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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Representational State Transfer (REST)
Rank 143 195 244
Rank change year-on-year
+52 +49
Permanent jobs citing REST 205 131 87
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 1.757% 1.003% 0.564%
As % of the Application Development category 4.568% 2.679% 1.547%
Number of salaries quoted 177 124 76
Average salary £55,000 £51,250 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.31% -2.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £37,500 £43,750
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £75,000 £76,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -
All Application Development
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
4488 4889 5623
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 38.47% 37.42% 36.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3945 4578 5183
Average salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £80,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
REST
London

REST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London REST Salary Trend

REST
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing REST across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London REST Salary Histogram

REST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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.

1 258 (66.67%) Java
2 167 (43.15%) JavaScript
3 157 (40.57%) Web Services
4 149 (38.50%) OO
5 143 (36.95%) MVC
6 131 (33.85%) SOAP
7 130 (33.59%) Agile Software Development
8 112 (28.94%) CSS
9 106 (27.39%) HTML
9 106 (27.39%) JSON
10 103 (26.61%) Git (software)
11 98 (25.32%) XML
12 96 (24.81%) .NET
13 91 (23.51%) TDD
14 86 (22.22%) Spring
14 86 (22.22%) C#
14 86 (22.22%) Multithreading
15 81 (20.93%) Subversion
16 78 (20.16%) Android
17 77 (19.90%) OOP
18 76 (19.64%) Finance
19 74 (19.12%) Linux
19 74 (19.12%) jQuery
19 74 (19.12%) Google
20 72 (18.60%) Maven
20 72 (18.60%) Ajax
21 68 (17.57%) SQL
22 65 (16.80%) Scrum
23 64 (16.54%) MySQL
24 63 (16.28%) SOA

REST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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
1 157 (40.57%) Web Services
2 131 (33.85%) SOAP
3 112 (28.94%) CSS
4 106 (27.39%) HTML
4 106 (27.39%) JSON
5 98 (25.32%) XML
6 96 (24.81%) .NET
7 86 (22.22%) Spring
8 74 (19.12%) jQuery
9 72 (18.60%) Ajax
10 57 (14.73%) ASP.NET
11 52 (13.44%) Google Maps API
12 49 (12.66%) Hibernate
13 45 (11.63%) Java EE
14 44 (11.37%) WCF
14 44 (11.37%) Servlets
15 40 (10.34%) .NET Framework
15 40 (10.34%) JMS
16 38 (9.819%) XHTML
17 33 (8.527%) WML
Application Platforms
1 50 (12.92%) Apache
2 27 (6.977%) Tomcat
2 27 (6.977%) Amazon AWS
3 19 (4.910%) Amazon EC2
4 16 (4.134%) Force.com
5 14 (3.618%) ESB
6 13 (3.359%) Jetty
6 13 (3.359%) CMS
7 6 (1.550%) WebSphere MQ
7 6 (1.550%) Confluence
8 5 (1.292%) Mule
9 4 (1.034%) IIS
9 4 (1.034%) Facebook Platform
9 4 (1.034%) RabbitMQ
9 4 (1.034%) nginx
9 4 (1.034%) Windows Azure
10 3 (0.775%) Apache Solr
10 3 (0.775%) SharePoint 2010
10 3 (0.775%) Drupal
10 3 (0.775%) Sitecore CMS
Applications
1 35 (9.044%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.258%) Mingle
2 1 (0.258%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.034%) Dynamics CRM
2 3 (0.775%) Google Analytics
3 2 (0.517%) Advent Portfolio Exchange
4 1 (0.258%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 61 (15.76%) HTTP
2 37 (9.561%) Internet
3 33 (8.527%) NFC
4 17 (4.393%) AMQP
5 13 (3.359%) TCP/IP
6 10 (2.584%) LDAP
6 10 (2.584%) SSL
7 9 (2.326%) NAS
7 9 (2.326%) SSH
7 9 (2.326%) SAN
8 5 (1.292%) Reverse Proxy
9 3 (0.775%) Firewall
9 3 (0.775%) FTP
9 3 (0.775%) SMS
10 2 (0.517%) Broadband
10 2 (0.517%) DNS
10 2 (0.517%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.258%) BSS
11 1 (0.258%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 64 (16.54%) MySQL
2 59 (15.25%) SQL Server
3 41 (10.59%) NoSQL
4 35 (9.044%) SQLite
5 24 (6.202%) MongoDB
6 22 (5.685%) RDBMS
7 12 (3.101%) Redis
8 11 (2.842%) Big Data
9 10 (2.584%) DB2
10 6 (1.550%) SQL Server 2008
10 6 (1.550%) Hadoop
11 5 (1.292%) SQL Server 2005
11 5 (1.292%) Data Mart
11 5 (1.292%) Oracle 10g
11 5 (1.292%) Oracle Reports
11 5 (1.292%) SQL Server 2012
11 5 (1.292%) MarkLogic
12 4 (1.034%) Oracle 8/8i
12 4 (1.034%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 4 (1.034%) CouchDB
Development Applications
1 103 (26.61%) Git (software)
2 81 (20.93%) Subversion
3 72 (18.60%) Maven
4 61 (15.76%) Eclipse
5 60 (15.50%) JUnit
6 39 (10.08%) Mercurial
7 36 (9.302%) Ant
8 29 (7.494%) Jenkins
9 22 (5.685%) JIRA
10 16 (4.134%) Mockito
11 15 (3.876%) Hudson
12 14 (3.618%) Team Foundation Server
13 12 (3.101%) Visual Studio
14 11 (2.842%) Selenium
15 8 (2.067%) Gerrit
16 6 (1.550%) Cucumber
16 6 (1.550%) PHPUnit
17 5 (1.292%) ClearCase
17 5 (1.292%) Jasmine
18 4 (1.034%) GitHub
General
1 76 (19.64%) Finance
2 46 (11.89%) Games
3 45 (11.63%) Banking
4 37 (9.561%) Retail
5 16 (4.134%) Telecoms
6 12 (3.101%) Retail Banking
7 10 (2.584%) Investment Banking
8 7 (1.809%) Legal
9 5 (1.292%) Back Office
10 2 (0.517%) Manufacturing
10 2 (0.517%) Front Office
10 2 (0.517%) Financial Institution
10 2 (0.517%) Law
10 2 (0.517%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.517%) Marketing
10 2 (0.517%) Music
10 2 (0.517%) Music Industry
11 1 (0.258%) Billing
11 1 (0.258%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 261 (67.44%) Developer
2 64 (16.54%) Senior Developer
3 47 (12.14%) Java Developer
4 43 (11.11%) Android Developer
5 28 (7.235%) C# Developer
6 26 (6.718%) Lead Developer
7 23 (5.943%) Web Developer
7 23 (5.943%) Software Engineer
8 22 (5.685%) Architect
9 19 (4.910%) Software Developer
10 18 (4.651%) .NET Developer
11 16 (4.134%) PHP Developer
12 14 (3.618%) Junior
12 14 (3.618%) Junior Developer
12 14 (3.618%) Senior Software Engineer
12 14 (3.618%) Front-End Developer
12 14 (3.618%) iOS Developer
13 12 (3.101%) Senior Java Developer
14 11 (2.842%) Team Leader
15 10 (2.584%) Systems Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 50 (12.92%) Mobile App
2 34 (8.786%) Computer Science
3 32 (8.269%) Java Card
4 30 (7.752%) Open Source
5 20 (5.168%) SaaS
6 19 (4.910%) Social Media
7 18 (4.651%) Blackberry
8 17 (4.393%) Online Games
9 15 (3.876%) iPad
9 15 (3.876%) Mobile Banking
10 13 (3.359%) iPhone
10 13 (3.359%) Web 2.0
10 13 (3.359%) N-Tier
11 12 (3.101%) Client/Server
11 12 (3.101%) PaaS
12 11 (2.842%) Inversion of Control
12 11 (2.842%) Mathematics
12 11 (2.842%) Cryptography
13 9 (2.326%) Enterprise Storage
13 9 (2.326%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 78 (20.16%) Android
2 74 (19.12%) Linux
3 43 (11.11%) Windows
3 43 (11.11%) Apple iOS
4 35 (9.044%) UNIX
5 14 (3.618%) Solaris
6 9 (2.326%) Windows 7
6 9 (2.326%) Windows Phone
7 5 (1.292%) AIX
8 4 (1.034%) Ubuntu
9 2 (0.517%) Windows Phone 8
10 1 (0.258%) Windows Mobile
10 1 (0.258%) SUSE
10 1 (0.258%) Windows 8
10 1 (0.258%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (38.50%) OO
2 143 (36.95%) MVC
3 130 (33.59%) Agile Software Development
4 91 (23.51%) TDD
5 86 (22.22%) Multithreading
6 77 (19.90%) OOP
7 65 (16.80%) Scrum
8 63 (16.28%) SOA
9 52 (13.44%) E-Commerce
10 47 (12.14%) Continuous Integration
11 37 (9.561%) BDD
12 33 (8.527%) Web Development
13 28 (7.235%) Content Management
14 25 (6.460%) Unit Testing
15 24 (6.202%) Data Modelling
16 19 (4.910%) Game Development
17 18 (4.651%) Event-Driven Architecture
17 18 (4.651%) Analytics
18 17 (4.393%) Domain-Driven Design
19 15 (3.876%) Memory Management
Programming Languages
1 258 (66.67%) Java
2 167 (43.15%) JavaScript
3 86 (22.22%) C#
4 68 (17.57%) SQL
5 47 (12.14%) Python
6 42 (10.85%) PHP
7 41 (10.59%) Perl
8 35 (9.044%) C++
9 29 (7.494%) Ruby
10 25 (6.460%) Objective-C
11 21 (5.426%) Apex Code
12 19 (4.910%) Bash shell
12 19 (4.910%) T-SQL
13 17 (4.393%) ActionScript
14 11 (2.842%) Scala
14 11 (2.842%) PL/SQL
15 10 (2.584%) C
16 8 (2.067%) AspectJ
16 8 (2.067%) Erlang
16 8 (2.067%) PHP5
Qualifications
1 32 (8.269%) Degree
2 1 (0.258%) MCTS
2 1 (0.258%) Microsoft Certification
2 1 (0.258%) MCP
2 1 (0.258%) MCAD
2 1 (0.258%) MCSD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (2.842%) QA
2 3 (0.775%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.258%) RosettaNet
System Software
1 8 (2.067%) Xen
2 5 (1.292%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.258%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 8 (2.067%) Puppet
2 1 (0.258%) Nagios
Vendors
1 74 (19.12%) Google
2 60 (15.50%) Microsoft
3 52 (13.44%) Oracle
4 32 (8.269%) Facebook
5 22 (5.685%) Salesforce.com
6 14 (3.618%) Twitter
6 14 (3.618%) Sun
7 12 (3.101%) JBoss
8 10 (2.584%) DevExpress
9 9 (2.326%) Akamai
10 7 (1.809%) Apple
10 7 (1.809%) IBM
11 5 (1.292%) Zend
11 5 (1.292%) Informatica
11 5 (1.292%) Murex
12 4 (1.034%) Sencha
13 3 (0.775%) Sitecore
13 3 (0.775%) TIBCO
14 2 (0.517%) SAP
14 2 (0.517%) Software AG
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