East of England WebServices Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Web Services skills within the East of England 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Aberdeenshire Abingdon Alderley Edge Aylesbury Banbury Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromley Buckinghamshire Bury Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester City of London Colchester Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorking Dorset Dundee Ealing East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex Eastleigh Edinburgh England Essex Farnborough Farnham Gatwick Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrow Hendon Hertfordshire Highlands Huddersfield Inverness Ipswich Kent Lanarkshire Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Motherwell Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North West North Yorkshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Preston Reading Redhill Rickmansworth Salford Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southport Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Weybridge Whyteleafe Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Wolverhampton Worcestershire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	31	45
Rank change on same period last year	+14
Matching contract IT job ads	174	150
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.232 %	0.152 %
As % of the category below	15.25 %	11.73 %
Daily rates quoted	52	48
Average minimum daily rate	£364	£392
Average daily rate	£391	£414
% change on same period last year	-5.43 %
Average maximum daily rate	£418	£436
UK excluding London average daily rate	£346	£347
% change on same period last year	-0.38 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	27
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.32	£29.01
Average hourly rate	£37.57	£30.66
% change on same period last year	+22.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£42.82	£32.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.47	£32.67
% change on same period last year	+11.62 %
Application Development East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1141	1279
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.521 %	1.294 %
Daily rates quoted	374	371
Average minimum daily rate	£349	£337
Average daily rate	£379	£358
% change on same period last year	+5.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£409	£379
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	77	155
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.30	£30.01
Average hourly rate	£31.23	£31.53
% change on same period last year	-0.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.16	£33.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.78	£33.23
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
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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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebServices across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebServices across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebServices within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Hertfordshire	+37	87	£393	-2.46 %
Cambridgeshire	-6	30	£385	+26.92 %
Essex	0	22	£413	-8.01 %
Suffolk	+14	17	£378	+5.52 %
Norfolk	-16	10	£450	-7.04 %
Bedfordshire	+10	4	£250	-
East Anglia	-2	4	£313	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

1 184 (49.86 %) XML 2 173 (46.88 %) .NET 3 168 (45.53 %) Java 4 159 (43.09 %) SQL 5 133 (36.04 %) J2EE 6 126 (34.15 %) C# 7 115 (31.17 %) SQL Server 8 109 (29.54 %) ASP.NET 9 98 (26.56 %) Oracle 10 97 (26.29 %) SOA 11 82 (22.22 %) OO 12 78 (21.14 %) Finance 13 75 (20.33 %) UML 14 73 (19.78 %) Hibernate 15 69 (18.70 %) Spring

16 68 (18.43 %) SOAP 17 64 (17.34 %) Agile Software Development 18 57 (15.45 %) PL/SQL 19 56 (15.18 %) JUnit 20 52 (14.09 %) Microsoft 20 52 (14.09 %) AJAX 21 51 (13.82 %) SQL Server 2005 22 46 (12.47 %) WebSphere 22 46 (12.47 %) Banking 22 46 (12.47 %) Struts 23 43 (11.65 %) VB.NET 24 42 (11.38 %) Eclipse 25 38 (10.30 %) WebLogic 26 37 (10.03 %) Back Office 26 37 (10.03 %) Java EE

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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.

Application Development 1 184 (49.86 %) XML 2 173 (46.88 %) .NET 3 133 (36.04 %) J2EE 4 109 (29.54 %) ASP.NET 5 73 (19.78 %) Hibernate 6 69 (18.70 %) Spring 7 68 (18.43 %) SOAP 8 52 (14.09 %) AJAX 9 46 (12.47 %) WebSphere 9 46 (12.47 %) Struts 10 37 (10.03 %) Java EE 11 34 (9.214 %) HTML 12 32 (8.672 %) WCF 13 28 (7.588 %) XSL 14 26 (7.046 %) XSLT 14 26 (7.046 %) CSS 15 24 (6.504 %) .NET Framework 16 22 (5.962 %) WSDL 17 20 (5.420 %) ADO.NET 18 16 (4.336 %) JSF	Application Platforms 1 38 (10.30 %) WebLogic 2 24 (6.504 %) BizTalk Server 3 21 (5.691 %) IIS 4 19 (5.149 %) JBoss 4 19 (5.149 %) Apache 5 14 (3.794 %) Tomcat 6 11 (2.981 %) SharePoint 7 10 (2.710 %) WPS 8 8 (2.168 %) WebLogic Portal 9 7 (1.897 %) WebSphere Application Server 10 6 (1.626 %) ESB 11 5 (1.355 %) CMS 11 5 (1.355 %) Resin 11 5 (1.355 %) Commerce Server 12 4 (1.084 %) Commerce Server 2007 13 2 (0.542 %) DotNetNuke 14 1 (0.271 %) ArcGIS 14 1 (0.271 %) SAS
Applications 1 3 (0.813 %) MS Excel 2 2 (0.542 %) Photoshop 3 1 (0.271 %) Adobe Illustrator	Business Applications 1 2 (0.542 %) Axapta 1 2 (0.542 %) Dynamics AX 2 1 (0.271 %) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking 1 23 (6.233 %) HTTP 2 22 (5.962 %) CTI 3 17 (4.607 %) TETRA 4 8 (2.168 %) TCP/IP 4 8 (2.168 %) 3GPP 4 8 (2.168 %) VoIP 5 7 (1.897 %) TELNET 6 6 (1.626 %) SMPP 6 6 (1.626 %) Internet 7 5 (1.355 %) LDAP 8 3 (0.813 %) Intranet 9 1 (0.271 %) SAN 9 1 (0.271 %) SMS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 115 (31.17 %) SQL Server 2 51 (13.82 %) SQL Server 2005 3 23 (6.233 %) SQL Server Integration Services 4 18 (4.878 %) SQL Server 2000 4 18 (4.878 %) MySQL 5 17 (4.607 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 6 5 (1.355 %) Oracle 10g 7 4 (1.084 %) Oracle Reports 7 4 (1.084 %) RDBMS 8 3 (0.813 %) Crystal Reports 8 3 (0.813 %) BusinessObjects 8 3 (0.813 %) SQL Server 7 9 2 (0.542 %) ETL 9 2 (0.542 %) Oracle 8/8i 10 1 (0.271 %) Oracle 9i 10 1 (0.271 %) MS Access 10 1 (0.271 %) Datawarehouse 10 1 (0.271 %) DTS 10 1 (0.271 %) GIS 10 1 (0.271 %) JasperReports
Development Applications 1 56 (15.18 %) JUnit 2 42 (11.38 %) Eclipse 3 20 (5.420 %) Visual Studio 4 19 (5.149 %) Subversion 5 13 (3.523 %) JIRA 6 10 (2.710 %) Log4j 7 8 (2.168 %) MSI 7 8 (2.168 %) InstallShield 8 7 (1.897 %) VSS/SourceSafe 8 7 (1.897 %) Ant 8 7 (1.897 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 8 7 (1.897 %) FitNesse 9 5 (1.355 %) NUnit 10 4 (1.084 %) ClearCase 10 4 (1.084 %) Oracle Forms 11 3 (0.813 %) JMeter 11 3 (0.813 %) WinRunner 11 3 (0.813 %) TestDirector 11 3 (0.813 %) QuickTest Pro 11 3 (0.813 %) LoadRunner	General 1 78 (21.14 %) Finance 2 46 (12.47 %) Banking 3 37 (10.03 %) Back Office 4 33 (8.943 %) Telecoms 5 19 (5.149 %) Construction 6 18 (4.878 %) Retail 7 10 (2.710 %) Insurance 8 9 (2.439 %) Financial Institution 9 8 (2.168 %) Pharmaceutical 9 8 (2.168 %) Automotive 10 6 (1.626 %) Marketing 11 2 (0.542 %) Manufacturing 11 2 (0.542 %) Education 12 1 (0.271 %) Electric 12 1 (0.271 %) Health 12 1 (0.271 %) Electronics 12 1 (0.271 %) Publishing 12 1 (0.271 %) Police 12 1 (0.271 %) Music
Job Titles 1 265 (71.82 %) Developer 2 86 (23.31 %) Java Developer 3 81 (21.95 %) .NET Developer 4 62 (16.80 %) C# Developer 5 59 (15.99 %) Architect 6 42 (11.38 %) Senior Developer 7 36 (9.756 %) J2EE Developer 8 33 (8.943 %) ASP.NET Developer 9 30 (8.130 %) C#/ASP.NET Developer 10 28 (7.588 %) Senior Java Developer 10 28 (7.588 %) Solutions Architect 11 27 (7.317 %) Web Developer 12 26 (7.046 %) Java/J2EE Developer 13 19 (5.149 %) SQL Developer 14 18 (4.878 %) Software Developer 15 13 (3.523 %) Applications Developer 15 13 (3.523 %) C++ Developer 16 12 (3.252 %) Analyst 16 12 (3.252 %) .NET Web Developer 17 11 (2.981 %) SQL Server Developer	Miscellaneous 1 18 (4.878 %) N-Tier 2 16 (4.336 %) Client/Server 3 8 (2.168 %) Java Card 4 7 (1.897 %) Computer Science 4 7 (1.897 %) Cryptography 5 6 (1.626 %) Mathematics 6 3 (0.813 %) Web 2.0 7 2 (0.542 %) Streaming Media 7 2 (0.542 %) LIMS 7 2 (0.542 %) AS400 7 2 (0.542 %) Clustering 8 1 (0.271 %) IVR 8 1 (0.271 %) Tandem 8 1 (0.271 %) Mainframe 8 1 (0.271 %) Physics 8 1 (0.271 %) German Language 8 1 (0.271 %) RIA 8 1 (0.271 %) Multithreading
Operating Systems 1 33 (8.943 %) Windows 2 28 (7.588 %) UNIX 3 16 (4.336 %) Linux 4 5 (1.355 %) Windows Server 2003 5 4 (1.084 %) Solaris 6 3 (0.813 %) Ubuntu 7 2 (0.542 %) AIX 7 2 (0.542 %) Windows 2000 7 2 (0.542 %) Windows XP 7 2 (0.542 %) VMS 8 1 (0.271 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 97 (26.29 %) SOA 2 82 (22.22 %) OO 3 75 (20.33 %) UML 4 64 (17.34 %) Agile Software Development 5 26 (7.046 %) OOD 6 23 (6.233 %) RAD 7 20 (5.420 %) OOA/OOD 8 18 (4.878 %) E-Commerce 9 16 (4.336 %) Web Development 10 15 (4.065 %) Zachman Framework 11 12 (3.252 %) Unit Testing 11 12 (3.252 %) Workflow 12 10 (2.710 %) RUP 13 9 (2.439 %) Use Case 14 8 (2.168 %) Extreme Programming 14 8 (2.168 %) Content Management 15 7 (1.897 %) BPEL 15 7 (1.897 %) CRM 15 7 (1.897 %) Continuous Integration 15 7 (1.897 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 168 (45.53 %) Java 2 159 (43.09 %) SQL 3 126 (34.15 %) C# 4 57 (15.45 %) PL/SQL 5 43 (11.65 %) VB.NET 6 36 (9.756 %) JavaScript 7 34 (9.214 %) C++ 8 23 (6.233 %) Transact-SQL 9 14 (3.794 %) PHP 10 13 (3.523 %) Shell Script 11 12 (3.252 %) VC++ 12 10 (2.710 %) VB 13 9 (2.439 %) DHTML 14 8 (2.168 %) PowerShell 15 7 (1.897 %) VB6 15 7 (1.897 %) C 15 7 (1.897 %) Delphi 16 5 (1.355 %) Perl 16 5 (1.355 %) Korn 16 5 (1.355 %) XPath	Qualifications 1 7 (1.897 %) Degree 2 4 (1.084 %) Microsoft Certification 3 3 (0.813 %) MCAD 3 3 (0.813 %) MCSD 3 3 (0.813 %) PhD 4 1 (0.271 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (1.084 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 3 (0.813 %) QA	System Software 1 10 (2.710 %) MSMQ 2 6 (1.626 %) AquaLogic 3 3 (0.813 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 10 (2.710 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 2 (0.542 %) ServiceCenter	Vendors 1 98 (26.56 %) Oracle 2 52 (14.09 %) Microsoft 3 12 (3.252 %) BEA 4 8 (2.168 %) ILOG 5 5 (1.355 %) Cisco 6 3 (0.813 %) Remedy 6 3 (0.813 %) Amdocs 6 3 (0.813 %) Sun 6 3 (0.813 %) Business Objects 7 2 (0.542 %) HP 7 2 (0.542 %) Genesys 7 2 (0.542 %) Lombardi 8 1 (0.271 %) SAP 8 1 (0.271 %) Siebel 8 1 (0.271 %) Sybase 8 1 (0.271 %) Google 8 1 (0.271 %) IBM 8 1 (0.271 %) Mapinfo 8 1 (0.271 %) Mercator