Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WSDL skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WSDL over the 3 months to 22 March 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 Description Language (WSDL)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank617604785
Rank change year-on-year
Down-13Up+181
Matching permanent IT job ads7069185
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.081 %0.081 %0.091 %
As % of the Application Development category0.222 %0.233 %0.281 %
Salaries quoted5757127
Average salary£50,000£42,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+17.64 %+6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£32,500£30,000£29,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£67,000£60,000£50,440
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£40,000£40,000
% change year-on-year
-11.25 %-
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
315412960765787
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.46 %34.78 %32.32 %
Salaries quoted274582524156031
Average salary£38,000£36,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£57,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %

WSDL
Demand Trend

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

WSDL Demand Trend

WSDL
Salary Trend

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

WSDL Salary Trend

WSDL
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WSDL over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 within the UK.

WSDL Salary Histogram

WSDL
Top 26 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 UK over the 3 months to 22 March 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
EnglandDown-2067£50,000+17.64 %
LondonDown-1138£60,000+20.00 %
City of LondonDown-4015£62,500+47.05 %
South EastDown-19£40,000-11.11 %
SurreyUp+137£40,000-33.33 %
East of EnglandUp+26£46,250-
North WestUp+34£35,000+55.55 %
YorkshireUp+93£29,000-52.84 %
East MidlandsNo change03--
CambridgeshireNew entry-3£35,000-
SuffolkNew entry-3£57,500-
South YorkshireNew entry-3£29,000-
LiverpoolNew entry-3£35,000-
IpswichNew entry-3£57,500-
CambridgeNew entry-3£35,000-
MerseysideNew entry-3£35,000-
West MidlandsUp+162£36,000-17.71 %
BristolUp+152£32,500-18.75 %
South WestUp+52£32,500+8.33 %
Home CountiesNew entry-2£50,000-
DerbyshireNew entry-2--
DerbyNew entry-2--
SheffieldNew entry-2£28,250-
BirminghamUp+121--
ManchesterDown-11£52,500+133.33 %
WalsallNew entry-1£36,000-

WSDL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

175 (65.22 %)XML
268 (59.13 %)SOAP
363 (54.78 %)Java
363 (54.78 %)Web Services
455 (47.83 %)SOA
546 (40.00 %)J2EE
641 (35.65 %).NET
735 (30.43 %)C#
735 (30.43 %)SQL Server
834 (29.57 %)SQL
931 (26.96 %)Oracle
1030 (26.09 %)BPEL
1127 (23.48 %)JavaScript
1226 (22.61 %)XSLT
1226 (22.61 %)Middleware
1324 (20.87 %)HTML
1423 (20.00 %)ESB
1520 (17.39 %)UML
1619 (16.52 %)WebSphere
1718 (15.65 %)SQL Server 2000
1817 (14.78 %)ASP.NET
1817 (14.78 %)Struts
1817 (14.78 %)Tomcat
1916 (13.91 %)CSS
2015 (13.04 %)C++
2015 (13.04 %)EJB
2015 (13.04 %)JSP
2015 (13.04 %)Scrum
2015 (13.04 %)Spring
2114 (12.17 %)JBoss

WSDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
175 (65.22 %)XML
268 (59.13 %)SOAP
363 (54.78 %)Web Services
446 (40.00 %)J2EE
541 (35.65 %).NET
626 (22.61 %)XSLT
626 (22.61 %)Middleware
724 (20.87 %)HTML
819 (16.52 %)WebSphere
917 (14.78 %)ASP.NET
917 (14.78 %)Struts
1016 (13.91 %)CSS
1115 (13.04 %)JSP
1115 (13.04 %)EJB
1115 (13.04 %)Spring
1213 (11.30 %)XHTML
1213 (11.30 %)Servlets
1312 (10.43 %)Oracle Fusion
1411 (9.565 %)EJB 3.0
159 (7.826 %).NET Framework
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
123 (20.00 %)ESB
217 (14.78 %)Tomcat
312 (10.43 %)WebLogic
410 (8.696 %)BizTalk Server
59 (7.826 %)SharePoint Server 2007
68 (6.957 %)WebLogic Portal
77 (6.087 %)ActiveMQ
77 (6.087 %)AquaLogic
77 (6.087 %)AquaLogic Service Bus
86 (5.217 %)WebSphere Process Server
93 (2.609 %)Apache
93 (2.609 %)WebSphere Portal
102 (1.739 %)Apache Solr
102 (1.739 %)WebSphere Application Server
102 (1.739 %)IIS
102 (1.739 %)SharePoint
102 (1.739 %)WebSphere Message Broker
102 (1.739 %)GlassFish
111 (0.870 %)Oracle 9iAS
111 (0.870 %)WebSphere MQ
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (7.826 %)MS Excel
28 (6.957 %)MS Office
36 (5.217 %)MS Visio
43 (2.609 %)MS PowerPoint
52 (1.739 %)MS Project
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.870 %)Cognos Business Intelligence
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
19 (7.826 %)TCP/IP
28 (6.957 %)DSL
36 (5.217 %)HTTP
44 (3.478 %)Internet
53 (2.609 %)SSL
53 (2.609 %)RFID
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
135 (30.43 %)SQL Server
218 (15.65 %)SQL Server 2000
311 (9.565 %)SQL Server 2008
410 (8.696 %)Oracle 10g
59 (7.826 %)MySQL
66 (5.217 %)Oracle 8/8i
66 (5.217 %)SQL Server 2005
75 (4.348 %)Datawarehouse
84 (3.478 %)PostgreSQL
84 (3.478 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
84 (3.478 %)RDBMS
93 (2.609 %)GIS
93 (2.609 %)Oracle OWB
102 (1.739 %)ETL
102 (1.739 %)MS Access
102 (1.739 %)DB2
102 (1.739 %)OLAP
111 (0.870 %)Oracle 9i
111 (0.870 %)Data Mining
111 (0.870 %)Data Mart
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (6.957 %)Eclipse
18 (6.957 %)JUnit
26 (5.217 %)Subversion
34 (3.478 %)Maven
43 (2.609 %)Visual Studio
52 (1.739 %)JDeveloper
61 (0.870 %)ERwin
61 (0.870 %)C++Builder
61 (0.870 %)CruiseControl
61 (0.870 %)JIRA
61 (0.870 %)Visual Studio Team System
61 (0.870 %)Team Foundation Server
61 (0.870 %)Ant
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
111 (9.565 %)Finance
29 (7.826 %)Banking
36 (5.217 %)Insurance
45 (4.348 %)Online Games
45 (4.348 %)Games
54 (3.478 %)Telecoms
54 (3.478 %)Retail
62 (1.739 %)Investment Banking
62 (1.739 %)Front Office
62 (1.739 %)Advertising
62 (1.739 %)Education
62 (1.739 %)Government
71 (0.870 %)Law
71 (0.870 %)Local Government
71 (0.870 %)Marketing
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
152 (45.22 %)Developer
237 (32.17 %)Architect
327 (23.48 %)Java Developer
417 (14.78 %)SOA Architect
511 (9.565 %)Senior Developer
610 (8.696 %)Java Architect
77 (6.087 %)Programmer
77 (6.087 %)Consultant
77 (6.087 %)Solutions Architect
77 (6.087 %)Analyst
77 (6.087 %).NET Developer
86 (5.217 %)C# Developer
86 (5.217 %)Technical Architect
86 (5.217 %)Java/J2EE Developer
86 (5.217 %)J2EE Architect
86 (5.217 %)Applications Architect
86 (5.217 %)Senior .NET Developer
95 (4.348 %)Senior Java Developer
104 (3.478 %)Senior Java Programmer
104 (3.478 %)Senior Programmer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
18 (6.957 %)Computer Science
27 (6.087 %)Data Integration
36 (5.217 %)Open Source
36 (5.217 %)SaaS
45 (4.348 %)N-Tier
54 (3.478 %)Derivative
54 (3.478 %)Equity Derivative
63 (2.609 %)Biometrics
63 (2.609 %)Smartcard
63 (2.609 %)Multithreading
72 (1.739 %)Semantic Web
72 (1.739 %)AS400
72 (1.739 %)Clustering
72 (1.739 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
81 (0.870 %)E-Learning
81 (0.870 %)Web 2.0
81 (0.870 %)Client/Server
81 (0.870 %)Life Science
81 (0.870 %)French Language
81 (0.870 %)German Language
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
113 (11.30 %)Linux
211 (9.565 %)UNIX
211 (9.565 %)Windows
37 (6.087 %)Solaris
45 (4.348 %)CentOS
53 (2.609 %)Red Hat Linux
53 (2.609 %)Fedora
61 (0.870 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
155 (47.83 %)SOA
230 (26.09 %)BPEL
320 (17.39 %)UML
415 (13.04 %)Scrum
514 (12.17 %)Agile Software Development
613 (11.30 %)MVC
712 (10.43 %)TDD
712 (10.43 %)Web Development
811 (9.565 %)Enterprise Architecture
910 (8.696 %)Continuous Integration
910 (8.696 %)System Testing
108 (6.957 %)OO
117 (6.087 %)Project Planning
126 (5.217 %)Workflow
126 (5.217 %)E-Commerce
126 (5.217 %)EAI
126 (5.217 %)Unit Testing
135 (4.348 %)Software Architecture
135 (4.348 %)Data Modelling
135 (4.348 %)OOD
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
163 (54.78 %)Java
235 (30.43 %)C#
334 (29.57 %)SQL
427 (23.48 %)JavaScript
515 (13.04 %)C++
69 (7.826 %)T-SQL
78 (6.957 %)VB.NET
78 (6.957 %)Python
87 (6.087 %)Perl
95 (4.348 %)C
104 (3.478 %)VB
113 (2.609 %)VBScript
113 (2.609 %)AWK
113 (2.609 %)Bash shell
122 (1.739 %)XPath
122 (1.739 %)VBA
122 (1.739 %)Shell Script
122 (1.739 %)RPG
131 (0.870 %)PL/SQL
131 (0.870 %)XQuery
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
113 (11.30 %)Degree
24 (3.478 %)Security Cleared
33 (2.609 %)IBM Certification
33 (2.609 %)SC Cleared
42 (1.739 %)Sun Certification
51 (0.870 %)Microsoft Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.739 %)QA
21 (0.870 %)SLA
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (6.087 %)MSMQ
22 (1.739 %)NFS
22 (1.739 %)Samba
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.870 %)MOM
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
131 (26.96 %)Oracle
214 (12.17 %)JBoss
310 (8.696 %)Microsoft
48 (6.957 %)IBM
57 (6.087 %)BEA
66 (5.217 %)SAP
75 (4.348 %)Sun
84 (3.478 %)webMethods
93 (2.609 %)Red Hat
93 (2.609 %)Cognos
102 (1.739 %)Sybase
102 (1.739 %)Murex
111 (0.870 %)Salesforce.com
111 (0.870 %)Borland
111 (0.870 %)Thunderhead
111 (0.870 %)DoubleClick
111 (0.870 %)Google