The first table below looks at the demand for Spring skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Spring over the 3 months to 19 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 Hampshire 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SpringSource Spring Framework
Rank 60 68 49
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -19
Contract jobs citing Spring 41 30 57
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 2.559% 1.929% 3.029%
As % of the Application Development category 8.705% 6.479% 10.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 21 16 17
Average daily rate £350 £375 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £328 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £533 £430
UK excluding London average daily rate £363 £335 £350
% change year-on-year
+8.20% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 8 5 19
Average hourly rate £23.13 £40.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.18% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.81 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-14.42% -23.52%
All Application Development
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
471 463 541
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 29.40% 29.77% 28.75%
Number of daily rates quoted 256 215 223
Average daily rate £325 £350 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £463 £438
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 49 73
Average hourly rate £40.00 £39.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+2.56% +8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.13 £20.00 £33.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.00 £42.50 £41.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
Spring
South East

Spring
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hampshire Spring Jobs Demand Trend

Spring
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Spring Daily Rate Trend

Spring
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spring across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Hampshire Spring Daily Rate Histogram

Spring
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Spring Hourly Rate Trend

Spring
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spring across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Hampshire Spring Hourly Rate Histogram

Spring
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spring within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 19 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
Southampton +5 11 £350 -27.46%
Basingstoke -1 9 £295 -5.22% 1
Portsmouth - 1 £350 -
Fareham - - - -
Petersfield - - - -
Winchester - - - -
Spring
South East

Spring
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Spring 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 Spring.

1 103 (96.26%) Java
2 82 (76.64%) Hibernate
3 61 (57.01%) SQL
3 61 (57.01%) Web Services
4 55 (51.40%) JPA
5 54 (50.47%) Java EE
5 54 (50.47%) CSS
5 54 (50.47%) JMS
6 53 (49.53%) JavaScript
6 53 (49.53%) MVC
7 52 (48.60%) SOAP
8 51 (47.66%) HTML
8 51 (47.66%) JUnit
8 51 (47.66%) REST
9 48 (44.86%) Spring MVC
10 47 (43.93%) BDD
10 47 (43.93%) SQL Server
10 47 (43.93%) UML
10 47 (43.93%) Maven
11 46 (42.99%) EJB
12 45 (42.06%) JSP
13 44 (41.12%) Git (software)
14 43 (40.19%) JSON
14 43 (40.19%) Spring Security
14 43 (40.19%) Spring Web Flow
14 43 (40.19%) JAXB
14 43 (40.19%) JTA
14 43 (40.19%) Web Development
15 40 (37.38%) Software Architecture
15 40 (37.38%) Mockito

Spring
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing Spring 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 Spring. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 82 (76.64%) Hibernate
2 61 (57.01%) Web Services
3 55 (51.40%) JPA
4 54 (50.47%) Java EE
4 54 (50.47%) CSS
4 54 (50.47%) JMS
5 52 (48.60%) SOAP
6 51 (47.66%) HTML
6 51 (47.66%) REST
7 48 (44.86%) Spring MVC
8 46 (42.99%) EJB
9 45 (42.06%) JSP
10 43 (40.19%) JSON
10 43 (40.19%) Spring Security
10 43 (40.19%) Spring Web Flow
10 43 (40.19%) JAXB
10 43 (40.19%) JTA
11 39 (36.45%) jQuery
12 32 (29.91%) Apache CXF
13 26 (24.30%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 25 (23.36%) BizTalk Server
2 12 (11.21%) WebLogic
3 9 (8.411%) Tomcat
4 5 (4.673%) Apache
5 4 (3.738%) Liferay
5 4 (3.738%) WebLogic Portal
6 2 (1.869%) Windows Azure
7 1 (0.935%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (0.935%) Oracle Application Server
7 1 (0.935%) ESB
7 1 (0.935%) Oracle 10gAS
Applications
1 9 (8.411%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.738%) MS PowerPoint
2 4 (3.738%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.935%) Doxygen
3 1 (0.935%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 5 (4.673%) HTTP
1 5 (4.673%) TCP/IP
1 5 (4.673%) DVB
2 1 (0.935%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 47 (43.93%) SQL Server
2 36 (33.64%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 36 (33.64%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 16 (14.95%) NoSQL
4 7 (6.542%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (3.738%) MySQL
6 3 (2.804%) Ingres
6 3 (2.804%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (1.869%) GIS
7 2 (1.869%) RDBMS
8 1 (0.935%) Oracle 10g
8 1 (0.935%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 51 (47.66%) JUnit
2 47 (43.93%) Maven
3 44 (41.12%) Git (software)
4 40 (37.38%) Mockito
5 19 (17.76%) Selenium
6 13 (12.15%) JBehave
7 10 (9.346%) Eclipse
8 8 (7.477%) ClearCase
9 6 (5.607%) Log4j
10 5 (4.673%) FitNesse
10 5 (4.673%) Cucumber
11 4 (3.738%) Jenkins
11 4 (3.738%) CruiseControl
11 4 (3.738%) ClearQuest
11 4 (3.738%) Ant
12 3 (2.804%) NetBeans
12 3 (2.804%) FindBugs
12 3 (2.804%) Hudson
13 1 (0.935%) Visual Studio
13 1 (0.935%) Checkstyle
General
1 7 (6.542%) Telecoms
1 7 (6.542%) Finance
2 4 (3.738%) Marketing
3 1 (0.935%) Manufacturing
3 1 (0.935%) Banking
3 1 (0.935%) Retail
Job Titles
1 79 (73.83%) Developer
2 71 (66.36%) Java Developer
3 11 (10.28%) Technical Leader
3 11 (10.28%) Software Engineer
4 9 (8.411%) Architect
5 7 (6.542%) Software Architect
5 7 (6.542%) Java Software Engineer
6 6 (5.607%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 6 (5.607%) Solutions Architect
6 6 (5.607%) Lead Developer
7 4 (3.738%) Java Solutions Architect
7 4 (3.738%) Java Architect
7 4 (3.738%) JavaScript Developer
7 4 (3.738%) Author
7 4 (3.738%) Technical Author
8 3 (2.804%) Senior Developer
8 3 (2.804%) Technical Developer
9 2 (1.869%) Java Engineer
9 2 (1.869%) Lead Java Developer
9 2 (1.869%) Applications Architect
Miscellaneous
1 5 (4.673%) DTV
1 5 (4.673%) Computer Science
2 4 (3.738%) Wiki
3 2 (1.869%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.935%) Clustering
4 1 (0.935%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.935%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 14 (13.08%) UNIX
2 12 (11.21%) Linux
3 3 (2.804%) Windows
4 1 (0.935%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 53 (49.53%) MVC
2 47 (43.93%) BDD
2 47 (43.93%) UML
3 43 (40.19%) Web Development
4 40 (37.38%) Software Architecture
5 36 (33.64%) OOD
6 32 (29.91%) Pair Programming
6 32 (29.91%) Agile Software Development
7 24 (22.43%) Continuous Integration
8 21 (19.63%) TDD
9 19 (17.76%) Dependency Injection
10 15 (14.02%) SOA
11 8 (7.477%) Multithreading
11 8 (7.477%) Software Engineering
11 8 (7.477%) Scrum
11 8 (7.477%) OO
12 5 (4.673%) Unit Testing
13 4 (3.738%) Time Management
13 4 (3.738%) Refactoring
13 4 (3.738%) Code Coverage
Programming Languages
1 103 (96.26%) Java
2 61 (57.01%) SQL
3 53 (49.53%) JavaScript
4 9 (8.411%) XPath
5 7 (6.542%) C#
6 5 (4.673%) PL/SQL
7 3 (2.804%) Python
7 3 (2.804%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.869%) PHP
9 1 (0.935%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (5.607%) Security Cleared
1 6 (5.607%) Degree
2 5 (4.673%) SC Cleared
3 2 (1.869%) Sun Certification
4 1 (0.935%) SCWCD
4 1 (0.935%) MBCS
4 1 (0.935%) CITP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (6.542%) HL7
System Software
1 2 (1.869%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 33 (30.84%) JBoss
2 24 (22.43%) Oracle
3 13 (12.15%) Twitter
4 9 (8.411%) Google
5 3 (2.804%) Cognizant
6 2 (1.869%) Sun
6 2 (1.869%) IBM
6 2 (1.869%) Microsoft
7 1 (0.935%) Adobe
7 1 (0.935%) HP
7 1 (0.935%) Red Hat
7 1 (0.935%) Serena
7 1 (0.935%) Talend
7 1 (0.935%) Coverity
7 1 (0.935%) hybris