The first table below looks at the demand for JMS skills in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JMS over the 3 months to 24 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 Development category for the Lancashire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Messaging Service (JMS)
Rank 25 34 -
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -
Contract jobs citing JMS 9 8 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 4.265% 1.942% -
As % of the Application Development category 13.64% 5.797% -
Number of daily rates quoted 7 6 0
Average daily rate £334 £460 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.39% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £363 £375
% change year-on-year
+0.68% -3.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+38.46% -7.14%
All Application Development
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
66 138 40
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 31.28% 33.50% 17.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 40 72 17
Average daily rate £313 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.66% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £293 £238
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £528 £391
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 2
Average hourly rate £37.50 £20.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -42.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
JMS
North West

JMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire JMS Jobs Demand Trend

JMS
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing JMS across the Lancashire region.

Lancashire JMS Daily Rate Trend

JMS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JMS within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Blackpool - 5 £315 -
Lytham St Annes - 4 £342 -
JMS
North West

JMS
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing JMS 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 JMS.

1 11 (100.00%) Java
1 11 (100.00%) J2EE
2 10 (90.91%) Web Services
2 10 (90.91%) EJB
3 9 (81.82%) Oracle
3 9 (81.82%) DB2
3 9 (81.82%) SQL
3 9 (81.82%) HTML
3 9 (81.82%) XML
3 9 (81.82%) XSL
3 9 (81.82%) OOA/OOD
3 9 (81.82%) OO
3 9 (81.82%) RDBMS
3 9 (81.82%) Curam
3 9 (81.82%) JNDI
4 8 (72.73%) WSDL
4 8 (72.73%) JAAS
4 8 (72.73%) Use Case
5 7 (63.64%) SOAP
6 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
7 2 (18.18%) JPA
7 2 (18.18%) C
7 2 (18.18%) Hibernate
7 2 (18.18%) SOA
7 2 (18.18%) BC Cleared
8 1 (9.091%) WebSphere
8 1 (9.091%) WebSphere Process Server

JMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing JMS 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 JMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 11 (100.00%) J2EE
2 10 (90.91%) Web Services
2 10 (90.91%) EJB
3 9 (81.82%) HTML
3 9 (81.82%) XML
3 9 (81.82%) XSL
3 9 (81.82%) JNDI
4 8 (72.73%) WSDL
4 8 (72.73%) JAAS
5 7 (63.64%) SOAP
6 2 (18.18%) JPA
6 2 (18.18%) Hibernate
7 1 (9.091%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 1 (9.091%) WebSphere Process Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (81.82%) DB2
1 9 (81.82%) RDBMS
Job Titles
1 11 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (45.45%) Java Developer
3 3 (27.27%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Java Architect
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Java Architect
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Architect
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Java/J2EE Architect
4 2 (18.18%) Java/J2EE Architect
4 2 (18.18%) J2EE Developer
4 2 (18.18%) J2EE Architect
4 2 (18.18%) Senior J2EE Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Senior J2EE Architect
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Java Developer
4 2 (18.18%) Architect
4 2 (18.18%) Senior Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (81.82%) OOA/OOD
1 9 (81.82%) OO
2 8 (72.73%) Use Case
3 2 (18.18%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 11 (100.00%) Java
2 9 (81.82%) SQL
3 2 (18.18%) C
Qualifications
1 4 (36.36%) Security Cleared
2 2 (18.18%) BC Cleared
Vendors
1 9 (81.82%) Oracle
1 9 (81.82%) Curam