The first table below looks at the demand for Web Services skills in IT contracts advertised for the Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire 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 23 32 32
Rank change year-on-year
+9 0
Contract jobs citing Web Services 27 23 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 6.054% 3.639% 3.267%
As % of the Application Development category 25.71% 21.50% 16.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 15 1
Average daily rate £400 £280 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+42.85% +12.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
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
Wiltshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
105 107 107
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Wiltshire 23.54% 16.93% 19.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 71 55
Average daily rate £325 £320 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -8.57%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £245 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £538 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 7
Average hourly rate - £23.88 £35.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -32.74%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Web Services
South West

Web Services
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

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

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region.

Wiltshire 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 Wiltshire region 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
Swindon +7 18 £438 +56.25%
Corsham - 3 £600 -
Web Services
South West

Web Services
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 38 (69.09%) C#
1 38 (69.09%) .NET
2 29 (52.73%) Security Cleared
3 25 (45.45%) SC Cleared
3 25 (45.45%) SQL Server
4 24 (43.64%) WCF
5 18 (32.73%) Unit Testing
5 18 (32.73%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
5 18 (32.73%) ASP.NET
6 17 (30.91%) Windows
6 17 (30.91%) JavaScript
7 16 (29.09%) Oracle
8 15 (27.27%) XML
8 15 (27.27%) Team Foundation Server
8 15 (27.27%) jQuery
8 15 (27.27%) Agile Software Development
9 14 (25.45%) .NET Framework
9 14 (25.45%) Visual Studio
10 13 (23.64%) Telecoms
10 13 (23.64%) Microsoft
11 12 (21.82%) IIS
11 12 (21.82%) VB
12 11 (20.00%) XSLT
13 10 (18.18%) SQL
13 10 (18.18%) Oracle 9i
13 10 (18.18%) Siebel
13 10 (18.18%) Workflow
13 10 (18.18%) Migration
13 10 (18.18%) Service Management
13 10 (18.18%) Silverlight

Web Services
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Wiltshire 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 38 (69.09%) .NET
2 24 (43.64%) WCF
3 18 (32.73%) ASP.NET
3 18 (32.73%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
4 15 (27.27%) XML
4 15 (27.27%) jQuery
5 14 (25.45%) .NET Framework
6 11 (20.00%) XSLT
7 10 (18.18%) Silverlight
8 9 (16.36%) Ajax
9 8 (14.55%) Managed Extensibility Framework
10 7 (12.73%) HTML5
10 7 (12.73%) JSON
11 6 (10.91%) HTML
12 5 (9.091%) CSS
13 4 (7.273%) ADO.NET
14 3 (5.455%) OLE DB
14 3 (5.455%) AppFabric
14 3 (5.455%) Sencha Touch
15 2 (3.636%) WinForms
Application Platforms
1 12 (21.82%) IIS
2 8 (14.55%) ArcGIS
3 1 (1.818%) Force.com
Applications
1 7 (12.73%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (3.636%) Intranet
1 2 (3.636%) Internet
1 2 (3.636%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (45.45%) SQL Server
2 10 (18.18%) Oracle 9i
2 10 (18.18%) Oracle 11g
3 9 (16.36%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 15 (27.27%) Team Foundation Server
2 14 (25.45%) Visual Studio
3 8 (14.55%) MSTest
3 8 (14.55%) Moq
4 3 (5.455%) Appcelerator Titanium
5 1 (1.818%) Eclipse
General
1 13 (23.64%) Telecoms
2 8 (14.55%) Finance
3 3 (5.455%) Banking
3 3 (5.455%) Retail
Job Titles
1 34 (61.82%) Developer
2 18 (32.73%) .NET Developer
3 14 (25.45%) C# Developer
4 10 (18.18%) Consultant
5 9 (16.36%) Siebel Consultant
5 9 (16.36%) C# .NET Developer
6 8 (14.55%) Software Programmer
6 8 (14.55%) Programmer
6 8 (14.55%) Software Developer
6 8 (14.55%) Software Engineer
7 7 (12.73%) C# Programmer
8 5 (9.091%) Test Manager
8 5 (9.091%) .NET Programmer
9 4 (7.273%) Architect
9 4 (7.273%) Test Engineer
9 4 (7.273%) Mobile Developer
10 3 (5.455%) Database Developer
11 2 (3.636%) SQL Developer
11 2 (3.636%) Infrastructure Manager
11 2 (3.636%) Senior Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (14.55%) Client/Server
1 8 (14.55%) RIA
2 6 (10.91%) Blackberry
3 5 (9.091%) Mobile App
4 4 (7.273%) Enterprise Software
4 4 (7.273%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (30.91%) Windows
2 8 (14.55%) Windows 7
3 6 (10.91%) Apple iOS
3 6 (10.91%) Android
3 6 (10.91%) Windows Phone
4 2 (3.636%) BlackBerry OS
4 2 (3.636%) Windows Phone 8
5 1 (1.818%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (32.73%) Unit Testing
2 15 (27.27%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (18.18%) Migration
3 10 (18.18%) Service Management
3 10 (18.18%) Workflow
4 9 (16.36%) Scrum
5 8 (14.55%) UML
6 7 (12.73%) Integration Testing
7 6 (10.91%) Test Strategy
8 4 (7.273%) Stakeholder Management
8 4 (7.273%) Mobile Device Management
9 3 (5.455%) Database Security
9 3 (5.455%) ETL
10 2 (3.636%) ITIL
10 2 (3.636%) PRINCE2
10 2 (3.636%) MVC
10 2 (3.636%) Mobile Application Development
11 1 (1.818%) Data Validation
11 1 (1.818%) TDD
11 1 (1.818%) Supplier Management
Programming Languages
1 38 (69.09%) C#
2 17 (30.91%) JavaScript
3 12 (21.82%) VB
4 10 (18.18%) SQL
5 3 (5.455%) T-SQL
5 3 (5.455%) C
6 1 (1.818%) VB.NET
6 1 (1.818%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 29 (52.73%) Security Cleared
2 25 (45.45%) SC Cleared
3 8 (14.55%) DV Cleared
4 3 (5.455%) MCDBA
4 3 (5.455%) Microsoft Certification
5 2 (3.636%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (1.818%) ISTQB
6 1 (1.818%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.455%) ISO 9001
2 1 (1.818%) QA
Systems Management
1 8 (14.55%) HP Quality Center
2 2 (3.636%) SCOM
Vendors
1 16 (29.09%) Oracle
2 13 (23.64%) Microsoft
3 10 (18.18%) Siebel
4 8 (14.55%) ESRI
5 4 (7.273%) Sencha
6 3 (5.455%) Appcelerator
7 1 (1.818%) VMware
7 1 (1.818%) Salesforce.com