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This section looks at the demand for JBoss skills within the Buckinghamshire region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JBoss over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJBoss
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank8087
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching contract IT job ads25
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.005 %
As % of the category below1.290 %2.415 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£350£400
Average daily rate£375£400
% change on same period last year-6.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.12 %
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£31.50£37.56
% change on same period last year-16.13 %
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Buckinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads155207
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.207 %0.207 %
Daily rates quoted4555
Average minimum daily rate£316£281
Average daily rate£331£297
% change on same period last year+11.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£347£313
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£344
% change on same period last year+2.73 %
Hourly rates quoted2340
Average minimum hourly rate£24.64£26.93
Average hourly rate£27.41£27.71
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.18£28.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.40£24.75
% change on same period last year+2.59 %
JBoss South EastJBoss
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.

JBoss
Demand Trend

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

Buckinghamshire JBoss Demand Trend

JBoss
Daily Rate Trend

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

Buckinghamshire JBoss Daily Rate Trend

JBoss
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JBoss within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
Milton KeynesNew entry-1£350-
JBoss South EastJBoss
South East

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing JBoss 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 JBoss.

17 (100.00 %)Java
17 (100.00 %)Oracle
26 (85.71 %)JSP
26 (85.71 %)Servlets
35 (71.43 %)XML
35 (71.43 %)Tomcat
44 (57.14 %)Apache
44 (57.14 %)JMS
44 (57.14 %)Eclipse
44 (57.14 %)FoxPro (VFP)
44 (57.14 %)Delphi
44 (57.14 %)MySQL
44 (57.14 %)Ant
44 (57.14 %)JUnit
44 (57.14 %)JavaScript
44 (57.14 %)PHP
44 (57.14 %)Spring
44 (57.14 %)JSF
44 (57.14 %)JasperReports
44 (57.14 %)AJAX
53 (42.86 %)J2EE
62 (28.57 %)Retail
62 (28.57 %)IBM
62 (28.57 %)BEA
62 (28.57 %)WebSphere Application Server
62 (28.57 %)WebLogic
62 (28.57 %)EJB
62 (28.57 %)JDBC
62 (28.57 %)WebSphere
62 (28.57 %)Degree

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing JBoss 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 JBoss. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (85.71 %)JSP
16 (85.71 %)Servlets
25 (71.43 %)XML
34 (57.14 %)JMS
34 (57.14 %)Spring
34 (57.14 %)JSF
34 (57.14 %)AJAX
43 (42.86 %)J2EE
52 (28.57 %)EJB
52 (28.57 %)JDBC
52 (28.57 %)WebSphere
52 (28.57 %)JNDI
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (71.43 %)Tomcat
24 (57.14 %)Apache
32 (28.57 %)Oracle Application Server
32 (28.57 %)WebSphere Application Server
32 (28.57 %)WebLogic
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (57.14 %)MySQL
14 (57.14 %)JasperReports
21 (14.29 %)Oracle 8/8i
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (57.14 %)Ant
14 (57.14 %)JUnit
14 (57.14 %)Eclipse
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Retail
21 (14.29 %)Telecoms
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (71.43 %)Developer
15 (71.43 %)Java Developer
23 (42.86 %)J2EE Developer
23 (42.86 %)Java Consultant
23 (42.86 %)Consultant
23 (42.86 %)Senior Developer
23 (42.86 %)Senior Java Developer
23 (42.86 %)Java/J2EE Developer
32 (28.57 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
32 (28.57 %)Senior J2EE Developer
41 (14.29 %)Lead Developer
41 (14.29 %)Lead Java Developer
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)Solaris
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (14.29 %)UML
11 (14.29 %)OO
11 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (100.00 %)Java
24 (57.14 %)JavaScript
24 (57.14 %)PHP
24 (57.14 %)FoxPro (VFP)
24 (57.14 %)Delphi
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (28.57 %)Degree
Buckinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (100.00 %)Oracle
22 (28.57 %)IBM
22 (28.57 %)BEA