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This section looks at the demand for Apache Tomcat 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 Tomcat over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache Tomcat
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank135122
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching contract IT job ads816
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.016 %
As % of the category below1.349 %2.730 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£317£325
Average daily rate£358£388
% change on same period last year-7.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£450
UK excluding London average daily rate£385£351
% change on same period last year+9.86 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£20.00-
Average hourly rate£25.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50£38.98
% change on same period last year-16.61 %
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 %
Tomcat EnglandTomcat
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.

Tomcat
Demand Trend

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

North West Tomcat Demand Trend

Tomcat
Daily Rate Trend

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

North West Tomcat Daily Rate Trend

Tomcat
Daily Rate Histogram

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

North West Tomcat Daily Rate Histogram

Tomcat
Hourly Rate Trend

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

North West Tomcat Hourly Rate Trend

Tomcat
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tomcat 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-95£225-
ManchesterNew entry-2--
MerseysideDown-12£450+16.12 %
Tomcat EnglandTomcat
England

Tomcat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

128 (73.68 %)Java
219 (50.00 %)Apache
219 (50.00 %)J2EE
311 (28.95 %)Perl
410 (26.32 %)WebLogic
410 (26.32 %)UNIX
410 (26.32 %)Hibernate
410 (26.32 %)WebSphere
59 (23.68 %)JSP
59 (23.68 %)Oracle
68 (21.05 %)WebSphere Application Server
68 (21.05 %)C
68 (21.05 %)C++
68 (21.05 %)FTP
68 (21.05 %)Struts
68 (21.05 %)Java EE
68 (21.05 %)Spring
77 (18.42 %)Bioinformatics
77 (18.42 %)yacc
77 (18.42 %)Eclipse
77 (18.42 %)JBoss
77 (18.42 %)HTML
77 (18.42 %)XML
86 (15.79 %)JavaScript
86 (15.79 %)SQL
86 (15.79 %)Pharmaceutical
95 (13.16 %)Log4j
95 (13.16 %)Validation
95 (13.16 %)Linux
104 (10.53 %)JMS

Tomcat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (50.00 %)J2EE
210 (26.32 %)Hibernate
210 (26.32 %)WebSphere
39 (23.68 %)JSP
48 (21.05 %)Struts
48 (21.05 %)Java EE
48 (21.05 %)Spring
57 (18.42 %)HTML
57 (18.42 %)XML
64 (10.53 %)JMS
64 (10.53 %)Servlets
73 (7.895 %)WebServices
73 (7.895 %)EJB
82 (5.263 %)CSS
82 (5.263 %)JDBC
82 (5.263 %)SOAP
82 (5.263 %)XML Schema
82 (5.263 %)MVC
82 (5.263 %)XSL
82 (5.263 %)AJAX
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
119 (50.00 %)Apache
210 (26.32 %)WebLogic
38 (21.05 %)WebSphere Application Server
47 (18.42 %)JBoss
53 (7.895 %)Jetty
61 (2.632 %)IIS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
18 (21.05 %)FTP
22 (5.263 %)Internet
22 (5.263 %)SMS
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (7.895 %)MySQL
13 (7.895 %)Oracle 10g
22 (5.263 %)Oracle 9i
22 (5.263 %)RDBMS
31 (2.632 %)SQL Server
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (18.42 %)Eclipse
17 (18.42 %)yacc
25 (13.16 %)Log4j
34 (10.53 %)JUnit
42 (5.263 %)Ant
42 (5.263 %)Subversion
42 (5.263 %)JIRA
North West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (15.79 %)Pharmaceutical
24 (10.53 %)Finance
32 (5.263 %)Banking
32 (5.263 %)Insurance
41 (2.632 %)Education
41 (2.632 %)Telecoms
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
123 (60.53 %)Developer
217 (44.74 %)Java Developer
312 (31.58 %)J2EE Developer
49 (23.68 %)Java/J2EE Developer
56 (15.79 %)Technical Specialist
63 (7.895 %)Team Leader
72 (5.263 %)Software Developer
72 (5.263 %)Development Team Leader
72 (5.263 %)Analyst
72 (5.263 %)Lead Developer
72 (5.263 %)Administrator
72 (5.263 %)Senior Developer
72 (5.263 %)UNIX Specialist
81 (2.632 %)Java Programmer
81 (2.632 %)UNIX Engineer
81 (2.632 %)HTML Developer
81 (2.632 %)Senior J2EE Developer
81 (2.632 %)Senior Java Developer
81 (2.632 %)Linux Administrator
81 (2.632 %)J2EE Analyst Programmer
North West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (2.632 %)HACMP
11 (2.632 %)Replication
11 (2.632 %)Clustering
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (26.32 %)UNIX
25 (13.16 %)Linux
32 (5.263 %)Windows
41 (2.632 %)AIX
41 (2.632 %)Solaris
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (18.42 %)Bioinformatics
25 (13.16 %)Validation
34 (10.53 %)Unit Testing
43 (7.895 %)Technical Architecture
43 (7.895 %)UML
52 (5.263 %)OOA/OOD
52 (5.263 %)RUP
52 (5.263 %)E-Commerce
52 (5.263 %)Migration
52 (5.263 %)TDD
52 (5.263 %)Web Development
61 (2.632 %)User Acceptance Testing
61 (2.632 %)Integration Testing
61 (2.632 %)Security Cleared
61 (2.632 %)PRINCE2
61 (2.632 %)Content Management
61 (2.632 %)Agile Software Development
61 (2.632 %)B2B
61 (2.632 %)Risk Management
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
128 (73.68 %)Java
211 (28.95 %)Perl
38 (21.05 %)C
38 (21.05 %)C++
46 (15.79 %)JavaScript
46 (15.79 %)SQL
52 (5.263 %)DHTML
61 (2.632 %)VB
61 (2.632 %)Python
61 (2.632 %)Shell Script
61 (2.632 %)PHP
North West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (5.263 %)Degree
21 (2.632 %)Sun Certification
North West IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (2.632 %)Tivoli
11 (2.632 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
11 (2.632 %)BMC PATROL
North West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (23.68 %)Oracle
23 (7.895 %)IBM
32 (5.263 %)Atlassian
41 (2.632 %)Microsoft
41 (2.632 %)Sun
41 (2.632 %)HP
41 (2.632 %)BMC
41 (2.632 %)StorageTek
41 (2.632 %)Quark
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