The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT jobs advertised for the Rochdale region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 17 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 Rochdale region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank - - 13
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 0 0 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rochdale - - 10.26%
As % of the Application Development category - - 15.38%
Number of salaries quoted 0 0 4
Average salary - - £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Application Development
Rochdale
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
4 31 26
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Rochdale 22.22% 44.93% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 4 31 26
Average salary £34,500 £32,500 £26,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.15% +22.64%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £24,000 £18,000
10% offered a salary of more than £36,750 £37,500 £42,400
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Web Services
Manchester

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Rochdale 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 Rochdale region.

Rochdale Web Services Salary Trend

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rochdale 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 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (80.00%) Internet
2 4 (80.00%) ISO 14001
2 4 (80.00%) Service Delivery
2 4 (80.00%) Change Management
2 4 (80.00%) Firewall
2 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
2 4 (80.00%) Linux
2 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
2 4 (80.00%) Broadband
2 4 (80.00%) VoIP
2 4 (80.00%) ISO 9001
2 4 (80.00%) VPN
2 4 (80.00%) SLA
2 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 4 (80.00%) Operations Management
2 4 (80.00%) Network Security
3 1 (20.00%) WCF
3 1 (20.00%) WPF
3 1 (20.00%) C#
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
3 1 (20.00%) VB
3 1 (20.00%) VB.NET
3 1 (20.00%) .NET
3 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (20.00%) WinForms
3 1 (20.00%) VB6
3 1 (20.00%) Citrix
3 1 (20.00%) BizTalk Server

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Rochdale 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 1 (20.00%) .NET
1 1 (20.00%) ASP.NET
1 1 (20.00%) WinForms
1 1 (20.00%) WCF
1 1 (20.00%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) BizTalk Server
Applications
1 4 (80.00%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (80.00%) Broadband
1 4 (80.00%) VoIP
1 4 (80.00%) VPN
1 4 (80.00%) Internet
1 4 (80.00%) Firewall
1 4 (80.00%) Network Security
General
1 4 (80.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 4 (80.00%) Head of Managed Services
2 1 (20.00%) Developer
2 1 (20.00%) BizTalk Developer
Operating Systems
1 4 (80.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Service Delivery
1 4 (80.00%) Change Management
1 4 (80.00%) Operations Management
Programming Languages
1 1 (20.00%) C#
1 1 (20.00%) SQL
1 1 (20.00%) T-SQL
1 1 (20.00%) VB
1 1 (20.00%) VB.NET
1 1 (20.00%) VB6
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (80.00%) ISO 9001
1 4 (80.00%) SLA
1 4 (80.00%) ISO 14001
1 4 (80.00%) ISO/IEC 27001
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (20.00%) Citrix