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

LinkJava Messaging Service (JMS)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4561
Rank change on same period last yearUp+16
Matching contract IT job ads86
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.006 %
As % of the category below5.063 %2.740 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£300£400
Average daily rate£313£425
% change on same period last year-26.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£400£348
% change on same period last year+14.89 %
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£32.50£40.00
% change on same period last year-18.75 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads158219
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.209 %0.218 %
Daily rates quoted3959
Average minimum daily rate£277£314
Average daily rate£308£355
% change on same period last year-13.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£339£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted109
Average minimum hourly rate£31.92£34.71
Average hourly rate£34.32£35.65
% change on same period last year-3.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.73£36.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.73£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
JMS West MidlandsJMS
West Midlands

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.

JMS
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham JMS Demand Trend

JMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham JMS Daily Rate Trend

JMS
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Birmingham JMS Daily Rate Histogram

JMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham JMS Hourly Rate Trend

JMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing JMS 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 JMS.

110 (55.56 %)Hibernate
110 (55.56 %)J2EE
110 (55.56 %)XSLT
110 (55.56 %)WebSphere
28 (44.44 %)WebServices
28 (44.44 %)XML
28 (44.44 %)Java
28 (44.44 %)EJB
28 (44.44 %)Spring
37 (38.89 %)XSD
37 (38.89 %)EAI
37 (38.89 %)SOAP
46 (33.33 %)SOA
46 (33.33 %)JDBC
46 (33.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
55 (27.78 %)PL/SQL
55 (27.78 %)SQL
55 (27.78 %)Oracle
55 (27.78 %)Ant
55 (27.78 %)JUnit
55 (27.78 %)WSDL
55 (27.78 %)DataPower
64 (22.22 %)Struts
64 (22.22 %)Agile Software Development
64 (22.22 %)UML
64 (22.22 %)OO
73 (16.67 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
73 (16.67 %)Eclipse
73 (16.67 %)COBOL
73 (16.67 %)Scrum

JMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing JMS 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 JMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (55.56 %)Hibernate
110 (55.56 %)J2EE
110 (55.56 %)XSLT
110 (55.56 %)WebSphere
28 (44.44 %)WebServices
28 (44.44 %)XML
28 (44.44 %)EJB
28 (44.44 %)Spring
37 (38.89 %)XSD
37 (38.89 %)SOAP
46 (33.33 %)JDBC
55 (27.78 %)WSDL
64 (22.22 %)Struts
73 (16.67 %)JAXB
73 (16.67 %)WBIMB
82 (11.11 %)JPA
82 (11.11 %).NET Framework
82 (11.11 %)JavaBeans
82 (11.11 %)SAP XI
82 (11.11 %)HTML
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (33.33 %)WebSphere Application Server
22 (11.11 %)WebSphere Message Broker
22 (11.11 %)WebSphere MQ
22 (11.11 %)Oracle HTTP Server
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (11.11 %)HTTPS
12 (11.11 %)SSL
12 (11.11 %)FTP
12 (11.11 %)HTTP
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (11.11 %)Oracle 11g
12 (11.11 %)RDBMS
12 (11.11 %)Oracle 10g
12 (11.11 %)SQLPlus
21 (5.556 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (5.556 %)Datawarehouse
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (27.78 %)Ant
15 (27.78 %)JUnit
23 (16.67 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
23 (16.67 %)Eclipse
32 (11.11 %)XMLSpy
32 (11.11 %)JDeveloper
32 (11.11 %)Visual Studio
41 (5.556 %)CruiseControl
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (5.556 %)Government
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (88.89 %)Developer
29 (50.00 %)Lead Developer
38 (44.44 %)J2EE Developer
44 (22.22 %)Java Developer
52 (11.11 %)Java/J2EE Developer
52 (11.11 %)WebSphere Developer
52 (11.11 %)Applications Support
61 (5.556 %)Applications Support Specialist
61 (5.556 %)webMethods Developer
61 (5.556 %)Applications Specialist
61 (5.556 %)Support Specialist
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (27.78 %)DataPower
21 (5.556 %)N-Tier
21 (5.556 %)W3C
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.556 %)UNIX
11 (5.556 %)Windows
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (38.89 %)EAI
26 (33.33 %)SOA
34 (22.22 %)Agile Software Development
34 (22.22 %)UML
34 (22.22 %)OO
43 (16.67 %)Scrum
52 (11.11 %)RAD
61 (5.556 %)ITIL
61 (5.556 %)Service Management
61 (5.556 %)e-GIF
61 (5.556 %)Logistics
61 (5.556 %)Unit Testing
61 (5.556 %)Integration Testing
61 (5.556 %)CTC Cleared
61 (5.556 %)Security Cleared
61 (5.556 %)Enterprise Architecture
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (44.44 %)Java
25 (27.78 %)PL/SQL
25 (27.78 %)SQL
33 (16.67 %)COBOL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (11.11 %)Degree
21 (5.556 %)SCJP
21 (5.556 %)Sun Certification
21 (5.556 %)SCJA
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (27.78 %)Oracle
23 (16.67 %)SAP
31 (5.556 %)webMethods
31 (5.556 %)Sun