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The table below looks at the demand for JavaServer Faces (JSF) skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JSF over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJavaServer Faces (JSF)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank47-
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 below0.909 %0.000 %
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£364£355
% change on same period last year+2.65 %
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-£41.58
% change on same period last year-
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads110134
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.177 %0.144 %
Daily rates quoted4536
Average minimum daily rate£269£301
Average daily rate£286£311
% change on same period last year-8.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£304£322
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted917
Average minimum hourly rate£29.73£22.33
Average hourly rate£32.89£23.32
% change on same period last year+41.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.05£24.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
JSF South EastJSF
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.

JSF
Demand Trend

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

Kent JSF Demand Trend

JSF
Daily Rate Trend

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

Kent JSF Daily Rate Trend

JSF
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JSF within the Kent 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
MaidstoneNew entry-1£450-
JSF South EastJSF
South East

JSF
Top 22 Related IT Skills

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

13 (100.00 %)Java
13 (100.00 %)Struts
22 (66.67 %)Subversion
22 (66.67 %)Java SE
22 (66.67 %)Java EE
22 (66.67 %)Java EE 5
22 (66.67 %)EJB 3.0
22 (66.67 %)JBoss
22 (66.67 %)Apache
22 (66.67 %)HTTP
22 (66.67 %)J2EE
22 (66.67 %)MySQL
22 (66.67 %)Ant
22 (66.67 %)EJB
31 (33.33 %)JDBC
31 (33.33 %)JSP
31 (33.33 %)Oracle
31 (33.33 %)JavaScript
31 (33.33 %)SQL
31 (33.33 %)MVC
31 (33.33 %)Finance
31 (33.33 %)Hibernate

JSF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %)Struts
22 (66.67 %)J2EE
22 (66.67 %)EJB
22 (66.67 %)Java SE
22 (66.67 %)Java EE
22 (66.67 %)Java EE 5
22 (66.67 %)EJB 3.0
31 (33.33 %)JDBC
31 (33.33 %)JSP
31 (33.33 %)MVC
31 (33.33 %)Hibernate
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (66.67 %)JBoss
12 (66.67 %)Apache
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 %)Finance
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Developer
13 (100.00 %)Java Developer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)Java
21 (33.33 %)JavaScript
21 (33.33 %)SQL
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Oracle