The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent 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 Kent 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 25 21 27
Rank change year-on-year
-4 +6
Contract jobs citing Web Services 11 14 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 4.167% 5.785% 4.918%
As % of the Application Development category 20.37% 21.54% 20.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 12 11
Average daily rate £287 £300 £263
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.41% +14.28%
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
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
54 65 75
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 20.45% 26.86% 24.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 25 37 42
Average daily rate £300 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 4
Average hourly rate £16.00 - £19.60
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £14.80 - £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.40 - £28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -13.16%
Web Services
South East

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Web Services Daily Rate Trend

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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent 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
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Job
Vacancies
Dartford - 1 £288 -
Tonbridge - - - - 2
Tunbridge Wells - - - - 6
Chatham - - - -
Web Services
South East

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 (81.82%) .NET
2 15 (68.18%) C#
3 9 (40.91%) JavaScript
3 9 (40.91%) SQL Server
4 8 (36.36%) XML
5 7 (31.82%) IIS
5 7 (31.82%) Java
5 7 (31.82%) WCF
6 6 (27.27%) Oracle 11g
6 6 (27.27%) jQuery
6 6 (27.27%) SQL Server 2005
6 6 (27.27%) Oracle
6 6 (27.27%) Visual Studio
6 6 (27.27%) CSS
6 6 (27.27%) Python
6 6 (27.27%) XHTML
6 6 (27.27%) ArcGIS
6 6 (27.27%) ArcIMS
6 6 (27.27%) GIS
7 5 (22.73%) ESRI
7 5 (22.73%) Oracle Reports
7 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
7 5 (22.73%) Crystal Reports
7 5 (22.73%) Dojo
8 4 (18.18%) Mobile App
8 4 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
8 4 (18.18%) System Testing
8 4 (18.18%) TDD
9 3 (13.64%) MVC
9 3 (13.64%) Finance

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 18 (81.82%) .NET
2 8 (36.36%) XML
3 7 (31.82%) WCF
4 6 (27.27%) jQuery
4 6 (27.27%) CSS
4 6 (27.27%) XHTML
5 5 (22.73%) Dojo
6 3 (13.64%) HTML
6 3 (13.64%) J2EE
7 2 (9.091%) ASP.NET
7 2 (9.091%) JDBC
7 2 (9.091%) JSP
7 2 (9.091%) Servlets
7 2 (9.091%) Spring
7 2 (9.091%) HTML5
8 1 (4.545%) RESTful
8 1 (4.545%) Ajax
8 1 (4.545%) .NET Framework
8 1 (4.545%) JSON
8 1 (4.545%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 7 (31.82%) IIS
2 6 (27.27%) ArcGIS
2 6 (27.27%) ArcIMS
3 3 (13.64%) BizTalk Server
3 3 (13.64%) Windows Azure
4 2 (9.091%) ESB
5 1 (4.545%) MQSeries
5 1 (4.545%) CICS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.545%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (40.91%) SQL Server
2 6 (27.27%) GIS
2 6 (27.27%) SQL Server 2005
2 6 (27.27%) Oracle 11g
3 5 (22.73%) Crystal Reports
3 5 (22.73%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (4.545%) DB2
4 1 (4.545%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (4.545%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Visual Studio
2 2 (9.091%) CruiseControl
2 2 (9.091%) Subversion
2 2 (9.091%) Ant
2 2 (9.091%) JUnit
General
1 3 (13.64%) Finance
2 1 (4.545%) Banking
2 1 (4.545%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 16 (72.73%) Developer
2 8 (36.36%) DBA
2 8 (36.36%) .NET Developer
3 5 (22.73%) Administrator
4 4 (18.18%) Database Developer
4 4 (18.18%) GIS Developer
5 2 (9.091%) Technical Leader
6 1 (4.545%) Mainframe Architect
6 1 (4.545%) Mobile Applications Developer
6 1 (4.545%) Mobile Developer
6 1 (4.545%) Java Consultant
6 1 (4.545%) Architect
6 1 (4.545%) Java Developer
6 1 (4.545%) C# Developer
6 1 (4.545%) Applications Developer
6 1 (4.545%) Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (18.18%) Mobile App
2 1 (4.545%) W3C
2 1 (4.545%) Blackberry
2 1 (4.545%) Mainframe
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (18.18%) TDD
1 4 (18.18%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (18.18%) System Testing
2 3 (13.64%) MVC
2 3 (13.64%) SOA
3 2 (9.091%) UML
3 2 (9.091%) Scrum
3 2 (9.091%) Unit Testing
4 1 (4.545%) Capacity Planning
4 1 (4.545%) Waterfall
4 1 (4.545%) Web Development
4 1 (4.545%) Data Modelling
4 1 (4.545%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 15 (68.18%) C#
2 9 (40.91%) JavaScript
3 7 (31.82%) Java
4 6 (27.27%) Python
5 3 (13.64%) SQL
6 1 (4.545%) T-SQL
6 1 (4.545%) VB.NET
6 1 (4.545%) PowerShell
6 1 (4.545%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 2 (9.091%) Sun Certification
2 1 (4.545%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (27.27%) Oracle
2 5 (22.73%) Microsoft
2 5 (22.73%) ESRI
3 2 (9.091%) Sun
4 1 (4.545%) VMware
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Posted: 17 June 2013