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

LinkApache Struts
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank210178
Rank change on same period last yearDown-32
Matching contract IT job ads233421
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.307 %0.419 %
As % of the category below2.722 %3.491 %
Daily rates quoted113197
Average minimum daily rate£390£384
Average daily rate£420£414
% change on same period last year+1.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£444
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£339
% change on same period last year+5.79 %
Hourly rates quoted15
Average minimum hourly rate£28.00£42.00
Average hourly rate£29.50£49.00
% change on same period last year-39.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.00£56.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£44.50£36.91
% change on same period last year+20.55 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
London
Matching contract IT job ads856012059
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled11.30 %12.01 %
Daily rates quoted38764725
Average minimum daily rate£371£397
Average daily rate£401£425
% change on same period last year-5.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£431£454
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted269372
Average minimum hourly rate£30.81£30.92
Average hourly rate£32.78£33.85
% change on same period last year-3.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.75£36.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.73£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
Struts EnglandStruts
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.

Struts
Demand Trend

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

London Struts Demand Trend

Struts
Daily Rate Trend

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

London Struts Daily Rate Trend

Struts
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London Struts Daily Rate Histogram

Struts
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London Struts Hourly Rate Trend

Struts
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Struts 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-5336£449-12.30 %
Docklands, LondonUp+188£298-1.73 %
Canary WharfUp+115£328-8.51 %
CroydonUp+32£450+18.42 %
SouthwarkNew entry-1£440-
UxbridgeNew entry-1£325-
Struts EnglandStruts
England

Struts
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1487 (94.20 %)Java
2356 (68.86 %)J2EE
3302 (58.41 %)Hibernate
4271 (52.42 %)Spring
5258 (49.90 %)JSP
6224 (43.33 %)XML
7212 (41.01 %)SQL
8203 (39.26 %)Oracle
9159 (30.75 %)WebLogic
10153 (29.59 %)Ant
11152 (29.40 %)Eclipse
12147 (28.43 %)HTML
13130 (25.15 %)Banking
14126 (24.37 %)EJB
14126 (24.37 %)UML
15120 (23.21 %)JBoss
16110 (21.28 %)JDBC
17103 (19.92 %)OO
1899 (19.15 %)UNIX
1995 (18.38 %)Tomcat
2094 (18.18 %)Finance
2192 (17.79 %)WebServices
2285 (16.44 %)Linux
2384 (16.25 %)Sybase
2482 (15.86 %)Servlets
2580 (15.47 %)JavaScript
2677 (14.89 %)CSS
2776 (14.70 %)JMS
2871 (13.73 %)Investment Banking
2969 (13.35 %)AJAX

Struts
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1356 (68.86 %)J2EE
2302 (58.41 %)Hibernate
3271 (52.42 %)Spring
4258 (49.90 %)JSP
5224 (43.33 %)XML
6147 (28.43 %)HTML
7126 (24.37 %)EJB
8110 (21.28 %)JDBC
992 (17.79 %)WebServices
1082 (15.86 %)Servlets
1177 (14.89 %)CSS
1276 (14.70 %)JMS
1369 (13.35 %)AJAX
1466 (12.77 %)XSLT
1564 (12.38 %).NET
1654 (10.44 %)MVC
1748 (9.284 %)WebSphere
1842 (8.124 %)Taglibs
1935 (6.770 %)J2SE
2031 (5.996 %)JSF
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1159 (30.75 %)WebLogic
2120 (23.21 %)JBoss
395 (18.38 %)Tomcat
451 (9.865 %)Apache
523 (4.449 %)TeamSite
622 (4.255 %)WebSphere Application Server
622 (4.255 %)IIS
714 (2.708 %)Oracle Application Server
89 (1.741 %)WebLogic Portal
89 (1.741 %)CMS
97 (1.354 %)ATG Dynamo
97 (1.354 %)Oracle 9iAS
106 (1.161 %)Oracle 10gAS
106 (1.161 %)WebLogic Integration
115 (0.967 %)ESB
124 (0.774 %)TIBCO EMS
124 (0.774 %)MQSeries
132 (0.387 %)Resin
132 (0.387 %)Documentum
132 (0.387 %)IBM HTTP Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
123 (4.449 %)Photoshop
28 (1.547 %)MS Project
36 (1.161 %)MS Excel
43 (0.580 %)MS Visio
43 (0.580 %)MS Office
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
18 (1.547 %)Algo Collateral
22 (0.387 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.193 %)BusinessWorks
31 (0.193 %)RMDS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (2.515 %)HTTP
113 (2.515 %)LDAP
27 (1.354 %)IIOP
27 (1.354 %)TCP/IP
35 (0.967 %)Intranet
35 (0.967 %)Internet
43 (0.580 %)FTP
43 (0.580 %)SSL
52 (0.387 %)SAN
61 (0.193 %)Network Security
61 (0.193 %)SSH
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
153 (10.25 %)MySQL
245 (8.704 %)SQL Server
343 (8.317 %)Oracle 10g
426 (5.029 %)RDBMS
525 (4.836 %)Oracle 9i
616 (3.095 %)SQL Server 2005
714 (2.708 %)DB2
714 (2.708 %)TOAD
89 (1.741 %)MS Access
96 (1.161 %)Datawarehouse
96 (1.161 %)DataStage
105 (0.967 %)ETL
113 (0.580 %)OLAP
122 (0.387 %)Crystal Reports
122 (0.387 %)Oracle Reports
122 (0.387 %)SQL Server 2000
131 (0.193 %)GIS
131 (0.193 %)Oracle 8/8i
131 (0.193 %)Adabas
131 (0.193 %)JasperReports
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1153 (29.59 %)Ant
2152 (29.40 %)Eclipse
367 (12.96 %)JUnit
426 (5.029 %)Log4j
523 (4.449 %)PowerBuilder
620 (3.868 %)Subversion
716 (3.095 %)ClearCase
716 (3.095 %)IntelliJ
815 (2.901 %)Visual Studio
911 (2.128 %)Rational Rose
109 (1.741 %)JDeveloper
117 (1.354 %)RequisitePro
125 (0.967 %)CruiseControl
134 (0.774 %)PVCS
134 (0.774 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
134 (0.774 %)Dreamweaver
134 (0.774 %)Flash
143 (0.580 %)ClearQuest
143 (0.580 %)WebLogic Workshop
152 (0.387 %)Bugzilla
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1130 (25.15 %)Banking
294 (18.18 %)Finance
371 (13.73 %)Investment Banking
445 (8.704 %)Telecoms
532 (6.190 %)Government
614 (2.708 %)Insurance
712 (2.321 %)Front Office
712 (2.321 %)Back Office
712 (2.321 %)Retail
86 (1.161 %)Publishing
95 (0.967 %)Financial Institution
95 (0.967 %)Retail Banking
95 (0.967 %)Marketing
104 (0.774 %)Criminal Justice
104 (0.774 %)Police
104 (0.774 %)Pharmaceutical
113 (0.580 %)Legal
113 (0.580 %)Auditing
122 (0.387 %)Billing
122 (0.387 %)Games
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1452 (87.43 %)Developer
2333 (64.41 %)Java Developer
3160 (30.95 %)J2EE Developer
4134 (25.92 %)Java/J2EE Developer
567 (12.96 %)Senior Developer
650 (9.671 %)Web Developer
744 (8.511 %)Senior Java Developer
833 (6.383 %)Senior J2EE Developer
919 (3.675 %)Java Web Developer
1017 (3.288 %)Architect
1114 (2.708 %)Analyst
1212 (2.321 %)Sybase Developer
1310 (1.934 %)Programmer
149 (1.741 %)Oracle Developer
158 (1.547 %)Java Programmer
158 (1.547 %)Lead Developer
158 (1.547 %)Project Manager
158 (1.547 %)Software Engineer
167 (1.354 %)Consultant
167 (1.354 %)Analyst Developer
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
128 (5.416 %)N-Tier
216 (3.095 %)Social Network
216 (3.095 %)Derivative
39 (1.741 %)Handset
48 (1.547 %)Equities
48 (1.547 %)W3C
56 (1.161 %)Computer Science
56 (1.161 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
65 (0.967 %)Blackberry
65 (0.967 %)Web 2.0
65 (0.967 %)German Language
74 (0.774 %)Clustering
83 (0.580 %)Credit Risk
92 (0.387 %)Fixed Income
92 (0.387 %)AS400
101 (0.193 %)NHS
101 (0.193 %)IVR
101 (0.193 %)Client/Server
101 (0.193 %)Ergonomics
101 (0.193 %)Multithreading
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
199 (19.15 %)UNIX
285 (16.44 %)Linux
333 (6.383 %)Windows
414 (2.708 %)Solaris
510 (1.934 %)AIX
65 (0.967 %)Windows Mobile
72 (0.387 %)CentOS
72 (0.387 %)Windows 2000
72 (0.387 %)Windows XP
72 (0.387 %)Windows Server 2003
81 (0.193 %)Red Hat Linux
81 (0.193 %)Windows 2000 Server
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1126 (24.37 %)UML
2103 (19.92 %)OO
366 (12.77 %)Agile Software Development
446 (8.897 %)Security Cleared
537 (7.157 %)Web Development
537 (7.157 %)RUP
631 (5.996 %)OOA/OOD
727 (5.222 %)Content Management
727 (5.222 %)SC Cleared
823 (4.449 %)Investment Management
922 (4.255 %)Unified Process
922 (4.255 %)OOD
1021 (4.062 %)Data Modelling
1120 (3.868 %)SOA
1120 (3.868 %)Pair Programming
1120 (3.868 %)Time Management
1219 (3.675 %)Unit Testing
1318 (3.482 %)OOP
1318 (3.482 %)Performance Testing
1417 (3.288 %)TDD
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1487 (94.20 %)Java
2212 (41.01 %)SQL
380 (15.47 %)JavaScript
457 (11.03 %)PL/SQL
546 (8.897 %)Perl
626 (5.029 %)C
626 (5.029 %)Transact-SQL
722 (4.255 %)Shell Script
819 (3.675 %)C#
917 (3.288 %)DHTML
1014 (2.708 %)C++
1014 (2.708 %)VBA
1110 (1.934 %)VB
128 (1.547 %)VB6
135 (0.967 %)Korn
142 (0.387 %)XPath
142 (0.387 %)JCL
151 (0.193 %)NATURAL
151 (0.193 %)ActionScript
151 (0.193 %)PHP
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
125 (4.836 %)Degree
210 (1.934 %)Sun Certification
31 (0.193 %)SCJA
31 (0.193 %)SCWCD
31 (0.193 %)SCJP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
17 (1.354 %)ISO9001
23 (0.580 %)QA
32 (0.387 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
32 (0.387 %)Basel II
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (0.774 %)AquaLogic
23 (0.580 %)Samba
32 (0.387 %)Active Directory
41 (0.193 %)VMware ESX
41 (0.193 %)NetBackup
41 (0.193 %)Oracle RAC
41 (0.193 %)Squid
41 (0.193 %)VMware Infrastructure
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1203 (39.26 %)Oracle
284 (16.25 %)Sybase
329 (5.609 %)BEA
415 (2.901 %)IBM
513 (2.515 %)Sun
611 (2.128 %)Macromedia
79 (1.741 %)Microsoft
88 (1.547 %)TIBCO
97 (1.354 %)ATG
97 (1.354 %)Altova
105 (0.967 %)Symbian
114 (0.774 %)ILOG
123 (0.580 %)Stellent
123 (0.580 %)SAP
132 (0.387 %)Vignette
132 (0.387 %)Citrix
141 (0.193 %)Siemens
141 (0.193 %)Tridion
141 (0.193 %)VERITAS
141 (0.193 %)Red Hat