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The table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills within the Cambridgeshire 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 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Services
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3831
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching contract IT job ads2049
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.050 %
As % of the category below9.615 %13.24 %
Daily rates quoted25
Average minimum daily rate£340£266
Average daily rate£353£268
% change on same period last year+31.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£270
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£347
% change on same period last year+1.88 %
Hourly rates quoted011
Average minimum hourly rate-£23.00
Average hourly rate-£24.32
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£25.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.88£31.68
% change on same period last year+3.78 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads208370
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.291 %0.380 %
Daily rates quoted5068
Average minimum daily rate£296£276
Average daily rate£317£288
% change on same period last year+10.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£337£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.34 %
Hourly rates quoted2354
Average minimum hourly rate£34.43£28.46
Average hourly rate£37.07£29.83
% change on same period last year+24.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.71£31.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.09£32.07
% change on same period last year-3.03 %
WebServices East of EnglandWebServices
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.

WebServices
Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire WebServices Hourly Rate Trend

WebServices
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebServices within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 8 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
PeterboroughUp+911--
CambridgeUp+39£353+27.02 %
WebServices East of EnglandWebServices
East of England

WebServices
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

142 (76.36 %).NET
239 (70.91 %)XML
332 (58.18 %)ASP.NET
431 (56.36 %)SQL Server
530 (54.55 %)C#
629 (52.73 %)SQL
717 (30.91 %)Microsoft
814 (25.45 %)WCF
912 (21.82 %)Agile Software Development
1010 (18.18 %)JavaScript
119 (16.36 %)Windows
119 (16.36 %)Oracle
119 (16.36 %)WF
128 (14.55 %)CSS
128 (14.55 %)Transact-SQL
128 (14.55 %)VB.NET
128 (14.55 %)MSI
128 (14.55 %)InstallShield
137 (12.73 %)WinForms
137 (12.73 %)MySQL
137 (12.73 %)Visual Studio
137 (12.73 %)PHP
137 (12.73 %)PL/SQL
137 (12.73 %)Java
137 (12.73 %)COM+
137 (12.73 %)PowerShell
146 (10.91 %)XSD
146 (10.91 %)OO
146 (10.91 %)MSMQ
146 (10.91 %)E-Commerce

WebServices
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
142 (76.36 %).NET
239 (70.91 %)XML
332 (58.18 %)ASP.NET
414 (25.45 %)WCF
59 (16.36 %)WF
68 (14.55 %)CSS
77 (12.73 %)COM+
77 (12.73 %)WinForms
86 (10.91 %)XSD
95 (9.091 %)SOAP
95 (9.091 %).NET Remoting
95 (9.091 %)ADO.NET
95 (9.091 %)J2ME
104 (7.273 %)ASP.NET 2.0
113 (5.455 %)XML Schema
113 (5.455 %)J2EE
122 (3.636 %)ASP
122 (3.636 %)JSP
122 (3.636 %).NET Framework
122 (3.636 %)Struts
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (7.273 %)SharePoint
14 (7.273 %)BizTalk Server
22 (3.636 %)IIS
31 (1.818 %)Zope
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (3.636 %)Axapta
12 (3.636 %)Dynamics AX
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (9.091 %)3GPP
24 (7.273 %)TELNET
31 (1.818 %)SMPP
31 (1.818 %)SAN
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
131 (56.36 %)SQL Server
27 (12.73 %)MySQL
34 (7.273 %)SQL Server 2005
41 (1.818 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (1.818 %)IDMS
41 (1.818 %)Oracle 10g
41 (1.818 %)GIS
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (14.55 %)MSI
18 (14.55 %)InstallShield
27 (12.73 %)Visual Studio
33 (5.455 %)NUnit
41 (1.818 %)Visual Studio Team System
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (9.091 %)Telecoms
23 (5.455 %)Construction
32 (3.636 %)Banking
41 (1.818 %)Music
41 (1.818 %)Back Office
41 (1.818 %)Manufacturing
41 (1.818 %)Police
41 (1.818 %)Finance
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
144 (80.00 %)Developer
220 (36.36 %)C# Developer
318 (32.73 %).NET Developer
413 (23.64 %)ASP.NET Developer
512 (21.82 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
67 (12.73 %)PHP Developer
67 (12.73 %)Web Developer
67 (12.73 %)Oracle Developer
76 (10.91 %)SQL Developer
85 (9.091 %)Applications Packager
85 (9.091 %)Installations Engineer
94 (7.273 %)SQL Server Developer
94 (7.273 %)VB.NET Developer
103 (5.455 %)Applications Developer
103 (5.455 %)WinForms Developer
103 (5.455 %)C# Web Developer
103 (5.455 %).NET Web Developer
112 (3.636 %)Web Applications Developer
112 (3.636 %)BizTalk Developer
112 (3.636 %)C# Application Developer
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (9.091 %)Java Card
24 (7.273 %)Cryptography
33 (5.455 %)N-Tier
42 (3.636 %)Mathematics
42 (3.636 %)Computer Science
51 (1.818 %)AS400
51 (1.818 %)Clustering
51 (1.818 %)Tandem
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (16.36 %)Windows
21 (1.818 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (1.818 %)Windows 2000 Server
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (21.82 %)Agile Software Development
26 (10.91 %)OO
26 (10.91 %)E-Commerce
35 (9.091 %)OOD
35 (9.091 %)UML
35 (9.091 %)Workflow
35 (9.091 %)OOA/OOD
44 (7.273 %)Continuous Integration
53 (5.455 %)Unit Testing
53 (5.455 %)Web Development
62 (3.636 %)Configuration Management
71 (1.818 %)Migration
71 (1.818 %)OOP
71 (1.818 %)Load Balancing
71 (1.818 %)User Acceptance Testing
71 (1.818 %)System Testing
71 (1.818 %)Security Cleared
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
130 (54.55 %)C#
229 (52.73 %)SQL
310 (18.18 %)JavaScript
48 (14.55 %)Transact-SQL
48 (14.55 %)VB.NET
57 (12.73 %)PHP
57 (12.73 %)PL/SQL
57 (12.73 %)Java
57 (12.73 %)PowerShell
63 (5.455 %)VB
72 (3.636 %)VB6
81 (1.818 %)PHP5
81 (1.818 %)PHP4
81 (1.818 %)Python
81 (1.818 %)C++
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (3.636 %)Degree
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (10.91 %)MSMQ
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (7.273 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (30.91 %)Microsoft
29 (16.36 %)Oracle