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This section looks at the demand for Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited ESB over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEnterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank148112
Rank change on same period last yearDown-36
Matching contract IT job ads332
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.034 %
As % of the category below0.395 %4.598 %
Daily rates quoted115
Average minimum daily rate£480£477
Average daily rate£530£485
% change on same period last year+9.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£580£493
UK excluding London average daily rate£452£453
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
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£31.25-
% change on same period last year-
Application Platforms East of EnglandApplication Platforms
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads759696
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.001 %0.738 %
Daily rates quoted192223
Average minimum daily rate£350£337
Average daily rate£374£352
% change on same period last year+6.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£397£367
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£347
% change on same period last year+3.68 %
Hourly rates quoted10491
Average minimum hourly rate£19.74£27.78
Average hourly rate£21.45£29.23
% change on same period last year-26.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.16£30.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.43£24.21
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
ESB EnglandESB
England

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.

ESB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ESB across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

East of England ESB Demand Trend

ESB
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing ESB across the East of England region.

East of England ESB Daily Rate Trend

ESB
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing ESB across the East of England region.

East of England ESB Hourly Rate Trend

ESB
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing ESB within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 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
East AngliaNew entry-2--
HertfordshireNew entry-1£530-
ESB EnglandESB
England

ESB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing ESB 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 ESB.

19 (100.00 %)J2EE
19 (100.00 %)Java
25 (55.56 %)SOA
34 (44.44 %)SOAP
34 (44.44 %)Struts
34 (44.44 %)WebServices
34 (44.44 %)Spring
34 (44.44 %)WebSphere
34 (44.44 %)Hibernate
43 (33.33 %)XPath
43 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
43 (33.33 %)XML
43 (33.33 %)WSDL
52 (22.22 %)Middleware
52 (22.22 %)Oracle 8/8i
52 (22.22 %)PL/SQL
52 (22.22 %)SQL
52 (22.22 %)JBoss
52 (22.22 %)Oracle Forms
52 (22.22 %)XSLT
52 (22.22 %)Oracle
52 (22.22 %)Ant
52 (22.22 %)JUnit
52 (22.22 %)Insurance
52 (22.22 %)Atlassian Bamboo
52 (22.22 %)Continuous Integration
52 (22.22 %)Agile Software Development
52 (22.22 %)CruiseControl
52 (22.22 %)Change Management
52 (22.22 %)Finance

ESB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing ESB 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 ESB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
19 (100.00 %)J2EE
24 (44.44 %)SOAP
24 (44.44 %)Struts
24 (44.44 %)WebServices
24 (44.44 %)Hibernate
24 (44.44 %)Spring
24 (44.44 %)WebSphere
33 (33.33 %)XML
33 (33.33 %)WSDL
42 (22.22 %)Middleware
42 (22.22 %)XSLT
51 (11.11 %)JMS
51 (11.11 %)Java EE
Application Platforms
12 (22.22 %)JBoss
21 (11.11 %)Apache
21 (11.11 %)WebLogic
Database & Business Intelligence
12 (22.22 %)Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
12 (22.22 %)Ant
12 (22.22 %)JUnit
12 (22.22 %)Oracle Forms
12 (22.22 %)CruiseControl
12 (22.22 %)Atlassian Bamboo
General
12 (22.22 %)Finance
12 (22.22 %)Insurance
Job Titles
19 (100.00 %)Developer
28 (88.89 %)Java Developer
36 (66.67 %)J2EE Developer
36 (66.67 %)Java/J2EE Developer
42 (22.22 %)Senior Java Developer
42 (22.22 %)Senior Developer
Processes & Methodologies
15 (55.56 %)SOA
23 (33.33 %)Security Cleared
32 (22.22 %)Change Management
32 (22.22 %)Agile Software Development
32 (22.22 %)Continuous Integration
41 (11.11 %)SC Cleared
41 (11.11 %)DV Cleared
41 (11.11 %)UML
41 (11.11 %)OO
41 (11.11 %)BPEL
41 (11.11 %)Web Development
Programming Languages
19 (100.00 %)Java
23 (33.33 %)XPath
32 (22.22 %)PL/SQL
32 (22.22 %)SQL
System Software
11 (11.11 %)AquaLogic
Vendors
12 (22.22 %)Oracle
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