The first table below looks at the demand for ESB skills in IT contracts advertised for the Kent region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited ESB over the 3 months to 22 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 Kent 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Enterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Rank 36 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing ESB 2 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 0.671% - -
As % of the Application Platforms category 3.030% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £385 £413 £475
% change year-on-year
-6.66% -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
Kent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
66 44 64
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Kent 22.15% 16.42% 21.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 27 44
Average daily rate £298 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.83% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £235 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £368 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £345
% change year-on-year
- -5.79%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 0
Average hourly rate £14.75 £27.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-46.36% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-5.00% -2.43%
ESB
South East

ESB
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Kent ESB Jobs Demand Trend

ESB
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
1 2 (100.00%) SOA
1 2 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) TDD
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Azure
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App

ESB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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 2 (100.00%) .NET
1 2 (100.00%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 2 (100.00%) BizTalk Server
1 2 (100.00%) Windows Azure
General
1 2 (100.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Mobile App
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) SOA
1 2 (100.00%) Scrum
1 2 (100.00%) TDD