The first table below looks at the demand for Liferay skills in IT contracts advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Liferay 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 Platforms category for the East of England 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
Liferay
Rank 106 124 -
Rank change year-on-year
+18 -
Contract jobs citing Liferay 8 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.374% 0.271% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.025% 1.684% -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 8 0
Average daily rate £341 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £350 £300
% change year-on-year
-7.14% +16.66%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
395 475 493
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 18.47% 16.07% 18.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 173 226 230
Average daily rate £315 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.00% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £188 £213 £175
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 42 49
Average hourly rate £23.50 £19.63 £14.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.74% +40.17%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.25 £35.00 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Liferay
England

Liferay
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Liferay Jobs Demand Trend

Liferay
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Liferay Daily Rate Trend

Liferay
Daily Rate Histogram

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

East of England Liferay Daily Rate Histogram

Liferay
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Liferay within the East of England 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
Hertfordshire +12 8 £341 -31.75%
Liferay
England

Liferay
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Liferay 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 Liferay.

1 10 (100.00%) Java
2 9 (90.00%) J2EE
3 8 (80.00%) Spring
3 8 (80.00%) JSF
3 8 (80.00%) Web Services
4 4 (40.00%) GIS
4 4 (40.00%) Workflow
4 4 (40.00%) Finance
4 4 (40.00%) Migration
4 4 (40.00%) CMS
4 4 (40.00%) Oracle Workflow
4 4 (40.00%) Hibernate
4 4 (40.00%) XML
4 4 (40.00%) Windows
4 4 (40.00%) UML
4 4 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
4 4 (40.00%) Apache
4 4 (40.00%) RUP
4 4 (40.00%) XML Schema
4 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
4 4 (40.00%) SQL
4 4 (40.00%) Oracle
4 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
4 4 (40.00%) CSS
4 4 (40.00%) JSP
4 4 (40.00%) SOAP
4 4 (40.00%) Struts
4 4 (40.00%) Maven
4 4 (40.00%) JasperReports
4 4 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis

Liferay
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 9 (90.00%) J2EE
2 8 (80.00%) Spring
2 8 (80.00%) JSF
2 8 (80.00%) Web Services
3 4 (40.00%) Hibernate
3 4 (40.00%) XML
3 4 (40.00%) XML Schema
3 4 (40.00%) CSS
3 4 (40.00%) JSP
3 4 (40.00%) SOAP
3 4 (40.00%) Struts
3 4 (40.00%) WSRP
3 4 (40.00%) JPA
3 4 (40.00%) JSR 286
3 4 (40.00%) RESTful
3 4 (40.00%) Struts2
3 4 (40.00%) DHTML
4 2 (20.00%) Vaadin
5 1 (10.00%) Java EE
Application Platforms
1 4 (40.00%) CMS
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle Workflow
1 4 (40.00%) Apache
1 4 (40.00%) ActiveMQ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (40.00%) GIS
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle Reports
1 4 (40.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (40.00%) JasperReports
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Maven
General
1 4 (40.00%) Finance
1 4 (40.00%) Retail Banking
1 4 (40.00%) Banking
1 4 (40.00%) Retail
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (60.00%) Java Developer
3 5 (50.00%) Senior Developer
4 4 (40.00%) Senior Java Developer
4 4 (40.00%) Portal Developer
5 3 (30.00%) J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (40.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Workflow
1 4 (40.00%) Migration
1 4 (40.00%) UML
1 4 (40.00%) RUP
1 4 (40.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 4 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (40.00%) Content Management
1 4 (40.00%) Unit Testing
1 4 (40.00%) Data Migration
1 4 (40.00%) BDD
1 4 (40.00%) Root Cause Analysis
1 4 (40.00%) User Stories
2 2 (20.00%) Document Management
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (40.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (40.00%) SC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) CTC Cleared
1 4 (40.00%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) Oracle