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This section looks at the demand for Web Services skills within the North West 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 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Services
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3336
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads585597
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.309 %0.244 %
As % of the category below14.64 %13.00 %
Salaries quoted526538
Average minimum salary£30,358£31,595
Average salary£32,841£34,387
% change on same period last year-4.49 %
Average maximum salary£35,324£37,180
UK excluding London average salary£37,901£38,372
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads39974594
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.110 %1.881 %
Salaries quoted34723952
Average minimum salary£29,752£31,523
Average salary£32,816£34,621
% change on same period last year-5.21 %
Average maximum salary£35,880£37,719
UK excluding London average salary£35,873£36,830
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
WebServices EnglandWebServices
England

WebServices
Demand Trend

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

North West WebServices Demand Trend

WebServices
Salary Trend

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

North West WebServices Salary Trend

WebServices
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WebServices across the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

North West 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 North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterNo change0282£32,689-9.10 %
CheshireUp+15176£32,263-7.09 %
MerseysideUp+486£33,964+16.21 %
LancashireDown-1944£33,798+2.64 %
CumbriaNew entry-2£27,500-
WebServices EnglandWebServices
England

WebServices
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing WebServices 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 WebServices.

1735 (65.98 %).NET
2680 (61.04 %)XML
3552 (49.55 %)SQL Server
4543 (48.74 %)ASP.NET
5539 (48.38 %)SQL
6528 (47.40 %)C#
7309 (27.74 %)Java
8258 (23.16 %)HTML
9238 (21.36 %)VB.NET
10225 (20.20 %)JavaScript
10225 (20.20 %)AJAX
11216 (19.39 %)J2EE
12209 (18.76 %)Microsoft
13191 (17.15 %)Oracle
14190 (17.06 %)CSS
15184 (16.52 %)SQL Server 2005
16177 (15.89 %)Degree
17176 (15.80 %)ASP
18171 (15.35 %)Windows
19166 (14.90 %)OO
20161 (14.45 %)MS Excel
21158 (14.18 %)IIS
21158 (14.18 %)Visual Studio
22154 (13.82 %).NET Framework
23145 (13.02 %)SQL Server 2000
24142 (12.75 %)VB
25123 (11.04 %)JSP
26115 (10.32 %)SOAP
27107 (9.605 %)Transact-SQL
28106 (9.515 %)Finance

WebServices
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the North West region citing WebServices 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 WebServices. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1735 (65.98 %).NET
2680 (61.04 %)XML
3543 (48.74 %)ASP.NET
4258 (23.16 %)HTML
5225 (20.20 %)AJAX
6216 (19.39 %)J2EE
7190 (17.06 %)CSS
8176 (15.80 %)ASP
9154 (13.82 %).NET Framework
10123 (11.04 %)JSP
11115 (10.32 %)SOAP
12106 (9.515 %)Spring
1399 (8.887 %)EJB
1498 (8.797 %)WinForms
1583 (7.451 %)XSLT
1673 (6.553 %)Struts
1765 (5.835 %)Servlets
1765 (5.835 %)ASP.NET 2.0
1857 (5.117 %)WSDL
1953 (4.758 %)XHTML
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1158 (14.18 %)IIS
260 (5.386 %)SharePoint
351 (4.578 %)Tomcat
428 (2.513 %)WebLogic
522 (1.975 %)Apache
522 (1.975 %)JBoss
522 (1.975 %)BizTalk Server
522 (1.975 %)SharePoint Server 2007
620 (1.795 %)Lotus Notes
620 (1.795 %)MTS
719 (1.706 %)WebSphere Application Server
817 (1.526 %)Lotus Domino
910 (0.898 %)Oracle Application Server
108 (0.718 %)ColdFusion
108 (0.718 %)CMS
117 (0.628 %)Oracle BPEL
123 (0.269 %)Oracle Workflow
123 (0.269 %)iPlanet
123 (0.269 %)Tuxedo
131 (0.090 %)MS Exchange
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1161 (14.45 %)MS Excel
214 (1.257 %)MS Office
310 (0.898 %)MS Visio
45 (0.449 %)Photoshop
53 (0.269 %)Fireworks
62 (0.180 %)MS Project
71 (0.090 %)Acrobat
71 (0.090 %)FrameMaker
71 (0.090 %)Paint Shop Pro
71 (0.090 %)Adobe Illustrator
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
110 (0.898 %)Dynamics CRM
24 (0.359 %)Microsoft CRM
31 (0.090 %)WebTrends
31 (0.090 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.090 %)SAP MDM
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
179 (7.092 %)HTTP
241 (3.680 %)Internet
326 (2.334 %)TCP/IP
424 (2.154 %)Intranet
514 (1.257 %)LAN
514 (1.257 %)WAN
69 (0.808 %)DNS
69 (0.808 %)FTP
78 (0.718 %)DHCP
86 (0.539 %)Firewall
86 (0.539 %)SSL
94 (0.359 %)ADSL
94 (0.359 %)HDSL
94 (0.359 %)Extranet
94 (0.359 %)DSL
103 (0.269 %)BT 21CN
103 (0.269 %)SMTP
111 (0.090 %)Broadband
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1552 (49.55 %)SQL Server
2184 (16.52 %)SQL Server 2005
3145 (13.02 %)SQL Server 2000
479 (7.092 %)RDBMS
575 (6.732 %)Crystal Reports
674 (6.643 %)MySQL
755 (4.937 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
845 (4.039 %)Oracle 10g
937 (3.321 %)Oracle 9i
1032 (2.873 %)Oracle Reports
1127 (2.424 %)DB2
1223 (2.065 %)MS Access
1321 (1.885 %)SQL Server 7
1418 (1.616 %)Oracle 8/8i
1511 (0.987 %)PostgreSQL
169 (0.808 %)BusinessObjects
177 (0.628 %)Oracle Discoverer
185 (0.449 %)SQL Server Integration Services
194 (0.359 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
194 (0.359 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1158 (14.18 %)Visual Studio
271 (6.373 %)Ant
351 (4.578 %)Eclipse
441 (3.680 %)JUnit
539 (3.501 %)JDeveloper
636 (3.232 %)Flash
733 (2.962 %)Subversion
816 (1.436 %)VSS/SourceSafe
911 (0.987 %)Oracle Forms
107 (0.628 %)JIRA
116 (0.539 %)NUnit
116 (0.539 %)TestDirector
125 (0.449 %)Dreamweaver
133 (0.269 %)Oracle APEX
142 (0.180 %)Synon
151 (0.090 %)Log4j
151 (0.090 %)FrontPage
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1106 (9.515 %)Finance
265 (5.835 %)Pensions
346 (4.129 %)Health
445 (4.039 %)Education
536 (3.232 %)Retail
630 (2.693 %)Marketing
727 (2.424 %)Insurance
812 (1.077 %)Banking
911 (0.987 %)Government
1010 (0.898 %)Legal
1010 (0.898 %)Publishing
1010 (0.898 %)Telecoms
117 (0.628 %)Law
125 (0.449 %)Back Office
125 (0.449 %)Multimedia
125 (0.449 %)Local Government
134 (0.359 %)Electronics
134 (0.359 %)Construction
143 (0.269 %)Automotive
143 (0.269 %)Advertising
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1772 (69.30 %)Developer
2321 (28.82 %).NET Developer
3181 (16.25 %)C# Developer
4169 (15.17 %)ASP.NET Developer
5129 (11.58 %)Web Developer
6122 (10.95 %)Java Developer
7107 (9.605 %)Programmer
8101 (9.066 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
999 (8.887 %)Software Developer
1095 (8.528 %)Analyst
1187 (7.810 %)Senior Developer
1277 (6.912 %)VB.NET Developer
1367 (6.014 %).NET Programmer
1466 (5.925 %)Analyst Programmer
1565 (5.835 %)Applications Developer
1654 (4.847 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1751 (4.578 %)Consultant
1751 (4.578 %)SQL Developer
1850 (4.488 %).NET Web Developer
1948 (4.309 %)Junior
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
139 (3.501 %)N-Tier
235 (3.142 %)W3C
334 (3.052 %)Client/Server
417 (1.526 %)Blackberry
513 (1.167 %)Tandem
68 (0.718 %)Web 2.0
77 (0.628 %)Computer Science
85 (0.449 %)PDA
85 (0.449 %)Clustering
85 (0.449 %)Mainframe
94 (0.359 %)AS400
94 (0.359 %)Replication
103 (0.269 %)Italian Language
103 (0.269 %)Spanish Language
103 (0.269 %)Management Information System
103 (0.269 %)LIMS
103 (0.269 %)Streaming Video
112 (0.180 %)Pocket PC
112 (0.180 %)Wiki
112 (0.180 %)Statistics
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1171 (15.35 %)Windows
289 (7.989 %)Linux
354 (4.847 %)UNIX
49 (0.808 %)Windows 2000
49 (0.808 %)Windows CE
58 (0.718 %)AIX
66 (0.539 %)Windows Mobile
75 (0.449 %)Solaris
83 (0.269 %)Windows XP
92 (0.180 %)FreeBSD
92 (0.180 %)Windows XP Embedded
101 (0.090 %)Windows Vista
101 (0.090 %)Windows Server 2003
101 (0.090 %)Windows NT
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1166 (14.90 %)OO
2102 (9.156 %)Web Development
387 (7.810 %)UML
470 (6.284 %)E-Commerce
556 (5.027 %)Agile Software Development
655 (4.937 %)CRM
742 (3.770 %)SOA
840 (3.591 %)OOP
840 (3.591 %)OOD
929 (2.603 %)Scrum
1024 (2.154 %)Security Cleared
1123 (2.065 %)Configuration Management
1222 (1.975 %)Business Intelligence
1222 (1.975 %)Web Design
1319 (1.706 %)Integration Testing
1418 (1.616 %)Requirements Analysis
1517 (1.526 %)Automated Testing
1517 (1.526 %)Project Management
1616 (1.436 %)Business Analysis
1715 (1.346 %)SEO
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1539 (48.38 %)SQL
2528 (47.40 %)C#
3309 (27.74 %)Java
4238 (21.36 %)VB.NET
5225 (20.20 %)JavaScript
6142 (12.75 %)VB
7107 (9.605 %)Transact-SQL
865 (5.835 %)C++
961 (5.476 %)DHTML
1059 (5.296 %)PHP
1135 (3.142 %)VBScript
1233 (2.962 %)VB6
1329 (2.603 %)PL/SQL
1424 (2.154 %)PHP5
1521 (1.885 %)PHP4
1620 (1.795 %)C
1717 (1.526 %)VBA
1816 (1.436 %)Python
1915 (1.346 %)LotusScript
1915 (1.346 %)Formula Language
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1177 (15.89 %)Degree
241 (3.680 %)Microsoft Certification
329 (2.603 %)HND
423 (2.065 %)MCSD
58 (0.718 %)MCPD
67 (0.628 %)ISEB
76 (0.539 %)MCSA
85 (0.449 %)Sun Certification
94 (0.359 %)MCTS
94 (0.359 %)PRINCE2 Certification
101 (0.090 %)MCSE
101 (0.090 %)MCP
101 (0.090 %)MCAD
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
137 (3.321 %)QA
26 (0.539 %)SLA
31 (0.090 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.090 %)WCAG
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
118 (1.616 %)MSMQ
213 (1.167 %)MetaFrame
36 (0.539 %)Terminal Services
44 (0.359 %)Terminal Server
44 (0.359 %)Active Directory
51 (0.090 %)Backup Exec
51 (0.090 %)AquaLogic
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1209 (18.76 %)Microsoft
2191 (17.15 %)Oracle
334 (3.052 %)IBM
422 (1.975 %)Citrix
520 (1.795 %)Lotus
520 (1.795 %)VMware
619 (1.706 %)Dundas
714 (1.257 %)BEA
811 (0.987 %)HP
811 (0.987 %)NetSuite
811 (0.987 %)BT
99 (0.808 %)Adobe
99 (0.808 %)Business Objects
108 (0.718 %)Sun
115 (0.449 %)CA
115 (0.449 %)Siebel
124 (0.359 %)SAP
133 (0.269 %)Sybase
133 (0.269 %)Informatica
142 (0.180 %)Tridion
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