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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

 Web Services
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank223380
Rank change year-on-year
Up+11Up+47
Matching permanent IT job ads935667
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire7.317 %4.969 %2.132 %
As % of the Application Development category19.10 %12.81 %5.583 %
Salaries quoted895456
Average salary£40,000£40,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+14.28 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£33,000£32,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£48,000£48,500£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£36,500
% change year-on-year
--4.100 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Oxfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
4874371200
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxfordshire38.32 %38.78 %38.18 %
Salaries quoted4473971115
Average salary£38,500£36,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.940 %+2.850 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
Web Services South EastWeb Services
South East

Web Services
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Web Services Salary Trend

Web Services
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Web Services across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire 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
AbingdonUp+536£40,000-
OxfordDown-520£47,750+27.33 %
ThameNew entry-10£35,000-
Henley-on-ThamesDown-61£31,000-31.11 %
Web Services South EastWeb Services
South East

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1108 (75.52 %)SQL Server
294 (65.73 %).NET
393 (65.03 %)C#
489 (62.24 %)XML
577 (53.85 %)ASP.NET
655 (38.46 %)HTML
655 (38.46 %)JavaScript
754 (37.76 %)Microsoft
843 (30.07 %)AJAX
942 (29.37 %)SQL
1041 (28.67 %)Windows
1139 (27.27 %)Project Management
1236 (25.17 %)Education
1335 (24.48 %)Java
1433 (23.08 %)Silverlight
1530 (20.98 %)XSLT
1530 (20.98 %)MCTS
1530 (20.98 %)MCPD
1530 (20.98 %)Software Architecture
1628 (19.58 %)SQL Server 2005
1628 (19.58 %)IIS
1727 (18.88 %)Spring
1826 (18.18 %)OO
1925 (17.48 %)Hibernate
2024 (16.78 %)EJB
2024 (16.78 %)JSP
2024 (16.78 %)J2EE
2024 (16.78 %)EJB 3.0
2123 (16.08 %)VB.NET
2222 (15.38 %)CSS

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
194 (65.73 %).NET
289 (62.24 %)XML
377 (53.85 %)ASP.NET
455 (38.46 %)HTML
543 (30.07 %)AJAX
633 (23.08 %)Silverlight
730 (20.98 %)XSLT
827 (18.88 %)Spring
925 (17.48 %)Hibernate
1024 (16.78 %)JSP
1024 (16.78 %)J2EE
1024 (16.78 %)EJB
1024 (16.78 %)EJB 3.0
1122 (15.38 %)CSS
1219 (13.29 %)Servlets
1312 (8.392 %)XHTML
1312 (8.392 %)DHTML
1312 (8.392 %)WCF
149 (6.294 %)WPF
158 (5.594 %).NET Framework
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
128 (19.58 %)IIS
213 (9.091 %)SharePoint
38 (5.594 %)Tomcat
46 (4.196 %)BizTalk Server
54 (2.797 %)DotNetNuke
54 (2.797 %)Alfresco
54 (2.797 %)WebLogic
54 (2.797 %)Apache
62 (1.399 %)CMS
71 (0.699 %)ArcGIS
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
115 (10.49 %)MS Excel
23 (2.098 %)MS Visio
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (1.399 %)Navision
12 (1.399 %)Dynamics NAV
21 (0.699 %)Dynamics CRM
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
117 (11.89 %)Internet
28 (5.594 %)Intranet
34 (2.797 %)SAN
42 (1.399 %)LDAP
42 (1.399 %)TCP/IP
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1108 (75.52 %)SQL Server
228 (19.58 %)SQL Server 2005
317 (11.89 %)SQL Server 2008
49 (6.294 %)RDBMS
57 (4.895 %)BusinessObjects
66 (4.196 %)SQL Server 2000
74 (2.797 %)MySQL
83 (2.098 %)Crystal Reports
83 (2.098 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
92 (1.399 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
92 (1.399 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
101 (0.699 %)GIS
101 (0.699 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (3.497 %)NUnit
24 (2.797 %)Visual Studio
33 (2.098 %)Expression Blend
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
136 (25.17 %)Education
220 (13.99 %)Finance
312 (8.392 %)Construction
312 (8.392 %)Pensions
46 (4.196 %)Retail
52 (1.399 %)Games
52 (1.399 %)Telecoms
52 (1.399 %)Aerospace
52 (1.399 %)Marketing
61 (0.699 %)Advertising
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
197 (67.83 %)Developer
231 (21.68 %)C# Developer
330 (20.98 %)Software Developer
427 (18.88 %)Senior Developer
427 (18.88 %).NET Developer
521 (14.69 %)Applications Support
620 (13.99 %)Web Developer
718 (12.59 %)ASP.NET Developer
817 (11.89 %)Team Leader
817 (11.89 %)C# Software Developer
916 (11.19 %)Support Team Leader
916 (11.19 %)Development Team Leader
1015 (10.49 %)J2EE Developer
1015 (10.49 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
1114 (9.790 %)Senior .NET Developer
1213 (9.091 %)Senior ASP.NET Developer
1312 (8.392 %)Senior C# Developer
1312 (8.392 %)XML Developer
1312 (8.392 %)JavaScript Developer
1312 (8.392 %)SQL Developer
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
113 (9.091 %)Computer Science
25 (3.497 %)Multithreading
34 (2.797 %)Beowulf
42 (1.399 %)Client/Server
42 (1.399 %)Smartcard
42 (1.399 %)Clustering
42 (1.399 %)Open Source
42 (1.399 %)Dependency Injection
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
141 (28.67 %)Windows
216 (11.19 %)Windows Server 2003
312 (8.392 %)Linux
46 (4.196 %)Windows Mobile
46 (4.196 %)Windows Server 2008
55 (3.497 %)Windows CE
64 (2.797 %)UNIX
72 (1.399 %)Red Hat Linux
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
139 (27.27 %)Project Management
230 (20.98 %)Software Architecture
326 (18.18 %)OO
422 (15.38 %)Workflow
521 (14.69 %)Agile Software Development
616 (11.19 %)Scrum
713 (9.091 %)Web Development
811 (7.692 %)OOP
910 (6.993 %)SOA
910 (6.993 %)Software Engineering
109 (6.294 %)Enterprise Architecture
109 (6.294 %)UML
118 (5.594 %)Systems Analysis
127 (4.895 %)Content Management
127 (4.895 %)Software Testing
127 (4.895 %)CRM
136 (4.196 %)TDD
136 (4.196 %)Use Case
145 (3.497 %)ERP
145 (3.497 %)OOD
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
193 (65.03 %)C#
255 (38.46 %)JavaScript
342 (29.37 %)SQL
435 (24.48 %)Java
523 (16.08 %)VB.NET
620 (13.99 %)T-SQL
78 (5.594 %)Bash shell
86 (4.196 %)C
94 (2.797 %)Python
103 (2.098 %)VB6
103 (2.098 %)PHP
103 (2.098 %)VB
112 (1.399 %)Perl
112 (1.399 %)Shell Script
121 (0.699 %)Groovy
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
130 (20.98 %)MCTS
130 (20.98 %)MCPD
218 (12.59 %)Degree
218 (12.59 %)Microsoft Certification
312 (8.392 %)MCAD
312 (8.392 %)MCSD
44 (2.797 %)RHCE
52 (1.399 %)ISEB
61 (0.699 %)Security Cleared
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (9.790 %)QA
22 (1.399 %)PCI DSS
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
111 (7.692 %)Active Directory
22 (1.399 %)OpenLDAP
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
154 (37.76 %)Microsoft
27 (4.895 %)Business Objects
36 (4.196 %)Sybase
45 (3.497 %)SAP
54 (2.797 %)JBoss
54 (2.797 %)Oracle
63 (2.098 %)Google
72 (1.399 %)Red Hat
81 (0.699 %)ESRI