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This section looks at the demand for JBoss skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JBoss over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJBoss
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank85116
Rank change on same period last yearUp+31
Matching contract IT job ads187
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.007 %
As % of the category below6.792 %1.403 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£313
Average daily rate-£323
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.12 %
Hourly rates quoted50
Average minimum hourly rate£30.60-
Average hourly rate£31.30-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£32.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.50£37.56
% change on same period last year-16.13 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads265499
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.353 %0.498 %
Daily rates quoted5159
Average minimum daily rate£330£287
Average daily rate£351£311
% change on same period last year+12.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£371£334
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£344
% change on same period last year+2.73 %
Hourly rates quoted1940
Average minimum hourly rate£27.55£19.44
Average hourly rate£28.38£21.09
% change on same period last year+34.54 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.20£22.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.40£24.75
% change on same period last year+2.59 %
JBoss UKJBoss
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 JBoss across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Scotland JBoss Demand Trend

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Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland JBoss Daily Rate 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 JBoss across the Scotland region.

Scotland JBoss Hourly Rate Trend

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JBoss across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Scotland JBoss Hourly Rate Histogram

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JBoss within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
EdinburghNew entry-10--
DundeeNew entry-6--
GlasgowUp+51--
JBoss UKJBoss
UK

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing JBoss 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 JBoss.

114 (56.00 %)Java
212 (48.00 %)J2EE
212 (48.00 %)Tomcat
311 (44.00 %)Oracle
311 (44.00 %)AJAX
311 (44.00 %)WebSphere
410 (40.00 %)Spring
410 (40.00 %)Finance
410 (40.00 %)JMS
59 (36.00 %)HTTP
59 (36.00 %)SSL
59 (36.00 %)Apache
59 (36.00 %)SOAP
59 (36.00 %)Firewall
59 (36.00 %)Load Balancing
68 (32.00 %)Oracle HTTP Server
68 (32.00 %)Clustering
68 (32.00 %)Windows
77 (28.00 %)Linux
77 (28.00 %)Hibernate
77 (28.00 %)OO
77 (28.00 %)Computer Science
77 (28.00 %)Degree
86 (24.00 %)OOA/OOD
86 (24.00 %)WebLogic
95 (20.00 %)EJB
95 (20.00 %)OLAP
95 (20.00 %)Data Mining
95 (20.00 %)WebLogic Portal
104 (16.00 %)JSP

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing JBoss 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 JBoss. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (48.00 %)J2EE
211 (44.00 %)AJAX
211 (44.00 %)WebSphere
310 (40.00 %)Spring
310 (40.00 %)JMS
49 (36.00 %)SOAP
57 (28.00 %)Hibernate
65 (20.00 %)EJB
74 (16.00 %)HTML
74 (16.00 %)JSP
83 (12.00 %)OC4J
92 (8.000 %)Adobe Flex
92 (8.000 %)GWT
92 (8.000 %)Struts
92 (8.000 %)XML
101 (4.000 %)XSLT
101 (4.000 %)ActiveX
101 (4.000 %)Swing
101 (4.000 %)OLE
101 (4.000 %)OLE DB
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (48.00 %)Tomcat
29 (36.00 %)Apache
38 (32.00 %)Oracle HTTP Server
46 (24.00 %)WebLogic
55 (20.00 %)WebLogic Portal
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (36.00 %)HTTP
19 (36.00 %)SSL
19 (36.00 %)Firewall
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (20.00 %)OLAP
15 (20.00 %)Data Mining
22 (8.000 %)SQL Server
31 (4.000 %)MySQL
31 (4.000 %)Oracle OLAP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (8.000 %)JUnit
12 (8.000 %)Eclipse
21 (4.000 %)Ant
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (40.00 %)Finance
22 (8.000 %)Education
22 (8.000 %)Telecoms
31 (4.000 %)Banking
31 (4.000 %)Marketing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (36.00 %)Developer
28 (32.00 %)Administrator
28 (32.00 %)Java Developer
35 (20.00 %)Software Engineer
43 (12.00 %)Web Developer
52 (8.000 %)Technical Specialist
52 (8.000 %)Java Web Developer
61 (4.000 %)Software Programmer
61 (4.000 %)Programmer
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (32.00 %)Clustering
27 (28.00 %)Computer Science
31 (4.000 %)Equities
31 (4.000 %)Derivative
31 (4.000 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
31 (4.000 %)Device Driver
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (32.00 %)Windows
27 (28.00 %)Linux
31 (4.000 %)Windows NT
31 (4.000 %)OS/2
31 (4.000 %)Red Hat Linux
31 (4.000 %)UNIX
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
19 (36.00 %)Load Balancing
27 (28.00 %)OO
36 (24.00 %)OOA/OOD
44 (16.00 %)Requirements Analysis
53 (12.00 %)Workflow
62 (8.000 %)Migration
62 (8.000 %)Agile Software Development
62 (8.000 %)Document Management
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (56.00 %)Java
23 (12.00 %)JavaScript
32 (8.000 %)SQL
41 (4.000 %)Python
41 (4.000 %)Assembly Language
41 (4.000 %)PHP
41 (4.000 %)C++
41 (4.000 %)DHTML
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (28.00 %)Degree
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (44.00 %)Oracle
22 (8.000 %)Adobe
22 (8.000 %)Google
31 (4.000 %)Red Hat
31 (4.000 %)Sybase