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This section looks at the demand for Web Services skills within the Bedfordshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WebServices over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Services
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank1628
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads49
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.009 %
As % of the category below16.00 %8.824 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£250-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£250-
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£350
% change on same period last year-2.79 %
Hourly rates quoted07
Average minimum hourly rate-£32.00
Average hourly rate-£34.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.04£33.82
% change on same period last year+9.52 %
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Bedfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads25102
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.102 %
Daily rates quoted511
Average minimum daily rate£263£255
Average daily rate£273£260
% change on same period last year+4.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£284£266
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted113
Average minimum hourly rate£10.00£33.16
Average hourly rate£12.00£34.66
% change on same period last year-65.37 %
Average maximum hourly rate£14.00£36.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.72£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
WebServices East of EnglandWebServices
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

WebServices
Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire WebServices Demand Trend

WebServices
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WebServices across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire WebServices Daily Rate Trend

WebServices
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WebServices across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire WebServices Hourly Rate Trend

WebServices
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebServices within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BedfordNew entry-2--
WebServices East of EnglandWebServices
East of England

WebServices
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited WebServices.

17 (87.50 %)XML
25 (62.50 %)C#
25 (62.50 %)SQL
34 (50.00 %).NET
34 (50.00 %)HTML
34 (50.00 %)Oracle
34 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
43 (37.50 %)WinForms
43 (37.50 %)JavaScript
43 (37.50 %)Microsoft
52 (25.00 %)Oracle Forms
52 (25.00 %)SQL Server
52 (25.00 %)CSS
52 (25.00 %)SOAP
52 (25.00 %)UNIX
52 (25.00 %)AIX
52 (25.00 %)Incident Management
52 (25.00 %)Content Management
61 (12.50 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
61 (12.50 %)Google
61 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
61 (12.50 %)Agile Software Development
61 (12.50 %)Degree
61 (12.50 %)Mathematics
61 (12.50 %)Physics
61 (12.50 %)Computer Science
61 (12.50 %)UML
61 (12.50 %)ASP.NET
61 (12.50 %)PHP
61 (12.50 %)Java

WebServices
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited WebServices. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (87.50 %)XML
24 (50.00 %).NET
24 (50.00 %)HTML
33 (37.50 %)WinForms
42 (25.00 %)CSS
42 (25.00 %)SOAP
51 (12.50 %)ASP.NET
51 (12.50 %)J2EE
51 (12.50 %)WSDL
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)Apache
11 (12.50 %)SharePoint
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (12.50 %)Intranet
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (25.00 %)SQL Server
21 (12.50 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
21 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (12.50 %)RDBMS
21 (12.50 %)SQL Server 2000
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (25.00 %)Oracle Forms
21 (12.50 %)ClearCase
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (12.50 %)Electronics
11 (12.50 %)Construction
11 (12.50 %)Education
11 (12.50 %)Electric
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (75.00 %)Developer
24 (50.00 %)C# Developer
33 (37.50 %).NET Developer
33 (37.50 %)Analyst
42 (25.00 %)Web Developer
51 (12.50 %)C# Web Developer
51 (12.50 %)Senior .NET Web Developer
51 (12.50 %)Senior SQL Server Developer
51 (12.50 %)Web Analyst
51 (12.50 %)Java Web Developer
51 (12.50 %)Senior Web Developer
51 (12.50 %)Analyst Developer
51 (12.50 %)Systems Developer
51 (12.50 %)SQL Developer
51 (12.50 %)SQL Server Developer
51 (12.50 %).NET Web Developer
51 (12.50 %)Senior C# Developer
51 (12.50 %)Senior .NET Developer
51 (12.50 %)Senior .NET Architect
51 (12.50 %).NET Architect
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)Mathematics
11 (12.50 %)Physics
11 (12.50 %)Computer Science
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (25.00 %)UNIX
12 (25.00 %)AIX
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (25.00 %)Incident Management
12 (25.00 %)Content Management
21 (12.50 %)Agile Software Development
21 (12.50 %)UML
21 (12.50 %)Configuration Management
21 (12.50 %)Project Management
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (62.50 %)C#
15 (62.50 %)SQL
24 (50.00 %)PL/SQL
33 (37.50 %)JavaScript
41 (12.50 %)PHP
41 (12.50 %)Java
41 (12.50 %)Transact-SQL
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (12.50 %)Degree
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (50.00 %)Oracle
23 (37.50 %)Microsoft
31 (12.50 %)Google
31 (12.50 %)Mapinfo