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This section looks at the demand for Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ESB over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEnterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank338446
Rank change on same period last yearUp+108
Matching contract IT job ads6322
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.084 %0.022 %
As % of the category below1.309 %0.377 %
Daily rates quoted176
Average minimum daily rate£435£420
Average daily rate£475£430
% change on same period last year+10.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£514£441
UK excluding London average daily rate£463£473
% change on same period last year-2.17 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
London
Matching contract IT job ads48125840
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.414 %5.908 %
Daily rates quoted18571868
Average minimum daily rate£366£378
Average daily rate£391£401
% change on same period last year-2.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£416£424
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£349
% change on same period last year+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted405473
Average minimum hourly rate£22.40£23.47
Average hourly rate£23.65£24.91
% change on same period last year-5.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.90£26.34
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.28£23.70
% change on same period last year+2.44 %
ESB EnglandESB
England

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.

ESB
Demand Trend

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

London ESB Demand Trend

ESB
Daily Rate Trend

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

London ESB Daily Rate Trend

ESB
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ESB across the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

London ESB Daily Rate Histogram

ESB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London ESB Hourly Rate Trend

ESB
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ESB within the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
City of LondonNew entry-23£433-
UxbridgeNew entry-1--
CroydonNew entry-1--
ESB EnglandESB
England

ESB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ESB 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 ESB.

175 (64.10 %)Java
269 (58.97 %)SOA
360 (51.28 %)J2EE
447 (40.17 %)Oracle
542 (35.90 %)WebServices
637 (31.62 %)Security Cleared
735 (29.91 %)SC Cleared
834 (29.06 %)XML
931 (26.50 %)WebSphere
1029 (24.79 %)Government
1121 (17.95 %)RDBMS
1218 (15.38 %)Biometrics
1218 (15.38 %)SOAP
1218 (15.38 %)XSLT
1218 (15.38 %).NET
1218 (15.38 %)SQL
1218 (15.38 %)Finance
1317 (14.53 %)Workflow
1317 (14.53 %)WebLogic
1317 (14.53 %)EAI
1317 (14.53 %)ETL
1415 (12.82 %)IBM
1415 (12.82 %)AquaLogic
1514 (11.97 %)BEA
1613 (11.11 %)UML
1712 (10.26 %)Siebel
1712 (10.26 %)Sybase
1712 (10.26 %)TIBCO
1712 (10.26 %)BPEL
1811 (9.402 %)WebSphere Message Broker

ESB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing ESB 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 ESB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
160 (51.28 %)J2EE
242 (35.90 %)WebServices
334 (29.06 %)XML
431 (26.50 %)WebSphere
518 (15.38 %)XSLT
518 (15.38 %).NET
518 (15.38 %)SOAP
610 (8.547 %)Hibernate
610 (8.547 %)Spring
78 (6.838 %)XML Schema
78 (6.838 %)jBPM
87 (5.983 %)WSDL
96 (5.128 %)AJAX
105 (4.274 %)JSF
105 (4.274 %)JMS
105 (4.274 %)Middleware
114 (3.419 %)Struts
114 (3.419 %)iBATIS
123 (2.564 %)Adobe Flex
123 (2.564 %)J2SE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
117 (14.53 %)WebLogic
211 (9.402 %)WebSphere Message Broker
310 (8.547 %)WebSphere MQ
49 (7.692 %)WPS
54 (3.419 %)Apache
63 (2.564 %)BizTalk Server
72 (1.709 %)WebSphere Application Server
72 (1.709 %)MQSeries
72 (1.709 %)SharePoint
72 (1.709 %)WMQI
72 (1.709 %)WebLogic Integration
81 (0.855 %)MQSI
81 (0.855 %)WebLogic Portal
81 (0.855 %)SharePoint Server 2007
81 (0.855 %)Tomcat
81 (0.855 %)IIS
81 (0.855 %)Lotus Domino
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (0.855 %)MS Excel
11 (0.855 %)MS Visio
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.855 %)HiPortfolio
11 (0.855 %)SAP ERP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (0.855 %)HTTP
11 (0.855 %)Internet
11 (0.855 %)BSS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (17.95 %)RDBMS
217 (14.53 %)ETL
37 (5.983 %)Oracle 10g
46 (5.128 %)BusinessObjects
55 (4.274 %)Datawarehouse
64 (3.419 %)SQL Server
73 (2.564 %)MySQL
81 (0.855 %)DB2
81 (0.855 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.855 %)Oracle 8/8i
81 (0.855 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (6.838 %)ClearCase
18 (6.838 %)TestDirector
26 (5.128 %)JDeveloper
26 (5.128 %)Subversion
35 (4.274 %)CruiseControl
35 (4.274 %)Ant
44 (3.419 %)ClearQuest
53 (2.564 %)Flash
61 (0.855 %)Eclipse
61 (0.855 %)ReSharper
61 (0.855 %)Selenium
61 (0.855 %)FitNesse
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
129 (24.79 %)Government
218 (15.38 %)Finance
34 (3.419 %)Insurance
34 (3.419 %)Banking
43 (2.564 %)Criminal Justice
43 (2.564 %)Pharmaceutical
43 (2.564 %)Financial Institution
43 (2.564 %)Investment Banking
52 (1.709 %)Back Office
61 (0.855 %)Telecoms
61 (0.855 %)Front Office
61 (0.855 %)Police
61 (0.855 %)Retail
61 (0.855 %)Pensions
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
154 (46.15 %)Developer
231 (26.50 %)Architect
317 (14.53 %)Java Developer
412 (10.26 %)WebSphere Developer
510 (8.547 %)J2EE Developer
68 (6.838 %)Analyst
68 (6.838 %)Technical Architect
77 (5.983 %)Consultant
86 (5.128 %)Test Analyst
86 (5.128 %)Integration Test Analyst
86 (5.128 %)Java/J2EE Developer
86 (5.128 %)Integration Analyst
95 (4.274 %)Java Architect
95 (4.274 %)Senior Developer
95 (4.274 %)Support Engineer
104 (3.419 %)Integration Architect
104 (3.419 %)Project Manager
104 (3.419 %)Software Architect
104 (3.419 %)Web Architect
113 (2.564 %)J2EE Team Leader
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
118 (15.38 %)Biometrics
27 (5.983 %)N-Tier
33 (2.564 %)Streaming Media
41 (0.855 %)Derivative
41 (0.855 %)Computer Science
41 (0.855 %)AS400
41 (0.855 %)Replication
41 (0.855 %)Equities
41 (0.855 %)IVR
41 (0.855 %)PKI
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (8.547 %)UNIX
28 (6.838 %)Windows
34 (3.419 %)AIX
42 (1.709 %)Linux
51 (0.855 %)Windows NT
51 (0.855 %)Solaris
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
169 (58.97 %)SOA
237 (31.62 %)Security Cleared
335 (29.91 %)SC Cleared
417 (14.53 %)EAI
417 (14.53 %)Workflow
513 (11.11 %)UML
612 (10.26 %)BPEL
711 (9.402 %)CRM
88 (6.838 %)Integration Testing
96 (5.128 %)Investment Management
105 (4.274 %)Test Scripting
105 (4.274 %)TOGAF
114 (3.419 %)PRINCE2
114 (3.419 %)E-Commerce
114 (3.419 %)Project Management
114 (3.419 %)Process Management
123 (2.564 %)OO
123 (2.564 %)Unit Testing
123 (2.564 %)Continuous Integration
123 (2.564 %)CTC Cleared
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
175 (64.10 %)Java
218 (15.38 %)SQL
310 (8.547 %)Perl
46 (5.128 %)XQuery
55 (4.274 %)Shell Script
55 (4.274 %)Python
63 (2.564 %)PL/SQL
72 (1.709 %)C#
72 (1.709 %)ABAP
72 (1.709 %)XPath
81 (0.855 %)SAPscript
81 (0.855 %)C
81 (0.855 %)VB.NET
81 (0.855 %)C++
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (2.564 %)Sun Certification
21 (0.855 %)Degree
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.855 %)RosettaNet
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (12.82 %)AquaLogic
21 (0.855 %)VMware ESX
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.855 %)Tivoli
11 (0.855 %)Netcool
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
147 (40.17 %)Oracle
215 (12.82 %)IBM
314 (11.97 %)BEA
412 (10.26 %)Siebel
412 (10.26 %)TIBCO
412 (10.26 %)Sybase
56 (5.128 %)Business Objects
56 (5.128 %)Fiorano
56 (5.128 %)Software AG
65 (4.274 %)Calypso
74 (3.419 %)SAP
82 (1.709 %)Microsoft
82 (1.709 %)Sun
82 (1.709 %)CA
91 (0.855 %)HP
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