The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Shropshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 17 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 Shropshire 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 13 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Web Services 9 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 7.965% - -
As % of the Application Development category 33.33% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £565 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -18.75%
All Application Development
Shropshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
27 41 30
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Shropshire 23.89% 32.80% 27.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 29 18
Average daily rate £560 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+72.30% -7.14%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £11.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Web Services
West Midlands

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire Web Services Daily Rate Trend

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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Telford - 5 £565 -
Web Services
West Midlands

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 7 (53.85%) Java
1 7 (53.85%) UML
1 7 (53.85%) SOA
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 6 (46.15%) OOA/OOD
2 6 (46.15%) SQL
2 6 (46.15%) .NET
2 6 (46.15%) Pega
3 5 (38.46%) PL/SQL
3 5 (38.46%) C#
3 5 (38.46%) ASP.NET
3 5 (38.46%) XML
4 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
5 2 (15.38%) MS Office
5 2 (15.38%) BizTalk Server
5 2 (15.38%) Windows
6 1 (7.692%) Windows 2000
6 1 (7.692%) OO
6 1 (7.692%) MQSeries
6 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
6 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
6 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
6 1 (7.692%) COBOL
6 1 (7.692%) J2EE
6 1 (7.692%) Oracle
6 1 (7.692%) VB
6 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
6 1 (7.692%) Internet
6 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
6 1 (7.692%) LAN

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Shropshire 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 (46.15%) .NET
2 5 (38.46%) ASP.NET
2 5 (38.46%) XML
3 1 (7.692%) Windows SharePoint Services
3 1 (7.692%) .NET Framework
3 1 (7.692%) WCF
3 1 (7.692%) REST
3 1 (7.692%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 2 (15.38%) BizTalk Server
2 1 (7.692%) Exchange Server 2003
2 1 (7.692%) SharePoint Server
2 1 (7.692%) MQSeries
2 1 (7.692%) SharePoint
2 1 (7.692%) MS Exchange
Applications
1 2 (15.38%) MS Office
2 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 1 (7.692%) LAN
1 1 (7.692%) TCP/IP
1 1 (7.692%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (30.77%) SQL Server
2 1 (7.692%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (7.692%) Oracle 11g
General
1 1 (7.692%) Swedish Language
Job Titles
1 7 (53.85%) Architect
2 6 (46.15%) Lead Architect
3 5 (38.46%) Developer
4 4 (30.77%) .NET Developer
4 4 (30.77%) Senior Developer
4 4 (30.77%) Senior .NET Developer
5 1 (7.692%) BizTalk Developer
5 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) BizTalk Administrator
5 1 (7.692%) Support Engineer
5 1 (7.692%) 2nd Line Support
5 1 (7.692%) Administrator
5 1 (7.692%) Applications Architect
5 1 (7.692%) Software Architect
Operating Systems
1 2 (15.38%) Windows
2 1 (7.692%) Windows 2000
2 1 (7.692%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) UML
1 7 (53.85%) SOA
2 6 (46.15%) OOA/OOD
3 1 (7.692%) OO
3 1 (7.692%) TOGAF
3 1 (7.692%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 7 (53.85%) Java
2 6 (46.15%) SQL
3 5 (38.46%) PL/SQL
3 5 (38.46%) C#
4 1 (7.692%) COBOL
4 1 (7.692%) VB
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 7 (53.85%) Microsoft
2 6 (46.15%) Pega
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle
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