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This section looks at the demand for Web Services skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WebServices over the last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Services
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank4944
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching permanent IT job ads233247
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.112 %0.110 %
As % of the category below10.90 %11.94 %
Salaries quoted192196
Average minimum salary£30,359£30,990
Average salary£32,789£34,614
% change on same period last year-5.27 %
Average maximum salary£35,219£38,237
UK excluding London average salary£38,390£37,912
% change on same period last year+1.26 %
Application Development ManchesterApplication Development
Manchester
Matching permanent IT job ads21372069
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.030 %0.920 %
Salaries quoted18151795
Average minimum salary£30,767£31,137
Average salary£34,437£34,330
% change on same period last year+0.31 %
Average maximum salary£38,106£37,522
UK excluding London average salary£35,986£36,677
% change on same period last year-1.88 %
WebServices North WestWebServices
North West

WebServices
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing WebServices across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Manchester WebServices Demand Trend

WebServices
Salary Trend

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

Manchester WebServices Salary Trend

WebServices
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WebServices across the Manchester region over the past 3 months.

Manchester WebServices Salary Histogram

WebServices
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WebServices within the Manchester region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1BoltonNew entry-22£28,545-
2StockportDown-2418£25,094-15.22 %
3AltrinchamNew entry-10£36,350-
4WiganDown-126£30,000-33.33 %
5CheadleNew entry-2£33,000-
5RochdaleNew entry-2£36,500-
5BuryDown-42£35,000+40.00 %
WebServices North WestWebServices
North West

WebServices
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Manchester region citing WebServices also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing WebServices.

1342 (79.53 %).NET
2291 (67.67 %)XML
3253 (58.84 %)C#
4220 (51.16 %)SQL Server
5207 (48.14 %)ASP.NET
6179 (41.63 %)SQL
7106 (24.65 %)VB.NET
899 (23.02 %)JavaScript
899 (23.02 %)ASP
996 (22.33 %)Microsoft
1092 (21.40 %)Java
1185 (19.77 %)Visual Studio
1283 (19.30 %)AJAX
1382 (19.07 %)Degree
1473 (16.98 %)HTML
1572 (16.74 %)VB
1668 (15.81 %)CSS
1668 (15.81 %)MS Excel
1765 (15.12 %)OO
1864 (14.88 %)SQL Server 2005
1960 (13.95 %)Web Development
1960 (13.95 %)SQL Server 2000
1960 (13.95 %)WinForms
2057 (13.26 %).NET Framework
2153 (12.33 %)XSLT
2251 (11.86 %)Finance
2347 (10.93 %)IIS
2446 (10.70 %)UML
2544 (10.23 %)Oracle
2642 (9.767 %)Agile Software Development

WebServices
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the Manchester region citing WebServices also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing WebServices. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1342 (79.53 %).NET
2291 (67.67 %)XML
3207 (48.14 %)ASP.NET
499 (23.02 %)ASP
583 (19.30 %)AJAX
673 (16.98 %)HTML
768 (15.81 %)CSS
860 (13.95 %)WinForms
957 (13.26 %).NET Framework
1053 (12.33 %)XSLT
1138 (8.837 %)J2EE
1235 (8.140 %)WebSphere
1329 (6.744 %)XHTML
1421 (4.884 %).NET Remoting
1520 (4.651 %)ADO.NET
1619 (4.419 %)WSDL
1619 (4.419 %)Spring
1619 (4.419 %)WPF
1717 (3.953 %)ActiveX
1813 (3.023 %)XSD
Application Platforms
147 (10.93 %)IIS
236 (8.372 %)WebLogic
326 (6.047 %)SharePoint
418 (4.186 %)Tomcat
516 (3.721 %)CICS
615 (3.488 %)BizTalk Server
615 (3.488 %)Lotus Notes
713 (3.023 %)WebSphere Application Server
811 (2.558 %)Lotus Domino
811 (2.558 %)SharePoint Server 2007
910 (2.326 %)CMS
106 (1.395 %)Apache
106 (1.395 %)ColdFusion
106 (1.395 %)JBoss
113 (0.698 %)Oracle BPEL
122 (0.465 %)SAP EP
Applications
168 (15.81 %)MS Excel
211 (2.558 %)MS Office
33 (0.698 %)MS Visio
41 (0.233 %)Photoshop
Business Applications
12 (0.465 %)SAP MDM
21 (0.233 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
21 (0.233 %)Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
129 (6.744 %)Internet
212 (2.791 %)Intranet
39 (2.093 %)HTTP
42 (0.465 %)LAN
42 (0.465 %)WAN
51 (0.233 %)TCP/IP
51 (0.233 %)DNS
51 (0.233 %)SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1220 (51.16 %)SQL Server
264 (14.88 %)SQL Server 2005
360 (13.95 %)SQL Server 2000
432 (7.442 %)MySQL
523 (5.349 %)Crystal Reports
616 (3.721 %)Adabas
713 (3.023 %)DB2
89 (2.093 %)Oracle Reports
89 (2.093 %)PostgreSQL
89 (2.093 %)Oracle 10g
98 (1.860 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
107 (1.628 %)RDBMS
115 (1.163 %)Oracle 8/8i
115 (1.163 %)SQL Server 7
124 (0.930 %)MS Access
124 (0.930 %)Oracle Discoverer
133 (0.698 %)BusinessObjects
142 (0.465 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
142 (0.465 %)Oracle 9i
142 (0.465 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
185 (19.77 %)Visual Studio
219 (4.419 %)Eclipse
315 (3.488 %)JUnit
414 (3.256 %)Ant
511 (2.558 %)Flash
69 (2.093 %)Oracle Forms
75 (1.163 %)Subversion
84 (0.930 %)TestDirector
92 (0.465 %)Log4j
92 (0.465 %)Rational Rose
101 (0.233 %)Dreamweaver
101 (0.233 %)Synon
General
151 (11.86 %)Finance
223 (5.349 %)Education
320 (4.651 %)Pensions
415 (3.488 %)Government
415 (3.488 %)Health
514 (3.256 %)Banking
610 (2.326 %)Local Government
79 (2.093 %)Insurance
88 (1.860 %)Construction
96 (1.395 %)Telecoms
96 (1.395 %)Marketing
105 (1.163 %)Retail
113 (0.698 %)Multimedia
113 (0.698 %)Back Office
122 (0.465 %)Automotive
122 (0.465 %)Manufacturing
122 (0.465 %)Graphic Design
131 (0.233 %)Front Office
131 (0.233 %)Music
Job Titles
1295 (68.60 %)Developer
2137 (31.86 %).NET Developer
386 (20.00 %)C# Developer
470 (16.28 %)Web Developer
559 (13.72 %)ASP.NET Developer
641 (9.535 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
739 (9.070 %)Programmer
836 (8.372 %)Junior
934 (7.907 %)VB.NET Developer
1033 (7.674 %)Consultant
1128 (6.512 %)Junior Developer
1128 (6.512 %).NET Web Developer
1227 (6.279 %)Software Developer
1227 (6.279 %).NET Programmer
1324 (5.581 %)Applications Developer
1423 (5.349 %)Senior Developer
1521 (4.884 %)Architect
1521 (4.884 %)C# Web Developer
1616 (3.721 %)Applications Manager
1616 (3.721 %)Mainframe Applications Manager
Miscellaneous
118 (4.186 %)Mainframe
216 (3.721 %)AS400
315 (3.488 %)N-Tier
49 (2.093 %)Client/Server
57 (1.628 %)W3C
65 (1.163 %)Computer Science
73 (0.698 %)Tandem
73 (0.698 %)LIMS
81 (0.233 %)Equities
81 (0.233 %)Web 2.0
Operating Systems
128 (6.512 %)Windows
226 (6.047 %)Linux
313 (3.023 %)Unix
44 (0.930 %)AIX
52 (0.465 %)Windows XP
52 (0.465 %)Windows CE
52 (0.465 %)Windows XP Embedded
61 (0.233 %)FreeBSD
Processes & Methodologies
165 (15.12 %)OO
260 (13.95 %)Web Development
346 (10.70 %)UML
442 (9.767 %)Agile Software Development
532 (7.442 %)SOA
618 (4.186 %)Migration
618 (4.186 %)Data Migration
717 (3.953 %)Project Management
816 (3.721 %)Regression Testing
816 (3.721 %)IT Governance
915 (3.488 %)Pair Programming
1014 (3.256 %)OOP
1113 (3.023 %)E-Commerce
1113 (3.023 %)OOD
1113 (3.023 %)E-business
1210 (2.326 %)SEO
1210 (2.326 %)Workflow
139 (2.093 %)CRM
148 (1.860 %)Logistics
157 (1.628 %)Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1253 (58.84 %)C#
2179 (41.63 %)SQL
3106 (24.65 %)VB.NET
499 (23.02 %)JavaScript
592 (21.40 %)Java
672 (16.74 %)VB
735 (8.140 %)VB6
828 (6.512 %)PHP
925 (5.814 %)C++
1021 (4.884 %)VBScript
1119 (4.419 %)Transact-SQL
1216 (3.721 %)COBOL
1216 (3.721 %)XAML
1315 (3.488 %)LotusScript
1315 (3.488 %)Formula Language
1315 (3.488 %)Perl
1413 (3.023 %)XPath
1511 (2.558 %)DHTML
169 (2.093 %)C
173 (0.698 %)Delphi
Qualifications
182 (19.07 %)Degree
213 (3.023 %)HND
310 (2.326 %)Microsoft Certification
46 (1.395 %)MCAD
54 (0.930 %)ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
17 (1.628 %)QA
25 (1.163 %)WCAG
31 (0.233 %)WAI
System Software
115 (3.488 %)MSMQ
22 (0.465 %)Active Directory
Vendors
196 (22.33 %)Microsoft
244 (10.23 %)Oracle
315 (3.488 %)Lotus
414 (3.256 %)BEA
513 (3.023 %)IBM
64 (0.930 %)Siebel
73 (0.698 %)Business Objects
82 (0.465 %)SAP
82 (0.465 %)Adobe
82 (0.465 %)Macromedia
82 (0.465 %)NetSuite
91 (0.233 %)Motorola
91 (0.233 %)Nokia
91 (0.233 %)Citrix
91 (0.233 %)Cognos
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