Cambridge WSDL Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Web Services Description Language (WSDL) skills within the Cambridge 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 28 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Web Services Description Language (WSDL)
Location Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Bridgend Cambridge Cheshire Chester City of London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Hampshire Hendon Hertfordshire London Middlesex North West Reading Scotland Slough Somerset South East South Wales South West Southampton Stevenage Sunbury-on-Thames Surrey Swansea UK Wales West Midlands West Wales	3 months to 28 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£377	£347
% change on same period last year	+8.76 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.75	£32.50
% change on same period last year	-2.30 %
Application Development Cambridge
Matching contract IT job ads	114	160
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.152 %	0.160 %
Daily rates quoted	34	29
Average minimum daily rate	£302	£291
Average daily rate	£329	£297
% change on same period last year	+10.75 %
Average maximum daily rate	£356	£304
UK excluding London average daily rate	£338	£337
% change on same period last year	+0.45 %
Hourly rates quoted	14	23
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.58	£33.93
Average hourly rate	£30.35	£35.35
% change on same period last year	-14.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.13	£36.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.68	£33.02
% change on same period last year	-1.02 %
WSDL Cambridgeshire

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