The first table below looks at the demand for Spring skills in IT contracts advertised for the North East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Spring over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Application Development category for the North East 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.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SpringSource Spring Framework
Rank 32 47 42
Rank change year-on-year
+15 -5
Contract jobs citing Spring 5 3 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 1.799% 0.606% 0.452%
As % of the Application Development category 8.065% 2.273% 1.905%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 0
Average daily rate £375 £286 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+31.00% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.81 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-14.42% -23.52%
All Application Development
North East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
62 132 105
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the North East 22.30% 26.67% 23.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 33 73 59
Average daily rate £275 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £245 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £400 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 2
Average hourly rate £34.00 £35.00 £10.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.85% +250.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Spring
England

Spring
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Spring across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North East Spring Jobs Demand Trend

Spring
Daily Rate Trend

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

North East Spring Daily Rate Trend

Spring
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North East Spring Hourly Rate Trend

Spring
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spring within the North East region over the 3 months to 23 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
Durham - 4 - -
Tyne and Wear +11 1 £375 +57.89%
Spring
England

Spring
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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.

1 5 (100.00%) Java
1 5 (100.00%) XML
1 5 (100.00%) UNIX
2 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (80.00%) SOA
2 4 (80.00%) HTML5
2 4 (80.00%) CSS3
2 4 (80.00%) Web Application Development
2 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (80.00%) Ajax
2 4 (80.00%) RIA
2 4 (80.00%) jQuery
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
2 4 (80.00%) CSS
2 4 (80.00%) SOAP
3 1 (20.00%) Struts
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) JSP
3 1 (20.00%) Apache
3 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
3 1 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (20.00%) J2EE
3 1 (20.00%) Oracle
3 1 (20.00%) JUnit
3 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
3 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (20.00%) System Testing
3 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing

Spring
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the North East 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
1 5 (100.00%) XML
2 4 (80.00%) HTML5
2 4 (80.00%) CSS3
2 4 (80.00%) Ajax
2 4 (80.00%) jQuery
2 4 (80.00%) CSS
2 4 (80.00%) SOAP
3 1 (20.00%) Struts
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) JSP
3 1 (20.00%) J2EE
3 1 (20.00%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 1 (20.00%) Apache
1 1 (20.00%) WebLogic
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) JUnit
1 1 (20.00%) Maven
Job Titles
1 5 (100.00%) Developer
1 5 (100.00%) Java Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Developer
2 1 (20.00%) Consultant
2 1 (20.00%) Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 4 (80.00%) Enterprise Software
1 4 (80.00%) RIA
Operating Systems
1 5 (100.00%) UNIX
2 4 (80.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (80.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (80.00%) SOA
1 4 (80.00%) Web Application Development
2 1 (20.00%) User Acceptance Testing
2 1 (20.00%) System Testing
2 1 (20.00%) Regression Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (20.00%) PL/SQL
2 1 (20.00%) SQL
Systems Management
1 1 (20.00%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) Oracle
County Durham
Candidates must have experience of Java, Windows, Unix and messaging technologies such as SOAP/XML... Candidates with Spring, RIA, AJAX, jQuery, HTML5, CSS3 are highly desirable but not...
Lorien Resourcing
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Posted: 20 May 2013