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The table below looks at the demand for Java Servlet skills within the Chester region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Servlets over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava Servlet
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank27-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.381 %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£356£356
% change on same period last year-0.11 %
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£41.00£32.73
% change on same period last year+25.27 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads4245
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.060 %0.045 %
Daily rates quoted92
Average minimum daily rate£350£325
Average daily rate£356£325
% change on same period last year+9.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£325
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted32
Average minimum hourly rate£32.25£21.00
Average hourly rate£36.38£24.21
% change on same period last year+50.22 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.50£27.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£32.06
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Servlets CheshireServlets
Cheshire

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.

Servlets
Demand Trend

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

Chester Servlets Demand Trend

Servlets
Daily Rate Trend

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

Chester Servlets Daily Rate Trend

Servlets
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Servlets 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 Servlets.

11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XSLT
11 (100.00 %)Integration Testing

Servlets
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester region citing Servlets 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 Servlets. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)XML
11 (100.00 %)XSLT
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Software Engineer
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Integration Testing
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript