The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 22 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 Application Development category for the Essex 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 23 40 35
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -5
Contract jobs citing Web Services 24 7 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 5.811% 1.695% 4.051%
As % of the Application Development category 21.43% 8.750% 16.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 3 12
Average daily rate £200 £350 £420
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% -16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £310 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £301 £360 £495
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £22.66 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.25 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-0.76% -18.75%
All Application Development
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
112 80 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 27.12% 19.37% 24.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 39 50
Average daily rate £246 £270 £403
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.79% -32.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £175 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £408 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 15 10
Average hourly rate £27.50 £32.25 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.72% +21.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £26.28 £26.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £35.22 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Web Services
East of England

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex 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 Essex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Essex 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 Essex region.

Essex Web Services Hourly Rate Trend

Web Services
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Services within the Essex region over the 3 months to 22 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
Colchester - 11 £190 -
Chelmsford -1 4 £294 -
Brentwood - 3 - -
Basildon -2 2 £250 -29.82%
Southend-on-Sea - 1 - -
Web Services
East of England

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 28 (82.35%) .NET
1 28 (82.35%) SQL Server
2 24 (70.59%) C#
3 23 (67.65%) ASP.NET
4 18 (52.94%) Microsoft
5 16 (47.06%) JavaScript
6 15 (44.12%) CSS
7 14 (41.18%) HTML
8 13 (38.24%) SQL
9 12 (35.29%) WSE
10 9 (26.47%) XML
11 7 (20.59%) Oracle
11 7 (20.59%) Business Intelligence
11 7 (20.59%) WCF
12 6 (17.65%) Intranet
12 6 (17.65%) Windows
12 6 (17.65%) SharePoint
13 5 (14.71%) CRM
13 5 (14.71%) Internet
13 5 (14.71%) CTI
13 5 (14.71%) GIS
13 5 (14.71%) OO
13 5 (14.71%) SaaS
13 5 (14.71%) Web Development
13 5 (14.71%) IVR
14 4 (11.76%) CMS
14 4 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
14 4 (11.76%) .NET Framework
14 4 (11.76%) PHP
14 4 (11.76%) MVC

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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 28 (82.35%) .NET
2 23 (67.65%) ASP.NET
3 15 (44.12%) CSS
4 14 (41.18%) HTML
5 12 (35.29%) WSE
6 9 (26.47%) XML
7 7 (20.59%) WCF
8 4 (11.76%) .NET Framework
9 3 (8.824%) XSLT
9 3 (8.824%) JSON
9 3 (8.824%) jQuery
9 3 (8.824%) LINQ
9 3 (8.824%) Ajax
9 3 (8.824%) Cocoa
9 3 (8.824%) WinForms
9 3 (8.824%) Cocoa Touch
9 3 (8.824%) UIKit
10 2 (5.882%) NHibernate
10 2 (5.882%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
10 2 (5.882%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 6 (17.65%) SharePoint
2 4 (11.76%) CMS
3 3 (8.824%) Facebook Platform
4 2 (5.882%) IIS
5 1 (2.941%) BizTalk Server
5 1 (2.941%) MS Project Server
5 1 (2.941%) ESB
5 1 (2.941%) Umbraco
5 1 (2.941%) SharePoint 2010
5 1 (2.941%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 2 (5.882%) MS Project
2 1 (2.941%) MS Excel
2 1 (2.941%) PowerPivot
Communications & Networking
1 6 (17.65%) Intranet
2 5 (14.71%) Internet
2 5 (14.71%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (82.35%) SQL Server
2 5 (14.71%) GIS
3 4 (11.76%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 3 (8.824%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (8.824%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (2.941%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 3 (8.824%) Xcode
2 2 (5.882%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.941%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
3 1 (2.941%) ClearCase
3 1 (2.941%) JUnit
3 1 (2.941%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (2.941%) Maven
General
1 2 (5.882%) Spanish Language
2 1 (2.941%) Finance
2 1 (2.941%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 29 (85.29%) Developer
2 13 (38.24%) Web Developer
3 4 (11.76%) .NET Developer
3 4 (11.76%) Analyst
4 3 (8.824%) SharePoint Developer
4 3 (8.824%) Developer Analyst
5 2 (5.882%) Java Developer
5 2 (5.882%) C# Developer
5 2 (5.882%) iOS Developer
5 2 (5.882%) Project Manager
5 2 (5.882%) Junior
6 1 (2.941%) Software Developer
6 1 (2.941%) Architect
6 1 (2.941%) Support Assistant
6 1 (2.941%) Analyst Programmer
6 1 (2.941%) Programmer
6 1 (2.941%) Software Programmer
6 1 (2.941%) BizTalk Developer
6 1 (2.941%) SharePoint Architect
6 1 (2.941%) .NET Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (14.71%) SaaS
1 5 (14.71%) IVR
2 3 (8.824%) iPhone
2 3 (8.824%) iPad
3 2 (5.882%) Tandem
3 2 (5.882%) N-Tier
4 1 (2.941%) NHS
4 1 (2.941%) Open Source
4 1 (2.941%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 6 (17.65%) Windows
2 3 (8.824%) Android
2 3 (8.824%) Apple iOS
3 1 (2.941%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (20.59%) Business Intelligence
2 5 (14.71%) CRM
2 5 (14.71%) OO
2 5 (14.71%) Web Development
3 4 (11.76%) MVC
3 4 (11.76%) E-Commerce
4 3 (8.824%) Project Management
4 3 (8.824%) Multithreading
4 3 (8.824%) Agile Software Development
5 2 (5.882%) TDD
5 2 (5.882%) UML
6 1 (2.941%) OOD
6 1 (2.941%) SOA
6 1 (2.941%) Migration
6 1 (2.941%) RUP
6 1 (2.941%) DSDM
6 1 (2.941%) Data Migration
6 1 (2.941%) Data Protection
6 1 (2.941%) Usability Testing
6 1 (2.941%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 24 (70.59%) C#
2 16 (47.06%) JavaScript
3 13 (38.24%) SQL
4 4 (11.76%) PHP
5 3 (8.824%) Java
5 3 (8.824%) Objective-C
6 2 (5.882%) T-SQL
6 2 (5.882%) PL/SQL
6 2 (5.882%) VB.NET
7 1 (2.941%) VBScript
7 1 (2.941%) VB
7 1 (2.941%) C++
7 1 (2.941%) XPath
7 1 (2.941%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 1 (2.941%) Sun Certification
1 1 (2.941%) Degree
1 1 (2.941%) SC Cleared
1 1 (2.941%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 18 (52.94%) Microsoft
2 7 (20.59%) Oracle
3 3 (8.824%) Apple
3 3 (8.824%) Facebook
3 3 (8.824%) Twitter
4 1 (2.941%) Sun
4 1 (2.941%) JBoss
4 1 (2.941%) AccuRev
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