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The table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills within the Derbyshire 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
Rank2512
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching contract IT job ads1521
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.021 %
As % of the category below26.79 %25.30 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£340£305
Average daily rate£375£330
% change on same period last year+13.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£410£355
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£346
% change on same period last year+2.84 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£42.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.99£31.72
% change on same period last year+4.02 %
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Derbyshire
Matching contract IT job ads5683
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.079 %0.084 %
Daily rates quoted67
Average minimum daily rate£300£287
Average daily rate£321£309
% change on same period last year+3.96 %
Average maximum daily rate£342£331
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted89
Average minimum hourly rate£27.69£30.88
Average hourly rate£31.97£34.91
% change on same period last year-8.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.25£38.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.93£31.98
% change on same period last year-3.29 %
WebServices East MidlandsWebServices
East Midlands

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

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire WebServices Daily Rate Trend

WebServices
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WebServices across the Derbyshire region.

Derbyshire 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 Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 13 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
DerbyNo change013£350-
ChesterfieldDown-121£400-
WebServices East MidlandsWebServices
East Midlands

WebServices
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

119 (70.37 %)C#
119 (70.37 %).NET
218 (66.67 %)Oracle
218 (66.67 %)SQL
317 (62.96 %)SQL Server
416 (59.26 %)ASP.NET
515 (55.56 %)UML
614 (51.85 %)Microsoft
712 (44.44 %)OO
712 (44.44 %)ADO.NET
811 (40.74 %)Back Office
910 (37.04 %)Agile Software Development
107 (25.93 %)Spring
107 (25.93 %)JUnit
107 (25.93 %)WebLogic
107 (25.93 %)Java
107 (25.93 %)XML
107 (25.93 %)SharePoint
116 (22.22 %)Hibernate
116 (22.22 %)Degree
125 (18.52 %)WCF
125 (18.52 %)RDBMS
125 (18.52 %)J2EE
134 (14.81 %)EJB
134 (14.81 %)JSP
134 (14.81 %)Servlets
134 (14.81 %)Validation
143 (11.11 %)WinForms
143 (11.11 %)TDD
143 (11.11 %)Oracle 9i

WebServices
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (70.37 %).NET
216 (59.26 %)ASP.NET
312 (44.44 %)ADO.NET
47 (25.93 %)XML
47 (25.93 %)Spring
56 (22.22 %)Hibernate
65 (18.52 %)J2EE
65 (18.52 %)WCF
74 (14.81 %)EJB
74 (14.81 %)JSP
74 (14.81 %)Servlets
83 (11.11 %)WinForms
83 (11.11 %)WSDL
83 (11.11 %)XML Schema
83 (11.11 %)WPF
83 (11.11 %)JAX-WS
92 (7.407 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
92 (7.407 %)HTML
92 (7.407 %)Spring MVC
92 (7.407 %)MVC
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (25.93 %)SharePoint
17 (25.93 %)WebLogic
22 (7.407 %)Apache
22 (7.407 %)WebLogic Portal
22 (7.407 %)ESB
31 (3.704 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.704 %)MS Office
11 (3.704 %)InfoPath
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
117 (62.96 %)SQL Server
25 (18.52 %)RDBMS
33 (11.11 %)Oracle 10g
33 (11.11 %)Oracle 9i
41 (3.704 %)SQL Server 2000
41 (3.704 %)SQL Server 2005
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (25.93 %)JUnit
23 (11.11 %)Eclipse
32 (7.407 %)WebLogic Workshop
32 (7.407 %)Ant
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (40.74 %)Back Office
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (66.67 %)Developer
28 (29.63 %)C# Developer
37 (25.93 %)Java Developer
46 (22.22 %).NET Developer
46 (22.22 %)Software Engineer
55 (18.52 %)SQL Developer
55 (18.52 %)SQL Server Developer
63 (11.11 %)WinForms Developer
63 (11.11 %)Java/J2EE Developer
72 (7.407 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
72 (7.407 %)CSharp Software Developer
72 (7.407 %).NET Software Engineer
72 (7.407 %)C# Software Engineer
72 (7.407 %)ASP.NET Developer
72 (7.407 %)Software Developer
72 (7.407 %)Applications Developer
81 (3.704 %)Senior Developer
81 (3.704 %)Programmer
81 (3.704 %)Lead Developer
81 (3.704 %)J2EE Developer
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (3.704 %)Windows
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (55.56 %)UML
212 (44.44 %)OO
310 (37.04 %)Agile Software Development
44 (14.81 %)Validation
53 (11.11 %)TDD
62 (7.407 %)Unit Testing
71 (3.704 %)Security Cleared
71 (3.704 %)Web Development
71 (3.704 %)Scrum
71 (3.704 %)OOD
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (70.37 %)C#
218 (66.67 %)SQL
37 (25.93 %)Java
42 (7.407 %)JavaScript
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (22.22 %)Degree
21 (3.704 %)Sun Certification
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (66.67 %)Oracle
214 (51.85 %)Microsoft
33 (11.11 %)BEA
41 (3.704 %)Sun