Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Hertfordshire region.

 Web Services
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank675039
Rank change year-on-year
Down-17Down-11
Matching permanent IT job ads4471186
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire2.319 %3.355 %4.131 %
As % of the Application Development category6.162 %11.49 %14.69 %
Salaries quoted3360146
Average salary£42,500£37,500£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33 %-16.66 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,700£28,950£32,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,700£67,500£56,250
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£36,500
% change year-on-year
--4.100 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
7146181266
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire37.64 %29.21 %28.12 %
Salaries quoted6325261041
Average salary£40,000£37,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£28,500£28,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£60,000£52,900
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
Web Services East of EnglandWeb Services
East of England

Web Services
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Web Services across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Hertfordshire Web Services Demand Trend

Web Services
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Web Services across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Web Services Salary Trend

Web Services
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Web Services across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

Hertfordshire Web Services Salary Histogram

Web Services
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Services within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WatfordNew entry-11£83,250-
Welwyn Garden CityDown-26£45,000+42.85 %
StevenageUp+74£41,250+10.73 %
RickmansworthDown-51£66,500+95.58 %
St AlbansDown-51£30,000+5.26 %
Web Services East of EnglandWeb Services
East of England

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

150 (47.62 %).NET
150 (47.62 %)SQL Server
150 (47.62 %)XML
237 (35.24 %)JavaScript
336 (34.29 %)AJAX
434 (32.38 %)CSS
532 (30.48 %)Oracle
630 (28.57 %)Java
630 (28.57 %)ASP.NET
729 (27.62 %)C#
828 (26.67 %)WCF
926 (24.76 %)ASP
1024 (22.86 %)SOA
1024 (22.86 %)SQL
1123 (21.90 %)HTML
1123 (21.90 %)VB
1123 (21.90 %)Windows
1221 (20.00 %)J2EE
1221 (20.00 %)C++
1221 (20.00 %)Microsoft
1320 (19.05 %)Silverlight
1418 (17.14 %)WPF
1517 (16.19 %)BPEL
1517 (16.19 %)EJB
1616 (15.24 %)Photoshop
1616 (15.24 %)Adobe
1715 (14.29 %)Degree
1814 (13.33 %)OO
1814 (13.33 %)E-Commerce
1814 (13.33 %)MVC

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
150 (47.62 %).NET
150 (47.62 %)XML
236 (34.29 %)AJAX
334 (32.38 %)CSS
430 (28.57 %)ASP.NET
528 (26.67 %)WCF
626 (24.76 %)ASP
723 (21.90 %)HTML
821 (20.00 %)J2EE
920 (19.05 %)Silverlight
1018 (17.14 %)WPF
1117 (16.19 %)EJB
1213 (12.38 %)XHTML
1213 (12.38 %)JMS
1311 (10.48 %)Spring
1311 (10.48 %)XML Schema
1410 (9.524 %)Hibernate
1410 (9.524 %)JDBC
159 (8.571 %)XSLT
168 (7.619 %)Spring Web Flow
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
113 (12.38 %)Oracle Workflow
211 (10.48 %)AquaLogic
310 (9.524 %)WebLogic
45 (4.762 %)SharePoint
54 (3.810 %)IIS
63 (2.857 %)MS Exchange
63 (2.857 %)Exchange Server 2007
72 (1.905 %)CMS
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
116 (15.24 %)Photoshop
23 (2.857 %)MS Excel
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
16 (5.714 %)Navision
25 (4.762 %)Microsoft CRM
25 (4.762 %)Remedy AR System
34 (3.810 %)Remedy ITSM
41 (0.952 %)Dynamics NAV
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
113 (12.38 %)Internet
25 (4.762 %)NAS
33 (2.857 %)Firewall
33 (2.857 %)Intranet
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
150 (47.62 %)SQL Server
212 (11.43 %)Oracle 11g
212 (11.43 %)SQL Server 2005
38 (7.619 %)MySQL
47 (6.667 %)SQL Server 2008
56 (5.714 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
65 (4.762 %)Oracle 10g
65 (4.762 %)SQL Server 2000
72 (1.905 %)DB2
81 (0.952 %)TOAD
81 (0.952 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
81 (0.952 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (7.619 %)JDeveloper
18 (7.619 %)Eclipse
26 (5.714 %)NUnit
26 (5.714 %)Subversion
31 (0.952 %)JUnit
31 (0.952 %)QuickTest Pro
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
18 (7.619 %)Pensions
18 (7.619 %)Marketing
18 (7.619 %)Health
27 (6.667 %)Insurance
33 (2.857 %)Retail
42 (1.905 %)Auditing
42 (1.905 %)Finance
51 (0.952 %)Education
51 (0.952 %)Pharmaceutical
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
176 (72.38 %)Developer
231 (29.52 %)Web Developer
327 (25.71 %)Senior Developer
424 (22.86 %)ASP.NET Developer
520 (19.05 %)Senior Web Developer
616 (15.24 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
714 (13.33 %).NET Developer
813 (12.38 %)Architect
813 (12.38 %)Java Developer
911 (10.48 %)C# Developer
109 (8.571 %)Oracle Developer
109 (8.571 %)Principal Architect
118 (7.619 %)PHP Web Developer
118 (7.619 %)MySQL Developer
118 (7.619 %)CSS Developer
118 (7.619 %)PHP Developer
127 (6.667 %)Programmer
127 (6.667 %).NET Web Developer
127 (6.667 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
127 (6.667 %)Senior .NET Developer
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
16 (5.714 %)Tandem
25 (4.762 %)SCADA
34 (3.810 %)Computer Science
43 (2.857 %)N-Tier
52 (1.905 %)Wiki
61 (0.952 %)Chip and PIN
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
123 (21.90 %)Windows
24 (3.810 %)Solaris
33 (2.857 %)Windows Server 2008
41 (0.952 %)Linux
41 (0.952 %)AIX
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
124 (22.86 %)SOA
217 (16.19 %)BPEL
314 (13.33 %)OO
314 (13.33 %)E-Commerce
314 (13.33 %)MVC
413 (12.38 %)Workflow
413 (12.38 %)Unit Testing
511 (10.48 %)Use Case
511 (10.48 %)RUP
511 (10.48 %)Unified Process
67 (6.667 %)Scrum
67 (6.667 %)Project Management
76 (5.714 %)TDD
76 (5.714 %)Extreme Programming
76 (5.714 %)ERP
85 (4.762 %)ITIL
85 (4.762 %)Business Intelligence
85 (4.762 %)CRM
85 (4.762 %)OOD
94 (3.810 %)Software Engineering
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
137 (35.24 %)JavaScript
230 (28.57 %)Java
329 (27.62 %)C#
424 (22.86 %)SQL
523 (21.90 %)VB
621 (20.00 %)C++
78 (7.619 %)PHP
86 (5.714 %)C
95 (4.762 %)T-SQL
102 (1.905 %)VB.NET
111 (0.952 %)PL/SQL
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
115 (14.29 %)Degree
210 (9.524 %)Microsoft Certification
35 (4.762 %)Security Cleared
44 (3.810 %)MCAD
44 (3.810 %)MCSD
51 (0.952 %)ISEB
51 (0.952 %)ITIL Certification
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.905 %)QA
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (0.952 %)Active Directory
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
132 (30.48 %)Oracle
221 (20.00 %)Microsoft
316 (15.24 %)Adobe
411 (10.48 %)BEA
55 (4.762 %)BMC
55 (4.762 %)Remedy
62 (1.905 %)Quark
62 (1.905 %)Open Text
62 (1.905 %)EMC
71 (0.952 %)IBM