The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales 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 Wales 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 38 30 26
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -4
Contract jobs citing Web Services 3 13 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 0.915% 3.218% 5.048%
As % of the Application Development category 4.478% 16.05% 22.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 5 7
Average daily rate £325 £350 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £257 £326 £259
10% offered a daily rate of more than £335 £395 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £345
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +1.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £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 Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
67 81 94
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 20.43% 20.05% 22.60%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 36 36
Average daily rate £325 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £457
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 4 9
Average hourly rate £36.25 £27.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+31.81% -35.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Web Services
Wales

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales 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 South Wales 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
Newport - 3 £325 -
Web Services
Wales

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 16 (50.00%) SQL
2 14 (43.75%) Java
3 12 (37.50%) XML
4 11 (34.38%) Hibernate
4 11 (34.38%) Spring
5 10 (31.25%) Agile Software Development
6 9 (28.13%) CSS
7 8 (25.00%) XSD
7 8 (25.00%) XSLT
7 8 (25.00%) .NET
7 8 (25.00%) J2EE
7 8 (25.00%) SQL Server
8 7 (21.88%) SAP
8 7 (21.88%) C#
8 7 (21.88%) Windows
8 7 (21.88%) UML
8 7 (21.88%) Oracle
8 7 (21.88%) ClearCase
8 7 (21.88%) ClearQuest
8 7 (21.88%) JSF
8 7 (21.88%) Security Cleared
8 7 (21.88%) Liferay
9 6 (18.75%) RESTful
9 6 (18.75%) TDD
9 6 (18.75%) XPath
9 6 (18.75%) .NET Framework
9 6 (18.75%) WCF
9 6 (18.75%) WPF
9 6 (18.75%) WebLogic Portal
9 6 (18.75%) Eclipse

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales 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 12 (37.50%) XML
2 11 (34.38%) Hibernate
2 11 (34.38%) Spring
3 9 (28.13%) CSS
4 8 (25.00%) XSD
4 8 (25.00%) XSLT
4 8 (25.00%) .NET
4 8 (25.00%) J2EE
5 7 (21.88%) JSF
6 6 (18.75%) RESTful
6 6 (18.75%) .NET Framework
6 6 (18.75%) WCF
6 6 (18.75%) WPF
6 6 (18.75%) JAXP
6 6 (18.75%) SAX
6 6 (18.75%) DOM
7 5 (15.63%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
8 4 (12.50%) ASP.NET
9 3 (9.375%) HTML
10 2 (6.250%) REST
Application Platforms
1 7 (21.88%) Liferay
2 6 (18.75%) WebLogic Portal
2 6 (18.75%) WebLogic
3 4 (12.50%) ESB
4 3 (9.375%) LiveLink
5 2 (6.250%) CMS
5 2 (6.250%) MQSeries
6 1 (3.125%) Apache
6 1 (3.125%) IIS
6 1 (3.125%) Kentico
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.125%) HTTPS
1 1 (3.125%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (25.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (9.375%) MySQL
3 2 (6.250%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (3.125%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (3.125%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (21.88%) ClearCase
1 7 (21.88%) ClearQuest
2 6 (18.75%) Eclipse
3 2 (6.250%) Hudson
3 2 (6.250%) Team Foundation Server
3 2 (6.250%) Cucumber
4 1 (3.125%) Ant
4 1 (3.125%) JUnit
4 1 (3.125%) Mockito
General
1 3 (9.375%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 19 (59.38%) Developer
2 10 (31.25%) Java Developer
3 6 (18.75%) Lead Developer
4 5 (15.63%) Lead Java Developer
4 5 (15.63%) C# Developer
5 4 (12.50%) SOA Designer
5 4 (12.50%) Designer
5 4 (12.50%) .NET Developer
5 4 (12.50%) Consultant
6 3 (9.375%) C# .NET Developer
7 2 (6.250%) Java Engineer
7 2 (6.250%) Functional Architect
7 2 (6.250%) Java Software Engineer
7 2 (6.250%) SOA Architect
7 2 (6.250%) Software Engineer
7 2 (6.250%) Architect
7 2 (6.250%) Integration Architect
8 1 (3.125%) Junior
8 1 (3.125%) Software Developer
8 1 (3.125%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (6.250%) Open Source
2 2 (6.250%) Mainframe
3 1 (3.125%) N-Tier
3 1 (3.125%) Web 2.0
3 1 (3.125%) Clustering
3 1 (3.125%) Mobile App
3 1 (3.125%) Social Media
3 1 (3.125%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 7 (21.88%) Windows
2 4 (12.50%) UNIX
3 1 (3.125%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (31.25%) Agile Software Development
2 7 (21.88%) UML
3 6 (18.75%) TDD
4 5 (15.63%) SOA
5 4 (12.50%) MVVM
6 3 (9.375%) E-Commerce
6 3 (9.375%) OO
6 3 (9.375%) Web Development
6 3 (9.375%) Content Management
7 2 (6.250%) Scrum
7 2 (6.250%) Continuous Integration
7 2 (6.250%) MVC
7 2 (6.250%) EAI
8 1 (3.125%) Validation
8 1 (3.125%) Migration
8 1 (3.125%) Change Management
8 1 (3.125%) Data Migration
8 1 (3.125%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 16 (50.00%) SQL
2 14 (43.75%) Java
3 7 (21.88%) C#
4 6 (18.75%) XPath
4 6 (18.75%) PL/SQL
5 3 (9.375%) ABAP
5 3 (9.375%) JavaScript
5 3 (9.375%) PHP
6 2 (6.250%) Ruby
6 2 (6.250%) VB.NET
7 1 (3.125%) XAML
7 1 (3.125%) Korn
Qualifications
1 7 (21.88%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.125%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (21.88%) SAP
1 7 (21.88%) Oracle
2 5 (15.63%) Open Text
3 4 (12.50%) Cordys
4 2 (6.250%) i2
4 2 (6.250%) JDA
5 1 (3.125%) Microsoft