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The table below looks at the demand for Web Services Enhancements (WSE) skills within the 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 WSE over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Services Enhancements (WSE)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank509614
Rank change on same period last yearUp+105
Matching contract IT job ads1011
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.012 %
As % of the category below0.076 %0.052 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£430£375
Average daily rate£430£375
% change on same period last year+14.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£430£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£310£375
% change on same period last year-17.33 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching contract IT job ads1322721300
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled20.83 %22.82 %
Daily rates quoted44576817
Average minimum daily rate£340£362
Average daily rate£364£384
% change on same period last year-5.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£407
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£334
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted8701276
Average minimum hourly rate£27.19£29.79
Average hourly rate£29.40£32.02
% change on same period last year-8.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.61£34.26
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.92£31.53
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
WSE UKWSE
UK

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.

WSE
Demand Trend

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

England WSE Demand Trend

WSE
Daily Rate Trend

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

England WSE Daily Rate Trend

WSE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England WSE Hourly Rate Trend

WSE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSE within the England region over the 3 months to 21 November 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.

LocationRank 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
LondonUp+939£550-
South EastNew entry-1£310-
WSE UKWSE
UK

WSE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing WSE 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 WSE.

123 (100.00 %).NET
220 (86.96 %)ASP.NET
315 (65.22 %)WCF
315 (65.22 %)SQL Server
315 (65.22 %)C#
413 (56.52 %)WebServices
413 (56.52 %)Agile Software Development
511 (47.83 %)TDD
69 (39.13 %)JavaScript
69 (39.13 %)Windows
69 (39.13 %)ASP.NET 2.0
78 (34.78 %)OOD
78 (34.78 %)XHTML
78 (34.78 %)B2B
78 (34.78 %)CSS
78 (34.78 %)UML
78 (34.78 %)OOP
78 (34.78 %)OO
78 (34.78 %)Refactoring
78 (34.78 %)Music
87 (30.43 %)SQL Server 2005
96 (26.09 %)Banking
96 (26.09 %)Investment Banking
96 (26.09 %)MVC
96 (26.09 %)Lotus Notes
96 (26.09 %)XML
96 (26.09 %)SQL
96 (26.09 %)Lotus
96 (26.09 %)SOA
105 (21.74 %)CRM

WSE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
123 (100.00 %).NET
220 (86.96 %)ASP.NET
315 (65.22 %)WCF
413 (56.52 %)WebServices
59 (39.13 %)ASP.NET 2.0
68 (34.78 %)XHTML
68 (34.78 %)CSS
76 (26.09 %)XML
76 (26.09 %)MVC
84 (17.39 %)HTML
84 (17.39 %)Middleware
92 (8.696 %).NET Framework
101 (4.348 %)AJAX
101 (4.348 %)WebSphere
101 (4.348 %)JSP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (26.09 %)Lotus Notes
25 (21.74 %)SharePoint
34 (17.39 %)Lotus Domino
41 (4.348 %)ESB
41 (4.348 %)WebSphere Message Broker
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (65.22 %)SQL Server
27 (30.43 %)SQL Server 2005
34 (17.39 %)SQL Server Integration Services
41 (4.348 %)BusinessObjects
41 (4.348 %)DataStage
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (13.04 %)NUnit
22 (8.696 %)Visual Studio
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (34.78 %)Music
26 (26.09 %)Banking
26 (26.09 %)Investment Banking
35 (21.74 %)Music Industry
41 (4.348 %)Finance
41 (4.348 %)Education
41 (4.348 %)Government
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
121 (91.30 %)Developer
216 (69.57 %).NET Developer
38 (34.78 %)Senior Developer
38 (34.78 %)Senior .NET Developer
46 (26.09 %)Lotus Notes Developer
55 (21.74 %)ASP.NET Developer
64 (17.39 %)C# Developer
73 (13.04 %)Web Developer
73 (13.04 %).NET Web Developer
73 (13.04 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
82 (8.696 %)C# Web Developer
82 (8.696 %)SQL Developer
82 (8.696 %)SQL Server Developer
91 (4.348 %)Analyst
91 (4.348 %)Systems Analyst
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (4.348 %)N-Tier
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (39.13 %)Windows
21 (4.348 %)AIX
21 (4.348 %)UNIX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (56.52 %)Agile Software Development
211 (47.83 %)TDD
38 (34.78 %)Refactoring
38 (34.78 %)UML
38 (34.78 %)OOP
38 (34.78 %)OO
38 (34.78 %)OOD
38 (34.78 %)B2B
46 (26.09 %)SOA
55 (21.74 %)CRM
64 (17.39 %)Unit Testing
64 (17.39 %)Continuous Integration
73 (13.04 %)User Acceptance Testing
81 (4.348 %)Pair Programming
81 (4.348 %)Security Cleared
81 (4.348 %)CMMI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (65.22 %)C#
29 (39.13 %)JavaScript
36 (26.09 %)SQL
41 (4.348 %)Java
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (26.09 %)Lotus
23 (13.04 %)Microsoft
31 (4.348 %)Oracle
31 (4.348 %)Business Objects
31 (4.348 %)IBM