The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Docklands, London region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 21 26 38
Rank change year-on-year
+5 +12
Contract jobs citing Web Services 8 7 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 4.624% 3.646% 4.856%
As % of the Application Development category 22.22% 18.42% 17.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 6 2
Average daily rate £456 £560 £461
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.52% +21.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £460 £452
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £582 £470
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -18.75%
All Application Development
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
36 38 181
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 20.81% 19.79% 27.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 27 58
Average daily rate £413 £500 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.50% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £375 £390
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £601 £590
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £45.00 - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
Web Services
London

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Web Services across the Docklands, London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Docklands, London Web Services Jobs Demand Trend

Web Services
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Web Services across the Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Web Services Daily Rate Trend

Web Services
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Services across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Docklands, London Web Services Daily Rate Histogram

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing Web Services 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 Web Services.

1 12 (63.16%) SQL
2 8 (42.11%) Oracle
2 8 (42.11%) XML
3 7 (36.84%) CSS
3 7 (36.84%) HTML
3 7 (36.84%) HTTP
3 7 (36.84%) IBM
3 7 (36.84%) Banking
4 6 (31.58%) C#
4 6 (31.58%) PL/SQL
4 6 (31.58%) XSD
4 6 (31.58%) XSL
4 6 (31.58%) UML
4 6 (31.58%) RUP
5 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
5 5 (26.32%) Java
6 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
6 4 (21.05%) .NET
6 4 (21.05%) OO
6 4 (21.05%) Linux
6 4 (21.05%) Rational Rose
6 4 (21.05%) Change Management
6 4 (21.05%) Scrum
6 4 (21.05%) Retail
7 3 (15.79%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (15.79%) TDD
7 3 (15.79%) Retail Banking
7 3 (15.79%) Bash shell
7 3 (15.79%) SSL
7 3 (15.79%) Cognos

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London region citing Web Services 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 Web Services. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 8 (42.11%) XML
2 7 (36.84%) CSS
2 7 (36.84%) HTML
3 6 (31.58%) XSD
3 6 (31.58%) XSL
4 4 (21.05%) .NET
5 3 (15.79%) SOAP
6 2 (10.53%) ASP
6 2 (10.53%) ASP.NET
6 2 (10.53%) ODBC
6 2 (10.53%) HTML5
6 2 (10.53%) JSON
6 2 (10.53%) REST
6 2 (10.53%) jQuery
7 1 (5.263%) RESTful
7 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET MVC
7 1 (5.263%) Ajax
7 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET MVC 4
7 1 (5.263%) Spring
7 1 (5.263%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) IIS
1 2 (10.53%) SAS
1 2 (10.53%) Adobe CQ
2 1 (5.263%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (5.263%) Amazon AWS
2 1 (5.263%) GemFire
2 1 (5.263%) Oracle Coherence
2 1 (5.263%) ESB
2 1 (5.263%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (5.263%) WebLogic Portal
2 1 (5.263%) CMS
2 1 (5.263%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (5.263%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 7 (36.84%) HTTP
2 3 (15.79%) SSL
3 1 (5.263%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (26.32%) SQL Server
2 3 (15.79%) Data Warehouse
3 1 (5.263%) Base SAS
3 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (5.263%) SSDT
Development Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Rational Rose
2 1 (5.263%) Git (software)
2 1 (5.263%) Subversion
2 1 (5.263%) JIRA
2 1 (5.263%) Maven
2 1 (5.263%) WebLogic Workshop
General
1 7 (36.84%) Banking
2 4 (21.05%) Retail
3 3 (15.79%) Retail Banking
4 2 (10.53%) Investment Banking
5 1 (5.263%) Billing
5 1 (5.263%) Marketing
5 1 (5.263%) Front Office
5 1 (5.263%) Finance
5 1 (5.263%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 13 (68.42%) Developer
2 4 (21.05%) Oracle Developer
2 4 (21.05%) PL/SQL Developer
2 4 (21.05%) SQL Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Business Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Senior Developer
3 2 (10.53%) Analyst
3 2 (10.53%) Investment Banking Business Analyst
4 1 (5.263%) iPhone Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Portal Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Mobile Applications Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (5.263%) iPhone Applications Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Technical Specialist
4 1 (5.263%) Development Project Manager
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Systems Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Senior Mobile Applications Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Java Mobile Developer
4 1 (5.263%) Senior iPhone Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.263%) iPhone
1 1 (5.263%) Derivative
1 1 (5.263%) Mobile App
1 1 (5.263%) Mobile Payment
1 1 (5.263%) Handset
1 1 (5.263%) Streaming Video
1 1 (5.263%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 4 (21.05%) Linux
2 3 (15.79%) UNIX
2 3 (15.79%) Windows
3 1 (5.263%) Android
3 1 (5.263%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) UML
1 6 (31.58%) RUP
2 4 (21.05%) OO
2 4 (21.05%) Change Management
2 4 (21.05%) Scrum
3 3 (15.79%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (15.79%) TDD
4 2 (10.53%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (10.53%) Content Management
4 2 (10.53%) Asset Management
4 2 (10.53%) Business Analysis
5 1 (5.263%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (5.263%) Investment Management
5 1 (5.263%) Time Management
5 1 (5.263%) Monte Carlo Method
5 1 (5.263%) User Stories
5 1 (5.263%) MVC
5 1 (5.263%) Workflow
5 1 (5.263%) E-Commerce
5 1 (5.263%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 12 (63.16%) SQL
2 6 (31.58%) C#
2 6 (31.58%) PL/SQL
3 5 (26.32%) Java
4 4 (21.05%) JavaScript
5 3 (15.79%) Bash shell
5 3 (15.79%) Perl
6 2 (10.53%) C++
6 2 (10.53%) VBScript
6 2 (10.53%) VB
7 1 (5.263%) VBA
7 1 (5.263%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 8 (42.11%) Oracle
2 7 (36.84%) IBM
3 3 (15.79%) Cognos
4 2 (10.53%) Adobe
4 2 (10.53%) ServiceNow
5 1 (5.263%) DataSynapse
5 1 (5.263%) Zend
5 1 (5.263%) TOWER Software