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The table below looks at the demand for Apache Struts skills within the Herefordshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Struts over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache Struts
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank14-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below6.452 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£340
% change on same period last year-0.26 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£43.83£34.71
% change on same period last year+26.29 %
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Herefordshire
Matching contract IT job ads3126
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.050 %0.028 %
Daily rates quoted614
Average minimum daily rate£217£243
Average daily rate£227£266
% change on same period last year-14.51 %
Average maximum daily rate£238£290
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted41
Average minimum hourly rate£38.64£32.00
Average hourly rate£39.59£33.50
% change on same period last year+18.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.55£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
Struts West MidlandsStruts
West Midlands

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.

Struts
Demand Trend

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

Herefordshire Struts Demand Trend

Struts
Daily Rate Trend

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

Herefordshire Struts Daily 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 Herefordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
Hemel HempsteadNew entry-1--
Struts West MidlandsStruts
West Midlands

Struts
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire 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.

13 (100.00 %)Java
22 (66.67 %)JavaScript
22 (66.67 %)J2EE
22 (66.67 %)JSP
22 (66.67 %)UML
22 (66.67 %)HTML
31 (33.33 %)OO
31 (33.33 %)Eclipse
31 (33.33 %)Servlets
31 (33.33 %)Ant
31 (33.33 %)JUnit
31 (33.33 %)WebLogic
31 (33.33 %)CSS
31 (33.33 %)Regression Testing
31 (33.33 %)Government
31 (33.33 %)Hibernate
31 (33.33 %)WebWork
31 (33.33 %)Spring
31 (33.33 %)JSF
31 (33.33 %)WebSphere

Struts
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Herefordshire 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.

Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (66.67 %)JSP
12 (66.67 %)HTML
12 (66.67 %)J2EE
21 (33.33 %)CSS
21 (33.33 %)Servlets
21 (33.33 %)Hibernate
21 (33.33 %)WebWork
21 (33.33 %)Spring
21 (33.33 %)JSF
21 (33.33 %)WebSphere
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)WebLogic
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (33.33 %)Ant
11 (33.33 %)JUnit
11 (33.33 %)Eclipse
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Government
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (33.33 %)Senior Developer
21 (33.33 %)Java Developer
21 (33.33 %)J2EE Developer
21 (33.33 %)Senior J2EE Developer
21 (33.33 %)Senior Java Developer
21 (33.33 %)Java/J2EE Developer
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (66.67 %)UML
21 (33.33 %)OO
21 (33.33 %)Regression Testing
Herefordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)Java
22 (66.67 %)JavaScript