The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hemel Hempstead region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 17 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 Hemel Hempstead 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 11 10 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Contract jobs citing Web Services 1 11 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hemel Hempstead 2.083% 11.83% -
As % of the Application Development category 6.250% 52.38% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 4 0
Average daily rate - £325 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -18.75%
All Application Development
Hemel Hempstead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
16 21 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hemel Hempstead 33.33% 22.58% 11.11%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 7 3
Average daily rate £85 £300 £130
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-71.66% +130.76%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 0
Average hourly rate £39.50 £8.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+364.70% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Web Services
Hertfordshire

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hemel Hempstead 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 Hemel Hempstead region.

Hemel Hempstead Web Services Daily Rate Trend

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hemel Hempstead 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 18 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 17 (94.44%) HTML
3 15 (83.33%) SQL
3 15 (83.33%) T-SQL
3 15 (83.33%) VBScript
3 15 (83.33%) .NET
3 15 (83.33%) SQL Server
3 15 (83.33%) Windows
3 15 (83.33%) Ajax
3 15 (83.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 14 (77.78%) WinForms
4 14 (77.78%) jQuery
4 14 (77.78%) DHTML
4 14 (77.78%) ADO.NET
4 14 (77.78%) ASP.NET
4 14 (77.78%) DTS
4 14 (77.78%) FTP
4 14 (77.78%) VB.NET
5 13 (72.22%) Windows Server 2003
5 13 (72.22%) .NET Framework
6 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
7 7 (38.89%) MS Office
7 7 (38.89%) Telecoms
8 3 (16.67%) LAMP
8 3 (16.67%) CSS
8 3 (16.67%) PHP
8 3 (16.67%) MySQL
9 2 (11.11%) C#
9 2 (11.11%) Linux
9 2 (11.11%) Apache

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hemel Hempstead 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 17 (94.44%) HTML
2 15 (83.33%) .NET
2 15 (83.33%) Ajax
3 14 (77.78%) jQuery
3 14 (77.78%) ADO.NET
3 14 (77.78%) ASP.NET
3 14 (77.78%) DHTML
3 14 (77.78%) WinForms
4 13 (72.22%) .NET Framework
5 3 (16.67%) CSS
5 3 (16.67%) LAMP
6 1 (5.556%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 2 (11.11%) Apache
Applications
1 7 (38.89%) MS Office
2 1 (5.556%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 14 (77.78%) FTP
2 1 (5.556%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 15 (83.33%) SQL Server
1 15 (83.33%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 14 (77.78%) DTS
3 3 (16.67%) MySQL
4 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2000
4 1 (5.556%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (5.556%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (5.556%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (5.556%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (5.556%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) Subversion
1 2 (11.11%) Git (software)
2 1 (5.556%) LoadRunner
General
1 7 (38.89%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.556%) Finance
Job Titles
1 18 (100.00%) Developer
2 14 (77.78%) Web Developer
3 2 (11.11%) LAMP Developer
4 1 (5.556%) PHP MySQL Developer
4 1 (5.556%) PHP Developer
4 1 (5.556%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.556%) Mathematics
1 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 15 (83.33%) Windows
2 13 (72.22%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (11.11%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (5.556%) ITIL
1 1 (5.556%) Migration
1 1 (5.556%) Business Analysis
1 1 (5.556%) Time Management
1 1 (5.556%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 18 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 15 (83.33%) SQL
2 15 (83.33%) T-SQL
2 15 (83.33%) VBScript
3 14 (77.78%) VB.NET
4 3 (16.67%) PHP
5 2 (11.11%) C#
6 1 (5.556%) C++
6 1 (5.556%) Java
6 1 (5.556%) PL/SQL
6 1 (5.556%) VB
6 1 (5.556%) VBA
6 1 (5.556%) F#
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) Degree
Vendors
1 8 (44.44%) Microsoft
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle