The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Luton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 17 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 Luton 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 10 9 -
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -
Contract jobs citing Web Services 7 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 9.333% 7.463% -
As % of the Application Development category 28.00% 38.46% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
Average daily rate £338 £350 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.57% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -18.75%
All Application Development
Luton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
25 13 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Luton 33.33% 19.40% 32.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 17 9 12
Average daily rate £325 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £310 £305
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £375 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Web Services
Bedfordshire

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Luton 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 Luton region.

Luton Web Services Daily Rate Trend

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 11 (57.89%) XML
2 10 (52.63%) SQL Server
2 10 (52.63%) .NET
3 9 (47.37%) C#
3 9 (47.37%) SQL
3 9 (47.37%) Internet
3 9 (47.37%) .NET Framework
4 8 (42.11%) QA
5 7 (36.84%) SQL Server 2005
5 7 (36.84%) SQL Server 2008
5 7 (36.84%) ISEB
5 7 (36.84%) Windows
5 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
6 6 (31.58%) TDD
7 5 (26.32%) Change Management
7 5 (26.32%) Bugzilla
7 5 (26.32%) ETL
7 5 (26.32%) Data Warehouse
7 5 (26.32%) Client/Server
7 5 (26.32%) FogBugz
7 5 (26.32%) ISTQB
7 5 (26.32%) Test Scripting
8 4 (21.05%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (21.05%) Test Automation
8 4 (21.05%) Risk Analysis
8 4 (21.05%) Refactoring
8 4 (21.05%) Unit Testing
8 4 (21.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 4 (21.05%) PrintSoft PReS
8 4 (21.05%) AOP

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Luton 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 11 (57.89%) XML
2 10 (52.63%) .NET
3 9 (47.37%) .NET Framework
4 2 (10.53%) jQuery
4 2 (10.53%) CSS
4 2 (10.53%) HTML
5 1 (5.263%) SOAP
5 1 (5.263%) J2EE
5 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET
5 1 (5.263%) J2ME
5 1 (5.263%) Ajax
5 1 (5.263%) NHibernate
5 1 (5.263%) HTML5
5 1 (5.263%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 1 (5.263%) iOS SDK
5 1 (5.263%) REST
5 1 (5.263%) JSON
5 1 (5.263%) WCF
5 1 (5.263%) WF
Application Platforms
1 4 (21.05%) SharePoint
2 2 (10.53%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (10.53%) SharePoint 2010
3 1 (5.263%) IIS
3 1 (5.263%) Papyrus
3 1 (5.263%) Exstream Dialogue
3 1 (5.263%) SharePoint Server
Applications
1 4 (21.05%) MS Excel
1 4 (21.05%) DOC1
1 4 (21.05%) PrintSoft PReS
Business Applications
1 4 (21.05%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 9 (47.37%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (52.63%) SQL Server
2 7 (36.84%) SQL Server 2005
2 7 (36.84%) SQL Server 2008
3 5 (26.32%) Data Warehouse
4 4 (21.05%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (10.53%) RDBMS
6 1 (5.263%) GIS
6 1 (5.263%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (5.263%) MySQL
6 1 (5.263%) SQLite
6 1 (5.263%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 5 (26.32%) Bugzilla
1 5 (26.32%) FogBugz
2 3 (15.79%) Team Foundation Server
3 1 (5.263%) PhoneGap
3 1 (5.263%) Appcelerator Titanium
3 1 (5.263%) Eclipse
3 1 (5.263%) Xcode
3 1 (5.263%) NUnit
3 1 (5.263%) Subversion
General
1 1 (5.263%) Aerospace
Job Titles
1 9 (47.37%) Developer
2 5 (26.32%) Analyst
2 5 (26.32%) Test Analyst
3 4 (21.05%) .NET Developer
3 4 (21.05%) QA Analyst
4 3 (15.79%) C# .NET Developer
4 3 (15.79%) C# Developer
4 3 (15.79%) Architect
4 3 (15.79%) Solutions Architect
5 2 (10.53%) Lead Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Agile .NET Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Mobile Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Senior Developer
6 1 (5.263%) Tester
6 1 (5.263%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Client/Server
2 4 (21.05%) N-Tier
3 3 (15.79%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (5.263%) Management Information System
4 1 (5.263%) Social Media
Operating Systems
1 7 (36.84%) Windows
2 1 (5.263%) Android
2 1 (5.263%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (31.58%) TDD
2 5 (26.32%) ETL
2 5 (26.32%) Change Management
2 5 (26.32%) Test Scripting
3 4 (21.05%) Continuous Integration
3 4 (21.05%) Test Automation
3 4 (21.05%) AOP
3 4 (21.05%) Unit Testing
3 4 (21.05%) SOA
3 4 (21.05%) Refactoring
3 4 (21.05%) Risk Analysis
4 3 (15.79%) Web Development
5 2 (10.53%) TOGAF
5 2 (10.53%) Content Management
5 2 (10.53%) OO
5 2 (10.53%) Project Management
5 2 (10.53%) Service Delivery
5 2 (10.53%) MVC
6 1 (5.263%) Workflow
6 1 (5.263%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 9 (47.37%) C#
1 9 (47.37%) SQL
2 2 (10.53%) Java
3 1 (5.263%) JavaScript
3 1 (5.263%) PHP
3 1 (5.263%) T-SQL
3 1 (5.263%) VB
3 1 (5.263%) VBA
3 1 (5.263%) VB6
Qualifications
1 7 (36.84%) ISEB
2 5 (26.32%) ISTQB
3 2 (10.53%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (42.11%) QA
Vendors
1 7 (36.84%) Microsoft
2 4 (21.05%) HP
3 3 (15.79%) Oracle
4 1 (5.263%) Google
4 1 (5.263%) XMPie