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This section looks at the demand for Apache Struts skills within the Manchester 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache Struts
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank7559
Rank change on same period last yearDown-16
Matching contract IT job ads69
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.009 %
As % of the category below1.342 %3.475 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£425-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£450-
UK excluding London average daily rate£362£339
% change on same period last year+6.94 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£17.50-
Average hourly rate£21.75-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£26.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.35£37.67
% change on same period last year+4.44 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads447259
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.596 %0.262 %
Daily rates quoted6237
Average minimum daily rate£295£221
Average daily rate£314£245
% change on same period last year+28.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£269
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted4220
Average minimum hourly rate£26.86£25.63
Average hourly rate£29.86£27.50
% change on same period last year+8.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.86£29.37
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
Struts North WestStruts
North West

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 Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Manchester 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 Manchester region.

Manchester Struts Daily Rate Trend

Struts
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Manchester 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 Manchester region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
AltrinchamNew entry-2--
StockportNew entry-1--
Struts North WestStruts
North West

Struts
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

125 (96.15 %)Java
215 (57.69 %)JavaScript
314 (53.85 %)WebSphere
413 (50.00 %)J2EE
511 (42.31 %)Oracle
610 (38.46 %)JUnit
610 (38.46 %)JSP
79 (34.62 %)UML
87 (26.92 %)AJAX
96 (23.08 %)Hibernate
96 (23.08 %)XML
104 (15.38 %)Spring
104 (15.38 %)HTML
104 (15.38 %)SQL
104 (15.38 %)MS Excel
104 (15.38 %)Eclipse
104 (15.38 %)Microsoft
113 (11.54 %)Tomcat
113 (11.54 %)PL/SQL
113 (11.54 %)WebSphere Application Server
113 (11.54 %)EJB
122 (7.692 %)Pharmaceutical
122 (7.692 %)Automated Testing
122 (7.692 %)Test Scripting
122 (7.692 %)Jetty
122 (7.692 %)Ant
122 (7.692 %)JMS
122 (7.692 %)Servlets
122 (7.692 %)Oracle 10g
122 (7.692 %)ILOG

Struts
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (53.85 %)WebSphere
213 (50.00 %)J2EE
310 (38.46 %)JSP
47 (26.92 %)AJAX
56 (23.08 %)Hibernate
56 (23.08 %)XML
64 (15.38 %)Spring
64 (15.38 %)HTML
73 (11.54 %)EJB
82 (7.692 %)Servlets
82 (7.692 %)JMS
91 (3.846 %)XML Schema
91 (3.846 %)XSL
91 (3.846 %)JDBC
91 (3.846 %)JNDI
91 (3.846 %)JRules
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (11.54 %)WebSphere Application Server
13 (11.54 %)Tomcat
22 (7.692 %)Jetty
31 (3.846 %)JBoss
31 (3.846 %)Apache
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (15.38 %)MS Excel
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (3.846 %)Oracle Applications
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.846 %)Internet
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (7.692 %)Oracle Discoverer
12 (7.692 %)Oracle 10g
21 (3.846 %)RDBMS
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (38.46 %)JUnit
24 (15.38 %)Eclipse
32 (7.692 %)Ant
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (7.692 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (3.846 %)Telecoms
21 (3.846 %)Finance
21 (3.846 %)Government
21 (3.846 %)Banking
21 (3.846 %)Retail
21 (3.846 %)Retail Banking
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
123 (88.46 %)Developer
222 (84.62 %)Java Developer
37 (26.92 %)Java/J2EE Developer
46 (23.08 %)Junior
46 (23.08 %)J2EE Developer
46 (23.08 %)Junior Developer
55 (19.23 %)Junior Java Developer
63 (11.54 %)Java Programmer
63 (11.54 %)Programmer
71 (3.846 %)Junior J2EE Developer
71 (3.846 %)Trainee Developer
71 (3.846 %)Trainee
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (3.846 %)UNIX
11 (3.846 %)Linux
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (34.62 %)UML
22 (7.692 %)Automated Testing
22 (7.692 %)Test Scripting
31 (3.846 %)E-Commerce
31 (3.846 %)PRINCE2
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
125 (96.15 %)Java
215 (57.69 %)JavaScript
34 (15.38 %)SQL
43 (11.54 %)PL/SQL
51 (3.846 %)C#
51 (3.846 %)DHTML
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (3.846 %)Degree
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (42.31 %)Oracle
24 (15.38 %)Microsoft
32 (7.692 %)ILOG
41 (3.846 %)IBM
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