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The table below looks at the demand for Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) skills within the Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited SWT over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStandard Widget Toolkit (SWT)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank244-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads40
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.121 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted40
Average minimum salary£40,000-
Average salary£40,000-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary£40,000-
UK excluding London average salary£38,182£45,396
% change on same period last year-15.89 %
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Yorkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads33164319
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.920 %1.859 %
Salaries quoted28803616
Average minimum salary£30,644£30,408
Average salary£33,085£32,978
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Average maximum salary£35,526£35,548
UK excluding London average salary£35,990£36,664
% change on same period last year-1.83 %
SWT EnglandSWT
England

SWT
Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire SWT Demand Trend

SWT
Salary Trend

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

Yorkshire SWT Salary Trend

SWT
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SWT across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Yorkshire SWT Salary Histogram

SWT
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SWT within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
North YorkshireNew entry-4£40,000-
SWT EnglandSWT
England

SWT
Top 14 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing SWT 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 SWT.

19 (100.00 %)J2EE
19 (100.00 %)Oracle
19 (100.00 %)Eclipse
28 (88.89 %)DB2
28 (88.89 %)JSP
28 (88.89 %)MySQL
28 (88.89 %)JMS
36 (66.67 %)Java
45 (55.56 %)JMX
45 (55.56 %)Agile Software Development
51 (11.11 %)Hibernate
51 (11.11 %)SQL
51 (11.11 %)UNIX
51 (11.11 %)Spring

SWT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Yorkshire region citing SWT 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 SWT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (100.00 %)J2EE
28 (88.89 %)JSP
28 (88.89 %)JMS
35 (55.56 %)JMX
41 (11.11 %)Hibernate
41 (11.11 %)Spring
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
18 (88.89 %)MySQL
18 (88.89 %)DB2
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (100.00 %)Eclipse
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (88.89 %)Developer
25 (55.56 %)Java Developer
32 (22.22 %)Consultant
32 (22.22 %)Java Consultant
41 (11.11 %)Senior Java Developer
41 (11.11 %)Java/J2EE Developer
41 (11.11 %)Senior Developer
41 (11.11 %)J2EE Developer
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (11.11 %)UNIX
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (55.56 %)Agile Software Development
Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (66.67 %)Java
21 (11.11 %)SQL
Yorkshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (100.00 %)Oracle