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The table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills within the Cheshire 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 18 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Services
Location
3 months to
18 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1933
Rank change on same period last yearUp+14
Matching contract IT job ads4833
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.076 %0.035 %
As % of the category below19.75 %18.97 %
Daily rates quoted911
Average minimum daily rate£319£297
Average daily rate£336£302
% change on same period last year+11.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£353£308
UK excluding London average daily rate£364£362
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£34.67-
Average hourly rate£36.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£37.33-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.69£31.32
% change on same period last year-2.01 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads243174
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.385 %0.186 %
Daily rates quoted3735
Average minimum daily rate£294£309
Average daily rate£311£319
% change on same period last year-2.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£328£329
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£333
% change on same period last year-1.90 %
Hourly rates quoted1811
Average minimum hourly rate£27.09£25.20
Average hourly rate£29.79£27.35
% change on same period last year+8.91 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.49£29.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.86£31.49
% change on same period last year-8.34 %
WebServices North WestWebServices
North West

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 November 2008.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 November 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
ChesterUp+1220£351-9.41 %
WarringtonDown-53£350+29.62 %
KnutsfordNew entry-1£300-
WebServices North WestWebServices
North West

WebServices
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

140 (60.61 %).NET
140 (60.61 %)SOAP
140 (60.61 %)XML
237 (56.06 %)C#
330 (45.45 %)ASP.NET
424 (36.36 %)Java
522 (33.33 %)HTML
621 (31.82 %)SQL Server
719 (28.79 %)CSS
719 (28.79 %)Hibernate
818 (27.27 %)Finance
818 (27.27 %)JSP
917 (25.76 %)WSDL
917 (25.76 %)JAX-RPC
1016 (24.24 %)Oracle
1115 (22.73 %)Swing
1115 (22.73 %)SQL Server 2005
1214 (21.21 %)German Language
1214 (21.21 %)Spring
1214 (21.21 %)AJAX
1214 (21.21 %)OO
1214 (21.21 %)C++
1313 (19.70 %)OOD
1412 (18.18 %)OOP
1412 (18.18 %)OOA/OOD
1412 (18.18 %)Agile Software Development
1511 (16.67 %)Microsoft
1511 (16.67 %)Middleware
1610 (15.15 %)Dutch Language
1610 (15.15 %)Tuxedo

WebServices
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
140 (60.61 %).NET
140 (60.61 %)SOAP
140 (60.61 %)XML
230 (45.45 %)ASP.NET
322 (33.33 %)HTML
419 (28.79 %)CSS
419 (28.79 %)Hibernate
518 (27.27 %)JSP
617 (25.76 %)WSDL
617 (25.76 %)JAX-RPC
715 (22.73 %)Swing
814 (21.21 %)Spring
814 (21.21 %)AJAX
911 (16.67 %)Middleware
107 (10.61 %)J2EE
115 (7.576 %).NET Framework
115 (7.576 %)ASP.NET 2.0
124 (6.061 %)XSL
124 (6.061 %)Apache Axis
132 (3.030 %)XSD
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (15.15 %)Tuxedo
26 (9.091 %)IIS
34 (6.061 %)SharePoint
43 (4.545 %)SharePoint Server 2007
52 (3.030 %)SharePoint Portal Server
61 (1.515 %)CMS
61 (1.515 %)BizTalk Server
61 (1.515 %)Documentum
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (4.545 %)MS Excel
21 (1.515 %)InfoPath
21 (1.515 %)Doxygen
21 (1.515 %)MS Office
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (3.030 %)Microsoft CRM
12 (3.030 %)Oracle EBS
12 (3.030 %)Dynamics CRM
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (4.545 %)SSL
22 (3.030 %)SAN
22 (3.030 %)TCP/IP
22 (3.030 %)LAN
22 (3.030 %)WAN
22 (3.030 %)Firewall
31 (1.515 %)Internet
31 (1.515 %)Ethernet
31 (1.515 %)HTTP
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (31.82 %)SQL Server
215 (22.73 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (6.061 %)SQL Server 2000
42 (3.030 %)Oracle Reports
51 (1.515 %)MySQL
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (12.12 %)JIRA
25 (7.576 %)Visual Studio
32 (3.030 %)VSS/SourceSafe
32 (3.030 %)FrontPage
41 (1.515 %)Selenium
41 (1.515 %)NUnit
41 (1.515 %)Ant
41 (1.515 %)JUnit
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
118 (27.27 %)Finance
26 (9.091 %)Banking
31 (1.515 %)International Banking
31 (1.515 %)Local Government
31 (1.515 %)Financial Institution
31 (1.515 %)Government
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
140 (60.61 %)Developer
222 (33.33 %).NET Developer
315 (22.73 %)C# Developer
411 (16.67 %)ASP.NET Developer
411 (16.67 %)Software Engineer
411 (16.67 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
510 (15.15 %)Java Developer
69 (13.64 %)Analyst
74 (6.061 %)Java Software Engineer
74 (6.061 %)Senior Developer
74 (6.061 %)Software Developer
83 (4.545 %)Analyst Programmer
83 (4.545 %)Programmer
83 (4.545 %)Test Analyst
92 (3.030 %)Administrator
92 (3.030 %)Web Developer
92 (3.030 %)Solutions Architect
92 (3.030 %)Architect
92 (3.030 %)Technical Test Analyst
92 (3.030 %)C# Web Developer
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
114 (21.21 %)German Language
210 (15.15 %)Dutch Language
34 (6.061 %)N-Tier
43 (4.545 %)Replication
52 (3.030 %)W3C
52 (3.030 %)Clustering
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (7.576 %)Windows
22 (3.030 %)Windows Server 2003
22 (3.030 %)Windows 2000 Server
31 (1.515 %)Linux
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (21.21 %)OO
213 (19.70 %)OOD
312 (18.18 %)OOP
312 (18.18 %)OOA/OOD
312 (18.18 %)Agile Software Development
43 (4.545 %)E-Commerce
52 (3.030 %)CRM
52 (3.030 %)UML
52 (3.030 %)ITIL
52 (3.030 %)Software Testing
52 (3.030 %)Integration Testing
52 (3.030 %)Stress Testing
61 (1.515 %)Unit Testing
61 (1.515 %)BC Cleared
61 (1.515 %)Security Cleared
61 (1.515 %)Requirements Management
61 (1.515 %)Web Development
61 (1.515 %)Content Management
61 (1.515 %)Service Delivery
61 (1.515 %)Change Management
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
137 (56.06 %)C#
224 (36.36 %)Java
314 (21.21 %)C++
410 (15.15 %)SQL
56 (9.091 %)JavaScript
56 (9.091 %)XPath
63 (4.545 %)Transact-SQL
72 (3.030 %)PL/SQL
72 (3.030 %)VBA
81 (1.515 %)VB.NET
81 (1.515 %)C
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (4.545 %)ISEB
22 (3.030 %)MCTS
22 (3.030 %)ISTQB
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (3.030 %)QA
21 (1.515 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (3.030 %)Tivoli
12 (3.030 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
12 (3.030 %)ServiceCenter
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (24.24 %)Oracle
211 (16.67 %)Microsoft
32 (3.030 %)Peregrine
32 (3.030 %)IBM
32 (3.030 %)Perforce
41 (1.515 %)SAP
41 (1.515 %)Vignette
41 (1.515 %)Interwoven