The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Services 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 Aberdeen region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 24 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Web Services 1 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 0.714% - -
As % of the Application Development category 3.333% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £408 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £345
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +1.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.75 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-5.38% -18.75%
All Application Development
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
30 13 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 21.43% 6.667% 15.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 15
Average daily rate £325 £300 £351
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -14.40%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £200 £244
10% offered a daily rate of more than £408 £328 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £75.00 - £14.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Web Services
Scotland

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Web Services Jobs Demand Trend

Web Services
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Web Services across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Web Services Daily Rate Trend

Web Services
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Web Services across the Aberdeen region.

Aberdeen Web Services Hourly Rate Trend

Web Services
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Web Services.

1 11 (100.00%) C#
1 11 (100.00%) HTML
1 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 11 (100.00%) .NET
1 11 (100.00%) CSS
1 11 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 11 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 10 (90.91%) jQuery
3 9 (81.82%) Document Management
3 9 (81.82%) Intranet
3 9 (81.82%) OOP
4 8 (72.73%) OO
4 8 (72.73%) Lotus Notes
4 8 (72.73%) XML
4 8 (72.73%) XSLT
4 8 (72.73%) Lotus
4 8 (72.73%) CAML
5 7 (63.64%) Kindle
5 7 (63.64%) ISO 9001
5 7 (63.64%) Finance
6 1 (9.091%) SharePoint Server
6 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited Web Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (100.00%) HTML
1 11 (100.00%) .NET
1 11 (100.00%) CSS
2 10 (90.91%) jQuery
3 8 (72.73%) XML
3 8 (72.73%) XSLT
3 8 (72.73%) CAML
4 1 (9.091%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 11 (100.00%) SharePoint
1 11 (100.00%) SharePoint 2010
2 8 (72.73%) Lotus Notes
3 1 (9.091%) SharePoint Server
Communications & Networking
1 9 (81.82%) Intranet
General
1 7 (63.64%) Finance
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Developer
1 11 (100.00%) SharePoint Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (63.64%) Kindle
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) Document Management
1 9 (81.82%) OOP
2 8 (72.73%) OO
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) C#
1 11 (100.00%) JavaScript
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (63.64%) ISO 9001
Vendors
1 8 (72.73%) Lotus
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