The first table below looks at the demand for JMS skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JMS over the 3 months to 19 June 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 London 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Messaging Service (JMS)
Rank 231 250 180
Rank change year-on-year
+19 -70
Contract jobs citing JMS 165 166 355
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.724% 0.624% 1.128%
As % of the Application Development category 2.366% 2.161% 3.704%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 125 263
Average daily rate £500 £543 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.83% -1.36%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £385 £375
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £603 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £400 £380
% change year-on-year
- +5.26%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £40.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £45.00 £32.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+38.46% -7.14%
All Application Development
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6974 7680 9585
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 30.58% 28.89% 30.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 5047 5216 6511
Average daily rate £400 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £275 £285
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 93 104 116
Average hourly rate £40.00 £36.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.58% +46.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £18.00 £19.52 £16.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £47.50 £67.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
JMS
England

JMS
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London 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 London region.

London JMS Daily Rate Trend

JMS
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JMS across the London region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

London JMS Daily Rate Histogram

JMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London JMS Hourly 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 London region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
City of London +4 57 £525 - 25
Canary Wharf +2 4 £550 -20.00%
Docklands, London +5 2 £494 -10.22%
Bromley - 2 - -
Southall - - - -
JMS
England

JMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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.

1 254 (87.29%) Java
2 154 (52.92%) Spring
3 111 (38.14%) Oracle
4 104 (35.74%) SQL
5 101 (34.71%) Banking
6 100 (34.36%) XML
7 99 (34.02%) J2EE
8 94 (32.30%) Web Services
9 90 (30.93%) TDD
10 87 (29.90%) JUnit
11 84 (28.87%) Hibernate
12 82 (28.18%) Maven
13 79 (27.15%) Finance
14 67 (23.02%) Investment Banking
15 64 (21.99%) Agile Software Development
16 60 (20.62%) UNIX
17 59 (20.27%) Multithreading
18 57 (19.59%) JSP
19 56 (19.24%) Linux
19 56 (19.24%) TIBCO
20 52 (17.87%) WebLogic
21 51 (17.53%) EJB
22 50 (17.18%) JBoss
22 50 (17.18%) Spring MVC
23 49 (16.84%) MVC
24 48 (16.49%) Java EE
24 48 (16.49%) Continuous Integration
25 47 (16.15%) JIRA
25 47 (16.15%) Front Office
25 47 (16.15%) JavaScript

JMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London 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
1 154 (52.92%) Spring
2 100 (34.36%) XML
3 99 (34.02%) J2EE
4 94 (32.30%) Web Services
5 84 (28.87%) Hibernate
6 57 (19.59%) JSP
7 51 (17.53%) EJB
8 50 (17.18%) Spring MVC
9 48 (16.49%) Java EE
10 47 (16.15%) HTML
11 43 (14.78%) JDBC
11 43 (14.78%) Struts
12 39 (13.40%) CSS
13 38 (13.06%) XSLT
13 38 (13.06%) WebSphere
14 36 (12.37%) RESTful
15 34 (11.68%) SOAP
15 34 (11.68%) jQuery
15 34 (11.68%) JPA
16 33 (11.34%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 52 (17.87%) WebLogic
2 35 (12.03%) Tomcat
3 32 (11.00%) Apache
4 29 (9.966%) TIBCO EMS
5 22 (7.560%) WebSphere Application Server
6 17 (5.842%) Oracle Coherence
7 15 (5.155%) Confluence
7 15 (5.155%) GlassFish
8 11 (3.780%) ESB
9 10 (3.436%) Mule
10 8 (2.749%) CMS
11 5 (1.718%) MQSeries
11 5 (1.718%) Oracle Workflow
12 4 (1.375%) Apache Qpid
12 4 (1.375%) Commerce Server
12 4 (1.375%) WebLogic Portal
13 3 (1.031%) WebSphere Message Broker
13 3 (1.031%) GemFire
13 3 (1.031%) Amazon AWS
14 2 (0.687%) Lightstreamer
Applications
1 6 (2.062%) MS Excel
2 5 (1.718%) Mingle
3 4 (1.375%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 4 (1.375%) Oracle BPM
2 3 (1.031%) Kondor+
3 2 (0.687%) BusinessWorks
3 2 (0.687%) Murex MxG2000
4 1 (0.344%) SAP AFS
4 1 (0.344%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.344%) Autonomy Scrittura
Communications & Networking
1 19 (6.529%) Internet
2 15 (5.155%) HTTP
3 10 (3.436%) SSL
4 7 (2.405%) LDAP
4 7 (2.405%) AMQP
5 3 (1.031%) FTP
5 3 (1.031%) Firewall
6 1 (0.344%) TCP/IP
6 1 (0.344%) SMTP
6 1 (0.344%) SMS
6 1 (0.344%) DVB
6 1 (0.344%) 4G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 37 (12.71%) SQL Server
2 34 (11.68%) MySQL
3 11 (3.780%) MarkLogic
4 8 (2.749%) NoSQL
4 8 (2.749%) Big Data
4 8 (2.749%) RDBMS
5 7 (2.405%) Oracle 8/8i
5 7 (2.405%) Hadoop
6 6 (2.062%) Oracle 11g
6 6 (2.062%) DB2
7 5 (1.718%) Oracle 10g
8 3 (1.031%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (1.031%) Sybase ASE
8 3 (1.031%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.687%) InterSystems Cache
10 1 (0.344%) OLAP
10 1 (0.344%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.344%) Redis
10 1 (0.344%) Apache Hive
10 1 (0.344%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 87 (29.90%) JUnit
2 82 (28.18%) Maven
3 47 (16.15%) JIRA
4 44 (15.12%) Subversion
5 24 (8.247%) Eclipse
6 22 (7.560%) Mockito
7 21 (7.216%) jMock
8 18 (6.186%) CruiseControl
8 18 (6.186%) Ant
9 17 (5.842%) Jenkins
10 16 (5.498%) Selenium
10 16 (5.498%) EasyMock
11 13 (4.467%) Git (software)
12 12 (4.124%) TeamCity
12 12 (4.124%) Cucumber
12 12 (4.124%) Hudson
13 11 (3.780%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 8 (2.749%) Bugzilla
15 5 (1.718%) IntelliJ
15 5 (1.718%) Capistrano
General
1 101 (34.71%) Banking
2 79 (27.15%) Finance
3 67 (23.02%) Investment Banking
4 47 (16.15%) Front Office
5 16 (5.498%) Retail
6 15 (5.155%) Back Office
7 12 (4.124%) Publishing
8 6 (2.062%) Games
8 6 (2.062%) Financial Institution
9 5 (1.718%) Corporate Banking
10 3 (1.031%) Billing
10 3 (1.031%) Telecoms
11 2 (0.687%) Wholesale Banking
12 1 (0.344%) Online Betting
12 1 (0.344%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 225 (77.32%) Developer
2 174 (59.79%) Java Developer
3 38 (13.06%) Senior Developer
4 31 (10.65%) Senior Java Developer
5 27 (9.278%) Architect
6 24 (8.247%) Analyst
7 22 (7.560%) Programmer
8 21 (7.216%) Java/J2EE Developer
9 19 (6.529%) Consultant
10 17 (5.842%) Developer Analyst
11 13 (4.467%) J2EE Developer
12 12 (4.124%) C# Developer
12 12 (4.124%) Java Programmer
12 12 (4.124%) Lead Java Developer
12 12 (4.124%) Lead Developer
13 11 (3.780%) Designer
14 10 (3.436%) Solutions Designer
15 7 (2.405%) Technical Leader
15 7 (2.405%) Agile Java Developer
16 6 (2.062%) Senior Analyst Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 27 (9.278%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 26 (8.935%) Derivative
3 14 (4.811%) Credit Risk
4 13 (4.467%) Equities
5 11 (3.780%) Fixed Income
5 11 (3.780%) Open Source
6 9 (3.093%) Mobile App
7 8 (2.749%) Wiki
7 8 (2.749%) Semantic Web
8 7 (2.405%) Mobile Payment
9 6 (2.062%) Computer Science
9 6 (2.062%) Market Risk
9 6 (2.062%) N-Tier
10 5 (1.718%) Grid Computing
10 5 (1.718%) RIA
10 5 (1.718%) Online Games
10 5 (1.718%) Mathematics
10 5 (1.718%) SWIFT
11 4 (1.375%) Mobile Banking
12 3 (1.031%) Handset
Operating Systems
1 60 (20.62%) UNIX
2 56 (19.24%) Linux
3 9 (3.093%) Windows
3 9 (3.093%) Solaris
4 7 (2.405%) Apple iOS
5 6 (2.062%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 4 (1.375%) Android
7 3 (1.031%) AIX
8 1 (0.344%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 90 (30.93%) TDD
2 64 (21.99%) Agile Software Development
3 59 (20.27%) Multithreading
4 49 (16.84%) MVC
5 48 (16.49%) Continuous Integration
6 37 (12.71%) Scrum
7 34 (11.68%) OO
8 32 (11.00%) E-Commerce
9 31 (10.65%) Unit Testing
9 31 (10.65%) BDD
10 30 (10.31%) SOA
11 21 (7.216%) Software Architecture
11 21 (7.216%) UML
12 18 (6.186%) Web Development
13 14 (4.811%) Workflow
14 13 (4.467%) Performance Testing
15 12 (4.124%) Domain-Driven Design
15 12 (4.124%) Wealth Management
15 12 (4.124%) Requirements Analysis
15 12 (4.124%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 254 (87.29%) Java
2 104 (35.74%) SQL
3 47 (16.15%) JavaScript
4 31 (10.65%) C#
5 18 (6.186%) XQuery
5 18 (6.186%) C++
6 12 (4.124%) T-SQL
7 9 (3.093%) PL/SQL
7 9 (3.093%) Bash shell
8 8 (2.749%) ActionScript
9 7 (2.405%) Shell Script
10 6 (2.062%) Ruby
11 5 (1.718%) Perl
11 5 (1.718%) XPath
12 4 (1.375%) Groovy
13 3 (1.031%) Korn
13 3 (1.031%) C-shell
14 2 (0.687%) ActionScript 3.0
14 2 (0.687%) Scala
15 1 (0.344%) Smalltalk
Qualifications
1 18 (6.186%) Degree
2 6 (2.062%) CIPD
3 5 (1.718%) Security Cleared
4 3 (1.031%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.687%) MCPD
5 2 (0.687%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (5.155%) QA
2 4 (1.375%) SLA
System Software
1 9 (3.093%) Squid
2 2 (0.687%) ClearTrust
3 1 (0.344%) Xen
Systems Management
1 7 (2.405%) MOM
1 7 (2.405%) Puppet
2 5 (1.718%) Nagios
3 3 (1.031%) Foglight
3 3 (1.031%) HP Quality Center
4 2 (0.687%) TIBCO Hawk
5 1 (0.344%) Business Desktop Deployment
5 1 (0.344%) Oozie
Vendors
1 111 (38.14%) Oracle
2 56 (19.24%) TIBCO
3 50 (17.18%) JBoss
4 33 (11.34%) Sybase
5 18 (6.186%) 29West
5 18 (6.186%) IBM
6 15 (5.155%) Pega
7 8 (2.749%) Red Hat
7 8 (2.749%) Adobe
8 7 (2.405%) Atlassian
9 5 (1.718%) Murex
9 5 (1.718%) ATG
9 5 (1.718%) Google
10 4 (1.375%) DataSynapse
10 4 (1.375%) CA
10 4 (1.375%) Informatica
11 3 (1.031%) Sun
11 3 (1.031%) Bloomberg
11 3 (1.031%) SAP
12 2 (0.687%) GigaSpaces
City of London
Location: London Key tech: Server-side Java, RDMS, SQL, Oracle PL/SQL, Spring Framework (ideally Spring Integration), Hibernate, Web Services, JMS (or similar messaging exp.), Agile, Test Driven...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £550 - £650 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
City of London
Java Developer (Prime Finance) - Banking - London - £600pd Our Client, HSBC, are currently looking for a Java Developer to work in their London Office, on a long-term contract...
Orgtel
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 3 June 2013
City, London
An experienced Java Developer is required for a Leading Investment Bank in London. The successful candidate will work on developing new and enhancing current Low Latency trading application...
Thomson Keene Associates
Rate: £600 - £650 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Advantageous skills: *CQ5 *Hibernate *Eclipse knowledge *Apache Camel Mave *Ant Webb Services *RESTful services JMS JBoss *Hornet Q *Computing Skills: RMI, JDBC, JNDI, Servlets, JSP, EJB, XML, MQSeries *...
Connections Recruitment Ltd.
Rate: £200 - £210 per day
Posted: 14 June 2013
London
Global Investment Bank seek the talents of a Java Swing Developer with Core Java, strong multi-threading programming, collections, memory management, understanding of relational databases, XML beans to...
McGregor Boyall
Rate: Market Rate Negotiable
Posted: 18 June 2013
London
Orgtel
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Eximius IT
Rate: From £500 to £600 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
London
IT Human Resources
Rate: £600 per day
Posted: 12 June 2013
Central London / West End
McGregor Boyall
Rate: £500 - £575 per day
Posted: 17 June 2013
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