Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for FreeMarker skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited FreeMarker over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFreeMarker
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank526631
Rank change on same period last yearUp+105
Matching contract IT job ads173
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.112 %0.013 %
Daily rates quoted80
Average minimum daily rate£425-
Average daily rate£428-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£431-
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
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 DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching contract IT job ads1514722367
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.59 %23.13 %
Daily rates quoted51376953
Average minimum daily rate£349£361
Average daily rate£375£384
% change on same period last year-2.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£407
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£334
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
Hourly rates quoted9411387
Average minimum hourly rate£29.18£30.04
Average hourly rate£31.26£32.19
% change on same period last year-2.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.34£34.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.79£32.03
% change on same period last year-3.85 %
FreeMarker UKFreeMarker
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.

FreeMarker
Demand Trend

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

England FreeMarker Demand Trend

FreeMarker
Daily Rate Trend

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

England FreeMarker Daily Rate Trend

FreeMarker
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing FreeMarker across the England region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

England FreeMarker Daily Rate Histogram

FreeMarker
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FreeMarker within the England region over the 3 months to 15 October 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+8817£428-
FreeMarker UKFreeMarker
UK

FreeMarker
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing FreeMarker 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 FreeMarker.

132 (100.00 %)Spring
230 (93.75 %)Java
327 (84.38 %)UNIX
327 (84.38 %)Linux
327 (84.38 %)Hibernate
425 (78.13 %)MVC
425 (78.13 %)Tomcat
523 (71.88 %)HTML
523 (71.88 %)SQL
523 (71.88 %)JUnit
523 (71.88 %)Struts
523 (71.88 %)Subversion
619 (59.38 %)WebWork
619 (59.38 %)IntelliJ
619 (59.38 %)Sybase
619 (59.38 %)Web Development
718 (56.25 %)Windows
817 (53.13 %)JavaScript
915 (46.88 %)Oracle
915 (46.88 %)AJAX
1012 (37.50 %)CSS
1111 (34.38 %)PL/SQL
1111 (34.38 %)Transact-SQL
1111 (34.38 %)Apache
1111 (34.38 %)Oracle 10g
1111 (34.38 %)Banking
1111 (34.38 %)Investment Banking
128 (25.00 %)Algo Collateral
128 (25.00 %)CruiseControl
128 (25.00 %)XSLT

FreeMarker
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing FreeMarker 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 FreeMarker. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
132 (100.00 %)Spring
227 (84.38 %)Hibernate
325 (78.13 %)MVC
423 (71.88 %)HTML
423 (71.88 %)Struts
519 (59.38 %)WebWork
615 (46.88 %)AJAX
712 (37.50 %)CSS
88 (25.00 %)J2EE
88 (25.00 %)XML
88 (25.00 %)XSLT
95 (15.63 %)XSL
95 (15.63 %)JSP
95 (15.63 %)J2SE
104 (12.50 %)WSDL
104 (12.50 %)Velocity
104 (12.50 %)SOAP
104 (12.50 %)XHTML
113 (9.375 %)JSF
122 (6.250 %)Apache Axis
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
125 (78.13 %)Tomcat
211 (34.38 %)Apache
34 (12.50 %)JBoss
34 (12.50 %)CMS
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (18.75 %)MS Excel
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (25.00 %)Algo Collateral
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (12.50 %)HTTP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (34.38 %)Oracle 10g
24 (12.50 %)MySQL
24 (12.50 %)SQL Server
32 (6.250 %)PostgreSQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
123 (71.88 %)JUnit
123 (71.88 %)Subversion
219 (59.38 %)IntelliJ
38 (25.00 %)CruiseControl
44 (12.50 %)Eclipse
44 (12.50 %)Ant
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (34.38 %)Banking
111 (34.38 %)Investment Banking
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
132 (100.00 %)Developer
223 (71.88 %)Java Developer
37 (21.88 %)J2EE Developer
37 (21.88 %)Sybase Developer
43 (9.375 %)Senior J2EE Developer
43 (9.375 %)Java Web Developer
43 (9.375 %)Web Developer
43 (9.375 %)Senior Developer
43 (9.375 %)Software Developer
51 (3.125 %)Junior
51 (3.125 %)SQL Developer
51 (3.125 %)Junior Developer
51 (3.125 %)Java Software Developer
51 (3.125 %)Java/J2EE Developer
51 (3.125 %)Junior Java Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
127 (84.38 %)UNIX
127 (84.38 %)Linux
218 (56.25 %)Windows
34 (12.50 %)Solaris
34 (12.50 %)Red Hat Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
119 (59.38 %)Web Development
26 (18.75 %)E-Commerce
35 (15.63 %)Agile Software Development
35 (15.63 %)Content Management
35 (15.63 %)Unit Testing
44 (12.50 %)OO
44 (12.50 %)OOD
44 (12.50 %)UML
53 (9.375 %)OOP
53 (9.375 %)Regression Testing
53 (9.375 %)Software Engineering
53 (9.375 %)User Acceptance Testing
62 (6.250 %)SOA
71 (3.125 %)Configuration Management
71 (3.125 %)Workflow
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
130 (93.75 %)Java
223 (71.88 %)SQL
317 (53.13 %)JavaScript
411 (34.38 %)PL/SQL
411 (34.38 %)Transact-SQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
119 (59.38 %)Sybase
215 (46.88 %)Oracle
34 (12.50 %)Red Hat
41 (3.125 %)Algorithmics