North East WebLogic Contracts

This section looks at the demand for BEA WebLogic Server skills within the North East region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WebLogic over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

BEA WebLogic Server
Location Bath Belfast Berkshire Borehamwood Bracknell Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf Cheltenham Cheshire Chippenham City of London County Antrim County Londonderry Croydon Derby Derbyshire Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Essex Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Herefordshire Hertfordshire Ipswich Kent Leeds Leicestershire Lewisham Liverpool London Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport North East North West North Yorkshire Northern Ireland Nottingham Nottinghamshire Reading Rickmansworth Scotland Shropshire Somerset South East South Wales South West Southampton Southend-on-Sea Suffolk Surrey Sussex Swansea Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	55	47
Rank change on same period last year	-8
Matching contract IT job ads	4	27
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.005 %	0.027 %
As % of the category below	2.963 %	19.01 %
Daily rates quoted	4	9
Average minimum daily rate	£375	£445
Average daily rate	£384	£478
% change on same period last year	-19.68 %
Average maximum daily rate	£393	£511
UK excluding London average daily rate	£390	£390
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£44.50	£35.00
% change on same period last year	+27.14 %
Application Platforms North East
Matching contract IT job ads	135	142
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.180 %	0.144 %
Daily rates quoted	21	24
Average minimum daily rate	£336	£392
Average daily rate	£353	£405
% change on same period last year	-12.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£369	£417
UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£349
% change on same period last year	+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted	30	16
Average minimum hourly rate	£23.26	£19.86
Average hourly rate	£25.00	£21.36
% change on same period last year	+17.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£26.73	£22.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£24.28	£23.70
% change on same period last year	+2.44 %
WebLogic 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.

WebLogic
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing WebLogic across the North East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

WebLogic
Daily Rate Trend

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

WebLogic
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebLogic across the North East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

WebLogic
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WebLogic
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebLogic within the North East 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.

Location	Rank 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
Tyne and Wear	-11	4	£384	-19.68 %

WebLogic England

WebLogic
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing WebLogic 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 WebLogic.

1 8 (61.54 %) BEA 2 5 (38.46 %) Java 2 5 (38.46 %) UNIX 3 4 (30.77 %) UML 3 4 (30.77 %) Struts 3 4 (30.77 %) Hibernate 3 4 (30.77 %) Spring 4 3 (23.08 %) Java EE 4 3 (23.08 %) Clustering 4 3 (23.08 %) Telecoms 4 3 (23.08 %) XML 4 3 (23.08 %) OOA/OOD 4 3 (23.08 %) JUnit 4 3 (23.08 %) EJB 4 3 (23.08 %) SQL

4 3 (23.08 %) J2EE 4 3 (23.08 %) Oracle 5 2 (15.38 %) Ant 5 2 (15.38 %) PL/SQL 5 2 (15.38 %) JDBC 5 2 (15.38 %) JSP 5 2 (15.38 %) RUP 5 2 (15.38 %) Process Management 5 2 (15.38 %) Plumtree 5 2 (15.38 %) webMethods 5 2 (15.38 %) XSLT 5 2 (15.38 %) Oracle 9i 5 2 (15.38 %) ClearCase 5 2 (15.38 %) JMS 5 2 (15.38 %) Rational Rose

WebLogic
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North East region citing WebLogic 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 WebLogic. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 4 (30.77 %) Struts 1 4 (30.77 %) Hibernate 1 4 (30.77 %) Spring 2 3 (23.08 %) Java EE 2 3 (23.08 %) XML 2 3 (23.08 %) J2EE 2 3 (23.08 %) EJB 3 2 (15.38 %) JDBC 3 2 (15.38 %) JSP 3 2 (15.38 %) XSLT 3 2 (15.38 %) JMS 4 1 (7.692 %) HTML	Applications 1 1 (7.692 %) MS Office
Database & Business Intelligence 1 2 (15.38 %) Oracle 9i 2 1 (7.692 %) Oracle 8/8i	Development Applications 1 3 (23.08 %) JUnit 2 2 (15.38 %) ClearCase 2 2 (15.38 %) Rational Rose 2 2 (15.38 %) Ant 3 1 (7.692 %) Eclipse 3 1 (7.692 %) ClearQuest
General 1 3 (23.08 %) Telecoms	Job Titles 1 7 (53.85 %) Developer 2 4 (30.77 %) Java Developer 3 3 (23.08 %) UNIX Systems Administrator 3 3 (23.08 %) J2EE Developer 3 3 (23.08 %) UNIX Administrator 3 3 (23.08 %) Java/J2EE Developer 3 3 (23.08 %) Systems Administrator 3 3 (23.08 %) Administrator 4 2 (15.38 %) Architect 5 1 (7.692 %) Software Developer
Miscellaneous 1 3 (23.08 %) Clustering	Operating Systems 1 5 (38.46 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (30.77 %) UML 2 3 (23.08 %) OOA/OOD 3 2 (15.38 %) RUP 3 2 (15.38 %) Process Management 3 2 (15.38 %) Unified Process 4 1 (7.692 %) Unit Testing	Programming Languages 1 5 (38.46 %) Java 2 3 (23.08 %) SQL 3 2 (15.38 %) PL/SQL 4 1 (7.692 %) Python 4 1 (7.692 %) Jython 4 1 (7.692 %) C#
Qualifications 1 2 (15.38 %) Sun Certification 2 1 (7.692 %) Degree	System Software 1 2 (15.38 %) AquaLogic
Vendors 1 8 (61.54 %) BEA 2 3 (23.08 %) Oracle 3 2 (15.38 %) Sun 3 2 (15.38 %) Plumtree 3 2 (15.38 %) webMethods