The first table below looks at the demand for Internet skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Communications & Networking category for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet
Rank 95 70 53
Rank change year-on-year
-25 -17
Permanent jobs citing Internet 122 143 155
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 2.457% 3.176% 3.734%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 14.12% 20.34% 20.69%
Number of salaries quoted 118 94 126
Average salary £35,000 £37,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.40% +13.84%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £23,650 £19,740
10% offered a salary of more than £49,000 £62,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
864 703 749
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 17.40% 15.61% 18.04%
Number of salaries quoted 716 569 590
Average salary £37,500 £34,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.29% -9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,750 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-0.62% +6.66%
Internet
England

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Internet Jobs Demand Trend

Internet
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Internet Salary Trend

Internet
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Internet across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands Internet Salary Histogram

Internet
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Internet within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 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 -27 49 £42,500 +21.42%
Warwickshire +9 26 £27,000 -32.50%
Staffordshire +1 18 £31,250 -26.47%
Coventry -4 16 £27,000 -22.85%
Sutton Coldfield - 14 £27,000 -
Solihull -15 4 £25,250 -8.18%
Walsall - 4 £23,000 -
Worcestershire +5 3 £24,500 -28.98%
Wolverhampton - 3 £23,000 -
West Bromwich - 2 £26,000 -
Dudley - 2 £26,000 -
Halesowen - 1 £35,000 -
Willenhall - 1 £35,000 -
Wednesbury - 1 £35,000 -
Internet
England

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Internet 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 Internet.

1 68 (30.63%) Windows
2 60 (27.03%) JavaScript
2 60 (27.03%) Microsoft
3 56 (25.23%) SQL Server
4 55 (24.77%) Firewall
5 41 (18.47%) Cisco Certification
6 40 (18.02%) SQL
6 40 (18.02%) .NET
7 39 (17.57%) CCNA
8 37 (16.67%) HTML
9 36 (16.22%) ASP.NET
9 36 (16.22%) Citrix
10 35 (15.77%) C#
11 33 (14.86%) Java
11 33 (14.86%) PHP
11 33 (14.86%) CSS
12 31 (13.96%) OO
12 31 (13.96%) Windows Server 2008
13 30 (13.51%) Microsoft Certification
13 30 (13.51%) MVC
13 30 (13.51%) Risk Management
14 29 (13.06%) Windows Server 2003
14 29 (13.06%) CISSP
14 29 (13.06%) ACSA
14 29 (13.06%) SIEM
15 27 (12.16%) Intrusion Detection
15 27 (12.16%) Cisco
15 27 (12.16%) Sentinel
16 26 (11.71%) Computer Forensics
17 24 (10.81%) TDD

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 40 (18.02%) .NET
2 37 (16.67%) HTML
3 36 (16.22%) ASP.NET
4 33 (14.86%) CSS
5 23 (10.36%) XML
6 18 (8.108%) ASP.NET MVC
7 17 (7.658%) WCF
8 13 (5.856%) Web Services
8 13 (5.856%) Razor View Engine
8 13 (5.856%) ASP.NET MVC 4
8 13 (5.856%) ASP
9 12 (5.405%) jQuery
10 8 (3.604%) REST
11 7 (3.153%) LAMP
12 6 (2.703%) Ajax
12 6 (2.703%) Yii
13 3 (1.351%) HTML5
13 3 (1.351%) CSS3
13 3 (1.351%) XHTML
13 3 (1.351%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 17 (7.658%) MS Exchange
2 14 (6.306%) Exchange Server 2010
3 12 (5.405%) IIS
3 12 (5.405%) Exchange Server 2007
4 9 (4.054%) CMS
4 9 (4.054%) SharePoint
5 6 (2.703%) Drupal
6 4 (1.802%) Exchange Server 2003
7 3 (1.351%) SharePoint Server
7 3 (1.351%) SAP Portal
7 3 (1.351%) NetWeaver
8 2 (0.901%) SharePoint 2010
8 2 (0.901%) Lync
8 2 (0.901%) SharePoint 2013
9 1 (0.450%) WordPress
9 1 (0.450%) Joomla!
9 1 (0.450%) WorkSite
9 1 (0.450%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
9 1 (0.450%) ArcGIS
9 1 (0.450%) WebLogic
Applications
1 21 (9.459%) MS Excel
2 10 (4.505%) MS Office
3 3 (1.351%) MS Project
4 2 (0.901%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.450%) Photoshop
5 1 (0.450%) Adobe Illustrator
5 1 (0.450%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 27 (12.16%) Sentinel
Communications & Networking
1 55 (24.77%) Firewall
2 27 (12.16%) Intrusion Detection
3 20 (9.009%) TCP/IP
4 18 (8.108%) WAN
5 17 (7.658%) LAN
6 16 (7.207%) Network Security
7 13 (5.856%) VPN
7 13 (5.856%) MPLS
8 10 (4.505%) DNS
9 9 (4.054%) Intranet
10 8 (3.604%) DHCP
11 7 (3.153%) UMTS
11 7 (3.153%) GPRS
11 7 (3.153%) ISDN
11 7 (3.153%) xDSL
12 6 (2.703%) VoIP
12 6 (2.703%) Ethernet
12 6 (2.703%) SSL
13 5 (2.252%) SAN
13 5 (2.252%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (25.23%) SQL Server
2 19 (8.559%) SQL Server 2008
3 17 (7.658%) MySQL
4 14 (6.306%) NoSQL
5 6 (2.703%) SQL Server 2005
6 4 (1.802%) Oracle 8/8i
7 3 (1.351%) RDBMS
7 3 (1.351%) SQL Server 2012
8 2 (0.901%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 2 (0.901%) SQL Server 2000
8 2 (0.901%) DTS
8 2 (0.901%) MS Access
9 1 (0.450%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (0.450%) OLTP
9 1 (0.450%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (0.450%) GIS
Development Applications
1 6 (2.703%) Visual Studio
2 5 (2.252%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (0.901%) JIRA
4 1 (0.450%) Metasploit
4 1 (0.450%) Xcode
4 1 (0.450%) CruiseControl
4 1 (0.450%) NuGet
General
1 20 (9.009%) Finance
2 11 (4.955%) Telecoms
3 4 (1.802%) Advertising
4 3 (1.351%) Automotive
4 3 (1.351%) Law
4 3 (1.351%) Retail
4 3 (1.351%) Billing
5 2 (0.901%) Local Government
5 2 (0.901%) Marketing
5 2 (0.901%) Games
6 1 (0.450%) Banking
6 1 (0.450%) Electronics
6 1 (0.450%) Legal
6 1 (0.450%) Manufacturing
6 1 (0.450%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 62 (27.93%) Developer
2 32 (14.41%) Analyst
3 27 (12.16%) Consultant
4 23 (10.36%) Applications Support
5 21 (9.459%) Support Analyst
5 21 (9.459%) .NET Developer
6 20 (9.009%) Security Specialist
7 14 (6.306%) PHP Developer
8 13 (5.856%) Administrator
9 12 (5.405%) Applications Support Analyst
10 11 (4.955%) Web Developer
10 11 (4.955%) Systems Administrator
11 10 (4.505%) Pre Sales Consultant
11 10 (4.505%) Security Engineer
12 9 (4.054%) Applications Support Consultant
12 9 (4.054%) Account Manager
12 9 (4.054%) Applications Consultant
12 9 (4.054%) Network Administrator
12 9 (4.054%) Support Consultant
13 8 (3.604%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 18 (8.108%) Management Information System
2 17 (7.658%) SaaS
3 9 (4.054%) Enterprise Storage
4 5 (2.252%) Digital Media
4 5 (2.252%) Mobile App
4 5 (2.252%) Learning Management System
4 5 (2.252%) E-Learning
4 5 (2.252%) Graphic Design
5 3 (1.351%) Social Media
5 3 (1.351%) EPoS
5 3 (1.351%) EFTPOS
6 2 (0.901%) W3C
6 2 (0.901%) Blackberry
6 2 (0.901%) Client/Server
6 2 (0.901%) Clustering
6 2 (0.901%) Statistics
6 2 (0.901%) SecurID
6 2 (0.901%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.450%) New Media
7 1 (0.450%) LLPG
Operating Systems
1 68 (30.63%) Windows
2 31 (13.96%) Windows Server 2008
3 29 (13.06%) Windows Server 2003
4 15 (6.757%) Linux
5 11 (4.955%) UNIX
6 5 (2.252%) Android
6 5 (2.252%) Windows 7
7 2 (0.901%) Apple iOS
7 2 (0.901%) Windows Server 2012
7 2 (0.901%) Windows XP
8 1 (0.450%) Mac OS X
8 1 (0.450%) Windows Mobile
8 1 (0.450%) Windows Vista
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (13.96%) OO
2 30 (13.51%) MVC
2 30 (13.51%) Risk Management
3 29 (13.06%) SIEM
4 26 (11.71%) Computer Forensics
5 24 (10.81%) TDD
6 22 (9.910%) Domain-Driven Design
7 21 (9.459%) Business Analysis
8 20 (9.009%) Project Management
9 19 (8.559%) Vulnerability Assessment
10 18 (8.108%) Business Development
10 18 (8.108%) Stakeholder Management
11 14 (6.306%) Web Application Development
12 13 (5.856%) CQRS
12 13 (5.856%) CRM
12 13 (5.856%) BDD
13 12 (5.405%) Change Management
14 10 (4.505%) PRINCE2
14 10 (4.505%) Unit Testing
15 9 (4.054%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 60 (27.03%) JavaScript
2 40 (18.02%) SQL
3 35 (15.77%) C#
4 33 (14.86%) PHP
4 33 (14.86%) Java
5 17 (7.658%) Python
6 12 (5.405%) PowerShell
7 11 (4.955%) Perl
8 6 (2.703%) VB.NET
8 6 (2.703%) PHP5
9 5 (2.252%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.351%) VB
11 2 (0.901%) T-SQL
11 2 (0.901%) VBScript
12 1 (0.450%) PL/SQL
12 1 (0.450%) C++
12 1 (0.450%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 41 (18.47%) Cisco Certification
2 39 (17.57%) CCNA
3 30 (13.51%) Microsoft Certification
4 29 (13.06%) ACSA
4 29 (13.06%) CISSP
5 14 (6.306%) MCTS
5 14 (6.306%) MCP
6 13 (5.856%) MCAD
6 13 (5.856%) MCSD
7 11 (4.955%) Security Cleared
8 10 (4.505%) SC Cleared
9 9 (4.054%) CCIE
9 9 (4.054%) CCNP
9 9 (4.054%) Degree
10 7 (3.153%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
11 5 (2.252%) MCITP
12 2 (0.901%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
12 2 (0.901%) CCIP
12 2 (0.901%) MCSE
12 2 (0.901%) MCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (4.505%) SLA
2 4 (1.802%) QA
3 1 (0.450%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 17 (7.658%) VMware Infrastructure
2 12 (5.405%) Terminal Server
3 10 (4.505%) Hyper-V
4 9 (4.054%) VMware ESX
4 9 (4.054%) Xen
4 9 (4.054%) VMware ESXi
5 8 (3.604%) Active Directory
6 3 (1.351%) Forefront TMG
6 3 (1.351%) Terminal Services
6 3 (1.351%) ISA Server
6 3 (1.351%) XenApp
7 2 (0.901%) XenDesktop
7 2 (0.901%) vSphere
8 1 (0.450%) IAG
8 1 (0.450%) UAG
8 1 (0.450%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 3 (1.351%) Cacti
1 3 (1.351%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (0.901%) BladeLogic
2 2 (0.901%) Opalis
3 1 (0.450%) MAILsweeper
3 1 (0.450%) Nessus
3 1 (0.450%) Symantec Enterprise Vault
Vendors
1 60 (27.03%) Microsoft
2 36 (16.22%) Citrix
3 27 (12.16%) Cisco
4 19 (8.559%) VMware
5 16 (7.207%) HP
5 16 (7.207%) Juniper
6 13 (5.856%) NetApp
7 11 (4.955%) EMC
8 10 (4.505%) SAP
9 7 (3.153%) McAfee
10 6 (2.703%) Oracle
11 5 (2.252%) CA
11 5 (2.252%) Sophos
12 4 (1.802%) Apple
13 3 (1.351%) JD Edwards
13 3 (1.351%) CheckPoint
13 3 (1.351%) Telerik
13 3 (1.351%) Zend
13 3 (1.351%) BT
13 3 (1.351%) Sencha
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