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The table below looks at the demand for Swing (Java) skills within the Northern Ireland 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSwing (Java)
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£329
% change on same period last year+0.53 %
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£40.00£40.00
% change on same period last year-
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Northern Ireland
Matching contract IT job ads3461
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.068 %0.076 %
Daily rates quoted1016
Average minimum daily rate£241£262
Average daily rate£267£271
% change on same period last year-1.41 %
Average maximum daily rate£293£280
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£334
% change on same period last year-5.20 %
Hourly rates quoted52
Average minimum hourly rate£23.75£37.78
Average hourly rate£28.44£38.89
% change on same period last year-26.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.13£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.48£31.45
% change on same period last year-9.45 %
Swing UKSwing
UK

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.

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Demand Trend

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

Northern Ireland Swing Demand Trend

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northern Ireland Swing Hourly Rate Trend

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Top 8 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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.

11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)Sybase
11 (100.00 %)JUnit
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
11 (100.00 %)SOA
11 (100.00 %)Spring
11 (100.00 %)jMock

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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.

Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)Spring
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)JUnit
11 (100.00 %)jMock
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)Java Developer
11 (100.00 %)J2EE Developer
11 (100.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (100.00 %)UNIX
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)SOA
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Java
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)Sybase