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This section looks at the demand for Spring Framework 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 Spring over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSpring Framework
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank4563
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads94
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.004 %
As % of the category below5.625 %1.826 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£300£400
Average daily rate£313£400
% change on same period last year-21.87 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£363£343
% change on same period last year+5.84 %
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£42.39£42.11
% change on same period last year+0.67 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads160219
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.211 %0.218 %
Daily rates quoted4059
Average minimum daily rate£276£314
Average daily rate£307£355
% change on same period last year-13.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£338£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted119
Average minimum hourly rate£31.51£34.71
Average hourly rate£34.07£35.65
% change on same period last year-4.43 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.63£36.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.72£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.69 %
Spring West MidlandsSpring
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.

Spring
Demand Trend

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

Birmingham Spring Demand Trend

Spring
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Spring Daily Rate Trend

Spring
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spring across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Birmingham Spring Daily Rate Histogram

Spring
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Spring Hourly Rate Trend

Spring
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region citing Spring 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 Spring.

111 (100.00 %)Java
29 (81.82 %)J2EE
29 (81.82 %)Hibernate
38 (72.73 %)JMS
47 (63.64 %)SQL
47 (63.64 %)XML
47 (63.64 %)WebSphere
56 (54.55 %)Struts
65 (45.45 %)XSLT
65 (45.45 %)PL/SQL
65 (45.45 %)Oracle
65 (45.45 %)Ant
74 (36.36 %)Middleware
74 (36.36 %)EJB
74 (36.36 %)XSD
83 (27.27 %)WebServices
83 (27.27 %)JDBC
83 (27.27 %)JAXB
83 (27.27 %)WPS
83 (27.27 %)XPath
92 (18.18 %)Oracle 11g
92 (18.18 %)Degree
92 (18.18 %)ESB
92 (18.18 %).NET Framework
92 (18.18 %)JPA
92 (18.18 %)DataPower
92 (18.18 %)Government
92 (18.18 %)BPEL
92 (18.18 %)SAP XI
92 (18.18 %)EAI

Spring
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (81.82 %)J2EE
19 (81.82 %)Hibernate
28 (72.73 %)JMS
37 (63.64 %)XML
37 (63.64 %)WebSphere
46 (54.55 %)Struts
55 (45.45 %)XSLT
64 (36.36 %)Middleware
64 (36.36 %)EJB
64 (36.36 %)XSD
73 (27.27 %)WebServices
73 (27.27 %)JDBC
73 (27.27 %)JAXB
82 (18.18 %).NET Framework
82 (18.18 %)JPA
82 (18.18 %)SAP XI
82 (18.18 %)JSP
82 (18.18 %)SOAP
82 (18.18 %)HTML
82 (18.18 %).NET
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (27.27 %)WPS
22 (18.18 %)ESB
22 (18.18 %)Oracle HTTP Server
22 (18.18 %)WebSphere MQ
22 (18.18 %)WebSphere Application Server
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (18.18 %)FTP
12 (18.18 %)HTTP
12 (18.18 %)HTTPS
12 (18.18 %)SSL
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (18.18 %)Oracle 11g
12 (18.18 %)SQLPlus
12 (18.18 %)DB2
12 (18.18 %)RDBMS
12 (18.18 %)Oracle 10g
21 (9.091 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (9.091 %)Datawarehouse
21 (9.091 %)SQL Server
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (45.45 %)Ant
22 (18.18 %)JDeveloper
22 (18.18 %)XMLSpy
22 (18.18 %)JUnit
22 (18.18 %)Visual Studio
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (18.18 %)Government
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (72.73 %)Developer
25 (45.45 %)Java Developer
25 (45.45 %)J2EE Developer
33 (27.27 %)Java/J2EE Developer
42 (18.18 %)WebSphere Developer
42 (18.18 %)Applications Support
51 (9.091 %)Consultant
51 (9.091 %)Applications Specialist
51 (9.091 %)Support Specialist
51 (9.091 %)Applications Support Specialist
51 (9.091 %)Enterprise Consultant
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (18.18 %)DataPower
21 (9.091 %)W3C
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (18.18 %)BPEL
12 (18.18 %)EAI
21 (9.091 %)e-GIF
21 (9.091 %)ITIL
21 (9.091 %)SOA
21 (9.091 %)Service Management
21 (9.091 %)Identity Management
21 (9.091 %)Agile Software Development
21 (9.091 %)Enterprise Architecture
21 (9.091 %)Logistics
21 (9.091 %)Unit Testing
21 (9.091 %)Integration Testing
21 (9.091 %)CTC Cleared
21 (9.091 %)Security Cleared
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (100.00 %)Java
27 (63.64 %)SQL
35 (45.45 %)PL/SQL
43 (27.27 %)XPath
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (18.18 %)Degree
21 (9.091 %)Sun Certification
21 (9.091 %)SCJP
21 (9.091 %)SCJA
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (9.091 %)Tivoli
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (45.45 %)Oracle
22 (18.18 %)SAP
31 (9.091 %)Sun