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The table below looks at the demand for JBoss 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 JBoss over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJBoss
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4252
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.005 %
As % of the category below2.913 %3.759 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£450-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£500-
UK excluding London average daily rate£346£334
% change on same period last year+3.76 %
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£31.64£29.55
% change on same period last year+7.06 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads103133
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.145 %0.134 %
Daily rates quoted4717
Average minimum daily rate£339£349
Average daily rate£364£377
% change on same period last year-3.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£389£405
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£338
% change on same period last year+3.58 %
Hourly rates quoted1431
Average minimum hourly rate£23.22£19.64
Average hourly rate£24.76£20.66
% change on same period last year+19.81 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.30£21.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.69£24.06
% change on same period last year+2.63 %
JBoss South EastJBoss
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.

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Demand Trend

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

Kent JBoss Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent JBoss Daily Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Kent JBoss Hourly Rate Trend

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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 Kent region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
MaidstoneNew entry-2£450-
JBoss South EastJBoss
South East

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Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

12 (66.67 %)Java
12 (66.67 %)J2EE
12 (66.67 %)MySQL
12 (66.67 %)Ant
12 (66.67 %)EJB
12 (66.67 %)Struts
12 (66.67 %)Apache
12 (66.67 %)HTTP
12 (66.67 %)Subversion
12 (66.67 %)JSF
12 (66.67 %)Java SE
12 (66.67 %)Java EE
12 (66.67 %)Java EE 5
12 (66.67 %)EJB 3.0
21 (33.33 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
21 (33.33 %)Health
21 (33.33 %)CMS
21 (33.33 %)Insurance
21 (33.33 %)Web Development
21 (33.33 %)B2B
21 (33.33 %)B2C
21 (33.33 %)MS Excel
21 (33.33 %)CRM
21 (33.33 %)PRINCE2
21 (33.33 %)MS Office

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent 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.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (66.67 %)J2EE
12 (66.67 %)EJB
12 (66.67 %)Struts
12 (66.67 %)JSF
12 (66.67 %)Java SE
12 (66.67 %)Java EE
12 (66.67 %)Java EE 5
12 (66.67 %)EJB 3.0
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (66.67 %)Apache
21 (33.33 %)CMS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (33.33 %)MS Office
11 (33.33 %)MS Excel
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (66.67 %)HTTP
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (66.67 %)MySQL
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (66.67 %)Ant
12 (66.67 %)Subversion
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (33.33 %)Health
11 (33.33 %)Insurance
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (66.67 %)Developer
12 (66.67 %)Java Developer
21 (33.33 %)Project Manager
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)PRINCE2
11 (33.33 %)CRM
11 (33.33 %)B2B
11 (33.33 %)B2C
11 (33.33 %)Web Development
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (66.67 %)Java
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (33.33 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner