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The table below looks at the demand for Apache Axis skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Apache Axis over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache Axis
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank125135
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads28
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.009 %
As % of the category below0.252 %0.842 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£200£287
Average daily rate£250£303
% change on same period last year-17.58 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£320
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£310
% change on same period last year+25.00 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching contract IT job ads794950
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.276 %1.020 %
Daily rates quoted124129
Average minimum daily rate£284£306
Average daily rate£303£322
% change on same period last year-5.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£323£337
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted10083
Average minimum hourly rate£22.29£24.58
Average hourly rate£24.89£27.20
% change on same period last year-8.47 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.49£29.82
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
Apache Axis EnglandApache Axis
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.

Apache Axis
Demand Trend

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

North West Apache Axis Demand Trend

Apache Axis
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Apache Axis Daily Rate Trend

Apache Axis
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apache Axis within the North West region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
MerseysideDown-32£250-
Apache Axis EnglandApache Axis
England

Apache Axis
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Apache Axis 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 Apache Axis.

17 (100.00 %)Java
17 (100.00 %)WebServices
26 (85.71 %)XML
26 (85.71 %)JSP
26 (85.71 %)HTML
35 (71.43 %)Hibernate
44 (57.14 %)Finance
53 (42.86 %)WSDL
53 (42.86 %)JAX-RPC
53 (42.86 %)Oracle
53 (42.86 %)SOAP
53 (42.86 %)XPath
62 (28.57 %)AJAX
62 (28.57 %)JSTL
62 (28.57 %)JIRA
62 (28.57 %)Swing
62 (28.57 %)CSS
62 (28.57 %)JDBC
62 (28.57 %)Perforce
62 (28.57 %)Agile Software Development
62 (28.57 %)Spring
71 (14.29 %)Insurance
71 (14.29 %)Banking
71 (14.29 %)Log4j
71 (14.29 %)Middleware
71 (14.29 %)Blackberry
71 (14.29 %)Oracle 10g
71 (14.29 %)MVC
71 (14.29 %)Ant
71 (14.29 %)JUnit

Apache Axis
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Apache Axis 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 Apache Axis. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (100.00 %)WebServices
26 (85.71 %)XML
26 (85.71 %)HTML
26 (85.71 %)JSP
35 (71.43 %)Hibernate
43 (42.86 %)SOAP
43 (42.86 %)WSDL
43 (42.86 %)JAX-RPC
52 (28.57 %)CSS
52 (28.57 %)JDBC
52 (28.57 %)Spring
52 (28.57 %)AJAX
52 (28.57 %)JSTL
52 (28.57 %)Swing
61 (14.29 %)Spring MVC
61 (14.29 %)XSLT
61 (14.29 %)Java ME
61 (14.29 %)Java SE
61 (14.29 %)Java EE
61 (14.29 %)JSON
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (14.29 %)Apache
11 (14.29 %)Tuxedo
11 (14.29 %)MQSeries
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (14.29 %)Oracle 10g
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (28.57 %)JIRA
21 (14.29 %)Ant
21 (14.29 %)JUnit
21 (14.29 %)Log4j
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (57.14 %)Finance
21 (14.29 %)Banking
21 (14.29 %)Insurance
21 (14.29 %)International Banking
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (85.71 %)Developer
16 (85.71 %)Java Developer
21 (14.29 %)Java Software Engineer
21 (14.29 %)Software Engineer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)Blackberry
11 (14.29 %)PDA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (28.57 %)Agile Software Development
21 (14.29 %)Unit Testing
21 (14.29 %)Security Cleared
21 (14.29 %)UML
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (100.00 %)Java
23 (42.86 %)XPath
31 (14.29 %)C++
31 (14.29 %)JavaScript
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (42.86 %)Oracle
22 (28.57 %)Perforce