The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 35 27 37
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +10
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 17 39 36
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 5.882% 11.02% 6.754%
As % of the Application Development category 13.18% 19.21% 12.81%
Number of salaries quoted 15 39 34
Average salary £32,500 £42,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.52% -10.52%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,600 £26,500 £44,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £61,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.31% +1.33%
All Application Development
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
129 203 281
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 44.64% 57.34% 52.72%
Number of salaries quoted 86 121 207
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £57,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
Web Services
Hertfordshire

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Web Services Salary Trend

Web Services
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Web Services across the Watford region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Watford Web Services Salary Histogram

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 28 (59.57%) JavaScript
2 27 (57.45%) SQL
3 25 (53.19%) C#
3 25 (53.19%) .NET
3 25 (53.19%) XML
4 24 (51.06%) ASP.NET
4 24 (51.06%) CSS
5 23 (48.94%) SOAP
6 21 (44.68%) SQL Server
7 18 (38.30%) jQuery
7 18 (38.30%) HTML5
8 16 (34.04%) Windows
8 16 (34.04%) OO
9 15 (31.91%) Microsoft
10 13 (27.66%) .NET Framework
11 12 (25.53%) Web Application Development
12 11 (23.40%) Retail
13 10 (21.28%) Finance
13 10 (21.28%) Java
13 10 (21.28%) WCF
13 10 (21.28%) WPF
13 10 (21.28%) CSS3
13 10 (21.28%) SQL Server 2008
14 9 (19.15%) JSON
14 9 (19.15%) Windows Mobile
14 9 (19.15%) C++
14 9 (19.15%) Oracle
14 9 (19.15%) UNIX
15 8 (17.02%) CRM
15 8 (17.02%) OOD

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 25 (53.19%) .NET
1 25 (53.19%) XML
2 24 (51.06%) ASP.NET
2 24 (51.06%) CSS
3 23 (48.94%) SOAP
4 18 (38.30%) jQuery
4 18 (38.30%) HTML5
5 13 (27.66%) .NET Framework
6 10 (21.28%) WCF
6 10 (21.28%) WPF
6 10 (21.28%) CSS3
7 9 (19.15%) JSON
8 8 (17.02%) Middleware
8 8 (17.02%) SAP BSP
8 8 (17.02%) LINQ
9 6 (12.77%) HTML
10 5 (10.64%) REST
11 4 (8.511%) Ajax
11 4 (8.511%) Spring
11 4 (8.511%) Web Dynpro
Application Platforms
1 5 (10.64%) Tomcat
1 5 (10.64%) NetWeaver
2 4 (8.511%) Apache
3 2 (4.255%) Liferay
3 2 (4.255%) Windows Azure
3 2 (4.255%) Amazon AWS
3 2 (4.255%) ESB
3 2 (4.255%) CMS
3 2 (4.255%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (2.128%) IIS
4 1 (2.128%) Jetty
Applications
1 6 (12.77%) MS Excel
2 4 (8.511%) MS Office
3 2 (4.255%) Office 365
3 2 (4.255%) Photoshop
3 2 (4.255%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (8.511%) SAP BPC
Communications & Networking
1 5 (10.64%) Internet
2 2 (4.255%) Firewall
2 2 (4.255%) LAN
2 2 (4.255%) WAN
3 1 (2.128%) HTTP
3 1 (2.128%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (44.68%) SQL Server
2 10 (21.28%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (10.64%) DB2
4 4 (8.511%) SAP BW
4 4 (8.511%) RDBMS
5 3 (6.383%) MySQL
6 2 (4.255%) Informix
6 2 (4.255%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 8 (17.02%) Microsoft Blend
2 4 (8.511%) JUnit
3 2 (4.255%) Selenium
3 2 (4.255%) Visual Studio
3 2 (4.255%) Eclipse
4 1 (2.128%) Ant
4 1 (2.128%) Subversion
4 1 (2.128%) Maven
4 1 (2.128%) Cactus
4 1 (2.128%) Mockito
4 1 (2.128%) PhoneGap
4 1 (2.128%) EasyMock
4 1 (2.128%) Git (software)
4 1 (2.128%) Jenkins
General
1 11 (23.40%) Retail
2 10 (21.28%) Finance
3 5 (10.64%) Advertising
3 5 (10.64%) Games
4 4 (8.511%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.128%) Marketing
5 1 (2.128%) Interactive Media
Job Titles
1 33 (70.21%) Developer
2 10 (21.28%) .NET Developer
2 10 (21.28%) C# Developer
3 8 (17.02%) SAP Developer
3 8 (17.02%) ASP.NET Developer
3 8 (17.02%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 8 (17.02%) C# .NET Developer
4 6 (12.77%) Software Developer
4 6 (12.77%) Web Developer
5 5 (10.64%) Analyst
5 5 (10.64%) Software Engineer
5 5 (10.64%) ABAP Developer
6 4 (8.511%) Lead Developer
7 3 (6.383%) Consultant
7 3 (6.383%) Middleware Developer
8 2 (4.255%) .NET Software Developer
8 2 (4.255%) Java Developer
8 2 (4.255%) Business Analyst
8 2 (4.255%) Business Systems Analyst
8 2 (4.255%) Systems Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.64%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (8.511%) N-Tier
3 3 (6.383%) Mobile App
4 2 (4.255%) FMCG
4 2 (4.255%) SaaS
4 2 (4.255%) Mainframe
4 2 (4.255%) Management Information System
5 1 (2.128%) Blog
5 1 (2.128%) Statistics
5 1 (2.128%) iPhone
5 1 (2.128%) Cloud Computing
5 1 (2.128%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 16 (34.04%) Windows
2 9 (19.15%) Windows Mobile
2 9 (19.15%) UNIX
3 5 (10.64%) Linux
4 1 (2.128%) VMS
4 1 (2.128%) AIX
4 1 (2.128%) Solaris
4 1 (2.128%) Fedora
4 1 (2.128%) Android
4 1 (2.128%) CentOS
4 1 (2.128%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (34.04%) OO
2 12 (25.53%) Web Application Development
3 8 (17.02%) CRM
3 8 (17.02%) OOD
3 8 (17.02%) SOA
3 8 (17.02%) Software Engineering
3 8 (17.02%) Web Development
4 7 (14.89%) MVC
5 6 (12.77%) E-Commerce
6 5 (10.64%) Logistics
7 4 (8.511%) Agile Software Development
8 3 (6.383%) Configuration Management
8 3 (6.383%) Web Design
8 3 (6.383%) Business Analysis
9 2 (4.255%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (4.255%) Root Cause Analysis
9 2 (4.255%) SAP Security
9 2 (4.255%) Manual Testing
9 2 (4.255%) Waterfall
9 2 (4.255%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 28 (59.57%) JavaScript
2 27 (57.45%) SQL
3 25 (53.19%) C#
4 10 (21.28%) Java
5 9 (19.15%) C++
6 8 (17.02%) PHP
6 8 (17.02%) VB.NET
6 8 (17.02%) ABAP
7 7 (14.89%) Shell Script
8 3 (6.383%) VBScript
9 2 (4.255%) Python
10 1 (2.128%) Perl
10 1 (2.128%) Objective-C
10 1 (2.128%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 7 (14.89%) Degree
2 2 (4.255%) MCTS
2 2 (4.255%) MCITP
2 2 (4.255%) MCSE
2 2 (4.255%) MCSA
2 2 (4.255%) MCP
2 2 (4.255%) CCNA
2 2 (4.255%) ISEB
2 2 (4.255%) Cisco Certification
2 2 (4.255%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (8.511%) QA
2 2 (4.255%) TickIT
2 2 (4.255%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 1 (2.128%) Xen
Systems Management
1 1 (2.128%) Puppet
Vendors
1 15 (31.91%) Microsoft
2 9 (19.15%) Oracle
3 8 (17.02%) SAP
4 2 (4.255%) Perforce
4 2 (4.255%) Cisco
5 1 (2.128%) Red Hat
5 1 (2.128%) Thunderhead
5 1 (2.128%) Sencha
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