Web Services Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Web Services over the 3 months to 21 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 West Midlands 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
21 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Web Services
Rank 36 31 38
Rank change year-on-year
-5 +7
Contract jobs citing Web Services 72 90 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 4.283% 4.005% 3.332%
As % of the Application Development category 17.52% 16.54% 13.22%
Number of daily rates quoted 29 44 37
Average daily rate £325 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £220 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £557 £396 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 0
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.25 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+75.38% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £31.50 £32.50 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-3.07% -18.75%
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 411 544 469
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 24.45% 24.21% 25.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 207 298 254
Average daily rate £300 £300 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £226 £218 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 13 14 21
Average hourly rate £28.50 £16.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+72.72% -9.58%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £12.50 £11.60
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £37.50 £25.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Web Services
England

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

West Midlands 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 West Midlands region.

West Midlands Web Services Hourly Rate Trend

Web Services
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Web Services within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 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
Birmingham -3 17 £338 +35.00%
Worcestershire +3 15 £300 -4.00%
Shropshire - 9 £565 -
Coventry -1 7 £288 -26.98%
Warwickshire -7 5 £375 +7.14%
Solihull +2 4 £350 -
Staffordshire +3 2 £300 +4.34%
Web Services
England

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 99 (63.46%) .NET
2 82 (52.56%) C#
3 71 (45.51%) SQL Server
4 55 (35.26%) ASP.NET
5 51 (32.69%) SQL
6 39 (25.00%) Microsoft
7 38 (24.36%) JavaScript
7 38 (24.36%) XML
8 33 (21.15%) OO
9 32 (20.51%) HTML
10 29 (18.59%) Windows
11 28 (17.95%) Oracle
12 27 (17.31%) Java
13 26 (16.67%) MVC
14 25 (16.03%) CSS
15 24 (15.38%) SOA
16 23 (14.74%) Workflow
16 23 (14.74%) .NET Framework
17 22 (14.10%) UML
17 22 (14.10%) SQL Server 2008
18 21 (13.46%) SOAP
19 20 (12.82%) HTTP
19 20 (12.82%) WebSphere
19 20 (12.82%) WCF
19 20 (12.82%) HTML5
20 19 (12.18%) IBM
21 18 (11.54%) Agile Software Development
21 18 (11.54%) jQuery
22 16 (10.26%) Linux
22 16 (10.26%) VB.NET

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands 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 99 (63.46%) .NET
2 55 (35.26%) ASP.NET
3 38 (24.36%) XML
4 32 (20.51%) HTML
5 25 (16.03%) CSS
6 23 (14.74%) .NET Framework
7 21 (13.46%) SOAP
8 20 (12.82%) WebSphere
8 20 (12.82%) WCF
8 20 (12.82%) HTML5
9 18 (11.54%) jQuery
10 15 (9.615%) JMS
10 15 (9.615%) Ajax
11 14 (8.974%) ASP.NET MVC
11 14 (8.974%) WSDL
11 14 (8.974%) Middleware
12 9 (5.769%) Flash
12 9 (5.769%) JSON
13 8 (5.128%) ASP.NET MVC 2
13 8 (5.128%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 15 (9.615%) SharePoint
1 15 (9.615%) WebSphere Process Server
1 15 (9.615%) IBM HTTP Server
1 15 (9.615%) CMS
2 13 (8.333%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 10 (6.410%) BizTalk Server
4 6 (3.846%) SharePoint Server
5 5 (3.205%) IIS
6 4 (2.564%) WebSphere Message Broker
6 4 (2.564%) ArcGIS
7 3 (1.923%) ESB
7 3 (1.923%) SharePoint 2010
7 3 (1.923%) Adobe CQ
8 2 (1.282%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (1.282%) MQSeries
9 1 (0.641%) WebSphere MQ
9 1 (0.641%) MS Exchange
9 1 (0.641%) NetWeaver
9 1 (0.641%) Tomcat
9 1 (0.641%) Exchange Server 2003
Applications
1 12 (7.692%) MS Excel
2 5 (3.205%) MS Office
2 5 (3.205%) Photoshop
2 5 (3.205%) InfoPath
3 3 (1.923%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.641%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 6 (3.846%) Dynamics CRM
2 1 (0.641%) ENOVIA
Communications & Networking
1 20 (12.82%) HTTP
2 15 (9.615%) LDAP
2 15 (9.615%) TCP/IP
3 14 (8.974%) DNS
4 6 (3.846%) Internet
5 5 (3.205%) FTP
6 1 (0.641%) HTTPS
6 1 (0.641%) IIOP
6 1 (0.641%) SSL
6 1 (0.641%) RIP
6 1 (0.641%) SNMP
6 1 (0.641%) LAN
6 1 (0.641%) SMTP
6 1 (0.641%) IPv6
6 1 (0.641%) DMZ
6 1 (0.641%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 71 (45.51%) SQL Server
2 22 (14.10%) SQL Server 2008
3 15 (9.615%) DB2
4 8 (5.128%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 8 (5.128%) SQL Server 2005
5 6 (3.846%) Oracle 8/8i
6 3 (1.923%) SQL Server 2000
6 3 (1.923%) MySQL
7 2 (1.282%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.282%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 2 (1.282%) Data Warehouse
8 1 (0.641%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.641%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (0.641%) DTS
8 1 (0.641%) Crystal Reports
8 1 (0.641%) Oracle 11g
8 1 (0.641%) SQL Server 2012
Development Applications
1 14 (8.974%) Team Foundation Server
2 8 (5.128%) Visual Studio
3 7 (4.487%) Subversion
4 5 (3.205%) Flash Builder
4 5 (3.205%) MSTest
5 4 (2.564%) Moq
6 2 (1.282%) Appcelerator Titanium
6 2 (1.282%) Jenkins
7 1 (0.641%) MSI
7 1 (0.641%) NUnit
7 1 (0.641%) CruiseControl
7 1 (0.641%) NWDI
7 1 (0.641%) NWDS
7 1 (0.641%) WiX
7 1 (0.641%) Hudson
7 1 (0.641%) PhoneGap
7 1 (0.641%) MSBuild
7 1 (0.641%) SpecFlow
General
1 9 (5.769%) Telecoms
2 7 (4.487%) Games
3 4 (2.564%) Manufacturing
4 2 (1.282%) Banking
4 2 (1.282%) Investment Banking
4 2 (1.282%) Finance
4 2 (1.282%) Publishing
5 1 (0.641%) Swedish Language
5 1 (0.641%) Automotive
5 1 (0.641%) Billing
Job Titles
1 102 (65.38%) Developer
2 50 (32.05%) .NET Developer
3 19 (12.18%) C# Developer
4 12 (7.692%) C# .NET Developer
5 10 (6.410%) Architect
5 10 (6.410%) Consultant
5 10 (6.410%) Programmer
6 9 (5.769%) Web Developer
7 8 (5.128%) ASP.NET Developer
7 8 (5.128%) Senior Developer
8 7 (4.487%) Administrator
8 7 (4.487%) WebSphere Specialist
8 7 (4.487%) Senior .NET Developer
8 7 (4.487%) Software Engineer
9 6 (3.846%) Mobile Developer
9 6 (3.846%) Lead Architect
9 6 (3.846%) C# ASP.NET Developer
9 6 (3.846%) DBA
10 5 (3.205%) Software Developer
10 5 (3.205%) BizTalk Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.692%) N-Tier
2 7 (4.487%) Mobile App
3 6 (3.846%) SaaS
3 6 (3.846%) E-Learning
4 5 (3.205%) RIA
5 4 (2.564%) Graphic Design
5 4 (2.564%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.282%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (1.282%) Open Source
6 2 (1.282%) VLE
7 1 (0.641%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.641%) NHS
7 1 (0.641%) W3C
7 1 (0.641%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.641%) Replication
7 1 (0.641%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 29 (18.59%) Windows
2 16 (10.26%) Linux
3 15 (9.615%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 5 (3.205%) Windows Mobile
5 4 (2.564%) Windows 7
6 3 (1.923%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.282%) Android
7 2 (1.282%) UNIX
8 1 (0.641%) Windows Server 2003
8 1 (0.641%) Solaris
8 1 (0.641%) Windows 2000
8 1 (0.641%) Windows Vista
8 1 (0.641%) Windows Server 2008
8 1 (0.641%) Windows 8
8 1 (0.641%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (21.15%) OO
2 26 (16.67%) MVC
3 24 (15.38%) SOA
4 23 (14.74%) Workflow
5 22 (14.10%) UML
6 18 (11.54%) Agile Software Development
7 15 (9.615%) Unit Testing
8 13 (8.333%) Content Management
9 12 (7.692%) Web Development
9 12 (7.692%) CRM
10 9 (5.769%) E-Commerce
10 9 (5.769%) OOP
11 7 (4.487%) OOA/OOD
11 7 (4.487%) Service Delivery
12 6 (3.846%) Analytics
12 6 (3.846%) SEO
12 6 (3.846%) Project Planning
12 6 (3.846%) PRINCE2
12 6 (3.846%) Business Intelligence
13 5 (3.205%) Process Management
Programming Languages
1 82 (52.56%) C#
2 51 (32.69%) SQL
3 38 (24.36%) JavaScript
4 27 (17.31%) Java
5 16 (10.26%) VB.NET
6 13 (8.333%) T-SQL
7 9 (5.769%) ActionScript
7 9 (5.769%) PL/SQL
7 9 (5.769%) ActionScript 3.0
8 5 (3.205%) PHP
9 4 (2.564%) Objective-C
10 2 (1.282%) C++
10 2 (1.282%) Python
11 1 (0.641%) Shell Script
11 1 (0.641%) COBOL
11 1 (0.641%) Perl
11 1 (0.641%) C
11 1 (0.641%) VBA
11 1 (0.641%) VBScript
11 1 (0.641%) VB
Qualifications
1 15 (9.615%) Security Cleared
2 13 (8.333%) SC Cleared
3 6 (3.846%) Degree
4 4 (2.564%) DV Cleared
5 1 (0.641%) ISEB
5 1 (0.641%) OCP
5 1 (0.641%) Oracle Certification
5 1 (0.641%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (2.564%) QA
System Software
1 15 (9.615%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.641%) Oracle RAC
2 1 (0.641%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.641%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 39 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 28 (17.95%) Oracle
3 19 (12.18%) IBM
4 13 (8.333%) Red Hat
5 7 (4.487%) Adobe
5 7 (4.487%) SAP
6 6 (3.846%) Pega
7 5 (3.205%) Mercator
8 4 (2.564%) ESRI
9 2 (1.282%) Appcelerator
9 2 (1.282%) Sitecore
9 2 (1.282%) Alterian
10 1 (0.641%) Business Objects
10 1 (0.641%) Sybase
10 1 (0.641%) Google
10 1 (0.641%) Zend
10 1 (0.641%) VMware
10 1 (0.641%) Telerik
10 1 (0.641%) Cordys
10 1 (0.641%) Sencha
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