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This section looks at the demand for JBoss 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 JBoss over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJBoss
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank259230
Rank change on same period last yearDown-29
Matching contract IT job ads162300
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.214 %0.299 %
As % of the category below3.438 %5.302 %
Daily rates quoted81140
Average minimum daily rate£437£397
Average daily rate£480£427
% change on same period last year+12.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£522£456
UK excluding London average daily rate£351£356
% change on same period last year-1.28 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£50.00-
Average hourly rate£65.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£80.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50£37.21
% change on same period last year-12.66 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
London
Matching contract IT job ads47125658
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled6.218 %5.635 %
Daily rates quoted18971874
Average minimum daily rate£367£374
Average daily rate£392£396
% change on same period last year-1.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£419
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£347
% change on same period last year+1.54 %
Hourly rates quoted347429
Average minimum hourly rate£22.46£23.04
Average hourly rate£23.70£24.54
% change on same period last year-3.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.94£26.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.22£24.95
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
JBoss EnglandJBoss
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.

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Demand Trend

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

London JBoss Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

London JBoss Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

London JBoss Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

London JBoss Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JBoss within the London region over the 3 months to 21 August 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 LondonDown-3345£520+9.45 %
CroydonUp+21--
JBoss EnglandJBoss
England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1318 (86.89 %)Java
2255 (69.67 %)J2EE
3174 (47.54 %)Spring
4172 (46.99 %)Hibernate
5169 (46.17 %)WebLogic
6140 (38.25 %)Oracle
7139 (37.98 %)UNIX
8136 (37.16 %)JSP
9130 (35.52 %)XML
10120 (32.79 %)Struts
11114 (31.15 %)SQL
12103 (28.14 %)Tomcat
13100 (27.32 %)Ant
1494 (25.68 %)WebServices
1587 (23.77 %)Eclipse
1682 (22.40 %)Apache
1779 (21.58 %)UML
1878 (21.31 %)MySQL
1976 (20.77 %)Sybase
2075 (20.49 %)Banking
2075 (20.49 %)HTML
2075 (20.49 %)EJB
2169 (18.85 %)Linux
2265 (17.76 %)Finance
2361 (16.67 %)SQL Server
2458 (15.85 %)OO
2556 (15.30 %)Servlets
2650 (13.66 %)JDBC
2749 (13.39 %).NET
2848 (13.11 %)JMS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1255 (69.67 %)J2EE
2174 (47.54 %)Spring
3172 (46.99 %)Hibernate
4136 (37.16 %)JSP
5130 (35.52 %)XML
6120 (32.79 %)Struts
794 (25.68 %)WebServices
875 (20.49 %)HTML
875 (20.49 %)EJB
956 (15.30 %)Servlets
1050 (13.66 %)JDBC
1149 (13.39 %).NET
1248 (13.11 %)JMS
1345 (12.30 %)CSS
1438 (10.38 %)Taglibs
1537 (10.11 %)WebSphere
1634 (9.290 %)SOAP
1730 (8.197 %)AJAX
1829 (7.923 %)Swing
1926 (7.104 %)Middleware
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1169 (46.17 %)WebLogic
2103 (28.14 %)Tomcat
382 (22.40 %)Apache
429 (7.923 %)IIS
522 (6.011 %)TeamSite
616 (4.372 %)WebSphere Application Server
714 (3.825 %)TIBCO EMS
812 (3.279 %)CMS
910 (2.732 %)WebLogic Portal
910 (2.732 %)MQSeries
107 (1.913 %)Resin
107 (1.913 %)ATG Dynamo
114 (1.093 %)Rendezvous
122 (0.546 %)WebSphere MQ
122 (0.546 %)Tuxedo
122 (0.546 %)Documentum
131 (0.273 %)WebSphere Message Broker
131 (0.273 %)JRun
131 (0.273 %)SharePoint
131 (0.273 %)BizTalk Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
129 (7.923 %)Photoshop
22 (0.546 %)MS Excel
22 (0.546 %)MS Office
31 (0.273 %)MS Project
31 (0.273 %)MS Visio
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (2.459 %)WebTrends
21 (0.273 %)Cognos Planning
21 (0.273 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
122 (6.011 %)Internet
215 (4.098 %)Intranet
37 (1.913 %)TCP/IP
46 (1.639 %)DNS
55 (1.366 %)Firewall
64 (1.093 %)Wireless
64 (1.093 %)HTTP
64 (1.093 %)SAN
72 (0.546 %)LDAP
72 (0.546 %)Broadband
81 (0.273 %)GPRS
81 (0.273 %)SMS
81 (0.273 %)SMTP
81 (0.273 %)DHCP
81 (0.273 %)3G
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
178 (21.31 %)MySQL
261 (16.67 %)SQL Server
320 (5.464 %)RDBMS
417 (4.645 %)SQL Server 2005
511 (3.005 %)DB2
64 (1.093 %)Oracle 10g
73 (0.820 %)OLAP
82 (0.546 %)Informix
91 (0.273 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
91 (0.273 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
91 (0.273 %)SQL Server Integration Services
91 (0.273 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
91 (0.273 %)Crystal Reports
91 (0.273 %)DTS
91 (0.273 %)SQL Server 2000
91 (0.273 %)GIS
91 (0.273 %)PostgreSQL
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1100 (27.32 %)Ant
287 (23.77 %)Eclipse
323 (6.284 %)JUnit
413 (3.552 %)Subversion
59 (2.459 %)Visual Studio
68 (2.186 %)Oracle Forms
74 (1.093 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
74 (1.093 %)JBuilder
83 (0.820 %)JIRA
83 (0.820 %)VSS/SourceSafe
83 (0.820 %)JDeveloper
92 (0.546 %)Log4j
92 (0.546 %)Flash
101 (0.273 %)Cactus
101 (0.273 %)Atlassian Bamboo
101 (0.273 %)HttpUnit
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
175 (20.49 %)Banking
265 (17.76 %)Finance
348 (13.11 %)Investment Banking
437 (10.11 %)Telecoms
522 (6.011 %)Front Office
66 (1.639 %)Auditing
75 (1.366 %)Financial Institution
84 (1.093 %)Advertising
84 (1.093 %)Construction
84 (1.093 %)Back Office
84 (1.093 %)Insurance
93 (0.820 %)Marketing
93 (0.820 %)Government
101 (0.273 %)Music
101 (0.273 %)Online Games
101 (0.273 %)Publishing
101 (0.273 %)Games
101 (0.273 %)Billing
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1245 (66.94 %)Developer
2166 (45.36 %)Java Developer
376 (20.77 %)J2EE Developer
468 (18.58 %)Java/J2EE Developer
558 (15.85 %)Senior Developer
641 (11.20 %)Web Developer
739 (10.66 %)Senior Java Developer
831 (8.470 %)Architect
927 (7.377 %)Senior J2EE Developer
1023 (6.284 %)Analyst
1023 (6.284 %)Administrator
1119 (5.191 %)Support Analyst
1119 (5.191 %)Systems Administrator
1217 (4.645 %)Consultant
1313 (3.552 %)E-Commerce Support Analyst
1313 (3.552 %)UNIX Administrator
1313 (3.552 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1412 (3.279 %)Java Consultant
1511 (3.005 %)Java Web Developer
1610 (2.732 %)J2EE Architect
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
137 (10.11 %)N-Tier
218 (4.918 %)Derivative
316 (4.372 %)Credit Risk
415 (4.098 %)Social Network
512 (3.279 %)Equity Derivative
611 (3.005 %)Fat Client
611 (3.005 %)Thin Client
79 (2.459 %)Blog
88 (2.186 %)Equities
97 (1.913 %)Computer Science
97 (1.913 %)German Language
105 (1.366 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
114 (1.093 %)Multithreading
123 (0.820 %)Mathematics
123 (0.820 %)Client/Server
132 (0.546 %)Fixed Income
132 (0.546 %)Grid Computing
132 (0.546 %)AS400
132 (0.546 %)EFT
132 (0.546 %)NHS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1139 (37.98 %)UNIX
269 (18.85 %)Linux
332 (8.743 %)Solaris
428 (7.650 %)Red Hat Linux
523 (6.284 %)Windows
62 (0.546 %)Windows XP
62 (0.546 %)AIX
71 (0.273 %)Windows Mobile
71 (0.273 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
71 (0.273 %)HPUX
71 (0.273 %)OS/400
71 (0.273 %)Windows Server 2003
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
179 (21.58 %)UML
258 (15.85 %)OO
341 (11.20 %)E-Commerce
435 (9.563 %)Agile Software Development
534 (9.290 %)Content Management
625 (6.831 %)Web Development
724 (6.557 %)Investment Management
724 (6.557 %)TDD
822 (6.011 %)Pair Programming
920 (5.464 %)Time Management
1016 (4.372 %)Asset Management
1114 (3.825 %)Data Modelling
1212 (3.279 %)Configuration Management
1212 (3.279 %)Project Management
1212 (3.279 %)Data Analysis
1311 (3.005 %)Change Management
1410 (2.732 %)Load Balancing
159 (2.459 %)OOD
159 (2.459 %)SOA
159 (2.459 %)RAD
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1318 (86.89 %)Java
2114 (31.15 %)SQL
337 (10.11 %)C#
433 (9.016 %)Perl
530 (8.197 %)JavaScript
618 (4.918 %)Shell Script
714 (3.825 %)Korn
813 (3.552 %)C++
912 (3.279 %)PHP
109 (2.459 %)PL/SQL
116 (1.639 %)DHTML
122 (0.546 %)C
122 (0.546 %)ActionScript
122 (0.546 %)Transact-SQL
131 (0.273 %)XPath
131 (0.273 %)VBScript
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
19 (2.459 %)Degree
27 (1.913 %)Sun Certification
33 (0.820 %)CCNA
33 (0.820 %)Cisco Certification
42 (0.546 %)SCBCD
42 (0.546 %)SCDJWS
42 (0.546 %)SCJP
42 (0.546 %)SCJD
51 (0.273 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
51 (0.273 %)RHCE
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (3.279 %)QA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (3.005 %)Squid
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (0.820 %)AutoSys
21 (0.273 %)Nagios
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1140 (38.25 %)Oracle
276 (20.77 %)Sybase
327 (7.377 %)BEA
327 (7.377 %)Red Hat
425 (6.831 %)TIBCO
512 (3.279 %)IBM
512 (3.279 %)Microsoft
67 (1.913 %)ATG
76 (1.639 %)Sun
76 (1.639 %)Blue Coat
84 (1.093 %)Thunderhead
93 (0.820 %)Mediasurface
102 (0.546 %)Stellent
102 (0.546 %)webMethods
102 (0.546 %)SAP
102 (0.546 %)Vignette
102 (0.546 %)DataSynapse
102 (0.546 %)Blue Martini
111 (0.273 %)Caplin
111 (0.273 %)Symbian