The first table below looks at the demand for JSR 286 skills in IT contracts advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JSR 286 over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Edinburgh 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Portlet Specification v2.0 (JSR 286)
Rank 60 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing JSR 286 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.220% - -
As % of the Application Development category 1.143% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £375 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £290 £520 £353
% change year-on-year
-44.23% +47.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
Edinburgh
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
175 121 185
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Edinburgh 19.27% 11.35% 13.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 76 42 78
Average daily rate £325 £314 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.58% -10.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £190 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £368 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 2 1
Average hourly rate £24.00 £16.00 £31.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+50.00% -49.20%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
JSR 286
Scotland

JSR 286
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing JSR 286 across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Edinburgh JSR 286 Jobs Demand Trend

JSR 286
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing JSR 286 across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh JSR 286 Daily Rate Trend

JSR 286
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing JSR 286 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 JSR 286.

1 10 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 10 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 10 (100.00%) WebSphere Portal
2 8 (80.00%) JSF
3 7 (70.00%) Web Services
4 6 (60.00%) Java
4 6 (60.00%) jQuery
5 5 (50.00%) Ajax
5 5 (50.00%) SOAP
6 4 (40.00%) Linux
6 4 (40.00%) IBM
7 3 (30.00%) XML
7 3 (30.00%) Requirements Analysis
7 3 (30.00%) Unit Testing
7 3 (30.00%) JSON
7 3 (30.00%) HTML5
8 2 (20.00%) Rational Application Developer
8 2 (20.00%) REST
8 2 (20.00%) Worklight
8 2 (20.00%) Tivoli Directory Server
8 2 (20.00%) JAX-WS
8 2 (20.00%) Investment Banking
8 2 (20.00%) FileNet
8 2 (20.00%) Finance
8 2 (20.00%) Banking
8 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
8 2 (20.00%) WebSphere Process Server
8 2 (20.00%) Content Management
8 2 (20.00%) UNIX
8 2 (20.00%) DB2

JSR 286
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region citing JSR 286 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 JSR 286. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 8 (80.00%) JSF
3 7 (70.00%) Web Services
4 6 (60.00%) jQuery
5 5 (50.00%) Ajax
5 5 (50.00%) SOAP
6 3 (30.00%) XML
6 3 (30.00%) JSON
6 3 (30.00%) HTML5
7 2 (20.00%) REST
7 2 (20.00%) Worklight
7 2 (20.00%) JAX-WS
8 1 (10.00%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 10 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 10 (100.00%) WebSphere Portal
2 2 (20.00%) FileNet
2 2 (20.00%) WebSphere Process Server
Communications & Networking
1 2 (20.00%) LDAP
1 2 (20.00%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) DB2
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Rational Application Developer
General
1 2 (20.00%) Investment Banking
1 2 (20.00%) Finance
1 2 (20.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) WebSphere Developer
1 5 (50.00%) Architect
1 5 (50.00%) Developer
2 3 (30.00%) WebSphere Architect
3 2 (20.00%) Portal Developer
3 2 (20.00%) WebSphere Portal Architect
3 2 (20.00%) WebSphere Portal Developer
4 1 (10.00%) Technical Architect
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
2 2 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 3 (30.00%) Unit Testing
2 2 (20.00%) Asset Management
2 2 (20.00%) Content Management
2 2 (20.00%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) IBM Certification
System Software
1 2 (20.00%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 2 (20.00%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 4 (40.00%) IBM
2 2 (20.00%) PeopleSoft
2 2 (20.00%) Lotus