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The table below looks at the demand for Spring Framework skills within the Blackburn 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 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSpring Framework
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %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£351£362
% change on same period last year-3.04 %
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£36.10£35.60
% change on same period last year+1.40 %
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Blackburn
Matching contract IT job ads35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.006 %
Daily rates quoted14
Average minimum daily rate£210£163
Average daily rate£210£199
% change on same period last year+5.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£210£235
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£334
% change on same period last year-5.07 %
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£28.27£31.42
% change on same period last year-10.04 %
Spring LancashireSpring
Lancashire

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 Blackburn region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Blackburn 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 Blackburn region.

Blackburn Spring Daily Rate Trend

Spring
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Blackburn 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.

12 (100.00 %)Java
12 (100.00 %)Hibernate
21 (50.00 %)WebSphere
21 (50.00 %)SQL
21 (50.00 %)Oracle
21 (50.00 %)WebLogic
21 (50.00 %)XML
21 (50.00 %)Apache
21 (50.00 %)Tomcat
21 (50.00 %)Eclipse
21 (50.00 %)RDBMS
21 (50.00 %)IBM

Spring
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Blackburn 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.

Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)Hibernate
21 (50.00 %)WebSphere
21 (50.00 %)XML
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (50.00 %)WebLogic
11 (50.00 %)Apache
11 (50.00 %)Tomcat
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (50.00 %)RDBMS
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)Eclipse
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
12 (100.00 %)Java Developer
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)SQL
Blackburn IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (50.00 %)Oracle
11 (50.00 %)IBM