The first table below looks at the demand for Struts skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Struts over the 3 months to 24 May 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 East Midlands 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Struts
Rank 80 79 71
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -8
Contract jobs citing Struts 3 1 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 0.239% 0.073% 0.933%
As % of the Application Development category 0.904% 0.278% 3.927%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 0 8
Average daily rate £320 - £250
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £356 £344
% change year-on-year
-10.17% +3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £36.25 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- -14.70%
All Application Development
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
332 360 331
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 26.48% 26.26% 23.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 189 120
Average daily rate £313 £275 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+13.63% -5.17%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £225 £219
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £413 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 23 11 36
Average hourly rate £35.00 £8.50 £33.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+311.76% -74.62%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Struts
England

Struts
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands Struts Jobs Demand Trend

Struts
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Struts across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Struts Daily Rate Trend

Struts
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Struts across the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East Midlands Struts Daily Rate Histogram

Struts
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Struts across the East Midlands region.

East Midlands Struts Hourly Rate Trend

Struts
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Struts within the East Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Northamptonshire - 1 £135 -
Struts
England

Struts
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Struts 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 Struts.

1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
3 3 (60.00%) J2EE
3 3 (60.00%) Hibernate
3 3 (60.00%) Spring
3 3 (60.00%) JSF
4 2 (40.00%) Marketing
4 2 (40.00%) Papyrus
4 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (40.00%) Retail
4 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
4 2 (40.00%) TestNG
4 2 (40.00%) Web Development
4 2 (40.00%) Java EE
4 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
4 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
4 2 (40.00%) OOD
4 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
4 2 (40.00%) JUnit
4 2 (40.00%) MS Office
4 2 (40.00%) XML
4 2 (40.00%) UNIX
4 2 (40.00%) Windows
4 2 (40.00%) Linux
4 2 (40.00%) UML
4 2 (40.00%) OO
4 2 (40.00%) Tomcat
4 2 (40.00%) C++
5 1 (20.00%) MS Excel

Struts
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands region citing Struts 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 Struts. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (60.00%) J2EE
1 3 (60.00%) Hibernate
1 3 (60.00%) Spring
1 3 (60.00%) JSF
2 2 (40.00%) Java EE
2 2 (40.00%) XML
3 1 (20.00%) Struts2
3 1 (20.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 2 (40.00%) Papyrus
1 2 (40.00%) SharePoint
1 2 (40.00%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (40.00%) MS Office
2 1 (20.00%) MS Excel
Development Applications
1 2 (40.00%) TestNG
1 2 (40.00%) JUnit
General
1 2 (40.00%) Marketing
1 2 (40.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
2 3 (60.00%) Java Developer
2 3 (60.00%) J2EE Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Analyst Developer
3 2 (40.00%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (20.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) UNIX
1 2 (40.00%) Windows
1 2 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (40.00%) Unit Testing
1 2 (40.00%) Web Development
1 2 (40.00%) OOD
1 2 (40.00%) UML
1 2 (40.00%) OO
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (80.00%) SQL
3 2 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (40.00%) PL/SQL
3 2 (40.00%) Shell Script
3 2 (40.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 1 (20.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle