Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

The table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills within the Midlands 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
Rank3949
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads2033
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.033 %
As % of the category below10.81 %9.538 %
Daily rates quoted54
Average minimum daily rate£324£300
Average daily rate£331£304
% change on same period last year+8.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£338£308
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£347
% change on same period last year+2.39 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£30.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.88£31.73
% change on same period last year+3.63 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads185346
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.263 %0.349 %
Daily rates quoted2941
Average minimum daily rate£329£345
Average daily rate£344£359
% change on same period last year-3.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted110
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£24.68
Average hourly rate£30.00£25.46
% change on same period last year+17.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£26.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£32.06
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
WebServices EnglandWebServices
England

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

Midlands 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 Midlands region.

Midlands WebServices Daily Rate Trend

WebServices
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebServices across the Midlands region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Midlands WebServices Daily Rate Histogram

WebServices
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WebServices across the Midlands region.

Midlands WebServices Hourly Rate Trend

WebServices
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

131 (67.39 %).NET
227 (58.70 %)ASP.NET
326 (56.52 %)XML
424 (52.17 %)C#
517 (36.96 %)Oracle
616 (34.78 %)SQL Server
714 (30.43 %)CSS
813 (28.26 %)UML
813 (28.26 %)JavaScript
813 (28.26 %)Microsoft
912 (26.09 %)Java
912 (26.09 %)AJAX
1011 (23.91 %)SQL
1011 (23.91 %)SOAP
119 (19.57 %)Windows
119 (19.57 %)Agile Software Development
119 (19.57 %)ASP.NET 2.0
128 (17.39 %)PL/SQL
128 (17.39 %)HTML
128 (17.39 %)VB.NET
137 (15.22 %)OO
137 (15.22 %)XHTML
146 (13.04 %)J2EE
146 (13.04 %)Web Development
146 (13.04 %)NHS
155 (10.87 %)Hibernate
155 (10.87 %)WinForms
155 (10.87 %).NET Framework
155 (10.87 %)SQL Server 2005
155 (10.87 %)Spring

WebServices
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
131 (67.39 %).NET
227 (58.70 %)ASP.NET
326 (56.52 %)XML
414 (30.43 %)CSS
512 (26.09 %)AJAX
611 (23.91 %)SOAP
79 (19.57 %)ASP.NET 2.0
88 (17.39 %)HTML
97 (15.22 %)XHTML
106 (13.04 %)J2EE
115 (10.87 %)Hibernate
115 (10.87 %)WinForms
115 (10.87 %)Spring
115 (10.87 %).NET Framework
123 (6.522 %).NET Remoting
123 (6.522 %)XSL
132 (4.348 %)Middleware
132 (4.348 %)Web Dynpro
141 (2.174 %)SAP PI
141 (2.174 %)JSTL
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (10.87 %)IIS
15 (10.87 %)SharePoint
24 (8.696 %)Apache
24 (8.696 %)Tomcat
33 (6.522 %)BizTalk Server
42 (4.348 %)NetWeaver
51 (2.174 %)SharePoint Server 2007
51 (2.174 %)MQSeries
51 (2.174 %)Lotus Notes
51 (2.174 %)Lotus Domino
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (10.87 %)MS Excel
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (4.348 %)LAN
12 (4.348 %)WAN
12 (4.348 %)SAN
12 (4.348 %)MPLS
12 (4.348 %)Firewall
21 (2.174 %)Intranet
21 (2.174 %)HTTP
21 (2.174 %)TCP/IP
21 (2.174 %)HTTPS
21 (2.174 %)SSL
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
116 (34.78 %)SQL Server
25 (10.87 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (2.174 %)Crystal Reports
31 (2.174 %)Oracle 10g
31 (2.174 %)SQL Server 2000
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (8.696 %)Eclipse
23 (6.522 %)Subversion
32 (4.348 %)Visual Studio
41 (2.174 %)Oracle Forms
41 (2.174 %)Log4j
41 (2.174 %)NUnit
41 (2.174 %)Rational Performance Tester
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (2.174 %)Finance
11 (2.174 %)Health
11 (2.174 %)Publishing
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
130 (65.22 %)Developer
29 (19.57 %).NET Developer
36 (13.04 %)Architect
36 (13.04 %)Web Developer
45 (10.87 %)Java Developer
54 (8.696 %)Senior Developer
54 (8.696 %)J2EE Developer
54 (8.696 %)Consultant
54 (8.696 %)Senior .NET Developer
54 (8.696 %)Java/J2EE Developer
54 (8.696 %)SharePoint Developer
63 (6.522 %)Software Developer
63 (6.522 %)Technical Architect
72 (4.348 %)Applications Consultant
72 (4.348 %)Systems Analyst
72 (4.348 %)Solutions Architect
72 (4.348 %)Software Engineer
72 (4.348 %)Analyst
72 (4.348 %)SAP Developer
72 (4.348 %)C# Developer
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (13.04 %)NHS
24 (8.696 %)N-Tier
24 (8.696 %)Web 2.0
33 (6.522 %)W3C
41 (2.174 %)Mainframe
41 (2.174 %)Replication
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19 (19.57 %)Windows
24 (8.696 %)Linux
32 (4.348 %)UNIX
32 (4.348 %)AIX
32 (4.348 %)HPUX
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (28.26 %)UML
29 (19.57 %)Agile Software Development
37 (15.22 %)OO
46 (13.04 %)Web Development
55 (10.87 %)SOA
64 (8.696 %)Scrum
64 (8.696 %)RAD
64 (8.696 %)RUP
73 (6.522 %)EAI
73 (6.522 %)OOP
73 (6.522 %)Workflow
73 (6.522 %)Enterprise Architecture
82 (4.348 %)Yourdon
82 (4.348 %)TDD
82 (4.348 %)Content Management
82 (4.348 %)SSADM
82 (4.348 %)Data Modelling
82 (4.348 %)OOD
91 (2.174 %)Validation
91 (2.174 %)Web Design
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
124 (52.17 %)C#
213 (28.26 %)JavaScript
312 (26.09 %)Java
411 (23.91 %)SQL
58 (17.39 %)VB.NET
58 (17.39 %)PL/SQL
62 (4.348 %)Transact-SQL
62 (4.348 %)Perl
71 (2.174 %)VBScript
71 (2.174 %)ABAP
71 (2.174 %)LotusScript
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (4.348 %)Oracle RAC
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (2.174 %)CA SiteMinder
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
117 (36.96 %)Oracle
213 (28.26 %)Microsoft
33 (6.522 %)SAP
42 (4.348 %)Sun
42 (4.348 %)IBM
42 (4.348 %)Agresso
51 (2.174 %)Lotus
51 (2.174 %)Cisco