The first table below looks at the demand for Struts2 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 Struts2 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 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
Apache Struts 2
Rank 112 129 -
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -
Contract jobs citing Struts2 2 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 0.094% 0.102% -
As % of the Application Development category 0.327% 0.355% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 3 0
Average daily rate £450 £500 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £300 £375 £369
% change year-on-year
-20.00% +1.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
East of England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
611 844 774
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East of England 28.56% 28.56% 29.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 349 436 355
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 36 59 60
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 £38.40 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Struts2
England

Struts2
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Struts2 across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

East of England Struts2 Jobs Demand Trend

Struts2
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Struts2 across the East of England region.

East of England Struts2 Daily Rate Trend

Struts2
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Struts2 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 +6 2 £450 -10.00%
Struts2
England

Struts2
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Struts2 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 Struts2.

1 6 (100.00%) DHTML
1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) J2EE
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle
1 6 (100.00%) CSS
1 6 (100.00%) JSP
1 6 (100.00%) Struts
1 6 (100.00%) Web Services
1 6 (100.00%) XML
1 6 (100.00%) Apache
1 6 (100.00%) RUP
1 6 (100.00%) XML Schema
1 6 (100.00%) UML
1 6 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 6 (100.00%) ActiveMQ
1 6 (100.00%) Spring
1 6 (100.00%) JSF
1 6 (100.00%) Maven
1 6 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Open Source
1 6 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) JasperReports
3 4 (66.67%) GIS
3 4 (66.67%) Workflow
3 4 (66.67%) Migration
3 4 (66.67%) Oracle Workflow

Struts2
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Struts2 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 Struts2. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) DHTML
1 6 (100.00%) J2EE
1 6 (100.00%) CSS
1 6 (100.00%) JSP
1 6 (100.00%) Struts
1 6 (100.00%) Web Services
1 6 (100.00%) XML
1 6 (100.00%) XML Schema
1 6 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 6 (100.00%) Spring
1 6 (100.00%) JSF
Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) Apache
1 6 (100.00%) ActiveMQ
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (66.67%) Liferay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) JasperReports
2 4 (66.67%) GIS
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Maven
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Java Developer
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Developer
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Java Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Java/J2EE Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Java Architect
3 1 (16.67%) J2EE Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Report Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) RUP
1 6 (100.00%) UML
1 6 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) Workflow
2 4 (66.67%) Migration
2 4 (66.67%) Data Migration
2 4 (66.67%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) CTC Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle