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The table below looks at the demand for Lucene skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Lucene over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLucene
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank69-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.410 %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--
% change on same period last year-
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--
% change on same period last year-
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads244502
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.384 %0.538 %
Daily rates quoted93203
Average minimum daily rate£310£277
Average daily rate£328£293
% change on same period last year+11.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£345£310
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£334
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted1338
Average minimum hourly rate£28.07£31.47
Average hourly rate£28.93£32.79
% change on same period last year-11.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.79£34.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.92£31.53
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
Lucene East of EnglandLucene
East of England

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.

Lucene
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Lucene Demand Trend

Lucene
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lucene within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 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
St AlbansNew entry-1--
Lucene East of EnglandLucene
East of England

Lucene
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Lucene 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 Lucene.

12 (100.00 %)C++
12 (100.00 %)HTML
12 (100.00 %)Java
12 (100.00 %)JavaScript
12 (100.00 %)J2EE
12 (100.00 %)Oracle
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
12 (100.00 %)EJB
12 (100.00 %)CSS
12 (100.00 %)JSP
12 (100.00 %)Servlets
12 (100.00 %)Struts
12 (100.00 %)WebServices
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)JBoss
12 (100.00 %)Swing
12 (100.00 %)J2SE
12 (100.00 %)JavaBeans
12 (100.00 %)Adobe
12 (100.00 %)Quark
12 (100.00 %)CMS
12 (100.00 %)Hibernate
12 (100.00 %)InDesign
12 (100.00 %)Content Management
12 (100.00 %)AJAX
21 (50.00 %)Spring

Lucene
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Lucene 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 Lucene. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)HTML
12 (100.00 %)J2EE
12 (100.00 %)EJB
12 (100.00 %)CSS
12 (100.00 %)JSP
12 (100.00 %)Servlets
12 (100.00 %)Struts
12 (100.00 %)WebServices
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)Swing
12 (100.00 %)J2SE
12 (100.00 %)JavaBeans
12 (100.00 %)Hibernate
12 (100.00 %)AJAX
21 (50.00 %)Spring
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (100.00 %)JBoss
12 (100.00 %)CMS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (100.00 %)InDesign
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (100.00 %)SQL Server
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
12 (100.00 %)Java Developer
12 (100.00 %)J2EE Developer
12 (100.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)Content Management
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)C++
12 (100.00 %)Java
12 (100.00 %)JavaScript
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (100.00 %)Oracle
12 (100.00 %)Adobe
12 (100.00 %)Quark