The first table below looks at the demand for Spring skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Spring over the 3 months to 19 June 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 City of London 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SpringSource Spring Framework
Rank 75 91 55
Rank change year-on-year
+16 -36
Contract jobs citing Spring 162 150 333
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 2.389% 1.938% 3.326%
As % of the Application Development category 8.232% 7.250% 11.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 130 120 263
Average daily rate £494 £525 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.95% -4.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £358 £400 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £335 £350
% change year-on-year
+8.20% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £32.25 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.81 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-14.42% -23.52%
All Application Development
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1968 2069 2810
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 29.03% 26.73% 28.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1556 1584 2206
Average daily rate £413 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £290 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 25 23
Average hourly rate £41.50 £32.50 £41.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.69% -21.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £19.00 £16.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.50 £50.50 £107.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
Spring
London

Spring
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London Spring Jobs Demand Trend

Spring
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Spring across the City of London region.

City of London Spring Daily Rate Trend

Spring
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spring across the City of London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

City of London Spring Daily Rate Histogram

Spring
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Spring across the City of London region.

City of London Spring Hourly Rate Trend

Spring
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Spring 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 Spring.

1 261 (96.31%) Java
2 140 (51.66%) Hibernate
3 98 (36.16%) TDD
4 89 (32.84%) J2EE
5 84 (31.00%) JavaScript
6 80 (29.52%) Banking
7 64 (23.62%) HTML
7 64 (23.62%) Oracle
8 61 (22.51%) Finance
9 59 (21.77%) CSS
10 55 (20.30%) MVC
11 52 (19.19%) Agile Software Development
12 51 (18.82%) Web Services
13 48 (17.71%) JUnit
13 48 (17.71%) Investment Banking
14 46 (16.97%) Scrum
14 46 (16.97%) Spring MVC
15 45 (16.61%) XML
16 44 (16.24%) SQL
17 42 (15.50%) jQuery
18 41 (15.13%) E-Commerce
18 41 (15.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
18 41 (15.13%) Front Office
19 38 (14.02%) Linux
20 37 (13.65%) Tomcat
21 36 (13.28%) JMS
21 36 (13.28%) Maven
22 34 (12.55%) Multithreading
23 33 (12.18%) RESTful
23 33 (12.18%) JSP

Spring
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Spring 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 Spring. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 140 (51.66%) Hibernate
2 89 (32.84%) J2EE
3 64 (23.62%) HTML
4 59 (21.77%) CSS
5 51 (18.82%) Web Services
6 46 (16.97%) Spring MVC
7 45 (16.61%) XML
8 42 (15.50%) jQuery
9 36 (13.28%) JMS
10 33 (12.18%) RESTful
10 33 (12.18%) JSP
11 29 (10.70%) Struts
12 26 (9.594%) XSLT
13 24 (8.856%) HTML5
14 22 (8.118%) Grails
14 22 (8.118%) Servlets
15 20 (7.380%) Ajax
16 18 (6.642%) JDBC
16 18 (6.642%) WebSphere
17 17 (6.273%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 37 (13.65%) Tomcat
2 32 (11.81%) Apache
3 28 (10.33%) WebLogic
4 8 (2.952%) Oracle Coherence
4 8 (2.952%) CMS
5 6 (2.214%) Apache Pig
5 6 (2.214%) Liferay
6 4 (1.476%) Adobe CQ
6 4 (1.476%) FileNet
7 3 (1.107%) MQSeries
8 2 (0.738%) Oracle Workflow
9 1 (0.369%) ESB
9 1 (0.369%) WebLogic Integration
9 1 (0.369%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.369%) IIS
9 1 (0.369%) Jetty
9 1 (0.369%) WordPress
9 1 (0.369%) Confluence
9 1 (0.369%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.369%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 7 (2.583%) Photoshop
2 3 (1.107%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.369%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 3 (1.107%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.738%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 1 (0.369%) Murex MxG2000
3 1 (0.369%) ION MarketView
Communications & Networking
1 11 (4.059%) HTTP
2 8 (2.952%) Internet
3 4 (1.476%) LDAP
4 3 (1.107%) Firewall
5 1 (0.369%) SSL
5 1 (0.369%) Intranet
5 1 (0.369%) Extranet
5 1 (0.369%) AMQP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (7.380%) MySQL
2 19 (7.011%) SQL Server
3 12 (4.428%) RDBMS
4 10 (3.690%) MongoDB
4 10 (3.690%) NoSQL
5 7 (2.583%) Hadoop
5 7 (2.583%) Apache Cassandra
6 6 (2.214%) Apache Hive
6 6 (2.214%) MarkLogic
7 5 (1.845%) CouchDB
8 4 (1.476%) Oracle 8/8i
9 3 (1.107%) Big Data
10 2 (0.738%) Oracle ODI
11 1 (0.369%) Sybase ASE
11 1 (0.369%) TOAD
11 1 (0.369%) Oracle 10g
11 1 (0.369%) Oracle Reports
11 1 (0.369%) Crystal Reports
11 1 (0.369%) DB2
11 1 (0.369%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 48 (17.71%) JUnit
2 36 (13.28%) Maven
3 23 (8.487%) Selenium
4 21 (7.749%) Subversion
5 16 (5.904%) Cucumber
5 16 (5.904%) Eclipse
6 11 (4.059%) Ant
6 11 (4.059%) Git (software)
7 10 (3.690%) JIRA
7 10 (3.690%) Hudson
8 7 (2.583%) TeamCity
9 6 (2.214%) Jenkins
10 5 (1.845%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 4 (1.476%) jMock
11 4 (1.476%) CruiseControl
12 3 (1.107%) Visual Studio
12 3 (1.107%) FitNesse
12 3 (1.107%) Mockito
12 3 (1.107%) Jasmine
12 3 (1.107%) PhoneGap
General
1 80 (29.52%) Banking
2 61 (22.51%) Finance
3 48 (17.71%) Investment Banking
4 41 (15.13%) Front Office
5 12 (4.428%) Publishing
6 10 (3.690%) Retail
7 7 (2.583%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.845%) Back Office
9 2 (0.738%) Financial Institution
9 2 (0.738%) Corporate Banking
9 2 (0.738%) Private Banking
9 2 (0.738%) Marketing
9 2 (0.738%) Electronics
9 2 (0.738%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.369%) Games
Job Titles
1 224 (82.66%) Developer
2 183 (67.53%) Java Developer
3 65 (23.99%) Senior Developer
4 59 (21.77%) Senior Java Developer
5 17 (6.273%) Agile Java Developer
6 14 (5.166%) Designer
7 12 (4.428%) Architect
8 8 (2.952%) Solutions Designer
8 8 (2.952%) Web Developer
9 7 (2.583%) Front Office Developer
9 7 (2.583%) Lead Developer
10 6 (2.214%) Scala Developer
10 6 (2.214%) Mobile Developer
10 6 (2.214%) Software Engineer
10 6 (2.214%) C# Developer
11 5 (1.845%) Java Architect
11 5 (1.845%) Flex Developer
11 5 (1.845%) UI Designer
11 5 (1.845%) UI Developer
11 5 (1.845%) Front-End Developer
Miscellaneous
1 41 (15.13%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 17 (6.273%) Derivative
3 15 (5.535%) Open Source
4 13 (4.797%) Fixed Income
5 11 (4.059%) Equities
6 10 (3.690%) Enterprise Software
7 6 (2.214%) Semantic Web
7 6 (2.214%) Computer Science
8 5 (1.845%) N-Tier
9 4 (1.476%) Mobile App
9 4 (1.476%) Kindle
9 4 (1.476%) RIA
9 4 (1.476%) Mathematics
10 3 (1.107%) Management Information System
10 3 (1.107%) Credit Derivative
10 3 (1.107%) Credit Risk
10 3 (1.107%) Visualisation
11 2 (0.738%) SWIFT
11 2 (0.738%) Client/Server
11 2 (0.738%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 38 (14.02%) Linux
2 32 (11.81%) UNIX
3 12 (4.428%) Windows
4 9 (3.321%) Apple iOS
5 8 (2.952%) Android
6 1 (0.369%) Debian
6 1 (0.369%) Mac OS X
6 1 (0.369%) Solaris
6 1 (0.369%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 98 (36.16%) TDD
2 55 (20.30%) MVC
3 52 (19.19%) Agile Software Development
4 46 (16.97%) Scrum
5 41 (15.13%) E-Commerce
6 34 (12.55%) Multithreading
7 32 (11.81%) OO
7 32 (11.81%) Continuous Integration
8 28 (10.33%) BDD
9 14 (5.166%) Web Development
10 12 (4.428%) Risk Management
11 11 (4.059%) Refactoring
12 10 (3.690%) Kanban
13 7 (2.583%) Workflow
13 7 (2.583%) Content Management
13 7 (2.583%) SOA
13 7 (2.583%) UML
13 7 (2.583%) Unit Testing
14 6 (2.214%) Asset Management
14 6 (2.214%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 261 (96.31%) Java
2 84 (31.00%) JavaScript
3 44 (16.24%) SQL
4 25 (9.225%) Groovy
5 22 (8.118%) Ruby
6 17 (6.273%) C#
7 16 (5.904%) Scala
8 13 (4.797%) PL/SQL
9 10 (3.690%) Python
10 8 (2.952%) C++
10 8 (2.952%) Shell Script
11 7 (2.583%) XQuery
12 5 (1.845%) C
13 4 (1.476%) Bash shell
13 4 (1.476%) Perl
13 4 (1.476%) PHP
14 3 (1.107%) C-shell
15 1 (0.369%) Objective-C
15 1 (0.369%) XPath
15 1 (0.369%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (2.214%) Degree
1 6 (2.214%) CIPD
2 4 (1.476%) CISSP
2 4 (1.476%) CEH
3 1 (0.369%) IBM Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (2.583%) ISO 9001
2 3 (1.107%) QA
3 2 (0.738%) Basel III
4 1 (0.369%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.369%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 6 (2.214%) Squid
2 2 (0.738%) ClearTrust
3 1 (0.369%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.369%) Apache Flume
Systems Management
1 2 (0.738%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.369%) Puppet
2 1 (0.369%) Oozie
Vendors
1 64 (23.62%) Oracle
2 22 (8.118%) JBoss
3 20 (7.380%) Sybase
4 9 (3.321%) hybris
5 5 (1.845%) Calypso
6 4 (1.476%) Adobe
6 4 (1.476%) DataSynapse
7 3 (1.107%) FatWire
7 3 (1.107%) Endeca
7 3 (1.107%) Microsoft
7 3 (1.107%) TIBCO
7 3 (1.107%) Symantec
7 3 (1.107%) HP
8 2 (0.738%) 29West
8 2 (0.738%) Atlassian
8 2 (0.738%) SAP
8 2 (0.738%) Charles River
8 2 (0.738%) Bloomberg
8 2 (0.738%) Google
9 1 (0.369%) VMware
City of London
Java JBoss Developer - London URGENT CONTRACT Needed for an immediate start in London - I am looking for people with proven experience in the following: Good development Experience in...
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
City, London
Java developer with Java, Spring, Restful API and TDD (Test Driven Development) experience is required to join a blue chip client based in Central London... Restful API . TDD (...
E-synergy Solutions
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
More than 3 years FileNet Development experience is a must.Good Java needed with good skills in using Spring and Hibernate Notice periods of 3 months or less...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £700 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
Location: London Key tech: Server-side Java, RDMS, SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, Spring Framework (ideally Spring Integration), Hibernate, Web Services, JMS (or similar messaging exp.), Agile, Test Driven...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £550 - £650 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
City of London
Java Developer (Prime Finance) - Banking - London - £600pd Our Client, HSBC, are currently looking for a Java Developer to work in their London Office, on a long-term contract...
Orgtel
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
City, London
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £600 - £800 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
Rate: £350 - £450 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
Huxley Associates
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 13 June 2013
City, London
Roc Search
Posted: 14 June 2013
City of London
Deerfoot IT Resources Ltd
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013
City, London
Eximius IT
Rate: From £500 to £600 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £600 - £700 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013
City, London
People Source Consulting
Rate: £425 - £475 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013