The first table below looks at the demand for JSF skills in IT contracts advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JSF over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Scotland region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
JavaServer Faces (JSF)
Rank 94 105 110
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +5
Contract jobs citing JSF 24 5 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.984% 0.188% 0.036%
As % of the Application Development category 3.000% 1.214% 0.180%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 4 0
Average daily rate £350 £272 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.91% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £356 £350 £355
% change year-on-year
+1.78% -1.47%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £40.00 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+6.25% -5.88%
All Application Development
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
800 412 556
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 32.80% 15.49% 20.12%
Number of daily rates quoted 382 177 288
Average daily rate £350 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £210 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £400 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 15 4
Average hourly rate £43.25 £31.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+39.51% +77.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £28.50 £27.50 £14.40
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £32.50 £21.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
JSF
UK

JSF
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing JSF across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Scotland JSF Jobs Demand Trend

JSF
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland JSF Daily Rate Trend

JSF
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JSF across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland JSF Daily Rate Histogram

JSF
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing JSF across the Scotland region.

Scotland JSF Hourly Rate Trend

JSF
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JSF across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Scotland JSF Hourly Rate Histogram

JSF
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JSF within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Edinburgh +14 10 £400 +23.07%
Glasgow -9 8 £318 +17.86%
Fife - 2 - -
Midlothian - 2 - -
JSF
UK

JSF
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing JSF 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 JSF.

1 57 (89.06%) Java
2 40 (62.50%) Hibernate
3 36 (56.25%) J2EE
3 36 (56.25%) JSP
4 35 (54.69%) HTML
5 31 (48.44%) Oracle
5 31 (48.44%) Spring
6 30 (46.88%) Servlets
7 28 (43.75%) JavaScript
8 27 (42.19%) XML
9 22 (34.38%) Maven
10 20 (31.25%) Agile Software Development
10 20 (31.25%) EJB
10 20 (31.25%) Eclipse
11 19 (29.69%) CSS
12 18 (28.13%) Web Services
13 17 (26.56%) Struts
13 17 (26.56%) RDBMS
13 17 (26.56%) Finance
14 16 (25.00%) SQL
14 16 (25.00%) WebSphere
15 15 (23.44%) Scrum
15 15 (23.44%) WebSphere Portal
15 15 (23.44%) PL/SQL
15 15 (23.44%) WebSphere Application Server
15 15 (23.44%) UML
16 14 (21.88%) JDeveloper
17 12 (18.75%) JavaBeans
18 11 (17.19%) Tapestry
18 11 (17.19%) jQuery

JSF
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing JSF 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 JSF. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 40 (62.50%) Hibernate
2 36 (56.25%) J2EE
2 36 (56.25%) JSP
3 35 (54.69%) HTML
4 31 (48.44%) Spring
5 30 (46.88%) Servlets
6 27 (42.19%) XML
7 20 (31.25%) EJB
8 19 (29.69%) CSS
9 18 (28.13%) Web Services
10 17 (26.56%) Struts
11 16 (25.00%) WebSphere
12 12 (18.75%) JavaBeans
13 11 (17.19%) Tapestry
13 11 (17.19%) jQuery
13 11 (17.19%) JSTL
14 10 (15.63%) SOAP
14 10 (15.63%) JSR 286
15 9 (14.06%) JPA
16 6 (9.375%) Facelets
Application Platforms
1 15 (23.44%) WebSphere Portal
1 15 (23.44%) WebSphere Application Server
2 4 (6.250%) FileNet
3 2 (3.125%) Tomcat
3 2 (3.125%) WebSphere Process Server
Applications
1 3 (4.688%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 5 (7.813%) HTTP
2 4 (6.250%) LDAP
3 2 (3.125%) TCP/IP
4 1 (1.563%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (26.56%) RDBMS
2 4 (6.250%) DB2
3 2 (3.125%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (1.563%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (1.563%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (1.563%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (1.563%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 22 (34.38%) Maven
2 20 (31.25%) Eclipse
3 14 (21.88%) JDeveloper
4 10 (15.63%) Ant
5 7 (10.94%) Subversion
5 7 (10.94%) JUnit
5 7 (10.94%) Rational Application Developer
6 6 (9.375%) Selenium
7 3 (4.688%) CruiseControl
7 3 (4.688%) PVCS
7 3 (4.688%) Hudson
7 3 (4.688%) Eclipse RCP
8 2 (3.125%) Jenkins
9 1 (1.563%) FitNesse
9 1 (1.563%) Visual Studio
9 1 (1.563%) Concordion
General
1 17 (26.56%) Finance
2 5 (7.813%) Banking
3 2 (3.125%) Telecoms
3 2 (3.125%) Retail
3 2 (3.125%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 54 (84.38%) Developer
2 39 (60.94%) Java Developer
3 12 (18.75%) Analyst Programmer
3 12 (18.75%) Programmer
3 12 (18.75%) Analyst
3 12 (18.75%) Java Analyst Programmer
3 12 (18.75%) Java Programmer
3 12 (18.75%) WebSphere Developer
4 8 (12.50%) Developer Analyst
4 8 (12.50%) Portal Developer
5 7 (10.94%) WebSphere Portal Developer
6 3 (4.688%) Senior Java Developer
6 3 (4.688%) Architect
6 3 (4.688%) Software Engineer
6 3 (4.688%) Senior Developer
7 1 (1.563%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 1 (1.563%) WebSphere Architect
7 1 (1.563%) J2EE Analyst Programmer
7 1 (1.563%) .NET Developer
7 1 (1.563%) Java Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (6.250%) N-Tier
2 3 (4.688%) Graphic Design
2 3 (4.688%) Web 2.0
2 3 (4.688%) Open Source
3 2 (3.125%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 6 (9.375%) Linux
2 5 (7.813%) Android
3 3 (4.688%) UNIX
4 1 (1.563%) Windows CE
4 1 (1.563%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (31.25%) Agile Software Development
2 15 (23.44%) Scrum
2 15 (23.44%) UML
3 10 (15.63%) Unit Testing
4 9 (14.06%) Content Management
4 9 (14.06%) Extreme Programming
4 9 (14.06%) OO
5 6 (9.375%) MVC
5 6 (9.375%) TDD
5 6 (9.375%) Software Engineering
6 5 (7.813%) Web Design
6 5 (7.813%) BDD
7 4 (6.250%) RAD
7 4 (6.250%) Test Scripting
7 4 (6.250%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (4.688%) Change Management
8 3 (4.688%) Dependency Injection
9 2 (3.125%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (3.125%) Asset Management
9 2 (3.125%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 57 (89.06%) Java
2 28 (43.75%) JavaScript
3 16 (25.00%) SQL
4 15 (23.44%) PL/SQL
5 1 (1.563%) AWK
5 1 (1.563%) C#
5 1 (1.563%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 10 (15.63%) Sun Certification
2 6 (9.375%) IBM Certification
2 6 (9.375%) SC Cleared
2 6 (9.375%) Security Cleared
3 4 (6.250%) Degree
4 2 (3.125%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.688%) QA
2 2 (3.125%) WCAG
System Software
1 4 (6.250%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 4 (6.250%) Tivoli
2 1 (1.563%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 31 (48.44%) Oracle
2 11 (17.19%) IBM
3 10 (15.63%) Sun
4 6 (9.375%) JBoss
5 4 (6.250%) Lotus
6 3 (4.688%) Microsoft
7 1 (1.563%) HP
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Portal Developer Edinburgh 3 Months contract £350 to £400/day My client in Edinburgh is looking to interview Portal Developers this week for a 3 months contract.
Sanderson
Rate: £350 - £400 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Portal Developer Edinburgh 6 Months contract £400/day My client in Edinburgh is looking to interview Portal Developers this week for a 6 months contract.
Sanderson
Rate: £400 per day
Posted: 20 May 2013
Fife
The role will involve working closely with the internal development team to deliver a client project and will require your skills in the following technologies: -Java, J2EE Programming (...
Harvey Nash Consulting (Scotland) Limited
Rate: £27 - £32 per hour
Posted: 17 May 2013