The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 24 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 Application Development category for the Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 24 32 33
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +1
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 25 7 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 9.960% 3.465% 3.049%
As % of the Application Development category 22.32% 6.667% 5.051%
Number of salaries quoted 25 5 5
Average salary £42,500 £50,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.00% +42.85%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Application Development
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
112 105 99
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 44.62% 51.98% 60.37%
Number of salaries quoted 109 99 99
Average salary £42,500 £41,000 £38,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.65% +7.89%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £55,000 £57,750
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Web Services
Bedfordshire

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Web Services across the Bedford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Bedford Web Services Jobs Demand Trend

Web Services
Salary Trend

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

Bedford Web Services Salary Trend

Web Services
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Web Services across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Bedford Web Services Salary Histogram

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Web Services 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 Web Services.

1 32 (100.00%) C#
1 32 (100.00%) SQL
1 32 (100.00%) .NET
2 28 (87.50%) WinForms
2 28 (87.50%) WF
2 28 (87.50%) Silverlight
3 27 (84.38%) WPF
4 23 (71.88%) T-SQL
4 23 (71.88%) Microsoft
5 22 (68.75%) XML
6 19 (59.38%) CSS
6 19 (59.38%) SQL Server
6 19 (59.38%) Crystal Reports
6 19 (59.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 19 (59.38%) MSTest
7 18 (56.25%) JavaScript
7 18 (56.25%) MS Excel
8 17 (53.13%) PowerBuilder
8 17 (53.13%) WCF
8 17 (53.13%) MVC
8 17 (53.13%) Visual Studio Team System
9 15 (46.88%) HTML
9 15 (46.88%) ASP.NET
9 15 (46.88%) Oracle
10 14 (43.75%) Scrum
11 13 (40.63%) NUnit
11 13 (40.63%) Project Management
12 10 (31.25%) .NET Framework
13 6 (18.75%) Oracle Reports
13 6 (18.75%) RDBMS

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedford region citing Web Services 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 Web Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 32 (100.00%) .NET
2 28 (87.50%) WinForms
2 28 (87.50%) WF
2 28 (87.50%) Silverlight
3 27 (84.38%) WPF
4 22 (68.75%) XML
5 19 (59.38%) CSS
6 17 (53.13%) WCF
7 15 (46.88%) HTML
7 15 (46.88%) ASP.NET
8 10 (31.25%) .NET Framework
9 4 (12.50%) ASP
10 3 (9.375%) XSLT
11 2 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC
11 2 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC 3
11 2 (6.250%) ASP.NET MVC 4
12 1 (3.125%) LINQ
12 1 (3.125%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
Application Platforms
1 3 (9.375%) SharePoint
1 3 (9.375%) SharePoint 2010
Applications
1 18 (56.25%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 4 (12.50%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.250%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (59.38%) SQL Server
1 19 (59.38%) Crystal Reports
1 19 (59.38%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 6 (18.75%) Oracle Reports
2 6 (18.75%) RDBMS
3 4 (12.50%) SQL Server Analysis Services
3 4 (12.50%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 1 (3.125%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 19 (59.38%) MSTest
2 17 (53.13%) PowerBuilder
2 17 (53.13%) Visual Studio Team System
3 13 (40.63%) NUnit
4 5 (15.63%) Team Foundation Server
5 4 (12.50%) JIRA
5 4 (12.50%) Visual Studio
6 1 (3.125%) Moq
Job Titles
1 27 (84.38%) Developer
2 17 (53.13%) C# Developer
3 10 (31.25%) C# .NET Developer
4 5 (15.63%) .NET Team Leader
4 5 (15.63%) Team Leader
4 5 (15.63%) Development Team Leader
5 4 (12.50%) Web Team Leader
5 4 (12.50%) Software Developer
6 3 (9.375%) SharePoint Developer
6 3 (9.375%) .NET Developer
7 2 (6.250%) C# Programmer
7 2 (6.250%) Junior C# .NET Developer
7 2 (6.250%) Junior
7 2 (6.250%) Junior C# Developer
7 2 (6.250%) Junior Developer
7 2 (6.250%) Programmer
7 2 (6.250%) Senior Developer
8 1 (3.125%) Architect
8 1 (3.125%) Analyst Programmer
8 1 (3.125%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Wiki
Operating Systems
1 5 (15.63%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (53.13%) MVC
2 14 (43.75%) Scrum
3 13 (40.63%) Project Management
4 5 (15.63%) TDD
5 4 (12.50%) Unit Testing
5 4 (12.50%) Kanban
5 4 (12.50%) CRM
5 4 (12.50%) SOA
5 4 (12.50%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (6.250%) Use Case
7 1 (3.125%) OO
7 1 (3.125%) OOD
7 1 (3.125%) Business Analysis
7 1 (3.125%) Multithreading
7 1 (3.125%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 32 (100.00%) C#
1 32 (100.00%) SQL
2 23 (71.88%) T-SQL
3 18 (56.25%) JavaScript
4 4 (12.50%) VB6
4 4 (12.50%) PL/SQL
4 4 (12.50%) VBScript
4 4 (12.50%) VB
Vendors
1 23 (71.88%) Microsoft
2 15 (46.88%) Oracle
3 4 (12.50%) Telerik
Bedford, Bedfordshire
This involves working on many modules of my client's global software written on the .NET platform using C# with both Web and WinForms development using the .NET...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 18 May 2013