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The table below looks at the demand for Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) skills within the Oxford region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ESB over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEnterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
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£461£450
% change on same period last year+2.54 %
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£52.50£42.00
% change on same period last year+25.00 %
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Oxford
Matching contract IT job ads6843
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.096 %0.044 %
Daily rates quoted2711
Average minimum daily rate£334£262
Average daily rate£348£299
% change on same period last year+16.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£362£336
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£338
% change on same period last year+3.38 %
Hourly rates quoted813
Average minimum hourly rate£21.45£11.03
Average hourly rate£21.84£12.14
% change on same period last year+79.84 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.22£13.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.77£24.01
% change on same period last year+3.15 %
ESB OxfordshireESB
Oxfordshire

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.

ESB
Demand Trend

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

Oxford ESB Demand Trend

ESB
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing ESB 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 ESB.

14 (100.00 %)Java
14 (100.00 %)Middleware
14 (100.00 %)BPEL
14 (100.00 %)WebSphere
23 (75.00 %)Degree
23 (75.00 %)Computer Science
23 (75.00 %)WPS
23 (75.00 %)BizTalk Server
23 (75.00 %)WebSphere MQ
23 (75.00 %)Servlets
23 (75.00 %)SOAP
23 (75.00 %)IBM
23 (75.00 %)SQL
23 (75.00 %)XML
31 (25.00 %)UML
31 (25.00 %)MS Excel
31 (25.00 %)SharePoint
31 (25.00 %)JMS
31 (25.00 %)Data Modelling
31 (25.00 %).NET
31 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
31 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (25.00 %)Microsoft
31 (25.00 %)RequisitePro
31 (25.00 %)WebServices
31 (25.00 %)WebSphere Message Broker
31 (25.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007

ESB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region citing ESB 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 ESB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)Middleware
14 (100.00 %)WebSphere
23 (75.00 %)XML
23 (75.00 %)Servlets
23 (75.00 %)SOAP
31 (25.00 %)WebServices
31 (25.00 %).NET
31 (25.00 %)ASP.NET
31 (25.00 %)JMS
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (75.00 %)BizTalk Server
13 (75.00 %)WebSphere MQ
13 (75.00 %)WPS
21 (25.00 %)SharePoint Server 2007
21 (25.00 %)WebSphere Message Broker
21 (25.00 %)SharePoint
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (25.00 %)MS Excel
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (25.00 %)Visual Studio
11 (25.00 %)RequisitePro
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (25.00 %)Analyst
11 (25.00 %)Technical Analyst
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (75.00 %)Computer Science
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (100.00 %)BPEL
21 (25.00 %)UML
21 (25.00 %)Data Modelling
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)Java
23 (75.00 %)SQL
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (75.00 %)Degree
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (75.00 %)IBM
21 (25.00 %)Microsoft