Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkWeb Services
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank445263
Rank change year-on-year
Up+8Up+11
Matching permanent IT job ads322738065974
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK4.098 %3.765 %2.956 %
As % of the Application Development category11.25 %11.01 %9.280 %
Salaries quoted280234185000
Average salary£39,000£40,000£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.500 %-
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£28,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£57,500£57,500£61,875
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
286743457164377
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.42 %34.20 %31.86 %
Salaries quoted248923022554762
Average salary£37,500£37,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.350 %-1.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£57,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.850 %-

Web Services
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Web Services within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Web Services Demand Trend

Web Services
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Web Services within the UK.

Web Services Salary Trend

Web Services
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Web Services over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 within the UK.

Web Services Salary Histogram

Web Services
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Services within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+83089£40,000-
LondonDown-31091£45,000-3.22 %
South EastUp+24773£40,000-
City of LondonUp+1299£46,500-2.10 %
East of EnglandDown-2288£35,000-
North WestDown-4273£33,000+1.53 %
YorkshireUp+39206£31,500-3.07 %
South WestUp+3196£32,500-7.14 %
BerkshireUp+26192£40,000-
SurreyUp+14189£42,500+6.25 %
West MidlandsUp+3151£35,000-
ManchesterUp+9150£32,500+18.18 %
HampshireUp+54133£35,556-14.32 %
CambridgeshireUp+15104£35,000-
East MidlandsUp+23102£35,000+14.75 %
CheshireDown-293£33,500-4.28 %
CambridgeUp+1883£35,000-6.66 %
West YorkshireUp+1881£32,500-7.14 %
BirminghamUp+1780£35,500-12.88 %
OxfordshireUp+976£40,000-
West SussexUp+2769£35,000-10.25 %
EssexDown-368£35,000-
BristolUp+1663£33,000-5.71 %
NottinghamshireUp+2561£37,500+29.31 %
ColchesterUp+657£35,000+40.00 %
WalesUp+855£30,000-
BuckinghamshireUp+154£35,000-22.22 %
South YorkshireUp+4151£31,500-10.00 %
HertfordshireDown-1950£42,500-
North YorkshireUp+4148£30,000-3.22 %

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

13848 (61.31 %).NET
23409 (54.32 %)C#
33092 (49.27 %)SQL Server
42788 (44.42 %)XML
52773 (44.18 %)ASP.NET
62081 (33.16 %)SQL
71952 (31.10 %)JavaScript
81700 (27.09 %)HTML
91557 (24.81 %)AJAX
101510 (24.06 %)CSS
111500 (23.90 %)Java
121201 (19.14 %)Microsoft
131070 (17.05 %)OO
14987 (15.73 %)Windows
15929 (14.80 %)SQL Server 2005
16888 (14.15 %)Oracle
17877 (13.97 %)WCF
18794 (12.65 %)VB.NET
19773 (12.32 %)Finance
20766 (12.21 %)Visual Studio
21733 (11.68 %)XSLT
22729 (11.62 %).NET Framework
23679 (10.82 %)Agile Software Development
24648 (10.33 %)SOAP
25640 (10.20 %)Web Development
26630 (10.04 %)SOA
27617 (9.831 %)J2EE
28606 (9.656 %)PHP
29601 (9.576 %)Degree
30584 (9.305 %)E-Commerce

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
13848 (61.31 %).NET
22788 (44.42 %)XML
32773 (44.18 %)ASP.NET
41700 (27.09 %)HTML
51557 (24.81 %)AJAX
61510 (24.06 %)CSS
7877 (13.97 %)WCF
8733 (11.68 %)XSLT
9729 (11.62 %).NET Framework
10648 (10.33 %)SOAP
11617 (9.831 %)J2EE
12569 (9.066 %)Spring
13505 (8.047 %)XHTML
14433 (6.899 %)MVC
15430 (6.851 %)Hibernate
16420 (6.692 %)WPF
17393 (6.262 %)WinForms
18392 (6.246 %)jQuery
19384 (6.119 %)ASP
20297 (4.732 %)JSP
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1582 (9.273 %)IIS
2475 (7.569 %)SharePoint
3365 (5.816 %)Apache
4349 (5.561 %)Tomcat
5320 (5.099 %)CMS
6223 (3.553 %)SharePoint Server 2007
7203 (3.235 %)BizTalk Server
8146 (2.326 %)WebLogic
981 (1.291 %)WebSphere MQ
1076 (1.211 %)EPiServer
1167 (1.068 %)Oracle HTTP Server
1263 (1.004 %)Lotus Notes
1361 (0.972 %)ESB
1457 (0.908 %)Force.com
1553 (0.844 %)Umbraco
1642 (0.669 %)SharePoint Portal Server
1741 (0.653 %)Oracle Workflow
1836 (0.574 %)ColdFusion
1934 (0.542 %)MQSeries
1934 (0.542 %)Sitecore CMS
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
1368 (5.864 %)MS Excel
2112 (1.785 %)Photoshop
395 (1.514 %)MS Visio
494 (1.498 %)MS Office
566 (1.052 %)InfoPath
649 (0.781 %)Fireworks
723 (0.366 %)Adobe Illustrator
812 (0.191 %)MS Project
97 (0.112 %)MS PowerPoint
106 (0.096 %)Spreadsheet
115 (0.080 %)FastStats
121 (0.016 %)CA Clarity
121 (0.016 %)GIMP
121 (0.016 %)MATLAB
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
119 (0.303 %)Dynamics CRM
212 (0.191 %)Oracle EBS
212 (0.191 %)Dynamics AX
310 (0.159 %)Microsoft CRM
310 (0.159 %)Navision
310 (0.159 %)WebTrends
310 (0.159 %)Remedy ITSM
310 (0.159 %)Remedy AR System
48 (0.127 %)Epicor Vantage
56 (0.096 %)BusinessWorks
56 (0.096 %)Dynamics NAV
56 (0.096 %)Temenos T24
65 (0.080 %)Google Analytics
65 (0.080 %)Oracle Applications
74 (0.064 %)Pivotal CRM
74 (0.064 %)Oracle EBS R12
74 (0.064 %)Siebel Analytics
83 (0.048 %)Summit
83 (0.048 %)Bond Adapt
92 (0.032 %)SAP FI/CO
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1507 (8.078 %)Internet
2285 (4.541 %)HTTP
3179 (2.852 %)Intranet
4114 (1.816 %)TCP/IP
590 (1.434 %)Firewall
688 (1.402 %)Extranet
767 (1.068 %)LAN
865 (1.036 %)SAN
957 (0.908 %)DNS
1051 (0.813 %)WAN
1136 (0.574 %)FTP
1136 (0.574 %)Intrusion Detection
1234 (0.542 %)Broadband
1331 (0.494 %)SSL
1429 (0.462 %)SMS
1522 (0.351 %)NAS
1620 (0.319 %)LDAP
1718 (0.287 %)Kerberos
1814 (0.223 %)SNMP
1814 (0.223 %)BSS
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13092 (49.27 %)SQL Server
2929 (14.80 %)SQL Server 2005
3499 (7.951 %)SQL Server 2008
4463 (7.377 %)MySQL
5316 (5.035 %)SQL Server 2000
6212 (3.378 %)RDBMS
7148 (2.358 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
8140 (2.231 %)Oracle 10g
998 (1.562 %)ETL
1089 (1.418 %)Crystal Reports
1184 (1.338 %)Datawarehouse
1283 (1.322 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1378 (1.243 %)Oracle 8/8i
1458 (0.924 %)Oracle Reports
1552 (0.829 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
1644 (0.701 %)Oracle 11g
1644 (0.701 %)DTS
1644 (0.701 %)BusinessObjects
1739 (0.621 %)Informix
1837 (0.590 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1766 (12.21 %)Visual Studio
2348 (5.545 %)Subversion
3294 (4.685 %)NUnit
4175 (2.788 %)JUnit
5173 (2.757 %)Team Foundation Server
6164 (2.613 %)Ant
7121 (1.928 %)Maven
8103 (1.641 %)VSS/SourceSafe
993 (1.482 %)Eclipse
1043 (0.685 %)Log4j
1043 (0.685 %)ClearCase
1131 (0.494 %)Oracle Forms
1229 (0.462 %)NCover
1328 (0.446 %)Dreamweaver
1328 (0.446 %)QuickTest Pro
1328 (0.446 %)TeamCity
1427 (0.430 %)Selenium
1525 (0.398 %)ReSharper
1624 (0.382 %)ClearQuest
1722 (0.351 %)CruiseControl
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1773 (12.32 %)Finance
2280 (4.461 %)Marketing
3271 (4.318 %)Pensions
4267 (4.254 %)Insurance
5256 (4.079 %)Banking
6196 (3.123 %)Retail
7169 (2.693 %)Health
8150 (2.390 %)Telecoms
9127 (2.024 %)Education
10123 (1.960 %)Financial Institution
11113 (1.801 %)Front Office
12110 (1.753 %)Games
13103 (1.641 %)Investment Banking
1497 (1.546 %)Publishing
1592 (1.466 %)Back Office
1691 (1.450 %)Music
1788 (1.402 %)Advertising
1862 (0.988 %)Government
1939 (0.621 %)Online Games
1939 (0.621 %)Multimedia
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
14431 (70.60 %)Developer
21620 (25.81 %).NET Developer
31195 (19.04 %)C# Developer
4904 (14.40 %)Web Developer
5878 (13.99 %)Senior Developer
6724 (11.54 %)ASP.NET Developer
7604 (9.624 %)Java Developer
8578 (9.210 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
9448 (7.138 %)Analyst
10349 (5.561 %)Architect
11314 (5.003 %)Senior .NET Developer
12298 (4.748 %)Software Developer
13287 (4.573 %).NET Web Developer
14286 (4.557 %)Programmer
15259 (4.127 %)Consultant
16257 (4.095 %)Applications Developer
17218 (3.474 %)VB.NET Developer
18215 (3.426 %)Team Leader
19213 (3.394 %)C# Web Developer
20177 (2.820 %)PHP Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1243 (3.872 %)N-Tier
2211 (3.362 %)Computer Science
3158 (2.518 %)Client/Server
4129 (2.055 %)Multithreading
5121 (1.928 %)Open Source
6117 (1.864 %)Derivative
7110 (1.753 %)Web 2.0
885 (1.354 %)Social Network
969 (1.099 %)W3C
1066 (1.052 %)French Language
1154 (0.860 %)Management Information System
1252 (0.829 %)iPhone
1349 (0.781 %)German Language
1447 (0.749 %)Credit Derivative
1546 (0.733 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
1645 (0.717 %)SaaS
1744 (0.701 %)Mathematics
1744 (0.701 %)Equity Derivative
1840 (0.637 %)Spanish Language
1937 (0.590 %)Equities
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1987 (15.73 %)Windows
2506 (8.062 %)Linux
3468 (7.457 %)UNIX
4114 (1.816 %)Windows Server 2003
592 (1.466 %)Solaris
662 (0.988 %)Windows Server 2008
750 (0.797 %)Windows 2000
833 (0.526 %)Mac OS
931 (0.494 %)Red Hat Linux
931 (0.494 %)Windows NT
1026 (0.414 %)Windows Mobile
1124 (0.382 %)Windows XP
1220 (0.319 %)Android
1318 (0.287 %)Windows Vista
1414 (0.223 %)Ubuntu
1513 (0.207 %)AIX
1611 (0.175 %)Debian
179 (0.143 %)Windows 2000 Server
188 (0.127 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
195 (0.080 %)SUSE
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11070 (17.05 %)OO
2679 (10.82 %)Agile Software Development
3640 (10.20 %)Web Development
4630 (10.04 %)SOA
5584 (9.305 %)E-Commerce
6514 (8.190 %)Scrum
7392 (6.246 %)TDD
8387 (6.166 %)UML
9322 (5.131 %)Unit Testing
10300 (4.780 %)Project Management
11295 (4.700 %)CRM
12293 (4.669 %)OOP
13218 (3.474 %)Workflow
14193 (3.075 %)Content Management
15181 (2.884 %)OOD
16169 (2.693 %)Migration
17162 (2.581 %)Continuous Integration
18143 (2.279 %)Business Analysis
19129 (2.055 %)RAD
20126 (2.008 %)Software Engineering
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
13409 (54.32 %)C#
22081 (33.16 %)SQL
31952 (31.10 %)JavaScript
41500 (23.90 %)Java
5794 (12.65 %)VB.NET
6606 (9.656 %)PHP
7579 (9.226 %)T-SQL
8442 (7.043 %)C
9431 (6.867 %)C++
10383 (6.103 %)VB
11220 (3.505 %)Perl
12197 (3.139 %)PL/SQL
13134 (2.135 %)VB6
14109 (1.737 %)Ruby
15104 (1.657 %)XPath
1694 (1.498 %)Python
1772 (1.147 %)VBScript
1859 (0.940 %)PHP5
1955 (0.876 %)Apex Code
2045 (0.717 %)ActionScript
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1601 (9.576 %)Degree
2189 (3.011 %)Microsoft Certification
3108 (1.721 %)Security Cleared
4105 (1.673 %)MCSD
585 (1.354 %)MCAD
585 (1.354 %)MCTS
676 (1.211 %)MCP
756 (0.892 %)SC Cleared
849 (0.781 %)ISEB
924 (0.382 %)MCPD
1015 (0.239 %)MCSE
1113 (0.207 %)DV Cleared
1211 (0.175 %)CEH
1211 (0.175 %)MCITP
1211 (0.175 %)CISSP
1310 (0.159 %)RHCE
149 (0.143 %)MCDBA
158 (0.127 %)PhD
167 (0.112 %)Oracle Certification
167 (0.112 %)ITIL Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
1241 (3.840 %)QA
214 (0.223 %)SLA
38 (0.127 %)PCI DSS
47 (0.112 %)WAI
53 (0.048 %)ISO27001
53 (0.048 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
62 (0.032 %)ISO9001
71 (0.016 %)MiFID
71 (0.016 %)WCAG
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
191 (1.450 %)MSMQ
265 (1.036 %)Active Directory
326 (0.414 %)NFS
326 (0.414 %)AquaLogic
420 (0.319 %)Nmap
518 (0.287 %)Oracle RAC
614 (0.223 %)VMware Infrastructure
77 (0.112 %)Xen
85 (0.080 %)Backup Exec
94 (0.064 %)Hyper-V
103 (0.048 %)BlackBerry Internet Service
103 (0.048 %)vSphere
103 (0.048 %)Hadoop
112 (0.032 %)Squid
112 (0.032 %)OpenLDAP
121 (0.016 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
121 (0.016 %)NetBackup
121 (0.016 %)ISA Server
121 (0.016 %)Samba
121 (0.016 %)VMware ESX
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
120 (0.319 %)Nagios
120 (0.319 %)Nessus
26 (0.096 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
26 (0.096 %)MSI
26 (0.096 %)Data Guard
26 (0.096 %)SCCM
35 (0.080 %)SCOM
35 (0.080 %)WSUS
35 (0.080 %)Zenoss
44 (0.064 %)Tivoli
53 (0.048 %)MOM
61 (0.016 %)Netcool/Proviso
61 (0.016 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
61 (0.016 %)Netcool
61 (0.016 %)CONTROL-M
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11201 (19.14 %)Microsoft
2888 (14.15 %)Oracle
3260 (4.143 %)JBoss
481 (1.291 %)Adobe
574 (1.179 %)SAP
671 (1.131 %)TIBCO
769 (1.099 %)Zend
866 (1.052 %)Google
964 (1.020 %)Salesforce.com
1063 (1.004 %)Lotus
1144 (0.701 %)Sybase
1144 (0.701 %)Business Objects
1242 (0.669 %)Siebel
1337 (0.590 %)Red Hat
1436 (0.574 %)IBM
1436 (0.574 %)Yahoo!
1535 (0.558 %)BEA
1634 (0.542 %)Sitecore
1732 (0.510 %)FatWire
1831 (0.494 %)Novell