The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Swindon 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 Swindon 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 20 27 28
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +1
Contract jobs citing Web Services 18 14 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 6.545% 3.867% 2.848%
As % of the Application Development category 32.14% 21.21% 16.98%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 9 1
Average daily rate £438 £280 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+56.25% +12.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -18.75%
All Application Development
Swindon
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
56 66 53
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Swindon 20.36% 18.23% 16.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 51 28
Average daily rate £325 £335 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.98% -4.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £245 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £501 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Web Services
Wiltshire

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

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

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon Web Services Hourly Rate Trend

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 29 (72.50%) C#
2 28 (70.00%) .NET
3 27 (67.50%) Security Cleared
4 23 (57.50%) SC Cleared
5 17 (42.50%) WCF
6 16 (40.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
7 15 (37.50%) Unit Testing
8 14 (35.00%) Oracle
8 14 (35.00%) SQL Server
8 14 (35.00%) Windows
9 13 (32.50%) Telecoms
9 13 (32.50%) .NET Framework
10 12 (30.00%) Team Foundation Server
10 12 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
10 12 (30.00%) VB
10 12 (30.00%) Visual Studio
11 11 (27.50%) JavaScript
12 10 (25.00%) XML
12 10 (25.00%) XSLT
12 10 (25.00%) Oracle 9i
12 10 (25.00%) Siebel
12 10 (25.00%) Workflow
12 10 (25.00%) Migration
12 10 (25.00%) Service Management
12 10 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
13 9 (22.50%) Silverlight
13 9 (22.50%) jQuery
13 9 (22.50%) IIS
14 8 (20.00%) ASP.NET
14 8 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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 28 (70.00%) .NET
2 17 (42.50%) WCF
3 16 (40.00%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 13 (32.50%) .NET Framework
5 10 (25.00%) XML
5 10 (25.00%) XSLT
6 9 (22.50%) Silverlight
6 9 (22.50%) jQuery
7 8 (20.00%) ASP.NET
8 7 (17.50%) JSON
8 7 (17.50%) Managed Extensibility Framework
9 6 (15.00%) Ajax
10 5 (12.50%) HTML5
11 4 (10.00%) CSS
12 3 (7.500%) HTML
12 3 (7.500%) Sencha Touch
13 2 (5.000%) WinForms
14 1 (2.500%) AppFabric
14 1 (2.500%) LINQ
Application Platforms
1 9 (22.50%) IIS
2 7 (17.50%) ArcGIS
Applications
1 2 (5.000%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.000%) Intranet
1 2 (5.000%) Internet
1 2 (5.000%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (35.00%) SQL Server
2 10 (25.00%) Oracle 9i
2 10 (25.00%) Oracle 11g
3 8 (20.00%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 12 (30.00%) Visual Studio
1 12 (30.00%) Team Foundation Server
2 7 (17.50%) MSTest
2 7 (17.50%) Moq
3 3 (7.500%) Appcelerator Titanium
General
1 13 (32.50%) Telecoms
2 4 (10.00%) Finance
3 3 (7.500%) Retail
4 1 (2.500%) Banking
Job Titles
1 23 (57.50%) Developer
2 15 (37.50%) .NET Developer
3 10 (25.00%) C# Developer
3 10 (25.00%) Consultant
4 9 (22.50%) Siebel Consultant
5 7 (17.50%) Programmer
5 7 (17.50%) Software Developer
5 7 (17.50%) Software Engineer
5 7 (17.50%) Software Programmer
5 7 (17.50%) C# Programmer
5 7 (17.50%) C# .NET Developer
6 5 (12.50%) .NET Programmer
7 4 (10.00%) Test Manager
8 3 (7.500%) Test Engineer
8 3 (7.500%) Mobile Developer
9 2 (5.000%) .NET Software Developer
9 2 (5.000%) Silverlight Developer
9 2 (5.000%) Senior Test Engineer
9 2 (5.000%) .NET Software Engineer
9 2 (5.000%) C# Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (17.50%) RIA
1 7 (17.50%) Client/Server
2 4 (10.00%) Blackberry
2 4 (10.00%) Digital Media
3 3 (7.500%) Mobile App
4 2 (5.000%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 14 (35.00%) Windows
2 7 (17.50%) Windows 7
3 4 (10.00%) Apple iOS
3 4 (10.00%) Windows Phone
3 4 (10.00%) Android
4 1 (2.500%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (37.50%) Unit Testing
2 12 (30.00%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (25.00%) Service Management
3 10 (25.00%) Workflow
3 10 (25.00%) Migration
4 7 (17.50%) UML
4 7 (17.50%) Scrum
5 6 (15.00%) Integration Testing
6 5 (12.50%) Test Strategy
7 2 (5.000%) Mobile Device Management
7 2 (5.000%) MVC
7 2 (5.000%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (2.500%) Validation
8 1 (2.500%) ETL
8 1 (2.500%) Data Validation
8 1 (2.500%) TDD
8 1 (2.500%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 29 (72.50%) C#
2 12 (30.00%) VB
3 11 (27.50%) JavaScript
4 6 (15.00%) SQL
5 1 (2.500%) VB.NET
5 1 (2.500%) C
Qualifications
1 27 (67.50%) Security Cleared
2 23 (57.50%) SC Cleared
3 7 (17.50%) DV Cleared
4 1 (2.500%) ISEB
4 1 (2.500%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (7.500%) ISO 9001
2 1 (2.500%) QA
Systems Management
1 7 (17.50%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 14 (35.00%) Oracle
2 10 (25.00%) Siebel
3 7 (17.50%) Microsoft
3 7 (17.50%) ESRI
4 4 (10.00%) Sencha
5 3 (7.500%) Appcelerator
6 1 (2.500%) VMware