The first table below looks at the demand for Spring skills in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Spring over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SpringSource Spring Framework
Rank 47 37 25
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -12
Permanent jobs citing Spring 1 5 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 0.365% 2.304% 4.000%
As % of the Application Development category 0.813% 4.673% 9.722%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 7
Average salary - £45,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +13.75%
UK excluding London average salary £41,861 £43,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-3.76% +2.35%
All Application Development
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
123 107 72
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 44.89% 49.31% 41.14%
Number of salaries quoted 114 77 68
Average salary £38,500 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £32,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
Spring
West Midlands

Spring
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Solihull Spring Jobs Demand Trend

Spring
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Spring across the Solihull region.

Solihull Spring Salary Trend

Spring
Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull region citing Spring 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 Spring.

1 2 (66.67%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Automotive
2 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management

Spring
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull region citing Spring 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 Spring. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

General
1 1 (33.33%) Automotive
1 1 (33.33%) Manufacturing
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Project Manager
2 2 (66.67%) IT Project Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Junior IT Project Manager
3 1 (33.33%) Junior
3 1 (33.33%) Junior Project Manager
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Change Control
2 1 (33.33%) PRINCE2
2 1 (33.33%) Project Management
2 1 (33.33%) Stakeholder Management
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development