The first 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 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 Northern Ireland region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 22 37 10
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -27
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 25 8 32
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 9.191% 3.150% 14.04%
As % of the Application Development category 21.55% 7.080% 47.06%
Number of salaries quoted 11 4 26
Average salary £40,000 £42,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.76% +5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,950 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Application Development
Northern Ireland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
116 113 68
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northern Ireland 42.65% 44.49% 29.82%
Number of salaries quoted 84 59 48
Average salary £35,000 £36,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Web Services
UK

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Web Services
Salary Trend

This 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
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Web Services across the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Northern Ireland Web Services Salary Histogram

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 22 May 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
County Antrim +12 25 £40,000 -20.00%
Web Services
UK

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 22 (78.57%) Java
2 18 (64.29%) XML
3 17 (60.71%) C++
3 17 (60.71%) Open Source
4 16 (57.14%) Degree
4 16 (57.14%) Linux
5 14 (50.00%) Servlets
5 14 (50.00%) C
5 14 (50.00%) Middleware
5 14 (50.00%) JSON
5 14 (50.00%) Computer Science
5 14 (50.00%) Video on Demand
6 11 (39.29%) XMPP
6 11 (39.29%) PostgreSQL
6 11 (39.29%) Tomcat
7 10 (35.71%) UNIX
7 10 (35.71%) Agile Software Development
8 9 (32.14%) Software Engineering
8 9 (32.14%) Apache
9 8 (28.57%) SQL
10 7 (25.00%) .NET
10 7 (25.00%) HTML
11 6 (21.43%) JavaScript
12 5 (17.86%) Marketing
12 5 (17.86%) SQL Server
12 5 (17.86%) OO
12 5 (17.86%) Windows
12 5 (17.86%) MVC
13 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
13 4 (14.29%) SOA

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 18 (64.29%) XML
2 14 (50.00%) Servlets
2 14 (50.00%) Middleware
2 14 (50.00%) JSON
3 11 (39.29%) XMPP
4 7 (25.00%) .NET
4 7 (25.00%) HTML
5 4 (14.29%) ASP.NET
6 3 (10.71%) Spring
6 3 (10.71%) Silverlight
6 3 (10.71%) jQuery
6 3 (10.71%) Swing
6 3 (10.71%) CSS
6 3 (10.71%) Hibernate
7 2 (7.143%) JMS
7 2 (7.143%) J2EE
7 2 (7.143%) WPF
7 2 (7.143%) Ajax
8 1 (3.571%) .NET Framework
8 1 (3.571%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 11 (39.29%) Tomcat
2 9 (32.14%) Apache
3 3 (10.71%) SharePoint
4 1 (3.571%) Google App Engine
4 1 (3.571%) WebLogic
Applications
1 2 (7.143%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.571%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.143%) Broadband
2 1 (3.571%) CTI
2 1 (3.571%) Intranet
2 1 (3.571%) HTTP
2 1 (3.571%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (39.29%) PostgreSQL
2 5 (17.86%) SQL Server
3 2 (7.143%) GIS
3 2 (7.143%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (3.571%) CouchDB
4 1 (3.571%) NoSQL
4 1 (3.571%) Redis
4 1 (3.571%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (10.71%) Visual Studio
2 1 (3.571%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (17.86%) Marketing
2 4 (14.29%) Finance
3 1 (3.571%) Retail
3 1 (3.571%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 11 (39.29%) Developer
2 9 (32.14%) Software Engineer
3 6 (21.43%) Java Developer
4 5 (17.86%) Software Architect
4 5 (17.86%) Architect
5 4 (14.29%) Senior Developer
5 4 (14.29%) Java Software Engineer
5 4 (14.29%) Server Engineer
6 2 (7.143%) Microsoft Developer
6 2 (7.143%) .NET Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Senior Java Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Senior Microsoft Developer
7 1 (3.571%) Junior Software Engineer
7 1 (3.571%) C# Developer
7 1 (3.571%) Senior Software Engineer
7 1 (3.571%) C++ Software Engineer
7 1 (3.571%) Principal Software Engineer
7 1 (3.571%) Implementation Consultant
7 1 (3.571%) C Software Engineer
7 1 (3.571%) Python Developer
Miscellaneous
1 17 (60.71%) Open Source
2 14 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 14 (50.00%) Video on Demand
3 1 (3.571%) STB
3 1 (3.571%) IVR
3 1 (3.571%) DTV
3 1 (3.571%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 16 (57.14%) Linux
2 10 (35.71%) UNIX
3 5 (17.86%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (35.71%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (32.14%) Software Engineering
3 5 (17.86%) OO
3 5 (17.86%) MVC
4 4 (14.29%) SOA
5 3 (10.71%) Unit Testing
6 2 (7.143%) Business Intelligence
6 2 (7.143%) Web Development
7 1 (3.571%) Load Balancing
7 1 (3.571%) Capacity Planning
7 1 (3.571%) MVVM
7 1 (3.571%) CRM
7 1 (3.571%) UML
7 1 (3.571%) OOA/OOD
7 1 (3.571%) Workflow
7 1 (3.571%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 22 (78.57%) Java
2 17 (60.71%) C++
3 14 (50.00%) C
4 8 (28.57%) SQL
5 6 (21.43%) JavaScript
6 4 (14.29%) C#
7 1 (3.571%) Bash shell
7 1 (3.571%) T-SQL
7 1 (3.571%) ABAP
7 1 (3.571%) Perl
7 1 (3.571%) PHP
7 1 (3.571%) Python
7 1 (3.571%) XAML
Qualifications
1 16 (57.14%) Degree
2 2 (7.143%) BC Cleared
2 2 (7.143%) CTC Cleared
2 2 (7.143%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) QA
2 1 (3.571%) HL7
Vendors
1 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
1 4 (14.29%) Oracle
2 3 (10.71%) Google
3 2 (7.143%) ESRI
4 1 (3.571%) SAP
4 1 (3.571%) Sybase