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This section looks at the demand for Java Portlet Specification (JSR 168) 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 JSR 168 over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava Portlet Specification (JSR 168)
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank53-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.617 %0.000 %
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£350£300
% change on same period last year+16.66 %
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£40.00£37.50
% change on same period last year+6.66 %
Application Development BirminghamApplication Development
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads162182
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.208 %0.204 %
Daily rates quoted3641
Average minimum daily rate£295£319
Average daily rate£308£346
% change on same period last year-11.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£321£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£334
% change on same period last year+5.58 %
Hourly rates quoted510
Average minimum hourly rate£20.84£23.72
Average hourly rate£23.40£27.51
% change on same period last year-14.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.97£31.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.40£31.83
% change on same period last year+1.80 %
JSR 168 West MidlandsJSR 168
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.

JSR 168
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing JSR 168 across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Birmingham JSR 168 Demand Trend

JSR 168
Top 6 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing JSR 168 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing JSR 168.

11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)JSP
11 (100.00 %)SOAP
11 (100.00 %)Struts
11 (100.00 %)AIX
11 (100.00 %)AJAX

JSR 168
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Birmingham region citing JSR 168 also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing JSR 168. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
11 (100.00 %)JSP
11 (100.00 %)SOAP
11 (100.00 %)Struts
11 (100.00 %)AJAX
Job Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)Java Developer
Operating Systems
11 (100.00 %)AIX
Programming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Java
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