The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Maidenhead region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 24 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 Maidenhead 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 16 13 13
Rank change year-on-year
-3 0
Contract jobs citing Web Services 3 1 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 3.846% 1.250% 2.151%
As % of the Application Development category 13.64% 8.333% 18.18%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £370 - £213
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £345
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +1.44%
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
Maidenhead
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
22 12 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Maidenhead 28.21% 15.00% 11.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 4 8
Average daily rate £275 £375 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-26.66% +8.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £375 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £425 £381
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
Berkshire

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead 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 Maidenhead region.

Maidenhead Web Services Hourly Rate Trend

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead 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 8 (72.73%) Service Delivery
1 8 (72.73%) Marketing
2 7 (63.64%) Digital Marketing
3 6 (54.55%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (45.45%) Analytics
5 3 (27.27%) Degree
5 3 (27.27%) Drupal
6 2 (18.18%) Multithreading
6 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (18.18%) Java
6 2 (18.18%) UNIX
7 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (9.091%) Windows
7 1 (9.091%) Solaris
7 1 (9.091%) Linux
7 1 (9.091%) CRM
7 1 (9.091%) Client/Server
7 1 (9.091%) SMS
7 1 (9.091%) SMTP
7 1 (9.091%) FTP
7 1 (9.091%) HTTP
7 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
7 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
7 1 (9.091%) Configuration Management
7 1 (9.091%) SQL
7 1 (9.091%) Ant
7 1 (9.091%) JDBC
7 1 (9.091%) ITIL
7 1 (9.091%) Service Management
7 1 (9.091%) Change Management

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Maidenhead 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 1 (9.091%) JDBC
1 1 (9.091%) Hibernate
1 1 (9.091%) JPA
Application Platforms
1 3 (27.27%) Drupal
2 1 (9.091%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (9.091%) SMS
1 1 (9.091%) SMTP
1 1 (9.091%) FTP
1 1 (9.091%) HTTP
1 1 (9.091%) TCP/IP
Development Applications
1 1 (9.091%) Ant
1 1 (9.091%) Subversion
1 1 (9.091%) Maven
General
1 8 (72.73%) Marketing
2 1 (9.091%) Finance
2 1 (9.091%) Retail
Job Titles
1 4 (36.36%) Digital Marketing Specialist
2 2 (18.18%) Java Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Project Manager
2 2 (18.18%) Developer
2 2 (18.18%) Digital Project Manager
3 1 (9.091%) Applications Manager
Miscellaneous
1 1 (9.091%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (9.091%) Client/Server
1 1 (9.091%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 2 (18.18%) UNIX
2 1 (9.091%) Windows
2 1 (9.091%) Solaris
2 1 (9.091%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (72.73%) Service Delivery
2 7 (63.64%) Digital Marketing
3 6 (54.55%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (45.45%) Analytics
5 2 (18.18%) Multithreading
5 2 (18.18%) Stakeholder Management
6 1 (9.091%) CRM
6 1 (9.091%) Business Intelligence
6 1 (9.091%) Configuration Management
6 1 (9.091%) ITIL
6 1 (9.091%) Service Management
6 1 (9.091%) Change Management
6 1 (9.091%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (9.091%) TDD
6 1 (9.091%) Supplier Management
6 1 (9.091%) High Availability
Programming Languages
1 2 (18.18%) Java
2 1 (9.091%) SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (27.27%) Degree