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The table below looks at the demand for Swing (Java) 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 Swing over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSwing (Java)
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2127
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads103
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.003 %
As % of the category below18.52 %8.824 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£330-
Average daily rate£346-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£362-
UK excluding London average daily rate£333£330
% change on same period last year+0.98 %
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£42.50£35.38
% change on same period last year+20.14 %
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Chester
Matching contract IT job ads5434
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.088 %0.037 %
Daily rates quoted84
Average minimum daily rate£282£342
Average daily rate£293£353
% change on same period last year-16.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£304£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£322£334
% change on same period last year-3.60 %
Hourly rates quoted40
Average minimum hourly rate£28.50-
Average hourly rate£31.80-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.10-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.63£31.53
% change on same period last year-9.18 %
Swing CheshireSwing
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.

Swing
Demand Trend

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

Chester 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 Chester region.

Chester Swing Daily Rate Trend

Swing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Swing across the Chester region over the 3 months to 4 December 2008.

Chester Swing Daily Rate Histogram

Swing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Chester Swing Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

117 (100.00 %)Java
214 (82.35 %)C++
214 (82.35 %)Finance
312 (70.59 %)Hibernate
312 (70.59 %)HTML
312 (70.59 %)JSP
312 (70.59 %)XML
411 (64.71 %)CSS
510 (58.82 %)SOAP
510 (58.82 %)WebServices
510 (58.82 %)WSDL
510 (58.82 %)Spring
69 (52.94 %)JAX-RPC
69 (52.94 %)Tuxedo
69 (52.94 %)Oracle
69 (52.94 %)Middleware
69 (52.94 %)Banking
77 (41.18 %)Perforce
86 (35.29 %)Agile Software Development
86 (35.29 %)XPath
86 (35.29 %)JIRA
95 (29.41 %)C
95 (29.41 %)AJAX
102 (11.76 %)Apache Axis
102 (11.76 %)MS Office
102 (11.76 %)MS Excel
102 (11.76 %)Windows
111 (5.882 %)Sun
111 (5.882 %)Sun Certification
111 (5.882 %)Extreme Programming

Swing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Chester 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.

Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (70.59 %)HTML
112 (70.59 %)JSP
112 (70.59 %)XML
112 (70.59 %)Hibernate
211 (64.71 %)CSS
310 (58.82 %)SOAP
310 (58.82 %)WebServices
310 (58.82 %)WSDL
310 (58.82 %)Spring
49 (52.94 %)JAX-RPC
49 (52.94 %)Middleware
55 (29.41 %)AJAX
62 (11.76 %)Apache Axis
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
19 (52.94 %)Tuxedo
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (11.76 %)MS Office
12 (11.76 %)MS Excel
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (35.29 %)JIRA
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (82.35 %)Finance
29 (52.94 %)Banking
31 (5.882 %)International Banking
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (52.94 %)Developer
28 (47.06 %)Software Engineer
37 (41.18 %)Java Developer
43 (17.65 %)Java Software Engineer
52 (11.76 %)Senior Developer
61 (5.882 %)Senior Java Developer
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (11.76 %)Windows
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (35.29 %)Agile Software Development
21 (5.882 %)Integration Testing
21 (5.882 %)Extreme Programming
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (100.00 %)Java
214 (82.35 %)C++
36 (35.29 %)XPath
45 (29.41 %)C
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (5.882 %)Sun Certification
Chester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (52.94 %)Oracle
27 (41.18 %)Perforce
31 (5.882 %)Sun