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The table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills within the Lancashire 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 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Services
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3828
Rank change on same period last yearDown-10
Matching contract IT job ads317
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.017 %
As % of the category below3.448 %11.18 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£300£325
Average daily rate£300£363
% change on same period last year-17.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£347
% change on same period last year+2.39 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£21.00
Average hourly rate-£23.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.88£31.73
% change on same period last year+3.63 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads87152
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.124 %0.154 %
Daily rates quoted1220
Average minimum daily rate£221£323
Average daily rate£240£336
% change on same period last year-28.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£260£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted1914
Average minimum hourly rate£23.72£23.89
Average hourly rate£25.47£25.99
% change on same period last year-1.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.22£28.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£32.06
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
WebServices North WestWebServices
North West

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 Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire WebServices Hourly Rate Trend

WebServices
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

114 (77.78 %).NET
213 (72.22 %)JavaScript
213 (72.22 %)C#
213 (72.22 %)Microsoft
310 (55.56 %)XML
310 (55.56 %)SQL
49 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
58 (44.44 %)ASP.NET
58 (44.44 %)CSS
67 (38.89 %)ASP
67 (38.89 %)HTML
67 (38.89 %)Visual Studio
67 (38.89 %)AJAX
76 (33.33 %).NET Framework
76 (33.33 %)JSON
76 (33.33 %)jQuery
76 (33.33 %)ASP.NET 2.0
76 (33.33 %)MVC
76 (33.33 %)XSLT
76 (33.33 %)SOA
76 (33.33 %)LDAP
85 (27.78 %)MS Excel
93 (16.67 %)C
93 (16.67 %)SQL Server
93 (16.67 %)Java
102 (11.11 %)Transact-SQL
102 (11.11 %)IIS
102 (11.11 %)SOAP
102 (11.11 %)Navision
102 (11.11 %)Retail

WebServices
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (77.78 %).NET
210 (55.56 %)XML
38 (44.44 %)ASP.NET
38 (44.44 %)CSS
47 (38.89 %)ASP
47 (38.89 %)HTML
47 (38.89 %)AJAX
56 (33.33 %).NET Framework
56 (33.33 %)JSON
56 (33.33 %)jQuery
56 (33.33 %)ASP.NET 2.0
56 (33.33 %)MVC
56 (33.33 %)XSLT
62 (11.11 %)SOAP
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (11.11 %)IIS
21 (5.556 %)Apache
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (27.78 %)MS Excel
21 (5.556 %)MS Office
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (11.11 %)Navision
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (33.33 %)LDAP
21 (5.556 %)SSL
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (16.67 %)SQL Server
21 (5.556 %)SQL Server 2005
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (38.89 %)Visual Studio
21 (5.556 %)LoadRunner
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (11.11 %)Retail
21 (5.556 %)Finance
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (83.33 %)Developer
26 (33.33 %)Software Developer
34 (22.22 %).NET Developer
43 (16.67 %)Web Developer
52 (11.11 %)Consultant
52 (11.11 %)Navision Developer
52 (11.11 %)Navision Consultant
61 (5.556 %)Senior .NET Web Developer
61 (5.556 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
61 (5.556 %).NET Web Developer
61 (5.556 %)Senior .NET Developer
61 (5.556 %)C# Developer
61 (5.556 %)Senior Web Developer
61 (5.556 %)ASP.NET Developer
61 (5.556 %)Software Architect
61 (5.556 %)Senior Developer
61 (5.556 %)Performance Tester
61 (5.556 %)Architect
61 (5.556 %)Tester
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.556 %)Windows
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (50.00 %)E-Commerce
26 (33.33 %)SOA
31 (5.556 %)Information Management
31 (5.556 %)Stress Testing
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (72.22 %)JavaScript
113 (72.22 %)C#
210 (55.56 %)SQL
33 (16.67 %)C
33 (16.67 %)Java
42 (11.11 %)Transact-SQL
51 (5.556 %)VB6
51 (5.556 %)Perl
51 (5.556 %)VBScript
51 (5.556 %)VB
51 (5.556 %)VB.NET
51 (5.556 %)DHTML
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.556 %)ISEB
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (72.22 %)Microsoft
21 (5.556 %)Citrix
21 (5.556 %)SAP
21 (5.556 %)Oracle