The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Nottingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 18 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 Nottingham 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 20 19 18
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -1
Contract jobs citing Web Services 16 12 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 5.351% 5.381% 4.898%
As % of the Application Development category 24.24% 15.38% 21.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 8 4
Average daily rate £298 £350 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% +4.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £274 £306
10% offered a daily rate of more than £433 £500 £385
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
- -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £27.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.00 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-7.69% -18.75%
All Application Development
Nottingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
66 78 56
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Nottingham 22.07% 34.98% 22.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 50 27
Average daily rate £290 £288 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.86% -4.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £240 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £435 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 1 1
Average hourly rate £30.00 £8.50 £9.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+252.94% -10.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -13.16%
Web Services
Nottinghamshire

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Nottingham 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 Nottingham region.

Nottingham Web Services Hourly Rate Trend

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 19 (47.50%) .NET
1 19 (47.50%) SQL Server
2 16 (40.00%) C#
2 16 (40.00%) Linux
3 12 (30.00%) ASP.NET
3 12 (30.00%) XML
4 11 (27.50%) WPF
5 10 (25.00%) Multithreading
5 10 (25.00%) Windows
5 10 (25.00%) SOA
5 10 (25.00%) REST
6 9 (22.50%) HTML
7 8 (20.00%) UNIX
7 8 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
8 7 (17.50%) Subversion
8 7 (17.50%) ESB
8 7 (17.50%) IIS
8 7 (17.50%) Middleware
8 7 (17.50%) Telecoms
8 7 (17.50%) Enterprise Software
9 6 (15.00%) Cisco Nexus
9 6 (15.00%) InterSystems
9 6 (15.00%) Tivoli
9 6 (15.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
9 6 (15.00%) TIBCO
9 6 (15.00%) Citrix
9 6 (15.00%) MetaFrame
9 6 (15.00%) Cisco
9 6 (15.00%) JavaScript
9 6 (15.00%) Apache

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Nottingham 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 19 (47.50%) .NET
2 12 (30.00%) ASP.NET
2 12 (30.00%) XML
3 11 (27.50%) WPF
4 10 (25.00%) REST
5 9 (22.50%) HTML
6 7 (17.50%) Middleware
7 6 (15.00%) jQuery
8 5 (12.50%) WebSphere
8 5 (12.50%) SOAP
8 5 (12.50%) WebSphere MQ
8 5 (12.50%) XSD
8 5 (12.50%) XSLT
9 4 (10.00%) WSDL
9 4 (10.00%) XML Schema
9 4 (10.00%) CSS
9 4 (10.00%) WinForms
10 2 (5.000%) Ajax
10 2 (5.000%) J2EE
10 2 (5.000%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 7 (17.50%) ESB
1 7 (17.50%) IIS
2 6 (15.00%) Apache
3 2 (5.000%) CMS
3 2 (5.000%) WebLogic
4 1 (2.500%) Drupal
4 1 (2.500%) Umbraco
4 1 (2.500%) WordPress
4 1 (2.500%) Kentico
Applications
1 1 (2.500%) Photoshop
1 1 (2.500%) Adobe Illustrator
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.00%) Cisco Nexus
2 4 (10.00%) HTTP
2 4 (10.00%) SSL
3 2 (5.000%) Internet
4 1 (2.500%) Firewall
4 1 (2.500%) BIG-IP
4 1 (2.500%) SAN
4 1 (2.500%) SNMP
4 1 (2.500%) TCP/IP
4 1 (2.500%) VPN
4 1 (2.500%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (47.50%) SQL Server
2 5 (12.50%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (10.00%) InterSystems Cache
3 4 (10.00%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (5.000%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (2.500%) VLDB
5 1 (2.500%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (2.500%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 7 (17.50%) Subversion
2 4 (10.00%) Visual Studio
3 2 (5.000%) Hudson
3 2 (5.000%) Maven
4 1 (2.500%) StyleCop
4 1 (2.500%) MbUnit
4 1 (2.500%) Eclipse
4 1 (2.500%) CruiseControl
General
1 7 (17.50%) Telecoms
2 4 (10.00%) Finance
3 2 (5.000%) Back Office
4 1 (2.500%) Advertising
4 1 (2.500%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (70.00%) Developer
2 12 (30.00%) .NET Developer
3 10 (25.00%) C# Developer
3 10 (25.00%) C# .NET Developer
4 8 (20.00%) ASP.NET Developer
5 7 (17.50%) SQL Developer
5 7 (17.50%) SQL Server Developer
5 7 (17.50%) C# ASP.NET Developer
6 5 (12.50%) SOA Developer
6 5 (12.50%) Systems Engineer
7 4 (10.00%) Database Developer
7 4 (10.00%) SQL Database Developer
8 3 (7.500%) Network Engineer
8 3 (7.500%) Web Developer
9 2 (5.000%) Consultant
9 2 (5.000%) Java Developer
9 2 (5.000%) Applications Developer
9 2 (5.000%) Server Engineer
9 2 (5.000%) C# Application Developer
9 2 (5.000%) .NET Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) Enterprise Software
2 5 (12.50%) DataPower
3 1 (2.500%) Smart Meter
3 1 (2.500%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 16 (40.00%) Linux
2 10 (25.00%) Windows
3 8 (20.00%) UNIX
4 1 (2.500%) Android
4 1 (2.500%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.500%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (25.00%) SOA
1 10 (25.00%) Multithreading
2 8 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (15.00%) Validation
3 6 (15.00%) Scrum
4 4 (10.00%) Service Delivery
5 3 (7.500%) Project Management
6 2 (5.000%) OO
6 2 (5.000%) E-Commerce
6 2 (5.000%) OOD
6 2 (5.000%) E-business
6 2 (5.000%) Content Management
6 2 (5.000%) BPEL
7 1 (2.500%) Web Development
7 1 (2.500%) TDD
7 1 (2.500%) MVVM
7 1 (2.500%) Continuous Improvement
7 1 (2.500%) Performance Improvement
7 1 (2.500%) Responsive Web Design
7 1 (2.500%) SEO
Programming Languages
1 16 (40.00%) C#
2 6 (15.00%) JavaScript
3 5 (12.50%) Perl
4 4 (10.00%) PHP
4 4 (10.00%) Java
4 4 (10.00%) XPath
5 3 (7.500%) SQL
6 1 (2.500%) VB.NET
6 1 (2.500%) PL/SQL
6 1 (2.500%) Groovy
6 1 (2.500%) C
System Software
1 6 (15.00%) MetaFrame
1 6 (15.00%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (15.00%) Tivoli
1 6 (15.00%) Tivoli Storage Manager
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Cisco
1 6 (15.00%) Citrix
1 6 (15.00%) TIBCO
1 6 (15.00%) InterSystems
1 6 (15.00%) VMware
2 3 (7.500%) IBM
2 3 (7.500%) F5
2 3 (7.500%) Twitter
3 2 (5.000%) Oracle
3 2 (5.000%) Microsoft
3 2 (5.000%) Google
4 1 (2.500%) Cordys
4 1 (2.500%) McAfee
4 1 (2.500%) Facebook