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The table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills within the Gloucester 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 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Services
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank-21
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads01
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.000 %3.846 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£369
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£28.88
Average hourly rate-£28.88
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£28.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.96£32.49
% change on same period last year-1.62 %
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Gloucester
Matching contract IT job ads726
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.028 %
Daily rates quoted311
Average minimum daily rate£367£381
Average daily rate£397£404
% change on same period last year-1.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£427£427
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£334
% change on same period last year-3.60 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£22.44
Average hourly rate-£22.69
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£22.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.63£31.53
% change on same period last year-9.18 %
WebServices GloucestershireWebServices
Gloucestershire

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.

WebServices
Demand Trend

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

Gloucester WebServices Demand Trend

WebServices
Daily Rate Trend

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

Gloucester WebServices Daily Rate Trend

WebServices
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Gloucester WebServices Hourly Rate Trend

WebServices
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucester 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.

15 (100.00 %).NET
24 (80.00 %)ASP.NET
24 (80.00 %)C#
24 (80.00 %)SQL
33 (60.00 %)SharePoint
33 (60.00 %)Microsoft
33 (60.00 %)AJAX
33 (60.00 %)Silverlight
42 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
42 (40.00 %)SQL Server
42 (40.00 %)Visual Studio
51 (20.00 %)ASP
51 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
51 (20.00 %)VB.NET
51 (20.00 %)HTML
51 (20.00 %)Government
51 (20.00 %)CSS
51 (20.00 %)XML
51 (20.00 %)OO
51 (20.00 %).NET Remoting

WebServices
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Gloucester 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.

Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %).NET
24 (80.00 %)ASP.NET
33 (60.00 %)AJAX
33 (60.00 %)Silverlight
41 (20.00 %)HTML
41 (20.00 %).NET Remoting
41 (20.00 %)CSS
41 (20.00 %)XML
41 (20.00 %)ASP
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (60.00 %)SharePoint
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (40.00 %)SQL Server
12 (40.00 %)SQL Server 2005
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (40.00 %)Visual Studio
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Government
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Developer
23 (60.00 %).NET Developer
23 (60.00 %)C# Developer
23 (60.00 %)ASP.NET Developer
23 (60.00 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
31 (20.00 %)Web Developer
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)OO
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (80.00 %)C#
14 (80.00 %)SQL
21 (20.00 %)Transact-SQL
21 (20.00 %)VB.NET
Gloucester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)Microsoft