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This section looks at the demand for Swing (Java) skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Swing over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSwing (Java)
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank74-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads50
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.506 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£364-
Average daily rate£364-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£364-
UK excluding London average daily rate£390£342
% change on same period last year+14.09 %
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£42.13£39.10
% change on same period last year+7.72 %
Application Development CheshireApplication Development
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads332195
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.441 %0.200 %
Daily rates quoted9836
Average minimum daily rate£360£334
Average daily rate£382£360
% change on same period last year+6.20 %
Average maximum daily rate£405£386
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£336
% change on same period last year+2.09 %
Hourly rates quoted2318
Average minimum hourly rate£33.22£26.86
Average hourly rate£36.74£28.25
% change on same period last year+30.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.25£29.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.60£33.11
% change on same period last year-1.56 %
Swing North WestSwing
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.

Swing
Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Swing Demand Trend

Swing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Swing Daily Rate Trend

Swing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire Swing Hourly Rate Trend

Swing
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Swing within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 18 July 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
ChesterNew entry-2£364-
CreweNew entry-2--
Swing North WestSwing
North West

Swing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Swing 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 Swing.

113 (100.00 %)Java
212 (92.31 %)XML
311 (84.62 %)WebServices
311 (84.62 %)HTML
311 (84.62 %)JSP
311 (84.62 %)Hibernate
410 (76.92 %)Spring
410 (76.92 %)SOAP
410 (76.92 %)CSS
59 (69.23 %)Oracle
59 (69.23 %)C++
68 (61.54 %)WSDL
68 (61.54 %)JAX-RPC
68 (61.54 %)Finance
77 (53.85 %)Agile Software Development
77 (53.85 %)Middleware
85 (38.46 %)J2EE
94 (30.77 %)XPath
94 (30.77 %)JIRA
103 (23.08 %)Banking
103 (23.08 %)AJAX
103 (23.08 %)Tuxedo
112 (15.38 %)Eclipse
112 (15.38 %)UML
112 (15.38 %)International Banking
112 (15.38 %)Perforce
112 (15.38 %)Apache Axis
121 (7.692 %)Use Case
121 (7.692 %)Retail
121 (7.692 %)Ant

Swing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region citing Swing 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 Swing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
112 (92.31 %)XML
211 (84.62 %)HTML
211 (84.62 %)JSP
211 (84.62 %)Hibernate
211 (84.62 %)WebServices
310 (76.92 %)CSS
310 (76.92 %)Spring
310 (76.92 %)SOAP
48 (61.54 %)WSDL
48 (61.54 %)JAX-RPC
57 (53.85 %)Middleware
65 (38.46 %)J2EE
73 (23.08 %)AJAX
82 (15.38 %)Apache Axis
Application Platforms
13 (23.08 %)Tuxedo
Development Applications
14 (30.77 %)JIRA
22 (15.38 %)Eclipse
31 (7.692 %)Ant
31 (7.692 %)JUnit
General
18 (61.54 %)Finance
23 (23.08 %)Banking
32 (15.38 %)International Banking
41 (7.692 %)Retail
Job Titles
17 (53.85 %)Developer
26 (46.15 %)Software Engineer
26 (46.15 %)Java Developer
32 (15.38 %)J2EE Developer
32 (15.38 %)Java/J2EE Developer
41 (7.692 %)Java Software Engineer
41 (7.692 %)Software Designer
41 (7.692 %)Software Developer
41 (7.692 %)Solutions Designer
Processes & Methodologies
17 (53.85 %)Agile Software Development
22 (15.38 %)UML
31 (7.692 %)Use Case
Programming Languages
113 (100.00 %)Java
29 (69.23 %)C++
34 (30.77 %)XPath
Vendors
19 (69.23 %)Oracle
22 (15.38 %)Perforce
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