The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Hertfordshire 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 31 17 47
Rank change year-on-year
-14 +30
Contract jobs citing Web Services 26 76 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 3.988% 7.716% 2.132%
As % of the Application Development category 12.04% 25.25% 8.756%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 29 10
Average daily rate £388 £350 £215
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.71% +62.79%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £233 £280 £150
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £462 £323
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -18.75%
All Application Development
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
216 301 217
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 33.13% 30.56% 24.35%
Number of daily rates quoted 103 142 100
Average daily rate £350 £350 £299
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.14% +16.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £275 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £465 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 16 23
Average hourly rate £20.00 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £19.80 £32.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £32.00 £36.00 £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -13.16%
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 Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Rickmansworth - 4 £228 -
Stevenage +3 2 £275 - 2
Watford +2 1 £650 +85.71% 2
Welwyn Garden City - - - - 3
Royston - - - -
St Albans - - - -
Bishop's Stortford - - - -
Borehamwood - - - - 1
Harpenden - - - -
Hemel Hempstead - - - -
Hertford - - - -
Hitchin - - - -
Letchworth - - - -
Potters Bar - - - - 1
Web Services
East of England

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 38 (53.52%) Java
2 32 (45.07%) SQL
3 25 (35.21%) JavaScript
4 23 (32.39%) Spring
5 22 (30.99%) .NET
6 21 (29.58%) SQL Server
7 19 (26.76%) SOAP
7 19 (26.76%) XML
7 19 (26.76%) HTML
8 18 (25.35%) Agile Software Development
9 17 (23.94%) J2EE
9 17 (23.94%) Oracle
10 15 (21.13%) ASP.NET
10 15 (21.13%) Finance
10 15 (21.13%) Scrum
10 15 (21.13%) Ajax
11 14 (19.72%) Hibernate
11 14 (19.72%) Microsoft
11 14 (19.72%) DHTML
11 14 (19.72%) Linux
11 14 (19.72%) SOA
12 13 (18.31%) UML
12 13 (18.31%) Windows
12 13 (18.31%) Continuous Integration
13 12 (16.90%) jQuery
13 12 (16.90%) CSS
14 11 (15.49%) T-SQL
14 11 (15.49%) JSON
15 10 (14.08%) .NET Framework
15 10 (14.08%) SQL Server Integration Services

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 23 (32.39%) Spring
2 22 (30.99%) .NET
3 19 (26.76%) HTML
3 19 (26.76%) SOAP
3 19 (26.76%) XML
4 17 (23.94%) J2EE
5 15 (21.13%) ASP.NET
5 15 (21.13%) Ajax
6 14 (19.72%) Hibernate
6 14 (19.72%) DHTML
7 12 (16.90%) CSS
7 12 (16.90%) jQuery
8 11 (15.49%) JSON
9 10 (14.08%) .NET Framework
9 10 (14.08%) ADO.NET
10 9 (12.68%) WinForms
10 9 (12.68%) JSF
10 9 (12.68%) RESTful
11 6 (8.451%) REST
11 6 (8.451%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 7 (9.859%) Apache
1 7 (9.859%) SharePoint
1 7 (9.859%) Liferay
1 7 (9.859%) Confluence
2 6 (8.451%) CMS
3 4 (5.634%) Oracle Workflow
4 3 (4.225%) ESB
4 3 (4.225%) NetWeaver
4 3 (4.225%) BizTalk Server
4 3 (4.225%) Tomcat
5 2 (2.817%) IIS
6 1 (1.408%) Oracle Service Bus
6 1 (1.408%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 9 (12.68%) MS Office
2 5 (7.042%) MS Excel
3 2 (2.817%) MS Project
4 1 (1.408%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (4.225%) SAP CRM
2 1 (1.408%) SAP MDM
2 1 (1.408%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (1.408%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 9 (12.68%) FTP
2 5 (7.042%) Ethernet
3 3 (4.225%) Internet
4 1 (1.408%) 3G
4 1 (1.408%) HTTP
4 1 (1.408%) CTI
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (29.58%) SQL Server
2 10 (14.08%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 9 (12.68%) DTS
4 8 (11.27%) MySQL
5 3 (4.225%) Oracle Reports
5 3 (4.225%) GIS
5 3 (4.225%) JasperReports
6 2 (2.817%) RDBMS
6 2 (2.817%) SQL Server 2008
6 2 (2.817%) Oracle ODI
7 1 (1.408%) Oracle 10g
7 1 (1.408%) SQL Server 2005
7 1 (1.408%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 9 (12.68%) Maven
1 9 (12.68%) JIRA
2 8 (11.27%) Selenium
2 8 (11.27%) JUnit
3 6 (8.451%) WebDriver
4 5 (7.042%) Team Foundation Server
4 5 (7.042%) Eclipse
4 5 (7.042%) Subversion
5 4 (5.634%) JBehave
6 2 (2.817%) MonkeyTalk
6 2 (2.817%) Git (software)
7 1 (1.408%) Gradle
7 1 (1.408%) Jenkins
7 1 (1.408%) JProfiler
7 1 (1.408%) Cucumber
7 1 (1.408%) FitNesse
7 1 (1.408%) Ant
7 1 (1.408%) Checkstyle
7 1 (1.408%) LoadRunner
7 1 (1.408%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (21.13%) Finance
2 10 (14.08%) Retail
3 9 (12.68%) Telecoms
4 5 (7.042%) Retail Banking
4 5 (7.042%) Banking
5 2 (2.817%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 46 (64.79%) Developer
2 13 (18.31%) Java Developer
3 10 (14.08%) Web Developer
4 7 (9.859%) Senior Developer
4 7 (9.859%) J2EE Developer
5 4 (5.634%) Senior Java Developer
5 4 (5.634%) SAP Developer
5 4 (5.634%) Architect
5 4 (5.634%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 4 (5.634%) Portal Developer
5 4 (5.634%) Test Leader
6 3 (4.225%) CRM Developer
6 3 (4.225%) Android Developer
6 3 (4.225%) SAP CRM Developer
6 3 (4.225%) Project Manager
6 3 (4.225%) Test Manager
6 3 (4.225%) Consultant
6 3 (4.225%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (4.225%) .NET Developer
7 2 (2.817%) Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (5.634%) N-Tier
1 4 (5.634%) Open Source
2 3 (4.225%) Mobile App
2 3 (4.225%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (4.225%) Computer Science
2 3 (4.225%) Augmented Reality
3 1 (1.408%) EPoS
3 1 (1.408%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.408%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 14 (19.72%) Linux
2 13 (18.31%) Windows
3 8 (11.27%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (8.451%) Android
5 5 (7.042%) Apple iOS
6 3 (4.225%) bada
7 1 (1.408%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (25.35%) Agile Software Development
2 15 (21.13%) Scrum
3 14 (19.72%) SOA
4 13 (18.31%) UML
4 13 (18.31%) Continuous Integration
5 10 (14.08%) BDD
6 9 (12.68%) OO
7 8 (11.27%) Migration
7 8 (11.27%) Automated Testing
7 8 (11.27%) Integration Testing
7 8 (11.27%) Test Scripting
8 7 (9.859%) Build Automation
8 7 (9.859%) Unit Testing
9 6 (8.451%) Content Management
9 6 (8.451%) Project Management
9 6 (8.451%) User Stories
10 5 (7.042%) Continuous Improvement
10 5 (7.042%) CRM
10 5 (7.042%) E-Commerce
10 5 (7.042%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 38 (53.52%) Java
2 32 (45.07%) SQL
3 25 (35.21%) JavaScript
4 11 (15.49%) T-SQL
5 10 (14.08%) VBScript
5 10 (14.08%) C#
5 10 (14.08%) VB.NET
6 4 (5.634%) ABAP
7 3 (4.225%) Groovy
7 3 (4.225%) PHP
8 2 (2.817%) C++
9 1 (1.408%) Objective-C
9 1 (1.408%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.408%) PL/SQL
9 1 (1.408%) VB
Qualifications
1 8 (11.27%) ISEB
2 5 (7.042%) SC Cleared
2 5 (7.042%) Security Cleared
3 4 (5.634%) Degree
4 3 (4.225%) CTC Cleared
5 2 (2.817%) DV Cleared
5 2 (2.817%) PMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.225%) QA
2 1 (1.408%) Data Quality
System Software
1 1 (1.408%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 17 (23.94%) Oracle
2 14 (19.72%) Microsoft
3 6 (8.451%) JBoss
4 5 (7.042%) SAP
4 5 (7.042%) Capita
5 3 (4.225%) Symbian
6 2 (2.817%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.408%) Google
7 1 (1.408%) Lagan
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