The first table below looks at the demand for WSDL skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WSDL over the 3 months to 24 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 South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)
Rank 212 211 192
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -19
Permanent jobs citing WSDL 4 4 24
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.076% 0.072% 0.398%
As % of the Application Development category 0.162% 0.158% 0.985%
Number of salaries quoted 4 4 16
Average salary £35,750 £42,500 £33,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.88% +27.81%
90% offered a salary of more than £34,000 £31,250 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,250 £53,750 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
All Application Development
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2462 2536 2436
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 46.93% 45.82% 40.37%
Number of salaries quoted 2233 2273 2175
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.94%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WSDL
England

WSDL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West WSDL Jobs Demand Trend

WSDL
Salary Trend

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

South West WSDL Salary Trend

WSDL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WSDL across the South West region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 24 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
Dorset -8 2 £34,000 -20.00%
Somerset -3 1 £37,500 -6.25%
WSDL
England

WSDL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1 35 (100.00%) XML
2 30 (85.71%) HTML
3 23 (65.71%) .NET
4 19 (54.29%) Web Services
4 19 (54.29%) Service Delivery
5 17 (48.57%) SOAP
5 17 (48.57%) SQL Server
6 16 (45.71%) C#
6 16 (45.71%) C++
6 16 (45.71%) SQL
6 16 (45.71%) T-SQL
6 16 (45.71%) ASP.NET
6 16 (45.71%) SQL Server 2005
6 16 (45.71%) SQL Server 2008
7 13 (37.14%) Finance
8 11 (31.43%) UNIX
9 10 (28.57%) VB
10 9 (25.71%) XSLT
11 8 (22.86%) OO
11 8 (22.86%) XML Schema
11 8 (22.86%) Microsoft
11 8 (22.86%) SQL Server 2000
11 8 (22.86%) COM+
11 8 (22.86%) ADO.NET
11 8 (22.86%) ASP
11 8 (22.86%) IIS
11 8 (22.86%) XSL
11 8 (22.86%) Scrum
11 8 (22.86%) Performance Testing
11 8 (22.86%) Load Testing

WSDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

Application Development
1 35 (100.00%) XML
2 30 (85.71%) HTML
3 23 (65.71%) .NET
4 19 (54.29%) Web Services
5 17 (48.57%) SOAP
6 16 (45.71%) ASP.NET
7 9 (25.71%) XSLT
8 8 (22.86%) XML Schema
8 8 (22.86%) COM+
8 8 (22.86%) ADO.NET
8 8 (22.86%) ASP
8 8 (22.86%) XSL
8 8 (22.86%) .NET Framework
8 8 (22.86%) WCF
9 6 (17.14%) JMS
9 6 (17.14%) J2EE
10 5 (14.29%) Ajax
10 5 (14.29%) CSS
11 4 (11.43%) WinForms
12 3 (8.571%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 8 (22.86%) IIS
2 2 (5.714%) WebLogic
3 1 (2.857%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 4 (11.43%) MS Excel
2 2 (5.714%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 1 (2.857%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (20.00%) TCP/IP
2 6 (17.14%) DNS
2 6 (17.14%) POP3
2 6 (17.14%) SMTP
2 6 (17.14%) FTP
2 6 (17.14%) HTTP
2 6 (17.14%) SSH
2 6 (17.14%) Internet
3 1 (2.857%) Firewall
3 1 (2.857%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (48.57%) SQL Server
2 16 (45.71%) SQL Server 2005
2 16 (45.71%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (22.86%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (2.857%) DB2
4 1 (2.857%) Informix
Development Applications
1 8 (22.86%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (11.43%) Visual Studio
3 2 (5.714%) Dreamweaver
3 2 (5.714%) Appcelerator Titanium
4 1 (2.857%) Ant
4 1 (2.857%) Eclipse
General
1 13 (37.14%) Finance
2 5 (14.29%) Retail
Job Titles
1 15 (42.86%) Developer
2 5 (14.29%) Analyst
2 5 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
2 5 (14.29%) Development Manager
2 5 (14.29%) Architect
2 5 (14.29%) Project Manager
2 5 (14.29%) Business Analyst
2 5 (14.29%) .NET Developer
2 5 (14.29%) Business Project Manager
2 5 (14.29%) Business Manager
3 4 (11.43%) Head of Development
3 4 (11.43%) C# .NET Developer
3 4 (11.43%) Lead Architect
3 4 (11.43%) C# Developer
3 4 (11.43%) Perl Developer
3 4 (11.43%) Lead Solutions Architect
4 3 (8.571%) Software Engineer
4 3 (8.571%) VB.NET Developer
4 3 (8.571%) Software Developer
5 2 (5.714%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.714%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.857%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 11 (31.43%) UNIX
2 6 (17.14%) Linux
3 1 (2.857%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (54.29%) Service Delivery
2 8 (22.86%) OO
2 8 (22.86%) Scrum
2 8 (22.86%) Performance Testing
2 8 (22.86%) Load Testing
2 8 (22.86%) Performance Management
3 6 (17.14%) DSDM
3 6 (17.14%) SOA
4 5 (14.29%) Service Management
4 5 (14.29%) ITSM
4 5 (14.29%) User Stories
4 5 (14.29%) E-Commerce
4 5 (14.29%) Project Management
5 4 (11.43%) Web Design
5 4 (11.43%) Change Management
6 2 (5.714%) OOD
6 2 (5.714%) Mobile Application Development
6 2 (5.714%) Web Development
6 2 (5.714%) MVC
7 1 (2.857%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 16 (45.71%) C#
1 16 (45.71%) C++
1 16 (45.71%) SQL
1 16 (45.71%) T-SQL
2 10 (28.57%) VB
3 8 (22.86%) VB6
4 7 (20.00%) Perl
5 6 (17.14%) VB.NET
5 6 (17.14%) JavaScript
6 4 (11.43%) PHP
6 4 (11.43%) Java
7 1 (2.857%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (20.00%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (2.857%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 8 (22.86%) Microsoft
2 5 (14.29%) ATG
2 5 (14.29%) Fredhopper
2 5 (14.29%) Oracle
3 2 (5.714%) Adobe
3 2 (5.714%) Zend
3 2 (5.714%) Appcelerator
4 1 (2.857%) Sybase
4 1 (2.857%) BEA