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This section looks at the demand for Web Services skills within the Swansea 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Services
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank2726
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads24
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.004 %
As % of the category below4.082 %16.00 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£450£385
Average daily rate£475£394
% change on same period last year+20.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£500£403
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£350
% change on same period last year-2.79 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.04£33.82
% change on same period last year+9.52 %
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Swansea
Matching contract IT job ads4925
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.065 %0.025 %
Daily rates quoted295
Average minimum daily rate£374£389
Average daily rate£393£393
% change on same period last year+0.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£413£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£20.00
Average hourly rate-£20.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£20.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.72£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
WebServices West WalesWebServices
West Wales

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 Swansea region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Swansea 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 Swansea region.

Swansea WebServices Daily Rate Trend

WebServices
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swansea 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.

111 (100.00 %)Java
111 (100.00 %)J2EE
111 (100.00 %)JUnit
111 (100.00 %)WebLogic
210 (90.91 %)OO
39 (81.82 %)SOA
39 (81.82 %)XML
48 (72.73 %)BEA
48 (72.73 %)Unit Testing
57 (63.64 %)Oracle
57 (63.64 %)Ant
66 (54.55 %)Struts
66 (54.55 %)UML
66 (54.55 %)Web Development
75 (45.45 %)WebLogic Portal
84 (36.36 %)UNIX
84 (36.36 %)SQL
84 (36.36 %)Security Cleared
93 (27.27 %)CTC Cleared
93 (27.27 %)Cactus
102 (18.18 %)CheckStyle
102 (18.18 %)CruiseControl
102 (18.18 %)Telecoms
102 (18.18 %)Government
102 (18.18 %)EJB
102 (18.18 %)JDBC
102 (18.18 %)SOAP
102 (18.18 %)Eclipse
102 (18.18 %)Continuous Integration

WebServices
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swansea 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.

Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (100.00 %)J2EE
29 (81.82 %)XML
36 (54.55 %)Struts
42 (18.18 %)EJB
42 (18.18 %)JDBC
42 (18.18 %)SOAP
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (100.00 %)WebLogic
25 (45.45 %)WebLogic Portal
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (100.00 %)JUnit
27 (63.64 %)Ant
33 (27.27 %)Cactus
42 (18.18 %)CheckStyle
42 (18.18 %)CruiseControl
42 (18.18 %)Eclipse
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (18.18 %)Telecoms
12 (18.18 %)Government
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (81.82 %)Developer
26 (54.55 %)Senior Developer
26 (54.55 %)Java Developer
35 (45.45 %)J2EE Developer
44 (36.36 %)Senior Java Developer
44 (36.36 %)Java/J2EE Developer
53 (27.27 %)Senior J2EE Developer
61 (9.091 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
61 (9.091 %)Java Consultant
61 (9.091 %)Senior Consultant
61 (9.091 %)Consultant
61 (9.091 %)Applications Developer
61 (9.091 %)J2EE Consultant
61 (9.091 %)Senior J2EE Consultant
61 (9.091 %)Senior Java Consultant
61 (9.091 %)Java Applications Developer
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (36.36 %)UNIX
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (90.91 %)OO
29 (81.82 %)SOA
38 (72.73 %)Unit Testing
46 (54.55 %)UML
46 (54.55 %)Web Development
54 (36.36 %)Security Cleared
63 (27.27 %)CTC Cleared
72 (18.18 %)Continuous Integration
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (100.00 %)Java
24 (36.36 %)SQL
Swansea IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (72.73 %)BEA
27 (63.64 %)Oracle