The first table below looks at the demand for WSDL skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WSDL over the 3 months to 17 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 Birmingham 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services Description Language (WSDL)
Rank 39 50 -
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -
Contract jobs citing WSDL 4 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 0.913% 0.489% -
As % of the Application Development category 3.922% 1.734% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £375
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £42.50
All Application Development
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
102 173 128
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 23.29% 28.22% 25.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 51 108 74
Average daily rate £300 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £225 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £375 £360
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 4
Average hourly rate £37.00 £36.50 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.36% +143.33%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WSDL
West Midlands

WSDL
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham WSDL Jobs Demand Trend

WSDL
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham WSDL Daily Rate Trend

WSDL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham WSDL Hourly Rate Trend

WSDL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1 9 (90.00%) SOAP
2 8 (80.00%) Web Services
3 7 (70.00%) C#
3 7 (70.00%) .NET
4 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
4 6 (60.00%) Windows
4 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
4 6 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
5 5 (50.00%) Telecoms
5 5 (50.00%) Workflow
5 5 (50.00%) OO
6 3 (30.00%) SOA
6 3 (30.00%) SQL
6 3 (30.00%) MVC
6 3 (30.00%) Team Foundation Server
7 2 (20.00%) ESB
7 2 (20.00%) BPEL
7 2 (20.00%) Oracle
7 2 (20.00%) HTTP
8 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
8 1 (10.00%) IBM
8 1 (10.00%) FTP
8 1 (10.00%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (10.00%) IPv6
8 1 (10.00%) Red Hat
8 1 (10.00%) WebSphere MQ
8 1 (10.00%) Middleware
8 1 (10.00%) XHTML
8 1 (10.00%) JMS
8 1 (10.00%) Linux

WSDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Application Development
1 9 (90.00%) SOAP
2 8 (80.00%) Web Services
3 7 (70.00%) .NET
4 1 (10.00%) J2EE
4 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
4 1 (10.00%) CSS
4 1 (10.00%) JDBC
4 1 (10.00%) JSP
4 1 (10.00%) HTML
4 1 (10.00%) XML
4 1 (10.00%) XSD
4 1 (10.00%) XHTML
4 1 (10.00%) JMS
4 1 (10.00%) Middleware
4 1 (10.00%) Ajax
4 1 (10.00%) WebSphere
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle Fusion
4 1 (10.00%) WebCenter
Application Platforms
1 2 (20.00%) ESB
2 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (10.00%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (10.00%) IBM HTTP Server
2 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Process Server
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) HTTP
2 1 (10.00%) IPv6
2 1 (10.00%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (10.00%) DB2
2 1 (10.00%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 5 (50.00%) Telecoms
2 1 (10.00%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 8 (80.00%) Developer
2 6 (60.00%) .NET Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) Software Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) Applications Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Analyst Programmer
4 1 (10.00%) Programmer
4 1 (10.00%) Developer Analyst
4 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Consultant
4 1 (10.00%) .NET Analyst Programmer
4 1 (10.00%) .NET Software Engineer
4 1 (10.00%) .NET Programmer
4 1 (10.00%) WebSphere Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Oracle Architect
Operating Systems
1 6 (60.00%) Windows
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
2 1 (10.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (50.00%) OO
2 5 (50.00%) Workflow
3 3 (30.00%) MVC
3 3 (30.00%) SOA
4 2 (20.00%) BPEL
5 1 (10.00%) Web Application Development
5 1 (10.00%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 7 (70.00%) C#
2 3 (30.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) Java
3 1 (10.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (10.00%) PL/SQL
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (10.00%) Business Objects
3 1 (10.00%) IBM
3 1 (10.00%) Red Hat
3 1 (10.00%) Cordys