The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh 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 55 41 54
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +13
Contract jobs citing Web Services 7 23 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.771% 2.158% 1.351%
As % of the Application Development category 4.000% 19.01% 9.730%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 8
Average daily rate £375 £315 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+19.04% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £296 £305 £293
10% offered a daily rate of more than £401 £336 £390
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £23.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -18.75%
All Application Development
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
175 121 185
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 19.27% 11.35% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 42 78
Average daily rate £325 £314 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.58% -10.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £190 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £368 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £24.00 £16.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -49.20%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
Web Services
Scotland

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh 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 Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Edinburgh Web Services Daily Rate Histogram

Web Services
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Web Services across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Web Services Hourly Rate Trend

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 13 (48.15%) Java
2 11 (40.74%) XML
2 11 (40.74%) jQuery
3 9 (33.33%) JSF
3 9 (33.33%) Ajax
3 9 (33.33%) HTML
4 8 (29.63%) SQL Server
4 8 (29.63%) WebSphere Application Server
4 8 (29.63%) SQL
4 8 (29.63%) WebSphere Portal
4 8 (29.63%) WebSphere
5 7 (25.93%) JSR 286
5 7 (25.93%) .NET
5 7 (25.93%) JavaScript
5 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
5 7 (25.93%) SOAP
6 6 (22.22%) Banking
6 6 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
6 6 (22.22%) MVC
7 5 (18.52%) Finance
7 5 (18.52%) C#
7 5 (18.52%) ASP.NET
8 4 (14.81%) CSS
8 4 (14.81%) Linux
8 4 (14.81%) Visual Studio
8 4 (14.81%) IBM
8 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
8 4 (14.81%) NHS
8 4 (14.81%) Telerik
8 4 (14.81%) Content Management

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh 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 11 (40.74%) XML
1 11 (40.74%) jQuery
2 9 (33.33%) JSF
2 9 (33.33%) Ajax
2 9 (33.33%) HTML
3 8 (29.63%) WebSphere
4 7 (25.93%) JSR 286
4 7 (25.93%) .NET
4 7 (25.93%) SOAP
5 5 (18.52%) ASP.NET
6 4 (14.81%) CSS
6 4 (14.81%) HTML5
7 3 (11.11%) WCF
7 3 (11.11%) JAX-WS
8 2 (7.407%) JSON
8 2 (7.407%) .NET Framework
8 2 (7.407%) CGI
8 2 (7.407%) J2EE
8 2 (7.407%) JSP
8 2 (7.407%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 8 (29.63%) WebSphere Application Server
1 8 (29.63%) WebSphere Portal
2 2 (7.407%) FileNet
2 2 (7.407%) IIS
3 1 (3.704%) Apache
3 1 (3.704%) Tomcat
3 1 (3.704%) TeamSite
3 1 (3.704%) BizTalk Server
3 1 (3.704%) ESB
3 1 (3.704%) WebSphere Process Server
3 1 (3.704%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 2 (7.407%) Intranet
1 2 (7.407%) Internet
1 2 (7.407%) LDAP
1 2 (7.407%) HTTP
2 1 (3.704%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (29.63%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.407%) SQL Server 2008
2 2 (7.407%) DB2
3 1 (3.704%) SQL Server 2012
3 1 (3.704%) RDBMS
3 1 (3.704%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Visual Studio
1 4 (14.81%) Mercurial
2 2 (7.407%) Subversion
2 2 (7.407%) Maven
2 2 (7.407%) JUnit
2 2 (7.407%) Rational Application Developer
2 2 (7.407%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.704%) FogBugz
3 1 (3.704%) Eclipse RCP
3 1 (3.704%) Ant
3 1 (3.704%) Eclipse
3 1 (3.704%) JIRA
3 1 (3.704%) Selenium
3 1 (3.704%) Git (software)
General
1 6 (22.22%) Banking
2 5 (18.52%) Finance
3 2 (7.407%) Investment Banking
4 1 (3.704%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 20 (74.07%) Developer
2 6 (22.22%) WebSphere Developer
3 5 (18.52%) Java Developer
4 4 (14.81%) .NET Developer
5 3 (11.11%) WebSphere Portal Developer
5 3 (11.11%) Portal Developer
6 2 (7.407%) Technical Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) Technical Support Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) Software Developer
6 2 (7.407%) Architect
6 2 (7.407%) Support Analyst
6 2 (7.407%) Technical Support
7 1 (3.704%) C# .NET Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Designer
7 1 (3.704%) Project Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Test Manager
7 1 (3.704%) Web Developer
7 1 (3.704%) Lead Designer
7 1 (3.704%) Technical Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) NHS
2 1 (3.704%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.704%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.704%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.704%) W3C
2 1 (3.704%) PKI
2 1 (3.704%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 4 (14.81%) Linux
2 3 (11.11%) Android
3 2 (7.407%) Windows
3 2 (7.407%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
1 6 (22.22%) MVC
2 4 (14.81%) Content Management
3 3 (11.11%) Unit Testing
3 3 (11.11%) Scrum
4 2 (7.407%) TDD
4 2 (7.407%) Asset Management
4 2 (7.407%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (7.407%) UML
4 2 (7.407%) RAD
5 1 (3.704%) Mobile Application Development
5 1 (3.704%) Mobile Device Management
5 1 (3.704%) BDD
5 1 (3.704%) Enterprise Content Management
5 1 (3.704%) Dependency Injection
5 1 (3.704%) OOP
5 1 (3.704%) OO
5 1 (3.704%) SOA
5 1 (3.704%) Project Management
5 1 (3.704%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 13 (48.15%) Java
2 8 (29.63%) SQL
3 7 (25.93%) JavaScript
4 5 (18.52%) C#
5 1 (3.704%) Bash shell
5 1 (3.704%) Perl
5 1 (3.704%) PL/SQL
5 1 (3.704%) XPath
5 1 (3.704%) Korn
Qualifications
1 4 (14.81%) Microsoft Certification
2 2 (7.407%) IBM Certification
3 1 (3.704%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.704%) Section 508
1 1 (3.704%) WAI
System Software
1 2 (7.407%) Tivoli Directory Server
2 1 (3.704%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 2 (7.407%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 7 (25.93%) Microsoft
2 4 (14.81%) IBM
2 4 (14.81%) Telerik
3 2 (7.407%) Lotus
4 1 (3.704%) JBoss
4 1 (3.704%) Oracle
4 1 (3.704%) Adobe
4 1 (3.704%) HP
4 1 (3.704%) Citrix