The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 12 16 10
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -6
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 52 22 57
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 15.38% 14.10% 22.62%
As % of the Application Development category 32.30% 26.19% 36.77%
Number of salaries quoted 24 16 57
Average salary £37,500 £33,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.63% -26.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,950 £26,750 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £38,750 £47,900
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Application Development
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
161 84 155
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 47.63% 53.85% 61.51%
Number of salaries quoted 92 76 151
Average salary £35,000 £33,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.47% -9.45%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £22,807 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £47,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Web Services
Cheshire

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Web Services Salary Trend

Web Services
Salary Histogram

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

Chester Web Services Salary Histogram

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 84 (65.12%) C#
1 84 (65.12%) .NET
2 67 (51.94%) XML
3 63 (48.84%) JavaScript
3 63 (48.84%) SQL
4 56 (43.41%) ASP.NET
4 56 (43.41%) CSS
5 43 (33.33%) MVC
6 42 (32.56%) UNIX
7 41 (31.78%) HTML
8 40 (31.01%) jQuery
9 37 (28.68%) SOAP
10 35 (27.13%) Visual Studio
11 34 (26.36%) SQL Server
12 33 (25.58%) Ajax
13 29 (22.48%) E-Commerce
14 26 (20.16%) .NET Framework
15 25 (19.38%) ETL
15 25 (19.38%) Microsoft
16 24 (18.60%) XHTML
16 24 (18.60%) Agile Software Development
16 24 (18.60%) Ab Initio
17 23 (17.83%) Scrum
17 23 (17.83%) Java
18 21 (16.28%) WCF
19 19 (14.73%) Spring
20 18 (13.95%) Linux
21 17 (13.18%) Oracle
21 17 (13.18%) PL/SQL
21 17 (13.18%) CMS

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester 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 84 (65.12%) .NET
2 67 (51.94%) XML
3 56 (43.41%) ASP.NET
3 56 (43.41%) CSS
4 41 (31.78%) HTML
5 40 (31.01%) jQuery
6 37 (28.68%) SOAP
7 33 (25.58%) Ajax
8 26 (20.16%) .NET Framework
9 24 (18.60%) XHTML
10 21 (16.28%) WCF
11 19 (14.73%) Spring
12 16 (12.40%) J2EE
12 16 (12.40%) Middleware
13 15 (11.63%) JSP
14 13 (10.08%) Struts
14 13 (10.08%) XSLT
15 12 (9.302%) JDBC
16 11 (8.527%) ASP.NET MVC
17 6 (4.651%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 17 (13.18%) CMS
2 13 (10.08%) Tomcat
3 12 (9.302%) Sitecore CMS
4 5 (3.876%) IIS
5 2 (1.550%) Apache
Applications
1 6 (4.651%) MS Excel
2 5 (3.876%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 11 (8.527%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 34 (26.36%) SQL Server
2 13 (10.08%) SQL Server 2005
2 13 (10.08%) MySQL
3 9 (6.977%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (3.101%) Big Data
5 2 (1.550%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (1.550%) Oracle 10g
5 2 (1.550%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 35 (27.13%) Visual Studio
2 13 (10.08%) Ant
2 13 (10.08%) JUnit
2 13 (10.08%) Eclipse
3 4 (3.101%) JIRA
3 4 (3.101%) Git (software)
3 4 (3.101%) Team Foundation Server
4 2 (1.550%) MSTest
General
1 7 (5.426%) Finance
2 2 (1.550%) Retail
2 2 (1.550%) Back Office
2 2 (1.550%) Legal
2 2 (1.550%) Advertising
2 2 (1.550%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 127 (98.45%) Developer
2 37 (28.68%) C# Developer
3 35 (27.13%) .NET Developer
4 25 (19.38%) Web Developer
5 24 (18.60%) Ab Initio Developer
6 21 (16.28%) Software Developer
7 18 (13.95%) Java Developer
8 16 (12.40%) C# .NET Developer
9 13 (10.08%) Java/J2EE Developer
9 13 (10.08%) J2EE Developer
10 11 (8.527%) ASP.NET Developer
11 10 (7.752%) .NET Web Developer
12 6 (4.651%) C# ASP.NET Developer
12 6 (4.651%) Lead Developer
12 6 (4.651%) Lead Web Developer
13 5 (3.876%) C# Programmer
13 5 (3.876%) .NET Software Developer
13 5 (3.876%) Programmer
13 5 (3.876%) SQL Server Developer
13 5 (3.876%) C# Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (8.527%) Digital Media
2 7 (5.426%) N-Tier
3 4 (3.101%) SaaS
4 2 (1.550%) Device Driver
4 2 (1.550%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 42 (32.56%) UNIX
2 18 (13.95%) Linux
3 9 (6.977%) Windows
4 2 (1.550%) Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
1 43 (33.33%) MVC
2 29 (22.48%) E-Commerce
3 25 (19.38%) ETL
4 24 (18.60%) Agile Software Development
5 23 (17.83%) Scrum
6 17 (13.18%) Requirements Management
7 15 (11.63%) Business Intelligence
8 11 (8.527%) TDD
9 10 (7.752%) Pair Programming
9 10 (7.752%) Unit Testing
10 9 (6.977%) OO
11 6 (4.651%) OOP
12 4 (3.101%) Kanban
12 4 (3.101%) SOA
13 3 (2.326%) Web Application Development
13 3 (2.326%) RUP
13 3 (2.326%) DSDM
13 3 (2.326%) ITIL
13 3 (2.326%) Continuous Integration
14 2 (1.550%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 84 (65.12%) C#
2 63 (48.84%) JavaScript
2 63 (48.84%) SQL
3 23 (17.83%) Java
4 17 (13.18%) PL/SQL
5 16 (12.40%) Shell Script
6 10 (7.752%) VB.NET
7 5 (3.876%) T-SQL
7 5 (3.876%) PHP
7 5 (3.876%) C++
8 4 (3.101%) C
9 3 (2.326%) VBA
10 2 (1.550%) XPath
Qualifications
1 16 (12.40%) Degree
2 3 (2.326%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 25 (19.38%) Microsoft
2 24 (18.60%) Ab Initio
3 17 (13.18%) Oracle
4 14 (10.85%) Sitecore
5 8 (6.202%) IBM
6 2 (1.550%) Alterian
6 2 (1.550%) Unica
Chester, Cheshire
Work with SOAP based web services... > Knowledge of MVC framework. > Very strong working knowledge of SQL (in particular MySQL) > Strong working knowledge of XHTML. > Strong working knowledge of...
RecruitmentRevolution.com Limited
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum up to £35,000 dependent on skills & experience
Posted: 23 May 2013
Chester, North West
The key responsibilities of the role are:- Design and development of new functionality following Intetech processes and architectural standards Working with the in-house test team Deploying the...
Computer Futures
Salary: £42000 - £49000 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013
Chester, North West
Due to continual massive success the company are looking to continue to grow the team and take on strong java developers who will be training and support where...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
Due to continual massive success the company are looking to continue to grow the team and take on strong java developers who will be training and support where...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Java J2EE Developer (Spring MVC,JSP, HTML)... Deploying the company’s software products onto clients systems and ongoing support & maintenance of software products implemented at clients The key...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 - 45,00 + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Chester, North West
Senior Java Developer -Chester- £40,000 - £45,000 - fantastic benefits package and pension scheme A strong java J2EE developer is required to join a market leader within the...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
Key Skills: - Java / J2EE- Spring- Agile- Javascript / JQuery- Web Service Desirable Skills: - GIT and JIRA- Struts- Hibernate- Oracle- Eclipse- Tomcat The role itself: * Design and development of new...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £46000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013