The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of JBoss products and/or services in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JBoss over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Vendors for the Manchester 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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within JBoss.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
JBoss
Rank 69 86 66
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -20
Contract jobs citing JBoss 4 3 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.424% 0.231% 0.793%
As % of the Vendors category 1.058% 0.458% 1.961%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 3 0
Average daily rate £350 £375 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £40.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
- +15.94%
All Vendors
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
378 655 408
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 40.04% 50.38% 40.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 157 297 167
Average daily rate £320 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.53% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £200 £195
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £475 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 30 37 45
Average hourly rate £16.50 £17.50 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% +29.62%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.77 £12.50 £10.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.50 £25.00 £18.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
- -7.31%
JBoss
North West

JBoss
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing JBoss across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Manchester JBoss Jobs Demand Trend

JBoss
Daily Rate Trend

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

Manchester JBoss Daily Rate Trend

JBoss
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester JBoss Hourly Rate Trend

JBoss
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JBoss within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 21 May 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
Stockport +1 3 £350 -6.66%
JBoss
North West

JBoss
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

1 10 (100.00%) Java
2 9 (90.00%) J2EE
2 9 (90.00%) ESB
3 8 (80.00%) Spring MVC
3 8 (80.00%) jQuery
3 8 (80.00%) Spring
3 8 (80.00%) MVC
3 8 (80.00%) Hibernate
4 6 (60.00%) HTML5
5 5 (50.00%) CSS3
5 5 (50.00%) CSS
6 4 (40.00%) Linux
6 4 (40.00%) Shell Script
6 4 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
7 3 (30.00%) Gradle
7 3 (30.00%) Pair Programming
7 3 (30.00%) SOA
7 3 (30.00%) Oracle
7 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
7 3 (30.00%) SQL
8 1 (10.00%) Apache
8 1 (10.00%) Struts
8 1 (10.00%) HTML
8 1 (10.00%) TDD
8 1 (10.00%) GlassFish

JBoss
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Application Development
1 9 (90.00%) J2EE
2 8 (80.00%) Spring MVC
2 8 (80.00%) jQuery
2 8 (80.00%) Spring
2 8 (80.00%) Hibernate
3 6 (60.00%) HTML5
4 5 (50.00%) CSS3
4 5 (50.00%) CSS
5 1 (10.00%) Struts
5 1 (10.00%) HTML
Application Platforms
1 9 (90.00%) ESB
2 1 (10.00%) Apache
2 1 (10.00%) GlassFish
Development Applications
1 3 (30.00%) Gradle
Job Titles
1 9 (90.00%) Developer
1 9 (90.00%) Java Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Java Developer
2 3 (30.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Consultant
3 1 (10.00%) Java Consultant
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (80.00%) MVC
2 4 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
3 3 (30.00%) Pair Programming
3 3 (30.00%) SOA
4 1 (10.00%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (40.00%) Shell Script
3 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (30.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle
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