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The table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills within the Birmingham 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 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Services
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank2244
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads2117
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.042 %0.021 %
As % of the category below21.65 %10.00 %
Daily rates quoted84
Average minimum daily rate£313£325
Average daily rate£359£394
% change on same period last year-8.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£406£463
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£377
% change on same period last year-8.19 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£28.75-
Average hourly rate£33.13-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£37.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.93£34.73
% change on same period last year-2.32 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads97170
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.194 %0.213 %
Daily rates quoted3037
Average minimum daily rate£359£267
Average daily rate£394£301
% change on same period last year+30.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£429£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£334
% change on same period last year-5.07 %
Hourly rates quoted117
Average minimum hourly rate£24.23£27.78
Average hourly rate£28.30£32.64
% change on same period last year-13.28 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.37£37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.27£31.42
% change on same period last year-10.04 %
WebServices West MidlandsWebServices
West Midlands

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 Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham WebServices Daily Rate Trend

WebServices
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebServices across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

Birmingham WebServices Daily Rate Histogram

WebServices
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham WebServices Hourly Rate Trend

WebServices
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebServices across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

Birmingham WebServices Hourly Rate Histogram

WebServices
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

124 (68.57 %).NET
219 (54.29 %)XML
317 (48.57 %)C#
416 (45.71 %)SQL
416 (45.71 %)ASP.NET
511 (31.43 %)CSS
511 (31.43 %)HTML
610 (28.57 %)SQL Server
79 (25.71 %)Java
79 (25.71 %)Oracle
87 (20.00 %)Workflow
87 (20.00 %)SOA
87 (20.00 %)Microsoft
96 (17.14 %)PL/SQL
96 (17.14 %)SQL Server 2005
105 (14.29 %)Web 2.0
105 (14.29 %).NET Framework
105 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
105 (14.29 %)Windows
114 (11.43 %)J2EE
114 (11.43 %)Oracle 10g
114 (11.43 %)WSDL
114 (11.43 %)Web Development
114 (11.43 %)AJAX
123 (8.571 %)InfoPath
123 (8.571 %)BPEL
123 (8.571 %)Security Cleared
123 (8.571 %)Degree
123 (8.571 %)ESB
123 (8.571 %)Oracle BPEL

WebServices
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
124 (68.57 %).NET
219 (54.29 %)XML
316 (45.71 %)ASP.NET
411 (31.43 %)CSS
411 (31.43 %)HTML
55 (14.29 %).NET Framework
64 (11.43 %)WSDL
64 (11.43 %)AJAX
64 (11.43 %)J2EE
73 (8.571 %)ADO.NET
73 (8.571 %)ASP
73 (8.571 %)XSD
82 (5.714 %)XSLT
82 (5.714 %)DHTML
82 (5.714 %)SOAP
82 (5.714 %)JDBC
82 (5.714 %)Middleware
82 (5.714 %)Hibernate
82 (5.714 %)TopLink
82 (5.714 %)SAP XI
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (8.571 %)IIS
13 (8.571 %)SharePoint
13 (8.571 %)ESB
13 (8.571 %)Oracle BPEL
13 (8.571 %)SharePoint Server 2007
22 (5.714 %)Oracle Workflow
22 (5.714 %)BizTalk Server
22 (5.714 %)Oracle Spatial
31 (2.857 %)CMS
31 (2.857 %)JBoss
31 (2.857 %)Apache
31 (2.857 %)OpenCms
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (8.571 %)InfoPath
22 (5.714 %)MS Excel
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (5.714 %)SAP CRM
21 (2.857 %)Dynamics CRM
21 (2.857 %)Microsoft CRM
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (5.714 %)HTTP
21 (2.857 %)SSL
21 (2.857 %)Internet
21 (2.857 %)Extranet
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (28.57 %)SQL Server
26 (17.14 %)SQL Server 2005
35 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2000
44 (11.43 %)Oracle 10g
53 (8.571 %)RDBMS
62 (5.714 %)Oracle Reports
62 (5.714 %)Oracle 9i
62 (5.714 %)Datawarehouse
71 (2.857 %)MySQL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (8.571 %)Oracle Forms
13 (8.571 %)JDeveloper
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (5.714 %)Government
21 (2.857 %)Publishing
21 (2.857 %)Music
21 (2.857 %)Music Industry
21 (2.857 %)Finance
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119 (54.29 %)Developer
29 (25.71 %).NET Developer
38 (22.86 %)ASP.NET Developer
46 (17.14 %)C# Developer
55 (14.29 %)Consultant
55 (14.29 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
63 (8.571 %)Oracle Developer
72 (5.714 %)Web Developer
72 (5.714 %)Support Engineer
72 (5.714 %)Applications Support
72 (5.714 %)2nd Line Support
72 (5.714 %)Java Developer
72 (5.714 %)Architect
72 (5.714 %)2nd Line Support Engineer
72 (5.714 %).NET Consultant
81 (2.857 %).NET Architect
81 (2.857 %).NET Technical Architect
81 (2.857 %)SAP XI Consultant
81 (2.857 %)Oracle Analyst
81 (2.857 %)SharePoint Developer
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (14.29 %)Web 2.0
23 (8.571 %)Computer Science
32 (5.714 %)N-Tier
41 (2.857 %)Client/Server
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (14.29 %)Windows
23 (8.571 %)Solaris
23 (8.571 %)Linux
23 (8.571 %)UNIX
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (20.00 %)SOA
17 (20.00 %)Workflow
24 (11.43 %)Web Development
33 (8.571 %)Agile Software Development
33 (8.571 %)BPEL
33 (8.571 %)OO
33 (8.571 %)CRM
42 (5.714 %)Change Management
51 (2.857 %)UML
51 (2.857 %)Unit Testing
51 (2.857 %)E-Commerce
51 (2.857 %)Code Coverage
51 (2.857 %)DRM
51 (2.857 %)Technical Architecture
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (48.57 %)C#
216 (45.71 %)SQL
39 (25.71 %)Java
46 (17.14 %)PL/SQL
53 (8.571 %)JavaScript
53 (8.571 %)Transact-SQL
62 (5.714 %)VB
62 (5.714 %)PHP
62 (5.714 %)C++
62 (5.714 %)ABAP
62 (5.714 %)Shell Script
71 (2.857 %)Ruby
71 (2.857 %)VB.NET
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (8.571 %)Degree
13 (8.571 %)Security Cleared
22 (5.714 %)OCP
22 (5.714 %)OCA
22 (5.714 %)Oracle Certification
31 (2.857 %)MCSD
31 (2.857 %)Microsoft Certification
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (5.714 %)SLA
21 (2.857 %)QA
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (25.71 %)Oracle
27 (20.00 %)Microsoft
32 (5.714 %)SAP
32 (5.714 %)Cognos
32 (5.714 %)ION Trading
41 (2.857 %)NEC