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The table below looks at the demand for Java Servlet skills within the Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Servlets over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava Servlet
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5575
Rank change on same period last yearUp+20
Matching contract IT job ads47
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.007 %
As % of the category below2.162 %2.023 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£356
% change on same period last year-0.11 %
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£41.00£32.73
% change on same period last year+25.27 %
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads185346
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.263 %0.349 %
Daily rates quoted2941
Average minimum daily rate£329£345
Average daily rate£344£359
% change on same period last year-3.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£360£372
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted110
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£24.68
Average hourly rate£30.00£25.46
% change on same period last year+17.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00£26.24
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£32.06
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Servlets EnglandServlets
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.

Servlets
Demand Trend

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

Midlands Servlets Demand Trend

Servlets
Daily Rate Trend

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

Midlands Servlets Daily Rate Trend

Servlets
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Midlands Servlets Hourly Rate Trend

Servlets
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing Servlets 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 Servlets.

122 (100.00 %)Java
219 (86.36 %)J2EE
219 (86.36 %)JSP
316 (72.73 %)EJB
316 (72.73 %)JDBC
415 (68.18 %)Oracle
415 (68.18 %)JMS
415 (68.18 %)JNDI
514 (63.64 %)WebSphere
514 (63.64 %)Microsoft
514 (63.64 %)WebSphere Application Server
613 (59.09 %)SQL
712 (54.55 %)DB2
712 (54.55 %)MS Office
712 (54.55 %)Chip and PIN
712 (54.55 %)LDAP
712 (54.55 %)Linux
712 (54.55 %)Swing
712 (54.55 %)IBM
712 (54.55 %)Retail
712 (54.55 %)MS Visio
85 (22.73 %)XML
94 (18.18 %)OO
94 (18.18 %)Finance
94 (18.18 %)Hibernate
94 (18.18 %)Spring
103 (13.64 %)JTA
103 (13.64 %)Subversion
103 (13.64 %)Apache
103 (13.64 %)J2SE

Servlets
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Midlands region citing Servlets 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 Servlets. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (86.36 %)J2EE
119 (86.36 %)JSP
216 (72.73 %)EJB
216 (72.73 %)JDBC
315 (68.18 %)JMS
315 (68.18 %)JNDI
414 (63.64 %)WebSphere
512 (54.55 %)Swing
65 (22.73 %)XML
74 (18.18 %)Hibernate
74 (18.18 %)Spring
83 (13.64 %)J2SE
83 (13.64 %)JTA
92 (9.091 %)JSF
92 (9.091 %)ASP
101 (4.545 %)HTML
101 (4.545 %)Struts
101 (4.545 %)Middleware
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
114 (63.64 %)WebSphere Application Server
23 (13.64 %)Apache
32 (9.091 %)Tomcat
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
112 (54.55 %)MS Office
112 (54.55 %)MS Visio
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
112 (54.55 %)LDAP
21 (4.545 %)Internet
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (54.55 %)DB2
23 (13.64 %)SQL Server
32 (9.091 %)Crystal Reports
32 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2005
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (13.64 %)Subversion
22 (9.091 %)Ant
22 (9.091 %)JUnit
22 (9.091 %)Eclipse
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (54.55 %)Retail
24 (18.18 %)Finance
32 (9.091 %)Insurance
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
121 (95.45 %)Developer
219 (86.36 %)Java Developer
34 (18.18 %)Java/J2EE Developer
43 (13.64 %)J2EE Developer
51 (4.545 %)J2EE Architect
51 (4.545 %)WebSphere Developer
51 (4.545 %)JSP Developer
51 (4.545 %)WebSphere Portal Developer
51 (4.545 %)Architect
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (54.55 %)Chip and PIN
22 (9.091 %)N-Tier
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (54.55 %)Linux
21 (4.545 %)Windows
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (18.18 %)OO
21 (4.545 %)UML
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (100.00 %)Java
213 (59.09 %)SQL
31 (4.545 %)JavaScript
31 (4.545 %)PL/SQL
Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (68.18 %)Oracle
214 (63.64 %)Microsoft
312 (54.55 %)IBM