The first table below looks at the demand for OSGi skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited OSGi over the 3 months to 22 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 North West region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
OSGi
Rank - 239 228
Permanent jobs citing OSGi 0 2 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West - 0.028% 0.045%
As % of the Application Development category - 0.057% 0.100%
Number of salaries quoted 0 2 3
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
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
3552 3529 2988
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 49.18% 49.10% 44.37%
Number of salaries quoted 3171 3199 2740
Average salary £34,000 £33,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.49% -1.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
OSGi
England

OSGi
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West OSGi Salary Trend

OSGi
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) J2EE
1 2 (100.00%) JUnit
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) Swing
1 2 (100.00%) J2SE
1 2 (100.00%) OOD
1 2 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 2 (100.00%) Sun Certification
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement

OSGi
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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 2 (100.00%) J2EE
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) Swing
1 2 (100.00%) J2SE
Development Applications
1 2 (100.00%) JUnit
1 2 (100.00%) Eclipse
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Junior
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Junior Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Junior Java Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Junior Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Java Software Developer
1 2 (100.00%) Junior Java Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) OOD
1 2 (100.00%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Sun Certification