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The table below looks at the demand for Java Servlet 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 Servlets over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava Servlet
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank6786
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching contract IT job ads49
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.010 %
As % of the category below1.639 %1.734 %
Daily rates quoted15
Average minimum daily rate£300£310
Average daily rate£300£338
% change on same period last year-11.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£322
% change on same period last year+11.82 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.00£36.50
% change on same period last year-1.36 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads244519
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.392 %0.557 %
Daily rates quoted92208
Average minimum daily rate£317£274
Average daily rate£339£290
% change on same period last year+17.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£361£305
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted1439
Average minimum hourly rate£28.87£31.48
Average hourly rate£29.93£32.78
% change on same period last year-8.66 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.00£34.07
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
Servlets East of EnglandServlets
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.

Servlets
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Servlets Demand Trend

Servlets
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Servlets Daily Rate Trend

Servlets
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Servlets Hourly Rate Trend

Servlets
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Servlets within the Hertfordshire 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
StevenageNew entry-1--
Servlets East of EnglandServlets
East of England

Servlets
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Servlets 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 Servlets.

19 (100.00 %)Java
19 (100.00 %)JSP
28 (88.89 %)JavaScript
28 (88.89 %)XML
37 (77.78 %)WebServices
37 (77.78 %)HTML
46 (66.67 %)SQL
55 (55.56 %)Hibernate
55 (55.56 %)C++
55 (55.56 %)CSS
55 (55.56 %)JDBC
55 (55.56 %)J2EE
55 (55.56 %)Oracle
55 (55.56 %)Struts
64 (44.44 %)ASP
64 (44.44 %).NET
64 (44.44 %)Microsoft
73 (33.33 %)Project Management
73 (33.33 %)SAX
73 (33.33 %)InterSystems
73 (33.33 %)XPath
73 (33.33 %)EJB
73 (33.33 %)SQL Server
73 (33.33 %)SOAP
73 (33.33 %)Swing
73 (33.33 %)J2SE
73 (33.33 %)EAI
73 (33.33 %)JavaBeans
73 (33.33 %)XSD
73 (33.33 %)XSLT

Servlets
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Servlets 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 Servlets. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (100.00 %)JSP
28 (88.89 %)XML
37 (77.78 %)HTML
37 (77.78 %)WebServices
45 (55.56 %)Struts
45 (55.56 %)Hibernate
45 (55.56 %)J2EE
45 (55.56 %)CSS
45 (55.56 %)JDBC
54 (44.44 %)ASP
54 (44.44 %).NET
63 (33.33 %)EJB
63 (33.33 %)SOAP
63 (33.33 %)XSD
63 (33.33 %)XSLT
63 (33.33 %)ODBC
63 (33.33 %)Swing
63 (33.33 %)J2SE
63 (33.33 %)JavaBeans
63 (33.33 %)SAX
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (33.33 %)JBoss
22 (22.22 %)CMS
31 (11.11 %)Tomcat
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (22.22 %)InDesign
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (11.11 %)Intranet
11 (11.11 %)Internet
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (33.33 %)SQL Server
22 (22.22 %)Oracle Reports
22 (22.22 %)JasperReports
31 (11.11 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (11.11 %)Datawarehouse
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (11.11 %)Flash
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (11.11 %)Government
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (88.89 %)Developer
26 (66.67 %)Java Developer
33 (33.33 %)J2EE Developer
33 (33.33 %)Java/J2EE Developer
42 (22.22 %)Java Programmer
42 (22.22 %)Analyst
42 (22.22 %)Programmer
51 (11.11 %)Software Engineer
51 (11.11 %)Analyst Programmer
51 (11.11 %)Java Software Engineer
51 (11.11 %)Java Analyst Programmer
51 (11.11 %).NET Developer
51 (11.11 %)C++ Developer
51 (11.11 %)Developer Analyst
51 (11.11 %)J2EE Software Engineer
51 (11.11 %)Server Analyst
51 (11.11 %)Integration Analyst
51 (11.11 %)C++/Java Developer
51 (11.11 %)SQL Server Analyst
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (33.33 %)Windows
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (33.33 %)OO
13 (33.33 %)EAI
13 (33.33 %)Project Management
22 (22.22 %)Content Management
31 (11.11 %)PRINCE2
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (100.00 %)Java
28 (88.89 %)JavaScript
36 (66.67 %)SQL
45 (55.56 %)C++
53 (33.33 %)XPath
61 (11.11 %)DHTML
61 (11.11 %)VB
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (55.56 %)Oracle
24 (44.44 %)Microsoft
33 (33.33 %)InterSystems
42 (22.22 %)Adobe
42 (22.22 %)Quark