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This section looks at the demand for Spring Framework skills within the Merseyside region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Spring over the 3 months to 8 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSpring Framework
Location
3 months to 8 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3332
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads81
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.001 %
As % of the category below6.780 %1.818 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£438-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£475-
UK excluding London average daily rate£363£329
% change on same period last year+10.62 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.50£53.61
% change on same period last year-20.72 %
Application Development MerseysideApplication Development
Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads11855
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.156 %0.058 %
Daily rates quoted3310
Average minimum daily rate£351£255
Average daily rate£376£272
% change on same period last year+38.48 %
Average maximum daily rate£401£288
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£336
% change on same period last year+4.10 %
Hourly rates quoted99
Average minimum hourly rate£20.21£22.00
Average hourly rate£21.39£24.92
% change on same period last year-14.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.57£27.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.55£33.14
% change on same period last year-1.77 %
Spring North WestSpring
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.

Spring
Demand Trend

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

Merseyside Spring Demand Trend

Spring
Daily Rate Trend

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

Merseyside Spring Daily Rate Trend

Spring
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spring across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 8 July 2008.

Merseyside Spring Daily Rate Histogram

Spring
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Spring within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 8 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
LiverpoolDown-54£438-
Spring North WestSpring
North West

Spring
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing Spring 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 Spring.

19 (90.00 %)J2EE
28 (80.00 %)Java
36 (60.00 %)Oracle
36 (60.00 %)WebServices
45 (50.00 %)CSS
45 (50.00 %)JavaScript
45 (50.00 %)SQL
45 (50.00 %)HTML
45 (50.00 %)UML
54 (40.00 %)RDBMS
54 (40.00 %)Oracle 10g
54 (40.00 %)JUnit
54 (40.00 %)JSP
54 (40.00 %)Servlets
54 (40.00 %)Struts
54 (40.00 %)XML
63 (30.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
63 (30.00 %)Ant
63 (30.00 %)Sun
63 (30.00 %)Sun Certification
63 (30.00 %)Finance
63 (30.00 %)WebSphere
63 (30.00 %)iBATIS
63 (30.00 %)BC Cleared
63 (30.00 %)Security Cleared
72 (20.00 %)Hibernate
72 (20.00 %)MVC
72 (20.00 %)Spring MVC
72 (20.00 %)Unit Testing
72 (20.00 %)Insurance

Spring
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing Spring 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 Spring. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
19 (90.00 %)J2EE
26 (60.00 %)WebServices
35 (50.00 %)CSS
35 (50.00 %)HTML
44 (40.00 %)JSP
44 (40.00 %)Servlets
44 (40.00 %)Struts
44 (40.00 %)XML
53 (30.00 %)WebSphere
53 (30.00 %)iBATIS
62 (20.00 %)Hibernate
62 (20.00 %)MVC
62 (20.00 %)Spring MVC
71 (10.00 %)JMS
71 (10.00 %)XSLT
71 (10.00 %)JDBC
71 (10.00 %)AJAX
Application Platforms
13 (30.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (10.00 %)JBoss
21 (10.00 %)Oracle Application Server
21 (10.00 %)Oracle 10gAS
Database & Business Intelligence
14 (40.00 %)RDBMS
14 (40.00 %)Oracle 10g
Development Applications
14 (40.00 %)JUnit
23 (30.00 %)Ant
31 (10.00 %)Log4j
31 (10.00 %)JDeveloper
General
13 (30.00 %)Finance
22 (20.00 %)Insurance
22 (20.00 %)Government
31 (10.00 %)Games
31 (10.00 %)Banking
31 (10.00 %)Online Games
Job Titles
110 (100.00 %)Developer
28 (80.00 %)Java Developer
33 (30.00 %)Architect
33 (30.00 %)Technical Architect
42 (20.00 %)Lead Developer
51 (10.00 %)Applications Developer
51 (10.00 %)Senior Developer
51 (10.00 %)Senior Java Technical Architect
51 (10.00 %)Java Applications Developer
51 (10.00 %)Java Architect
51 (10.00 %)Senior Java Architect
51 (10.00 %)J2EE Developer
51 (10.00 %)Senior Technical Architect
51 (10.00 %)Senior Java Developer
51 (10.00 %)Java Technical Architect
51 (10.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
Processes & Methodologies
15 (50.00 %)UML
23 (30.00 %)BC Cleared
23 (30.00 %)Security Cleared
32 (20.00 %)Unit Testing
41 (10.00 %)Migration
41 (10.00 %)OO
41 (10.00 %)SOA
41 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
41 (10.00 %)TDD
41 (10.00 %)SC Cleared
Programming Languages
18 (80.00 %)Java
25 (50.00 %)JavaScript
25 (50.00 %)SQL
31 (10.00 %)C#
Qualifications
13 (30.00 %)Sun Certification
21 (10.00 %)HND
21 (10.00 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (10.00 %)QA
Vendors
16 (60.00 %)Oracle
23 (30.00 %)Sun
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