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The table below looks at the demand for Swing (Java) skills within the Nottinghamshire 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSwing (Java)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank25-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads120
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.000 %
As % of the category below12.37 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£325-
Average daily rate£350-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£375-
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£353
% change on same period last year-6.19 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£40.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.63£32.38
% change on same period last year+22.39 %
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Nottinghamshire
Matching contract IT job ads9780
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.137 %0.081 %
Daily rates quoted1513
Average minimum daily rate£300£333
Average daily rate£332£339
% change on same period last year-2.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£364£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted65
Average minimum hourly rate£27.75£24.60
Average hourly rate£29.93£26.30
% change on same period last year+13.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.10£28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.93£31.98
% change on same period last year-3.29 %
Swing East MidlandsSwing
East Midlands

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 Nottinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Nottinghamshire 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 Nottinghamshire region.

Nottinghamshire Swing Daily Rate Trend

Swing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Swing across the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Nottinghamshire Swing Daily Rate Histogram

Swing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Nottinghamshire Swing Hourly Rate Trend

Swing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Swing within the Nottinghamshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
NottinghamNew entry-12£350-
Swing East MidlandsSwing
East Midlands

Swing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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.

129 (100.00 %)Java
223 (79.31 %)J2SE
223 (79.31 %)JDBC
322 (75.86 %)UML
420 (68.97 %)Oracle
518 (62.07 %)Multithreading
615 (51.72 %)SQL Server
615 (51.72 %)Oracle 10g
714 (48.28 %)Java RMI
714 (48.28 %)Ant
812 (41.38 %)Agile Software Development
911 (37.93 %)Subversion
1010 (34.48 %)Microsoft
1010 (34.48 %)GIS
116 (20.69 %)Windows
125 (17.24 %)Mathematics
134 (13.79 %)3D Graphics
134 (13.79 %)QA
143 (10.34 %)Oracle OLAP
143 (10.34 %)MS Excel
143 (10.34 %)OLAP
143 (10.34 %).NET
143 (10.34 %)XML
143 (10.34 %)OO
152 (6.897 %)JBoss
152 (6.897 %)J2EE
152 (6.897 %)Hibernate
161 (3.448 %)AS400
161 (3.448 %)Finance
161 (3.448 %)Migration

Swing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Nottinghamshire 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.

Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
123 (79.31 %)JDBC
123 (79.31 %)J2SE
214 (48.28 %)Java RMI
33 (10.34 %)XML
33 (10.34 %).NET
42 (6.897 %)J2EE
42 (6.897 %)Hibernate
51 (3.448 %)Spring
51 (3.448 %)JPA
51 (3.448 %)EJB
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (6.897 %)JBoss
21 (3.448 %)Apache
21 (3.448 %)Tomcat
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (10.34 %)MS Excel
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (51.72 %)SQL Server
115 (51.72 %)Oracle 10g
210 (34.48 %)GIS
33 (10.34 %)Oracle OLAP
33 (10.34 %)OLAP
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (48.28 %)Ant
211 (37.93 %)Subversion
31 (3.448 %)JUnit
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (13.79 %)3D Graphics
21 (3.448 %)Finance
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
128 (96.55 %)Developer
223 (79.31 %)Java Developer
36 (20.69 %)Java Swing Developer
45 (17.24 %)Software Developer
45 (17.24 %)Java Software Developer
51 (3.448 %)Java/J2EE Developer
51 (3.448 %)J2EE Developer
51 (3.448 %)Java Programmer
51 (3.448 %)Programmer
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
118 (62.07 %)Multithreading
25 (17.24 %)Mathematics
31 (3.448 %)Client/Server
31 (3.448 %)AS400
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (20.69 %)Windows
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
122 (75.86 %)UML
212 (41.38 %)Agile Software Development
33 (10.34 %)OO
41 (3.448 %)Migration
41 (3.448 %)OOA/OOD
41 (3.448 %)Requirements Analysis
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
129 (100.00 %)Java
21 (3.448 %)RPG
21 (3.448 %)SQL
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (13.79 %)QA
Nottinghamshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
120 (68.97 %)Oracle
210 (34.48 %)Microsoft
31 (3.448 %)IBM