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

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)
Rank - 47 38
Permanent jobs citing WSDL 0 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon - 0.585% 1.060%
As % of the Application Development category - 1.439% 2.439%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 3
Average salary - £51,250 £100,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -48.75%
UK excluding London average salary £34,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-15.00% +6.66%
All Application Development
Croydon
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
85 139 123
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Croydon 29.72% 40.64% 43.46%
Number of salaries quoted 76 132 117
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £30,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £80,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WSDL
London

WSDL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Croydon WSDL Jobs Demand Trend

WSDL
Salary Trend

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

Croydon WSDL Salary Trend

WSDL
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Croydon region citing WSDL 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 WSDL.

1 3 (100.00%) J2EE
1 3 (100.00%) XML
1 3 (100.00%) UML
1 3 (100.00%) RUP
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) SOA
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
1 3 (100.00%) ESB

WSDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) J2EE
1 3 (100.00%) XML
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) ESB
General
1 3 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Architect
1 3 (100.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) UML
1 3 (100.00%) RUP
1 3 (100.00%) Data Modelling
1 3 (100.00%) SOA