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The table below looks at the demand for Groovy skills within the England region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Groovy over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGroovy
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank523621
Rank change on same period last yearUp+98
Matching contract IT job ads101
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.053 %0.003 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£400£450
Average daily rate£450£450
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£500£450
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, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
England
Matching contract IT job ads1894631621
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled30.04 %33.66 %
Daily rates quoted631110210
Average minimum daily rate£354£397
Average daily rate£379£423
% change on same period last year-10.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£404£448
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£331
% change on same period last year-4.05 %
Hourly rates quoted15422287
Average minimum hourly rate£28.82£30.68
Average hourly rate£30.74£32.86
% change on same period last year-6.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.65£35.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.03£32.70
% change on same period last year-5.10 %
Groovy UKGroovy
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.

Groovy
Demand Trend

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

England Groovy Demand Trend

Groovy
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Groovy Daily Rate Trend

Groovy
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Groovy Hourly Rate Trend

Groovy
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Groovy within the England region over the 3 months to 1 December 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+999£450-
South EastNew entry-1--
Groovy UKGroovy
UK

Groovy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Groovy 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 Groovy.

114 (100.00 %)Java
28 (57.14 %)Tomcat
28 (57.14 %)SQL
28 (57.14 %)Ruby
36 (42.86 %)Hibernate
36 (42.86 %)Python
45 (35.71 %)UNIX
45 (35.71 %)J2EE
45 (35.71 %)Perl
54 (28.57 %)ClearCase
54 (28.57 %)Perforce
54 (28.57 %)Subversion
54 (28.57 %)Spring
54 (28.57 %)Web Development
63 (21.43 %)Derivative
63 (21.43 %)TIBCO EMS
63 (21.43 %)Oracle Coherence
63 (21.43 %)Spring Web Flow
63 (21.43 %)Unit Testing
63 (21.43 %)Banking
63 (21.43 %)TIBCO
63 (21.43 %)Front Office
63 (21.43 %)XML
63 (21.43 %)Apache
63 (21.43 %)Oracle
63 (21.43 %)SQL Server
72 (14.29 %)WebServices
72 (14.29 %)CSS
72 (14.29 %)JSP
72 (14.29 %).NET

Groovy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing Groovy 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 Groovy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (42.86 %)Hibernate
25 (35.71 %)J2EE
34 (28.57 %)Spring
43 (21.43 %)Oracle Coherence
43 (21.43 %)XML
43 (21.43 %)Spring Web Flow
52 (14.29 %)JPA
52 (14.29 %)WebServices
52 (14.29 %)Grails
52 (14.29 %)CSS
52 (14.29 %)JSP
52 (14.29 %).NET
52 (14.29 %)Dojo
52 (14.29 %)Ruby on Rails
52 (14.29 %)jBPM
52 (14.29 %)Java EE
61 (7.143 %)Spring MVC
61 (7.143 %)Acegi Security
61 (7.143 %)HTML
61 (7.143 %)ASP.NET
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (57.14 %)Tomcat
23 (21.43 %)TIBCO EMS
23 (21.43 %)Apache
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (21.43 %)SQL Server
21 (7.143 %)MySQL
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (28.57 %)ClearCase
14 (28.57 %)Subversion
21 (7.143 %)JUnit
21 (7.143 %)Eclipse
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (21.43 %)Front Office
13 (21.43 %)Banking
22 (14.29 %)Investment Banking
31 (7.143 %)Finance
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (71.43 %)Developer
28 (57.14 %)Java Developer
33 (21.43 %)Senior Java Developer
33 (21.43 %)Senior Developer
42 (14.29 %)Web Developer
51 (7.143 %)Front Office Developer
51 (7.143 %)JSP Developer
51 (7.143 %)Java Web Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (21.43 %)Derivative
22 (14.29 %)Interest Rate Derivative
31 (7.143 %)Management Information System
31 (7.143 %)Fixed Income
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (35.71 %)UNIX
22 (14.29 %)Windows
31 (7.143 %)Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (28.57 %)Web Development
23 (21.43 %)Unit Testing
32 (14.29 %)Agile Software Development
41 (7.143 %)Enterprise Architecture
41 (7.143 %)OO
41 (7.143 %)E-Commerce
41 (7.143 %)OOD
41 (7.143 %)Migration
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (100.00 %)Java
28 (57.14 %)SQL
28 (57.14 %)Ruby
36 (42.86 %)Python
45 (35.71 %)Perl
52 (14.29 %)C#
61 (7.143 %)JavaScript
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (14.29 %)Degree
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (7.143 %)QA
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (14.29 %)Active Directory
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (28.57 %)Perforce
23 (21.43 %)Oracle
23 (21.43 %)TIBCO