The first table below looks at the demand for REST skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited REST over the 3 months to 21 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Representational State Transfer (REST)
Rank 49 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Permanent jobs citing REST 10 0 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 2.037% - -
As % of the Application Development category 3.623% - -
Number of salaries quoted 5 0 0
Average salary £55,000 - -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -
All Application Development
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
276 288 219
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 56.21% 51.25% 58.56%
Number of salaries quoted 257 272 196
Average salary £33,000 £31,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.76% +1.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £23,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
REST
North West

REST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire REST Salary Trend

REST
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing REST across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Preston - 3 £55,000 -
REST
North West

REST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 14 (93.33%) Web Services
2 13 (86.67%) C#
2 13 (86.67%) SQL
2 13 (86.67%) SOAP
3 12 (80.00%) Java
4 11 (73.33%) HTTP
4 11 (73.33%) Mobile App
5 10 (66.67%) QA
5 10 (66.67%) WATIR
5 10 (66.67%) Selenium
5 10 (66.67%) FitNesse
5 10 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
5 10 (66.67%) Unit Testing
5 10 (66.67%) System Testing
5 10 (66.67%) Ruby
5 10 (66.67%) Waterfall
5 10 (66.67%) soapUI
5 10 (66.67%) C
5 10 (66.67%) PHP
5 10 (66.67%) C++
5 10 (66.67%) XML
5 10 (66.67%) RAD
5 10 (66.67%) Python
6 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
6 3 (20.00%) OOD
6 3 (20.00%) UML
6 3 (20.00%) OOA/OOD
6 3 (20.00%) .NET
6 3 (20.00%) Oracle
6 3 (20.00%) SQL Server

REST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 14 (93.33%) Web Services
2 13 (86.67%) SOAP
3 10 (66.67%) soapUI
3 10 (66.67%) XML
4 3 (20.00%) .NET
4 3 (20.00%) WCF
5 1 (6.667%) J2EE
5 1 (6.667%) Cocoa
5 1 (6.667%) JNI
5 1 (6.667%) iOS SDK
Applications
1 3 (20.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 11 (73.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (20.00%) SQL Server
1 3 (20.00%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (66.67%) WATIR
1 10 (66.67%) Selenium
1 10 (66.67%) FitNesse
2 2 (13.33%) Eclipse
3 1 (6.667%) Xcode
General
1 3 (20.00%) Retail
1 3 (20.00%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 10 (66.67%) Consultant
1 10 (66.67%) Test Consultant
2 3 (20.00%) .NET Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Technical Architect
2 3 (20.00%) .NET Technical Architect
2 3 (20.00%) Architect
3 2 (13.33%) Android Developer
3 2 (13.33%) Developer
4 1 (6.667%) iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (73.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.667%) iPad
2 1 (6.667%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 2 (13.33%) Android
2 1 (6.667%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (66.67%) User Acceptance Testing
1 10 (66.67%) Unit Testing
1 10 (66.67%) System Testing
1 10 (66.67%) Waterfall
1 10 (66.67%) RAD
2 3 (20.00%) OOD
2 3 (20.00%) UML
2 3 (20.00%) OOA/OOD
2 3 (20.00%) TOGAF
2 3 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
Programming Languages
1 13 (86.67%) C#
1 13 (86.67%) SQL
2 12 (80.00%) Java
3 10 (66.67%) Ruby
3 10 (66.67%) C
3 10 (66.67%) PHP
3 10 (66.67%) C++
3 10 (66.67%) Python
4 1 (6.667%) Objective-C
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (66.67%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (20.00%) Oracle
2 1 (6.667%) Google