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This section looks at the demand for Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ESB over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEnterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %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£480£461
% change on same period last year+4.17 %
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£52.50£42.00
% change on same period last year+25.00 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads107121
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.143 %0.121 %
Daily rates quoted4616
Average minimum daily rate£331£334
Average daily rate£352£339
% change on same period last year+3.74 %
Average maximum daily rate£372£344
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£344
% change on same period last year+2.73 %
Hourly rates quoted1431
Average minimum hourly rate£28.68£21.62
Average hourly rate£30.50£24.46
% change on same period last year+24.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.32£27.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.40£24.75
% change on same period last year+2.59 %
ESB South EastESB
South East

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.

ESB
Demand Trend

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

Kent ESB Demand Trend

ESB
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)Swing
11 (100.00 %)Hibernate
11 (100.00 %)BPEL
11 (100.00 %)Logistics

ESB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, 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.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)Swing
11 (100.00 %)Hibernate
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Architect
11 (100.00 %)Software Architect
11 (100.00 %)J2EE Architect
11 (100.00 %)Java Architect
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)BPEL
11 (100.00 %)Logistics
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Java