The first table below looks at the demand for OSGi skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OSGi over the 3 months to 24 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 Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OSGi
Rank - 172 168
Permanent jobs citing OSGi 0 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester - 0.028% 0.051%
As % of the Application Development category - 0.057% 0.119%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 2
Average salary - £25,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -37.50%
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-5.00% +14.28%
All Application Development
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2132 1750 1682
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 52.06% 48.29% 42.54%
Number of salaries quoted 1954 1598 1559
Average salary £35,000 £33,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
OSGi
North West

OSGi
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester OSGi Jobs Demand Trend

OSGi
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing OSGi across the Manchester region.

Manchester OSGi Salary Trend

OSGi
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing OSGi 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 OSGi.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) Swing
1 1 (100.00%) J2SE
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (100.00%) Sun Certification
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement

OSGi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region citing OSGi 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 OSGi. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) XML
1 1 (100.00%) Swing
1 1 (100.00%) J2SE
Development Applications
1 1 (100.00%) JUnit
1 1 (100.00%) Eclipse
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Software Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Junior Java Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) OOD
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (100.00%) Sun Certification