WSDL Contracts
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for WSDL skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WSDL 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.

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 Description Language (WSDL)
Rank 400 467 486
Rank change year-on-year
+67 +19
Contract jobs citing WSDL 131 111 102
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.282% 0.190% 0.166%
As % of the Application Development category 1.030% 0.744% 0.605%
Number of daily rates quoted 74 59 67
Average daily rate £400 £385 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.89% -3.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £300 £255
10% offered a daily rate of more than £543 £550 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £380 £375
% change year-on-year
+5.26% +1.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £42.50
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 12713 14910 16863
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.40% 25.58% 27.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 7958 8755 9793
Average daily rate £375 £350 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 375 374 576
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.10 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

WSDL
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WSDL within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

WSDL Jobs Demand Trend

WSDL
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WSDL within the UK.

WSDL Daily Rate Trend

WSDL
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WSDL within the UK over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

WSDL Daily Rate Histogram

WSDL
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WSDL within the UK.

WSDL Hourly Rate Trend

WSDL
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSDL within the UK 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
England +70 128 £400 +3.22%
London +46 55 £400 -
South East +32 34 £450 +5.88%
Buckinghamshire - 20 £500 -
North West +15 17 £336 -7.37%
Milton Keynes - 15 £500 -
Lancashire +18 10 £319 -31.50%
City of London +10 9 £500 +11.11%
East Midlands +7 8 £394 -
West Midlands +10 7 £350 +16.66%
Cheshire +9 7 £375 +7.14%
Hampshire -8 7 £400 -5.88%
Basingstoke - 7 £400 -
West Sussex +20 6 £475 +8.57%
Blackpool - 5 £315 -
Crawley +13 4 £475 +8.57%
Birmingham +11 4 - -
Nottingham - 4 £394 -
Nottinghamshire - 4 £394 -
South West +24 3 £325 -22.38%
Lytham St Annes - 3 £334 -
East of England +1 2 £400 +1.58%
Chester -1 2 £375 +7.14%
Devon - 2 £325 -
Surrey +14 1 £400 -5.88%
Cambridgeshire +12 1 £550 +22.22%
Scotland -15 1 - -
Somerset - 1 - -
Essex - 1 £250 -
Swansea - 1 £322 -

WSDL
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WSDL 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 WSDL.

1 177 (75.64%) Web Services
2 161 (68.80%) XML
3 138 (58.97%) SOAP
4 110 (47.01%) Oracle
5 95 (40.60%) Java
6 85 (36.32%) SQL
7 70 (29.91%) XSD
8 67 (28.63%) .NET
9 66 (28.21%) Agile Software Development
10 65 (27.78%) SOA
11 57 (24.36%) XSLT
12 55 (23.50%) J2EE
13 52 (22.22%) JavaScript
13 52 (22.22%) WebSphere
14 51 (21.79%) OO
15 50 (21.37%) SQL Server
16 48 (20.51%) C#
16 48 (20.51%) HTML
17 41 (17.52%) Finance
18 40 (17.09%) XML Schema
18 40 (17.09%) ESB
19 39 (16.67%) Microsoft
20 38 (16.24%) Ajax
21 37 (15.81%) Middleware
22 36 (15.38%) MVC
22 36 (15.38%) WebLogic
22 36 (15.38%) UML
23 35 (14.96%) Windows
23 35 (14.96%) CSS
23 35 (14.96%) Apache

WSDL
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WSDL 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 WSDL. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 177 (75.64%) Web Services
2 161 (68.80%) XML
3 138 (58.97%) SOAP
4 70 (29.91%) XSD
5 67 (28.63%) .NET
6 57 (24.36%) XSLT
7 55 (23.50%) J2EE
8 52 (22.22%) WebSphere
9 48 (20.51%) HTML
10 40 (17.09%) XML Schema
11 38 (16.24%) Ajax
12 37 (15.81%) Middleware
13 35 (14.96%) CSS
13 35 (14.96%) WCF
14 34 (14.53%) jQuery
15 31 (13.25%) JSP
16 28 (11.97%) JMS
16 28 (11.97%) Spring
17 21 (8.974%) REST
18 20 (8.547%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 40 (17.09%) ESB
2 36 (15.38%) WebLogic
3 35 (14.96%) Apache
4 18 (7.692%) WebSphere MQ
5 17 (7.265%) BizTalk Server
5 17 (7.265%) Oracle Workflow
5 17 (7.265%) Tomcat
6 16 (6.838%) MQSeries
7 14 (5.983%) IIS
8 13 (5.556%) Oracle Service Bus
9 10 (4.274%) SharePoint
10 9 (3.846%) CMS
10 9 (3.846%) WebSphere Application Server
10 9 (3.846%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 9 (3.846%) Windows Azure
11 8 (3.419%) nginx
12 7 (2.991%) WebSphere Message Broker
13 6 (2.564%) WebSphere Process Server
13 6 (2.564%) Sonic ESB
14 5 (2.137%) Alfresco
Applications
1 20 (8.547%) MS Visio
2 11 (4.701%) MS Excel
3 5 (2.137%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (1.709%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.855%) BusinessWorks
2 2 (0.855%) Dynamics CRM
3 1 (0.427%) Remedy ITSM
3 1 (0.427%) SAP CRM
Communications & Networking
1 32 (13.68%) HTTP
2 13 (5.556%) SSL
3 9 (3.846%) Internet
4 7 (2.991%) FTP
5 6 (2.564%) TCP/IP
6 4 (1.709%) Firewall
7 3 (1.282%) LDAP
8 2 (0.855%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.427%) IIOP
9 1 (0.427%) SNMP
9 1 (0.427%) SMS
9 1 (0.427%) 3GPP
9 1 (0.427%) SMTP
9 1 (0.427%) BSS
9 1 (0.427%) SSH
9 1 (0.427%) Wireshark
9 1 (0.427%) Reverse Proxy
9 1 (0.427%) TELNET
9 1 (0.427%) IPv6
Database & Business Intelligence
1 50 (21.37%) SQL Server
2 25 (10.68%) RDBMS
2 25 (10.68%) MySQL
3 19 (8.120%) Oracle 11g
4 17 (7.265%) SQL Server 2005
4 17 (7.265%) SQL Server 2008
4 17 (7.265%) DB2
5 12 (5.128%) SQL Server 2000
6 9 (3.846%) VLDB
7 6 (2.564%) Siebel EIM
7 6 (2.564%) Oracle 8/8i
8 5 (2.137%) MS Access
8 5 (2.137%) SQL Server Integration Services
9 4 (1.709%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (1.709%) SQL Server 2012
9 4 (1.709%) Oracle 10g
10 3 (1.282%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.282%) OLAP
10 3 (1.282%) BODI
10 3 (1.282%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Development Applications
1 29 (12.39%) Subversion
2 19 (8.120%) Maven
3 18 (7.692%) Eclipse
4 14 (5.983%) Git (software)
5 13 (5.556%) Team Foundation Server
6 11 (4.701%) XMLSpy
7 10 (4.274%) ClearCase
7 10 (4.274%) JUnit
8 9 (3.846%) Selenium
9 8 (3.419%) Ant
9 8 (3.419%) ReSharper
9 8 (3.419%) SpecFlow
9 8 (3.419%) Visual Studio
10 6 (2.564%) Rational Application Developer
10 6 (2.564%) JIRA
11 5 (2.137%) WinDbg
11 5 (2.137%) JDeveloper
11 5 (2.137%) QuickTest Pro
11 5 (2.137%) LoadRunner
11 5 (2.137%) Hudson
General
1 41 (17.52%) Finance
2 26 (11.11%) Banking
3 14 (5.983%) Telecoms
4 4 (1.709%) Marketing
5 2 (0.855%) Retail
5 2 (0.855%) Back Office
5 2 (0.855%) Publishing
6 1 (0.427%) Automotive
6 1 (0.427%) Investment Banking
6 1 (0.427%) Dutch Language
6 1 (0.427%) French Language
Job Titles
1 131 (55.98%) Developer
2 48 (20.51%) Architect
3 25 (10.68%) .NET Developer
4 20 (8.547%) Java Developer
5 16 (6.838%) Oracle Developer
6 12 (5.128%) C# Developer
6 12 (5.128%) C# .NET Developer
7 11 (4.701%) Agile .NET Developer
7 11 (4.701%) Agile C# Developer
7 11 (4.701%) C# ASP.NET Developer
8 10 (4.274%) Analyst
8 10 (4.274%) Solutions Architect
9 9 (3.846%) Senior Developer
9 9 (3.846%) Siebel Developer
10 8 (3.419%) ASP.NET Developer
10 8 (3.419%) Consultant
10 8 (3.419%) Lead Developer
11 7 (2.991%) WebSphere Developer
11 7 (2.991%) Oracle SOA Developer
11 7 (2.991%) SOA Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (6.838%) Open Source
2 12 (5.128%) DataPower
3 10 (4.274%) Mobile App
3 10 (4.274%) Enterprise Software
3 10 (4.274%) Web 2.0
4 9 (3.846%) Contract for Difference
4 9 (3.846%) N-Tier
4 9 (3.846%) W3C
4 9 (3.846%) Blackberry
4 9 (3.846%) iPhone
5 8 (3.419%) Cloud Computing
6 5 (2.137%) SWIFT
6 5 (2.137%) PMI
7 4 (1.709%) RIA
8 2 (0.855%) Mathematics
8 2 (0.855%) Physics
8 2 (0.855%) Computer Science
8 2 (0.855%) Mainframe
8 2 (0.855%) Clustering
8 2 (0.855%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 35 (14.96%) Windows
2 34 (14.53%) Linux
3 22 (9.402%) UNIX
4 8 (3.419%) Windows 7
4 8 (3.419%) Windows XP
5 4 (1.709%) Windows Server 2003
5 4 (1.709%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.855%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (0.855%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 66 (28.21%) Agile Software Development
2 65 (27.78%) SOA
3 51 (21.79%) OO
4 36 (15.38%) UML
4 36 (15.38%) MVC
5 35 (14.96%) Workflow
6 30 (12.82%) Scrum
7 29 (12.39%) TDD
7 29 (12.39%) BPEL
8 23 (9.829%) Data Modelling
9 18 (7.692%) Unit Testing
10 15 (6.410%) Business Intelligence
11 14 (5.983%) CRM
11 14 (5.983%) BDD
12 13 (5.556%) E-Commerce
12 13 (5.556%) ITIL
12 13 (5.556%) Kanban
13 12 (5.128%) BPMN
13 12 (5.128%) Use Case
13 12 (5.128%) Content Management
Programming Languages
1 95 (40.60%) Java
2 85 (36.32%) SQL
3 52 (22.22%) JavaScript
4 48 (20.51%) C#
5 30 (12.82%) XPath
6 16 (6.838%) Perl
7 14 (5.983%) Python
8 13 (5.556%) T-SQL
8 13 (5.556%) C++
9 9 (3.846%) PL/SQL
9 9 (3.846%) VB
10 8 (3.419%) PHP
10 8 (3.419%) Shell Script
11 7 (2.991%) XQuery
12 5 (2.137%) VC++
12 5 (2.137%) Ada
12 5 (2.137%) VBScript
13 4 (1.709%) C
13 4 (1.709%) VB6
14 3 (1.282%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 13 (5.556%) Security Cleared
2 7 (2.991%) ISEB
2 7 (2.991%) SC Cleared
3 5 (2.137%) PMI Certification
4 4 (1.709%) ISEB Practitioner
5 3 (1.282%) Degree
6 2 (0.855%) ISTQB
6 2 (0.855%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.427%) HND
7 1 (0.427%) Sun Certification
7 1 (0.427%) BC Cleared
7 1 (0.427%) APMP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (2.564%) QA
1 6 (2.564%) Data Quality
2 4 (1.709%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (1.282%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.427%) OpenSSO
Systems Management
1 4 (1.709%) Tivoli
1 4 (1.709%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 110 (47.01%) Oracle
2 39 (16.67%) Microsoft
3 30 (12.82%) IBM
4 24 (10.26%) Pega
5 21 (8.974%) JBoss
6 11 (4.701%) SAP
7 10 (4.274%) Siebel
8 9 (3.846%) FatWire
9 8 (3.419%) Curam
9 8 (3.419%) HP
10 6 (2.564%) Sybase
10 6 (2.564%) Perforce
11 5 (2.137%) Lotus
11 5 (2.137%) Business Objects
11 5 (2.137%) Chordiant
11 5 (2.137%) Plumtree
12 4 (1.709%) Google
13 3 (1.282%) Sun
13 3 (1.282%) Endeca
14 2 (0.855%) WSO2
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