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This section looks at the demand for Internet skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Communications & Networking category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Internet over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkInternet
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5154
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads309290
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.166 %0.121 %
As % of the category below22.41 %20.12 %
Salaries quoted265239
Average minimum salary£30,758£30,956
Average salary£33,396£34,036
% change on same period last year-1.88 %
Average maximum salary£36,033£37,116
UK excluding London average salary£36,467£36,812
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
West Midlands
Matching permanent IT job ads13791441
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.742 %0.601 %
Salaries quoted11501203
Average minimum salary£31,921£33,295
Average salary£34,210£35,801
% change on same period last year-4.44 %
Average maximum salary£36,500£38,308
UK excluding London average salary£37,579£39,546
% change on same period last year-4.97 %
Internet EnglandInternet
England

Internet
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Internet
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Internet across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

West Midlands Internet Salary Histogram

Internet
Job Locations

This section 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 20 August 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
BirminghamDown-1115£34,229-0.96 %
WarwickshireUp+2160£31,545+13.96 %
CoventryDown-1237£31,743+1.81 %
StaffordshireDown-2028£29,053-41.98 %
WorcestershireDown-922£35,016+34.80 %
HerefordshireDown-1320£32,526-5.94 %
SolihullUp+48£35,500+5.18 %
DudleyDown-106£33,667+10.38 %
ShropshireDown-264£37,333+47.96 %
KingswinfordUp+72£37,310-
WolverhamptonDown-92£26,500-9.06 %
Brierley HillNew entry-1£26,000-
Internet EnglandInternet
England

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

1140 (23.53 %)SQL
1140 (23.53 %).NET
2134 (22.52 %)Windows
3132 (22.18 %)Microsoft
4129 (21.68 %)SQL Server
596 (16.13 %)HTML
693 (15.63 %)JavaScript
790 (15.13 %)C#
887 (14.62 %)PHP
986 (14.45 %)CSS
1085 (14.29 %)XML
1184 (14.12 %)ASP.NET
1280 (13.45 %)MySQL
1377 (12.94 %)MS Excel
1474 (12.44 %)Java
1570 (11.76 %)E-Commerce
1669 (11.60 %)Active Directory
1759 (9.916 %)LAN
1858 (9.748 %)SQL Server 2005
1956 (9.412 %)WAN
2055 (9.244 %)Finance
2154 (9.076 %)Flash
2154 (9.076 %)Linux
2154 (9.076 %)Project Management
2253 (8.908 %)UNIX
2253 (8.908 %)ASP
2350 (8.403 %)Intranet
2350 (8.403 %)Retail
2449 (8.235 %)XHTML
2547 (7.899 %)WebServices

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1140 (23.53 %).NET
296 (16.13 %)HTML
386 (14.45 %)CSS
485 (14.29 %)XML
584 (14.12 %)ASP.NET
653 (8.908 %)ASP
749 (8.235 %)XHTML
847 (7.899 %)WebServices
945 (7.563 %)AJAX
1035 (5.882 %)XSLT
1126 (4.370 %)J2EE
1221 (3.529 %).NET Framework
1319 (3.193 %)Hibernate
1418 (3.025 %)JSP
1517 (2.857 %)Struts
1517 (2.857 %)Spring
1517 (2.857 %)Ruby on Rails
1614 (2.353 %)WF
1713 (2.185 %)WCF
1713 (2.185 %)LAMP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
144 (7.395 %)Apache
243 (7.227 %)IIS
324 (4.034 %)SharePoint
420 (3.361 %)ColdFusion
518 (3.025 %)MS Exchange
616 (2.689 %)CMS
78 (1.345 %)SharePoint Server 2007
78 (1.345 %)Lotus Domino
87 (1.176 %)Tomcat
87 (1.176 %)WebSphere Application Server
96 (1.008 %)Exchange Server 2003
105 (0.840 %)Exchange Server 2007
114 (0.672 %)BizTalk Server
123 (0.504 %)Exchange Server 5.5
132 (0.336 %)SharePoint Portal Server
132 (0.336 %)Office Project Server
132 (0.336 %)Oracle Workflow
141 (0.168 %)Commerce Server
141 (0.168 %)Exchange Server 2000
141 (0.168 %)WebLogic
West Midlands IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
177 (12.94 %)MS Excel
241 (6.891 %)Photoshop
339 (6.555 %)MS Office
417 (2.857 %)Fireworks
511 (1.849 %)3ds Max
69 (1.513 %)Adobe Illustrator
78 (1.345 %)MS Project
86 (1.008 %)MS Visio
93 (0.504 %)FreeHand
101 (0.168 %)QuarkXPress
101 (0.168 %)Adobe Premiere
101 (0.168 %)CINEMA 4D
West Midlands IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
16 (1.008 %)WebTrends
25 (0.840 %)SoftGrid
32 (0.336 %)Summit
41 (0.168 %)Dynamics NAV
41 (0.168 %)Dynamics CRM
41 (0.168 %)Misys Equation
41 (0.168 %)Movex
41 (0.168 %)MFGPRO
41 (0.168 %)SAP SD
West Midlands IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
159 (9.916 %)LAN
256 (9.412 %)WAN
350 (8.403 %)Intranet
444 (7.395 %)TCP/IP
543 (7.227 %)Firewall
636 (6.050 %)VPN
726 (4.370 %)DNS
825 (4.202 %)Extranet
918 (3.025 %)MPLS
1014 (2.353 %)VLAN
1112 (2.017 %)Network Security
1210 (1.681 %)Cisco PIX
1210 (1.681 %)DHCP
1210 (1.681 %)HTTP
138 (1.345 %)VoIP
138 (1.345 %)GPRS
138 (1.345 %)SSL
138 (1.345 %)Cisco IOS
146 (1.008 %)DDNS
146 (1.008 %)SAN
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1129 (21.68 %)SQL Server
280 (13.45 %)MySQL
358 (9.748 %)SQL Server 2005
421 (3.529 %)SQL Server 2000
57 (1.176 %)OLTP
66 (1.008 %)Oracle 8/8i
75 (0.840 %)DB2
83 (0.504 %)Crystal Reports
83 (0.504 %)Oracle Reports
92 (0.336 %)RDBMS
92 (0.336 %)GIS
101 (0.168 %)PostgreSQL
101 (0.168 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
101 (0.168 %)FileMaker
101 (0.168 %)SQL Server Integration Services
101 (0.168 %)BusinessObjects
101 (0.168 %)MS Access
101 (0.168 %)DTS
West Midlands IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
154 (9.076 %)Flash
222 (3.697 %)Visual Studio
222 (3.697 %)Dreamweaver
37 (1.176 %)VSS/SourceSafe
37 (1.176 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
46 (1.008 %)Visual LANSA
54 (0.672 %)Eclipse
54 (0.672 %)JUnit
63 (0.504 %)TestDirector
63 (0.504 %)ARTiSAN
71 (0.168 %)CruiseControl
71 (0.168 %)Visual Studio Team System
West Midlands IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
155 (9.244 %)Finance
250 (8.403 %)Retail
336 (6.050 %)Marketing
431 (5.210 %)Banking
530 (5.042 %)Pensions
623 (3.866 %)Telecoms
717 (2.857 %)Government
717 (2.857 %)Legal
815 (2.521 %)Insurance
914 (2.353 %)Education
1012 (2.017 %)Games
1012 (2.017 %)Back Office
1111 (1.849 %)Health
1111 (1.849 %)Online Banking
1210 (1.681 %)Automotive
138 (1.345 %)Electronics
138 (1.345 %)Billing
147 (1.176 %)Retail Banking
155 (0.840 %)Multimedia
155 (0.840 %)Manufacturing
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1241 (40.50 %)Developer
295 (15.97 %)Analyst
391 (15.29 %)Web Developer
448 (8.067 %).NET Developer
546 (7.731 %)Support Analyst
546 (7.731 %)Consultant
638 (6.387 %)IT Support Analyst
737 (6.218 %)Senior Developer
834 (5.714 %)C# Developer
928 (4.706 %)Java Developer
1024 (4.034 %)ASP.NET Developer
1024 (4.034 %)PHP Developer
1122 (3.697 %)IT Manager
1122 (3.697 %)Business Analyst
1221 (3.529 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
1319 (3.193 %)Applications Developer
1418 (3.025 %)Software Developer
1418 (3.025 %)Support Engineer
1418 (3.025 %)Programmer
1418 (3.025 %)Marketing Manager
West Midlands IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
134 (5.714 %)AS400
233 (5.546 %)EPoS
330 (5.042 %)Client/Server
418 (3.025 %)W3C
514 (2.353 %)Clustering
68 (1.345 %)N-Tier
76 (1.008 %)Management Information System
85 (0.840 %)Video Conferencing
85 (0.840 %)Computer Science
94 (0.672 %)PMI
103 (0.504 %)NHS
112 (0.336 %)Thin Client
112 (0.336 %)E-Learning
112 (0.336 %)Streaming Video
112 (0.336 %)Fat Client
112 (0.336 %)RIA
121 (0.168 %)Replication
121 (0.168 %)VLE
121 (0.168 %)IVR
121 (0.168 %)PKI
West Midlands IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1134 (22.52 %)Windows
254 (9.076 %)Linux
353 (8.908 %)UNIX
437 (6.218 %)Windows 2000
437 (6.218 %)Windows Server 2003
533 (5.546 %)Windows XP
615 (2.521 %)Solaris
712 (2.017 %)Windows 2000 Server
89 (1.513 %)Windows NT
98 (1.345 %)Windows Mobile
98 (1.345 %)AIX
104 (0.672 %)Windows Vista
113 (0.504 %)Debian
113 (0.504 %)Windows CE
113 (0.504 %)FreeBSD
121 (0.168 %)Mac OS X
121 (0.168 %)Palm OS
121 (0.168 %)Mac OS X Server
121 (0.168 %)Red Hat Linux
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
170 (11.76 %)E-Commerce
254 (9.076 %)Project Management
335 (5.882 %)SEO
335 (5.882 %)Web Development
432 (5.378 %)UML
529 (4.874 %)OO
627 (4.538 %)PRINCE2
725 (4.202 %)CRM
824 (4.034 %)ITIL
824 (4.034 %)Internet Marketing
922 (3.697 %)Pay per click
1021 (3.529 %)SOA
1119 (3.193 %)Scrum
1119 (3.193 %)Content Management
1119 (3.193 %)Business Analysis
1216 (2.689 %)Agile Software Development
1216 (2.689 %)OOD
1314 (2.353 %)RAD
1314 (2.353 %)Network Design
1413 (2.185 %)Business Development
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1140 (23.53 %)SQL
293 (15.63 %)JavaScript
390 (15.13 %)C#
487 (14.62 %)PHP
574 (12.44 %)Java
641 (6.891 %)VB.NET
733 (5.546 %)ActionScript
832 (5.378 %)C
920 (3.361 %)C++
1019 (3.193 %)Ruby
1118 (3.025 %)Perl
1215 (2.521 %)VB
1314 (2.353 %)Transact-SQL
1411 (1.849 %)VBScript
1411 (1.849 %)RPG
1510 (1.681 %)PHP5
1510 (1.681 %)PHP4
167 (1.176 %)DHTML
176 (1.008 %)Shell Script
176 (1.008 %)Python
West Midlands IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
144 (7.395 %)Microsoft Certification
235 (5.882 %)MCSE
323 (3.866 %)MCP
419 (3.193 %)Degree
516 (2.689 %)Cisco Certification
612 (2.017 %)CCNP
75 (0.840 %)HND
75 (0.840 %)CCA
75 (0.840 %)Citrix Certification
75 (0.840 %)ITIL Certification
84 (0.672 %)MCDST
84 (0.672 %)CCNA
93 (0.504 %)MCAD
93 (0.504 %)ISEB
102 (0.336 %)CISSP
102 (0.336 %)MCSD
102 (0.336 %)MCT
102 (0.336 %)CCSP
102 (0.336 %)CCDP
102 (0.336 %)CCIP
West Midlands IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
125 (4.202 %)SLA
216 (2.689 %)QA
32 (0.336 %)WCAG
41 (0.168 %)ISO27001
West Midlands IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
169 (11.60 %)Active Directory
28 (1.345 %)Squid
37 (1.176 %)Terminal Services
37 (1.176 %)VMware ESX
46 (1.008 %)Samba
46 (1.008 %)Citrix Presentation Server
46 (1.008 %)VMware Infrastructure
55 (0.840 %)MetaFrame
63 (0.504 %)ISA Server
71 (0.168 %)MSMQ
71 (0.168 %)Backup Exec
West Midlands IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (1.345 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
25 (0.840 %)SCCM
25 (0.840 %)SCOM
33 (0.504 %)Norton AntiVirus
42 (0.336 %)CA SiteMinder
42 (0.336 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
42 (0.336 %)OpenView
51 (0.168 %)Nessus
51 (0.168 %)HP Data Protector
West Midlands IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1132 (22.18 %)Microsoft
245 (7.563 %)Oracle
339 (6.555 %)Macromedia
434 (5.714 %)Cisco
525 (4.202 %)Adobe
620 (3.361 %)Remedy
716 (2.689 %)Citrix
814 (2.353 %)Sun
913 (2.185 %)Capita
1011 (1.849 %)CheckPoint
1110 (1.681 %)VMware
128 (1.345 %)HP
137 (1.176 %)RedDot
146 (1.008 %)Onyx
146 (1.008 %)LANSA
146 (1.008 %)TIBCO
146 (1.008 %)JD Edwards
146 (1.008 %)IBM
146 (1.008 %)Cognos
154 (0.672 %)Lotus