The first table below looks at the demand for ActiveMQ skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ActiveMQ over the 3 months to 21 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 Platforms category for the Hertfordshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache ActiveMQ
Rank 57 71 -
Rank change year-on-year
+14 -
Contract jobs citing ActiveMQ 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.306% 0.104% -
As % of the Application Platforms category 1.942% 0.909% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £450 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £450 £338 £290
% change year-on-year
+33.33% +16.37%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 - £42.00
All Application Platforms
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
103 110 128
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 15.75% 11.42% 15.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 43 47 63
Average daily rate £325 £425 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.52% +23.18%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £196 £235 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £529
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 18 11
Average hourly rate £17.50 £12.50 £25.38
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+40.00% -50.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £11.53 £11.15
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.75 £25.00 £35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
ActiveMQ
East of England

ActiveMQ
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire ActiveMQ Jobs Demand Trend

ActiveMQ
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire ActiveMQ Daily Rate Trend

ActiveMQ
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing ActiveMQ 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 ActiveMQ.

1 6 (100.00%) DHTML
1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
1 6 (100.00%) J2EE
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle
1 6 (100.00%) CSS
1 6 (100.00%) JSP
1 6 (100.00%) Struts
1 6 (100.00%) Web Services
1 6 (100.00%) XML
1 6 (100.00%) Apache
1 6 (100.00%) RUP
1 6 (100.00%) XML Schema
1 6 (100.00%) UML
1 6 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 6 (100.00%) Spring
1 6 (100.00%) JSF
1 6 (100.00%) Maven
1 6 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Struts2
1 6 (100.00%) Open Source
1 6 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (83.33%) JasperReports
3 4 (66.67%) GIS
3 4 (66.67%) Workflow
3 4 (66.67%) Migration
3 4 (66.67%) Oracle Workflow

ActiveMQ
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing ActiveMQ 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 ActiveMQ. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (100.00%) DHTML
1 6 (100.00%) J2EE
1 6 (100.00%) CSS
1 6 (100.00%) JSP
1 6 (100.00%) Struts
1 6 (100.00%) Web Services
1 6 (100.00%) XML
1 6 (100.00%) XML Schema
1 6 (100.00%) Hibernate
1 6 (100.00%) Spring
1 6 (100.00%) JSF
1 6 (100.00%) Struts2
Application Platforms
1 6 (100.00%) Apache
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle Workflow
2 4 (66.67%) Liferay
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (83.33%) JasperReports
2 4 (66.67%) GIS
2 4 (66.67%) SQL Server
2 4 (66.67%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 6 (100.00%) Maven
Job Titles
1 5 (83.33%) Java Developer
1 5 (83.33%) Developer
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Developer
2 4 (66.67%) Senior Java Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Java/J2EE Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Java Architect
3 1 (16.67%) J2EE Architect
3 1 (16.67%) Report Developer
3 1 (16.67%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 6 (100.00%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (100.00%) RUP
1 6 (100.00%) UML
1 6 (100.00%) Unit Testing
1 6 (100.00%) Root Cause Analysis
2 4 (66.67%) Workflow
2 4 (66.67%) Migration
2 4 (66.67%) Data Migration
2 4 (66.67%) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Java
1 6 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 6 (100.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (83.33%) SC Cleared
1 5 (83.33%) Security Cleared
2 4 (66.67%) CTC Cleared
Vendors
1 6 (100.00%) Oracle