London JSR 168 Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Java Portlet Specification (JSR 168) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JSR 168 over the last 3 months to 15 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Java Portlet Specification (JSR 168)
Location Berkshire Birmingham East Midlands East of England England Ipswich Leicestershire London Midlands Reading Sheffield South East South Yorkshire Suffolk Surrey UK West Midlands Yorkshire	3 months to 15 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	405	435
Rank change on same period last year	+30
Matching contract IT job ads	10	8
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.013 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	0.110 %	0.072 %
Daily rates quoted	1	1
Average minimum daily rate	£545	£550
Average daily rate	£545	£550
% change on same period last year	-0.90 %
Average maximum daily rate	£545	£550
UK excluding London average daily rate	£350	£300
% change on same period last year	+16.66 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£40.00	£37.50
% change on same period last year	+6.66 %
Application Development London
Matching contract IT job ads	9066	11112
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	11.63 %	12.48 %
Daily rates quoted	3975	4317
Average minimum daily rate	£375	£396
Average daily rate	£403	£422
% change on same period last year	-4.55 %
Average maximum daily rate	£431	£448
UK excluding London average daily rate	£353	£334
% change on same period last year	+5.58 %
Hourly rates quoted	201	412
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.70	£29.05
Average hourly rate	£32.53	£31.34
% change on same period last year	+3.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.36	£33.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.40	£31.83
% change on same period last year	+1.80 %
JSR 168 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.

JSR 168
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing JSR 168 across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

JSR 168
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing JSR 168 across the London region.

JSR 168
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing JSR 168 across the London region.

JSR 168
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the London region citing JSR 168 also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing JSR 168.

1 11 (100.00 %) J2EE 2 10 (90.91 %) Eclipse 3 9 (81.82 %) IBM 3 9 (81.82 %) WebSphere 4 8 (72.73 %) UML 5 3 (27.27 %) Java 6 2 (18.18 %) Ant 6 2 (18.18 %) CMS 6 2 (18.18 %) Content Management 7 1 (9.091 %) Spring 7 1 (9.091 %) JSF 7 1 (9.091 %) Freedom of Information 7 1 (9.091 %) Oracle Application Server 7 1 (9.091 %) Hibernate 7 1 (9.091 %) Agile Software Development

7 1 (9.091 %) Subversion 7 1 (9.091 %) Project Management 7 1 (9.091 %) Government 7 1 (9.091 %) Migration 7 1 (9.091 %) JUnit 7 1 (9.091 %) ASP 7 1 (9.091 %) EJB 7 1 (9.091 %) JSP 7 1 (9.091 %) WebServices 7 1 (9.091 %) Unix 7 1 (9.091 %) Windows 7 1 (9.091 %) AIX 7 1 (9.091 %) JavaScript 7 1 (9.091 %) VB 7 1 (9.091 %) Oracle

JSR 168
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the London region citing JSR 168 also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing JSR 168. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 11 (100.00 %) J2EE 2 9 (81.82 %) WebSphere 3 1 (9.091 %) ASP 3 1 (9.091 %) EJB 3 1 (9.091 %) JSP 3 1 (9.091 %) WebServices 3 1 (9.091 %) Hibernate 3 1 (9.091 %) Spring 3 1 (9.091 %) JSF 3 1 (9.091 %) AJAX	Application Platforms 1 2 (18.18 %) CMS 2 1 (9.091 %) Oracle Application Server
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (9.091 %) Oracle 8/8i	Development Applications 1 10 (90.91 %) Eclipse 2 2 (18.18 %) Ant 3 1 (9.091 %) JUnit 3 1 (9.091 %) ClearCase 3 1 (9.091 %) Subversion
General 1 1 (9.091 %) Government	Job Titles 1 10 (90.91 %) Developer 2 8 (72.73 %) WebSphere Developer 2 8 (72.73 %) WebSphere Portal Developer 3 1 (9.091 %) Web Analyst 3 1 (9.091 %) Java/J2EE Developer 3 1 (9.091 %) Software Developer 3 1 (9.091 %) Software Engineer 3 1 (9.091 %) Analyst 3 1 (9.091 %) Systems Analyst 3 1 (9.091 %) Java Developer 3 1 (9.091 %) J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous 1 1 (9.091 %) Freedom of Information 1 1 (9.091 %) Web 2.0	Operating Systems 1 1 (9.091 %) Unix 1 1 (9.091 %) Windows 1 1 (9.091 %) AIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 8 (72.73 %) UML 2 2 (18.18 %) Content Management 3 1 (9.091 %) RAD 3 1 (9.091 %) Project Management 3 1 (9.091 %) Migration 3 1 (9.091 %) Agile Software Development	Programming Languages 1 3 (27.27 %) Java 2 1 (9.091 %) JavaScript 2 1 (9.091 %) VB
Vendors 1 9 (81.82 %) IBM 2 1 (9.091 %) Oracle