The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 33 40 29
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -11
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 69 56 100
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 5.918% 4.233% 6.231%
As % of the Application Development category 13.77% 13.30% 18.42%
Number of salaries quoted 40 40 80
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £28,950 £30,450
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £51,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Application Development
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
501 421 543
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 42.97% 31.82% 33.83%
Number of salaries quoted 324 314 402
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
Web Services
Scotland

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Web Services Salary Trend

Web Services
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Web Services across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Edinburgh Web Services Salary Histogram

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 67 (53.17%) Java
2 62 (49.21%) .NET
3 59 (46.83%) C#
3 59 (46.83%) Finance
4 57 (45.24%) XML
5 50 (39.68%) ASP.NET
6 48 (38.10%) SQL Server
7 46 (36.51%) JavaScript
8 43 (34.13%) HTML
8 43 (34.13%) CSS
9 40 (31.75%) Oracle
10 35 (27.78%) J2EE
10 35 (27.78%) SQL
11 33 (26.19%) jQuery
12 30 (23.81%) Linux
13 28 (22.22%) HTML5
14 26 (20.63%) SOAP
15 25 (19.84%) Agile Software Development
16 24 (19.05%) Software Engineering
17 23 (18.25%) Apache
17 23 (18.25%) MVC
18 22 (17.46%) SQL Server 2005
19 21 (16.67%) Ajax
20 19 (15.08%) BPMN
21 18 (14.29%) Microsoft
21 18 (14.29%) UML
21 18 (14.29%) OO
22 17 (13.49%) Perl
22 17 (13.49%) WebSphere
22 17 (13.49%) TDD

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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 62 (49.21%) .NET
2 57 (45.24%) XML
3 50 (39.68%) ASP.NET
4 43 (34.13%) HTML
4 43 (34.13%) CSS
5 35 (27.78%) J2EE
6 33 (26.19%) jQuery
7 28 (22.22%) HTML5
8 26 (20.63%) SOAP
9 21 (16.67%) Ajax
10 17 (13.49%) WebSphere
11 14 (11.11%) .NET Framework
11 14 (11.11%) RESTful
12 12 (9.524%) XSLT
13 11 (8.730%) WCF
13 11 (8.730%) JSP
14 10 (7.937%) Servlets
14 10 (7.937%) JSF
14 10 (7.937%) ASP.NET MVC
15 9 (7.143%) KnockoutJS
Application Platforms
1 23 (18.25%) Apache
2 12 (9.524%) WebSphere Application Server
3 11 (8.730%) Tomcat
4 6 (4.762%) Amazon AWS
5 5 (3.968%) SharePoint
5 5 (3.968%) CMS
6 4 (3.175%) MQSeries
6 4 (3.175%) WebSphere Portal
7 3 (2.381%) Windows Azure
7 3 (2.381%) Umbraco
8 2 (1.587%) SAS
8 2 (1.587%) IIS
8 2 (1.587%) ESB
8 2 (1.587%) Mule
8 2 (1.587%) Force.com
9 1 (0.794%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.794%) Adobe CQ
9 1 (0.794%) Apache Solr
9 1 (0.794%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.794%) TeamSite
Applications
1 1 (0.794%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (0.794%) Oracle BPM
1 1 (0.794%) Tridion
1 1 (0.794%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 4 (3.175%) Internet
2 2 (1.587%) Network Security
3 1 (0.794%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 48 (38.10%) SQL Server
2 22 (17.46%) SQL Server 2005
3 14 (11.11%) RDBMS
4 9 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
5 6 (4.762%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (4.762%) MySQL
6 5 (3.968%) SQL Server 2012
7 4 (3.175%) Big Data
8 3 (2.381%) NoSQL
8 3 (2.381%) SQLite
8 3 (2.381%) DB2
8 3 (2.381%) Oracle 8/8i
9 2 (1.587%) Oracle 11g
9 2 (1.587%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (1.587%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 2 (1.587%) Redis
9 2 (1.587%) Hadoop
10 1 (0.794%) Azure SQL Database
10 1 (0.794%) BusinessObjects XI
10 1 (0.794%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 12 (9.524%) JUnit
2 8 (6.349%) Eclipse
2 8 (6.349%) Visual Studio
3 4 (3.175%) Fiddler
3 4 (3.175%) Subversion
3 4 (3.175%) Canoo WebTest
4 3 (2.381%) Team Foundation Server
4 3 (2.381%) Xcode
4 3 (2.381%) Git (software)
5 2 (1.587%) JIRA
5 2 (1.587%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.587%) Maven
5 2 (1.587%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.794%) NUnit
6 1 (0.794%) Talend Open Studio
6 1 (0.794%) HttpUnit
6 1 (0.794%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.794%) JDeveloper
6 1 (0.794%) Bugzilla
6 1 (0.794%) JMeter
General
1 59 (46.83%) Finance
2 9 (7.143%) Publishing
3 5 (3.968%) Banking
3 5 (3.968%) Telecoms
4 3 (2.381%) Marketing
4 3 (2.381%) Financial Institution
5 2 (1.587%) Advertising
5 2 (1.587%) French Language
5 2 (1.587%) German Language
6 1 (0.794%) Billing
6 1 (0.794%) Retail
Job Titles
1 82 (65.08%) Developer
2 34 (26.98%) Senior Developer
3 24 (19.05%) .NET Developer
4 21 (16.67%) Web Developer
5 17 (13.49%) Java Developer
6 14 (11.11%) Software Developer
6 14 (11.11%) ASP.NET Developer
7 13 (10.32%) C# Developer
8 12 (9.524%) C# .NET Developer
9 10 (7.937%) Analyst
9 10 (7.937%) Software Engineer
10 9 (7.143%) Technical Analyst
10 9 (7.143%) Senior Web Developer
10 9 (7.143%) .NET Web Developer
11 8 (6.349%) Java/J2EE Developer
11 8 (6.349%) Senior Technical Analyst
11 8 (6.349%) Senior Analyst
12 7 (5.556%) Developer Analyst
12 7 (5.556%) Senior .NET Developer
12 7 (5.556%) Senior Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 9 (7.143%) Computer Science
2 7 (5.556%) SWIFT
3 5 (3.968%) Open Source
4 4 (3.175%) Client/Server
4 4 (3.175%) Web 2.0
5 3 (2.381%) Mobile App
5 3 (2.381%) Cloud Computing
6 2 (1.587%) Management Information System
6 2 (1.587%) Replication
7 1 (0.794%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (0.794%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.794%) W3C
7 1 (0.794%) Mainframe
Operating Systems
1 30 (23.81%) Linux
2 15 (11.90%) Windows
3 12 (9.524%) Android
4 8 (6.349%) Apple iOS
5 4 (3.175%) UNIX
6 3 (2.381%) Solaris
7 2 (1.587%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.794%) Windows Phone
8 1 (0.794%) zOS
8 1 (0.794%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (19.84%) Agile Software Development
2 24 (19.05%) Software Engineering
3 23 (18.25%) MVC
4 19 (15.08%) BPMN
5 18 (14.29%) UML
5 18 (14.29%) OO
6 17 (13.49%) TDD
7 15 (11.90%) Web Development
8 13 (10.32%) SOA
9 12 (9.524%) Scrum
10 11 (8.730%) Continuous Integration
10 11 (8.730%) Automated Testing
11 10 (7.937%) OOD
11 10 (7.937%) Stakeholder Management
12 8 (6.349%) Project Management
12 8 (6.349%) Business Analysis
13 7 (5.556%) BDD
13 7 (5.556%) Software Architecture
14 6 (4.762%) Risk Management
15 5 (3.968%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 67 (53.17%) Java
2 59 (46.83%) C#
3 46 (36.51%) JavaScript
4 35 (27.78%) SQL
5 17 (13.49%) Perl
6 10 (7.937%) VB.NET
7 9 (7.143%) Objective-C
8 7 (5.556%) Ruby
8 7 (5.556%) XPath
8 7 (5.556%) XQuery
9 6 (4.762%) PHP
9 6 (4.762%) Python
9 6 (4.762%) Bash shell
10 5 (3.968%) Korn
11 4 (3.175%) PL/SQL
12 3 (2.381%) Apex Code
12 3 (2.381%) C++
12 3 (2.381%) Delphi
13 2 (1.587%) T-SQL
14 1 (0.794%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 12 (9.524%) Microsoft Certification
2 6 (4.762%) Degree
3 2 (1.587%) Siebel Certification
4 1 (0.794%) MCTS
4 1 (0.794%) MCSD
4 1 (0.794%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (0.794%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.587%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.587%) Samba
2 1 (0.794%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.794%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 4 (3.175%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 2 (1.587%) Nagios
2 2 (1.587%) Munin
2 2 (1.587%) Puppet
3 1 (0.794%) SCOM
3 1 (0.794%) OpenView
3 1 (0.794%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.794%) BMC PATROL
Vendors
1 40 (31.75%) Oracle
2 18 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 9 (7.143%) JBoss
4 8 (6.349%) IBM
5 6 (4.762%) Twitter
6 5 (3.968%) Open Text
7 4 (3.175%) Canoo
8 3 (2.381%) Ektron
8 3 (2.381%) Salesforce.com
9 2 (1.587%) TIBCO
9 2 (1.587%) Siebel
9 2 (1.587%) Google
9 2 (1.587%) Alterian
10 1 (0.794%) Talend
10 1 (0.794%) Casewise
10 1 (0.794%) Pega
10 1 (0.794%) Apple
10 1 (0.794%) Adobe
10 1 (0.794%) Sun
10 1 (0.794%) webMethods
Edinburgh, Scotland
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Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
Project Management Line Management C# .NET JavaScript, Web Services, Java, Software Architecture and Design, SQL Experience:Proven Project Management experience, ideally within a technical implementation team, managing projects...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: competitive rate
Posted: 23 May 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
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ITHR
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Edinburgh, Scotland
You will have skills in cross-platform Java, JavaScript / AJAX, HTML5, XHTML and CSS. You will have an excellent understanding of agile methodology. The ideal candidate will also...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £ Highly Competitive Plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
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Search Consultancy
Posted: 17 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Reed Technology
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + DOE
Posted: 12 June 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Textensor Limited
Salary: From £23,000 to £38,000 per annum depending on experience
Posted: 17 June 2013