The first table below looks at the demand for Struts2 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Struts2 over the 3 months to 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Cheshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Struts 2
Rank 59 67 59
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -8
Contract jobs citing Struts2 2 2 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.277% 0.246% 1.852%
As % of the Application Development category 1.227% 0.830% 6.977%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 15
Average daily rate - - £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £375 £369
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
Cheshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
163 241 258
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cheshire 22.58% 29.64% 26.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 128 173
Average daily rate £350 £350 £350
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £275 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £488 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 6 3
Average hourly rate £30.00 £16.50 £19.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+81.81% -13.15%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Struts2
North West

Struts2
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Struts2 across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Cheshire Struts2 Jobs Demand Trend

Struts2
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Struts2 across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Struts2 Daily Rate Trend

Struts2
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Struts2 across the Cheshire region.

Cheshire Struts2 Hourly Rate Trend

Struts2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Struts2 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 Struts2.

1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
1 5 (100.00%) J2EE
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
1 5 (100.00%) DB2
1 5 (100.00%) WebLogic
1 5 (100.00%) EJB
1 5 (100.00%) JSP
1 5 (100.00%) Servlets
1 5 (100.00%) Struts
1 5 (100.00%) Web Services
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) XSD
1 5 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 5 (100.00%) JBoss
1 5 (100.00%) RUP
1 5 (100.00%) ClearCase
1 5 (100.00%) JMS
1 5 (100.00%) Chordiant
1 5 (100.00%) WSDL
1 5 (100.00%) PMI
1 5 (100.00%) PMI Certification
1 5 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
1 5 (100.00%) CMMI
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 5 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 5 (100.00%) Banking

Struts2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Struts2 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 Struts2. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 5 (100.00%) J2EE
1 5 (100.00%) EJB
1 5 (100.00%) JSP
1 5 (100.00%) Servlets
1 5 (100.00%) Struts
1 5 (100.00%) Web Services
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) XSD
1 5 (100.00%) JMS
1 5 (100.00%) WSDL
1 5 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 5 (100.00%) Ajax
1 5 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 5 (100.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 5 (100.00%) WebLogic
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (100.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 5 (100.00%) ClearCase
1 5 (100.00%) Subversion
2 3 (60.00%) Git (software)
2 3 (60.00%) Gradle
General
1 5 (100.00%) Finance
1 5 (100.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Senior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (100.00%) PMI
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (100.00%) PRINCE2
1 5 (100.00%) RUP
1 5 (100.00%) PRINCE
1 5 (100.00%) Project Management
1 5 (100.00%) CMMI
1 5 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 5 (100.00%) Waterfall
1 5 (100.00%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 5 (100.00%) SQL
2 3 (60.00%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 5 (100.00%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 5 (100.00%) Oracle
1 5 (100.00%) JBoss
1 5 (100.00%) Chordiant