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

LinkJUnit
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank127128
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads1610
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.010 %
As % of the category below4.984 %2.558 %
Daily rates quoted91
Average minimum daily rate£294£400
Average daily rate£311£400
% change on same period last year-22.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£328£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£314
% change on same period last year+23.50 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£15.00-
Average hourly rate£18.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£22.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.41£39.79
% change on same period last year-11.00 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
North West
Matching contract IT job ads321391
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.428 %0.396 %
Daily rates quoted6880
Average minimum daily rate£311£278
Average daily rate£331£292
% change on same period last year+13.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£351£305
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£331
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted4040
Average minimum hourly rate£23.74£27.65
Average hourly rate£26.09£29.90
% change on same period last year-12.74 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.44£32.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.89£34.13
% change on same period last year-3.63 %
JUnit EnglandJUnit
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.

JUnit
Demand Trend

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

North West JUnit Demand Trend

JUnit
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West JUnit Daily Rate Trend

JUnit
Daily Rate Histogram

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

North West JUnit Daily Rate Histogram

JUnit
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West JUnit Hourly Rate Trend

JUnit
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JUnit 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
CheshireDown-29£282-29.46 %
MerseysideUp+64£450-
ManchesterDown-132£375-
JUnit EnglandJUnit
England

JUnit
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

127 (71.05 %)Java
222 (57.89 %)Oracle
318 (47.37 %)J2EE
318 (47.37 %)Struts
417 (44.74 %)UML
417 (44.74 %)Ant
417 (44.74 %)JSP
515 (39.47 %)JavaScript
612 (31.58 %)Sun
711 (28.95 %)SQL
711 (28.95 %)HTML
711 (28.95 %)WebLogic
711 (28.95 %)Spring
711 (28.95 %)WebSphere
810 (26.32 %)AJAX
99 (23.68 %)Release Management
99 (23.68 %)Content Management
99 (23.68 %)Vignette
99 (23.68 %)Oracle 10g
99 (23.68 %)LDAP
99 (23.68 %)BEA
99 (23.68 %)WebLogic Portal
108 (21.05 %)EJB
108 (21.05 %)XML
117 (18.42 %)CMS
117 (18.42 %)Hibernate
117 (18.42 %)Servlets
126 (15.79 %)WebServices
126 (15.79 %)Eclipse
126 (15.79 %)Performance Testing

JUnit
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (47.37 %)J2EE
118 (47.37 %)Struts
217 (44.74 %)JSP
311 (28.95 %)HTML
311 (28.95 %)Spring
311 (28.95 %)WebSphere
410 (26.32 %)AJAX
58 (21.05 %)EJB
58 (21.05 %)XML
67 (18.42 %)Servlets
67 (18.42 %)Hibernate
76 (15.79 %)WebServices
85 (13.16 %)CSS
93 (7.895 %)iBATIS
102 (5.263 %)XSL
102 (5.263 %)JMS
102 (5.263 %)XML Schema
111 (2.632 %)JMX
111 (2.632 %)Java RMI
111 (2.632 %)XSLT
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (28.95 %)WebLogic
29 (23.68 %)WebLogic Portal
37 (18.42 %)CMS
44 (10.53 %)JBoss
44 (10.53 %)Tomcat
51 (2.632 %)JRun
51 (2.632 %)Oracle Application Server
51 (2.632 %)Oracle 10gAS
51 (2.632 %)Jetty
North West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (2.632 %)MS Office
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (23.68 %)LDAP
22 (5.263 %)Intranet
22 (5.263 %)Extranet
31 (2.632 %)GSM
31 (2.632 %)UMTS
31 (2.632 %)TCP/IP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
19 (23.68 %)Oracle 10g
24 (10.53 %)RDBMS
32 (5.263 %)Oracle 9i
41 (2.632 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (2.632 %)BusinessObjects
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (44.74 %)Ant
26 (15.79 %)Eclipse
35 (13.16 %)LoadRunner
41 (2.632 %)WebLogic Workshop
41 (2.632 %)JMeter
41 (2.632 %)HttpUnit
41 (2.632 %)JDeveloper
41 (2.632 %)ClearCase
41 (2.632 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (7.895 %)Criminal Justice
13 (7.895 %)Pharmaceutical
22 (5.263 %)Government
31 (2.632 %)Banking
31 (2.632 %)Retail
31 (2.632 %)Billing
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
124 (63.16 %)Developer
220 (52.63 %)Java Developer
38 (21.05 %)Support Engineer
47 (18.42 %)J2EE Developer
56 (15.79 %)Java/J2EE Developer
63 (7.895 %)Java Programmer
63 (7.895 %)Programmer
72 (5.263 %)Consultant
72 (5.263 %)Applications Developer
72 (5.263 %)Java Applications Developer
81 (2.632 %)Software Designer
81 (2.632 %)Senior Java Applications Developer
81 (2.632 %)Systems Tester
81 (2.632 %)HTML Developer
81 (2.632 %)Senior Java Developer
81 (2.632 %)Junior J2EE Developer
81 (2.632 %)Infrastructure Support Engineer
81 (2.632 %)Senior Applications Developer
81 (2.632 %)Functional Tester
81 (2.632 %)Web Support Engineer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (5.263 %)Solaris
21 (2.632 %)UNIX
21 (2.632 %)Windows
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (44.74 %)UML
29 (23.68 %)Content Management
29 (23.68 %)Release Management
36 (15.79 %)Performance Testing
44 (10.53 %)Automated Testing
53 (7.895 %)OO
53 (7.895 %)OOD
53 (7.895 %)BC Cleared
53 (7.895 %)Security Cleared
62 (5.263 %)Problem Management
62 (5.263 %)Test Scripting
62 (5.263 %)PRINCE2
71 (2.632 %)ITIL
71 (2.632 %)User Acceptance Testing
71 (2.632 %)System Testing
71 (2.632 %)SC Cleared
71 (2.632 %)Unit Testing
71 (2.632 %)Configuration Management
71 (2.632 %)Risk Management
71 (2.632 %)Agile Software Development
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
127 (71.05 %)Java
215 (39.47 %)JavaScript
311 (28.95 %)SQL
42 (5.263 %)DHTML
51 (2.632 %)Korn
51 (2.632 %)Perl
51 (2.632 %)PL/SQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (7.895 %)Sun Certification
21 (2.632 %)Degree
21 (2.632 %)HND
21 (2.632 %)ISEB
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (5.263 %)QA
21 (2.632 %)GAMP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
122 (57.89 %)Oracle
212 (31.58 %)Sun
39 (23.68 %)BEA
39 (23.68 %)Vignette
42 (5.263 %)IBM
51 (2.632 %)Perforce
51 (2.632 %)Chordiant
51 (2.632 %)Business Objects
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