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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 6 8 -
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 1 6 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Helens 8.333% 20.69% -
As % of the Application Development category 14.29% 50.00% -
Number of salaries quoted 1 6 0
Average salary £41,500 £27,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+53.70% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Application Development
St Helens
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
7 12 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in St Helens 58.33% 41.38% 65.63%
Number of salaries quoted 7 12 21
Average salary £40,000 £27,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+45.45% -28.57%
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 St Helens region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

St Helens 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 St Helens region.

St Helens Web Services Salary Trend

Web Services
Top 13 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the St Helens 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 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) J2EE
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle
1 4 (100.00%) JSP
1 4 (100.00%) Tomcat
1 4 (100.00%) JBuilder
1 4 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 4 (100.00%) Spring
1 4 (100.00%) Java EE
1 4 (100.00%) Apache Flex
1 4 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 4 (100.00%) NetBeans

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the St Helens 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 4 (100.00%) J2EE
1 4 (100.00%) JSP
1 4 (100.00%) Spring
1 4 (100.00%) Java EE
1 4 (100.00%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 4 (100.00%) Tomcat
Development Applications
1 4 (100.00%) JBuilder
1 4 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 4 (100.00%) NetBeans
Job Titles
1 4 (100.00%) Developer
1 4 (100.00%) Java Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Java Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Mid-Level Java Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Senior Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 4 (100.00%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
Vendors
1 4 (100.00%) Oracle