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This section looks at the demand for Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ESB over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEnterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank430544
Rank change on same period last yearUp+114
Matching contract IT job ads12989
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.172 %0.090 %
As % of the category below1.286 %0.721 %
Daily rates quoted3235
Average minimum daily rate£431£445
Average daily rate£472£467
% change on same period last year+1.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£513£488
UK excluding London average daily rate£463£473
% change on same period last year-2.17 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
England
Matching contract IT job ads1003512336
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled13.38 %12.48 %
Daily rates quoted30353209
Average minimum daily rate£353£358
Average daily rate£377£379
% change on same period last year-0.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£349
% change on same period last year+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted10901265
Average minimum hourly rate£22.54£22.80
Average hourly rate£24.12£24.23
% change on same period last year-0.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.70£25.65
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.28£23.70
% change on same period last year+2.44 %
ESB UKESB
UK

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

ESB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing ESB across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

England ESB Demand Trend

ESB
Daily Rate Trend

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

England ESB Daily Rate Trend

ESB
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ESB across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England ESB Daily Rate Histogram

ESB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England ESB Hourly Rate Trend

ESB
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ESB within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonUp+10863£475+10.41 %
South EastUp+7435£429-18.29 %
West MidlandsUp+1715£475+21.27 %
East MidlandsDown-16--
East of EnglandDown-143£485-0.08 %
YorkshireDown-12--
MidlandsNew entry-1£475-
South WestNew entry-1--
ESB UKESB
UK

ESB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ESB 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 ESB.

1139 (59.66 %)Java
2132 (56.65 %)SOA
3121 (51.93 %)J2EE
4102 (43.78 %)Oracle
598 (42.06 %)WebServices
672 (30.90 %)Security Cleared
767 (28.76 %)XML
860 (25.75 %)SOAP
860 (25.75 %)SC Cleared
957 (24.46 %)WebSphere
1050 (21.46 %)UML
1144 (18.88 %)SQL
1241 (17.60 %)Government
1337 (15.88 %).NET
1433 (14.16 %)WebLogic
1532 (13.73 %)BPEL
1631 (13.30 %)JDeveloper
1729 (12.45 %)Hibernate
1826 (11.16 %)Spring
1826 (11.16 %)Siebel
1826 (11.16 %)XSLT
1826 (11.16 %)AquaLogic
1925 (10.73 %)IBM
1925 (10.73 %)BEA
2024 (10.30 %)WSDL
2024 (10.30 %)ClearCase
2122 (9.442 %)Finance
2221 (9.013 %)RDBMS
2320 (8.584 %)EAI
2320 (8.584 %)ClearQuest

ESB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing ESB 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 ESB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1121 (51.93 %)J2EE
298 (42.06 %)WebServices
367 (28.76 %)XML
460 (25.75 %)SOAP
557 (24.46 %)WebSphere
637 (15.88 %).NET
729 (12.45 %)Hibernate
826 (11.16 %)XSLT
826 (11.16 %)Spring
924 (10.30 %)WSDL
1017 (7.296 %)JMS
1017 (7.296 %)Middleware
1114 (6.009 %)XSD
1213 (5.579 %)XML Schema
1311 (4.721 %)HTML
1311 (4.721 %)ASP.NET
1311 (4.721 %).NET Framework
1410 (4.292 %)AJAX
1410 (4.292 %)JAX-WS
1410 (4.292 %)JSP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
133 (14.16 %)WebLogic
219 (8.155 %)WebSphere MQ
317 (7.296 %)WPS
416 (6.867 %)WebSphere Message Broker
511 (4.721 %)WebLogic Portal
511 (4.721 %)Apache
610 (4.292 %)BizTalk Server
78 (3.433 %)WebSphere Application Server
85 (2.146 %)NetWeaver
94 (1.717 %)MQSeries
94 (1.717 %)SharePoint
94 (1.717 %)Oracle Application Server
103 (1.288 %)IIS
103 (1.288 %)SharePoint Server 2007
103 (1.288 %)Mule
112 (0.858 %)JBoss
112 (0.858 %)CICS
112 (0.858 %)WMQI
112 (0.858 %)WebLogic Integration
121 (0.429 %)MQSI
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (1.288 %)MS Excel
21 (0.429 %)MS Visio
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (0.858 %)Oracle CRM
12 (0.858 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.429 %)SAP ERP
21 (0.429 %)HiPortfolio
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (1.288 %)HTTP
13 (1.288 %)Internet
21 (0.429 %)BSS
21 (0.429 %)VLAN
21 (0.429 %)CTI
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (9.013 %)RDBMS
217 (7.296 %)ETL
311 (4.721 %)Oracle 8/8i
410 (4.292 %)Oracle 10g
58 (3.433 %)Datawarehouse
67 (3.004 %)BusinessObjects
76 (2.575 %)SQL Server
84 (1.717 %)DB2
93 (1.288 %)Crystal Reports
93 (1.288 %)MySQL
102 (0.858 %)Oracle 9i
102 (0.858 %)Oracle Reports
102 (0.858 %)DataStage
102 (0.858 %)SQL Server 2005
111 (0.429 %)SQL Server 7
111 (0.429 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
131 (13.30 %)JDeveloper
224 (10.30 %)ClearCase
320 (8.584 %)ClearQuest
410 (4.292 %)JUnit
58 (3.433 %)Ant
58 (3.433 %)TestDirector
58 (3.433 %)CruiseControl
67 (3.004 %)Subversion
76 (2.575 %)Rational Rose
76 (2.575 %)Eclipse
83 (1.288 %)Flash
92 (0.858 %)Atlassian Bamboo
92 (0.858 %)WebSpeed
92 (0.858 %)Oracle Forms
101 (0.429 %)Visual Studio
101 (0.429 %)Synon
101 (0.429 %)RequisitePro
101 (0.429 %)ReSharper
101 (0.429 %)Selenium
101 (0.429 %)FitNesse
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
141 (17.60 %)Government
222 (9.442 %)Finance
36 (2.575 %)Insurance
44 (1.717 %)Banking
44 (1.717 %)Pharmaceutical
53 (1.288 %)Financial Institution
53 (1.288 %)Criminal Justice
53 (1.288 %)Telecoms
53 (1.288 %)Investment Banking
62 (0.858 %)Front Office
62 (0.858 %)Back Office
62 (0.858 %)Automotive
71 (0.429 %)Publishing
71 (0.429 %)Pensions
71 (0.429 %)Police
71 (0.429 %)Retail
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1122 (52.36 %)Developer
253 (22.75 %)Java Developer
349 (21.03 %)Architect
441 (17.60 %)J2EE Developer
530 (12.88 %)Java/J2EE Developer
618 (7.725 %)WebSphere Developer
716 (6.867 %)Consultant
815 (6.438 %)Senior Developer
912 (5.150 %)Technical Architect
1010 (4.292 %)Analyst
1010 (4.292 %)Java Architect
119 (3.863 %)Senior Java Developer
127 (3.004 %)J2EE Architect
136 (2.575 %)Test Analyst
136 (2.575 %)Tester
136 (2.575 %)Integration Test Analyst
136 (2.575 %)Integration Analyst
145 (2.146 %)Support Engineer
145 (2.146 %)C# Developer
145 (2.146 %)Integration Architect
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
118 (7.725 %)Biometrics
27 (3.004 %)Mainframe
27 (3.004 %)N-Tier
34 (1.717 %)Computer Science
43 (1.288 %)Streaming Media
43 (1.288 %)AS400
43 (1.288 %)Replication
52 (0.858 %)Clustering
52 (0.858 %)Neural Network
52 (0.858 %)IBM Mainframe
61 (0.429 %)Data Integration
61 (0.429 %)Derivative
61 (0.429 %)PKI
61 (0.429 %)Client/Server
61 (0.429 %)Equities
61 (0.429 %)IVR
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (6.438 %)UNIX
211 (4.721 %)Windows
211 (4.721 %)Linux
38 (3.433 %)AIX
38 (3.433 %)Solaris
47 (3.004 %)zOS
55 (2.146 %)SUSE
55 (2.146 %)HPUX
62 (0.858 %)Windows NT
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1132 (56.65 %)SOA
272 (30.90 %)Security Cleared
360 (25.75 %)SC Cleared
450 (21.46 %)UML
532 (13.73 %)BPEL
620 (8.584 %)EAI
719 (8.155 %)Unit Testing
817 (7.296 %)Workflow
914 (6.009 %)CRM
1010 (4.292 %)Test Scripting
119 (3.863 %)TOGAF
128 (3.433 %)Integration Testing
137 (3.004 %)Continuous Integration
137 (3.004 %)OOA/OOD
146 (2.575 %)RUP
146 (2.575 %)Investment Management
155 (2.146 %)Enterprise Architecture
155 (2.146 %)Technical Architecture
155 (2.146 %)E-Commerce
155 (2.146 %)OO
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1139 (59.66 %)Java
244 (18.88 %)SQL
311 (4.721 %)PL/SQL
410 (4.292 %)Perl
410 (4.292 %)C#
59 (3.863 %)JavaScript
67 (3.004 %)XQuery
76 (2.575 %)XPath
85 (2.146 %)Python
85 (2.146 %)Shell Script
92 (0.858 %)VB.NET
92 (0.858 %)ABAP
92 (0.858 %)C++
92 (0.858 %)COBOL
92 (0.858 %)RPG
101 (0.429 %)C
101 (0.429 %)SAPscript
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (1.717 %)Degree
23 (1.288 %)Sun Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.288 %)WAI
21 (0.429 %)RosettaNet
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
126 (11.16 %)AquaLogic
22 (0.858 %)RACF
31 (0.429 %)VMware ESX
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.858 %)Tivoli
21 (0.429 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
21 (0.429 %)Netcool
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1102 (43.78 %)Oracle
226 (11.16 %)Siebel
325 (10.73 %)IBM
325 (10.73 %)BEA
413 (5.579 %)SAP
512 (5.150 %)Sybase
512 (5.150 %)TIBCO
68 (3.433 %)Microsoft
77 (3.004 %)Business Objects
77 (3.004 %)HP
86 (2.575 %)Software AG
86 (2.575 %)ILOG
86 (2.575 %)Fiorano
95 (2.146 %)VERITAS
95 (2.146 %)Red Hat
95 (2.146 %)Calypso
104 (1.717 %)CA
104 (1.717 %)Sun
104 (1.717 %)IONA
113 (1.288 %)Google
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