The first table below looks at the demand for Struts 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 Struts over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Struts
Rank 110 119 109
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -10
Contract jobs citing Struts 5 10 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.232% 0.339% 0.875%
As % of the Application Development category 0.829% 1.212% 2.975%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 5 13
Average daily rate £425 £500 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.00% +42.85%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £348 £383 £173
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £506 £521
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £334 £350
% change year-on-year
-4.41% -4.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £36.25 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- -14.70%
All Application Development
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
603 825 773
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 27.99% 27.99% 29.41%
Number of daily rates quoted 341 438 349
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £225 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 38 55 65
Average hourly rate £27.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £27.50 £22.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.20 £42.50 £47.50
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 of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

East of England 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 of England region.

East of England 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 of England region over the 3 months to 17 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 +1 4 £450 -5.26%
Norfolk - 1 £400 -
Struts
England

Struts
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 26 (100.00%) Java
2 23 (88.46%) J2EE
3 20 (76.92%) UML
3 20 (76.92%) JavaScript
4 19 (73.08%) SQL
4 19 (73.08%) XML
5 18 (69.23%) JSP
5 18 (69.23%) Spring
6 17 (65.38%) Hibernate
7 12 (46.15%) CSS
7 12 (46.15%) Apache
8 11 (42.31%) JMS
8 11 (42.31%) Web Services
8 11 (42.31%) JUnit
9 10 (38.46%) Oracle
9 10 (38.46%) OO
9 10 (38.46%) JDBC
9 10 (38.46%) Servlets
9 10 (38.46%) Eclipse
9 10 (38.46%) Finance
9 10 (38.46%) Unit Testing
10 9 (34.62%) WebSphere
10 9 (34.62%) RDBMS
10 9 (34.62%) XSLT
10 9 (34.62%) Ant
10 9 (34.62%) HTML
11 8 (30.77%) DHTML
11 8 (30.77%) EJB
11 8 (30.77%) SQL Server
11 8 (30.77%) Linux

Struts
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England 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 23 (88.46%) J2EE
2 19 (73.08%) XML
3 18 (69.23%) JSP
3 18 (69.23%) Spring
4 17 (65.38%) Hibernate
5 12 (46.15%) CSS
6 11 (42.31%) Web Services
6 11 (42.31%) JMS
7 10 (38.46%) JDBC
7 10 (38.46%) Servlets
8 9 (34.62%) HTML
8 9 (34.62%) XSLT
8 9 (34.62%) WebSphere
9 8 (30.77%) Ajax
9 8 (30.77%) XHTML
9 8 (30.77%) DHTML
9 8 (30.77%) EJB
10 7 (26.92%) XML Schema
10 7 (26.92%) Struts2
10 7 (26.92%) JSF
Application Platforms
1 12 (46.15%) Apache
2 7 (26.92%) Tomcat
2 7 (26.92%) ActiveMQ
3 6 (23.08%) WebSphere Application Server
3 6 (23.08%) MQSeries
4 5 (19.23%) Oracle Workflow
4 5 (19.23%) Liferay
5 3 (11.54%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 6 (23.08%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 6 (23.08%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (34.62%) RDBMS
2 8 (30.77%) SQL Server
2 8 (30.77%) JasperReports
3 6 (23.08%) DB2
4 5 (19.23%) Oracle Reports
5 4 (15.38%) GIS
5 4 (15.38%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 11 (42.31%) JUnit
2 10 (38.46%) Eclipse
3 9 (34.62%) Ant
4 8 (30.77%) Subversion
4 8 (30.77%) Maven
5 7 (26.92%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
5 7 (26.92%) Log4j
6 1 (3.846%) JDeveloper
6 1 (3.846%) Git (software)
6 1 (3.846%) JBehave
6 1 (3.846%) Jenkins
General
1 10 (38.46%) Finance
2 6 (23.08%) Retail
3 5 (19.23%) Games
4 1 (3.846%) Banking
4 1 (3.846%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 21 (80.77%) Developer
2 20 (76.92%) Java Developer
3 8 (30.77%) J2EE Developer
3 8 (30.77%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 5 (19.23%) Senior Java Developer
4 5 (19.23%) Senior Developer
5 3 (11.54%) Programmer
5 3 (11.54%) Java Programmer
6 2 (7.692%) Architect
7 1 (3.846%) Analyst Programmer
7 1 (3.846%) Analyst
7 1 (3.846%) Consultant
7 1 (3.846%) Development Manager
7 1 (3.846%) Report Developer
7 1 (3.846%) Java Architect
7 1 (3.846%) Java Analyst Developer
7 1 (3.846%) Java/J2EE Architect
7 1 (3.846%) Analyst Developer
7 1 (3.846%) Java Analyst Programmer
7 1 (3.846%) J2EE Architect
Miscellaneous
1 7 (26.92%) Open Source
2 6 (23.08%) Web 2.0
3 1 (3.846%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 8 (30.77%) Linux
2 6 (23.08%) UNIX
2 6 (23.08%) HPUX
2 6 (23.08%) Solaris
3 4 (15.38%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (76.92%) UML
2 10 (38.46%) OO
2 10 (38.46%) Unit Testing
3 7 (26.92%) RUP
3 7 (26.92%) Root Cause Analysis
4 6 (23.08%) Requirements Analysis
4 6 (23.08%) E-Commerce
4 6 (23.08%) RAD
4 6 (23.08%) Content Management
5 5 (19.23%) Workflow
6 4 (15.38%) Migration
6 4 (15.38%) Multithreading
6 4 (15.38%) Data Migration
7 3 (11.54%) RDF
8 2 (7.692%) OOD
8 2 (7.692%) Business Analysis
8 2 (7.692%) Web Development
8 2 (7.692%) MVC
9 1 (3.846%) Waterfall
9 1 (3.846%) Identity Management
Programming Languages
1 26 (100.00%) Java
2 20 (76.92%) JavaScript
3 19 (73.08%) SQL
4 6 (23.08%) XPath
4 6 (23.08%) Bash shell
4 6 (23.08%) Perl
5 2 (7.692%) Shell Script
5 2 (7.692%) C++
6 1 (3.846%) PHP
6 1 (3.846%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (23.08%) SC Cleared
1 6 (23.08%) Security Cleared
2 5 (19.23%) CTC Cleared
3 2 (7.692%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (3.846%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 1 (3.846%) Tivoli
1 1 (3.846%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 10 (38.46%) Oracle
2 7 (26.92%) IBM
3 6 (23.08%) Interwoven
3 6 (23.08%) ATG
3 6 (23.08%) Blue Martini
3 6 (23.08%) JBoss
3 6 (23.08%) Elastic Path
4 1 (3.846%) Guidewire
4 1 (3.846%) Coverity