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

LinkJavaServer Faces (JSF)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank122131
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads713
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.009 %0.013 %
As % of the category below0.756 %1.390 %
Daily rates quoted15
Average minimum daily rate£400£355
Average daily rate£450£383
% change on same period last year+17.64 %
Average maximum daily rate£500£410
UK excluding London average daily rate£362£320
% change on same period last year+13.03 %
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£35.00£39.38
% change on same period last year-11.12 %
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 %
JSF EnglandJSF
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.

JSF
Demand Trend

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

North West JSF Demand Trend

JSF
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West JSF Daily Rate Trend

JSF
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West JSF Hourly Rate Trend

JSF
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JSF 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
MerseysideUp+63£450+15.20 %
ManchesterDown-63--
JSF EnglandJSF
England

JSF
Top 26 Related IT Skills

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

128 (100.00 %)Java
223 (82.14 %)JSP
322 (78.57 %)Chordiant
413 (46.43 %)OO
512 (42.86 %)Retail
69 (32.14 %)JavaScript
72 (7.143 %)J2EE
72 (7.143 %)Struts
72 (7.143 %)RDBMS
72 (7.143 %)Spring
72 (7.143 %)WebSphere
81 (3.571 %)MyFaces
81 (3.571 %)HTML
81 (3.571 %)CA Clarity
81 (3.571 %)Use Case
81 (3.571 %)EJB 3.0
81 (3.571 %)AJAX
81 (3.571 %)JBoss
81 (3.571 %)Client/Server
81 (3.571 %)SOA
81 (3.571 %)UML
81 (3.571 %)Servlets
81 (3.571 %)VSS/SourceSafe
81 (3.571 %)EJB
81 (3.571 %)CSS
81 (3.571 %)JDBC

JSF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
123 (82.14 %)JSP
22 (7.143 %)Struts
22 (7.143 %)Spring
22 (7.143 %)J2EE
22 (7.143 %)WebSphere
31 (3.571 %)MyFaces
31 (3.571 %)EJB 3.0
31 (3.571 %)HTML
31 (3.571 %)EJB
31 (3.571 %)CSS
31 (3.571 %)JDBC
31 (3.571 %)AJAX
31 (3.571 %)Servlets
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (3.571 %)JBoss
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.571 %)CA Clarity
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (7.143 %)RDBMS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (3.571 %)VSS/SourceSafe
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
112 (42.86 %)Retail
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
125 (89.29 %)Developer
217 (60.71 %)Java Developer
32 (7.143 %)J2EE Developer
32 (7.143 %)Java/J2EE Developer
41 (3.571 %)Senior Java Developer
41 (3.571 %)Senior Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.571 %)Client/Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (46.43 %)OO
21 (3.571 %)SOA
21 (3.571 %)Use Case
21 (3.571 %)UML
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
128 (100.00 %)Java
29 (32.14 %)JavaScript
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
122 (78.57 %)Chordiant