The first table below looks at the demand for JRules 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 JRules over the 3 months to 24 May 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
IBM ILOG JRules
Rank 486 515 562
Rank change year-on-year
+29 +47
Contract jobs citing JRules 27 44 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.065% 0.082% 0.016%
As % of the Application Development category 0.238% 0.316% 0.057%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 30 1
Average daily rate £475 £435 £580
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.19% -25.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £435 £580
% change year-on-year
-8.04% -25.00%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £28.00
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11342 13944 15844
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.28% 26.14% 28.20%
Number of daily rates quoted 7269 8358 9412
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 341 366 550
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -7.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.50 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
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Jobs Demand Trend

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

England JRules Jobs Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

England JRules Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JRules across the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

England JRules Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

England JRules Hourly Rate Trend

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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 JRules within the England region over the 3 months to 24 May 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
London +32 17 £475 -12.44%
South East +20 10 £400 -
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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing JRules 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 JRules.

1 41 (77.36%) Java
2 33 (62.26%) Oracle
3 26 (49.06%) XML
4 21 (39.62%) Finance
5 20 (37.74%) WebLogic
5 20 (37.74%) Web Services
6 19 (35.85%) SOA
6 19 (35.85%) WebSphere
7 18 (33.96%) Banking
8 16 (30.19%) TIBCO
9 15 (28.30%) IBM
9 15 (28.30%) ILOG
9 15 (28.30%) UML
10 12 (22.64%) BusinessWorks
10 12 (22.64%) Investment Banking
11 11 (20.75%) XPath
11 11 (20.75%) XSLT
12 10 (18.87%) Spring
13 9 (16.98%) JSP
13 9 (16.98%) OO
14 8 (15.09%) Staffware
14 8 (15.09%) TIBCO iProcess
14 8 (15.09%) Security Cleared
14 8 (15.09%) Decision Table
15 7 (13.21%) TIBCO EMS
15 7 (13.21%) Requirements Analysis
15 7 (13.21%) TeamCity
15 7 (13.21%) Tomcat
15 7 (13.21%) XQuery
15 7 (13.21%) Ant

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing JRules 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 JRules. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 26 (49.06%) XML
2 20 (37.74%) Web Services
3 19 (35.85%) WebSphere
4 11 (20.75%) XSLT
5 10 (18.87%) Spring
6 9 (16.98%) JSP
7 6 (11.32%) Java EE
8 5 (9.434%) WebCenter
8 5 (9.434%) Oracle Fusion
8 5 (9.434%) Middleware
8 5 (9.434%) EJB
9 3 (5.660%) JMS
9 3 (5.660%) CORBA
9 3 (5.660%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 20 (37.74%) WebLogic
2 7 (13.21%) TIBCO EMS
2 7 (13.21%) Tomcat
3 3 (5.660%) SharePoint
Applications
1 1 (1.887%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 12 (22.64%) BusinessWorks
2 8 (15.09%) Staffware
2 8 (15.09%) TIBCO iProcess
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.547%) Essbase
1 4 (7.547%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (5.660%) NoSQL
2 3 (5.660%) Big Data
2 3 (5.660%) MarkLogic
2 3 (5.660%) Hadoop
3 2 (3.774%) DB2
3 2 (3.774%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (3.774%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 7 (13.21%) TeamCity
1 7 (13.21%) Ant
1 7 (13.21%) JUnit
2 4 (7.547%) Subversion
3 3 (5.660%) jMock
3 3 (5.660%) Maven
3 3 (5.660%) EasyMock
4 2 (3.774%) Eclipse
General
1 21 (39.62%) Finance
2 18 (33.96%) Banking
3 12 (22.64%) Investment Banking
4 5 (9.434%) Financial Institution
5 1 (1.887%) General Ledger
5 1 (1.887%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 16 (30.19%) Architect
2 14 (26.42%) Developer
3 12 (22.64%) JRules Developer
4 9 (16.98%) Designer
5 6 (11.32%) Consultant
5 6 (11.32%) Functional Architect
6 4 (7.547%) Support Engineer
6 4 (7.547%) Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (7.547%) Solutions Architect
6 4 (7.547%) Project Manager
6 4 (7.547%) Web Engineer
6 4 (7.547%) Infrastructure Support Engineer
6 4 (7.547%) Web Infrastructure Engineer
6 4 (7.547%) Web Support Engineer
7 3 (5.660%) Java Consultant
7 3 (5.660%) Applications Architect
7 3 (5.660%) JRules Consultant
7 3 (5.660%) Analyst
7 3 (5.660%) Technical Architect
7 3 (5.660%) Senior Manager
Miscellaneous
1 5 (9.434%) Hedge funds
2 4 (7.547%) Mathematics
2 4 (7.547%) Physics
2 4 (7.547%) Computer Science
3 2 (3.774%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (1.887%) Data Extraction
4 1 (1.887%) SWIFT
4 1 (1.887%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 4 (7.547%) UNIX
1 4 (7.547%) Windows
1 4 (7.547%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (35.85%) SOA
2 15 (28.30%) UML
3 9 (16.98%) OO
4 8 (15.09%) Decision Table
5 7 (13.21%) Requirements Analysis
6 5 (9.434%) TDD
6 5 (9.434%) Software Architecture
6 5 (9.434%) BPMN
7 4 (7.547%) PRINCE2
7 4 (7.547%) Business Intelligence
7 4 (7.547%) Workflow
7 4 (7.547%) Scrum
7 4 (7.547%) Continuous Integration
7 4 (7.547%) Waterfall
7 4 (7.547%) Workflow Management
8 3 (5.660%) Technical Architecture
8 3 (5.660%) Multithreading
8 3 (5.660%) Information Security
8 3 (5.660%) Stakeholder Management
9 2 (3.774%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 41 (77.36%) Java
2 11 (20.75%) XPath
3 7 (13.21%) XQuery
4 5 (9.434%) SQL
4 5 (9.434%) C++
5 1 (1.887%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 8 (15.09%) Security Cleared
2 5 (9.434%) SC Cleared
3 4 (7.547%) Degree
4 2 (3.774%) PRINCE2 Certification
5 1 (1.887%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (5.660%) QA
2 2 (3.774%) Basel III
Vendors
1 33 (62.26%) Oracle
2 16 (30.19%) TIBCO
3 15 (28.30%) IBM
3 15 (28.30%) ILOG
4 6 (11.32%) Microsoft
5 4 (7.547%) ION Trading
6 2 (3.774%) Ab Initio
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