The first table below looks at the demand for REST 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 REST over the 3 months to 20 June 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
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Representational State Transfer (REST)
Rank 163 212 225
Rank change year-on-year
+49 +13
Permanent jobs citing REST 82 36 12
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 1.104% 0.501% 0.171%
As % of the Application Development category 2.271% 1.019% 0.388%
Number of salaries quoted 68 35 10
Average salary £34,250 £35,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.14% -15.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,200 £37,810
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £67,500 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -5.55%
All Application Development
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
3610 3534 3094
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 48.59% 49.16% 44.21%
Number of salaries quoted 3220 3247 2823
Average salary £34,000 £34,500 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.44% +1.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
REST
England

REST
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West REST Salary Trend

REST
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing REST across the North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Manchester +25 57 £35,000 - 17
Cheshire +21 18 £30,000 - 4
Lancashire - 4 £55,000 - 2
Merseyside +15 3 £55,000 +57.14%
REST
England

REST
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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.

1 112 (67.47%) SOAP
2 98 (59.04%) Web Services
3 92 (55.42%) C#
4 91 (54.82%) .NET
5 90 (54.22%) SQL
6 82 (49.40%) JavaScript
7 79 (47.59%) Java
8 61 (36.75%) ASP.NET
9 56 (33.73%) CSS
10 55 (33.13%) XML
10 55 (33.13%) PHP
11 54 (32.53%) HTML
11 54 (32.53%) Agile Software Development
12 52 (31.33%) WCF
13 46 (27.71%) TDD
14 42 (25.30%) SQL Server
14 42 (25.30%) MVC
15 41 (24.70%) Scrum
16 39 (23.49%) Ruby
17 37 (22.29%) MySQL
18 35 (21.08%) Ajax
18 35 (21.08%) jQuery
19 34 (20.48%) Microsoft
20 28 (16.87%) Spring
20 28 (16.87%) Mobile App
21 27 (16.27%) Linux
22 26 (15.66%) Unit Testing
23 24 (14.46%) HTML5
24 23 (13.86%) ASP.NET MVC
24 23 (13.86%) JSON

REST
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West 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
1 112 (67.47%) SOAP
2 98 (59.04%) Web Services
3 91 (54.82%) .NET
4 61 (36.75%) ASP.NET
5 56 (33.73%) CSS
6 55 (33.13%) XML
7 54 (32.53%) HTML
8 52 (31.33%) WCF
9 35 (21.08%) Ajax
9 35 (21.08%) jQuery
10 28 (16.87%) Spring
11 24 (14.46%) HTML5
12 23 (13.86%) ASP.NET MVC
12 23 (13.86%) JSON
13 19 (11.45%) LAMP
14 16 (9.639%) CSS3
15 15 (9.036%) soapUI
15 15 (9.036%) Hibernate
15 15 (9.036%) .NET Framework
16 13 (7.831%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 20 (12.05%) Apache
2 18 (10.84%) SharePoint
3 8 (4.819%) CMS
3 8 (4.819%) Sitecore CMS
4 6 (3.614%) Tomcat
4 6 (3.614%) Jetty
5 5 (3.012%) Windows Azure
6 4 (2.410%) WebLogic
7 2 (1.205%) Apache Solr
7 2 (1.205%) ESB
8 1 (0.602%) Magento
8 1 (0.602%) IIS
Applications
1 15 (9.036%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 18 (10.84%) Dynamics CRM
2 5 (3.012%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 19 (11.45%) HTTP
2 8 (4.819%) X.509
2 8 (4.819%) SSL
3 1 (0.602%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 42 (25.30%) SQL Server
2 37 (22.29%) MySQL
3 14 (8.434%) SQL Server 2008
4 10 (6.024%) SQL Server 2005
5 4 (2.410%) Oracle 10g
5 4 (2.410%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 4 (2.410%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 3 (1.807%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
6 3 (1.807%) RDBMS
7 2 (1.205%) SQL Server 2000
8 1 (0.602%) SQLite
8 1 (0.602%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 1 (0.602%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 17 (10.24%) Selenium
2 15 (9.036%) JUnit
2 15 (9.036%) FitNesse
2 15 (9.036%) WATIR
3 13 (7.831%) Subversion
4 12 (7.229%) Maven
4 12 (7.229%) Git (software)
4 12 (7.229%) Visual Studio
4 12 (7.229%) Eclipse
5 10 (6.024%) RSpec
5 10 (6.024%) JIRA
6 8 (4.819%) Ant
6 8 (4.819%) Team Foundation Server
7 6 (3.614%) Log4j
8 4 (2.410%) Mockito
9 3 (1.807%) PhoneGap
10 2 (1.205%) Xcode
10 2 (1.205%) Mocha
10 2 (1.205%) CruiseControl
11 1 (0.602%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 17 (10.24%) Games
2 13 (7.831%) Finance
3 8 (4.819%) Retail
4 7 (4.217%) Pharmaceutical
5 3 (1.807%) Telecoms
5 3 (1.807%) Advertising
6 2 (1.205%) Billing
6 2 (1.205%) Banking
7 1 (0.602%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 113 (68.07%) Developer
2 36 (21.69%) .NET Developer
3 32 (19.28%) Consultant
4 21 (12.65%) Java Developer
5 18 (10.84%) Senior Developer
6 16 (9.639%) Software Engineer
7 15 (9.036%) Test Consultant
8 13 (7.831%) Software Developer
8 13 (7.831%) Web Developer
9 9 (5.422%) Mobile Developer
9 9 (5.422%) Senior Software Engineer
9 9 (5.422%) Architect
9 9 (5.422%) .NET Software Developer
10 7 (4.217%) Senior Consultant
11 6 (3.614%) Team Leader
11 6 (3.614%) Graduate
11 6 (3.614%) Android Developer
11 6 (3.614%) Java Consultant
11 6 (3.614%) Senior Java Developer
11 6 (3.614%) Senior Java Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 28 (16.87%) Mobile App
2 13 (7.831%) BBC
3 12 (7.229%) Semantic Web
3 12 (7.229%) Ontologies
4 11 (6.627%) Blackberry
5 10 (6.024%) PKI
6 8 (4.819%) Social Network
7 7 (4.217%) iPhone
8 5 (3.012%) Computer Science
8 5 (3.012%) N-Tier
9 4 (2.410%) LIMS
9 4 (2.410%) Life Science
10 3 (1.807%) iPad
10 3 (1.807%) Open Source
11 1 (0.602%) Statistics
11 1 (0.602%) Interactive TV
11 1 (0.602%) Social Media
11 1 (0.602%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 27 (16.27%) Linux
2 21 (12.65%) Windows
2 21 (12.65%) Android
3 18 (10.84%) Apple iOS
4 10 (6.024%) UNIX
5 9 (5.422%) Windows Phone
6 6 (3.614%) Solaris
7 1 (0.602%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 54 (32.53%) Agile Software Development
2 46 (27.71%) TDD
3 42 (25.30%) MVC
4 41 (24.70%) Scrum
5 26 (15.66%) Unit Testing
6 22 (13.25%) CRM
7 21 (12.65%) RAD
8 20 (12.05%) SOA
9 19 (11.45%) UML
9 19 (11.45%) User Acceptance Testing
10 18 (10.84%) Waterfall
11 15 (9.036%) System Testing
12 14 (8.434%) OOP
13 13 (7.831%) E-Commerce
14 12 (7.229%) Web Development
14 12 (7.229%) Game Development
15 9 (5.422%) OOA/OOD
15 9 (5.422%) OO
15 9 (5.422%) Analytics
16 8 (4.819%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 92 (55.42%) C#
2 90 (54.22%) SQL
3 82 (49.40%) JavaScript
4 79 (47.59%) Java
5 55 (33.13%) PHP
6 39 (23.49%) Ruby
7 19 (11.45%) C
7 19 (11.45%) T-SQL
8 15 (9.036%) Python
8 15 (9.036%) C++
9 12 (7.229%) ActionScript
10 7 (4.217%) PHP5
11 5 (3.012%) VBA
12 4 (2.410%) Objective-C
12 4 (2.410%) VB
13 2 (1.205%) VB.NET
14 1 (0.602%) XPath
14 1 (0.602%) PowerShell
14 1 (0.602%) Perl
14 1 (0.602%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 17 (10.24%) Degree
2 9 (5.422%) Microsoft Certification
3 3 (1.807%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 19 (11.45%) QA
Vendors
1 34 (20.48%) Microsoft
2 11 (6.627%) Oracle
3 10 (6.024%) Sitecore
4 9 (5.422%) Apple
5 5 (3.012%) Rackspace
5 5 (3.012%) Zend
6 2 (1.205%) JBoss
6 2 (1.205%) Google
7 1 (0.602%) Facebook
7 1 (0.602%) Twitter
7 1 (0.602%) Salesforce.com
Manchester, North West
Senior DeveloperI am currently look for a senior Java Developer and a senior .net developer to work on my client site in Manchester.Java DeveloperStrong engineering, troubleshooting, analysing...
Salary: £37000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Java/SQL/JSPs/JUnit/JavaScript/AJAX/Spring/LinuxMy client a multinational enterprise software company are currently recruiting for Java Developers... Working with the very best technologies (JavaScript, SQL,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
Posted: 19 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Candidates must have strong very skills and proven experience in the following: * C# (ideally 4.0 or later with experience of LINQ and Task Parallel) * Developing web services (...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £45000.00 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
A Java Developer is required for this multi-million pound market leading International Software firm... In this exciting Java Developer role you will be working with a small,...
Nigel Frank International Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Pension, Healthcare, Holidays
Posted: 17 June 2013
Manchester
Candidates must have strong skills and proven experience in the following:•Java experience (1.6 or newer).•Developing web services (SOAP and REST)•SQL (ideally SQL Server)•JSPs•...
Sage
Salary: Competitive, plus excellent benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Salford, Lancashire
Sage UK Limited
Salary: Competitive, plus excellent benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester, North West
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £50000.00 per annum + bens
Posted: 19 June 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Market related
Posted: 18 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Salford, Lancashire
Sage UK Limited
Salary: Competitive, plus excellent benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester
Sage
Salary: Competitive, plus excellent benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Manchester, North West
JAM
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £25000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Macclesfield, Cheshire
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Macclesfield, North West
Adria Solutions Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £23000 per annum
Posted: 14 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Assured Recruitment Solutions
Salary: Market related
Posted: 18 June 2013
Manchester, Lancashire
Virgin Media
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 12 June 2013
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