The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton 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 Southampton 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 27 26 24
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -2
Contract jobs citing Web Services 8 7 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 2.658% 2.966% 1.587%
As % of the Application Development category 12.50% 12.96% 7.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 1
Average daily rate £350 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -7.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £345
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +1.44%
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
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
64 54 42
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 21.26% 22.88% 22.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 38 25 12
Average daily rate £330 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £250 £224
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £450 £563
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 10 6
Average hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +11.11%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Web Services
Hampshire

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Web Services Hourly Rate Trend

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 9 (64.29%) XML
2 6 (42.86%) SOAP
3 5 (35.71%) Java
3 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
3 5 (35.71%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (35.71%) JSON
4 4 (28.57%) Apple iOS
4 4 (28.57%) Facebook
4 4 (28.57%) Twitter
4 4 (28.57%) Cocoa Touch
4 4 (28.57%) Cocoa
4 4 (28.57%) Objective-C
4 4 (28.57%) Apple
4 4 (28.57%) CSS
4 4 (28.57%) Oracle
4 4 (28.57%) OO
5 3 (21.43%) Tomcat
5 3 (21.43%) UNIX
5 3 (21.43%) .NET
5 3 (21.43%) JDBC
5 3 (21.43%) JSP
5 3 (21.43%) Servlets
5 3 (21.43%) JUnit
5 3 (21.43%) WebLogic
5 3 (21.43%) C
5 3 (21.43%) C#
5 3 (21.43%) HTML
5 3 (21.43%) Log4j
5 3 (21.43%) Hibernate
5 3 (21.43%) Spring

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 9 (64.29%) XML
2 6 (42.86%) SOAP
3 5 (35.71%) JSON
4 4 (28.57%) Cocoa Touch
4 4 (28.57%) Cocoa
4 4 (28.57%) CSS
5 3 (21.43%) .NET
5 3 (21.43%) JDBC
5 3 (21.43%) JSP
5 3 (21.43%) Servlets
5 3 (21.43%) HTML
5 3 (21.43%) Hibernate
5 3 (21.43%) Spring
5 3 (21.43%) .NET Framework
5 3 (21.43%) Java EE
5 3 (21.43%) JPA
6 2 (14.29%) XSL
6 2 (14.29%) XSLT
7 1 (7.143%) XSD
7 1 (7.143%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 3 (21.43%) Tomcat
1 3 (21.43%) WebLogic
2 2 (14.29%) ESB
2 2 (14.29%) Windows Azure
3 1 (7.143%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (7.143%) Mingle
Communications & Networking
1 2 (14.29%) SMS
2 1 (7.143%) HTTP
2 1 (7.143%) Intranet
2 1 (7.143%) Internet
2 1 (7.143%) Extranet
2 1 (7.143%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2005
1 1 (7.143%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (21.43%) JUnit
1 3 (21.43%) Log4j
1 3 (21.43%) FitNesse
2 1 (7.143%) Eclipse
2 1 (7.143%) Visual Studio
2 1 (7.143%) QuickTest Pro
2 1 (7.143%) Subversion
2 1 (7.143%) Git (software)
2 1 (7.143%) Team Foundation Server
2 1 (7.143%) JIRA
2 1 (7.143%) Selenium
Job Titles
1 9 (64.29%) Developer
2 3 (21.43%) iOS Developer
3 2 (14.29%) VB.NET Programmer
3 2 (14.29%) C# Programmer
3 2 (14.29%) .NET Programmer
3 2 (14.29%) Programmer
3 2 (14.29%) Java Developer
3 2 (14.29%) Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Test Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Software Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Architect
4 1 (7.143%) Senior Software Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Requirements Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Android Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Agile Test Analyst
4 1 (7.143%) Agile Java Developer
4 1 (7.143%) Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (21.43%) iPhone
2 2 (14.29%) Client/Server
3 1 (7.143%) Mobile App
3 1 (7.143%) Social Media
3 1 (7.143%) DataPower
Operating Systems
1 4 (28.57%) Apple iOS
2 3 (21.43%) UNIX
3 1 (7.143%) Windows
3 1 (7.143%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (35.71%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (28.57%) OO
3 3 (21.43%) Memory Management
4 2 (14.29%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (14.29%) UML
4 2 (14.29%) TDD
4 2 (14.29%) Scrum
5 1 (7.143%) OOD
5 1 (7.143%) MVC
5 1 (7.143%) Validation
5 1 (7.143%) Pair Programming
5 1 (7.143%) Zachman Framework
5 1 (7.143%) TOGAF
5 1 (7.143%) Software Testing
5 1 (7.143%) Web Development
5 1 (7.143%) ATDD
5 1 (7.143%) BDD
5 1 (7.143%) User Stories
5 1 (7.143%) Capacity Planning
5 1 (7.143%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 5 (35.71%) Java
1 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
2 4 (28.57%) Objective-C
3 3 (21.43%) C
3 3 (21.43%) C#
4 2 (14.29%) VB.NET
5 1 (7.143%) Python
5 1 (7.143%) SQL
5 1 (7.143%) T-SQL
5 1 (7.143%) Shell Script
Systems Management
1 1 (7.143%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
1 1 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 4 (28.57%) Facebook
1 4 (28.57%) Twitter
1 4 (28.57%) Apple
1 4 (28.57%) Oracle
2 2 (14.29%) Microsoft
3 1 (7.143%) IBM