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The table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills within the Cardiff 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Services
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1823
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads102
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.002 %
As % of the category below16.13 %4.651 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£300£200
Average daily rate£313£325
% change on same period last year-3.84 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£346
% change on same period last year+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.99£31.72
% change on same period last year+4.02 %
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Cardiff
Matching contract IT job ads6243
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.088 %0.044 %
Daily rates quoted2411
Average minimum daily rate£299£242
Average daily rate£314£350
% change on same period last year-10.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£329£458
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£35.00£31.50
% change on same period last year+11.11 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00£33.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.93£31.98
% change on same period last year-3.29 %
WebServices South WalesWebServices
South Wales

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff WebServices Hourly Rate Trend

WebServices
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

111 (57.89 %).NET
210 (52.63 %)C#
210 (52.63 %)XML
210 (52.63 %)Software Engineering
38 (42.11 %)IIS
38 (42.11 %)ASP.NET
47 (36.84 %)VB
47 (36.84 %)Microsoft
47 (36.84 %)AJAX
47 (36.84 %)SOAP
54 (21.05 %)OO
54 (21.05 %)Perl
54 (21.05 %)C
54 (21.05 %)telerik
54 (21.05 %)Business Development
54 (21.05 %)Marketing
63 (15.79 %)Health
63 (15.79 %)SQL Server
72 (10.53 %)SQL
72 (10.53 %)XSLT
72 (10.53 %)Windows
72 (10.53 %)MS Excel
72 (10.53 %)Government
72 (10.53 %)VMware
72 (10.53 %)VMware Infrastructure
81 (5.263 %)WebSphere
81 (5.263 %)ESB
81 (5.263 %)Welsh Language
81 (5.263 %)Test Scripting
81 (5.263 %)BPEL

WebServices
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (57.89 %).NET
210 (52.63 %)XML
38 (42.11 %)ASP.NET
47 (36.84 %)SOAP
47 (36.84 %)AJAX
52 (10.53 %)XSLT
61 (5.263 %)HTML
61 (5.263 %)CSS
61 (5.263 %)J2EE
61 (5.263 %)WebSphere
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (42.11 %)IIS
21 (5.263 %)Apache
21 (5.263 %)SharePoint
21 (5.263 %)Oracle Application Server
21 (5.263 %)ESB
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (10.53 %)MS Excel
21 (5.263 %)InfoPath
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.263 %)Oracle EBS
11 (5.263 %)Oracle Applications
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.263 %)Internet
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (15.79 %)SQL Server
21 (5.263 %)OLAP
21 (5.263 %)Crystal Reports
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.263 %)JDeveloper
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (21.05 %)Marketing
23 (15.79 %)Health
32 (10.53 %)Government
41 (5.263 %)Banking
41 (5.263 %)Local Government
41 (5.263 %)Finance
41 (5.263 %)Education
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (52.63 %)Developer
25 (26.32 %)Software Developer
34 (21.05 %)Team Leader
34 (21.05 %)Development Team Leader
42 (10.53 %)Web Administrator
42 (10.53 %)Web Engineer
42 (10.53 %)Systems Administrator
42 (10.53 %)Systems Engineer
42 (10.53 %)Administrator
42 (10.53 %).NET Developer
42 (10.53 %)C# Developer
51 (5.263 %)ASP.NET Developer
51 (5.263 %)Project Manager
51 (5.263 %)Web Developer
51 (5.263 %)Consultant
51 (5.263 %)Web Project Manager
51 (5.263 %)Web Manager
51 (5.263 %)Infrastructure Specialist
51 (5.263 %)Oracle Consultant
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)NHS
11 (5.263 %)Welsh Language
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (10.53 %)Windows
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (52.63 %)Software Engineering
24 (21.05 %)Business Development
24 (21.05 %)OO
31 (5.263 %)CRM
31 (5.263 %)BPEL
31 (5.263 %)Test Scripting
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (52.63 %)C#
27 (36.84 %)VB
34 (21.05 %)Perl
34 (21.05 %)C
42 (10.53 %)SQL
51 (5.263 %)PL/SQL
51 (5.263 %)Delphi
51 (5.263 %)Java
51 (5.263 %)JavaScript
51 (5.263 %)VB.NET
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (10.53 %)VMware Infrastructure
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (36.84 %)Microsoft
24 (21.05 %)telerik
32 (10.53 %)VMware
41 (5.263 %)Oracle