Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for JUnit skills within the County Antrim region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JUnit over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJUnit
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank1229
Rank change on same period last yearUp+17
Matching contract IT job ads151
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.001 %
As % of the category below48.39 %3.571 %
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£338£314
% change on same period last year+7.50 %
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£37.00£37.86
% change on same period last year-2.26 %
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
County Antrim
Matching contract IT job ads3128
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.050 %0.030 %
Daily rates quoted36
Average minimum daily rate£233£309
Average daily rate£250£325
% change on same period last year-23.15 %
Average maximum daily rate£267£342
UK excluding London average daily rate£312£324
% change on same period last year-3.57 %
Hourly rates quoted41
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£40.00
Average hourly rate£30.00£40.00
% change on same period last year-25.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.55£30.87
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
JUnit Northern IrelandJUnit
Northern Ireland

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.

JUnit
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing JUnit across the County Antrim region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

County Antrim JUnit Demand Trend

JUnit
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JUnit within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
BelfastUp+1615--
JUnit Northern IrelandJUnit
Northern Ireland

JUnit
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim region citing JUnit 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 JUnit.

116 (100.00 %)Java
116 (100.00 %)J2EE
29 (56.25 %)Spring
38 (50.00 %)MVC
38 (50.00 %)Hibernate
38 (50.00 %)JSP
38 (50.00 %)Servlets
38 (50.00 %)JBoss
47 (43.75 %)Linux
47 (43.75 %)OO
55 (31.25 %)C++
64 (25.00 %)Web Development
64 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
64 (25.00 %)JMX
64 (25.00 %)Parlay
64 (25.00 %)Ant
64 (25.00 %)EJB
64 (25.00 %)Eclipse
64 (25.00 %)Struts
64 (25.00 %)XML
64 (25.00 %)EJB 3.0
73 (18.75 %)MySQL
73 (18.75 %)Shell Script
81 (6.250 %)jMock
81 (6.250 %)Sybase
81 (6.250 %)UNIX
81 (6.250 %)Embedded C++
81 (6.250 %)Swing
81 (6.250 %)SOA

JUnit
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim region citing JUnit 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 JUnit. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (100.00 %)J2EE
29 (56.25 %)Spring
38 (50.00 %)MVC
38 (50.00 %)Hibernate
38 (50.00 %)JSP
38 (50.00 %)Servlets
44 (25.00 %)Struts
44 (25.00 %)XML
44 (25.00 %)EJB
44 (25.00 %)EJB 3.0
44 (25.00 %)JMX
51 (6.250 %)Swing
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (50.00 %)JBoss
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (25.00 %)Parlay
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (18.75 %)MySQL
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (25.00 %)Ant
14 (25.00 %)Eclipse
21 (6.250 %)jMock
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (75.00 %)Developer
29 (56.25 %)Java Developer
35 (31.25 %)J2EE Developer
35 (31.25 %)Java/J2EE Developer
44 (25.00 %)Senior Java Developer
44 (25.00 %)Senior Developer
53 (18.75 %)C++ Developer
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (43.75 %)Linux
21 (6.250 %)UNIX
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (43.75 %)OO
24 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
24 (25.00 %)Web Development
31 (6.250 %)SOA
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
116 (100.00 %)Java
25 (31.25 %)C++
33 (18.75 %)Shell Script
41 (6.250 %)Embedded C++
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (6.250 %)Sybase