The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Taunton 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 Taunton 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 14 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Web Services 4 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 5.970% - -
As % of the Application Development category 44.44% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 0
Average daily rate £325 - -
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
Taunton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
9 22 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Taunton 13.43% 35.48% 51.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 12 12
Average daily rate £458 £346 £328
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+32.27% +5.72%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £310 £320 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £460 £365 £350
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
Somerset

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Taunton 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 Taunton region.

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

Taunton Web Services Daily Rate Histogram

Web Services
Top 28 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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 6 (85.71%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) XSLT
2 3 (42.86%) ASP
2 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET
2 3 (42.86%) EJB
2 3 (42.86%) CSS
2 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) .NET
2 3 (42.86%) C#
2 3 (42.86%) HTML
2 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
2 3 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (42.86%) TDD
2 3 (42.86%) Retail
2 3 (42.86%) BPEL
2 3 (42.86%) MVC
2 3 (42.86%) Altova
2 3 (42.86%) JCAPS
3 2 (28.57%) Spring MVC
3 2 (28.57%) Spring
3 2 (28.57%) JUnit
4 1 (14.29%) J2EE
4 1 (14.29%) SOAP
4 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
4 1 (14.29%) Scrum
4 1 (14.29%) REST

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Taunton 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 3 (42.86%) XSLT
1 3 (42.86%) ASP
1 3 (42.86%) ASP.NET
1 3 (42.86%) EJB
1 3 (42.86%) CSS
1 3 (42.86%) .NET
1 3 (42.86%) HTML
2 2 (28.57%) Spring MVC
2 2 (28.57%) Spring
3 1 (14.29%) J2EE
3 1 (14.29%) SOAP
3 1 (14.29%) REST
Application Platforms
1 3 (42.86%) JCAPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (42.86%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (28.57%) JUnit
General
1 3 (42.86%) Retail
Job Titles
1 6 (85.71%) Developer
2 3 (42.86%) JCAPS Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Classic ASP Developer
3 2 (28.57%) C# .NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) C# ASP.NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) Java Developer
3 2 (28.57%) .NET Developer
3 2 (28.57%) C# Developer
3 2 (28.57%) ASP Developer
3 2 (28.57%) ASP.NET Developer
4 1 (14.29%) Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Technical Architect
4 1 (14.29%) Web Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Agile Software Development
1 3 (42.86%) TDD
1 3 (42.86%) BPEL
1 3 (42.86%) MVC
2 1 (14.29%) E-Commerce
2 1 (14.29%) Technical Architecture
2 1 (14.29%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
2 3 (42.86%) SQL
2 3 (42.86%) C#
Vendors
1 3 (42.86%) Altova