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The table below looks at the demand for Apache JMeter skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JMeter over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache JMeter
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
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Matching contract IT job ads00
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As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
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% change on same period last year-
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UK excluding London average daily rate£438£304
% change on same period last year+43.84 %
Hourly rates quoted00
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% change on same period last year-
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UK excluding London average hourly rate--
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East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads240607
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.378 %0.650 %
Daily rates quoted76196
Average minimum daily rate£264£301
Average daily rate£288£317
% change on same period last year-9.24 %
Average maximum daily rate£311£334
UK excluding London average daily rate£311£326
% change on same period last year-4.49 %
Hourly rates quoted3188
Average minimum hourly rate£33.43£33.03
Average hourly rate£34.82£34.36
% change on same period last year+1.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.21£35.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.68£31.31
% change on same period last year-2.00 %
JMeter EnglandJMeter
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.

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Demand Trend

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

East of England JMeter Demand Trend

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing JMeter 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 JMeter.

15 (100.00 %)QuickTest Pro
15 (100.00 %)Automated Testing
23 (60.00 %)AJAX
23 (60.00 %)Scrum
23 (60.00 %)Extreme Programming
23 (60.00 %)QA
23 (60.00 %)Selenium
23 (60.00 %)FitNesse
23 (60.00 %)Performance Testing
23 (60.00 %)Web Testing
23 (60.00 %)Agile Software Development
23 (60.00 %)LoadRunner
23 (60.00 %)XHTML
23 (60.00 %)WinRunner
23 (60.00 %)TestDirector
23 (60.00 %)HTML
23 (60.00 %)Java
23 (60.00 %)JavaScript
23 (60.00 %).NET
23 (60.00 %)CSS
23 (60.00 %)WebServices
32 (40.00 %)JBoss
32 (40.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
32 (40.00 %)Client/Server
32 (40.00 %)ClearQuest
32 (40.00 %)Pharmaceutical
32 (40.00 %)GIS
32 (40.00 %)Magik
32 (40.00 %)Smallworld
32 (40.00 %)WebSphere

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing JMeter 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 JMeter. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (60.00 %)HTML
13 (60.00 %).NET
13 (60.00 %)CSS
13 (60.00 %)WebServices
13 (60.00 %)XHTML
13 (60.00 %)AJAX
22 (40.00 %)WebSphere
31 (20.00 %)SOAP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (40.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
12 (40.00 %)JBoss
12 (40.00 %)Smallworld
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (40.00 %)GIS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (100.00 %)QuickTest Pro
23 (60.00 %)LoadRunner
23 (60.00 %)WinRunner
23 (60.00 %)TestDirector
23 (60.00 %)Selenium
23 (60.00 %)FitNesse
32 (40.00 %)ClearQuest
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (40.00 %)Pharmaceutical
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Tester
22 (40.00 %)Analyst
22 (40.00 %)Test Analyst
22 (40.00 %)Systems Tester
31 (20.00 %)Web Tester
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (40.00 %)Client/Server
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (100.00 %)Automated Testing
23 (60.00 %)Performance Testing
23 (60.00 %)Web Testing
23 (60.00 %)Scrum
23 (60.00 %)Extreme Programming
23 (60.00 %)Agile Software Development
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)Java
13 (60.00 %)JavaScript
22 (40.00 %)Magik
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (60.00 %)QA