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This section looks at the demand for Swing (Java) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Swing over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSwing (Java)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank113153
Rank change on same period last yearUp+40
Matching contract IT job ads1815
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.015 %
As % of the category below2.514 %1.455 %
Daily rates quoted113
Average minimum daily rate£348£370
Average daily rate£385£387
% change on same period last year-0.37 %
Average maximum daily rate£423£403
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£353
% change on same period last year-0.51 %
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£40.75£38.07
% change on same period last year+7.02 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads7161031
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.945 %1.027 %
Daily rates quoted189249
Average minimum daily rate£296£322
Average daily rate£321£336
% change on same period last year-4.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£346£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted5695
Average minimum hourly rate£36.49£36.08
Average hourly rate£38.08£37.28
% change on same period last year+2.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.68£38.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.73£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
Swing South EastSwing
South East

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.

Swing
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire Swing Demand Trend

Swing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Swing Daily Rate Trend

Swing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Swing across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Berkshire Swing Daily Rate Histogram

Swing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire Swing Hourly Rate Trend

Swing
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Swing within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BracknellUp+145£288-28.12 %
MaidenheadNew entry-3£383-
ReadingDown-122£375-1.31 %
Swing South EastSwing
South East

Swing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

126 (100.00 %)Java
222 (84.62 %)XML
319 (73.08 %)J2EE
418 (69.23 %)Eclipse
516 (61.54 %)UML
612 (46.15 %)Ant
711 (42.31 %)Oracle
810 (38.46 %)Windows
810 (38.46 %)Linux
99 (34.62 %)Hibernate
106 (23.08 %)Retail
115 (19.23 %)Banking
124 (15.38 %)E-Commerce
133 (11.54 %)AWT
133 (11.54 %)Finance
133 (11.54 %)Government
133 (11.54 %)MySQL
133 (11.54 %)JavaScript
133 (11.54 %)JUnit
133 (11.54 %)SOAP
133 (11.54 %)XSLT
133 (11.54 %)Spring
142 (7.692 %)XSL
142 (7.692 %)Struts
142 (7.692 %)SQL
142 (7.692 %)JSP
151 (3.846 %)JMS
151 (3.846 %)SOA
151 (3.846 %)JBoss
151 (3.846 %)LDAP

Swing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire 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.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
122 (84.62 %)XML
219 (73.08 %)J2EE
39 (34.62 %)Hibernate
43 (11.54 %)AWT
43 (11.54 %)SOAP
43 (11.54 %)XSLT
43 (11.54 %)Spring
52 (7.692 %)XSL
52 (7.692 %)Struts
52 (7.692 %)JSP
61 (3.846 %)JMS
61 (3.846 %)WebServices
61 (3.846 %)JDBC
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (3.846 %)JBoss
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.846 %)Quicktime
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.846 %)LDAP
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (11.54 %)MySQL
21 (3.846 %)SQL Server
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
118 (69.23 %)Eclipse
212 (46.15 %)Ant
33 (11.54 %)JUnit
41 (3.846 %)Subversion
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (23.08 %)Retail
25 (19.23 %)Banking
33 (11.54 %)Finance
33 (11.54 %)Government
41 (3.846 %)Multimedia
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
124 (92.31 %)Developer
222 (84.62 %)Java Developer
312 (46.15 %)Java Swing Developer
45 (19.23 %)Java/J2EE Developer
54 (15.38 %)UI Developer
54 (15.38 %)J2EE Developer
62 (7.692 %)Java Architect
62 (7.692 %)Architect
71 (3.846 %)Senior Developer
71 (3.846 %)Solutions Designer
71 (3.846 %)Software Developer
71 (3.846 %)Senior Java Developer
71 (3.846 %)Senior Java Architect
71 (3.846 %)Software Designer
71 (3.846 %)Release Engineer
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.846 %)MPEG
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (38.46 %)Windows
110 (38.46 %)Linux
21 (3.846 %)UNIX
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (61.54 %)UML
24 (15.38 %)E-Commerce
31 (3.846 %)SOA
31 (3.846 %)Extreme Programming
31 (3.846 %)TDD
31 (3.846 %)Use Case
31 (3.846 %)Release Management
31 (3.846 %)Unit Testing
31 (3.846 %)Continuous Integration
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
126 (100.00 %)Java
23 (11.54 %)JavaScript
32 (7.692 %)SQL
41 (3.846 %)C
41 (3.846 %)C++
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (42.31 %)Oracle