The first table below looks at the demand for REST skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited REST over the 3 months to 20 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Representational State Transfer (REST)
Rank 126 118 168
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +50
Permanent jobs citing REST 17 32 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.713% 1.267% 0.191%
As % of the Application Development category 1.927% 2.971% 0.561%
Number of salaries quoted 13 30 7
Average salary £50,000 £61,750 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-19.02% +37.22%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -5.55%
All Application Development
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
882 1077 1247
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 37.01% 42.64% 33.99%
Number of salaries quoted 717 881 1065
Average salary £42,500 £41,500 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.40% -2.35%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £26,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £58,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
REST
East of England

REST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire REST Salary Trend

REST
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing REST across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Hemel Hempstead - 4 £30,500 -
Watford +8 1 - -
St Albans - 1 £45,000 -
REST
East of England

REST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 51 (79.69%) Java
2 43 (67.19%) Web Services
3 38 (59.38%) JavaScript
4 37 (57.81%) Spring
5 34 (53.13%) CSS
6 31 (48.44%) Ajax
6 31 (48.44%) jQuery
7 30 (46.88%) SOAP
8 27 (42.19%) JSON
9 26 (40.63%) J2EE
10 24 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
11 23 (35.94%) SQL
11 23 (35.94%) Degree
12 22 (34.38%) XML
12 22 (34.38%) Linux
13 21 (32.81%) XHTML
13 21 (32.81%) JDBC
13 21 (32.81%) MVC
14 18 (28.13%) Hibernate
14 18 (28.13%) JSP
14 18 (28.13%) Tomcat
15 17 (26.56%) JBoss
15 17 (26.56%) NoSQL
16 16 (25.00%) UNIX
16 16 (25.00%) Struts
17 15 (23.44%) Internet
17 15 (23.44%) OO
17 15 (23.44%) Spring MVC
18 14 (21.88%) Finance
18 14 (21.88%) Maven

REST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 43 (67.19%) Web Services
2 37 (57.81%) Spring
3 34 (53.13%) CSS
4 31 (48.44%) Ajax
4 31 (48.44%) jQuery
5 30 (46.88%) SOAP
6 27 (42.19%) JSON
7 26 (40.63%) J2EE
8 22 (34.38%) XML
9 21 (32.81%) XHTML
9 21 (32.81%) JDBC
10 18 (28.13%) Hibernate
10 18 (28.13%) JSP
11 16 (25.00%) Struts
12 15 (23.44%) Spring MVC
13 13 (20.31%) .NET
14 9 (14.06%) HTML5
15 7 (10.94%) XSLT
15 7 (10.94%) ASP.NET
16 6 (9.375%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 18 (28.13%) Tomcat
2 7 (10.94%) Apache
3 4 (6.250%) WebLogic
4 1 (1.563%) Jetty
4 1 (1.563%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.563%) CMS
Applications
1 2 (3.125%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.563%) MS Project
2 1 (1.563%) SPSS
Business Applications
1 1 (1.563%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 15 (23.44%) Internet
2 3 (4.688%) UPnP
2 3 (4.688%) HTTP
2 3 (4.688%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.563%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (26.56%) NoSQL
2 10 (15.63%) SQL Server
3 9 (14.06%) Big Data
3 9 (14.06%) Apache Cassandra
4 5 (7.813%) MySQL
5 2 (3.125%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (1.563%) SQL Server 2008
6 1 (1.563%) SQL Server 2005
6 1 (1.563%) SAP HANA
6 1 (1.563%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 14 (21.88%) Maven
2 10 (15.63%) Jenkins
3 6 (9.375%) Visual Studio
4 5 (7.813%) JUnit
5 4 (6.250%) Subversion
6 3 (4.688%) GCC
6 3 (4.688%) Automake
7 2 (3.125%) Ant
7 2 (3.125%) WATIR
7 2 (3.125%) Selenium
7 2 (3.125%) FitNesse
7 2 (3.125%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 2 (3.125%) Git (software)
8 1 (1.563%) EasyMock
8 1 (1.563%) Mercurial
8 1 (1.563%) Mockito
8 1 (1.563%) Cactus
8 1 (1.563%) Eclipse
General
1 14 (21.88%) Finance
2 9 (14.06%) Telecoms
2 9 (14.06%) Games
2 9 (14.06%) Online Betting
3 6 (9.375%) Retail
4 4 (6.250%) Multimedia
5 3 (4.688%) Advertising
6 2 (3.125%) Electronics
6 2 (3.125%) Automotive
6 2 (3.125%) Banking
7 1 (1.563%) Interactive Media
7 1 (1.563%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 42 (65.63%) Developer
2 29 (45.31%) Java Developer
3 27 (42.19%) Software Engineer
4 18 (28.13%) Software Developer
5 16 (25.00%) Java Software Engineer
6 15 (23.44%) Java Software Developer
7 8 (12.50%) Agile Java Developer
8 5 (7.813%) Senior Software Engineer
8 5 (7.813%) Web Developer
8 5 (7.813%) Senior Developer
9 4 (6.250%) Senior Java Developer
10 3 (4.688%) Mobile Developer
10 3 (4.688%) Senior Java Software Developer
10 3 (4.688%) Senior Java Software Engineer
10 3 (4.688%) Senior Software Developer
10 3 (4.688%) Engineering Manager
11 2 (3.125%) Architect
11 2 (3.125%) Software Architect
11 2 (3.125%) .NET Developer
11 2 (3.125%) .NET Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 9 (14.06%) Computer Science
1 9 (14.06%) Online Games
2 6 (9.375%) Open Source
2 6 (9.375%) Mobile App
3 3 (4.688%) N-Tier
4 2 (3.125%) Management Information System
4 2 (3.125%) IVR
4 2 (3.125%) Speech Recognition
4 2 (3.125%) Embedded Systems
4 2 (3.125%) Enterprise Software
4 2 (3.125%) Graphic Design
4 2 (3.125%) iPhone
5 1 (1.563%) SWIFT
5 1 (1.563%) PKI
5 1 (1.563%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 22 (34.38%) Linux
2 16 (25.00%) UNIX
3 6 (9.375%) Android
4 5 (7.813%) Apple iOS
4 5 (7.813%) Windows
5 3 (4.688%) Embedded Linux
6 2 (3.125%) Windows XP
6 2 (3.125%) Solaris
6 2 (3.125%) Windows Server 2003
6 2 (3.125%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.563%) CentOS
7 1 (1.563%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.563%) Fedora
7 1 (1.563%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
2 21 (32.81%) MVC
3 15 (23.44%) OO
4 13 (20.31%) TDD
5 11 (17.19%) Multithreading
5 11 (17.19%) Test Automation
6 10 (15.63%) Web Development
7 9 (14.06%) Scrum
7 9 (14.06%) Continuous Integration
8 8 (12.50%) OOD
9 5 (7.813%) Web Design
9 5 (7.813%) E-Commerce
10 4 (6.250%) UML
10 4 (6.250%) Project Management
11 3 (4.688%) Customer Engagement
11 3 (4.688%) BDD
11 3 (4.688%) Unit Testing
11 3 (4.688%) Web Application Development
11 3 (4.688%) Yourdon
11 3 (4.688%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 51 (79.69%) Java
2 38 (59.38%) JavaScript
3 23 (35.94%) SQL
4 10 (15.63%) PHP
5 8 (12.50%) C#
5 8 (12.50%) C++
6 6 (9.375%) C
7 4 (6.250%) Python
7 4 (6.250%) Objective-C
7 4 (6.250%) Apex Code
8 3 (4.688%) PL/SQL
9 2 (3.125%) VBScript
9 2 (3.125%) VB.NET
9 2 (3.125%) Ruby
10 1 (1.563%) Bash shell
10 1 (1.563%) Perl
Qualifications
1 23 (35.94%) Degree
2 2 (3.125%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (14.06%) QA
2 2 (3.125%) ISO 9001
2 2 (3.125%) TickIT
3 1 (1.563%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 1 (1.563%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (1.563%) Puppet
Vendors
1 17 (26.56%) JBoss
2 4 (6.250%) Salesforce.com
3 3 (4.688%) Oracle
4 2 (3.125%) Microsoft
4 2 (3.125%) Sun
4 2 (3.125%) Sencha
5 1 (1.563%) Twitter
5 1 (1.563%) Thunderhead
5 1 (1.563%) SAP
5 1 (1.563%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.563%) IBM
Welwyn Garden City, Herts
Title: Application Developer (Developer, Programmer) Location: Welwyn Garden City, Herts Key Skills: Developer, programmer, agile, BPM, Java, HTML5, CSS, REST, JSP, XML, .NET, SQL Tesco has built its...
Tesco
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 7 June 2013