The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of JBoss products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JBoss over the 3 months to 17 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 Vendors 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within JBoss.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
JBoss
Rank 33 56 63
Rank change year-on-year
+23 +7
Contract jobs citing JBoss 32 12 3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 4.977% 1.240% 0.346%
As % of the Vendors category 10.92% 3.297% 0.670%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 2
Average daily rate £383 £465 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-17.74% +18.47%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £329 £440 £307
10% offered a daily rate of more than £437 £504 £479
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.13 £40.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
-17.18% +15.94%
All Vendors
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
293 364 448
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 45.57% 37.60% 51.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 128 140 168
Average daily rate £375 £350 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £185 £189
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £471 £488
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 36 70
Average hourly rate £17.50 £16.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -54.28%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £11.00 £14.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £36.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%
JBoss
East of England

JBoss
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire JBoss Jobs Demand Trend

JBoss
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire JBoss Daily Rate Trend

JBoss
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JBoss across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Hertfordshire JBoss Daily Rate Histogram

JBoss
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire JBoss Hourly Rate Trend

JBoss
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JBoss within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 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
Stevenage +11 11 - -
JBoss
East of England

JBoss
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing JBoss 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 JBoss.

1 36 (92.31%) Java
2 32 (82.05%) XML
3 29 (74.36%) Android
4 28 (71.79%) Symantec
5 27 (69.23%) IPTV
5 27 (69.23%) Subversion
6 26 (66.67%) 3G
7 23 (58.97%) Streaming Video
8 18 (46.15%) Telecoms
9 6 (15.38%) Hibernate
9 6 (15.38%) Spring
9 6 (15.38%) Web Services
9 6 (15.38%) J2EE
9 6 (15.38%) JUnit
9 6 (15.38%) UML
9 6 (15.38%) OO
10 5 (12.82%) Swing
10 5 (12.82%) SOA
11 4 (10.26%) Flash
11 4 (10.26%) SQL
11 4 (10.26%) Oracle
11 4 (10.26%) C
11 4 (10.26%) LTE
11 4 (10.26%) GWT
11 4 (10.26%) Multimedia
12 3 (7.692%) ESB
12 3 (7.692%) REST
12 3 (7.692%) Maven
12 3 (7.692%) Apache Flex
12 3 (7.692%) SOAP

JBoss
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing JBoss 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 JBoss. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 32 (82.05%) XML
2 6 (15.38%) Web Services
2 6 (15.38%) J2EE
2 6 (15.38%) Hibernate
2 6 (15.38%) Spring
3 5 (12.82%) Swing
4 4 (10.26%) Flash
4 4 (10.26%) GWT
5 3 (7.692%) Apache Flex
5 3 (7.692%) REST
5 3 (7.692%) SOAP
6 2 (5.128%) Struts
6 2 (5.128%) CSS
6 2 (5.128%) HTML
6 2 (5.128%) XSLT
6 2 (5.128%) XHTML
6 2 (5.128%) JNI
6 2 (5.128%) Ajax
6 2 (5.128%) WebSphere
6 2 (5.128%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 3 (7.692%) ESB
2 2 (5.128%) Tomcat
3 1 (2.564%) WebLogic Portal
3 1 (2.564%) WebLogic Integration
3 1 (2.564%) Oracle SOA Suite
3 1 (2.564%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 1 (2.564%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 26 (66.67%) 3G
2 4 (10.26%) LTE
3 3 (7.692%) Broadband
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.128%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.564%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (2.564%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 27 (69.23%) Subversion
2 6 (15.38%) JUnit
3 3 (7.692%) Maven
4 2 (5.128%) Eclipse
5 1 (2.564%) ClearCase
General
1 18 (46.15%) Telecoms
2 4 (10.26%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 32 (82.05%) Developer
2 27 (69.23%) Android Developer
3 4 (10.26%) Java Developer
4 3 (7.692%) J2EE Developer
4 3 (7.692%) Consultant
4 3 (7.692%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 2 (5.128%) Applications Developer
5 2 (5.128%) Java Consultant
6 1 (2.564%) Oracle SOA Architect
6 1 (2.564%) Middleware Architect
6 1 (2.564%) Architect
6 1 (2.564%) Support Specialist
6 1 (2.564%) SOA Architect
6 1 (2.564%) Oracle Architect
6 1 (2.564%) Mobile Applications Developer
6 1 (2.564%) Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 27 (69.23%) IPTV
2 23 (58.97%) Streaming Video
3 1 (2.564%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 29 (74.36%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (15.38%) UML
1 6 (15.38%) OO
2 5 (12.82%) SOA
3 3 (7.692%) E-Commerce
4 2 (5.128%) MVC
4 2 (5.128%) Multithreading
5 1 (2.564%) High Availability
5 1 (2.564%) Validation
5 1 (2.564%) BPEL
5 1 (2.564%) HOOD
Programming Languages
1 36 (92.31%) Java
2 4 (10.26%) C
2 4 (10.26%) SQL
3 2 (5.128%) C++
3 2 (5.128%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 2 (5.128%) SC Cleared
1 2 (5.128%) DV Cleared
1 2 (5.128%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.564%) Degree
Vendors
1 28 (71.79%) Symantec
2 4 (10.26%) Oracle
3 3 (7.692%) IBM
4 1 (2.564%) Google
Hertfordshire
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