The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Northamptonshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 29 37 -
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -
Contract jobs citing Web Services 5 4 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 1.946% 1.108% -
As % of the Application Development category 12.50% 5.479% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 3 0
Average daily rate £338 £240 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+40.62% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £350
% change year-on-year
-1.51% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -18.75%
All Application Development
Northamptonshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
40 73 28
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 15.56% 20.22% 8.140%
Number of daily rates quoted 28 53 15
Average daily rate £325 £250 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+30.00% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £223 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £300 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 - £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
Web Services
East Midlands

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northamptonshire 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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Web Services Daily Rate Trend

Web Services
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Services across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Northamptonshire Web Services Daily Rate Histogram

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 Northamptonshire region.

Northamptonshire Web Services Hourly Rate Trend

Web Services
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Services within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Northampton +7 5 £338 -15.62%
Corby - - - -
Web Services
East Midlands

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 3 (60.00%) HTML
1 3 (60.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (40.00%) .NET
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio
2 2 (40.00%) ADO.NET
2 2 (40.00%) CSS
2 2 (40.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) Windows
2 2 (40.00%) UML
2 2 (40.00%) CRM
2 2 (40.00%) SOA
2 2 (40.00%) ETL
2 2 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (40.00%) Retail
2 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 2 (40.00%) Finance
2 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 2 (40.00%) WCF
2 2 (40.00%) LINQ
2 2 (40.00%) JSON
2 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
2 2 (40.00%) REST
3 1 (20.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (20.00%) LINQ to SQL

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 3 (60.00%) HTML
2 2 (40.00%) .NET
2 2 (40.00%) ADO.NET
2 2 (40.00%) CSS
2 2 (40.00%) XML
2 2 (40.00%) WCF
2 2 (40.00%) LINQ
2 2 (40.00%) JSON
2 2 (40.00%) REST
3 1 (20.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
3 1 (20.00%) LINQ to SQL
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Framework
3 1 (20.00%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Windows Azure
1 1 (20.00%) Amazon AWS
Business Applications
1 1 (20.00%) Dynamics CRM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) Visual Studio
General
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
1 2 (40.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Architect
2 2 (40.00%) .NET Developer
2 2 (40.00%) C# Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (40.00%) C# .NET Developer
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) C# Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Architect
3 1 (20.00%) C# Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) Java Architect
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Java Architect
3 1 (20.00%) C# Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) .NET Programmer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Cloud Computing
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) UML
1 2 (40.00%) CRM
1 2 (40.00%) SOA
1 2 (40.00%) ETL
1 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (40.00%) TOGAF
1 2 (40.00%) Stakeholder Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) Java
2 2 (40.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) C
Vendors
1 2 (40.00%) Microsoft