 (10.53%) Git (software)
3 1 (1.754%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (1.754%) Visual Studio
General
1 4 (7.018%) Marketing
2 2 (3.509%) Games
3 1 (1.754%) Electronics
3 1 (1.754%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 47 (82.46%) Developer
2 21 (36.84%) Front-End Developer
3 20 (35.09%) Web Developer
4 12 (21.05%) Programmer
5 9 (15.79%) PHP Developer
5 9 (15.79%) Front-End Web Developer
6 8 (14.04%) PHP Programmer
7 6 (10.53%) .NET Developer
8 5 (8.772%) C# Developer
8 5 (8.772%) ASP.NET Developer
8 5 (8.772%) Senior Developer
8 5 (8.772%) Web Programmer
8 5 (8.772%) PHP Web Developer
8 5 (8.772%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 5 (8.772%) C# .NET Developer
8 5 (8.772%) PHP MySQL Developer
9 4 (7.018%) Senior Front-End Developer
10 3 (5.263%) JavaScript Developer
10 3 (5.263%) Project Manager
11 2 (3.509%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.04%) New Media
2 6 (10.53%) Open Source
3 5 (8.772%) Social Media
4 4 (7.018%) Heroku
5 2 (3.509%) Social Network
6 1 (1.754%) Mobile App
6 1 (1.754%) SaaS
6 1 (1.754%) Clustering
6 1 (1.754%) Statistics
6 1 (1.754%) Copywriting
6 1 (1.754%) Blog
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.263%) Apple iOS
2 2 (3.509%) Android
3 1 (1.754%) Windows
3 1 (1.754%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (21.05%) OOP
2 11 (19.30%) Web Development
3 10 (17.54%) SEO
4 9 (15.79%) Unit Testing
4 9 (15.79%) Integration Testing
5 6 (10.53%) TDD
6 4 (7.018%) Scrum
6 4 (7.018%) B2B
6 4 (7.018%) Project Management
6 4 (7.018%) MVC
6 4 (7.018%) BDD
7 3 (5.263%) Waterfall
7 3 (5.263%) PRINCE2
7 3 (5.263%) Continuous Integration
8 1 (1.754%) MVVM
8 1 (1.754%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (1.754%) Systems Analysis
8 1 (1.754%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (1.754%) OO
8 1 (1.754%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 35 (61.40%) JavaScript
2 19 (33.33%) PHP
3 7 (12.28%) C#
4 5 (8.772%) Java
5 4 (7.018%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.754%) Python
6 1 (1.754%) VB6
6 1 (1.754%) Ruby
6 1 (1.754%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (14.04%) Degree
2 3 (5.263%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 1 (1.754%) Microsoft Certification
Vendors
1 14 (24.56%) Twitter
2 11 (19.30%) Sitecore
3 5 (8.772%) Zend
4 2 (3.509%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.509%) Adobe
4 2 (3.509%) Google
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