Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs
Job Type
Source

This section looks at the demand for JUnit skills within the Leeds region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JUnit over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJUnit
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5766
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads217
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.007 %
As % of the category below15.67 %7.778 %
Daily rates quoted70
Average minimum daily rate£306-
Average daily rate£321-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£337-
UK excluding London average daily rate£399£311
% change on same period last year+28.18 %
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£39.46£39.89
% change on same period last year-1.06 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads13490
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.177 %0.090 %
Daily rates quoted2914
Average minimum daily rate£290£302
Average daily rate£302£317
% change on same period last year-4.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£314£331
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£334
% change on same period last year-2.26 %
Hourly rates quoted615
Average minimum hourly rate£22.86£20.71
Average hourly rate£27.21£21.29
% change on same period last year+27.80 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.57£21.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.38£33.52
% change on same period last year-0.41 %
JUnit West YorkshireJUnit
West Yorkshire

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.

JUnit
Demand Trend

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

Leeds JUnit Demand Trend

JUnit
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds JUnit Daily Rate Trend

JUnit
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JUnit across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Leeds JUnit Daily Rate Histogram

JUnit
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds JUnit Hourly Rate Trend

JUnit
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing JUnit 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 JUnit.

127 (100.00 %)Java
215 (55.56 %)Oracle
312 (44.44 %)Finance
49 (33.33 %)JSP
49 (33.33 %)Eclipse
49 (33.33 %)Multithreading
57 (25.93 %)J2EE
66 (22.22 %)XML
66 (22.22 %)Solaris
66 (22.22 %)UML
66 (22.22 %)Hibernate
66 (22.22 %)WebSphere
75 (18.52 %)Automated Testing
75 (18.52 %)Agile Software Development
75 (18.52 %)UNIX
84 (14.81 %)SQL
84 (14.81 %)Microsoft
84 (14.81 %)BEA
84 (14.81 %)TDD
84 (14.81 %)Spring
93 (11.11 %)Perforce
93 (11.11 %)Retail
93 (11.11 %)SWT
93 (11.11 %)Oracle 10g
93 (11.11 %)E-Commerce
93 (11.11 %)Unit Testing
93 (11.11 %)Test Scripting
102 (7.407 %)XPath
102 (7.407 %)Manual Testing
102 (7.407 %)SC Cleared

JUnit
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing JUnit 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 JUnit. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (33.33 %)JSP
27 (25.93 %)J2EE
36 (22.22 %)XML
36 (22.22 %)Hibernate
36 (22.22 %)WebSphere
44 (14.81 %)Spring
53 (11.11 %)SWT
62 (7.407 %)SAX
62 (7.407 %)DOM
62 (7.407 %)Struts
62 (7.407 %)JSF
71 (3.704 %)FIX Protocol
71 (3.704 %)Java SE
71 (3.704 %)XSD
71 (3.704 %)EJB
71 (3.704 %)HTML
71 (3.704 %)XML Schema
71 (3.704 %)Swing
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (7.407 %)Apache
12 (7.407 %)WebSphere Application Server
12 (7.407 %)WebSphere MQ
12 (7.407 %)ATG Dynamo
21 (3.704 %)Oracle 10gAS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.704 %)MS Excel
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (11.11 %)Oracle 10g
22 (7.407 %)Oracle 9i
31 (3.704 %)RDBMS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (33.33 %)Eclipse
22 (7.407 %)ClearCase
22 (7.407 %)Ant
31 (3.704 %)QuickTest Pro
31 (3.704 %)XMLSpy
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (44.44 %)Finance
23 (11.11 %)Retail
32 (7.407 %)Government
41 (3.704 %)Financial Institution
41 (3.704 %)Telecoms
41 (3.704 %)Billing
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
125 (92.59 %)Developer
223 (85.19 %)Java Developer
35 (18.52 %)Java/J2EE Developer
35 (18.52 %)J2EE Developer
42 (7.407 %)Tester
51 (3.704 %)Senior J2EE Developer
51 (3.704 %)Senior Java Developer
51 (3.704 %)Senior Developer
51 (3.704 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
51 (3.704 %)Java Swing Developer
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (33.33 %)Multithreading
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (22.22 %)Solaris
25 (18.52 %)UNIX
32 (7.407 %)Windows
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (22.22 %)UML
25 (18.52 %)Automated Testing
25 (18.52 %)Agile Software Development
34 (14.81 %)TDD
43 (11.11 %)E-Commerce
43 (11.11 %)Unit Testing
43 (11.11 %)Test Scripting
52 (7.407 %)Manual Testing
52 (7.407 %)SC Cleared
52 (7.407 %)Security Cleared
52 (7.407 %)EAI
52 (7.407 %)RAD
52 (7.407 %)RUP
61 (3.704 %)Software Engineering
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
127 (100.00 %)Java
24 (14.81 %)SQL
32 (7.407 %)XPath
41 (3.704 %)JavaScript
41 (3.704 %)PL/SQL
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (7.407 %)Sun Certification
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (55.56 %)Oracle
24 (14.81 %)Microsoft
24 (14.81 %)BEA
33 (11.11 %)Perforce
42 (7.407 %)Sun
42 (7.407 %)webMethods
42 (7.407 %)ATG
51 (3.704 %)HP