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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 58 27 55
Rank change year-on-year
-31 +28
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 57 85 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 3.419% 5.850% 2.682%
As % of the Application Development category 9.375% 16.83% 8.475%
Number of salaries quoted 53 80 31
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,700 £29,900 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,250 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Application Development
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
608 505 413
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 36.47% 34.76% 31.65%
Number of salaries quoted 545 470 377
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +17.18%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,300 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £47,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Web Services
West Midlands

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Web Services Salary Trend

Web Services
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Web Services across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Birmingham Web Services Salary Histogram

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 72 (58.06%) JavaScript
2 71 (57.26%) .NET
3 69 (55.65%) SQL Server
4 57 (45.97%) C#
5 54 (43.55%) ASP.NET
6 53 (42.74%) SQL
7 52 (41.94%) XML
8 46 (37.10%) HTML
8 46 (37.10%) CSS
9 43 (34.68%) OO
10 40 (32.26%) jQuery
11 34 (27.42%) MVC
12 31 (25.00%) Ajax
13 29 (23.39%) Windows
14 27 (21.77%) CRM
15 24 (19.35%) Microsoft
16 23 (18.55%) VB.NET
16 23 (18.55%) Web Development
16 23 (18.55%) Degree
16 23 (18.55%) WCF
16 23 (18.55%) Agile Software Development
17 22 (17.74%) PHP
17 22 (17.74%) MySQL
18 21 (16.94%) OOP
19 19 (15.32%) Oracle
19 19 (15.32%) HTML5
20 18 (14.52%) XSLT
20 18 (14.52%) XHTML
20 18 (14.52%) Zend
20 18 (14.52%) Unit Testing

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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 71 (57.26%) .NET
2 54 (43.55%) ASP.NET
3 52 (41.94%) XML
4 46 (37.10%) CSS
4 46 (37.10%) HTML
5 40 (32.26%) jQuery
6 31 (25.00%) Ajax
7 23 (18.55%) WCF
8 19 (15.32%) HTML5
9 18 (14.52%) XSLT
9 18 (14.52%) XHTML
10 17 (13.71%) Zend Framework
11 16 (12.90%) .NET Framework
12 13 (10.48%) SOAP
13 12 (9.677%) REST
14 10 (8.065%) J2EE
14 10 (8.065%) WinForms
15 9 (7.258%) SAP ALE
16 8 (6.452%) CSS3
17 7 (5.645%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 16 (12.90%) SharePoint
2 13 (10.48%) Apache
3 9 (7.258%) Amazon AWS
4 6 (4.839%) IIS
5 5 (4.032%) BizTalk Server
6 3 (2.419%) CMS
6 3 (2.419%) Umbraco
7 2 (1.613%) Sitecore CMS
7 2 (1.613%) Amazon EC2
7 2 (1.613%) Windows Azure
7 2 (1.613%) SharePoint 2010
7 2 (1.613%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (1.613%) Blackberry Enterprise Server
7 2 (1.613%) WebLogic
7 2 (1.613%) Tomcat
8 1 (0.806%) Documentum
8 1 (0.806%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 1 (0.806%) SugarCRM
8 1 (0.806%) MS Project Server
8 1 (0.806%) Captiva
Applications
1 15 (12.10%) MS Excel
2 10 (8.065%) Photoshop
3 7 (5.645%) Adobe Illustrator
4 2 (1.613%) InfoPath
5 1 (0.806%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.806%) MS Project
5 1 (0.806%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (8.871%) Dynamics CRM
2 4 (3.226%) Google Analytics
3 2 (1.613%) SAP CRM
3 2 (1.613%) Dynamics NAV
4 1 (0.806%) SAP SD
4 1 (0.806%) SAP PM
4 1 (0.806%) Remedy ITSM
4 1 (0.806%) Remedy AR System
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.645%) HTTP
2 2 (1.613%) Intranet
2 2 (1.613%) Internet
2 2 (1.613%) IP Telephony
3 1 (0.806%) LDAP
3 1 (0.806%) LAN
3 1 (0.806%) WAN
3 1 (0.806%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.806%) DNS
3 1 (0.806%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 69 (55.65%) SQL Server
2 22 (17.74%) MySQL
3 10 (8.065%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (6.452%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (3.226%) NoSQL
6 3 (2.419%) Oracle 8/8i
7 2 (1.613%) RDBMS
7 2 (1.613%) Oracle 10g
7 2 (1.613%) Crystal Reports
7 2 (1.613%) Oracle 11g
8 1 (0.806%) SQLite
8 1 (0.806%) SQL Server 2012
8 1 (0.806%) DB2
8 1 (0.806%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 13 (10.48%) Subversion
2 10 (8.065%) Visual Studio
3 8 (6.452%) Git (software)
4 6 (4.839%) NUnit
5 5 (4.032%) JIRA
6 4 (3.226%) Eclipse
7 3 (2.419%) JUnit
7 3 (2.419%) Team Foundation Server
8 2 (1.613%) NCover
8 2 (1.613%) GitHub
8 2 (1.613%) ReSharper
8 2 (1.613%) Xcode
8 2 (1.613%) JDeveloper
8 2 (1.613%) TeamCity
9 1 (0.806%) TestDirector
9 1 (0.806%) NetBeans
9 1 (0.806%) Zend Studio
General
1 11 (8.871%) Finance
2 9 (7.258%) Marketing
3 8 (6.452%) Games
4 3 (2.419%) Legal
4 3 (2.419%) Advertising
5 1 (0.806%) Manufacturing
5 1 (0.806%) Banking
5 1 (0.806%) Retail
Job Titles
1 93 (75.00%) Developer
2 33 (26.61%) .NET Developer
3 15 (12.10%) C# Developer
4 14 (11.29%) PHP Developer
5 13 (10.48%) Web Developer
6 12 (9.677%) Senior Developer
6 12 (9.677%) ASP.NET Developer
7 10 (8.065%) Software Engineer
7 10 (8.065%) Mobile Applications Developer
7 10 (8.065%) Mobile Developer
7 10 (8.065%) CRM Developer
8 9 (7.258%) C# .NET Developer
8 9 (7.258%) Consultant
8 9 (7.258%) Software Developer
9 8 (6.452%) SAP Consultant
9 8 (6.452%) ABAP Consultant
9 8 (6.452%) Dynamics CRM Developer
10 7 (5.645%) Java Software Engineer
10 7 (5.645%) Junior
11 6 (4.839%) Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (12.90%) Mobile App
2 4 (3.226%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (3.226%) Social Media
2 4 (3.226%) W3C
2 4 (3.226%) Computer Science
3 2 (1.613%) iPhone
3 2 (1.613%) Firmware
3 2 (1.613%) Blackberry
3 2 (1.613%) Pocket PC
3 2 (1.613%) SaaS
4 1 (0.806%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.806%) Open Source
4 1 (0.806%) Life Science
4 1 (0.806%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 29 (23.39%) Windows
2 17 (13.71%) Linux
3 11 (8.871%) Windows Mobile
4 8 (6.452%) Android
5 7 (5.645%) Apple iOS
6 2 (1.613%) Windows 8
6 2 (1.613%) Windows Phone 8
6 2 (1.613%) Windows Phone
6 2 (1.613%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (1.613%) Windows CE
7 1 (0.806%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.806%) AIX
7 1 (0.806%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (0.806%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (34.68%) OO
2 34 (27.42%) MVC
3 27 (21.77%) CRM
4 23 (18.55%) Agile Software Development
4 23 (18.55%) Web Development
5 21 (16.94%) OOP
6 18 (14.52%) Unit Testing
7 17 (13.71%) Scrum
8 14 (11.29%) Workflow
9 11 (8.871%) Waterfall
10 9 (7.258%) User Acceptance Testing
10 9 (7.258%) TDD
11 7 (5.645%) E-Commerce
11 7 (5.645%) Software Architecture
12 6 (4.839%) UML
13 5 (4.032%) Service Delivery
14 4 (3.226%) ERP
14 4 (3.226%) SEO
14 4 (3.226%) Analytics
14 4 (3.226%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 72 (58.06%) JavaScript
2 57 (45.97%) C#
3 53 (42.74%) SQL
4 23 (18.55%) VB.NET
5 22 (17.74%) PHP
6 16 (12.90%) Java
7 10 (8.065%) ABAP
8 9 (7.258%) T-SQL
9 8 (6.452%) PHP5
10 7 (5.645%) Perl
11 4 (3.226%) XPath
12 3 (2.419%) VB6
12 3 (2.419%) PL/SQL
12 3 (2.419%) VBScript
12 3 (2.419%) VB
13 2 (1.613%) Embedded C++
13 2 (1.613%) XQuery
13 2 (1.613%) Objective-C
13 2 (1.613%) C
13 2 (1.613%) C++
Qualifications
1 23 (18.55%) Degree
2 5 (4.032%) Microsoft Certification
3 4 (3.226%) Security Cleared
4 2 (1.613%) Citrix Certification
4 2 (1.613%) MCDST
4 2 (1.613%) MCP
5 1 (0.806%) MCSD
5 1 (0.806%) MCSE
5 1 (0.806%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.226%) QA
System Software
1 4 (3.226%) Active Directory
2 2 (1.613%) XenApp
2 2 (1.613%) XenServer
2 2 (1.613%) XenDesktop
3 1 (0.806%) Terminal Services
3 1 (0.806%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 2 (1.613%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 24 (19.35%) Microsoft
2 19 (15.32%) Oracle
3 18 (14.52%) Zend
4 12 (9.677%) SAP
5 7 (5.645%) Adobe
6 4 (3.226%) Google
7 3 (2.419%) Apple
7 3 (2.419%) Citrix
8 2 (1.613%) Baan
8 2 (1.613%) LANDesk
8 2 (1.613%) Sitecore
8 2 (1.613%) VMware
9 1 (0.806%) Remedy
9 1 (0.806%) IBM
9 1 (0.806%) BMC
9 1 (0.806%) Epicor
9 1 (0.806%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.806%) HP
9 1 (0.806%) EMC
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