England JMS Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Java Messaging Service (JMS) 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 JMS over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Java Messaging Service (JMS)
Location Ascot Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Bristol Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Daventry Docklands, London East Anglia East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glasgow Gloucestershire Halifax Hampshire Hertfordshire Leeds London Middlesex Midlands Norfolk North West Northamptonshire Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxfordshire Reading Scotland Shropshire Somerset South Coast South East South West Sussex Telford Thames Valley UK West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Yorkshire Worthing Yeovil Yorkshire	3 months to 10 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	320	262
Rank change on same period last year	-58
Matching contract IT job ads	266	539
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.375 %	0.545 %
As % of the category below	1.731 %	2.359 %
Daily rates quoted	95	207
Average minimum daily rate	£411	£416
Average daily rate	£434	£434
% change on same period last year	-0.10 %
Average maximum daily rate	£457	£453
UK excluding London average daily rate	£374	£357
% change on same period last year	+4.77 %
Hourly rates quoted	1	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.00	£38.00
Average hourly rate	£30.00	£42.13
% change on same period last year	-28.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.00	£46.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.25	-
% change on same period last year	-
Application Development England
Matching contract IT job ads	15368	22850
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	21.64 %	23.09 %
Daily rates quoted	5253	7116
Average minimum daily rate	£348	£361
Average daily rate	£374	£384
% change on same period last year	-2.58 %
Average maximum daily rate	£400	£407
UK excluding London average daily rate	£329	£333
% change on same period last year	-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted	934	1420
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.27	£30.08
Average hourly rate	£31.39	£32.28
% change on same period last year	-2.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£33.51	£34.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.10	£32.14
% change on same period last year	-3.23 %
JMS 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.

JMS
Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JMS across the England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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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 10 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.

Location	Rank 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
London	-39	164	£471	-4.71 %
South East	-6	32	£377	+10.34 %
East of England	+21	19	£357	-12.78 %
West Midlands	+12	13	£338	-37.50 %
South West	+18	13	£350	+3.38 %
Yorkshire	-10	9	£450	+45.55 %
East Midlands	0	7	-	-
North West	+21	6	-	-
Midlands	+19	3	-	-
South Coast	-	1	-	-

JMS UK

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

1 453 (82.07 %) Java 2 264 (47.83 %) J2EE 3 215 (38.95 %) XML 4 169 (30.62 %) Oracle 5 166 (30.07 %) SQL 6 164 (29.71 %) EJB 7 137 (24.82 %) UNIX 8 134 (24.28 %) Spring 9 132 (23.91 %) JDBC 10 131 (23.73 %) Hibernate 11 129 (23.37 %) JSP 12 128 (23.19 %) WebLogic 13 118 (21.38 %) Banking 14 111 (20.11 %) Linux 15 104 (18.84 %) Sybase

16 100 (18.12 %) WebServices 17 97 (17.57 %) Servlets 17 97 (17.57 %) WebSphere 18 96 (17.39 %) TIBCO 19 89 (16.12 %) Struts 20 83 (15.04 %) JBoss 21 82 (14.86 %) Investment Banking 22 79 (14.31 %) Ant 23 76 (13.77 %) Perl 24 73 (13.22 %) OO 24 73 (13.22 %) Middleware 24 73 (13.22 %) Finance 25 71 (12.86 %) Swing 26 65 (11.78 %) MQSeries 26 65 (11.78 %) JavaScript

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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 1 264 (47.83 %) J2EE 2 215 (38.95 %) XML 3 164 (29.71 %) EJB 4 134 (24.28 %) Spring 5 132 (23.91 %) JDBC 6 131 (23.73 %) Hibernate 7 129 (23.37 %) JSP 8 100 (18.12 %) WebServices 9 97 (17.57 %) Servlets 9 97 (17.57 %) WebSphere 10 89 (16.12 %) Struts 11 73 (13.22 %) Middleware 12 71 (12.86 %) Swing 13 58 (10.51 %) SOAP 14 49 (8.877 %) HTML 15 43 (7.790 %) AJAX 16 30 (5.435 %) JSF 16 30 (5.435 %) CSS 17 28 (5.072 %) .NET 17 28 (5.072 %) XSLT	Application Platforms 1 128 (23.19 %) WebLogic 2 83 (15.04 %) JBoss 3 65 (11.78 %) MQSeries 4 62 (11.23 %) WebSphere Application Server 5 48 (8.696 %) Tomcat 6 32 (5.797 %) TIBCO EMS 7 31 (5.616 %) Apache 8 27 (4.891 %) WebSphere MQ 9 14 (2.536 %) WebLogic Portal 10 9 (1.630 %) WebLogic Integration 10 9 (1.630 %) Oracle Workflow 11 8 (1.449 %) WPS 11 8 (1.449 %) Rendezvous 12 7 (1.268 %) ESB 13 6 (1.087 %) Oracle Application Server 13 6 (1.087 %) WebSphere Message Broker 14 5 (0.906 %) IIS 15 4 (0.725 %) ATG Dynamo 16 3 (0.543 %) BizTalk Server 17 2 (0.362 %) Jetty
Applications 1 14 (2.536 %) MS Office 2 12 (2.174 %) MS Visio 3 1 (0.181 %) Photoshop 3 1 (0.181 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 8 (1.449 %) BusinessWorks 2 1 (0.181 %) Global One 2 1 (0.181 %) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking 1 16 (2.899 %) LDAP 2 8 (1.449 %) HTTP 3 4 (0.725 %) FTP 4 3 (0.543 %) Wi-Fi 4 3 (0.543 %) Wireless 4 3 (0.543 %) GPRS 4 3 (0.543 %) 3G 5 2 (0.362 %) TCP/IP 6 1 (0.181 %) SNA 6 1 (0.181 %) HTTPS 6 1 (0.181 %) Intranet 6 1 (0.181 %) X.25 6 1 (0.181 %) Firewall 6 1 (0.181 %) BSS 6 1 (0.181 %) SSH	Database & Business Intelligence 1 34 (6.159 %) SQL Server 2 26 (4.710 %) DB2 3 24 (4.348 %) MySQL 4 17 (3.080 %) ETL 4 17 (3.080 %) RDBMS 4 17 (3.080 %) BusinessObjects 5 15 (2.717 %) BODI 6 14 (2.536 %) Oracle 10g 7 13 (2.355 %) Oracle 8/8i 8 5 (0.906 %) Datawarehouse 8 5 (0.906 %) KDB 9 4 (0.725 %) JasperReports 10 3 (0.543 %) Reference Data 10 3 (0.543 %) Oracle 9i 10 3 (0.543 %) PostgreSQL 11 2 (0.362 %) Sybase IQ 11 2 (0.362 %) EDRMS 11 2 (0.362 %) Crystal Reports 11 2 (0.362 %) Sybase ASE 11 2 (0.362 %) DB2 UDB
Development Applications 1 79 (14.31 %) Ant 2 42 (7.609 %) JUnit 3 27 (4.891 %) ClearCase 3 27 (4.891 %) Eclipse 4 13 (2.355 %) Subversion 5 10 (1.812 %) WebLogic Workshop 6 8 (1.449 %) Oracle Forms 7 6 (1.087 %) Log4j 8 3 (0.543 %) JMeter 8 3 (0.543 %) Rational Rose 9 2 (0.362 %) Bugzilla 9 2 (0.362 %) CruiseControl 9 2 (0.362 %) VSS/SourceSafe 9 2 (0.362 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 10 1 (0.181 %) RequisitePro 10 1 (0.181 %) Visual Studio	General 1 118 (21.38 %) Banking 2 82 (14.86 %) Investment Banking 3 73 (13.22 %) Finance 4 39 (7.065 %) Front Office 5 34 (6.159 %) Government 6 21 (3.804 %) Back Office 7 18 (3.261 %) Telecoms 8 17 (3.080 %) Retail 9 14 (2.536 %) Construction 10 4 (0.725 %) Insurance 10 4 (0.725 %) Auditing 11 3 (0.543 %) Automotive 12 2 (0.362 %) Pharmaceutical 12 2 (0.362 %) Health 13 1 (0.181 %) Publishing 13 1 (0.181 %) Games 13 1 (0.181 %) Financial Institution 13 1 (0.181 %) Online Games 13 1 (0.181 %) Retail Banking
Job Titles 1 404 (73.19 %) Developer 2 226 (40.94 %) Java Developer 3 71 (12.86 %) J2EE Developer 4 62 (11.23 %) Java/J2EE Developer 5 57 (10.33 %) Architect 6 51 (9.239 %) Analyst 7 42 (7.609 %) Senior Developer 8 32 (5.797 %) Support Analyst 8 32 (5.797 %) Analyst Developer 9 24 (4.348 %) Senior Java Developer 10 18 (3.261 %) Lead Developer 11 14 (2.536 %) Consultant 11 14 (2.536 %) J2EE Architect 12 13 (2.355 %) WebSphere Developer 13 12 (2.174 %) Systems Developer 13 12 (2.174 %) Systems Architect 14 11 (1.993 %) Technical Architect 14 11 (1.993 %) Tester 14 11 (1.993 %) Java Architect 15 10 (1.812 %) TIBCO Developer	Miscellaneous 1 51 (9.239 %) Equities 2 18 (3.261 %) Derivative 2 18 (3.261 %) N-Tier 3 17 (3.080 %) Foreign Exchange (FX) 3 17 (3.080 %) Credit Risk 4 12 (2.174 %) Fat Client 4 12 (2.174 %) Computer Science 4 12 (2.174 %) Chip and PIN 4 12 (2.174 %) Thin Client 5 7 (1.268 %) Equity Derivative 6 6 (1.087 %) Fixed Income 6 6 (1.087 %) Market Risk 7 5 (0.906 %) DataPower 8 4 (0.725 %) Multithreading 8 4 (0.725 %) Spread Betting 8 4 (0.725 %) Clustering 9 3 (0.543 %) AS400 10 2 (0.362 %) Handset 10 2 (0.362 %) Contract for Difference 10 2 (0.362 %) Credit Derivative
Operating Systems 1 137 (24.82 %) UNIX 2 111 (20.11 %) Linux 3 57 (10.33 %) Solaris 4 28 (5.072 %) Windows 5 18 (3.261 %) Red Hat Linux 6 10 (1.812 %) Nucleus RTOS 7 6 (1.087 %) AIX 8 4 (0.725 %) Windows Server 2003 9 3 (0.543 %) SUSE 9 3 (0.543 %) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 2 (0.362 %) Windows 2000 10 2 (0.362 %) Windows XP 11 1 (0.181 %) OS/390 11 1 (0.181 %) zOS 11 1 (0.181 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 73 (13.22 %) OO 2 64 (11.59 %) UML 3 53 (9.601 %) SOA 4 42 (7.609 %) Security Cleared 5 31 (5.616 %) RUP 6 25 (4.529 %) TDD 7 23 (4.167 %) OOA/OOD 8 21 (3.804 %) OOP 8 21 (3.804 %) Migration 8 21 (3.804 %) Agile Software Development 8 21 (3.804 %) SC Cleared 9 20 (3.623 %) OOD 9 20 (3.623 %) Workflow 9 20 (3.623 %) EAI 10 18 (3.261 %) Unit Testing 11 16 (2.899 %) Web Development 12 15 (2.717 %) Project Management 13 14 (2.536 %) DSDM 13 14 (2.536 %) Enterprise Architecture 14 12 (2.174 %) E-Commerce
Programming Languages 1 453 (82.07 %) Java 2 166 (30.07 %) SQL 3 76 (13.77 %) Perl 4 65 (11.78 %) JavaScript 5 46 (8.333 %) Shell Script 6 40 (7.246 %) C++ 7 30 (5.435 %) PL/SQL 8 23 (4.167 %) C# 9 15 (2.717 %) DHTML 10 13 (2.355 %) PHP 11 8 (1.449 %) Python 12 6 (1.087 %) XPath 13 5 (0.906 %) VB.NET 13 5 (0.906 %) Jython 13 5 (0.906 %) C 13 5 (0.906 %) COBOL 14 4 (0.725 %) Delphi 14 4 (0.725 %) FoxPro (VFP) 14 4 (0.725 %) Ruby 15 3 (0.543 %) Groovy	Qualifications 1 29 (5.254 %) Degree 2 12 (2.174 %) Sun Certification 3 5 (0.906 %) PRINCE2 Certification 4 3 (0.543 %) SCJA 4 3 (0.543 %) SCJP 5 2 (0.362 %) SCJD 5 2 (0.362 %) SCBCD 5 2 (0.362 %) SCDJWS 6 1 (0.181 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 1 (0.181 %) MiFID 1 1 (0.181 %) QA	System Software 1 37 (6.703 %) AquaLogic 2 5 (0.906 %) MSMQ 3 1 (0.181 %) Oracle RMAN 3 1 (0.181 %) Oracle RAC
Systems Management 1 4 (0.725 %) Tivoli 1 4 (0.725 %) AutoSys 2 2 (0.362 %) TIBCO Hawk 3 1 (0.181 %) BMC PATROL 3 1 (0.181 %) Netcool	Vendors 1 169 (30.62 %) Oracle 2 104 (18.84 %) Sybase 3 96 (17.39 %) TIBCO 4 54 (9.783 %) BEA 5 36 (6.522 %) IBM 6 20 (3.623 %) Microsoft 7 18 (3.261 %) Red Hat 8 17 (3.080 %) Business Objects 9 16 (2.899 %) Sun 10 10 (1.812 %) ATG 11 8 (1.449 %) Calypso 11 8 (1.449 %) Fidessa 12 6 (1.087 %) Cognizant 12 6 (1.087 %) SAP 12 6 (1.087 %) Lombardi 12 6 (1.087 %) webMethods 12 6 (1.087 %) Mercator 13 5 (0.906 %) Algorithmics 14 3 (0.543 %) Siebel 14 3 (0.543 %) VERITAS