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The table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills within the Stevenage region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WebServices over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Services
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank1314
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below14.29 %12.00 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£400
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£362
% change on same period last year+0.92 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.00£31.32
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Stevenage
Matching contract IT job ads1425
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.022 %0.027 %
Daily rates quoted41
Average minimum daily rate£304£350
Average daily rate£319£400
% change on same period last year-20.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£335£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£334
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted120
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£36.00
Average hourly rate£35.00£36.38
% change on same period last year-3.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£36.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.92£31.53
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
WebServices HertfordshireWebServices
Hertfordshire

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

WebServices
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WebServices across the Stevenage region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Stevenage WebServices Demand Trend

WebServices
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WebServices across the Stevenage region.

Stevenage WebServices Daily Rate Trend

WebServices
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WebServices across the Stevenage region.

Stevenage WebServices Hourly Rate Trend

WebServices
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage region citing WebServices 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 WebServices.

18 (80.00 %)XML
27 (70.00 %)C++
35 (50.00 %)Linux
35 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
44 (40.00 %)SQL
44 (40.00 %)SOAP
44 (40.00 %)Security Cleared
53 (30.00 %)BC Cleared
53 (30.00 %)SQL Server
53 (30.00 %).NET
53 (30.00 %)Java
62 (20.00 %)JavaScript
62 (20.00 %)HTML
62 (20.00 %)JDBC
62 (20.00 %)Windows
62 (20.00 %)Pharmaceutical
62 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
71 (10.00 %)Retail
71 (10.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
71 (10.00 %)JSF
71 (10.00 %)Automated Testing
71 (10.00 %)AJAX
71 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
71 (10.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
71 (10.00 %)XPath
71 (10.00 %)QA
71 (10.00 %)Selenium
71 (10.00 %)FitNesse
71 (10.00 %)Performance Testing
71 (10.00 %)Web Testing

WebServices
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage region citing WebServices 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 WebServices. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (80.00 %)XML
24 (40.00 %)SOAP
33 (30.00 %).NET
42 (20.00 %)HTML
42 (20.00 %)JDBC
51 (10.00 %)JSP
51 (10.00 %)Servlets
51 (10.00 %)J2EE
51 (10.00 %)ASP
51 (10.00 %)CSS
51 (10.00 %)XSD
51 (10.00 %)XSL
51 (10.00 %)XSLT
51 (10.00 %)ODBC
51 (10.00 %)XHTML
51 (10.00 %)WSDL
51 (10.00 %)SAX
51 (10.00 %)JSF
51 (10.00 %)AJAX
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (50.00 %)TCP/IP
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (30.00 %)SQL Server
21 (10.00 %)ETL
21 (10.00 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
21 (10.00 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (10.00 %)SQL Server Integration Services
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)JUnit
11 (10.00 %)Eclipse
11 (10.00 %)WinRunner
11 (10.00 %)TestDirector
11 (10.00 %)QuickTest Pro
11 (10.00 %)LoadRunner
11 (10.00 %)JMeter
11 (10.00 %)Selenium
11 (10.00 %)FitNesse
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (10.00 %)Retail
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (80.00 %)Developer
27 (70.00 %)C++ Developer
31 (10.00 %)Systems Tester
31 (10.00 %)Web Architect
31 (10.00 %)GUI Developer
31 (10.00 %)C++/Java Developer
31 (10.00 %)Java Developer
31 (10.00 %).NET Developer
31 (10.00 %)Architect
31 (10.00 %)Tester
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (10.00 %)LIMS
11 (10.00 %)Multithreading
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (50.00 %)Linux
22 (20.00 %)Windows
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)Security Cleared
23 (30.00 %)BC Cleared
32 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
41 (10.00 %)Automated Testing
41 (10.00 %)Performance Testing
41 (10.00 %)Web Testing
41 (10.00 %)Continuous Integration
41 (10.00 %)OO
41 (10.00 %)EAI
41 (10.00 %)Project Management
41 (10.00 %)Scrum
41 (10.00 %)Extreme Programming
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (70.00 %)C++
24 (40.00 %)SQL
33 (30.00 %)Java
42 (20.00 %)JavaScript
51 (10.00 %)PL/SQL
51 (10.00 %)XPath
51 (10.00 %)C#
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (10.00 %)QA
Stevenage IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (10.00 %)Oracle
11 (10.00 %)Microsoft
11 (10.00 %)InterSystems