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This section looks at the demand for Swing (Java) 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 Swing over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSwing (Java)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank135133
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads85
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.770 %0.572 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£364£350
Average daily rate£364£350
% change on same period last year+4.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£385£342
% change on same period last year+12.35 %
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£41.33£39.09
% change on same period last year+5.73 %
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
North West
Matching contract IT job ads1039874
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.385 %0.884 %
Daily rates quoted202125
Average minimum daily rate£328£281
Average daily rate£348£308
% change on same period last year+12.82 %
Average maximum daily rate£368£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted9271
Average minimum hourly rate£28.57£24.82
Average hourly rate£31.45£27.83
% change on same period last year+13.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.32£30.84
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
Swing EnglandSwing
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.

Swing
Demand Trend

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

North West Swing Demand Trend

Swing
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Swing Daily Rate Trend

Swing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Swing Hourly Rate Trend

Swing
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Swing 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
CheshireNew entry-5£364-
Swing EnglandSwing
England

Swing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

118 (100.00 %)Java
214 (77.78 %)XML
313 (72.22 %)WebServices
412 (66.67 %)JSP
412 (66.67 %)Hibernate
511 (61.11 %)SOAP
511 (61.11 %)HTML
511 (61.11 %)Oracle
610 (55.56 %)CSS
610 (55.56 %)Spring
79 (50.00 %)C++
88 (44.44 %)J2EE
88 (44.44 %)JAX-RPC
88 (44.44 %)Finance
88 (44.44 %)WSDL
88 (44.44 %)Agile Software Development
97 (38.89 %)Middleware
105 (27.78 %)Eclipse
114 (22.22 %)XPath
114 (22.22 %)JIRA
114 (22.22 %)AJAX
123 (16.67 %)Banking
123 (16.67 %)Retail
123 (16.67 %)Tuxedo
123 (16.67 %)SQL
123 (16.67 %)Ant
123 (16.67 %)EJB
132 (11.11 %)UML
132 (11.11 %)JBoss
132 (11.11 %)JavaScript

Swing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (77.78 %)XML
213 (72.22 %)WebServices
312 (66.67 %)Hibernate
312 (66.67 %)JSP
411 (61.11 %)SOAP
411 (61.11 %)HTML
510 (55.56 %)Spring
510 (55.56 %)CSS
68 (44.44 %)WSDL
68 (44.44 %)J2EE
68 (44.44 %)JAX-RPC
77 (38.89 %)Middleware
84 (22.22 %)AJAX
93 (16.67 %)EJB
102 (11.11 %)Apache Axis
111 (5.556 %)XML Schema
111 (5.556 %)JavaBeans
111 (5.556 %)XSLT
111 (5.556 %)XHTML
111 (5.556 %)J2ME
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (16.67 %)Tuxedo
22 (11.11 %)JBoss
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (27.78 %)Eclipse
24 (22.22 %)JIRA
33 (16.67 %)Ant
41 (5.556 %)JUnit
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (44.44 %)Finance
23 (16.67 %)Banking
23 (16.67 %)Retail
32 (11.11 %)International Banking
41 (5.556 %)Automotive
41 (5.556 %)Manufacturing
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (66.67 %)Developer
210 (55.56 %)Java Developer
37 (38.89 %)Software Engineer
42 (11.11 %)J2EE Developer
42 (11.11 %)Java Software Engineer
42 (11.11 %)Java/J2EE Developer
51 (5.556 %)Java Swing Developer
51 (5.556 %)Software Designer
51 (5.556 %)Software Developer
51 (5.556 %)Web Developer
51 (5.556 %)Solutions Designer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (5.556 %)Linux
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (44.44 %)Agile Software Development
22 (11.11 %)UML
22 (11.11 %)Continuous Integration
31 (5.556 %)SOA
31 (5.556 %)Scrum
31 (5.556 %)Use Case
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (100.00 %)Java
29 (50.00 %)C++
34 (22.22 %)XPath
43 (16.67 %)SQL
52 (11.11 %)JavaScript
52 (11.11 %)PL/SQL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (61.11 %)Oracle
22 (11.11 %)Perforce
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