The first table below looks at the demand for JMS 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 JMS over the 3 months to 18 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 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Messaging Service (JMS)
Rank 294 315 228
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -87
Contract jobs citing JMS 256 256 464
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.585% 0.483% 0.811%
As % of the Application Development category 2.100% 1.831% 2.865%
Number of daily rates quoted 152 160 323
Average daily rate £428 £489 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.53% -2.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £340 £362 £350
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £378 £385
% change year-on-year
+5.96% -1.94%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 10
Average hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% +14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+38.46% -7.14%
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12193 13979 16197
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.85% 26.37% 28.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 7861 8549 9749
Average daily rate £375 £360 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 324 358 520
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.30 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.10% -4.85%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £17.00 £17.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.00 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+12.90% -13.16%
JMS
UK

JMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England JMS Jobs Demand Trend

JMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

England JMS Daily Rate Trend

JMS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JMS across the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

England JMS Daily Rate Histogram

JMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England JMS Hourly Rate Trend

JMS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JMS within the England region over the 3 months to 18 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
London +22 167 £500 -7.83% 62
South East +38 62 £419 +11.66% 8
Yorkshire +6 12 £355 +29.09% 5
North West +1 5 £334 -20.94% 4
South West +25 3 £350 +4.47% 2
East of England +3 3 £400 -5.88% 7
West Midlands +4 1 £375 -6.83%
East Midlands -6 1 £290 -
North East - - - -
JMS
UK

JMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing JMS 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 JMS.

1 435 (83.49%) Java
2 238 (45.68%) Spring
3 225 (43.19%) SQL
4 213 (40.88%) Oracle
5 209 (40.12%) XML
6 198 (38.00%) J2EE
7 192 (36.85%) Web Services
8 180 (34.55%) JUnit
8 180 (34.55%) EJB
9 173 (33.21%) Hibernate
10 159 (30.52%) Maven
11 157 (30.13%) JavaScript
12 152 (29.17%) JSP
13 142 (27.26%) HTML
14 121 (23.22%) CSS
14 121 (23.22%) WebSphere
15 113 (21.69%) Agile Software Development
16 112 (21.50%) Banking
16 112 (21.50%) Finance
17 108 (20.73%) MVC
17 108 (20.73%) Linux
18 107 (20.54%) TDD
19 105 (20.15%) JBoss
20 103 (19.77%) UNIX
20 103 (19.77%) Spring MVC
21 102 (19.58%) SOAP
22 101 (19.39%) JPA
23 94 (18.04%) Java EE
24 92 (17.66%) SQL Server
25 90 (17.27%) WebLogic

JMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing JMS 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 JMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 238 (45.68%) Spring
2 209 (40.12%) XML
3 198 (38.00%) J2EE
4 192 (36.85%) Web Services
5 180 (34.55%) EJB
6 173 (33.21%) Hibernate
7 152 (29.17%) JSP
8 142 (27.26%) HTML
9 121 (23.22%) CSS
9 121 (23.22%) WebSphere
10 103 (19.77%) Spring MVC
11 102 (19.58%) SOAP
12 101 (19.39%) JPA
13 94 (18.04%) Java EE
14 87 (16.70%) jQuery
15 86 (16.51%) REST
15 86 (16.51%) JDBC
16 85 (16.31%) Ajax
17 73 (14.01%) Struts
18 70 (13.44%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 90 (17.27%) WebLogic
2 55 (10.56%) Tomcat
3 40 (7.678%) Apache
4 37 (7.102%) WebSphere Application Server
5 29 (5.566%) TIBCO EMS
6 23 (4.415%) BizTalk Server
7 20 (3.839%) GlassFish
8 18 (3.455%) ESB
8 18 (3.455%) WebSphere Process Server
9 17 (3.263%) IBM HTTP Server
9 17 (3.263%) Oracle Coherence
10 16 (3.071%) MQSeries
11 15 (2.879%) Oracle HTTP Server
11 15 (2.879%) Confluence
11 15 (2.879%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 14 (2.687%) Oracle Service Bus
13 10 (1.919%) Mule
14 8 (1.536%) CMS
15 7 (1.344%) WebSphere Message Broker
15 7 (1.344%) Jetty
Applications
1 12 (2.303%) MS Excel
2 5 (0.960%) MS Visio
2 5 (0.960%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 10 (1.919%) Tridion
2 8 (1.536%) Oracle EBS
3 7 (1.344%) Oracle BPM
4 3 (0.576%) Kondor+
4 3 (0.576%) SAP CRM
5 2 (0.384%) BusinessWorks
5 2 (0.384%) Murex MxG2000
6 1 (0.192%) SAP ERP
6 1 (0.192%) Autonomy Scrittura
6 1 (0.192%) SAP AFS
Communications & Networking
1 50 (9.597%) HTTP
2 42 (8.061%) Internet
3 28 (5.374%) TCP/IP
4 23 (4.415%) LDAP
5 15 (2.879%) DNS
6 13 (2.495%) SSL
7 7 (1.344%) AMQP
7 7 (1.344%) DVB
8 6 (1.152%) Firewall
9 5 (0.960%) SMTP
9 5 (0.960%) FTP
10 3 (0.576%) Kerberos
10 3 (0.576%) iSCSI
10 3 (0.576%) NAS
10 3 (0.576%) SAN
11 1 (0.192%) 4G
11 1 (0.192%) IPv6
11 1 (0.192%) SNMP
11 1 (0.192%) HTTPS
11 1 (0.192%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 92 (17.66%) SQL Server
2 62 (11.90%) DB2
3 42 (8.061%) RDBMS
4 39 (7.486%) MySQL
5 36 (6.910%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 36 (6.910%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 24 (4.607%) NoSQL
7 16 (3.071%) Oracle 11g
8 13 (2.495%) Oracle 8/8i
9 11 (2.111%) MarkLogic
10 8 (1.536%) Big Data
10 8 (1.536%) SQL Server 2008
10 8 (1.536%) Hadoop
11 5 (0.960%) Oracle 10g
12 4 (0.768%) PostgreSQL
12 4 (0.768%) Data Warehouse
13 3 (0.576%) JasperReports
13 3 (0.576%) Sybase ASE
13 3 (0.576%) Oracle Reports
13 3 (0.576%) Oracle ODI
Development Applications
1 180 (34.55%) JUnit
2 159 (30.52%) Maven
3 69 (13.24%) Subversion
4 60 (11.52%) Git (software)
5 58 (11.13%) Mockito
6 48 (9.213%) JIRA
7 44 (8.445%) Eclipse
8 35 (6.718%) Selenium
9 32 (6.142%) Ant
10 31 (5.950%) Hudson
11 24 (4.607%) jMock
12 20 (3.839%) CruiseControl
13 19 (3.647%) EasyMock
14 18 (3.455%) Cucumber
14 18 (3.455%) Jenkins
15 14 (2.687%) JBehave
15 14 (2.687%) Log4j
16 12 (2.303%) TeamCity
17 11 (2.111%) Atlassian Bamboo
17 11 (2.111%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
General
1 112 (21.50%) Finance
1 112 (21.50%) Banking
2 71 (13.63%) Investment Banking
3 53 (10.17%) Retail
4 47 (9.021%) Front Office
5 19 (3.647%) Telecoms
6 15 (2.879%) Back Office
7 14 (2.687%) Games
8 12 (2.303%) Publishing
9 6 (1.152%) Financial Institution
9 6 (1.152%) Corporate Banking
10 3 (0.576%) Billing
11 2 (0.384%) Wholesale Banking
12 1 (0.192%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.192%) Online Betting
12 1 (0.192%) Automotive
12 1 (0.192%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 375 (71.98%) Developer
2 275 (52.78%) Java Developer
3 57 (10.94%) Architect
4 49 (9.405%) Senior Developer
5 47 (9.021%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 41 (7.869%) Senior Java Developer
7 30 (5.758%) WebSphere Developer
8 28 (5.374%) J2EE Developer
9 26 (4.990%) Consultant
10 24 (4.607%) Analyst
11 22 (4.223%) Programmer
12 19 (3.647%) Technical Leader
13 17 (3.263%) Administrator
13 17 (3.263%) Developer Analyst
14 16 (3.071%) Lead Developer
15 14 (2.687%) Software Engineer
16 13 (2.495%) Lead Java Developer
16 13 (2.495%) Designer
17 12 (2.303%) Java Architect
17 12 (2.303%) Java Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 26 (4.990%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
1 26 (4.990%) Derivative
2 20 (3.839%) Open Source
3 17 (3.263%) Computer Science
4 15 (2.879%) RIA
5 14 (2.687%) Credit Risk
6 13 (2.495%) Equities
7 11 (2.111%) Fixed Income
7 11 (2.111%) Digital Media
7 11 (2.111%) Mobile App
8 10 (1.919%) Web 2.0
9 9 (1.727%) Clustering
9 9 (1.727%) N-Tier
9 9 (1.727%) Semantic Web
10 8 (1.536%) Mobile Payment
10 8 (1.536%) Wiki
11 7 (1.344%) DTV
11 7 (1.344%) Enterprise Software
12 6 (1.152%) Market Risk
13 5 (0.960%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 108 (20.73%) Linux
2 103 (19.77%) UNIX
3 23 (4.415%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 21 (4.031%) Solaris
5 17 (3.263%) Windows
6 11 (2.111%) HPUX
7 7 (1.344%) Apple iOS
8 4 (0.768%) AIX
8 4 (0.768%) Android
9 3 (0.576%) Windows Server 2008
10 1 (0.192%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 113 (21.69%) Agile Software Development
2 108 (20.73%) MVC
3 107 (20.54%) TDD
4 84 (16.12%) UML
5 82 (15.74%) SOA
6 79 (15.16%) BDD
7 78 (14.97%) OO
8 76 (14.59%) E-Commerce
9 70 (13.44%) Continuous Integration
10 68 (13.05%) Multithreading
11 64 (12.28%) Software Architecture
12 61 (11.71%) Web Development
13 52 (9.981%) Scrum
14 43 (8.253%) Pair Programming
15 39 (7.486%) OOD
16 34 (6.526%) Unit Testing
17 31 (5.950%) OOA/OOD
18 27 (5.182%) Content Management
19 26 (4.990%) Dependency Injection
20 25 (4.798%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 435 (83.49%) Java
2 225 (43.19%) SQL
3 157 (30.13%) JavaScript
4 40 (7.678%) C#
5 26 (4.990%) XPath
6 20 (3.839%) Bash shell
7 19 (3.647%) PL/SQL
7 19 (3.647%) XQuery
8 17 (3.263%) C++
8 17 (3.263%) Perl
9 13 (2.495%) C
9 13 (2.495%) T-SQL
10 11 (2.111%) ActionScript
11 10 (1.919%) Shell Script
12 7 (1.344%) Ruby
12 7 (1.344%) Groovy
13 4 (0.768%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
13 4 (0.768%) ABAP
14 3 (0.576%) ActionScript 2.0
14 3 (0.576%) C-shell
Qualifications
1 38 (7.294%) Security Cleared
2 29 (5.566%) Degree
3 19 (3.647%) SC Cleared
4 14 (2.687%) DV Cleared
5 6 (1.152%) CIPD
6 5 (0.960%) PMI Certification
7 3 (0.576%) MCTS
7 3 (0.576%) BC Cleared
7 3 (0.576%) MCP
7 3 (0.576%) MCSE
7 3 (0.576%) CCSP
7 3 (0.576%) CCNA
7 3 (0.576%) ISEB
7 3 (0.576%) Cisco Certification
7 3 (0.576%) Microsoft Certification
7 3 (0.576%) Sun Certification
8 2 (0.384%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (2.879%) QA
2 4 (0.768%) SLA
3 2 (0.384%) HL7
System Software
1 15 (2.879%) Active Directory
2 9 (1.727%) Squid
3 6 (1.152%) VMware Infrastructure
4 3 (0.576%) Hyper-V
4 3 (0.576%) XenApp
5 2 (0.384%) ClearTrust
5 2 (0.384%) Oracle RAC
5 2 (0.384%) VMware Server
6 1 (0.192%) Xen
6 1 (0.192%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 7 (1.344%) MOM
1 7 (1.344%) Puppet
2 5 (0.960%) OpenView
2 5 (0.960%) Nagios
3 3 (0.576%) Foglight
3 3 (0.576%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
3 3 (0.576%) SCOM
3 3 (0.576%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (0.384%) CA Wily
4 2 (0.384%) Data Guard
4 2 (0.384%) TIBCO Hawk
5 1 (0.192%) Business Desktop Deployment
5 1 (0.192%) SCCM
5 1 (0.192%) Tivoli
5 1 (0.192%) Tivoli Identity Manager
5 1 (0.192%) Oozie
5 1 (0.192%) SCVMM
Vendors
1 213 (40.88%) Oracle
2 105 (20.15%) JBoss
3 72 (13.82%) IBM
4 55 (10.56%) TIBCO
5 33 (6.334%) Sybase
6 23 (4.415%) Red Hat
7 17 (3.263%) 29West
8 15 (2.879%) Pega
8 15 (2.879%) ATG
9 14 (2.687%) Adobe
10 13 (2.495%) Twitter
11 10 (1.919%) Elastic Path
11 10 (1.919%) Interwoven
11 10 (1.919%) Blue Martini
12 9 (1.727%) Curam
12 9 (1.727%) Sun
13 8 (1.536%) HP
14 7 (1.344%) Microsoft
14 7 (1.344%) Atlassian
15 6 (1.152%) VMware
City of London
Location: London Key tech: Server-side Java, RDMS, SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, Spring Framework (ideally Spring Integration), Hibernate, Web Services, JMS (or similar messaging exp.), Agile, Test Driven...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £550 - £650 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
City of London
Java Developer (Prime Finance) - Banking - London - £600pd Our Client, HSBC, are currently looking for a Java Developer to work in their London Office, on a long-term contract...
Orgtel
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
London
Java Developer £500 - £600 per day London My Client is currently recruiting for an outstanding Java developer with excellent skills with Oracle Coherence... As the Java Developer, you...
Argyll Scott International
Rate: £500-£600 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
London
My Client is a leading Media company, seeking a Java Developer, who is a highly skilled and technically strong Developer. The ideal Java Developer must have proven experience...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
An experienced Java Developer is required for a Leading Investment Bank in London. The successful candidate will work on developing new and enhancing current Low Latency trading application...
Thomson Keene Associates
Rate: £600 - £650 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Nicoll Curtin
Rate: £400 - £550 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
London
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £200 - £210 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Orgtel
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Eximius IT
Rate: From £500 to £600 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
IT Human Resources
Rate: £600 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Central London / West End
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £500 - £575 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Networking People
Posted: 14 June 2013
East London
Randstad Technologies
Rate: £500 - £550 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
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