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The table below looks at the demand for Web Services Description Language (WSDL) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WSDL over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Services Description Language (WSDL)
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank431475
Rank change on same period last yearUp+44
Matching permanent IT job ads1627
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.012 %
As % of the category below0.146 %0.190 %
Salaries quoted1522
Average minimum salary£47,895£36,154
Average salary£53,947£41,058
% change on same period last year+31.39 %
Average maximum salary£60,000£45,962
UK excluding London average salary£40,626£38,991
% change on same period last year+4.19 %
South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South East
Matching permanent IT job ads1098414216
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled6.420 %6.246 %
Salaries quoted957612051
Average minimum salary£35,569£35,278
Average salary£39,178£38,677
% change on same period last year+1.29 %
Average maximum salary£42,787£42,076
UK excluding London average salary£35,983£36,623
% change on same period last year-1.74 %
WSDL EnglandWSDL
England

WSDL
Demand Trend

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

South East WSDL Demand Trend

WSDL
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WSDL across the South East region.

South East WSDL Salary Trend

WSDL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WSDL across the South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South East WSDL Salary Histogram

WSDL
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WSDL within the South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SurreyNew entry-7£47,143-
BuckinghamshireUp+245£63,000+93.84 %
KentUp+84£60,000+25.00 %
BerkshireUp+333£48,750+37.16 %
HampshireNew entry-1£42,500-
WSDL EnglandWSDL
England

WSDL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the South East region citing WSDL 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 WSDL.

145 (97.83 %)XML
238 (82.61 %)SOAP
332 (69.57 %)WebServices
430 (65.22 %)Java
525 (54.35 %)SOA
620 (43.48 %)J2EE
719 (41.30 %)SQL
719 (41.30 %)UML
815 (32.61 %)HTTP
815 (32.61 %)C#
913 (28.26 %)HTML
913 (28.26 %)Microsoft
1012 (26.09 %)Visual Studio
1111 (23.91 %)JavaScript
1111 (23.91 %)Oracle
1111 (23.91 %)SQL Server
1210 (21.74 %).NET
1210 (21.74 %)EJB
1210 (21.74 %)WebSphere
139 (19.57 %)JSP
139 (19.57 %)OO
139 (19.57 %)Middleware
148 (17.39 %)JBoss
148 (17.39 %)Web Development
157 (15.22 %)Tomcat
157 (15.22 %)WebLogic
157 (15.22 %)XSD
157 (15.22 %)XSL
157 (15.22 %)XSLT
157 (15.22 %)PL/SQL

WSDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT jobs across the South East region citing WSDL 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 WSDL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
145 (97.83 %)XML
238 (82.61 %)SOAP
332 (69.57 %)WebServices
420 (43.48 %)J2EE
513 (28.26 %)HTML
610 (21.74 %).NET
610 (21.74 %)EJB
610 (21.74 %)WebSphere
79 (19.57 %)Middleware
79 (19.57 %)JSP
87 (15.22 %)XSD
87 (15.22 %)XSL
87 (15.22 %)XSLT
87 (15.22 %)XML Schema
96 (13.04 %)JDBC
96 (13.04 %)Hibernate
96 (13.04 %)WAP
96 (13.04 %)AJAX
96 (13.04 %)Java EE
105 (10.87 %)CSS
South East IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (17.39 %)JBoss
27 (15.22 %)WebLogic
27 (15.22 %)Tomcat
36 (13.04 %)IIS
44 (8.696 %)MQSeries
52 (4.348 %)Apache
South East IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (6.522 %)MS Excel
South East IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
115 (32.61 %)HTTP
24 (8.696 %)SSL
33 (6.522 %)SSH
33 (6.522 %)FTP
41 (2.174 %)IMAP
41 (2.174 %)TCP/IP
41 (2.174 %)VPN
41 (2.174 %)Internet
41 (2.174 %)3G
41 (2.174 %)SS7
41 (2.174 %)Firewall
41 (2.174 %)IPsec
41 (2.174 %)Bluetooth
41 (2.174 %)GPRS
41 (2.174 %)ISDN
41 (2.174 %)LAN
41 (2.174 %)PBX
41 (2.174 %)SMS
41 (2.174 %)VoIP
41 (2.174 %)WAN
South East IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (23.91 %)SQL Server
25 (10.87 %)DB2
33 (6.522 %)MS Access
33 (6.522 %)RDBMS
42 (4.348 %)MySQL
42 (4.348 %)Oracle 9i
51 (2.174 %)Informix
South East IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (26.09 %)Visual Studio
25 (10.87 %)JUnit
32 (4.348 %)Eclipse
41 (2.174 %)Subversion
41 (2.174 %)Ant
South East IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (15.22 %)Telecoms
24 (8.696 %)Finance
24 (8.696 %)Marketing
31 (2.174 %)Insurance
31 (2.174 %)Pensions
South East IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (39.13 %)Developer
213 (28.26 %)Architect
312 (26.09 %)Technical Architect
312 (26.09 %)Java Developer
45 (10.87 %)Technical Consultant
45 (10.87 %)Consultant
45 (10.87 %)Analyst
54 (8.696 %)Senior Developer
54 (8.696 %)Technical Support
54 (8.696 %)Administrator
54 (8.696 %)J2EE Developer
54 (8.696 %)Senior Java Developer
54 (8.696 %)Java/J2EE Developer
63 (6.522 %)WebSphere Developer
63 (6.522 %)WebSphere Administrator
63 (6.522 %)Technical Designer
63 (6.522 %)Data Analyst
72 (4.348 %)Technical Analyst
72 (4.348 %)Analyst Developer
72 (4.348 %)Systems Developer
South East IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (6.522 %)Computer Science
22 (4.348 %)W3C
22 (4.348 %)E-Learning
22 (4.348 %)SCORM
31 (2.174 %)IVR
31 (2.174 %)Speech Recognition
31 (2.174 %)PDA
South East IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (6.522 %)Windows 2000
13 (6.522 %)Windows NT
13 (6.522 %)Windows XP
13 (6.522 %)Windows
21 (2.174 %)Linux
21 (2.174 %)UNIX
21 (2.174 %)SUSE
South East IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
125 (54.35 %)SOA
219 (41.30 %)UML
39 (19.57 %)OO
48 (17.39 %)Web Development
56 (13.04 %)BPEL
63 (6.522 %)Data Analysis
63 (6.522 %)E-Commerce
71 (2.174 %)Process Management
71 (2.174 %)Workflow
71 (2.174 %)Scrum
71 (2.174 %)Agile Software Development
71 (2.174 %)TDD
South East IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
130 (65.22 %)Java
219 (41.30 %)SQL
315 (32.61 %)C#
411 (23.91 %)JavaScript
57 (15.22 %)PL/SQL
63 (6.522 %)Perl
63 (6.522 %)Transact-SQL
63 (6.522 %)Python
72 (4.348 %)DHTML
81 (2.174 %)XQuery
81 (2.174 %)XPath
South East IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (4.348 %)Degree
21 (2.174 %)HND
21 (2.174 %)Avaya Certification
South East IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.174 %)SLA
South East IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.174 %)AquaLogic
South East IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (28.26 %)Microsoft
211 (23.91 %)Oracle
34 (8.696 %)BEA
42 (4.348 %)Google
42 (4.348 %)PeopleSoft
51 (2.174 %)Cisco
51 (2.174 %)Avaya