Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northern Ireland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Northern Ireland region.

 Web Services
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank293231
Rank change year-on-year
Up+3Down-1
Matching permanent IT job ads7512
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland2.834 %2.551 %3.960 %
As % of the Application Development category12.96 %9.434 %19.35 %
Salaries quoted356
Average salary£32,500£32,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
--7.140 %
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£36,500
% change year-on-year
--4.100 %
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
545362
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland21.86 %27.04 %20.46 %
Salaries quoted332925
Average salary£37,500£31,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+20.96 %-11.42 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,600£25,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£50,000£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
Web Services UKWeb Services
UK

Web Services
Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland Web Services Demand Trend

Web Services
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Web Services across the Northern Ireland region.

Northern Ireland Web Services Salary Trend

Web Services
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Services within the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
County AntrimDown-134£32,500+8.33 %
Web Services UKWeb Services
UK

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland region citing Web Services 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 Web Services.

14 (57.14 %)SOA
14 (57.14 %)Microsoft
14 (57.14 %)Pensions
14 (57.14 %)Degree
23 (42.86 %)TIBCO EMS
23 (42.86 %)JRules
23 (42.86 %)Oracle Coherence
23 (42.86 %)Oracle RAC
23 (42.86 %)Oracle 11g
23 (42.86 %)Subclipse
23 (42.86 %)Finance
23 (42.86 %)Eclipse
23 (42.86 %)BizTalk Server
23 (42.86 %)TIBCO
23 (42.86 %)C#
23 (42.86 %)Java
23 (42.86 %).NET
23 (42.86 %)J2EE
23 (42.86 %)Oracle
23 (42.86 %)SQL Server
23 (42.86 %)WebLogic
23 (42.86 %)UNIX
23 (42.86 %)ASP.NET
23 (42.86 %)XML
23 (42.86 %)JMS
32 (28.57 %)SharePoint
32 (28.57 %)XSLT
32 (28.57 %)Visual Studio
32 (28.57 %)HTML
41 (14.29 %)Office Communications Server

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Northern Ireland region citing Web Services 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 Web Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13 (42.86 %).NET
13 (42.86 %)J2EE
13 (42.86 %)ASP.NET
13 (42.86 %)XML
13 (42.86 %)JMS
13 (42.86 %)JRules
13 (42.86 %)Oracle Coherence
22 (28.57 %)HTML
22 (28.57 %)XSLT
31 (14.29 %).NET Framework
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (42.86 %)BizTalk Server
13 (42.86 %)TIBCO EMS
13 (42.86 %)WebLogic
22 (28.57 %)SharePoint
31 (14.29 %)SharePoint Server 2007
31 (14.29 %)Office Communications Server
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (14.29 %)MS Excel
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (14.29 %)SAN
11 (14.29 %)Internet
11 (14.29 %)Firewall
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (42.86 %)SQL Server
13 (42.86 %)Oracle 11g
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
13 (42.86 %)Eclipse
13 (42.86 %)Subclipse
22 (28.57 %)Visual Studio
31 (14.29 %)Team Foundation Server
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (57.14 %)Pensions
23 (42.86 %)Finance
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
14 (57.14 %)Developer
23 (42.86 %)Senior Developer
23 (42.86 %)Java Developer
23 (42.86 %)J2EE Developer
23 (42.86 %)Senior J2EE Developer
23 (42.86 %)Senior Java Developer
23 (42.86 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
23 (42.86 %)Java/J2EE Developer
32 (28.57 %)Software Engineer
41 (14.29 %)Software Developer
41 (14.29 %)Technical Specialist
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
13 (42.86 %)UNIX
21 (14.29 %)Windows
21 (14.29 %)Windows Server 2008
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
14 (57.14 %)SOA
21 (14.29 %)Business Intelligence
21 (14.29 %)Disaster Recovery
21 (14.29 %)CRM
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13 (42.86 %)C#
13 (42.86 %)Java
21 (14.29 %)SQL
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (57.14 %)Degree
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (42.86 %)Oracle RAC
21 (14.29 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (14.29 %)Hyper-V
Northern Ireland IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (57.14 %)Microsoft
23 (42.86 %)TIBCO
23 (42.86 %)Oracle
31 (14.29 %)VMware
31 (14.29 %)HP