The first table below looks at the demand for WSDL skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited WSDL over the 3 months to 24 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 West Yorkshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)
Rank 162 151 147
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -4
Permanent jobs citing WSDL 12 20 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 0.330% 0.628% 0.234%
As % of the Application Development category 0.822% 1.375% 0.547%
Number of salaries quoted 12 20 6
Average salary £34,000 £41,000 £28,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.07% +46.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,500 £30,900 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £60,000 £31,250
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-18.75% +6.66%
All Application Development
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1460 1455 1279
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 40.15% 45.65% 42.68%
Number of salaries quoted 1194 1307 1149
Average salary £34,000 £33,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.03% +1.53%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,500 £44,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
WSDL
Yorkshire

WSDL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire WSDL Jobs Demand Trend

WSDL
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire WSDL Salary Trend

WSDL
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing WSDL across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Yorkshire WSDL Salary Histogram

WSDL
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 West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 24 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
Leeds -20 12 £34,000 -17.07%
WSDL
Yorkshire

WSDL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region 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.

1 45 (100.00%) Web Services
1 45 (100.00%) XML
2 34 (75.56%) SOAP
3 25 (55.56%) SQL
3 25 (55.56%) Agile Software Development
4 21 (46.67%) User Stories
5 18 (40.00%) Internet
5 18 (40.00%) Firewall
5 18 (40.00%) IIS
5 18 (40.00%) Windows
6 16 (35.56%) SLA
6 16 (35.56%) XSD
7 15 (33.33%) .NET
7 15 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 15 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
7 15 (33.33%) Test Automation
7 15 (33.33%) Usability Testing
8 14 (31.11%) Finance
9 12 (26.67%) QA
10 11 (24.44%) GlassFish
10 11 (24.44%) Selenium
10 11 (24.44%) FitNesse
10 11 (24.44%) Grails
10 11 (24.44%) Spring
10 11 (24.44%) WebSphere
10 11 (24.44%) HP Quality Center
10 11 (24.44%) Test Management
10 11 (24.44%) Continuous Integration
10 11 (24.44%) SpecFlow
10 11 (24.44%) Cucumber

WSDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire region 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.

Application Development
1 45 (100.00%) Web Services
1 45 (100.00%) XML
2 34 (75.56%) SOAP
3 16 (35.56%) XSD
4 15 (33.33%) .NET
5 11 (24.44%) Grails
5 11 (24.44%) Spring
5 11 (24.44%) WebSphere
5 11 (24.44%) Hibernate
5 11 (24.44%) JAXB
5 11 (24.44%) XML Schema
6 4 (8.889%) soapUI
7 1 (2.222%) Java EE
7 1 (2.222%) JMS
7 1 (2.222%) HTML
7 1 (2.222%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 18 (40.00%) IIS
2 11 (24.44%) GlassFish
2 11 (24.44%) CICS
2 11 (24.44%) Apache
3 1 (2.222%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 3 (6.667%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (2.222%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 18 (40.00%) Internet
1 18 (40.00%) Firewall
2 2 (4.444%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (8.889%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.222%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 15 (33.33%) Team Foundation Server
2 11 (24.44%) Selenium
2 11 (24.44%) FitNesse
2 11 (24.44%) SpecFlow
2 11 (24.44%) Cucumber
2 11 (24.44%) JUnit
3 6 (13.33%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 14 (31.11%) Finance
2 1 (2.222%) Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (46.67%) Analyst
2 15 (33.33%) Technical Support
3 11 (24.44%) Test Analyst
4 10 (22.22%) Support Analyst
4 10 (22.22%) Technical Support Analyst
4 10 (22.22%) Technical Analyst
5 8 (17.78%) Java Software Engineer
5 8 (17.78%) Software Engineer
6 6 (13.33%) Support Consultant
6 6 (13.33%) Technical Consultant
6 6 (13.33%) Consultant
6 6 (13.33%) Agile Test Analyst
7 5 (11.11%) Technical Support Consultant
8 4 (8.889%) Tester
9 3 (6.667%) QA Analyst
9 3 (6.667%) 3rd Line Support
10 2 (4.444%) Lead Developer
10 2 (4.444%) Developer
10 2 (4.444%) Technical Team Leader
10 2 (4.444%) QA Tester
Miscellaneous
1 11 (24.44%) Mainframe
1 11 (24.44%) W3C
2 6 (13.33%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 18 (40.00%) Windows
2 1 (2.222%) Solaris
2 1 (2.222%) Linux
2 1 (2.222%) zOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (55.56%) Agile Software Development
2 21 (46.67%) User Stories
3 15 (33.33%) Test Automation
3 15 (33.33%) Usability Testing
4 11 (24.44%) Test Management
4 11 (24.44%) Continuous Integration
4 11 (24.44%) TDD
4 11 (24.44%) Project Management
5 10 (22.22%) ETL
5 10 (22.22%) PRINCE2
5 10 (22.22%) Scrum
5 10 (22.22%) Kanban
5 10 (22.22%) Feature Driven Development
6 8 (17.78%) Unit Testing
7 5 (11.11%) BDD
7 5 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
7 5 (11.11%) ATDD
7 5 (11.11%) DSDM
8 4 (8.889%) Software Testing
8 4 (8.889%) Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1 25 (55.56%) SQL
2 11 (24.44%) Java
3 10 (22.22%) COBOL
4 1 (2.222%) Ruby
4 1 (2.222%) JavaScript
4 1 (2.222%) Perl
4 1 (2.222%) C#
Qualifications
1 4 (8.889%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (35.56%) SLA
2 12 (26.67%) QA
Systems Management
1 11 (24.44%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 15 (33.33%) Microsoft
2 11 (24.44%) HP
2 11 (24.44%) Oracle
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Preferred: - Experience of BDD/ATDD techniques... HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) - Use of automated test tools (e.g. HP QTP, Selenium, SoapUI) - Use of agile acceptance test...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £27,000 to £35,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Preferred: - Experience of BDD/ATDD techniques... Preferred: - Use of test management tools (eg HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) - Use of automated test tools (eg HP QTP, Selenium,...
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + Bonus + Bens
Posted: 24 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
HP Quality Center, Microsoft TFS 2010) Use of automated test tools (e.g... SpecFlow, Fitnesse, Cucumber) Knowledge of Web Service APIs (XML /XSD/WSDL/SOAP) Knowledge of Web...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Up to £34,000 per annum
Posted: 22 May 2013