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The table below looks at the demand for Web Services Description Language (WSDL) 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 WSDL over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Services Description Language (WSDL)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£390£333
% change on same period last year+17.10 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£32.38
% change on same period last year-
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Bedfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads2997
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.041 %0.098 %
Daily rates quoted97
Average minimum daily rate£277£235
Average daily rate£285£244
% change on same period last year+16.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£293£254
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted223
Average minimum hourly rate£28.00£31.05
Average hourly rate£28.00£32.48
% change on same period last year-13.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.00£33.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£32.06
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
WSDL East of EnglandWSDL
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.

WSDL
Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire WSDL Demand Trend

WSDL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bedfordshire WSDL Daily Rate Trend

WSDL
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited WSDL.

11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)PHP
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)SOAP
11 (100.00 %)WebServices
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)Apache
11 (100.00 %)ClearCase
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Mapinfo
11 (100.00 %)Configuration Management
11 (100.00 %)Electronics
11 (100.00 %)Construction
11 (100.00 %)Education
11 (100.00 %)Electric
11 (100.00 %)Google
11 (100.00 %)Degree
11 (100.00 %)Mathematics
11 (100.00 %)Physics
11 (100.00 %)Computer Science

WSDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 contract IT job ads sampled that cited WSDL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)SOAP
11 (100.00 %)WebServices
11 (100.00 %)XML
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)Apache
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)ClearCase
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (100.00 %)Electronics
11 (100.00 %)Construction
11 (100.00 %)Education
11 (100.00 %)Electric
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)Web Developer
11 (100.00 %)Java Developer
11 (100.00 %)Java Web Developer
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)Mathematics
11 (100.00 %)Physics
11 (100.00 %)Computer Science
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Configuration Management
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)PHP
11 (100.00 %)SQL
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (100.00 %)Degree
Bedfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Microsoft
11 (100.00 %)Mapinfo
11 (100.00 %)Google