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

LinkJBoss
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank129126
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads1412
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.019 %0.012 %
As % of the category below2.361 %2.048 %
Daily rates quoted41
Average minimum daily rate£300£350
Average daily rate£354£350
% change on same period last year+1.07 %
Average maximum daily rate£408£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£358
% change on same period last year+4.67 %
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£32.50£41.25
% change on same period last year-21.21 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
North West
Matching contract IT job ads593586
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.790 %0.593 %
Daily rates quoted125112
Average minimum daily rate£332£288
Average daily rate£351£303
% change on same period last year+16.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£370£317
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£349
% change on same period last year+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted7176
Average minimum hourly rate£23.12£21.92
Average hourly rate£25.45£23.92
% change on same period last year+6.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.79£25.91
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.28£23.70
% change on same period last year+2.44 %
JBoss EnglandJBoss
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.

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Demand Trend

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

North West JBoss Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

North West JBoss Daily Rate Trend

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

North West JBoss Daily Rate Histogram

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West JBoss Hourly Rate Trend

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Contract Locations

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

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
MerseysideUp+86£315-
CheshireDown-101£325-
ManchesterDown-181£375+7.14 %
JBoss EnglandJBoss
England

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

124 (100.00 %)Java
220 (83.33 %)J2EE
318 (75.00 %)Oracle
411 (45.83 %)EJB
510 (41.67 %)SQL
69 (37.50 %)Eclipse
78 (33.33 %)Hibernate
78 (33.33 %)WebSphere
78 (33.33 %)WebServices
87 (29.17 %)Tomcat
87 (29.17 %)PL/SQL
96 (25.00 %)JSP
96 (25.00 %)Retail
96 (25.00 %)IBM
105 (20.83 %)Ant
105 (20.83 %)XML
105 (20.83 %)Unit Testing
114 (16.67 %)ITIL
114 (16.67 %)JUnit
114 (16.67 %)WebSphere MQ
114 (16.67 %)Middleware
114 (16.67 %)Spring
123 (12.50 %)Oracle HTTP Server
123 (12.50 %)HTTP
123 (12.50 %)HTML
123 (12.50 %)SOAP
123 (12.50 %)Struts
123 (12.50 %)UNIX
123 (12.50 %)E-Commerce
123 (12.50 %)JMS

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
120 (83.33 %)J2EE
211 (45.83 %)EJB
38 (33.33 %)WebServices
38 (33.33 %)Hibernate
38 (33.33 %)WebSphere
46 (25.00 %)JSP
55 (20.83 %)XML
64 (16.67 %)Middleware
64 (16.67 %)Spring
73 (12.50 %)JMS
73 (12.50 %)SOAP
73 (12.50 %)Struts
73 (12.50 %)HTML
82 (8.333 %)Swing
82 (8.333 %)XSL
82 (8.333 %)XSLT
82 (8.333 %)Servlets
82 (8.333 %)Apache Axis
82 (8.333 %)XML Schema
91 (4.167 %)Spring MVC
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (29.17 %)Tomcat
24 (16.67 %)WebSphere MQ
33 (12.50 %)Oracle HTTP Server
41 (4.167 %)WebLogic
41 (4.167 %)JRun
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.167 %)MS Office
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (12.50 %)HTTP
21 (4.167 %)TCP/IP
21 (4.167 %)GSM
21 (4.167 %)SMS
21 (4.167 %)UMTS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (4.167 %)RDBMS
11 (4.167 %)Oracle 10g
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (37.50 %)Eclipse
25 (20.83 %)Ant
34 (16.67 %)JUnit
41 (4.167 %)JMeter
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (25.00 %)Retail
21 (4.167 %)Billing
21 (4.167 %)Online Games
21 (4.167 %)Telecoms
21 (4.167 %)Games
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
121 (87.50 %)Developer
218 (75.00 %)Java Developer
39 (37.50 %)J2EE Developer
39 (37.50 %)Java/J2EE Developer
42 (8.333 %)Software Developer
42 (8.333 %)Senior Developer
42 (8.333 %)Senior J2EE Developer
42 (8.333 %)Senior Java Developer
51 (4.167 %)Java Software Developer
51 (4.167 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
51 (4.167 %)Consultant
51 (4.167 %)Test Consultant
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (12.50 %)UNIX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (20.83 %)Unit Testing
24 (16.67 %)ITIL
33 (12.50 %)E-Commerce
33 (12.50 %)Continuous Integration
42 (8.333 %)System Testing
42 (8.333 %)UML
42 (8.333 %)Agile Software Development
51 (4.167 %)Software Testing
51 (4.167 %)Integration Testing
51 (4.167 %)B2B
51 (4.167 %)Configuration Management
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
124 (100.00 %)Java
210 (41.67 %)SQL
37 (29.17 %)PL/SQL
42 (8.333 %)DHTML
42 (8.333 %)JavaScript
51 (4.167 %)Perl
51 (4.167 %)Ruby
51 (4.167 %)Korn
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (8.333 %)Degree
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (4.167 %)QA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (75.00 %)Oracle
26 (25.00 %)IBM
31 (4.167 %)Perforce
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