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This section looks at the demand for Java Servlet 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 job ads that have cited Servlets over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava Servlet
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank125121
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads1912
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.013 %
As % of the category below1.625 %1.442 %
Daily rates quoted70
Average minimum daily rate£314-
Average daily rate£339-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£364-
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£331
% change on same period last year+7.67 %
Hourly rates quoted21
Average minimum hourly rate£42.00£32.00
Average hourly rate£45.00£32.00
% change on same period last year+40.62 %
Average maximum hourly rate£48.00£32.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£44.87£35.33
% change on same period last year+27.00 %
Application Development North WestApplication Development
North West
Matching contract IT job ads1169832
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.542 %0.883 %
Daily rates quoted235103
Average minimum daily rate£340£276
Average daily rate£362£300
% change on same period last year+20.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£323
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£336
% change on same period last year+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted11183
Average minimum hourly rate£28.33£25.48
Average hourly rate£30.96£28.29
% change on same period last year+9.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.59£31.10
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.44£33.08
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
Servlets EnglandServlets
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.

Servlets
Demand Trend

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

North West Servlets Demand Trend

Servlets
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Servlets Daily Rate Trend

Servlets
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Servlets across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

North West Servlets Daily Rate Histogram

Servlets
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Servlets Hourly Rate Trend

Servlets
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Servlets across the North West region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

North West Servlets Hourly Rate Histogram

Servlets
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Servlets within the North West region over the 3 months to 4 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
CheshireNew entry-8£325-
MerseysideDown-64--
LancashireNew entry-3£400-
ManchesterDown-203£338-
Servlets EnglandServlets
England

Servlets
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Servlets 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 Servlets.

136 (94.74 %)Java
233 (86.84 %)J2EE
330 (78.95 %)JSP
425 (65.79 %)Oracle
519 (50.00 %)HTML
616 (42.11 %)CSS
616 (42.11 %)UML
616 (42.11 %)Oracle 10g
715 (39.47 %)XML
715 (39.47 %)Hibernate
814 (36.84 %)Struts
913 (34.21 %)SQL
1012 (31.58 %)Spring
1111 (28.95 %)OO
1210 (26.32 %)JavaScript
1210 (26.32 %)Ant
1210 (26.32 %)JDBC
139 (23.68 %)WebServices
139 (23.68 %)WebSphere
148 (21.05 %)Unix
148 (21.05 %)Eclipse
157 (18.42 %)EJB
157 (18.42 %)JUnit
157 (18.42 %)Finance
166 (15.79 %)AJAX
166 (15.79 %)Tomcat
166 (15.79 %)RDBMS
166 (15.79 %)Microsoft
166 (15.79 %)Internet
175 (13.16 %)JMS

Servlets
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West region citing Servlets 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 Servlets. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
133 (86.84 %)J2EE
230 (78.95 %)JSP
319 (50.00 %)HTML
416 (42.11 %)CSS
515 (39.47 %)XML
515 (39.47 %)Hibernate
614 (36.84 %)Struts
712 (31.58 %)Spring
810 (26.32 %)JDBC
99 (23.68 %)WebServices
99 (23.68 %)WebSphere
107 (18.42 %)EJB
116 (15.79 %)AJAX
125 (13.16 %)JMS
133 (7.895 %)XML Schema
133 (7.895 %)iBATIS
133 (7.895 %).NET
133 (7.895 %)ASP
133 (7.895 %)XSL
142 (5.263 %)Java EE
Application Platforms
16 (15.79 %)Tomcat
25 (13.16 %)WebLogic
34 (10.53 %)Apache
34 (10.53 %)MS Exchange
43 (7.895 %)WebSphere Application Server
52 (5.263 %)JBoss
61 (2.632 %)Oracle Application Server
61 (2.632 %)Oracle 10gAS
Applications
14 (10.53 %)MS Office
Communications & Networking
16 (15.79 %)Internet
21 (2.632 %)SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
116 (42.11 %)Oracle 10g
26 (15.79 %)RDBMS
34 (10.53 %)Oracle 9i
42 (5.263 %)SQL Server
42 (5.263 %)FileMaker
42 (5.263 %)SQL Server 2005
51 (2.632 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (2.632 %)MySQL
Development Applications
110 (26.32 %)Ant
28 (21.05 %)Eclipse
37 (18.42 %)JUnit
43 (7.895 %)Oracle Forms
52 (5.263 %)Oracle APEX
61 (2.632 %)JDeveloper
61 (2.632 %)WebLogic Workshop
61 (2.632 %)Subversion
61 (2.632 %)HttpUnit
General
17 (18.42 %)Finance
24 (10.53 %)Banking
33 (7.895 %)Online Banking
42 (5.263 %)Retail
42 (5.263 %)Government
42 (5.263 %)Advertising
51 (2.632 %)Publishing
51 (2.632 %)Retail Banking
Job Titles
134 (89.47 %)Developer
230 (78.95 %)Java Developer
312 (31.58 %)Java/J2EE Developer
312 (31.58 %)J2EE Developer
42 (5.263 %)Java Consultant
42 (5.263 %)Consultant
42 (5.263 %)Applications Developer
42 (5.263 %)Senior Developer
42 (5.263 %)Java Applications Developer
51 (2.632 %)Senior Java Applications Developer
51 (2.632 %)Oracle DBA
51 (2.632 %)Programmer
51 (2.632 %)DBA
51 (2.632 %)Java Programmer
51 (2.632 %)Senior Java Developer
51 (2.632 %)Senior Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
13 (7.895 %)RIA
Operating Systems
18 (21.05 %)Unix
21 (2.632 %)Windows
21 (2.632 %)AIX
21 (2.632 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
116 (42.11 %)UML
211 (28.95 %)OO
34 (10.53 %)E-Commerce
34 (10.53 %)OOD
34 (10.53 %)SOA
43 (7.895 %)BC Cleared
43 (7.895 %)Security Cleared
52 (5.263 %)RUP
52 (5.263 %)OOA/OOD
52 (5.263 %)Project Management
52 (5.263 %)Validation
52 (5.263 %)Agile Software Development
52 (5.263 %)TDD
61 (2.632 %)Web Development
61 (2.632 %)Release Management
61 (2.632 %)System Testing
61 (2.632 %)SC Cleared
61 (2.632 %)Migration
61 (2.632 %)Scrum
61 (2.632 %)RAD
Programming Languages
136 (94.74 %)Java
213 (34.21 %)SQL
310 (26.32 %)JavaScript
44 (10.53 %)PL/SQL
53 (7.895 %)VB
53 (7.895 %)C#
53 (7.895 %)COBOL
53 (7.895 %)VB6
62 (5.263 %)DHTML
71 (2.632 %)Shell Script
71 (2.632 %)RPG
Qualifications
14 (10.53 %)Degree
23 (7.895 %)Sun Certification
31 (2.632 %)HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
14 (10.53 %)QA
21 (2.632 %)WCAG
21 (2.632 %)WAI
Vendors
125 (65.79 %)Oracle
26 (15.79 %)Microsoft
33 (7.895 %)Sun
42 (5.263 %)IBM
51 (2.632 %)Interwoven
51 (2.632 %)Chordiant
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