The first table below looks at the demand for RESTful skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited RESTful over the 3 months to 23 May 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 Oxfordshire 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
RESTful
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing RESTful 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire - - -
As % of the Application Development category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £345 £325 £388
% change year-on-year
+6.15% -16.12%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £37.50 -
All Application Development
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
96 192 199
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 21.29% 30.87% 42.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 54 100 119
Average daily rate £320 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £205 £225 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £450 £388
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 10 5
Average hourly rate £23.75 £30.00 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.83% +20.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
RESTful
South East

RESTful
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire RESTful Jobs Demand Trend

RESTful
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing RESTful across the Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire RESTful Daily Rate Trend

RESTful
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing RESTful 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 RESTful.

1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) OO
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (50.00%) MVC
2 1 (50.00%) Publishing
2 1 (50.00%) Objective-C
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Degree
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) SQLite
2 1 (50.00%) Android
2 1 (50.00%) HTML5
2 1 (50.00%) Memory Management
2 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (50.00%) iOS SDK
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Media
2 1 (50.00%) HTTP
2 1 (50.00%) OOA/OOD
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services

RESTful
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire region citing RESTful 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 RESTful. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) XML
1 2 (100.00%) JSON
2 1 (50.00%) HTML5
2 1 (50.00%) iOS SDK
2 1 (50.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) Web Services
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) SQLite
General
1 1 (50.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Developer
2 1 (50.00%) Android Developer
2 1 (50.00%) iOS Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (50.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Android
1 1 (50.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) OO
2 1 (50.00%) MVC
2 1 (50.00%) TDD
2 1 (50.00%) Automated Testing
2 1 (50.00%) Memory Management
2 1 (50.00%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 1 (50.00%) Objective-C
1 1 (50.00%) C
1 1 (50.00%) C++
1 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree