The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 22 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 Wales region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 54 46 25
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -21
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 45 53 81
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 3.591% 4.499% 7.988%
As % of the Application Development category 8.257% 11.52% 18.16%
Number of salaries quoted 40 53 74
Average salary £35,000 £36,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.10% -18.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,050 £29,200 £25,750
10% offered a salary of more than £44,963 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Application Development
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
545 460 446
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 43.50% 39.05% 43.98%
Number of salaries quoted 500 413 412
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% -16.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £52,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Web Services
UK

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wales 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 Wales region.

Wales Web Services Salary Trend

Web Services
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Web Services across the Wales region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Wales Web Services Salary Histogram

Web Services
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 Wales region over the 3 months to 22 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
South Wales -3 43 £35,000 -6.66%
West Wales +10 3 £40,000 +77.77%
Web Services
UK

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 86 (58.90%) SQL
2 82 (56.16%) Java
3 63 (43.15%) Spring
4 57 (39.04%) XML
5 52 (35.62%) SOAP
6 49 (33.56%) HTML
7 41 (28.08%) JavaScript
7 41 (28.08%) CSS
8 40 (27.40%) OO
8 40 (27.40%) Apache
9 37 (25.34%) Hibernate
10 36 (24.66%) C#
10 36 (24.66%) .NET
11 34 (23.29%) Agile Software Development
12 32 (21.92%) Scrum
13 31 (21.23%) Telecoms
13 31 (21.23%) Maven
14 30 (20.55%) REST
15 27 (18.49%) SQL Server
15 27 (18.49%) ASP.NET
16 26 (17.81%) Banking
17 25 (17.12%) Android
17 25 (17.12%) RESTful
18 24 (16.44%) Struts
18 24 (16.44%) VB.NET
19 23 (15.75%) Mobile Banking
20 22 (15.07%) MVC
20 22 (15.07%) Eclipse
20 22 (15.07%) Apple iOS
20 22 (15.07%) Web Development

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Wales 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 63 (43.15%) Spring
2 57 (39.04%) XML
3 52 (35.62%) SOAP
4 49 (33.56%) HTML
5 41 (28.08%) CSS
6 37 (25.34%) Hibernate
7 36 (24.66%) .NET
8 30 (20.55%) REST
9 27 (18.49%) ASP.NET
10 25 (17.12%) RESTful
11 24 (16.44%) Struts
12 21 (14.38%) J2EE
13 18 (12.33%) Java EE
14 17 (11.64%) Spring Web Flow
15 16 (10.96%) Ajax
16 13 (8.904%) .NET Framework
17 12 (8.219%) JPA
18 11 (7.534%) Flash
18 11 (7.534%) jQuery
19 9 (6.164%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 40 (27.40%) Apache
2 20 (13.70%) Tomcat
3 8 (5.479%) IIS
4 7 (4.795%) CMS
5 6 (4.110%) RabbitMQ
5 6 (4.110%) SharePoint
6 3 (2.055%) Windows Azure
7 2 (1.370%) ColdFusion
8 1 (0.685%) CICS
8 1 (0.685%) MQSeries
8 1 (0.685%) Umbraco
8 1 (0.685%) GlassFish
8 1 (0.685%) WordPress
8 1 (0.685%) Joomla!
Applications
1 8 (5.479%) MS Office
2 5 (3.425%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 20 (13.70%) Internet
2 8 (5.479%) TELNET
2 8 (5.479%) SNMP
2 8 (5.479%) TCP/IP
3 5 (3.425%) 4G
4 3 (2.055%) VoIP
4 3 (2.055%) 3G
4 3 (2.055%) 2G
5 2 (1.370%) Intranet
6 1 (0.685%) ISDN
6 1 (0.685%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (18.49%) SQL Server
2 10 (6.849%) SQL Server 2008
3 8 (5.479%) PostgreSQL
4 7 (4.795%) SQL Server 2005
5 6 (4.110%) SQL Server 2012
6 5 (3.425%) MySQL
7 3 (2.055%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 2 (1.370%) RDBMS
9 1 (0.685%) DB2
9 1 (0.685%) Crystal Reports
9 1 (0.685%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (0.685%) Oracle Reports
9 1 (0.685%) SQL Server 2000
9 1 (0.685%) SQL Server Analysis Services
9 1 (0.685%) SQLite
9 1 (0.685%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.685%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 1 (0.685%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 31 (21.23%) Maven
2 22 (15.07%) Eclipse
3 19 (13.01%) Selenium
4 15 (10.27%) Ant
5 14 (9.589%) JUnit
6 10 (6.849%) Visual Studio
7 8 (5.479%) TestNG
7 8 (5.479%) MyEclipse
8 7 (4.795%) Team Foundation Server
9 6 (4.110%) Subversion
9 6 (4.110%) Jenkins
10 4 (2.740%) JIRA
10 4 (2.740%) WebDriver
10 4 (2.740%) VSS/SourceSafe
11 2 (1.370%) Git (software)
11 2 (1.370%) Mercurial
12 1 (0.685%) QuickTest Pro
12 1 (0.685%) LoadRunner
12 1 (0.685%) Xcode
12 1 (0.685%) Hudson
General
1 31 (21.23%) Telecoms
2 26 (17.81%) Banking
3 20 (13.70%) Finance
4 11 (7.534%) Financial Institution
5 5 (3.425%) Legal
6 2 (1.370%) Games
7 1 (0.685%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.685%) Advertising
7 1 (0.685%) Automotive
7 1 (0.685%) Retail
Job Titles
1 100 (68.49%) Developer
2 61 (41.78%) Java Developer
3 24 (16.44%) Senior Developer
4 19 (13.01%) .NET Developer
5 17 (11.64%) Programmer
6 15 (10.27%) Senior Java Developer
6 15 (10.27%) Web Developer
7 13 (8.904%) Architect
8 12 (8.219%) Software Engineer
9 11 (7.534%) C# Developer
10 10 (6.849%) ASP.NET Developer
10 10 (6.849%) C# .NET Developer
11 9 (6.164%) Tester
11 9 (6.164%) Analyst
11 9 (6.164%) VB.NET Developer
12 8 (5.479%) Java Software Engineer
13 7 (4.795%) C# ASP.NET Developer
13 7 (4.795%) Java Programmer
14 6 (4.110%) .NET Web Developer
14 6 (4.110%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 23 (15.75%) Mobile Banking
2 14 (9.589%) Management Information System
2 14 (9.589%) Mobile App
3 10 (6.849%) Blackberry
4 8 (5.479%) iPhone
5 7 (4.795%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (4.110%) Computer Science
6 6 (4.110%) Open Source
7 5 (3.425%) Mainframe
8 4 (2.740%) iPad
8 4 (2.740%) Handset
9 3 (2.055%) NHS
10 2 (1.370%) Data Integration
10 2 (1.370%) Client/Server
10 2 (1.370%) N-Tier
11 1 (0.685%) W3C
11 1 (0.685%) Replication
11 1 (0.685%) Flash Lite
11 1 (0.685%) Java Card
11 1 (0.685%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 25 (17.12%) Android
2 22 (15.07%) Apple iOS
3 14 (9.589%) Windows
4 4 (2.740%) VME
5 3 (2.055%) Linux
5 3 (2.055%) Windows Mobile
6 1 (0.685%) zOS
6 1 (0.685%) UNIX
6 1 (0.685%) MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (27.40%) OO
2 34 (23.29%) Agile Software Development
3 32 (21.92%) Scrum
4 22 (15.07%) MVC
4 22 (15.07%) Web Development
5 18 (12.33%) UML
6 13 (8.904%) Unit Testing
7 12 (8.219%) Refactoring
7 12 (8.219%) Project Management
7 12 (8.219%) Web Application Development
8 11 (7.534%) TDD
9 8 (5.479%) Mobile Commerce
9 8 (5.479%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (4.110%) Enterprise Architecture
10 6 (4.110%) Content Management
10 6 (4.110%) Identity Management
10 6 (4.110%) E-Commerce
11 5 (3.425%) SOA
11 5 (3.425%) BDD
11 5 (3.425%) Information Architecture
Programming Languages
1 86 (58.90%) SQL
2 82 (56.16%) Java
3 41 (28.08%) JavaScript
4 36 (24.66%) C#
5 24 (16.44%) VB.NET
6 10 (6.849%) T-SQL
7 7 (4.795%) PHP
8 6 (4.110%) VB
8 6 (4.110%) C++
9 4 (2.740%) VB6
10 2 (1.370%) PHP5
10 2 (1.370%) ActionScript
10 2 (1.370%) C
11 1 (0.685%) VC++
11 1 (0.685%) Objective-C
11 1 (0.685%) Groovy
11 1 (0.685%) XPath
Qualifications
1 15 (10.27%) Degree
2 5 (3.425%) ISEB
3 4 (2.740%) ISTQB
4 3 (2.055%) MCSD
4 3 (2.055%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (2.055%) SC Cleared
4 3 (2.055%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.740%) ISO/IEC 27001
2 1 (0.685%) QA
Systems Management
1 7 (4.795%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 21 (14.38%) Microsoft
2 18 (12.33%) Oracle
3 8 (5.479%) Adobe
4 4 (2.740%) IBM
5 2 (1.370%) BT
6 1 (0.685%) Sybase
6 1 (0.685%) Zend
6 1 (0.685%) Google
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