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The table below looks at the demand for Web Services Description Language (WSDL) skills within the North East region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WSDL over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Services Description Language (WSDL)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank42-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.000 %
As % of the category below4.878 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted30
Average minimum daily rate£358-
Average daily rate£408-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£458-
UK excluding London average daily rate£410£343
% change on same period last year+19.76 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North East
Matching contract IT job ads123226
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.198 %0.243 %
Daily rates quoted1662
Average minimum daily rate£307£298
Average daily rate£334£308
% change on same period last year+8.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£318
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted629
Average minimum hourly rate£26.10£30.28
Average hourly rate£28.30£31.76
% change on same period last year-10.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.50£33.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
WSDL EnglandWSDL
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.

WSDL
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WSDL across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North East WSDL Demand Trend

WSDL
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WSDL across the North East region.

North East WSDL Daily Rate Trend

WSDL
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WSDL across the North East region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008.

North East WSDL Daily Rate Histogram

WSDL
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSDL within the North East region over the 3 months to 2 December 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
TeessideNew entry-4£425-
Tyne and WearNew entry-1£400-
DurhamNew entry-1£400-
WSDL EnglandWSDL
England

WSDL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing WSDL 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 WSDL.

16 (100.00 %).NET
16 (100.00 %)WebServices
25 (83.33 %)SOAP
25 (83.33 %)Oracle
25 (83.33 %)SQL
34 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
42 (33.33 %)HTTP
42 (33.33 %)HTTPS
42 (33.33 %)XML
42 (33.33 %)Multimedia
42 (33.33 %)JSP
42 (33.33 %)VB.NET
42 (33.33 %)UNIX
42 (33.33 %)Solaris
42 (33.33 %)Linux
42 (33.33 %)Apache
42 (33.33 %)Tomcat
42 (33.33 %)SQL Server
42 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
42 (33.33 %)ASP
42 (33.33 %)HTML
42 (33.33 %)Perl
42 (33.33 %)PHP
51 (16.67 %)PL/SQL
51 (16.67 %)Oracle 9i
51 (16.67 %)FTP
51 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (16.67 %)ODBC
51 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
51 (16.67 %)Intranet

WSDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing WSDL 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 WSDL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %).NET
16 (100.00 %)WebServices
25 (83.33 %)SOAP
34 (66.67 %)ASP.NET
42 (33.33 %)JSP
42 (33.33 %)ASP
42 (33.33 %)HTML
42 (33.33 %)XML
51 (16.67 %)ODBC
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (33.33 %)Apache
12 (33.33 %)Tomcat
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (33.33 %)HTTP
12 (33.33 %)HTTPS
21 (16.67 %)Intranet
21 (16.67 %)TELNET
21 (16.67 %)FTP
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (33.33 %)SQL Server
21 (16.67 %)Oracle 9i
21 (16.67 %)Oracle 10g
21 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (16.67 %)SQL Server 2005
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (33.33 %)Visual Studio
North East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (33.33 %)Multimedia
21 (16.67 %)Telecoms
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (83.33 %)Developer
23 (50.00 %)Applications Developer
31 (16.67 %)Programmer
31 (16.67 %).NET Developer
31 (16.67 %)Perl Developer
31 (16.67 %)Perl Programmer
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (33.33 %)UNIX
12 (33.33 %)Solaris
12 (33.33 %)Linux
North East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (83.33 %)SQL
22 (33.33 %)VB.NET
22 (33.33 %)Perl
22 (33.33 %)PHP
31 (16.67 %)PL/SQL
North East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (83.33 %)Oracle