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The table below looks at the demand for BEA WebLogic Server skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WebLogic over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBEA WebLogic Server
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank9738
Rank change on same period last yearDown-59
Matching contract IT job ads25163
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.036 %0.165 %
As % of the category below6.313 %22.21 %
Daily rates quoted1039
Average minimum daily rate£338£401
Average daily rate£370£439
% change on same period last year-15.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£403£477
UK excluding London average daily rate£370£373
% change on same period last year-0.80 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£37.50-
Average hourly rate£47.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£57.50-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.24£29.50
% change on same period last year+29.63 %
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads396734
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.563 %0.741 %
Daily rates quoted101208
Average minimum daily rate£336£345
Average daily rate£358£370
% change on same period last year-3.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£379£394
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£339
% change on same period last year+3.32 %
Hourly rates quoted2362
Average minimum hourly rate£37.92£24.61
Average hourly rate£40.75£26.95
% change on same period last year+51.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£43.58£29.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.54£24.08
% change on same period last year+1.92 %
WebLogic South EastWebLogic
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.

WebLogic
Demand Trend

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

Berkshire WebLogic Demand Trend

WebLogic
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire WebLogic Daily Rate Trend

WebLogic
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebLogic across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Berkshire WebLogic Daily Rate Histogram

WebLogic
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire WebLogic Hourly Rate Trend

WebLogic
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebLogic within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 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
ReadingDown-134--
MaidenheadDown-123£500+15.38 %
BracknellDown-42£375-19.64 %
SloughUp+51£400+21.21 %
WebLogic South EastWebLogic
South East

WebLogic
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing WebLogic 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 WebLogic.

165 (67.71 %)Oracle
260 (62.50 %)SQL
357 (59.38 %)UNIX
447 (48.96 %)Shell Script
538 (39.58 %)SQLPlus
627 (28.13 %)J2EE
723 (23.96 %)BEA
819 (19.79 %)Java
914 (14.58 %)Telecoms
1013 (13.54 %)Apache
1112 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
1211 (11.46 %)Windows
1211 (11.46 %)XML
1211 (11.46 %)JSP
1211 (11.46 %)Struts
1211 (11.46 %)WebLogic Portal
1310 (10.42 %)Hibernate
1310 (10.42 %)Front Office
1310 (10.42 %)WebServices
1310 (10.42 %)IIS
149 (9.375 %)Spring
158 (8.333 %)AJAX
158 (8.333 %)Perl
158 (8.333 %)SOA
158 (8.333 %)HTTP
158 (8.333 %)Clustering
167 (7.292 %)CRM
167 (7.292 %)PL/SQL
167 (7.292 %)Unit Testing
176 (6.250 %)WebSphere

WebLogic
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing WebLogic 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 WebLogic. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
127 (28.13 %)J2EE
211 (11.46 %)XML
211 (11.46 %)JSP
211 (11.46 %)Struts
310 (10.42 %)Hibernate
310 (10.42 %)WebServices
49 (9.375 %)Spring
58 (8.333 %)AJAX
66 (6.250 %)WebSphere
66 (6.250 %)HTML
75 (5.208 %)MVC
75 (5.208 %)CSS
84 (4.167 %)WCF
84 (4.167 %).NET Framework
84 (4.167 %)SOAP
84 (4.167 %)ASP.NET
84 (4.167 %)EJB
84 (4.167 %).NET
84 (4.167 %)XHTML
84 (4.167 %)UDDI
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (13.54 %)Apache
211 (11.46 %)WebLogic Portal
310 (10.42 %)IIS
44 (4.167 %)Resin
44 (4.167 %)ESB
44 (4.167 %)Oracle Application Server
44 (4.167 %)BizTalk Server
53 (3.125 %)WebLogic Integration
53 (3.125 %)Tomcat
53 (3.125 %)Movable Type
53 (3.125 %)Mambo
62 (2.083 %)Oracle 10gAS
71 (1.042 %)TeamSite
71 (1.042 %)iPlanet
71 (1.042 %)JBoss
71 (1.042 %)Tuxedo
71 (1.042 %)MS Exchange
71 (1.042 %)Exchange Server 2003
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.042 %)Oracle 11i
11 (1.042 %)Retail-J
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (8.333 %)HTTP
26 (6.250 %)BSS
35 (5.208 %)TCP/IP
42 (2.083 %)NGN
42 (2.083 %)LAN
42 (2.083 %)SMS
42 (2.083 %)WAN
42 (2.083 %)Extranet
51 (1.042 %)SAN
51 (1.042 %)3G
51 (1.042 %)Wi-Fi
51 (1.042 %)Wireless
51 (1.042 %)DHCP
51 (1.042 %)Bluetooth
51 (1.042 %)Broadband
51 (1.042 %)GPRS
51 (1.042 %)DNS
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
138 (39.58 %)SQLPlus
24 (4.167 %)Oracle 8/8i
24 (4.167 %)Oracle 9i
32 (2.083 %)Oracle 10g
41 (1.042 %)SQL Server
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (6.250 %)Eclipse
25 (5.208 %)JUnit
33 (3.125 %)Introscope
42 (2.083 %)Ant
42 (2.083 %)Bugzilla
51 (1.042 %)Subversion
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (14.58 %)Telecoms
210 (10.42 %)Front Office
35 (5.208 %)Back Office
43 (3.125 %)Finance
43 (3.125 %)Government
52 (2.083 %)Marketing
61 (1.042 %)Manufacturing
61 (1.042 %)Construction
61 (1.042 %)Retail
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
124 (25.00 %)Administrator
222 (22.92 %)Analyst
321 (21.88 %)Support Analyst
321 (21.88 %)WebLogic Administrator
417 (17.71 %)Developer
512 (12.50 %)Java Developer
610 (10.42 %)Java/J2EE Developer
77 (7.292 %)Support Engineer
77 (7.292 %)Architect
86 (6.250 %)J2EE Developer
94 (4.167 %)Technical Support
103 (3.125 %)SOA Architect
112 (2.083 %)OSS Engineer
112 (2.083 %)Web Engineer
112 (2.083 %)BSS Engineer
112 (2.083 %)Integration Engineer
112 (2.083 %)Oracle DBA
112 (2.083 %)Technical Support Engineer
112 (2.083 %)Technical Engineer
112 (2.083 %)Technical Manager
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (8.333 %)Clustering
25 (5.208 %)Replication
33 (3.125 %)W3C
33 (3.125 %)Web 2.0
42 (2.083 %)N-Tier
51 (1.042 %)PMI
51 (1.042 %)EPoS
51 (1.042 %)IPTV
51 (1.042 %)CMDB
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
157 (59.38 %)UNIX
211 (11.46 %)Windows
35 (5.208 %)Solaris
43 (3.125 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (2.083 %)Windows 2000 Server
52 (2.083 %)Windows XP
52 (2.083 %)Linux
52 (2.083 %)Windows 2000
61 (1.042 %)HPUX
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
28 (8.333 %)SOA
37 (7.292 %)CRM
37 (7.292 %)Unit Testing
46 (6.250 %)Service Delivery
55 (5.208 %)Business Continuity
55 (5.208 %)Load Balancing
55 (5.208 %)SC Cleared
55 (5.208 %)Revenue Management
64 (4.167 %)Performance Management
64 (4.167 %)Technical Architecture
64 (4.167 %)Web Design
64 (4.167 %)B2B
73 (3.125 %)ITIL
73 (3.125 %)Content Management
82 (2.083 %)Agile Software Development
82 (2.083 %)UML
82 (2.083 %)Service Management
91 (1.042 %)Project Management
91 (1.042 %)Migration
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
160 (62.50 %)SQL
247 (48.96 %)Shell Script
319 (19.79 %)Java
48 (8.333 %)Perl
57 (7.292 %)PL/SQL
64 (4.167 %)C#
73 (3.125 %)PHP
73 (3.125 %)Ruby
82 (2.083 %)JavaScript
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (2.083 %)ITIL Certification
21 (1.042 %)Sun Certification
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.042 %)SLA
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (4.167 %)AquaLogic
21 (1.042 %)Active Directory
21 (1.042 %)NetBackup
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (4.167 %)CA SiteMinder
22 (2.083 %)Netcool/Proviso
22 (2.083 %)Netcool
22 (2.083 %)CiscoWorks
Berkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
165 (67.71 %)Oracle
223 (23.96 %)BEA
35 (5.208 %)PeopleSoft
43 (3.125 %)Mercator
43 (3.125 %)VERITAS
43 (3.125 %)IBM
43 (3.125 %)Microsoft
43 (3.125 %)FatWire
52 (2.083 %)Cisco
52 (2.083 %)Juniper
52 (2.083 %)Sun
61 (1.042 %)Hummingbird
61 (1.042 %)Sybase