Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
to 12 November 2018

The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Web Services skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Web Services over the 6 months to 12 November 2018 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Web Services
North West > Manchester
6 months to
12 Nov 2018		 Same period 2017 Same period 2016
Rank 56 26 30
Rank change year-on-year -30 +4 -3
Permanent jobs citing Web Services 381 755 546
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester 5.27% 9.57% 7.34%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 12.58% 20.34% 16.83%
Number of salaries quoted 342 652 501
Manchester median annual salary £48,750 £45,000 £45,000
Median salary % change year-on-year +8.33% - +5.88%
10th Percentile £32,500 £31,250 £30,000
90th Percentile £72,250 £61,250 £65,000
North West median annual salary £47,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year +5.56% +5.88% -

Web Services is in the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
Manchester
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 3,028 3,712 3,245
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester 41.85% 47.05% 43.63%
Number of salaries quoted 2,561 3,126 2,862
Manchester median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
Median salary % change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -
10th Percentile £28,750 £27,500 £26,750
90th Percentile £68,750 £62,500 £61,250
North West median annual salary £45,000 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year +5.88% +6.25% -

Web Services
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Web Services as a percentage of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Web Services in Manchester

Web Services
Salary Trend in Manchester

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Web Services in Manchester.

Salary trend for Web Services in Manchester

Web Services
Salary Histogram in Manchester

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Web Services in Manchester over the 6 months to 12 November 2018.

Salary histogram for Web Services in Manchester

Web Services
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Web Services within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 12 November 2018. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Job
Vacancies
Stockport -15 22 £43,500 +1.16% 4
Altrincham +2 18 £45,000 -14.29% 4
Rochdale - 9 £48,750 - 2
Salford -19 7 £37,500 - 1
Bury 0 3 £47,500 +82.69% 1
Cheadle -10 3 £39,000 -9.30% 3
Oldham -1 1 - - 1
Web Services
North West

For the 6 months to 12 November 2018, IT jobs citing Web Services also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for Web Services.

1 198 (51.97%) Agile Software Development
2 179 (46.98%) Java
3 163 (42.78%) Amazon AWS
4 136 (35.70%) C#
5 129 (33.86%) JavaScript
6 126 (33.07%) .NET
7 120 (31.50%) DevOps
8 95 (24.93%) XML
9 92 (24.15%) Scrum
10 91 (23.88%) HTML
11 88 (23.10%) Software Engineering
12 86 (22.57%) CSS
12 86 (22.57%) RESTful
13 85 (22.31%) ASP.NET
13 85 (22.31%) AngularJS
14 84 (22.05%) MVC
15 78 (20.47%) SQL
16 75 (19.69%) TDD
17 73 (19.16%) Degree
18 71 (18.64%) OO
19 70 (18.37%) Microsoft
19 70 (18.37%) Open Source
20 69 (18.11%) Python
20 69 (18.11%) SOAP
21 65 (17.06%) Finance
22 64 (16.80%) Test Automation
23 63 (16.54%) JSON
23 63 (16.54%) jQuery
24 62 (16.27%) Spring
25 61 (16.01%) Continuous Integration

Web Services
Co-occurring IT Skills in Manchester by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 36 (9.45%) Apache
2 30 (7.87%) Apache Spark
3 24 (6.30%) Apache Solr
4 19 (4.99%) IIS
5 17 (4.46%) SharePoint
6 11 (2.89%) SharePoint 2013
7 8 (2.10%) CMS
8 7 (1.84%) Confluence
8 7 (1.84%) nginx
8 7 (1.84%) Tomcat
9 6 (1.57%) Elasticsearch
9 6 (1.57%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 3 (0.79%) Apache Pig
10 3 (0.79%) MS Exchange
10 3 (0.79%) Sitecore CMS
11 2 (0.52%) Drupal
11 2 (0.52%) JBoss
12 1 (0.26%) Umbraco
Applications
1 1 (0.26%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 4 (1.05%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.26%) NetSuite
Cloud Services
1 163 (42.78%) Amazon AWS
2 50 (13.12%) Microsoft Azure
3 31 (8.14%) Amazon EC2
4 30 (7.87%) Cloud Computing
5 28 (7.35%) AWS CloudFormation
6 24 (6.30%) Amazon EMR
7 22 (5.77%) Google Cloud Platform
8 19 (4.99%) SaaS
9 18 (4.72%) Office 365
10 7 (1.84%) Amazon ElastiCache
11 6 (1.57%) Amazon S3
12 4 (1.05%) AWS Elastic Beanstalk
12 4 (1.05%) BlazeMeter
12 4 (1.05%) OpenShift
13 3 (0.79%) AWS Lambda
13 3 (0.79%) GitHub
13 3 (0.79%) Serverless
13 3 (0.79%) Zapier
14 2 (0.52%) Amazon SQS
15 1 (0.26%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 24 (6.30%) TCP/IP
2 20 (5.25%) HTTP
2 20 (5.25%) Internet
3 14 (3.67%) DNS
3 14 (3.67%) LAN
3 14 (3.67%) WAN
4 13 (3.41%) DHCP
5 10 (2.62%) SAN
6 7 (1.84%) AMQP
7 5 (1.31%) Firewall
8 4 (1.05%) Broadband
8 4 (1.05%) SSL
9 2 (0.52%) Intranet
9 2 (0.52%) IPv6
10 1 (0.26%) LLU
10 1 (0.26%) PPP
10 1 (0.26%) VoIP
10 1 (0.26%) ZigBee
Database & Business Intelligence
1 55 (14.44%) Hadoop
2 54 (14.17%) SQL Server
3 53 (13.91%) NoSQL
4 38 (9.97%) MySQL
5 34 (8.92%) Big Data
5 34 (8.92%) MongoDB
6 30 (7.87%) Amazon Redshift
7 28 (7.35%) Apache Cassandra
8 24 (6.30%) Amazon Athena
8 24 (6.30%) Flink
9 19 (4.99%) Relational Database
10 14 (3.67%) Data Warehouse
11 10 (2.62%) PostgreSQL
12 7 (1.84%) Redis
12 7 (1.84%) SQL Server 2008
12 7 (1.84%) SQL Server Integration Services
13 6 (1.57%) Looker
13 6 (1.57%) Oracle BI EE
13 6 (1.57%) RDBMS
13 6 (1.57%) Snowflake Schema
Development Applications
1 47 (12.34%) JIRA
2 41 (10.76%) Visual Studio
3 33 (8.66%) Git (software)
4 23 (6.04%) gulp
5 22 (5.77%) MSTest
5 22 (5.77%) NUnit
5 22 (5.77%) Selenium
6 16 (4.20%) Cucumber
7 15 (3.94%) Jenkins
8 14 (3.67%) JUnit
9 10 (2.62%) JMeter
10 9 (2.36%) Subversion
11 8 (2.10%) Team Foundation Server
12 7 (1.84%) FitNesse
12 7 (1.84%) HP UFT
12 7 (1.84%) Redmine
13 6 (1.57%) Grunt
13 6 (1.57%) Mockito
13 6 (1.57%) SoapUI
14 5 (1.31%) Mercurial
General
1 65 (17.06%) Finance
2 21 (5.51%) Retail
3 19 (4.99%) Marketing
4 10 (2.62%) Law
5 8 (2.10%) Manufacturing
6 7 (1.84%) Advertising
6 7 (1.84%) Local Government
7 5 (1.31%) Banking
8 4 (1.05%) Financial Institution
8 4 (1.05%) Legal
9 3 (0.79%) Back Office
9 3 (0.79%) International Banking
10 2 (0.52%) Games
10 2 (0.52%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.52%) Pharmaceutical
10 2 (0.52%) Telecoms
11 1 (0.26%) Automotive
11 1 (0.26%) Billing
11 1 (0.26%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 193 (50.66%) Developer
2 58 (15.22%) .NET Developer
3 54 (14.17%) Java Developer
4 46 (12.07%) C# Developer
5 44 (11.55%) Software Developer
6 41 (10.76%) Senior Developer
6 41 (10.76%) Software Engineer
7 38 (9.97%) C# .NET Developer
8 36 (9.45%) Architect
9 26 (6.82%) C# Software Developer
9 26 (6.82%) Java Engineer
10 24 (6.30%) .NET Software Developer
11 21 (5.51%) AWS Engineer
12 20 (5.25%) Java Software Engineer
12 20 (5.25%) Lead Developer
13 18 (4.72%) Lead Software Engineer
13 18 (4.72%) Senior Architect
14 17 (4.46%) Agile Developer
14 17 (4.46%) Senior .NET Developer
15 16 (4.20%) PHP Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 126 (33.07%) .NET
2 95 (24.93%) XML
3 91 (23.88%) HTML
4 86 (22.57%) CSS
4 86 (22.57%) RESTful
5 85 (22.31%) AngularJS
5 85 (22.31%) ASP.NET
6 69 (18.11%) SOAP
7 63 (16.54%) jQuery
7 63 (16.54%) JSON
8 62 (16.27%) Spring
9 57 (14.96%) WCF
10 43 (11.29%) REST
11 36 (9.45%) HTML5
12 32 (8.40%) ASP.NET Web API
13 30 (7.87%) ASP.NET MVC
13 30 (7.87%) Kafka
14 29 (7.61%) Node.js
15 27 (7.09%) Ajax
16 26 (6.82%) WPF
Miscellaneous
1 55 (14.44%) Computer Science
2 35 (9.19%) Cloud Native
3 30 (7.87%) Analytical Skills
4 28 (7.35%) User Experience
5 22 (5.77%) Mobile App
6 15 (3.94%) Management Information System
7 14 (3.67%) Internet of Things
8 13 (3.41%) Enterprise Software
9 11 (2.89%) Self-Motivation
10 9 (2.36%) Greenfield Project
11 5 (1.31%) N-Tier
12 4 (1.05%) NHS
13 3 (0.79%) Driving Licence
14 2 (0.52%) Algorithms
14 2 (0.52%) Clustering
14 2 (0.52%) Public Cloud
14 2 (0.52%) Smart Energy
14 2 (0.52%) Smart Home
15 1 (0.26%) Online Banking
15 1 (0.26%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 49 (12.86%) Windows
2 41 (10.76%) Linux
3 21 (5.51%) Windows Server
4 17 (4.46%) Android
5 13 (3.41%) Windows Server 2012
6 12 (3.15%) Apple iOS
7 9 (2.36%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (1.57%) Windows 10
9 4 (1.05%) CentOS
9 4 (1.05%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 2 (0.52%) Unix
11 1 (0.26%) VME
11 1 (0.26%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 198 (51.97%) Agile Software Development
2 120 (31.50%) DevOps
3 92 (24.15%) Scrum
4 88 (23.10%) Software Engineering
5 84 (22.05%) MVC
6 75 (19.69%) TDD
7 71 (18.64%) OO
8 70 (18.37%) Open Source
9 64 (16.80%) Test Automation
10 61 (16.01%) Continuous Integration
11 58 (15.22%) Mentoring
12 46 (12.07%) Unit Testing
13 39 (10.24%) SDLC
14 38 (9.97%) SOA
15 37 (9.71%) Web Development
16 35 (9.19%) Microservices
17 34 (8.92%) Use Case
18 33 (8.66%) Mathematics
19 32 (8.40%) UML
20 27 (7.09%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 179 (46.98%) Java
2 136 (35.70%) C#
3 129 (33.86%) JavaScript
4 78 (20.47%) SQL
5 69 (18.11%) Python
6 34 (8.92%) PHP
7 30 (7.87%) T-SQL
8 29 (7.61%) C++
8 29 (7.61%) Scala
9 25 (6.56%) Java 8
10 24 (6.30%) PL/SQL
11 21 (5.51%) Ruby
12 11 (2.89%) Go
12 11 (2.89%) Groovy
12 11 (2.89%) TypeScript
13 10 (2.62%) Bash Shell
14 8 (2.10%) VB.NET
15 7 (1.84%) PHP 5
16 6 (1.57%) C
17 5 (1.31%) XPath
Qualifications
1 73 (19.16%) Degree
2 32 (8.40%) Computer Science Degree
3 24 (6.30%) Numerate Degree
4 16 (4.20%) Microsoft Certification
5 12 (3.15%) MCSE
6 11 (2.89%) ISTQB
7 10 (2.62%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 9 (2.36%) AWS Certification
9 7 (1.84%) ISEB
10 6 (1.57%) MCTS
11 4 (1.05%) Master's Degree
11 4 (1.05%) MCSA
11 4 (1.05%) VCP6
12 3 (0.79%) ITIL Certification
13 2 (0.52%) PhD
14 1 (0.26%) TOGAF Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 29 (7.61%) QA
2 8 (2.10%) SLA
3 2 (0.52%) Web Application Security Consortium
4 1 (0.26%) GDPR
4 1 (0.26%) GPG13
System Software
1 33 (8.66%) Docker
2 22 (5.77%) VMware Infrastructure
3 16 (4.20%) Active Directory
3 16 (4.20%) vSphere
4 13 (3.41%) Hyper-V
4 13 (3.41%) Terminal Services
5 12 (3.15%) Virtual Machines
6 4 (1.05%) vCloud
7 2 (0.52%) Microsoft App-V
7 2 (0.52%) XenApp
7 2 (0.52%) XenDesktop
8 1 (0.26%) VirtualBox
8 1 (0.26%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 37 (9.71%) Puppet
2 19 (4.99%) Kubernetes
3 13 (3.41%) Opscode Chef
4 11 (2.89%) Terraform
5 9 (2.36%) Ansible
6 4 (1.05%) cPanel
7 3 (0.79%) Packer
8 2 (0.52%) Grafana
8 2 (0.52%) SCCM
9 1 (0.26%) Consul
9 1 (0.26%) Kibana
9 1 (0.26%) logstash
Vendors
1 70 (18.37%) Microsoft
2 34 (8.92%) VMware
3 27 (7.09%) Google
4 24 (6.30%) CA Agile Central
5 18 (4.72%) Oracle
6 10 (2.62%) Tableau
7 7 (1.84%) Rackspace
8 6 (1.57%) Atlassian
8 6 (1.57%) Informatica
9 5 (1.31%) Cisco
10 4 (1.05%) CA
10 4 (1.05%) Salesforce.com
10 4 (1.05%) Xamarin
10 4 (1.05%) Zend
11 3 (0.79%) Sitecore
12 2 (0.52%) Citrix
12 2 (0.52%) Dynatrace
12 2 (0.52%) Red Hat
12 2 (0.52%) Splunk
12 2 (0.52%) Yahoo!