The first table below looks at the demand for UDDI skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited UDDI over the 3 months to 22 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 London 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI)
Rank 386 410 423
Rank change year-on-year
+24 +13
Contract jobs citing UDDI 1 8 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.005% 0.029% 0.033%
As % of the Application Development category 0.016% 0.104% 0.107%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 10
Average daily rate £475 £450 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.55% +38.46%
UK excluding London average daily rate - - £600
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6387 7659 9377
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 29.04% 28.01% 30.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 4619 5048 6312
Average daily rate £405 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.25% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £280 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 106 136
Average hourly rate £41.50 £34.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.05% -2.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £15.90 £17.55
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £47.50 £57.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
UDDI
England

UDDI
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London UDDI Jobs Demand Trend

UDDI
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing UDDI across the London region.

London UDDI Daily Rate Trend

UDDI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing UDDI 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 UDDI.

1 7 (100.00%) SOAP
1 7 (100.00%) Web Services
1 7 (100.00%) XML
2 6 (85.71%) SOA
3 5 (71.43%) WSDL
3 5 (71.43%) .NET
4 4 (57.14%) HTTP
4 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
4 4 (57.14%) ESB
5 3 (42.86%) BPEL
5 3 (42.86%) WF
5 3 (42.86%) BizTalk Server
5 3 (42.86%) WS-I
5 3 (42.86%) XSD
6 2 (28.57%) J2EE
6 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
6 2 (28.57%) HTTPS
6 2 (28.57%) SQL
6 2 (28.57%) ITIL
6 2 (28.57%) Windows
6 2 (28.57%) UML
6 2 (28.57%) ISEB
6 2 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
6 2 (28.57%) TestDirector
6 2 (28.57%) QuickTest Pro
6 2 (28.57%) LoadRunner
6 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management
6 2 (28.57%) Service Management
6 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
6 2 (28.57%) BPMN

UDDI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing UDDI 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 UDDI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (100.00%) SOAP
1 7 (100.00%) Web Services
1 7 (100.00%) XML
2 5 (71.43%) WSDL
2 5 (71.43%) .NET
3 3 (42.86%) WF
3 3 (42.86%) WS-I
3 3 (42.86%) XSD
4 2 (28.57%) J2EE
4 2 (28.57%) .NET Framework
4 2 (28.57%) HTML5
4 2 (28.57%) WCF
5 1 (14.29%) WebSphere
5 1 (14.29%) JAXB
5 1 (14.29%) SAX
5 1 (14.29%) ASP.NET
5 1 (14.29%) DOM
5 1 (14.29%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) ESB
2 3 (42.86%) BizTalk Server
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) HTTP
2 2 (28.57%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (28.57%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) TestDirector
1 2 (28.57%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (28.57%) LoadRunner
1 2 (28.57%) JMeter
General
1 2 (28.57%) Retail
2 1 (14.29%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Architect
2 3 (42.86%) Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Tester
3 2 (28.57%) Solutions Architect
3 2 (28.57%) SOA Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Architect
4 1 (14.29%) BizTalk Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (14.29%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 2 (28.57%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (85.71%) SOA
2 3 (42.86%) BPEL
3 2 (28.57%) ITIL
3 2 (28.57%) UML
3 2 (28.57%) Configuration Management
3 2 (28.57%) Service Management
3 2 (28.57%) BPMN
3 2 (28.57%) Change Control
3 2 (28.57%) Zachman Framework
3 2 (28.57%) TOGAF
3 2 (28.57%) Workflow
3 2 (28.57%) Software Testing
3 2 (28.57%) Enterprise Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Test Management
4 1 (14.29%) Quality Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (28.57%) SQL
2 1 (14.29%) C#
Qualifications
1 2 (28.57%) ISEB
1 2 (28.57%) ITIL Certification
1 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
1 2 (28.57%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (28.57%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Microsoft