The first table below looks at the demand for WebSpeed skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebSpeed over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Development Applications category for the England 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Progress WebSpeed Workshop
Rank 509 553 566
Rank change year-on-year
+44 +13
Contract jobs citing WebSpeed 4 6 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.010% 0.011% 0.009%
As % of the Development Applications category 0.087% 0.121% 0.083%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 0
Average daily rate £300 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 - -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £36.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Development Applications
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
4623 4974 6010
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 11.12% 9.325% 10.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 2946 3009 3467
Average daily rate £400 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 205 309
Average hourly rate £37.80 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £24.50 £23.88 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
WebSpeed
UK

WebSpeed
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WebSpeed across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

England WebSpeed Jobs Demand Trend

WebSpeed
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WebSpeed across the England region.

England WebSpeed Daily Rate Trend

WebSpeed
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England WebSpeed Hourly Rate Trend

WebSpeed
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebSpeed within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Yorkshire - 4 £300 -
WebSpeed
UK

WebSpeed
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing WebSpeed 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 WebSpeed.

1 18 (100.00%) Progress
2 17 (94.44%) Scrum
3 11 (61.11%) Progress 4GL
4 10 (55.56%) PVCS
4 10 (55.56%) JIRA
5 9 (50.00%) Sculptor
5 9 (50.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
5 9 (50.00%) VB.NET
5 9 (50.00%) .NET
5 9 (50.00%) C#
5 9 (50.00%) SQL
6 7 (38.89%) OpenEdge
7 5 (27.78%) .NET Framework
8 4 (22.22%) Delphi
9 3 (16.67%) VB
9 3 (16.67%) Legal
9 3 (16.67%) VB6
10 1 (5.556%) CRM
10 1 (5.556%) Dynamics CRM

WebSpeed
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing WebSpeed 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 WebSpeed. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (50.00%) .NET
2 5 (27.78%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 7 (38.89%) OpenEdge
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) Dynamics CRM
Development Applications
1 10 (55.56%) PVCS
1 10 (55.56%) JIRA
2 9 (50.00%) VSS/SourceSafe
General
1 3 (16.67%) Legal
Job Titles
1 18 (100.00%) Developer
2 16 (88.89%) Progress Developer
3 7 (38.89%) Programmer
4 6 (33.33%) Analyst
4 6 (33.33%) Analyst Programmer
4 6 (33.33%) Progress Programmer
4 6 (33.33%) Progress Analyst Programmer
4 6 (33.33%) Developer Analyst
5 2 (11.11%) Software Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Software Engineer
6 1 (5.556%) Software Programmer
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (94.44%) Scrum
2 1 (5.556%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 11 (61.11%) Progress 4GL
2 9 (50.00%) VB.NET
2 9 (50.00%) C#
2 9 (50.00%) SQL
3 4 (22.22%) Delphi
4 3 (16.67%) VB
4 3 (16.67%) VB6
Vendors
1 18 (100.00%) Progress
2 9 (50.00%) Sculptor