The first table below looks at the demand for JSR 286 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 JSR 286 over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Portlet Specification v2.0 (JSR 286)
Rank 114 - -
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing JSR 286 7 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.282% - -
As % of the Application Development category 0.855% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
Average daily rate £388 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £288 - £305
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Development
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
819 425 553
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 33.05% 15.88% 20.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 396 181 289
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 £214 £252
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 7 15 4
Average hourly rate £42.50 £31.00 £17.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+37.09% +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%
JSR 286
UK

JSR 286
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing JSR 286 across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Scotland JSR 286 Jobs Demand Trend

JSR 286
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing JSR 286 across the Scotland region.

Scotland JSR 286 Daily Rate Trend

JSR 286
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JSR 286 across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Scotland JSR 286 Daily Rate Histogram

JSR 286
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JSR 286 within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 22 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 - 5 £388 -
Midlothian - 2 - -
JSR 286
UK

JSR 286
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing JSR 286 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 JSR 286.

1 12 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 12 (100.00%) WebSphere
1 12 (100.00%) WebSphere Portal
2 10 (83.33%) JSF
3 9 (75.00%) Web Services
4 6 (50.00%) Java
4 6 (50.00%) Linux
4 6 (50.00%) IBM
4 6 (50.00%) jQuery
5 5 (41.67%) SOAP
5 5 (41.67%) Ajax
6 4 (33.33%) Content Management
6 4 (33.33%) FileNet
6 4 (33.33%) DB2
6 4 (33.33%) Lotus
6 4 (33.33%) Tivoli
6 4 (33.33%) RAD
6 4 (33.33%) LDAP
6 4 (33.33%) HTTP
6 4 (33.33%) Tivoli Directory Server
6 4 (33.33%) Rational Application Developer
6 4 (33.33%) JAX-WS
7 3 (25.00%) HTML5
7 3 (25.00%) Unit Testing
7 3 (25.00%) XML
7 3 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
7 3 (25.00%) JSON
8 2 (16.67%) Investment Banking
8 2 (16.67%) Finance
8 2 (16.67%) Banking

JSR 286
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing JSR 286 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 JSR 286. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (100.00%) WebSphere
2 10 (83.33%) JSF
3 9 (75.00%) Web Services
4 6 (50.00%) jQuery
5 5 (41.67%) SOAP
5 5 (41.67%) Ajax
6 4 (33.33%) JAX-WS
7 3 (25.00%) HTML5
7 3 (25.00%) XML
7 3 (25.00%) JSON
8 2 (16.67%) REST
8 2 (16.67%) Worklight
9 1 (8.333%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 12 (100.00%) WebSphere Application Server
1 12 (100.00%) WebSphere Portal
2 4 (33.33%) FileNet
3 2 (16.67%) WebSphere Process Server
Communications & Networking
1 4 (33.33%) LDAP
1 4 (33.33%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) DB2
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) Rational Application Developer
General
1 2 (16.67%) Investment Banking
1 2 (16.67%) Finance
1 2 (16.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 7 (58.33%) WebSphere Developer
1 7 (58.33%) Developer
2 5 (41.67%) Architect
3 3 (25.00%) WebSphere Architect
4 2 (16.67%) WebSphere Portal Developer
4 2 (16.67%) Portal Developer
4 2 (16.67%) WebSphere Portal Architect
5 1 (8.333%) Technical Architect
Operating Systems
1 6 (50.00%) Linux
2 2 (16.67%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (33.33%) Content Management
1 4 (33.33%) RAD
2 3 (25.00%) Unit Testing
2 3 (25.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 2 (16.67%) Asset Management
Programming Languages
1 6 (50.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) IBM Certification
System Software
1 4 (33.33%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 4 (33.33%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 6 (50.00%) IBM
2 4 (33.33%) Lotus
3 2 (16.67%) PeopleSoft