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The table below looks at the demand for Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) 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 EJB over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEnterprise JavaBeans (EJB)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank119118
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads1026
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.014 %0.026 %
As % of the category below1.080 %2.781 %
Daily rates quoted39
Average minimum daily rate£338£326
Average daily rate£338£347
% change on same period last year-2.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£338£368
UK excluding London average daily rate£392£341
% change on same period last year+15.12 %
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£56.25£32.58
% change on same period last year+72.63 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching contract IT job ads926935
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.252 %0.922 %
Daily rates quoted176144
Average minimum daily rate£307£305
Average daily rate£323£332
% change on same period last year-2.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted7976
Average minimum hourly rate£26.43£26.56
Average hourly rate£29.17£28.68
% change on same period last year+1.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.92£30.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.95
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
EJB EnglandEJB
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.

EJB
Demand Trend

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

North West EJB Demand Trend

EJB
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West EJB Daily Rate Trend

EJB
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West EJB Hourly Rate Trend

EJB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EJB within the North West region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
CheshireUp+157£307+0.65 %
ManchesterDown-153£400+26.31 %
EJB EnglandEJB
England

EJB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing EJB 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 EJB.

132 (94.12 %)Java
227 (79.41 %)J2EE
317 (50.00 %)WebServices
416 (47.06 %)XML
512 (35.29 %)JSP
512 (35.29 %)Oracle
512 (35.29 %)HTML
512 (35.29 %)SOAP
611 (32.35 %)JDBC
79 (26.47 %)CSS
88 (23.53 %)Eclipse
88 (23.53 %)HTTP
88 (23.53 %)WSDL
88 (23.53 %)JAX-RPC
88 (23.53 %)SQL
88 (23.53 %)XSL
88 (23.53 %)JBoss
97 (20.59 %)JMS
106 (17.65 %)Hibernate
106 (17.65 %)Finance
106 (17.65 %)Swing
106 (17.65 %)Ant
106 (17.65 %)WebSphere
106 (17.65 %)Integration Testing
115 (14.71 %)Retail
124 (11.76 %)SOA
124 (11.76 %)AWT
124 (11.76 %)PL/SQL
124 (11.76 %)Servlets
124 (11.76 %)UML

EJB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing EJB 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 EJB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
127 (79.41 %)J2EE
217 (50.00 %)WebServices
316 (47.06 %)XML
412 (35.29 %)HTML
412 (35.29 %)JSP
412 (35.29 %)SOAP
511 (32.35 %)JDBC
69 (26.47 %)CSS
78 (23.53 %)XSL
78 (23.53 %)WSDL
78 (23.53 %)JAX-RPC
87 (20.59 %)JMS
96 (17.65 %)Swing
96 (17.65 %)WebSphere
96 (17.65 %)Hibernate
104 (11.76 %)Spring
104 (11.76 %)J2ME
104 (11.76 %)AWT
104 (11.76 %)Struts
104 (11.76 %)Servlets
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (23.53 %)JBoss
23 (8.824 %)WebSphere Application Server
23 (8.824 %)WebLogic
31 (2.941 %)Apache
31 (2.941 %)JRun
31 (2.941 %)WPS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (23.53 %)HTTP
21 (2.941 %)Internet
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (8.824 %)Oracle 9i
13 (8.824 %)Oracle 10g
21 (2.941 %)Oracle Reports
21 (2.941 %)Oracle 8/8i
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (23.53 %)Eclipse
26 (17.65 %)Ant
33 (8.824 %)JUnit
41 (2.941 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (2.941 %)Oracle Forms
41 (2.941 %)WebLogic Workshop
41 (2.941 %)HttpUnit
41 (2.941 %)JIRA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (17.65 %)Finance
25 (14.71 %)Retail
31 (2.941 %)Telecoms
31 (2.941 %)Government
31 (2.941 %)Criminal Justice
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
122 (64.71 %)Developer
221 (61.76 %)Java Developer
310 (29.41 %)Java/J2EE Developer
49 (26.47 %)J2EE Developer
58 (23.53 %)Software Engineer
62 (5.882 %)Senior Developer
62 (5.882 %)Web Developer
62 (5.882 %)Java Software Engineer
62 (5.882 %)Senior Java Developer
62 (5.882 %)Java Web Developer
71 (2.941 %)Java Applications Developer
71 (2.941 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
71 (2.941 %)Senior Java Applications Developer
71 (2.941 %)Senior Applications Developer
71 (2.941 %)Senior J2EE Developer
71 (2.941 %)Applications Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (5.882 %)Client/Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (11.76 %)UNIX
21 (2.941 %)Linux
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (17.65 %)Integration Testing
24 (11.76 %)Continuous Integration
24 (11.76 %)UML
24 (11.76 %)SOA
33 (8.824 %)E-Commerce
42 (5.882 %)OO
51 (2.941 %)OOD
51 (2.941 %)Agile Software Development
51 (2.941 %)Web Development
51 (2.941 %)Unit Testing
51 (2.941 %)System Testing
51 (2.941 %)ITIL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
132 (94.12 %)Java
28 (23.53 %)SQL
34 (11.76 %)PL/SQL
42 (5.882 %)JavaScript
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (8.824 %)Degree
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (35.29 %)Oracle
21 (2.941 %)IBM
21 (2.941 %)BEA