The first table below looks at the demand for AquaLogic skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AquaLogic 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 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
BEA AquaLogic
Rank 508 536 545
Rank change year-on-year
+28 +9
Contract jobs citing AquaLogic 5 23 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.012% 0.043% 0.046%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.066% 0.263% 0.275%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 19 13
Average daily rate £325 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-18.75% -11.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £373 £350
% change year-on-year
-12.98% +6.70%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £40.00
All Application Platforms
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
7597 8759 9463
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 18.27% 16.42% 16.84%
Number of daily rates quoted 4350 4939 5121
Average daily rate £363 £350 £385
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.57% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 423 407 529
Average hourly rate £21.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £12.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £38.00 £42.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
AquaLogic
UK

AquaLogic
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England AquaLogic Jobs Demand Trend

AquaLogic
Daily Rate Trend

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

England AquaLogic Daily Rate Trend

AquaLogic
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing AquaLogic across the England region.

England AquaLogic Hourly Rate Trend

AquaLogic
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AquaLogic within the 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
London +36 3 £400 -23.80%
South West +25 2 £325 -18.75%
AquaLogic
UK

AquaLogic
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 24 (100.00%) Oracle
2 18 (75.00%) SOA
3 13 (54.17%) Middleware
3 13 (54.17%) Oracle Service Bus
4 12 (50.00%) AquaLogic Service Bus
5 11 (45.83%) Oracle 11g
6 9 (37.50%) SOAP
6 9 (37.50%) Oracle BPM
7 8 (33.33%) Process Management
8 7 (29.17%) WebLogic
8 7 (29.17%) JMS
8 7 (29.17%) Oracle 10g
9 6 (25.00%) XML
9 6 (25.00%) Oracle Workflow
9 6 (25.00%) Workflow
10 5 (20.83%) jQuery
10 5 (20.83%) Load Testing
10 5 (20.83%) JSP
10 5 (20.83%) SQL
10 5 (20.83%) AquaLogic BPM
10 5 (20.83%) Git (software)
11 4 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
11 4 (16.67%) PL/SQL
11 4 (16.67%) Web Services
11 4 (16.67%) Linux
11 4 (16.67%) Data Modelling
12 3 (12.50%) BEA
12 3 (12.50%) MQSeries
12 3 (12.50%) Finance
12 3 (12.50%) Retail

AquaLogic
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 13 (54.17%) Middleware
2 9 (37.50%) SOAP
3 7 (29.17%) JMS
4 6 (25.00%) XML
5 5 (20.83%) jQuery
5 5 (20.83%) JSP
6 4 (16.67%) Oracle Fusion
6 4 (16.67%) Web Services
7 2 (8.333%) soapUI
7 2 (8.333%) WSDL
8 1 (4.167%) J2EE
8 1 (4.167%) EJB
8 1 (4.167%) Hibernate
8 1 (4.167%) jBPM
Application Platforms
1 13 (54.17%) Oracle Service Bus
2 12 (50.00%) AquaLogic Service Bus
3 7 (29.17%) WebLogic
4 6 (25.00%) Oracle Workflow
5 3 (12.50%) MQSeries
5 3 (12.50%) Oracle Application Server
5 3 (12.50%) ESB
6 1 (4.167%) WebLogic Portal
6 1 (4.167%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 9 (37.50%) Oracle BPM
2 5 (20.83%) AquaLogic BPM
Communications & Networking
1 1 (4.167%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (45.83%) Oracle 11g
2 7 (29.17%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (8.333%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 5 (20.83%) Git (software)
2 1 (4.167%) JUnit
General
1 3 (12.50%) Finance
1 3 (12.50%) Retail
2 2 (8.333%) Telecoms
3 1 (4.167%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 14 (58.33%) Developer
2 7 (29.17%) Oracle Developer
3 5 (20.83%) Administrator
4 3 (12.50%) WebLogic Administrator
5 2 (8.333%) Consultant
6 1 (4.167%) Process Consultant
6 1 (4.167%) Service Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Analyst
6 1 (4.167%) Business Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Java Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Analyst Developer
6 1 (4.167%) Business Consultant
6 1 (4.167%) Oracle Consultant
6 1 (4.167%) Business Process Consultant
6 1 (4.167%) Oracle Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.167%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 4 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (4.167%) Windows
2 1 (4.167%) AIX
2 1 (4.167%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (75.00%) SOA
2 8 (33.33%) Process Management
3 6 (25.00%) Workflow
4 5 (20.83%) Load Testing
5 4 (16.67%) Data Modelling
6 3 (12.50%) BPEL
7 2 (8.333%) Unit Testing
7 2 (8.333%) CRM
7 2 (8.333%) OO
7 2 (8.333%) ITIL
8 1 (4.167%) UML
8 1 (4.167%) B2B
8 1 (4.167%) B2C
8 1 (4.167%) Configuration Management
8 1 (4.167%) Agile Software Development
8 1 (4.167%) Validation
8 1 (4.167%) Workflow Management
8 1 (4.167%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 5 (20.83%) SQL
2 4 (16.67%) PL/SQL
3 2 (8.333%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (4.167%) Degree
Vendors
1 24 (100.00%) Oracle
2 3 (12.50%) BEA
3 2 (8.333%) Lombardi
4 1 (4.167%) JBoss
4 1 (4.167%) TIBCO
4 1 (4.167%) HP
4 1 (4.167%) Pega
4 1 (4.167%) Cordys