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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Representational State Transfer (REST)
Rank 117 112 142
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +30
Permanent jobs citing REST 28 32 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 1.054% 1.128% 0.429%
As % of the Application Development category 2.284% 2.236% 0.858%
Number of salaries quoted 27 28 12
Average salary £32,500 £37,500 £40,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.33% -7.97%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -
All Application Development
Cambridgeshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1226 1431 1515
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 46.16% 50.44% 50.00%
Number of salaries quoted 1132 1248 1319
Average salary £37,500 £38,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.31% +8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,500 £28,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £45,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
REST
East of England

REST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire REST Jobs Demand Trend

REST
Salary Trend

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

Cambridgeshire REST Salary Trend

REST
Salary Histogram

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

Cambridgeshire REST Salary Histogram

REST
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing REST within the Cambridgeshire 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
Cambridge +3 19 £35,000 -6.66%
Huntingdon +3 2 £35,000 -12.50%
Peterborough -11 1 £42,500 +10.38%
REST
East of England

REST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridgeshire region citing REST 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 REST.

1 47 (82.46%) Java
2 36 (63.16%) JavaScript
3 34 (59.65%) XML
4 30 (52.63%) SQL
5 29 (50.88%) HTML
6 26 (45.61%) Degree
7 23 (40.35%) SaaS
7 23 (40.35%) .NET
8 22 (38.60%) Python
9 21 (36.84%) HTTP
10 20 (35.09%) Web Services
11 19 (33.33%) HTTPS
12 18 (31.58%) Microsoft
12 18 (31.58%) B2B
12 18 (31.58%) SharePoint
12 18 (31.58%) Analytics
13 17 (29.82%) Business Development
14 16 (28.07%) TDD
14 16 (28.07%) Big Data
15 15 (26.32%) CSS
16 14 (24.56%) Unit Testing
17 13 (22.81%) Continuous Integration
18 11 (19.30%) Content Management
18 11 (19.30%) J2EE
18 11 (19.30%) SOAP
19 10 (17.54%) JSON
20 9 (15.79%) jQuery
21 8 (14.04%) Java EE
21 8 (14.04%) JSP
21 8 (14.04%) DOM

REST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 34 (59.65%) XML
2 29 (50.88%) HTML
3 23 (40.35%) .NET
4 20 (35.09%) Web Services
5 15 (26.32%) CSS
6 11 (19.30%) J2EE
6 11 (19.30%) SOAP
7 10 (17.54%) JSON
8 9 (15.79%) jQuery
9 8 (14.04%) Java EE
9 8 (14.04%) DOM
9 8 (14.04%) JSP
10 7 (12.28%) Natural Language Processing
11 6 (10.53%) Servlets
11 6 (10.53%) XHTML
12 3 (5.263%) Semantic HTML
12 3 (5.263%) Django
12 3 (5.263%) CSS3
12 3 (5.263%) Hibernate
12 3 (5.263%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 18 (31.58%) SharePoint
2 6 (10.53%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (1.754%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 21 (36.84%) HTTP
2 19 (33.33%) HTTPS
3 3 (5.263%) Internet
4 2 (3.509%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 16 (28.07%) Big Data
2 6 (10.53%) TOAD
2 6 (10.53%) Text Mining
3 2 (3.509%) Data Warehouse
3 2 (3.509%) Data Mining
4 1 (1.754%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.754%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (7.018%) Subversion
2 2 (3.509%) Firebug
2 2 (3.509%) Fiddler
3 1 (1.754%) Git (software)
3 1 (1.754%) JIRA
3 1 (1.754%) JUnit
3 1 (1.754%) Dreamweaver
3 1 (1.754%) Xcode
General
1 7 (12.28%) Pharmaceutical
2 6 (10.53%) Finance
3 2 (3.509%) Legal
3 2 (3.509%) Retail
Job Titles
1 55 (96.49%) Developer
2 26 (45.61%) Java Developer
3 18 (31.58%) Senior Developer
4 5 (8.772%) Web Developer
5 4 (7.018%) Applications Developer
5 4 (7.018%) PHP Developer
6 3 (5.263%) Java Software Developer
6 3 (5.263%) Software Developer
6 3 (5.263%) Front-End Developer
6 3 (5.263%) Senior Front-End Developer
7 2 (3.509%) C# .NET Developer
7 2 (3.509%) C# ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (3.509%) .NET Developer
7 2 (3.509%) C# Developer
7 2 (3.509%) ASP.NET Developer
7 2 (3.509%) Senior Applications Developer
7 2 (3.509%) PHP Web Developer
7 2 (3.509%) Web Applications Developer
8 1 (1.754%) Java Team Leader
8 1 (1.754%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (40.35%) SaaS
2 4 (7.018%) Mobile App
3 3 (5.263%) Blackberry
4 2 (3.509%) Statistics
4 2 (3.509%) Psychology
4 2 (3.509%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.509%) iPad
4 2 (3.509%) Data Extraction
5 1 (1.754%) iPhone
5 1 (1.754%) Embedded Systems
5 1 (1.754%) Computer Science
5 1 (1.754%) Java Card
5 1 (1.754%) Smartphone
5 1 (1.754%) Biometrics
5 1 (1.754%) Smartcard
Operating Systems
1 7 (12.28%) UNIX
2 4 (7.018%) Windows
2 4 (7.018%) Android
3 3 (5.263%) Linux
4 1 (1.754%) Windows Mobile
4 1 (1.754%) Apple iOS
4 1 (1.754%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (31.58%) B2B
1 18 (31.58%) Analytics
2 17 (29.82%) Business Development
3 16 (28.07%) TDD
4 14 (24.56%) Unit Testing
5 13 (22.81%) Continuous Integration
6 11 (19.30%) Content Management
7 8 (14.04%) Business Intelligence
7 8 (14.04%) OOP
8 6 (10.53%) Bioinformatics
9 5 (8.772%) Scrum
9 5 (8.772%) OO
9 5 (8.772%) MVC
10 4 (7.018%) Agile Software Development
10 4 (7.018%) Web Development
11 3 (5.263%) Rapid Prototyping
12 2 (3.509%) Refactoring
12 2 (3.509%) Pair Programming
12 2 (3.509%) E-Commerce
12 2 (3.509%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 47 (82.46%) Java
2 36 (63.16%) JavaScript
3 30 (52.63%) SQL
4 22 (38.60%) Python
5 7 (12.28%) PHP
5 7 (12.28%) PL/SQL
6 6 (10.53%) C#
7 1 (1.754%) C
7 1 (1.754%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 26 (45.61%) Degree
2 2 (3.509%) Postgraduate
3 1 (1.754%) PhD
Vendors
1 18 (31.58%) Microsoft
2 8 (14.04%) Oracle
3 6 (10.53%) BEA
4 2 (3.509%) Facebook
4 2 (3.509%) Twitter
5 1 (1.754%) JBoss
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