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This section looks at the demand for Web Services skills within the Thames Valley 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkWeb Services
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3112
Rank change on same period last yearDown-19
Matching contract IT job ads1074
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.075 %
As % of the category below8.929 %30.96 %
Daily rates quoted012
Average minimum daily rate-£305
Average daily rate-£305
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£305
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£347
% change on same period last year-0.38 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£37.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.47£32.67
% change on same period last year+11.62 %
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Thames Valley
Matching contract IT job ads112239
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.149 %0.242 %
Daily rates quoted435
Average minimum daily rate£225£355
Average daily rate£250£366
% change on same period last year-31.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£275£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted126
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£24.71
Average hourly rate£40.42£28.75
% change on same period last year+40.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.83£32.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
WebServices South EastWebServices
South East

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

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley 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 Thames Valley region.

Thames Valley WebServices Hourly Rate Trend

WebServices
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

126 (83.87 %).NET
218 (58.06 %)ASP.NET
316 (51.61 %)C#
415 (48.39 %)XML
511 (35.48 %)Microsoft CRM
511 (35.48 %)CRM
68 (25.81 %)SharePoint
68 (25.81 %)SOAP
68 (25.81 %)JavaScript
77 (22.58 %)SQL Server
77 (22.58 %)Microsoft
77 (22.58 %)SharePoint Server 2007
85 (16.13 %)SQL Server 2005
94 (12.90 %)InfoPath
94 (12.90 %)VB.NET
103 (9.677 %)Apache
103 (9.677 %)Tomcat
103 (9.677 %)MS Excel
103 (9.677 %)PHP
103 (9.677 %)MySQL
103 (9.677 %)XSLT
103 (9.677 %)Linux
103 (9.677 %)Drupal
103 (9.677 %)Data Migration
103 (9.677 %)Red Hat
103 (9.677 %)Migration
103 (9.677 %)CMS
103 (9.677 %)LAMP
112 (6.452 %)BizTalk Server
112 (6.452 %)ASP.NET 2.0

WebServices
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Thames Valley 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.

Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
126 (83.87 %).NET
218 (58.06 %)ASP.NET
315 (48.39 %)XML
48 (25.81 %)SOAP
53 (9.677 %)Drupal
53 (9.677 %)XSLT
53 (9.677 %)LAMP
62 (6.452 %)ASP.NET 2.0
62 (6.452 %)HTML
71 (3.226 %)WinForms
71 (3.226 %)AJAX
71 (3.226 %)WCF
71 (3.226 %)WPF
71 (3.226 %)WF
71 (3.226 %)Silverlight
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (25.81 %)SharePoint
27 (22.58 %)SharePoint Server 2007
33 (9.677 %)CMS
33 (9.677 %)Apache
33 (9.677 %)Tomcat
42 (6.452 %)MQSeries
42 (6.452 %)BizTalk Server
51 (3.226 %)IIS
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (12.90 %)InfoPath
23 (9.677 %)MS Excel
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
111 (35.48 %)Microsoft CRM
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.226 %)SSL
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
17 (22.58 %)SQL Server
25 (16.13 %)SQL Server 2005
33 (9.677 %)MySQL
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (3.226 %)Visual Studio
11 (3.226 %)VSS/SourceSafe
11 (3.226 %)NUnit
11 (3.226 %)Subversion
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
130 (96.77 %)Developer
29 (29.03 %)Web Developer
29 (29.03 %).NET Developer
35 (16.13 %)C# Developer
35 (16.13 %)ASP.NET Developer
44 (12.90 %)C#/ASP.NET Developer
53 (9.677 %)SharePoint Developer
53 (9.677 %)PHP Developer
53 (9.677 %)PHP Web Developer
62 (6.452 %)Microsoft Developer
62 (6.452 %).NET Web Developer
71 (3.226 %)Programmer
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.226 %)PKI
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (9.677 %)Linux
21 (3.226 %)Windows XP
21 (3.226 %)Windows
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (35.48 %)CRM
23 (9.677 %)Migration
23 (9.677 %)Data Migration
32 (6.452 %)Technical Architecture
32 (6.452 %)OO
41 (3.226 %)UML
41 (3.226 %)Workflow
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (51.61 %)C#
28 (25.81 %)JavaScript
34 (12.90 %)VB.NET
43 (9.677 %)PHP
52 (6.452 %)SQL
52 (6.452 %)DHTML
Thames Valley IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (22.58 %)Microsoft
23 (9.677 %)Red Hat
32 (6.452 %)CA
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