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This section looks at the demand for Spring Framework skills within the Cheshire 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 last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSpring Framework
Location
3 months to 15 May 2008Same period last year
Rank66-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads120
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.000 %
As % of the category below3.429 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted70
Average minimum daily rate£299-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£351-
UK excluding London average daily rate£394£334
% change on same period last year+18.04 %
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£33.75£41.14
% change on same period last year-17.95 %
Application Development CheshireApplication Development
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads350236
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.449 %0.265 %
Daily rates quoted7844
Average minimum daily rate£345£246
Average daily rate£367£253
% change on same period last year+45.23 %
Average maximum daily rate£390£260
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£334
% change on same period last year+5.58 %
Hourly rates quoted3923
Average minimum hourly rate£34.08£29.09
Average hourly rate£36.74£30.71
% change on same period last year+19.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.39£32.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.40£31.83
% change on same period last year+1.80 %
Spring North WestSpring
North West

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 starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Spring across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Cheshire Spring Demand Trend

Spring
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region over the past 3 months.

Cheshire Spring Daily Rate Histogram

Spring
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spring within the Cheshire region over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank 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
1WarringtonNew entry-4£300-
2ChesterNew entry-2£345-
2NorthwichNew entry-2£320-
Spring North WestSpring
North West

Spring
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Spring 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 Spring.

121 (95.45 %)Java
220 (90.91 %)JSP
220 (90.91 %)Hibernate
317 (77.27 %)Oracle
415 (68.18 %)J2EE
415 (68.18 %)CSS
514 (63.64 %)XML
613 (59.09 %)Finance
711 (50.00 %)HTML
810 (45.45 %)AJAX
99 (40.91 %)WebServices
108 (36.36 %)Swing
108 (36.36 %)Oracle 10g
108 (36.36 %)C++
108 (36.36 %)SOAP
108 (36.36 %)WebSphere
117 (31.82 %)Servlets
126 (27.27 %)JAX-RPC
126 (27.27 %)WSDL
126 (27.27 %)Middleware
135 (22.73 %)Agile Software Development
144 (18.18 %)Banking
144 (18.18 %)Struts
144 (18.18 %)ASP
144 (18.18 %)VB
153 (13.64 %).NET
153 (13.64 %)SQL Server
153 (13.64 %)COBOL
153 (13.64 %)C#
153 (13.64 %)SQL

Spring
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Spring 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 Spring. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
120 (90.91 %)JSP
120 (90.91 %)Hibernate
215 (68.18 %)CSS
215 (68.18 %)J2EE
314 (63.64 %)XML
411 (50.00 %)HTML
510 (45.45 %)AJAX
69 (40.91 %)WebServices
78 (36.36 %)WebSphere
78 (36.36 %)SOAP
78 (36.36 %)Swing
87 (31.82 %)Servlets
96 (27.27 %)WSDL
96 (27.27 %)JAX-RPC
96 (27.27 %)Middleware
104 (18.18 %)Struts
104 (18.18 %)ASP
113 (13.64 %).NET
122 (9.091 %)EJB
122 (9.091 %)JDBC
Application Platforms
13 (13.64 %)Tomcat
22 (9.091 %)Tuxedo
22 (9.091 %)WebSphere Application Server
22 (9.091 %)WebLogic
31 (4.545 %)Apache
31 (4.545 %)iPlanet
Communications & Networking
11 (4.545 %)HTTP
11 (4.545 %)Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
18 (36.36 %)Oracle 10g
23 (13.64 %)SQL Server
32 (9.091 %)Oracle 9i
32 (9.091 %)RDBMS
41 (4.545 %)MySQL
41 (4.545 %)DTS
41 (4.545 %)SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
12 (9.091 %)JIRA
21 (4.545 %)Ant
General
113 (59.09 %)Finance
24 (18.18 %)Banking
33 (13.64 %)Online Banking
41 (4.545 %)International Banking
Job Titles
117 (77.27 %)Developer
214 (63.64 %)Java Developer
36 (27.27 %)J2EE Developer
36 (27.27 %)Java/J2EE Developer
45 (22.73 %)Software Engineer
52 (9.091 %)Web Developer
61 (4.545 %)DBA
61 (4.545 %)Web Designer
61 (4.545 %)SQL Developer
61 (4.545 %)SQL DBA
Miscellaneous
11 (4.545 %)Client/Server
11 (4.545 %)N-Tier
Operating Systems
11 (4.545 %)Unix
11 (4.545 %)Windows
11 (4.545 %)Windows 2000
11 (4.545 %)Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
15 (22.73 %)Agile Software Development
22 (9.091 %)UML
22 (9.091 %)OOA/OOD
22 (9.091 %)RUP
31 (4.545 %)Extreme Programming
31 (4.545 %)Web Design
31 (4.545 %)OO
31 (4.545 %)TDD
31 (4.545 %)Web Development
Programming Languages
121 (95.45 %)Java
28 (36.36 %)C++
34 (18.18 %)VB
43 (13.64 %)VB6
43 (13.64 %)SQL
43 (13.64 %)COBOL
43 (13.64 %)C#
52 (9.091 %)JavaScript
52 (9.091 %)XPath
61 (4.545 %)VBScript
61 (4.545 %)PHP
Vendors
117 (77.27 %)Oracle
21 (4.545 %)Quark
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