The first table below looks at the demand for Swing skills in IT contracts advertised for the Basingstoke region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Swing over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Basingstoke 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Swing (Java)
Rank 33 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Swing 3 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 1.508% - -
As % of the Application Development category 3.191% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
+19.23% +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £39.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +14.28%
All Application Development
Basingstoke
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
94 85 77
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Basingstoke 47.24% 44.97% 28.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 26 27
Average daily rate £350 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £261 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 11 15
Average hourly rate £23.13 £24.25 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.63% -29.71%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
Swing
Hampshire

Swing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Basingstoke Swing Jobs Demand Trend

Swing
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Swing across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke Swing Daily Rate Trend

Swing
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Swing across the Basingstoke region.

Basingstoke Swing Hourly Rate Trend

Swing
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke region citing Swing 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 Swing.

1 7 (100.00%) Java
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
1 7 (100.00%) JUnit
1 7 (100.00%) Web Services
1 7 (100.00%) XML
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
1 7 (100.00%) OO
1 7 (100.00%) J2SE
1 7 (100.00%) Java RMI
1 7 (100.00%) OOD
1 7 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 7 (100.00%) Software AG
1 7 (100.00%) webMethods
1 7 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 7 (100.00%) TDD
1 7 (100.00%) Subversion
1 7 (100.00%) ESB
1 7 (100.00%) Apache Axis
2 5 (71.43%) Degree

Swing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Basingstoke region citing Swing 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 Swing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (100.00%) Web Services
1 7 (100.00%) XML
1 7 (100.00%) J2SE
1 7 (100.00%) Java RMI
1 7 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 7 (100.00%) Apache Axis
Application Platforms
1 7 (100.00%) ESB
Development Applications
1 7 (100.00%) JUnit
1 7 (100.00%) Eclipse
1 7 (100.00%) Subversion
Job Titles
1 7 (100.00%) Developer
1 7 (100.00%) Java Developer
2 5 (71.43%) Java Swing Developer
Operating Systems
1 7 (100.00%) Windows
1 7 (100.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (100.00%) OO
1 7 (100.00%) OOD
1 7 (100.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (100.00%) Oracle
1 7 (100.00%) Software AG
1 7 (100.00%) webMethods