The first table below looks at the demand for Internet skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Internet 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 Communications & Networking category for the Watford region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Internet
Rank 24 20 28
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +8
Permanent jobs citing Internet 25 53 38
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 8.681% 14.93% 8.636%
As % of the Communications & Networking category 32.89% 46.90% 48.10%
Number of salaries quoted 19 16 13
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -26.31%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
All Communications & Networking
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Communications & Networking category
76 113 79
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 26.39% 31.83% 17.95%
Number of salaries quoted 60 60 37
Average salary £50,000 £33,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+49.25% +3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £30,000 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £47,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +6.66%
Internet
Hertfordshire

Internet
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Internet across the Watford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Communications & Networking category.

Watford Internet Jobs Demand Trend

Internet
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Internet across the Watford region.

Watford Internet Salary Trend

Internet
Salary Histogram

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

Watford Internet Salary Histogram

Internet
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region citing Internet 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 Internet.

1 43 (67.19%) Retail
2 42 (65.63%) E-Commerce
3 31 (48.44%) Finance
4 30 (46.88%) Java
4 30 (46.88%) Windows
5 27 (42.19%) WebSphere Application Server
5 27 (42.19%) J2EE
5 27 (42.19%) WebSphere
6 24 (37.50%) IBM
7 23 (35.94%) Servlets
8 22 (34.38%) SQL
8 22 (34.38%) JavaScript
9 21 (32.81%) CSS
9 21 (32.81%) Linux
9 21 (32.81%) MVC
10 20 (31.25%) HTML
11 19 (29.69%) DB2
12 17 (26.56%) Oracle
13 16 (25.00%) JSP
13 16 (25.00%) EJB
14 15 (23.44%) UNIX
15 14 (21.88%) HTTP
16 13 (20.31%) XHTML
16 13 (20.31%) MS Excel
16 13 (20.31%) AIX
17 12 (18.75%) Sun
17 12 (18.75%) Data Analysis
18 11 (17.19%) HTTPS
18 11 (17.19%) Tomcat
18 11 (17.19%) JBoss

Internet
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford region citing Internet 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 Internet. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (42.19%) J2EE
1 27 (42.19%) WebSphere
2 23 (35.94%) Servlets
3 21 (32.81%) CSS
4 20 (31.25%) HTML
5 16 (25.00%) JSP
5 16 (25.00%) EJB
6 13 (20.31%) XHTML
7 5 (7.813%) DHTML
7 5 (7.813%) XML
7 5 (7.813%) .NET
7 5 (7.813%) ASP.NET
7 5 (7.813%) jQuery
8 3 (4.688%) Ajax
8 3 (4.688%) SOAP
8 3 (4.688%) Web Services
8 3 (4.688%) REST
8 3 (4.688%) ASP.NET MVC
9 2 (3.125%) ASP.NET 2.0
9 2 (3.125%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 27 (42.19%) WebSphere Application Server
2 11 (17.19%) Tomcat
3 10 (15.63%) MS Exchange
4 3 (4.688%) Apache
5 1 (1.563%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 13 (20.31%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 14 (21.88%) HTTP
2 11 (17.19%) HTTPS
3 10 (15.63%) LAN
3 10 (15.63%) VoIP
3 10 (15.63%) WAN
3 10 (15.63%) VPN
3 10 (15.63%) SAN
3 10 (15.63%) Firewall
4 7 (10.94%) 3G
5 3 (4.688%) DNS
6 2 (3.125%) SNMP
6 2 (3.125%) TCP/IP
7 1 (1.563%) NFC
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (29.69%) DB2
2 5 (7.813%) SQL Server
3 1 (1.563%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (1.563%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 5 (7.813%) Rational Application Developer
2 2 (3.125%) Ant
3 1 (1.563%) Subversion
3 1 (1.563%) Maven
3 1 (1.563%) Git (software)
3 1 (1.563%) Jenkins
General
1 43 (67.19%) Retail
2 31 (48.44%) Finance
3 7 (10.94%) Legal
3 7 (10.94%) Manufacturing
3 7 (10.94%) Marketing
4 6 (9.375%) Games
5 1 (1.563%) Banking
5 1 (1.563%) Retail Banking
5 1 (1.563%) Advertising
5 1 (1.563%) Interactive Media
Job Titles
1 15 (23.44%) Analyst
2 12 (18.75%) Consultant
3 11 (17.19%) WebSphere Consultant
4 10 (15.63%) IT Manager
5 9 (14.06%) Performance Tester
5 9 (14.06%) Tester
6 7 (10.94%) Junior
6 7 (10.94%) Support Analyst
6 7 (10.94%) Performance Analyst
6 7 (10.94%) Junior Tester
6 7 (10.94%) IT Support Analyst
6 7 (10.94%) IT Support
6 7 (10.94%) Junior Analyst
7 6 (9.375%) Architect
8 5 (7.813%) Developer
8 5 (7.813%) Senior Consultant
8 5 (7.813%) Systems Architect
8 5 (7.813%) Senior WebSphere Consultant
8 5 (7.813%) SEO Specialist
9 4 (6.250%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (10.94%) Blackberry
1 7 (10.94%) iPhone
2 5 (7.813%) Social Media
3 3 (4.688%) RIA
4 2 (3.125%) FMCG
4 2 (3.125%) N-Tier
5 1 (1.563%) Online Banking
5 1 (1.563%) Mobile Banking
5 1 (1.563%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 30 (46.88%) Windows
2 21 (32.81%) Linux
3 15 (23.44%) UNIX
4 13 (20.31%) AIX
5 3 (4.688%) CentOS
6 1 (1.563%) Fedora
6 1 (1.563%) VMS
6 1 (1.563%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 42 (65.63%) E-Commerce
2 21 (32.81%) MVC
3 12 (18.75%) Data Analysis
4 11 (17.19%) Performance Testing
5 5 (7.813%) SEO
5 5 (7.813%) Pay per click
5 5 (7.813%) UML
5 5 (7.813%) Budget Control
6 3 (4.688%) Web Development
6 3 (4.688%) Automated Testing
6 3 (4.688%) Configuration Management
6 3 (4.688%) B2B
6 3 (4.688%) Capacity Planning
6 3 (4.688%) Root Cause Analysis
7 2 (3.125%) PRINCE2
7 2 (3.125%) OO
7 2 (3.125%) ITSM
7 2 (3.125%) Service Management
7 2 (3.125%) Service Delivery
7 2 (3.125%) Programme Management
Programming Languages
1 30 (46.88%) Java
2 22 (34.38%) SQL
2 22 (34.38%) JavaScript
3 11 (17.19%) Perl
4 7 (10.94%) C#
5 2 (3.125%) VBScript
5 2 (3.125%) VB
5 2 (3.125%) VB.NET
5 2 (3.125%) Delphi
5 2 (3.125%) PHP
5 2 (3.125%) Korn
6 1 (1.563%) AWK
6 1 (1.563%) Python
6 1 (1.563%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.563%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 10 (15.63%) MCP
1 10 (15.63%) MCSE
1 10 (15.63%) Microsoft Certification
1 10 (15.63%) MCTS
1 10 (15.63%) MCITP
2 2 (3.125%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (10.94%) SLA
2 2 (3.125%) QA
2 2 (3.125%) ISO 9001
2 2 (3.125%) TickIT
System Software
1 10 (15.63%) VMware Infrastructure
1 10 (15.63%) VMware Server
1 10 (15.63%) vSphere
2 1 (1.563%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (3.125%) Tivoli
1 2 (3.125%) Tivoli Monitoring
1 2 (3.125%) Netcool
1 2 (3.125%) Netcool/OMNIbus
1 2 (3.125%) Control-M
2 1 (1.563%) Puppet
Vendors
1 24 (37.50%) IBM
2 17 (26.56%) Oracle
3 12 (18.75%) Sun
4 11 (17.19%) JBoss
5 10 (15.63%) Avaya
5 10 (15.63%) CheckPoint
5 10 (15.63%) Remedy
5 10 (15.63%) VMware
6 7 (10.94%) Microsoft
7 3 (4.688%) Red Hat
8 2 (3.125%) Demandware
8 2 (3.125%) BMC
9 1 (1.563%) Endeca
9 1 (1.563%) SAP
9 1 (1.563%) VocaLink