The first table below looks at the demand for ESB 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 ESB 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
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Rank 56 66 62
Rank change year-on-year
+10 -4
Contract jobs citing ESB 3 6 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.459% 0.623% 0.707%
As % of the Application Platforms category 2.913% 5.455% 4.688%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 5
Average daily rate £550 £500 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.00% -13.04%
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £413 £475
% change year-on-year
-6.06% -13.15%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £40.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -
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% -
ESB
East of England

ESB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire ESB Jobs Demand Trend

ESB
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire ESB Daily Rate Trend

ESB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 4 (100.00%) Java
1 4 (100.00%) J2EE
1 4 (100.00%) SOA
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) JUnit
2 3 (75.00%) SOAP
2 3 (75.00%) Web Services
2 3 (75.00%) UML
2 3 (75.00%) OO
2 3 (75.00%) JBoss
2 3 (75.00%) Swing
2 3 (75.00%) Hibernate
2 3 (75.00%) Spring
2 3 (75.00%) Maven
2 3 (75.00%) Apache Flex
2 3 (75.00%) GWT
2 3 (75.00%) REST
3 2 (50.00%) SQL
4 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
4 1 (25.00%) TIBCO
4 1 (25.00%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (25.00%) ClearCase
4 1 (25.00%) EAI
4 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
4 1 (25.00%) TIBCO EMS
4 1 (25.00%) Degree
4 1 (25.00%) TOGAF

ESB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (100.00%) J2EE
2 3 (75.00%) SOAP
2 3 (75.00%) Web Services
2 3 (75.00%) Swing
2 3 (75.00%) Hibernate
2 3 (75.00%) Spring
2 3 (75.00%) Apache Flex
2 3 (75.00%) GWT
2 3 (75.00%) REST
Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) TIBCO EMS
Business Applications
1 1 (25.00%) BusinessWorks
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) JUnit
1 3 (75.00%) Maven
2 1 (25.00%) ClearCase
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Integration Architect
1 1 (25.00%) Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Consultant
1 1 (25.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (25.00%) J2EE Developer
1 1 (25.00%) Java Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Enterprise Software
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) SOA
2 3 (75.00%) UML
2 3 (75.00%) OO
3 1 (25.00%) EAI
3 1 (25.00%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (25.00%) SC Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) DV Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Security Cleared
1 1 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
1 3 (75.00%) JBoss
2 1 (25.00%) TIBCO