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The table below looks at the demand for Java Servlet skills within the Lancashire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Servlets over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava Servlet
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3942
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below2.299 %1.974 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£375
Average daily rate-£375
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£356
% change on same period last year-0.11 %
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£41.00£32.73
% change on same period last year+25.27 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads87152
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.124 %0.154 %
Daily rates quoted1220
Average minimum daily rate£221£323
Average daily rate£240£336
% change on same period last year-28.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£260£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted1914
Average minimum hourly rate£23.72£23.89
Average hourly rate£25.47£25.99
% change on same period last year-1.97 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.22£28.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£32.06
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Servlets North WestServlets
North West

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.

Servlets
Demand Trend

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

Lancashire Servlets Demand Trend

Servlets
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Servlets Daily Rate Trend

Servlets
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Servlets within the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 7 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
Newton-le-WillowsDown-12--
Servlets North WestServlets
North West

Servlets
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing Servlets 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 Servlets.

15 (100.00 %)HTML
15 (100.00 %)Java
15 (100.00 %)JSP
24 (80.00 %)UML
24 (80.00 %)Oracle
24 (80.00 %)JDBC
33 (60.00 %)Internet
33 (60.00 %)J2EE
42 (40.00 %)CSS
42 (40.00 %)OO
42 (40.00 %)Hibernate
42 (40.00 %)Business Analysis
42 (40.00 %)Project Planning
51 (20.00 %)Degree
51 (20.00 %)QA
51 (20.00 %)AJAX
51 (20.00 %)Scrum
51 (20.00 %)Oracle 9i
51 (20.00 %)Eclipse
51 (20.00 %)XML Schema
51 (20.00 %)Oracle 10g
51 (20.00 %)XML
51 (20.00 %)XSL
51 (20.00 %)UNIX
51 (20.00 %)Ant
51 (20.00 %)PL/SQL
51 (20.00 %)SQL

Servlets
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing Servlets 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 Servlets. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %)HTML
15 (100.00 %)JSP
24 (80.00 %)JDBC
33 (60.00 %)J2EE
42 (40.00 %)CSS
42 (40.00 %)Hibernate
51 (20.00 %)AJAX
51 (20.00 %)XML Schema
51 (20.00 %)XML
51 (20.00 %)XSL
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (60.00 %)Internet
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (20.00 %)Oracle 9i
11 (20.00 %)Oracle 10g
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (20.00 %)Eclipse
11 (20.00 %)Ant
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (60.00 %)Developer
22 (40.00 %)Project Manager
22 (40.00 %)Java Developer
31 (20.00 %)Senior Developer
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (20.00 %)UNIX
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (80.00 %)UML
22 (40.00 %)OO
22 (40.00 %)Business Analysis
22 (40.00 %)Project Planning
31 (20.00 %)Scrum
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)Java
21 (20.00 %)PL/SQL
21 (20.00 %)SQL
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (20.00 %)Degree
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (20.00 %)QA
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (80.00 %)Oracle