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The table below looks at the demand for BEA WebLogic Server skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WebLogic over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBEA WebLogic Server
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank170143
Rank change on same period last yearDown-27
Matching contract IT job ads6201056
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.866 %1.061 %
As % of the category below6.899 %8.630 %
Daily rates quoted285393
Average minimum daily rate£409£377
Average daily rate£443£401
% change on same period last year+10.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£477£424
UK excluding London average daily rate£376£378
% change on same period last year-0.39 %
Hourly rates quoted64
Average minimum hourly rate£44.57£33.88
Average hourly rate£47.98£36.50
% change on same period last year+31.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£51.40£39.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.24£40.50
% change on same period last year-5.57 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
England
Matching contract IT job ads898712236
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled12.55 %12.29 %
Daily rates quoted28303417
Average minimum daily rate£350£349
Average daily rate£374£371
% change on same period last year+0.79 %
Average maximum daily rate£397£392
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£340
% change on same period last year+3.04 %
Hourly rates quoted8001279
Average minimum hourly rate£22.70£22.57
Average hourly rate£24.26£24.09
% change on same period last year+0.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.82£25.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.63£24.22
% change on same period last year+1.68 %
WebLogic UKWebLogic
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.

WebLogic
Demand Trend

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

England WebLogic Demand Trend

WebLogic
Daily Rate Trend

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

England WebLogic Daily Rate Trend

WebLogic
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebLogic across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

England WebLogic Daily Rate Histogram

WebLogic
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England WebLogic Hourly Rate Trend

WebLogic
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebLogic across the England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

England WebLogic Hourly Rate Histogram

WebLogic
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebLogic within the England region over the 3 months to 6 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.

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+25403£469+11.05 %
South WestUp+657£340+3.08 %
South EastDown-10255£398-8.19 %
East of EnglandUp+437£378-1.97 %
West MidlandsUp+321£395+60.51 %
YorkshireDown-5418£357+7.10 %
North WestUp+1416£366+4.83 %
East MidlandsUp+1511£372-0.93 %
MidlandsUp+104--
South CoastUp+51--
WebLogic UKWebLogic
UK

WebLogic
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing WebLogic 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 WebLogic.

1858 (58.89 %)Java
2784 (53.81 %)Oracle
3776 (53.26 %)J2EE
4422 (28.96 %)UNIX
5380 (26.08 %)Hibernate
6375 (25.74 %)BEA
7370 (25.39 %)SQL
8361 (24.78 %)Spring
9340 (23.34 %)XML
10295 (20.25 %)JSP
11256 (17.57 %)Struts
11256 (17.57 %)UML
12244 (16.75 %)WebServices
13237 (16.27 %)Finance
14236 (16.20 %)JBoss
15231 (15.85 %)Security Cleared
16218 (14.96 %)Apache
17211 (14.48 %)Ant
18198 (13.59 %)Eclipse
19194 (13.32 %)OO
20193 (13.25 %)Banking
21185 (12.70 %)WebSphere
22181 (12.42 %)HTML
22181 (12.42 %)JavaScript
23164 (11.26 %)SC Cleared
24161 (11.05 %)AJAX
25160 (10.98 %)Linux
25160 (10.98 %)EJB
25160 (10.98 %)Middleware
26157 (10.78 %)Government

WebLogic
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1776 (53.26 %)J2EE
2380 (26.08 %)Hibernate
3361 (24.78 %)Spring
4340 (23.34 %)XML
5295 (20.25 %)JSP
6256 (17.57 %)Struts
7244 (16.75 %)WebServices
8185 (12.70 %)WebSphere
9181 (12.42 %)HTML
10161 (11.05 %)AJAX
11160 (10.98 %)EJB
11160 (10.98 %)Middleware
12130 (8.922 %)CSS
13129 (8.854 %)JMS
14109 (7.481 %).NET
15104 (7.138 %)Servlets
1693 (6.383 %)SOAP
1792 (6.314 %)XSLT
1874 (5.079 %)Java EE
1955 (3.775 %)XHTML
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1236 (16.20 %)JBoss
2218 (14.96 %)Apache
3132 (9.060 %)WebLogic Portal
4118 (8.099 %)Tomcat
548 (3.294 %)IIS
643 (2.951 %)WebSphere Application Server
739 (2.677 %)MQSeries
835 (2.402 %)TIBCO EMS
933 (2.265 %)ESB
1027 (1.853 %)Tuxedo
1126 (1.784 %)Oracle Application Server
1126 (1.784 %)WebLogic Integration
1225 (1.716 %)TeamSite
1314 (0.961 %)iPlanet
1314 (0.961 %)Resin
1413 (0.892 %)WebSphere MQ
1512 (0.824 %)ATG Dynamo
1611 (0.755 %)CMS
1611 (0.755 %)JRun
1710 (0.686 %)Documentum
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
181 (5.559 %)Photoshop
222 (1.510 %)MS Project
319 (1.304 %)MS Excel
415 (1.030 %)CA Clarity
512 (0.824 %)Open Workbench
67 (0.480 %)MS Office
76 (0.412 %)MS Visio
83 (0.206 %)MS PowerPoint
England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (0.343 %)WebTrends
24 (0.275 %)Oracle Applications
32 (0.137 %)assyst
32 (0.137 %)AWD
32 (0.137 %)Remedy ITSM
32 (0.137 %)TIBCO iProcess
41 (0.069 %)Oracle 11i
41 (0.069 %)Retail-J
41 (0.069 %)MAXIMO
41 (0.069 %)BusinessWorks
41 (0.069 %)Decalog
41 (0.069 %)Oracle EBS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
154 (3.706 %)Internet
235 (2.402 %)LDAP
325 (1.716 %)HTTP
421 (1.441 %)SAN
421 (1.441 %)Intranet
518 (1.235 %)Firewall
617 (1.167 %)BIG-IP
79 (0.618 %)TCP/IP
79 (0.618 %)WAN
88 (0.549 %)LAN
88 (0.549 %)BSS
97 (0.480 %)FTP
97 (0.480 %)DNS
106 (0.412 %)SMPP
106 (0.412 %)LLU
114 (0.275 %)Reverse Proxy
114 (0.275 %)NGN
114 (0.275 %)DMZ
114 (0.275 %)Extranet
114 (0.275 %)Wireless
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1106 (7.275 %)Oracle 10g
2101 (6.932 %)MySQL
382 (5.628 %)SQL Server
464 (4.393 %)Oracle 8/8i
547 (3.226 %)Oracle 9i
643 (2.951 %)RDBMS
740 (2.745 %)SQLPlus
835 (2.402 %)TOAD
934 (2.334 %)ETL
1030 (2.059 %)BusinessObjects
1123 (1.579 %)Datawarehouse
1221 (1.441 %)Oracle Reports
1315 (1.030 %)DB2
1414 (0.961 %)SQL Server 2005
158 (0.549 %)EDRMS
167 (0.480 %)BODI
176 (0.412 %)BusinessObjects XI
185 (0.343 %)DataStage
194 (0.275 %)Data Cleansing
194 (0.275 %)Oracle OWB
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1211 (14.48 %)Ant
2198 (13.59 %)Eclipse
3111 (7.618 %)JUnit
454 (3.706 %)ClearCase
553 (3.638 %)Subversion
629 (1.990 %)WebLogic Workshop
727 (1.853 %)FitNesse
823 (1.579 %)Selenium
920 (1.373 %)ClearQuest
1016 (1.098 %)JIRA
1115 (1.030 %)Flash
1214 (0.961 %)LoadRunner
1214 (0.961 %)Dreamweaver
1310 (0.686 %)JDeveloper
149 (0.618 %)Rational Rose
149 (0.618 %)Visual Studio
158 (0.549 %)JBuilder
158 (0.549 %)IntelliJ
158 (0.549 %)JMeter
166 (0.412 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1237 (16.27 %)Finance
2193 (13.25 %)Banking
3157 (10.78 %)Government
4146 (10.02 %)Investment Banking
5105 (7.207 %)Telecoms
641 (2.814 %)Front Office
735 (2.402 %)Back Office
828 (1.922 %)Financial Institution
923 (1.579 %)Games
1020 (1.373 %)Retail
1115 (1.030 %)Insurance
1214 (0.961 %)Criminal Justice
1214 (0.961 %)Pharmaceutical
1313 (0.892 %)Police
1313 (0.892 %)Online Betting
1410 (0.686 %)Online Games
1410 (0.686 %)Marketing
158 (0.549 %)Auditing
158 (0.549 %)Education
165 (0.343 %)Health
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1685 (47.01 %)Developer
2386 (26.49 %)Java Developer
3200 (13.73 %)J2EE Developer
4196 (13.45 %)Architect
5177 (12.15 %)Java/J2EE Developer
6116 (7.962 %)Web Developer
7107 (7.344 %)Analyst
8104 (7.138 %)Senior Developer
992 (6.314 %)Administrator
1075 (5.148 %)Senior Java Developer
1149 (3.363 %)Support Analyst
1244 (3.020 %)Technical Architect
1342 (2.883 %)Solutions Architect
1438 (2.608 %)WebLogic Administrator
1537 (2.539 %)Senior J2EE Developer
1632 (2.196 %)Java Architect
1632 (2.196 %)Support Engineer
1632 (2.196 %)J2EE Architect
1731 (2.128 %)Tester
1830 (2.059 %)DBA
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
164 (4.393 %)N-Tier
256 (3.844 %)Derivative
351 (3.500 %)Fixed Income
351 (3.500 %)Equities
432 (2.196 %)Clustering
525 (1.716 %)Social Network
623 (1.579 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
722 (1.510 %)Mathematics
814 (0.961 %)Computer Science
814 (0.961 %)Spread Betting
99 (0.618 %)Client/Server
108 (0.549 %)PMI
108 (0.549 %)Web 2.0
117 (0.480 %)Contract for Difference
126 (0.412 %)German Language
126 (0.412 %)Replication
126 (0.412 %)Taxonomies
135 (0.343 %)PKI
144 (0.275 %)IPTV
144 (0.275 %)Equity Derivative
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1422 (28.96 %)UNIX
2160 (10.98 %)Linux
3155 (10.64 %)Solaris
4117 (8.030 %)Windows
546 (3.157 %)Red Hat Linux
630 (2.059 %)Windows Server 2003
714 (0.961 %)AIX
813 (0.892 %)HPUX
911 (0.755 %)Nucleus RTOS
1010 (0.686 %)Windows XP
119 (0.618 %)Windows 2000
128 (0.549 %)Windows 2000 Server
134 (0.275 %)SUSE
134 (0.275 %)IRIX
143 (0.206 %)Tru64
152 (0.137 %)VMS
152 (0.137 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
161 (0.069 %)NetWare
161 (0.069 %)zOS
161 (0.069 %)MVS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1256 (17.57 %)UML
2231 (15.85 %)Security Cleared
3194 (13.32 %)OO
4164 (11.26 %)SC Cleared
5111 (7.618 %)SOA
692 (6.314 %)Agile Software Development
767 (4.598 %)Web Development
866 (4.530 %)RUP
964 (4.393 %)ITIL
1063 (4.324 %)E-Commerce
1162 (4.255 %)TDD
1254 (3.706 %)Content Management
1353 (3.638 %)Data Modelling
1445 (3.089 %)Migration
1539 (2.677 %)OOA/OOD
1637 (2.539 %)Project Management
1637 (2.539 %)Software Engineering
1735 (2.402 %)Unit Testing
1833 (2.265 %)DV Cleared
1833 (2.265 %)Investment Management
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1858 (58.89 %)Java
2370 (25.39 %)SQL
3181 (12.42 %)JavaScript
4127 (8.717 %)PL/SQL
5123 (8.442 %)Shell Script
684 (5.765 %)Perl
764 (4.393 %)DHTML
859 (4.049 %)C#
931 (2.128 %)C
931 (2.128 %)PHP
1018 (1.235 %)C++
1115 (1.030 %)Korn
129 (0.618 %)VB
137 (0.480 %)VBA
137 (0.480 %)XPath
145 (0.343 %)Jython
145 (0.343 %)VBScript
145 (0.343 %)XQuery
154 (0.275 %)JCL
163 (0.206 %)Ruby
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
177 (5.285 %)Degree
226 (1.784 %)Sun Certification
321 (1.441 %)ISEB
47 (0.480 %)ITIL Certification
56 (0.412 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
63 (0.206 %)ISTQB
63 (0.206 %)PRINCE2 Certification
63 (0.206 %)Microsoft Certification
63 (0.206 %)MCSE
72 (0.137 %)MCSA
72 (0.137 %)MCP
72 (0.137 %)SCJD
72 (0.137 %)SCBCD
72 (0.137 %)SCDJWS
72 (0.137 %)HP APS
81 (0.069 %)SCJP
81 (0.069 %)SCJA
81 (0.069 %)MCSD
81 (0.069 %)CCNA
81 (0.069 %)Oracle Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
122 (1.510 %)SLA
27 (0.480 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
35 (0.343 %)QA
43 (0.206 %)HMG Infosec
51 (0.069 %)ISO27001
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1130 (8.922 %)AquaLogic
226 (1.784 %)Oracle RMAN
312 (0.824 %)Active Directory
411 (0.755 %)Oracle RAC
56 (0.412 %)ClearTrust
56 (0.412 %)NetBackup
64 (0.275 %)Samba
73 (0.206 %)VMware Infrastructure
82 (0.137 %)ISA Server
91 (0.069 %)MetaFrame
91 (0.069 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
116 (1.098 %)CA SiteMinder
213 (0.892 %)OpenView
39 (0.618 %)Netcool
48 (0.549 %)Netcool/Proviso
57 (0.480 %)BMC PATROL
66 (0.412 %)NNM
66 (0.412 %)OVOW
75 (0.343 %)OVIS
83 (0.206 %)EMC Navisphere
83 (0.206 %)CONTROL-M
92 (0.137 %)CiscoWorks
92 (0.137 %)Legato
92 (0.137 %)Tivoli
92 (0.137 %)OVPA
92 (0.137 %)OVPM
101 (0.069 %)Unicenter
101 (0.069 %)AutoSys
101 (0.069 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
101 (0.069 %)TIBCO Hawk
101 (0.069 %)EMC NetWorker
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1784 (53.81 %)Oracle
2375 (25.74 %)BEA
3100 (6.863 %)Sybase
488 (6.040 %)TIBCO
585 (5.834 %)Sun
661 (4.187 %)IBM
754 (3.706 %)Microsoft
845 (3.089 %)Red Hat
845 (3.089 %)ATG
930 (2.059 %)Business Objects
1026 (1.784 %)VERITAS
1122 (1.510 %)SAP
1220 (1.373 %)HP
1316 (1.098 %)Vignette
1316 (1.098 %)CA
1316 (1.098 %)Actuate
1415 (1.030 %)Niku
1415 (1.030 %)Google
1513 (0.892 %)BMC
1611 (0.755 %)PeopleSoft