The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southport region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 23 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 Southport region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 6 7 3
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -4
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 2 2 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southport 20.00% 11.76% 25.00%
As % of the Application Development category 33.33% 33.33% 66.67%
Number of salaries quoted 2 2 0
Average salary £32,500 £34,250 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.10% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Application Development
Southport
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6 6 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southport 60.00% 35.29% 37.50%
Number of salaries quoted 6 6 1
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Web Services
Merseyside

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southport 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 Southport region.

Southport Web Services Salary Trend

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southport 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 19 (100.00%) XML
2 11 (57.89%) UNIX
2 11 (57.89%) Windows
2 11 (57.89%) SQL
3 10 (52.63%) RDBMS
3 10 (52.63%) SLA
4 9 (47.37%) Linux
4 9 (47.37%) Windows Server 2008
5 8 (42.11%) Degree
5 8 (42.11%) WCF
5 8 (42.11%) .NET
5 8 (42.11%) SQL Server
5 8 (42.11%) Visual Studio
5 8 (42.11%) ASP.NET
5 8 (42.11%) C#
6 7 (36.84%) MVC
6 7 (36.84%) IIS
6 7 (36.84%) Change Control
7 6 (31.58%) ASP.NET 2.0
7 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2008
7 6 (31.58%) MS Excel
7 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2000
7 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2005
8 2 (10.53%) Technical Architecture
8 2 (10.53%) .NET Framework
8 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
8 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (10.53%) Oracle
8 2 (10.53%) QA
8 2 (10.53%) ADO.NET Entity Framework

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southport 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 19 (100.00%) XML
2 8 (42.11%) WCF
2 8 (42.11%) .NET
2 8 (42.11%) ASP.NET
3 6 (31.58%) ASP.NET 2.0
4 2 (10.53%) .NET Framework
4 2 (10.53%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 2 (10.53%) ASP.NET MVC
5 1 (5.263%) HTML5
5 1 (5.263%) CSS3
5 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET MVC 3
5 1 (5.263%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 7 (36.84%) IIS
Applications
1 6 (31.58%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (52.63%) RDBMS
2 8 (42.11%) SQL Server
3 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2008
3 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2000
3 6 (31.58%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 8 (42.11%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 11 (57.89%) Analyst
1 11 (57.89%) Technical Analyst
2 8 (42.11%) ASP.NET Developer
2 8 (42.11%) .NET Developer
2 8 (42.11%) Developer
3 6 (31.58%) C# .NET Developer
3 6 (31.58%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 6 (31.58%) C# Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Technical Support
5 2 (10.53%) Applications Support
6 1 (5.263%) 2nd Line Support Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Technical Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Senior .NET Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Senior ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (5.263%) 2nd Line Support
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Technical Support Analyst
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Support Analyst
Operating Systems
1 11 (57.89%) UNIX
1 11 (57.89%) Windows
2 9 (47.37%) Linux
2 9 (47.37%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (10.53%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (36.84%) MVC
1 7 (36.84%) Change Control
2 2 (10.53%) Technical Architecture
3 1 (5.263%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (5.263%) Performance Management
3 1 (5.263%) OO
3 1 (5.263%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 11 (57.89%) SQL
2 8 (42.11%) C#
Qualifications
1 8 (42.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (52.63%) SLA
2 2 (10.53%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (10.53%) Microsoft
1 2 (10.53%) Oracle