The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Peterborough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Services 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 Peterborough 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
Web Services
Rank 10 - 14
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Web Services 6 0 10
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough 6.316% - 9.009%
As % of the Application Development category 28.57% - 32.26%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 7
Average daily rate £475 - £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £450 - £295
10% offered a daily rate of more than £570 - £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £340
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +2.86%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.75 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-5.38% -18.75%
All Application Development
Peterborough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
21 21 31
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Peterborough 22.11% 23.86% 27.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 13 14
Average daily rate £350 £288 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.73% -17.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £275 £274
10% offered a daily rate of more than £473 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £30.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Web Services
Cambridgeshire

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Peterborough 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 Peterborough region.

Peterborough Web Services Hourly Rate Trend

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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 6 (60.00%) .NET
1 6 (60.00%) Middleware
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 4 (40.00%) BizTalk Server
2 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
2 4 (40.00%) J2EE
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle
2 4 (40.00%) WebSphere
2 4 (40.00%) Waterfall
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 3 (30.00%) HP Quality Center
3 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
3 3 (30.00%) Non-Functional Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Talend
3 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Test Management
3 3 (30.00%) System Testing
3 3 (30.00%) Time Management
3 3 (30.00%) Talend Open Studio
3 3 (30.00%) RAD
3 3 (30.00%) HP
3 3 (30.00%) Back Office
4 2 (20.00%) MVC
4 2 (20.00%) Unified Process
4 2 (20.00%) Retail
4 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
4 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
4 2 (20.00%) Service Management
4 2 (20.00%) C#

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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 6 (60.00%) .NET
1 6 (60.00%) Middleware
2 4 (40.00%) J2EE
2 4 (40.00%) WebSphere
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle Fusion
3 2 (20.00%) WCF
Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (20.00%) ESB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Talend Open Studio
General
1 6 (60.00%) Finance
2 3 (30.00%) Back Office
3 2 (20.00%) Retail
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Architect
2 3 (30.00%) Test Programme Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Programme Manager
2 3 (30.00%) Test Manager
3 2 (20.00%) .NET Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Data Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Applications Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Developer
3 2 (20.00%) Integration Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Designer
4 1 (10.00%) Java Architect
4 1 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Waterfall
2 3 (30.00%) Test Strategy
2 3 (30.00%) Non-Functional Testing
2 3 (30.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Integration Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Test Management
2 3 (30.00%) System Testing
2 3 (30.00%) Time Management
2 3 (30.00%) RAD
3 2 (20.00%) MVC
3 2 (20.00%) Unified Process
3 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 2 (20.00%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (20.00%) Service Management
3 2 (20.00%) RUP
3 2 (20.00%) Data Modelling
3 2 (20.00%) ITIL
4 1 (10.00%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 2 (20.00%) C#
2 1 (10.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Systems Management
1 3 (30.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Microsoft
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle
2 3 (30.00%) Talend
2 3 (30.00%) HP
3 2 (20.00%) webMethods
4 1 (10.00%) TIBCO
4 1 (10.00%) Informatica
4 1 (10.00%) Ab Initio