The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 24 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 South East 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 53 40 46
Rank change year-on-year
-13 +6
Contract jobs citing Web Services 252 357 343
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 3.233% 3.519% 3.306%
As % of the Application Development category 13.30% 15.71% 12.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 139 203 156
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £274 £275 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £475 £459
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £345
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +1.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 12 7 18
Average hourly rate £36.50 £40.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-8.75% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.13 £30.50 £36.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.25 £40.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £30.75 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-5.38% -18.75%
All Application Development
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1895 2272 2721
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.31% 22.39% 26.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1005 1122 1263
Average daily rate £350 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 103 197
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £17.50 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £41.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Web Services
England

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East Web Services Hourly Rate Trend

Web Services
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Web Services across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Web Services Hourly Rate Histogram

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 South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Berkshire +29 71 £375 -
Hampshire +3 68 £350 +7.69%
Buckinghamshire +18 39 £425 +41.66%
Surrey -24 29 £388 +10.71%
West Sussex -5 19 £353 -6.00%
Kent -3 11 £287 -4.41%
Oxfordshire -11 5 £500 +48.14%
East Sussex +3 3 £343 -13.29%
Middlesex 0 2 £355 -11.25%
Thames Valley +8 1 - -
Web Services
England

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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.

1 200 (39.37%) .NET
1 200 (39.37%) XML
2 185 (36.42%) SQL Server
3 181 (35.63%) Java
4 170 (33.46%) SQL
5 169 (33.27%) C#
6 136 (26.77%) JavaScript
7 134 (26.38%) CSS
8 127 (25.00%) jQuery
9 125 (24.61%) SOAP
10 111 (21.85%) HTML
11 108 (21.26%) MVC
12 101 (19.88%) REST
13 97 (19.09%) WCF
14 96 (18.90%) ASP.NET
14 96 (18.90%) Windows
15 95 (18.70%) UML
15 95 (18.70%) SOA
16 94 (18.50%) Microsoft
17 91 (17.91%) Oracle
17 91 (17.91%) Agile Software Development
18 90 (17.72%) JSON
19 88 (17.32%) TDD
20 84 (16.54%) Scrum
21 82 (16.14%) BDD
22 77 (15.16%) Spring
23 74 (14.57%) Hibernate
24 69 (13.58%) Web Development
25 62 (12.20%) JUnit
26 58 (11.42%) JMS

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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
1 200 (39.37%) .NET
1 200 (39.37%) XML
2 134 (26.38%) CSS
3 127 (25.00%) jQuery
4 125 (24.61%) SOAP
5 111 (21.85%) HTML
6 101 (19.88%) REST
7 97 (19.09%) WCF
8 96 (18.90%) ASP.NET
9 90 (17.72%) JSON
10 77 (15.16%) Spring
11 74 (14.57%) Hibernate
12 58 (11.42%) JMS
13 57 (11.22%) JSP
14 53 (10.43%) EJB
14 53 (10.43%) Java EE
15 52 (10.24%) J2EE
16 49 (9.646%) JPA
17 47 (9.252%) Spring MVC
18 45 (8.858%) JAXB
Application Platforms
1 51 (10.04%) ESB
2 49 (9.646%) IIS
3 44 (8.661%) SharePoint
4 40 (7.874%) Apache
5 39 (7.677%) BizTalk Server
6 23 (4.528%) WebLogic
7 22 (4.331%) SharePoint Server
8 20 (3.937%) WebSphere Application Server
8 20 (3.937%) CMS
8 20 (3.937%) Windows Azure
9 16 (3.150%) Tomcat
10 12 (2.362%) Amazon AWS
10 12 (2.362%) Drupal
11 11 (2.165%) Adobe CQ
11 11 (2.165%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 10 (1.969%) SharePoint 2010
12 10 (1.969%) IBM HTTP Server
13 9 (1.772%) Oracle Service Bus
14 8 (1.575%) ArcGIS
15 7 (1.378%) WebSphere Process Server
Applications
1 42 (8.268%) MS Excel
2 28 (5.512%) MS Office
3 5 (0.984%) MS Visio
3 5 (0.984%) MS Project
4 4 (0.787%) MS PowerPoint
5 2 (0.394%) InfoPath
6 1 (0.197%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 13 (2.559%) Dynamics CRM
2 8 (1.575%) TIBCO iProcess
2 8 (1.575%) BusinessWorks
2 8 (1.575%) SalesLogix
2 8 (1.575%) Staffware
3 5 (0.984%) Dynamics AX
4 4 (0.787%) HFM
5 3 (0.591%) Remedy ITSM
5 3 (0.591%) Remedy AR System
6 2 (0.394%) Oracle BPM
6 2 (0.394%) SAP PSCD
6 2 (0.394%) SAP Oil and Gas
6 2 (0.394%) SAP CRM
6 2 (0.394%) Pivotal CRM
Communications & Networking
1 24 (4.724%) HTTP
2 16 (3.150%) TCP/IP
3 13 (2.559%) SAN
4 12 (2.362%) LAN
5 11 (2.165%) Firewall
6 10 (1.969%) LDAP
7 9 (1.772%) Intranet
7 9 (1.772%) Internet
8 5 (0.984%) DNS
8 5 (0.984%) HTTPS
9 4 (0.787%) SSL
10 3 (0.591%) SMS
10 3 (0.591%) GSM
10 3 (0.591%) CDMA
10 3 (0.591%) VPN
10 3 (0.591%) DHCP
10 3 (0.591%) Extranet
10 3 (0.591%) Network Security
11 2 (0.394%) FTP
11 2 (0.394%) UMTS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 185 (36.42%) SQL Server
2 57 (11.22%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 49 (9.646%) SQL Server 2005
4 47 (9.252%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 46 (9.055%) SQL Server 2008
6 25 (4.921%) Oracle 11g
7 24 (4.724%) MySQL
8 20 (3.937%) NoSQL
9 14 (2.756%) SQL Server 2000
10 12 (2.362%) IDOL
11 11 (2.165%) Oracle 8/8i
12 9 (1.772%) DTS
12 9 (1.772%) Oracle Reports
13 8 (1.575%) Oracle 10g
13 8 (1.575%) GIS
13 8 (1.575%) OLAP
14 5 (0.984%) Data Warehouse
14 5 (0.984%) Crystal Reports
14 5 (0.984%) RDBMS
15 4 (0.787%) DbVisualizer
Development Applications
1 62 (12.20%) JUnit
2 56 (11.02%) Maven
3 54 (10.63%) Visual Studio
4 53 (10.43%) Git (software)
5 45 (8.858%) Selenium
6 36 (7.087%) Mockito
7 35 (6.890%) Eclipse
8 34 (6.693%) Subversion
8 34 (6.693%) Team Foundation Server
9 32 (6.299%) SpecFlow
10 20 (3.937%) Jenkins
11 18 (3.543%) JIRA
12 13 (2.559%) JBehave
12 13 (2.559%) FitNesse
13 10 (1.969%) Ant
14 8 (1.575%) WebDriver
14 8 (1.575%) ReSharper
14 8 (1.575%) JMeter
15 6 (1.181%) Cucumber
15 6 (1.181%) MSTest
General
1 52 (10.24%) Finance
2 42 (8.268%) Telecoms
3 30 (5.906%) Banking
4 23 (4.528%) Marketing
5 11 (2.165%) Games
6 8 (1.575%) Retail
7 5 (0.984%) Manufacturing
8 4 (0.787%) Publishing
8 4 (0.787%) Electronics
9 2 (0.394%) Investment Banking
9 2 (0.394%) Spanish Language
9 2 (0.394%) Law
9 2 (0.394%) Back Office
9 2 (0.394%) Billing
10 1 (0.197%) Automotive
10 1 (0.197%) Retail Banking
10 1 (0.197%) Local Government
10 1 (0.197%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 304 (59.84%) Developer
2 85 (16.73%) Java Developer
3 83 (16.34%) .NET Developer
4 51 (10.04%) Architect
5 34 (6.693%) C# Developer
6 32 (6.299%) C# .NET Developer
7 30 (5.906%) Programmer
8 29 (5.709%) Analyst
9 22 (4.331%) Designer
10 21 (4.134%) Solutions Architect
11 20 (3.937%) Senior Developer
12 19 (3.740%) Administrator
13 17 (3.346%) Technical Leader
13 17 (3.346%) Oracle Developer
13 17 (3.346%) Consultant
14 16 (3.150%) Test Analyst
14 16 (3.150%) .NET Programmer
15 14 (2.756%) Web Developer
16 13 (2.559%) SharePoint Developer
16 13 (2.559%) ASP.NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 14 (2.756%) Mobile App
2 13 (2.559%) Open Source
2 13 (2.559%) Cloud Computing
3 9 (1.772%) Clustering
4 8 (1.575%) Computer Science
5 7 (1.378%) Enterprise Software
6 6 (1.181%) SaaS
6 6 (1.181%) N-Tier
7 5 (0.984%) Web 2.0
7 5 (0.984%) Client/Server
7 5 (0.984%) Blackberry
8 4 (0.787%) Social Media
8 4 (0.787%) IaaS
8 4 (0.787%) iPhone
8 4 (0.787%) Smart Meter
8 4 (0.787%) CMDB
8 4 (0.787%) Handset
8 4 (0.787%) Management Information System
9 3 (0.591%) Smartphone
9 3 (0.591%) Derivative
Operating Systems
1 96 (18.90%) Windows
2 34 (6.693%) Linux
3 27 (5.315%) Windows Server 2003
4 24 (4.724%) Windows Server 2008
5 22 (4.331%) UNIX
6 14 (2.756%) Apple iOS
7 9 (1.772%) Windows 7
8 8 (1.575%) Android
8 8 (1.575%) CentOS
9 5 (0.984%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 4 (0.787%) Solaris
11 2 (0.394%) Windows 8
11 2 (0.394%) Windows XP
12 1 (0.197%) SUSE
12 1 (0.197%) Windows NT
12 1 (0.197%) AIX
12 1 (0.197%) Mac OS X
12 1 (0.197%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 108 (21.26%) MVC
2 95 (18.70%) UML
2 95 (18.70%) SOA
3 91 (17.91%) Agile Software Development
4 88 (17.32%) TDD
5 84 (16.54%) Scrum
6 82 (16.14%) BDD
7 69 (13.58%) Web Development
8 46 (9.055%) Software Architecture
9 42 (8.268%) Continuous Integration
10 40 (7.874%) OOD
11 39 (7.677%) OO
12 38 (7.480%) Workflow
13 32 (6.299%) Pair Programming
14 26 (5.118%) Migration
14 26 (5.118%) Unit Testing
15 25 (4.921%) Content Management
16 24 (4.724%) CRM
17 20 (3.937%) ITIL
18 19 (3.740%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 181 (35.63%) Java
2 170 (33.46%) SQL
3 169 (33.27%) C#
4 136 (26.77%) JavaScript
5 32 (6.299%) VB.NET
6 23 (4.528%) T-SQL
7 22 (4.331%) PL/SQL
8 15 (2.953%) Python
8 15 (2.953%) PHP
9 14 (2.756%) C++
9 14 (2.756%) XPath
10 12 (2.362%) Groovy
10 12 (2.362%) C
10 12 (2.362%) VB
11 11 (2.165%) Objective-C
12 10 (1.969%) Shell Script
13 5 (0.984%) XQuery
14 4 (0.787%) ActionScript 2.0
14 4 (0.787%) Scala
14 4 (0.787%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 47 (9.252%) Security Cleared
2 31 (6.102%) SC Cleared
3 17 (3.346%) Degree
4 11 (2.165%) ISEB
5 9 (1.772%) Microsoft Certification
6 6 (1.181%) ISTQB
7 5 (0.984%) MCSD
7 5 (0.984%) DV Cleared
8 4 (0.787%) ISEB Practitioner
9 3 (0.591%) Sun Certification
10 2 (0.394%) OCP
10 2 (0.394%) Oracle Certification
10 2 (0.394%) MCP
10 2 (0.394%) MCAD
10 2 (0.394%) MCPD
11 1 (0.197%) MCITP
11 1 (0.197%) SCJP
11 1 (0.197%) HNC
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (2.362%) QA
2 8 (1.575%) SLA
3 5 (0.984%) HL7
4 4 (0.787%) Data Quality
5 2 (0.394%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 13 (2.559%) Active Directory
2 11 (2.165%) VMware Infrastructure
3 7 (1.378%) VMware ESXi
4 4 (0.787%) VMware ESX
5 2 (0.394%) XenApp
5 2 (0.394%) Postfix
5 2 (0.394%) Citrix Presentation Server
5 2 (0.394%) LiteSpeed
6 1 (0.197%) ISA Server
6 1 (0.197%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 9 (1.772%) HP Quality Center
2 8 (1.575%) HP SIM
3 6 (1.181%) OpenView Configuration Management
3 6 (1.181%) Tivoli
3 6 (1.181%) Foglight
4 4 (0.787%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 2 (0.394%) FortiGate
5 2 (0.394%) CA SiteMinder
5 2 (0.394%) MOM
5 2 (0.394%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
6 1 (0.197%) Cacti
Vendors
1 94 (18.50%) Microsoft
2 91 (17.91%) Oracle
3 39 (7.677%) JBoss
4 27 (5.315%) IBM
5 19 (3.740%) Twitter
5 19 (3.740%) VMware
6 15 (2.953%) webMethods
7 14 (2.756%) SAP
8 13 (2.559%) Adobe
8 13 (2.559%) HP
9 12 (2.362%) Meridio
10 11 (2.165%) Red Hat
11 9 (1.772%) ILOG
12 8 (1.575%) Software AG
12 8 (1.575%) TIBCO
12 8 (1.575%) Omniture
12 8 (1.575%) Google
13 7 (1.378%) ESRI
14 6 (1.181%) Facebook
14 6 (1.181%) Sage
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