The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stirling 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 Stirling 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 14 12 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Contract jobs citing Web Services 9 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 8.182% 2.632% -
As % of the Application Development category 16.36% 8.333% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
Average daily rate £475 £450 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+5.44% -
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
Stirling
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
55 12 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 50.00% 31.58% 30.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 9 16
Average daily rate £401 £275 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+45.63% -38.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £425
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £500 £618
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Web Services
Scotland

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stirling 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 Stirling region.

Stirling 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 Stirling region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Stirling Web Services Daily 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 Stirling 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
Stirlingshire - 5 £475 -
Web Services
Scotland

Web Services
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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 (100.00%) Java
2 6 (66.67%) Linux
2 6 (66.67%) Flash
2 6 (66.67%) PHP
2 6 (66.67%) ActionScript
2 6 (66.67%) Web Application Development
3 5 (55.56%) Interactive TV
3 5 (55.56%) IPTV
3 5 (55.56%) Interactive Media
3 5 (55.56%) Games
3 5 (55.56%) Scrum
4 3 (33.33%) Sybase
4 3 (33.33%) XML
5 2 (22.22%) Banking
5 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
6 1 (11.11%) ActionScript 3.0
6 1 (11.11%) Multithreading
6 1 (11.11%) Java SE
6 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
6 1 (11.11%) Finance

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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 (66.67%) Flash
2 3 (33.33%) XML
3 1 (11.11%) Java SE
General
1 5 (55.56%) Games
1 5 (55.56%) Interactive Media
2 2 (22.22%) Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Investment Banking
3 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
2 7 (77.78%) Senior Developer
3 6 (66.67%) UI Developer
3 6 (66.67%) Senior UI Developer
3 6 (66.67%) UI Programmer
4 5 (55.56%) Interactive Developer
4 5 (55.56%) Senior Interactive Developer
4 5 (55.56%) Senior Software Developer
4 5 (55.56%) Software Developer
5 2 (22.22%) Developer Analyst
5 2 (22.22%) Analyst
6 1 (11.11%) Java Developer
6 1 (11.11%) Senior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (55.56%) Interactive TV
1 5 (55.56%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 6 (66.67%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) Web Application Development
2 5 (55.56%) Scrum
3 2 (22.22%) Business Analysis
4 1 (11.11%) Multithreading
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Java
2 6 (66.67%) PHP
2 6 (66.67%) ActionScript
3 1 (11.11%) ActionScript 3.0
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Sybase