The first table below looks at the demand for Struts 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 Struts 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
Apache Struts
Rank 388 374 244
Rank change year-on-year
-14 -130
Contract jobs citing Struts 125 190 417
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.301% 0.356% 0.742%
As % of the Application Development category 1.102% 1.363% 2.632%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 107 241
Average daily rate £375 £400 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £289 £296 £278
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £356 £344
% change year-on-year
-10.17% +3.48%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 32
Average hourly rate £40.52 £35.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.75% -17.64%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.51 £35.00 £38.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.25 £37.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £36.25 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- -14.70%
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%
Struts
UK

Struts
Jobs Demand Trend

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

England Struts Jobs Demand Trend

Struts
Daily Rate Trend

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

England Struts Daily Rate Trend

Struts
Daily Rate Histogram

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

England Struts Daily Rate Histogram

Struts
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England Struts Hourly Rate Trend

Struts
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Struts 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 +15 76 £400 -17.94%
South East -13 20 £288 -23.33%
Yorkshire +9 9 £293 -10.00%
North West +6 7 £350 +7.69%
East of England +12 5 £425 -5.55%
South West +25 3 £313 -17.76%
East Midlands -1 3 £320 -
Midlands - 1 £475 -
North East - 1 £375 -
Struts
UK

Struts
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 260 (98.11%) Java
2 188 (70.94%) J2EE
3 176 (66.42%) Spring
4 130 (49.06%) Hibernate
5 129 (48.68%) JSP
6 112 (42.26%) JavaScript
7 100 (37.74%) SQL
8 97 (36.60%) Oracle
9 95 (35.85%) XML
10 93 (35.09%) JUnit
10 93 (35.09%) HTML
11 79 (29.81%) JMS
12 76 (28.68%) Apache
13 74 (27.92%) Finance
14 73 (27.55%) CSS
15 71 (26.79%) Web Services
16 69 (26.04%) MVC
17 68 (25.66%) Servlets
18 66 (24.91%) EJB
19 64 (24.15%) Ajax
20 62 (23.40%) TDD
20 62 (23.40%) SQL Server
21 59 (22.26%) Eclipse
21 59 (22.26%) jQuery
22 58 (21.89%) OO
23 57 (21.51%) Linux
23 57 (21.51%) Subversion
24 55 (20.75%) JBoss
25 54 (20.38%) Tomcat
26 53 (20.00%) JDBC

Struts
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 188 (70.94%) J2EE
2 176 (66.42%) Spring
3 130 (49.06%) Hibernate
4 129 (48.68%) JSP
5 95 (35.85%) XML
6 93 (35.09%) HTML
7 79 (29.81%) JMS
8 73 (27.55%) CSS
9 71 (26.79%) Web Services
10 68 (25.66%) Servlets
11 66 (24.91%) EJB
12 64 (24.15%) Ajax
13 59 (22.26%) jQuery
14 53 (20.00%) JDBC
15 49 (18.49%) WebSphere
16 46 (17.36%) XSLT
17 45 (16.98%) Spring MVC
18 40 (15.09%) Struts2
19 32 (12.08%) .NET
20 29 (10.94%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 76 (28.68%) Apache
2 54 (20.38%) Tomcat
3 47 (17.74%) WebLogic
4 19 (7.170%) WebSphere Application Server
5 15 (5.660%) MQSeries
6 14 (5.283%) IIS
7 9 (3.396%) WebSphere MQ
7 9 (3.396%) CMS
8 8 (3.019%) Liferay
9 6 (2.264%) Oracle Application Server
9 6 (2.264%) ActiveMQ
9 6 (2.264%) BizTalk Server
9 6 (2.264%) Adobe CQ
10 5 (1.887%) ESB
10 5 (1.887%) SharePoint
10 5 (1.887%) Oracle Workflow
11 4 (1.509%) Alfresco
11 4 (1.509%) TIBCO EMS
12 3 (1.132%) GlassFish
12 3 (1.132%) Jetty
Applications
1 6 (2.264%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.132%) Mingle
2 3 (1.132%) MS Office
3 1 (0.377%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (5.283%) Tridion
2 10 (3.774%) RMDS
3 6 (2.264%) 3000 Xtra
4 2 (0.755%) Oracle Retail
5 1 (0.377%) Oracle BPM
5 1 (0.377%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 19 (7.170%) Internet
2 5 (1.887%) HTTP
2 5 (1.887%) TCP/IP
3 4 (1.509%) LDAP
3 4 (1.509%) Intranet
4 3 (1.132%) Unified Communications
5 2 (0.755%) Extranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (23.40%) SQL Server
2 36 (13.58%) MySQL
3 25 (9.434%) DB2
4 24 (9.057%) RDBMS
5 9 (3.396%) MarkLogic
6 7 (2.642%) Oracle Reports
6 7 (2.642%) Oracle 10g
6 7 (2.642%) JasperReports
7 6 (2.264%) Crystal Reports
7 6 (2.264%) Big Data
8 5 (1.887%) MongoDB
9 4 (1.509%) InterSystems Cache
9 4 (1.509%) GIS
9 4 (1.509%) Oracle 11g
9 4 (1.509%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.132%) Data Warehouse
10 3 (1.132%) Oracle 8/8i
11 1 (0.377%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.377%) Sybase ASE
11 1 (0.377%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 93 (35.09%) JUnit
2 59 (22.26%) Eclipse
3 57 (21.51%) Subversion
4 51 (19.25%) Maven
5 30 (11.32%) Ant
6 17 (6.415%) Log4j
7 15 (5.660%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
8 13 (4.906%) Team Foundation Server
8 13 (4.906%) JIRA
8 13 (4.906%) Jenkins
9 12 (4.528%) Hudson
9 12 (4.528%) Atlassian Bamboo
10 11 (4.151%) Selenium
11 9 (3.396%) CruiseControl
12 8 (3.019%) Git (software)
13 7 (2.642%) jMock
14 6 (2.264%) Visual Studio
14 6 (2.264%) Mockito
15 5 (1.887%) ClearCase
16 4 (1.509%) NetBeans
General
1 74 (27.92%) Finance
2 35 (13.21%) Banking
3 22 (8.302%) Retail
4 17 (6.415%) Games
5 12 (4.528%) Front Office
6 11 (4.151%) Publishing
6 11 (4.151%) Investment Banking
7 10 (3.774%) Telecoms
8 9 (3.396%) Marketing
9 7 (2.642%) Back Office
10 2 (0.755%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.377%) Wholesale Banking
11 1 (0.377%) Corporate Banking
11 1 (0.377%) Electronics
11 1 (0.377%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 215 (81.13%) Developer
2 162 (61.13%) Java Developer
3 39 (14.72%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 36 (13.58%) Senior Developer
5 30 (11.32%) Senior Java Developer
6 24 (9.057%) J2EE Developer
7 15 (5.660%) Architect
8 14 (5.283%) Programmer
8 14 (5.283%) Analyst
9 9 (3.396%) Java Programmer
10 8 (3.019%) Designer
10 8 (3.019%) JavaScript Developer
11 7 (2.642%) Consultant
11 7 (2.642%) Solutions Designer
11 7 (2.642%) Team Leader
11 7 (2.642%) WebSphere Developer
12 6 (2.264%) Analyst Programmer
12 6 (2.264%) Software Developer
13 5 (1.887%) Front-End Developer
13 5 (1.887%) Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 18 (6.792%) Open Source
2 17 (6.415%) Web 2.0
3 16 (6.038%) N-Tier
4 15 (5.660%) Mobile App
5 10 (3.774%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 10 (3.774%) Kindle
6 9 (3.396%) Semantic Web
7 5 (1.887%) Digital Media
7 5 (1.887%) Inversion of Control
7 5 (1.887%) PMI
8 3 (1.132%) Credit Risk
8 3 (1.132%) NHS
8 3 (1.132%) Client/Server
8 3 (1.132%) Replication
9 2 (0.755%) Smartphone
9 2 (0.755%) Fixed Income
9 2 (0.755%) Clustering
9 2 (0.755%) Equities
9 2 (0.755%) Blackberry
9 2 (0.755%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 57 (21.51%) Linux
2 37 (13.96%) UNIX
3 30 (11.32%) Windows
4 21 (7.925%) Solaris
5 15 (5.660%) HPUX
6 10 (3.774%) Android
7 6 (2.264%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.755%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.377%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 69 (26.04%) MVC
2 62 (23.40%) TDD
3 58 (21.89%) OO
4 52 (19.62%) Agile Software Development
5 49 (18.49%) UML
6 39 (14.72%) E-Commerce
7 36 (13.58%) Unit Testing
8 28 (10.57%) Content Management
9 23 (8.679%) RAD
10 22 (8.302%) Migration
11 21 (7.925%) Multithreading
12 19 (7.170%) Scrum
13 17 (6.415%) Continuous Integration
13 17 (6.415%) BDD
14 14 (5.283%) Requirements Analysis
15 13 (4.906%) Web Development
15 13 (4.906%) OOD
15 13 (4.906%) RUP
16 11 (4.151%) System Testing
16 11 (4.151%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 260 (98.11%) Java
2 112 (42.26%) JavaScript
3 100 (37.74%) SQL
4 29 (10.94%) C#
5 20 (7.547%) PL/SQL
6 18 (6.792%) Bash shell
7 17 (6.415%) Perl
8 14 (5.283%) XPath
9 11 (4.151%) XQuery
10 9 (3.396%) Shell Script
10 9 (3.396%) VBScript
10 9 (3.396%) VB
10 9 (3.396%) VBA
10 9 (3.396%) VB6
11 8 (3.019%) T-SQL
11 8 (3.019%) C++
12 6 (2.264%) Groovy
13 5 (1.887%) Scala
14 3 (1.132%) PHP
15 2 (0.755%) C
Qualifications
1 10 (3.774%) Degree
2 7 (2.642%) Security Cleared
3 6 (2.264%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.264%) CIPD
4 5 (1.887%) PMI Certification
5 4 (1.509%) CTC Cleared
6 2 (0.755%) Sun Certification
7 1 (0.377%) CITP
7 1 (0.377%) MBCS
7 1 (0.377%) SCWCD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 16 (6.038%) QA
2 9 (3.396%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 3 (1.132%) HL7
4 2 (0.755%) SLA
5 1 (0.377%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 9 (3.396%) Squid
2 3 (1.132%) Oracle RAC
2 3 (1.132%) OpenSSO
2 3 (1.132%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.377%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 5 (1.887%) MOM
2 3 (1.132%) Oracle Identity Manager
2 3 (1.132%) Data Guard
3 1 (0.377%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.377%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.377%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 97 (36.60%) Oracle
2 55 (20.75%) JBoss
3 23 (8.679%) IBM
4 22 (8.302%) ATG
5 18 (6.792%) Microsoft
6 15 (5.660%) Blue Martini
7 14 (5.283%) Interwoven
7 14 (5.283%) Elastic Path
8 11 (4.151%) Intershop
9 10 (3.774%) Sony
9 10 (3.774%) Reuters
10 6 (2.264%) VMware
10 6 (2.264%) Adobe
10 6 (2.264%) SunGard
10 6 (2.264%) Citrix
10 6 (2.264%) Business Objects
10 6 (2.264%) Sybase
10 6 (2.264%) Cadis
11 5 (1.887%) hybris
11 5 (1.887%) Informatica
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