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This section looks at the demand for Web Services Description Language (WSDL) skills within the North West 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Services Description Language (WSDL)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank140137
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads31
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.289 %0.114 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£382-
Average daily rate£382-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£382-
UK excluding London average daily rate£370£339
% change on same period last year+9.00 %
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£31.75£32.50
% change on same period last year-2.30 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching contract IT job ads1039874
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.385 %0.884 %
Daily rates quoted202125
Average minimum daily rate£328£281
Average daily rate£348£308
% change on same period last year+12.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted9271
Average minimum hourly rate£28.57£24.82
Average hourly rate£31.45£27.83
% change on same period last year+13.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.32£30.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
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 West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West 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 West region.

North West WSDL Daily Rate Trend

WSDL
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSDL within the North West region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
CheshireNew entry-3£382-
WSDL EnglandWSDL
England

WSDL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

118 (94.74 %)HTML
118 (94.74 %)Java
118 (94.74 %)CSS
118 (94.74 %)SOAP
118 (94.74 %)WebServices
118 (94.74 %)XML
118 (94.74 %)JAX-RPC
214 (73.68 %)Finance
214 (73.68 %)J2EE
310 (52.63 %)HTTP
49 (47.37 %)JDBC
49 (47.37 %)EJB
49 (47.37 %)XSL
58 (42.11 %)Swing
58 (42.11 %)JSP
58 (42.11 %)Hibernate
58 (42.11 %)Spring
67 (36.84 %)Agile Software Development
67 (36.84 %)Middleware
67 (36.84 %)C++
67 (36.84 %)Integration Testing
76 (31.58 %)Oracle
84 (21.05 %)JIRA
93 (15.79 %)Banking
93 (15.79 %)AJAX
93 (15.79 %)XPath
93 (15.79 %)Tuxedo
93 (15.79 %)E-Commerce
102 (10.53 %)Client/Server
102 (10.53 %)International Banking

WSDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (94.74 %)HTML
118 (94.74 %)CSS
118 (94.74 %)SOAP
118 (94.74 %)WebServices
118 (94.74 %)XML
118 (94.74 %)JAX-RPC
214 (73.68 %)J2EE
39 (47.37 %)EJB
39 (47.37 %)JDBC
39 (47.37 %)XSL
48 (42.11 %)Swing
48 (42.11 %)JSP
48 (42.11 %)Hibernate
48 (42.11 %)Spring
57 (36.84 %)Middleware
63 (15.79 %)AJAX
71 (5.263 %)Apache Axis
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (15.79 %)Tuxedo
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (52.63 %)HTTP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (21.05 %)JIRA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (73.68 %)Finance
23 (15.79 %)Banking
32 (10.53 %)International Banking
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
113 (68.42 %)Software Engineer
26 (31.58 %)Developer
35 (26.32 %)Java Developer
43 (15.79 %)J2EE Developer
52 (10.53 %)Java Software Engineer
52 (10.53 %)Java/J2EE Developer
61 (5.263 %)Senior Developer
61 (5.263 %)Senior J2EE Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (10.53 %)Client/Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (36.84 %)Agile Software Development
17 (36.84 %)Integration Testing
23 (15.79 %)E-Commerce
31 (5.263 %)SOA
31 (5.263 %)Security Cleared
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (94.74 %)Java
27 (36.84 %)C++
33 (15.79 %)XPath
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.263 %)Degree
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (31.58 %)Oracle
21 (5.263 %)Perforce
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