The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Liverpool region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 23 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 Liverpool 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 21 15 14
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -1
Contract jobs citing Web Services 1 15 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 0.709% 8.108% 6.707%
As % of the Application Development category 2.703% 27.27% 40.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 9 5
Average daily rate £450 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+38.46% -7.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £340
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.75 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-5.38% -18.75%
All Application Development
Liverpool
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
37 55 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Liverpool 26.24% 29.73% 16.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 31 15
Average daily rate £375 £325 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+15.38% +18.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £275 £271
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £375 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 2 0
Average hourly rate £14.79 £11.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+28.58% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Web Services
Merseyside

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool 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 Liverpool region.

Liverpool Web Services Hourly Rate Trend

Web Services
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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 2 (66.67%) C#
1 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 2
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
2 1 (33.33%) MVC
2 1 (33.33%) Scrum
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (33.33%) WCF
2 1 (33.33%) jQuery
2 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
2 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
2 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
2 1 (33.33%) SQL

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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 2 (66.67%) .NET
1 2 (66.67%) ASP.NET
2 1 (33.33%) ASP.NET MVC 2
2 1 (33.33%) WCF
2 1 (33.33%) jQuery
2 1 (33.33%) CSS
2 1 (33.33%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) SharePoint
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server
1 2 (66.67%) SQL Server 2008
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2012
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2005
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 1 (33.33%) Visual Studio
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Test Manager
2 1 (33.33%) .NET Developer
2 1 (33.33%) Infrastructure Manager
2 1 (33.33%) Software Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) GAP Analysis
1 1 (33.33%) MVC
1 1 (33.33%) Scrum
1 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (33.33%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 2 (66.67%) C#
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) SC Cleared
1 1 (33.33%) Security Cleared
Liverpool, Merseyside
You will be responsible to the Test Programme Office for the management of all technical infrastructure testing from the initial data centre build out and installation of application...
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Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013