Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for JBoss skills within the Belfast region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JBoss over the 3 months to 20 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJBoss
Location
3 months to
20 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank2221
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads81
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.001 %
As % of the category below34.78 %7.143 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£369£333
% change on same period last year+10.87 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.98£28.75
% change on same period last year+14.69 %
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Belfast
Matching contract IT job ads2314
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.036 %0.015 %
Daily rates quoted54
Average minimum daily rate£227£276
Average daily rate£252£326
% change on same period last year-22.80 %
Average maximum daily rate£277£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£340
% change on same period last year+3.52 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£14.83-
Average hourly rate£15.95-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£17.08-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.15£23.79
% change on same period last year+1.52 %
JBoss County AntrimJBoss
County Antrim

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing JBoss across the Belfast region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Belfast JBoss Demand Trend

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Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing JBoss 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 JBoss.

18 (100.00 %)JSP
18 (100.00 %)Servlets
18 (100.00 %)Java
18 (100.00 %)J2EE
18 (100.00 %)JUnit
18 (100.00 %)MVC
24 (50.00 %)Hibernate
24 (50.00 %)Spring
24 (50.00 %)Web Development
24 (50.00 %)EJB 3.0
24 (50.00 %)EJB
24 (50.00 %)Struts
24 (50.00 %)XML
24 (50.00 %)Linux
24 (50.00 %)OO
24 (50.00 %)Eclipse
24 (50.00 %)Configuration Management
32 (25.00 %)C++

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast region citing JBoss 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 JBoss. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (100.00 %)JSP
18 (100.00 %)Servlets
18 (100.00 %)MVC
18 (100.00 %)J2EE
24 (50.00 %)EJB
24 (50.00 %)Hibernate
24 (50.00 %)Spring
24 (50.00 %)EJB 3.0
24 (50.00 %)Struts
24 (50.00 %)XML
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (100.00 %)JUnit
24 (50.00 %)Eclipse
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (50.00 %)Developer
14 (50.00 %)Senior Developer
14 (50.00 %)Java Developer
14 (50.00 %)Senior Java Developer
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (50.00 %)Linux
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (50.00 %)OO
14 (50.00 %)Configuration Management
14 (50.00 %)Web Development
Belfast IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (100.00 %)Java
22 (25.00 %)C++