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The table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills within the West Lothian region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WebServices over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Services
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank1333
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching permanent IT job ads2314
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.006 %
As % of the category below24.73 %9.524 %
Salaries quoted176
Average minimum salary£36,647£37,500
Average salary£39,206£38,333
% change on same period last year+2.27 %
Average maximum salary£41,765£39,167
UK excluding London average salary£37,354£38,728
% change on same period last year-3.54 %
West Lothian IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
West Lothian
Matching permanent IT job ads93147
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.051 %0.062 %
Salaries quoted6236
Average minimum salary£38,110£31,415
Average salary£41,099£34,756
% change on same period last year+18.24 %
Average maximum salary£44,087£38,098
UK excluding London average salary£35,934£36,795
% change on same period last year-2.33 %
WebServices ScotlandWebServices
Scotland

WebServices
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing WebServices across the West Lothian region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Lothian WebServices Demand Trend

WebServices
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing WebServices across the West Lothian region.

West Lothian WebServices Salary Trend

WebServices
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WebServices across the West Lothian region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

West Lothian WebServices Salary Histogram

WebServices
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing WebServices within the West Lothian region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LivingstonUp+919£39,313+2.55 %
WebServices ScotlandWebServices
Scotland

WebServices
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Lothian region citing WebServices 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 WebServices.

121 (84.00 %)XML
216 (64.00 %)WebSphere
315 (60.00 %)SOAP
414 (56.00 %)BPEL
512 (48.00 %)WebSphere Message Broker
512 (48.00 %)UDDI
512 (48.00 %)WebSphere MQ
611 (44.00 %)SOA
611 (44.00 %)Oracle
79 (36.00 %)Test Scripting
79 (36.00 %)ESB
88 (32.00 %)WMQI
88 (32.00 %)EAI
88 (32.00 %)IBM
97 (28.00 %)UNIX
97 (28.00 %)J2EE
97 (28.00 %)Data Conversion
106 (24.00 %)WPS
106 (24.00 %)PL/SQL
106 (24.00 %)SQL
106 (24.00 %)ETL
106 (24.00 %)Shell Script
115 (20.00 %)Informatica
124 (16.00 %)Oracle 10g
124 (16.00 %)Workflow
124 (16.00 %).NET
124 (16.00 %)C#
124 (16.00 %)Degree
133 (12.00 %).NET Framework
133 (12.00 %)System Testing

WebServices
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the West Lothian region citing WebServices 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 WebServices. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Lothian IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
121 (84.00 %)XML
216 (64.00 %)WebSphere
315 (60.00 %)SOAP
412 (48.00 %)UDDI
57 (28.00 %)J2EE
64 (16.00 %).NET
73 (12.00 %)HTML
73 (12.00 %)ASP.NET
73 (12.00 %).NET Framework
81 (4.000 %)Adobe Flex
81 (4.000 %)Silverlight
81 (4.000 %)XSLT
West Lothian IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (48.00 %)WebSphere MQ
112 (48.00 %)WebSphere Message Broker
29 (36.00 %)ESB
38 (32.00 %)WMQI
46 (24.00 %)WPS
52 (8.000 %)Apache
52 (8.000 %)MQSeries
61 (4.000 %)SharePoint
61 (4.000 %)BizTalk Server
61 (4.000 %)WebSphere Application Server
West Lothian IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (8.000 %)MS Excel
West Lothian IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (8.000 %)Internet
West Lothian IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (24.00 %)ETL
24 (16.00 %)Oracle 10g
33 (12.00 %)Oracle Reports
42 (8.000 %)MySQL
42 (8.000 %)PostgreSQL
51 (4.000 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (4.000 %)SQL Server
West Lothian IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (4.000 %)Visual Studio
West Lothian IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (8.000 %)Pensions
21 (4.000 %)Telecoms
21 (4.000 %)Finance
21 (4.000 %)Education
21 (4.000 %)Health
21 (4.000 %)Billing
West Lothian IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (24.00 %)Developer
23 (12.00 %)Administrator
23 (12.00 %)C# Developer
23 (12.00 %)Software Developer
32 (8.000 %)Architect
32 (8.000 %)Helpdesk Administrator
32 (8.000 %)WebSphere Architect
41 (4.000 %)Business Analyst Team Leader
41 (4.000 %)Business Analyst
41 (4.000 %)Team Leader
41 (4.000 %)WebSphere Administrator
41 (4.000 %)Senior Software Developer
41 (4.000 %)PHP Developer
41 (4.000 %)Analyst
41 (4.000 %)Systems Administrator
41 (4.000 %)Senior Developer
West Lothian IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (28.00 %)Data Conversion
22 (8.000 %)PMI
West Lothian IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (28.00 %)UNIX
22 (8.000 %)Linux
31 (4.000 %)Windows
West Lothian IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (56.00 %)BPEL
211 (44.00 %)SOA
39 (36.00 %)Test Scripting
48 (32.00 %)EAI
54 (16.00 %)Workflow
63 (12.00 %)System Testing
63 (12.00 %)Unit Testing
72 (8.000 %)Incident Management
72 (8.000 %)Problem Management
72 (8.000 %)Change Management
72 (8.000 %)Disaster Recovery
81 (4.000 %)Business Analysis
81 (4.000 %)Performance Management
81 (4.000 %)Scrum
81 (4.000 %)Unified Process
81 (4.000 %)Agile Software Development
81 (4.000 %)OOD
81 (4.000 %)UML
81 (4.000 %)RUP
81 (4.000 %)DSDM
West Lothian IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (24.00 %)PL/SQL
16 (24.00 %)SQL
16 (24.00 %)Shell Script
24 (16.00 %)C#
33 (12.00 %)Java
42 (8.000 %)PHP
West Lothian IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (16.00 %)Degree
22 (8.000 %)MCP
22 (8.000 %)MCAD
22 (8.000 %)MCSD
22 (8.000 %)HND
22 (8.000 %)Microsoft Certification
West Lothian IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (44.00 %)Oracle
28 (32.00 %)IBM
35 (20.00 %)Informatica
42 (8.000 %)Microsoft