The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bracknell region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 21 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 Bracknell 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 35 22 -
Rank change year-on-year
-13 -
Contract jobs citing Web Services 5 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 2.049% 2.041% -
As % of the Application Development category 14.29% 12.00% -
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £165 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -18.75%
All Application Development
Bracknell
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
35 25 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 14.34% 17.01% 25.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 4 9
Average daily rate £425 £300 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+41.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 1 3
Average hourly rate £17.33 £28.00 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.12% +86.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Web Services
Berkshire

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell Web Services Hourly Rate Trend

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) Windows
2 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
3 3 (50.00%) Firewall
3 3 (50.00%) Oracle
3 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
3 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 3 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
3 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
3 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
4 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
4 2 (33.33%) IIS
4 2 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
4 2 (33.33%) Migration
4 2 (33.33%) Project Management
5 1 (16.67%) NetApp
5 1 (16.67%) VMware
5 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
5 1 (16.67%) Spring
5 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
5 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
5 1 (16.67%) OOD
5 1 (16.67%) Documentum
5 1 (16.67%) DHCP
5 1 (16.67%) DNS
5 1 (16.67%) Intranet
5 1 (16.67%) Internet
5 1 (16.67%) ISA Server

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 1 (16.67%) Spring
1 1 (16.67%) Struts
1 1 (16.67%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (33.33%) IIS
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (16.67%) SharePoint
2 1 (16.67%) Documentum
Applications
1 2 (33.33%) MS Excel
2 1 (16.67%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 3 (50.00%) Firewall
2 1 (16.67%) DHCP
2 1 (16.67%) DNS
2 1 (16.67%) Intranet
2 1 (16.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (33.33%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (16.67%) EDRMS
Job Titles
1 3 (50.00%) Architect
1 3 (50.00%) Solutions Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Software Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Software Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Server Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Applications Architect
2 1 (16.67%) Server Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Web Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) Android Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Web Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) UI Programmer
2 1 (16.67%) Server Support
2 1 (16.67%) Support Engineer
2 1 (16.67%) Infrastructure Analyst
2 1 (16.67%) UI Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (16.67%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
1 4 (66.67%) Windows Server 2003
2 3 (50.00%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (16.67%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Reverse Engineering
2 2 (33.33%) Data Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Migration
2 2 (33.33%) Project Management
3 1 (16.67%) Business Continuity
3 1 (16.67%) OOD
3 1 (16.67%) UML
3 1 (16.67%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (16.67%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 1 (16.67%) Java
1 1 (16.67%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 3 (50.00%) SC Cleared
System Software
1 4 (66.67%) Active Directory
2 1 (16.67%) ISA Server
2 1 (16.67%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (16.67%) OpenView Configuration Management
Vendors
1 3 (50.00%) Oracle
1 3 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 1 (16.67%) NetApp
2 1 (16.67%) VMware