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

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 38 34 25
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -9
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 11 16 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 2.910% 4.082% 3.524%
As % of the Application Development category 12.64% 10.32% 8.989%
Number of salaries quoted 9 12 5
Average salary £38,000 £52,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-27.61% +50.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £33,400 £35,250 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £70,500 £57,500 £38,300
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Application Development
Luton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
87 155 89
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Luton 23.02% 39.54% 39.21%
Number of salaries quoted 64 116 83
Average salary £37,500 £41,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.53% +17.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £28,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Web Services
Bedfordshire

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Web Services Salary Trend

Web Services
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Web Services across the Luton region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Luton Web Services Salary Histogram

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 63 (72.41%) .NET
2 61 (70.11%) SQL Server
3 59 (67.82%) C#
4 39 (44.83%) Internet
5 38 (43.68%) Microsoft
6 36 (41.38%) ETL
7 34 (39.08%) SQL Server 2005
7 34 (39.08%) SQL Server 2008
8 33 (37.93%) XML
9 31 (35.63%) .NET Framework
10 29 (33.33%) TDD
10 29 (33.33%) Windows
10 29 (33.33%) SQL
11 26 (29.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
12 24 (27.59%) SharePoint
13 23 (26.44%) QA
14 22 (25.29%) Change Management
15 21 (24.14%) MVC
15 21 (24.14%) MS Excel
15 21 (24.14%) Oracle
16 20 (22.99%) N-Tier
16 20 (22.99%) BizTalk Server
17 19 (21.84%) DOC1
18 18 (20.69%) Continuous Integration
18 18 (20.69%) XMPie
18 18 (20.69%) Team Foundation Server
19 17 (19.54%) Unit Testing
19 17 (19.54%) Refactoring
19 17 (19.54%) Data Warehouse
19 17 (19.54%) E-Commerce

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Luton 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 63 (72.41%) .NET
2 33 (37.93%) XML
3 31 (35.63%) .NET Framework
4 16 (18.39%) HTML
5 15 (17.24%) ASP.NET
6 9 (10.34%) jQuery
7 8 (9.195%) RESTful
7 8 (9.195%) CSS
8 7 (8.046%) Ajax
9 6 (6.897%) WinForms
10 5 (5.747%) JSON
11 3 (3.448%) WCF
11 3 (3.448%) J2EE
12 2 (2.299%) JSP
12 2 (2.299%) Servlets
12 2 (2.299%) SOAP
12 2 (2.299%) WF
12 2 (2.299%) NHibernate
12 2 (2.299%) Hibernate
12 2 (2.299%) ASP.NET MVC
Application Platforms
1 24 (27.59%) SharePoint
2 20 (22.99%) BizTalk Server
3 16 (18.39%) SharePoint Server
4 13 (14.94%) Exstream Dialogue
5 7 (8.046%) SharePoint 2010
6 3 (3.448%) Oracle Workflow
7 2 (2.299%) IIS
8 1 (1.149%) Apache
8 1 (1.149%) WebLogic
8 1 (1.149%) Papyrus
Applications
1 21 (24.14%) MS Excel
2 19 (21.84%) DOC1
3 14 (16.09%) PrintSoft PReS
4 6 (6.897%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 14 (16.09%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 39 (44.83%) Internet
2 7 (8.046%) FTP
3 1 (1.149%) HTTP
3 1 (1.149%) HTTPS
3 1 (1.149%) Firewall
3 1 (1.149%) Cisco PIX
3 1 (1.149%) Network Security
3 1 (1.149%) Cisco ASA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 61 (70.11%) SQL Server
2 34 (39.08%) SQL Server 2005
2 34 (39.08%) SQL Server 2008
3 26 (29.89%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 17 (19.54%) Data Warehouse
5 14 (16.09%) RDBMS
6 9 (10.34%) SQL Server 2000
6 9 (10.34%) MySQL
7 8 (9.195%) GIS
8 5 (5.747%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 2 (2.299%) SQL Server 2012
9 2 (2.299%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 18 (20.69%) Team Foundation Server
2 13 (14.94%) FogBugz
2 13 (14.94%) Bugzilla
3 11 (12.64%) Visual Studio
4 2 (2.299%) NUnit
5 1 (1.149%) Maven
5 1 (1.149%) Ant
5 1 (1.149%) Hudson
5 1 (1.149%) Jenkins
General
1 5 (5.747%) Finance
2 3 (3.448%) Manufacturing
3 2 (2.299%) French Language
Job Titles
1 44 (50.57%) Developer
2 28 (32.18%) .NET Developer
3 25 (28.74%) C# Developer
3 25 (28.74%) C# .NET Developer
4 18 (20.69%) Analyst
5 17 (19.54%) Architect
6 16 (18.39%) Solutions Architect
7 12 (13.79%) Test Analyst
8 11 (12.64%) Development Manager
8 11 (12.64%) Senior Developer
9 8 (9.195%) ASP.NET Developer
9 8 (9.195%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 8 (9.195%) Business Intelligence Architect
10 6 (6.897%) C# Programmer
10 6 (6.897%) Developer Analyst
10 6 (6.897%) .NET Analyst Programmer
10 6 (6.897%) QA Analyst
10 6 (6.897%) .NET Programmer
10 6 (6.897%) C# Analyst Programmer
10 6 (6.897%) Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 20 (22.99%) N-Tier
2 11 (12.64%) Management Information System
3 9 (10.34%) Client/Server
4 6 (6.897%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (2.299%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 29 (33.33%) Windows
2 1 (1.149%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 36 (41.38%) ETL
2 29 (33.33%) TDD
3 22 (25.29%) Change Management
4 21 (24.14%) MVC
5 18 (20.69%) Continuous Integration
6 17 (19.54%) Refactoring
6 17 (19.54%) Unit Testing
6 17 (19.54%) E-Commerce
7 16 (18.39%) Scrum
8 13 (14.94%) Test Scripting
9 10 (11.49%) Risk Analysis
9 10 (11.49%) Test Automation
9 10 (11.49%) OO
10 9 (10.34%) Project Management
11 8 (9.195%) Service Delivery
11 8 (9.195%) Business Intelligence
11 8 (9.195%) Workflow
11 8 (9.195%) SOA
11 8 (9.195%) AOP
12 7 (8.046%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 59 (67.82%) C#
2 29 (33.33%) SQL
3 8 (9.195%) JavaScript
4 4 (4.598%) Java
5 2 (2.299%) T-SQL
5 2 (2.299%) VB
5 2 (2.299%) VB.NET
5 2 (2.299%) VBA
5 2 (2.299%) VB6
6 1 (1.149%) C
6 1 (1.149%) C++
6 1 (1.149%) PHP
Qualifications
1 16 (18.39%) ISEB
2 13 (14.94%) ISTQB
3 12 (13.79%) Degree
4 1 (1.149%) CCIE
4 1 (1.149%) CCSP
4 1 (1.149%) CCNP
4 1 (1.149%) Cisco Certification
4 1 (1.149%) Microsoft Certification
4 1 (1.149%) CCSA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (26.44%) QA
Vendors
1 38 (43.68%) Microsoft
2 21 (24.14%) Oracle
3 18 (20.69%) XMPie
4 14 (16.09%) HP
5 9 (10.34%) Sybase
6 1 (1.149%) JBoss
6 1 (1.149%) Cisco
6 1 (1.149%) CheckPoint
6 1 (1.149%) VMware
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