The first table below looks at the demand for REST skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited REST over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Representational State Transfer (REST)
Rank 153 160 167
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +7
Permanent jobs citing REST 41 15 6
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 1.010% 0.414% 0.152%
As % of the Application Development category 1.928% 0.865% 0.349%
Number of salaries quoted 27 15 6
Average salary £33,500 £25,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+34.00% -39.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £21,500 £37,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £37,100 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £45,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-11.11% -
All Application Development
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2127 1734 1719
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 52.41% 47.82% 43.56%
Number of salaries quoted 1947 1588 1604
Average salary £35,000 £33,000 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.06% -
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%
REST
North West

REST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester REST Salary Trend

REST
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing REST across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 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
Bolton - 4 £27,500 -
REST
North West

REST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 57 (57.58%) Web Services
2 54 (54.55%) SOAP
2 54 (54.55%) JavaScript
3 49 (49.49%) SQL
4 45 (45.45%) Java
5 43 (43.43%) .NET
5 43 (43.43%) C#
6 36 (36.36%) ASP.NET
7 35 (35.35%) CSS
7 35 (35.35%) PHP
8 33 (33.33%) HTML
8 33 (33.33%) WCF
9 31 (31.31%) Agile Software Development
10 30 (30.30%) Linux
11 29 (29.29%) XML
12 28 (28.28%) MySQL
12 28 (28.28%) Scrum
13 26 (26.26%) jQuery
14 23 (23.23%) TDD
15 22 (22.22%) CRM
16 21 (21.21%) E-Commerce
16 21 (21.21%) SOA
16 21 (21.21%) Mobile App
17 20 (20.20%) HTML5
17 20 (20.20%) JSON
17 20 (20.20%) SQL Server
18 19 (19.19%) OOP
18 19 (19.19%) Ruby
18 19 (19.19%) Android
19 18 (18.18%) Apache

REST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester 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 57 (57.58%) Web Services
2 54 (54.55%) SOAP
3 43 (43.43%) .NET
4 36 (36.36%) ASP.NET
5 35 (35.35%) CSS
6 33 (33.33%) HTML
6 33 (33.33%) WCF
7 29 (29.29%) XML
8 26 (26.26%) jQuery
9 20 (20.20%) JSON
9 20 (20.20%) HTML5
10 17 (17.17%) LAMP
11 16 (16.16%) .NET Framework
12 14 (14.14%) Spring
13 13 (13.13%) Ajax
13 13 (13.13%) ASP.NET MVC
14 12 (12.12%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
15 9 (9.091%) CSS3
15 9 (9.091%) JMS
16 8 (8.081%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 18 (18.18%) Apache
2 14 (14.14%) SharePoint
3 8 (8.081%) CMS
3 8 (8.081%) Sitecore CMS
4 2 (2.020%) ESB
4 2 (2.020%) nginx
4 2 (2.020%) Apache Solr
5 1 (1.010%) Magento
5 1 (1.010%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (1.010%) WebLogic
Applications
1 3 (3.030%) MS Excel
2 2 (2.020%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 16 (16.16%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (2.020%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.061%) HTTP
2 1 (1.010%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (28.28%) MySQL
2 20 (20.20%) SQL Server
3 8 (8.081%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.020%) SQLite
5 1 (1.010%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
5 1 (1.010%) DB2
5 1 (1.010%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 14 (14.14%) Subversion
2 8 (8.081%) Team Foundation Server
2 8 (8.081%) Eclipse
3 4 (4.040%) WATIR
3 4 (4.040%) Selenium
3 4 (4.040%) FitNesse
4 3 (3.030%) Git (software)
4 3 (3.030%) JUnit
4 3 (3.030%) RSpec
5 2 (2.020%) PhoneGap
5 2 (2.020%) VisualSVN
5 2 (2.020%) CruiseControl
5 2 (2.020%) TortoiseSVN
5 2 (2.020%) Maven
5 2 (2.020%) Visual Studio
5 2 (2.020%) Xcode
6 1 (1.010%) NetBeans
General
1 16 (16.16%) Games
2 6 (6.061%) Finance
3 3 (3.030%) Telecoms
4 2 (2.020%) Banking
4 2 (2.020%) Billing
5 1 (1.010%) Corporate Banking
5 1 (1.010%) Retail
Job Titles
1 77 (77.78%) Developer
2 20 (20.20%) Senior Developer
3 18 (18.18%) Consultant
4 16 (16.16%) Java Developer
5 15 (15.15%) .NET Developer
6 14 (14.14%) Software Engineer
7 11 (11.11%) PHP Developer
8 10 (10.10%) Web Developer
8 10 (10.10%) Mobile Developer
9 8 (8.081%) Senior Software Engineer
10 7 (7.071%) Senior Java Developer
11 6 (6.061%) Java Consultant
11 6 (6.061%) Senior Consultant
11 6 (6.061%) Senior Java Consultant
12 5 (5.051%) Junior
12 5 (5.051%) Junior Developer
13 4 (4.040%) Principal Software Engineer
13 4 (4.040%) Test Consultant
13 4 (4.040%) ASP.NET Developer
13 4 (4.040%) Senior PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (21.21%) Mobile App
2 12 (12.12%) Semantic Web
2 12 (12.12%) BBC
2 12 (12.12%) Ontologies
3 10 (10.10%) Blackberry
4 8 (8.081%) Social Network
5 6 (6.061%) iPhone
5 6 (6.061%) Computer Science
5 6 (6.061%) iPad
6 4 (4.040%) N-Tier
7 2 (2.020%) PKI
7 2 (2.020%) Social Media
8 1 (1.010%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 30 (30.30%) Linux
2 19 (19.19%) Android
3 16 (16.16%) Apple iOS
4 14 (14.14%) Windows
5 10 (10.10%) Windows Phone
6 5 (5.051%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (31.31%) Agile Software Development
2 28 (28.28%) Scrum
3 23 (23.23%) TDD
4 22 (22.22%) CRM
5 21 (21.21%) E-Commerce
5 21 (21.21%) SOA
6 19 (19.19%) OOP
7 17 (17.17%) MVC
8 13 (13.13%) UML
9 12 (12.12%) Game Development
10 11 (11.11%) Unit Testing
11 10 (10.10%) OO
11 10 (10.10%) Web Development
12 8 (8.081%) SEO
12 8 (8.081%) Analytics
13 6 (6.061%) Waterfall
13 6 (6.061%) Pair Programming
14 5 (5.051%) Change Control
15 4 (4.040%) Software Testing
15 4 (4.040%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 54 (54.55%) JavaScript
2 49 (49.49%) SQL
3 45 (45.45%) Java
4 43 (43.43%) C#
5 35 (35.35%) PHP
6 19 (19.19%) Ruby
7 12 (12.12%) ActionScript
8 9 (9.091%) PHP5
9 7 (7.071%) T-SQL
9 7 (7.071%) C
10 4 (4.040%) C++
10 4 (4.040%) Python
10 4 (4.040%) Objective-C
11 2 (2.020%) ABAP
12 1 (1.010%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (15.15%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (8.081%) QA
2 2 (2.020%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 18 (18.18%) Microsoft
2 12 (12.12%) Sitecore
3 4 (4.040%) SAP
4 3 (3.030%) JBoss
4 3 (3.030%) Apple
5 2 (2.020%) Convergys
5 2 (2.020%) Zend
5 2 (2.020%) Oracle
Manchester, North West
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OPUS
Salary: GBP28000 to GBP35000 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013
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C# Developer/ Software Developer/ C# Programmer - .Net, C#, Web services, TSQL, SQL, WCF and RESTMy renowned client based in Manchester are growing their award winning mobile development team...
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Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 24 April 2013
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Salary: £18000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Wigan, North West
Wigan based SaaS Company looking for a Software Architect - £50,000 + Benefits My client based in the Wigan area is the leading and fast growing, SaaS based company.
Computer Futures
Salary: £47000 - £50000 per annum + Share Options, Pension and Bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: From £32,000 to £35,000 per annum
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