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The table below looks at the demand for Web Services Description Language (WSDL) skills within the East Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WSDL over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Services Description Language (WSDL)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank-93
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.217 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£416£363
% change on same period last year+14.75 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£32.00
% change on same period last year-
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
East Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads330461
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.520 %0.494 %
Daily rates quoted5452
Average minimum daily rate£289£387
Average daily rate£312£404
% change on same period last year-22.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£334£422
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£334
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted3041
Average minimum hourly rate£24.95£29.60
Average hourly rate£27.69£32.21
% change on same period last year-14.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.42£34.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.92£31.53
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
WSDL EnglandWSDL
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.

WSDL
Demand Trend

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

East Midlands WSDL Demand Trend

WSDL
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WSDL across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands WSDL Daily Rate Trend

WSDL
Hourly Rate Trend

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

East Midlands WSDL Hourly Rate Trend

WSDL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing WSDL 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 WSDL.

13 (100.00 %)Oracle
13 (100.00 %)WebServices
13 (100.00 %)Java
13 (100.00 %)Oracle 9i
13 (100.00 %)Hibernate
13 (100.00 %)Spring
22 (66.67 %)NetBeans
22 (66.67 %)ESB
22 (66.67 %)JSR 168
22 (66.67 %)Continuous Integration
22 (66.67 %)JAX-WS
22 (66.67 %)JDeveloper
22 (66.67 %)DAO
22 (66.67 %)Eclipse
22 (66.67 %)J2EE
22 (66.67 %)XML
22 (66.67 %)XSD
22 (66.67 %)JUnit
22 (66.67 %)WebLogic
31 (33.33 %)SOAP
31 (33.33 %)Struts
31 (33.33 %)UNIX
31 (33.33 %)UML
31 (33.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (33.33 %)OOD
31 (33.33 %)RDBMS
31 (33.33 %)Oracle 10g
31 (33.33 %)MVC
31 (33.33 %)Migration
31 (33.33 %)JSF

WSDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing WSDL 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 WSDL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %)WebServices
13 (100.00 %)Hibernate
13 (100.00 %)Spring
22 (66.67 %)JSR 168
22 (66.67 %)JAX-WS
22 (66.67 %)NetBeans
22 (66.67 %)DAO
22 (66.67 %)J2EE
22 (66.67 %)XML
22 (66.67 %)XSD
31 (33.33 %)MVC
31 (33.33 %)SOAP
31 (33.33 %)Struts
31 (33.33 %)JSF
31 (33.33 %)WebSphere
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (66.67 %)WebLogic
12 (66.67 %)ESB
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (100.00 %)Oracle 9i
21 (33.33 %)RDBMS
21 (33.33 %)Oracle 10g
21 (33.33 %)Oracle 8/8i
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (66.67 %)JUnit
12 (66.67 %)Eclipse
12 (66.67 %)JDeveloper
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Developer
13 (100.00 %)Java Developer
22 (66.67 %)Java/J2EE Developer
31 (33.33 %)J2EE Developer
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (33.33 %)UNIX
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)Continuous Integration
21 (33.33 %)UML
21 (33.33 %)OOD
21 (33.33 %)Migration
21 (33.33 %)AOP
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)Java
East Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (100.00 %)Oracle