The first table below looks at the demand for Struts 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 Struts over the 3 months to 20 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Struts
Rank 93 96 105
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +9
Contract jobs citing Struts 21 9 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 0.865% 0.339% 0.218%
As % of the Application Development category 2.618% 2.138% 1.093%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 5 0
Average daily rate £319 £235 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+35.74% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £334 £350
% change year-on-year
-4.41% -4.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £36.25 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- -14.70%
All Application Development
Scotland
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
802 421 549
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Scotland 33.03% 15.86% 19.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 385 186 290
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 £215 £275
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 £30.00 £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%
Struts
UK

Struts
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Scotland Struts Jobs Demand Trend

Struts
Daily Rate Trend

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

Scotland Struts Daily Rate Trend

Struts
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Scotland Struts Hourly Rate Trend

Struts
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Struts within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 20 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
Glasgow -4 19 £319 +35.74%
Edinburgh +4 2 - -
Struts
UK

Struts
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing Struts 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 Struts.

1 44 (97.78%) Java
2 39 (86.67%) J2EE
3 37 (82.22%) XML
3 37 (82.22%) Spring
4 34 (75.56%) Oracle
5 29 (64.44%) JSP
6 28 (62.22%) JavaScript
7 23 (51.11%) Hibernate
8 21 (46.67%) JSF
9 20 (44.44%) HTML
10 19 (42.22%) Maven
11 18 (40.00%) Unit Testing
12 17 (37.78%) JDBC
12 17 (37.78%) RDBMS
12 17 (37.78%) JDeveloper
13 16 (35.56%) MVC
13 16 (35.56%) Finance
13 16 (35.56%) Eclipse
13 16 (35.56%) SQL
14 15 (33.33%) Servlets
14 15 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
15 14 (31.11%) XSLT
15 14 (31.11%) Banking
15 14 (31.11%) WebSphere
16 13 (28.89%) Ajax
16 13 (28.89%) Spring MVC
16 13 (28.89%) EJB
16 13 (28.89%) PL/SQL
17 12 (26.67%) CSS
17 12 (26.67%) OO

Struts
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 39 (86.67%) J2EE
2 37 (82.22%) XML
2 37 (82.22%) Spring
3 29 (64.44%) JSP
4 23 (51.11%) Hibernate
5 21 (46.67%) JSF
6 20 (44.44%) HTML
7 17 (37.78%) JDBC
8 15 (33.33%) Servlets
9 14 (31.11%) XSLT
9 14 (31.11%) WebSphere
10 13 (28.89%) EJB
10 13 (28.89%) Spring MVC
10 13 (28.89%) Ajax
11 12 (26.67%) CSS
11 12 (26.67%) JMS
12 11 (24.44%) JSTL
12 11 (24.44%) iBATIS
12 11 (24.44%) Spring Web Flow
12 11 (24.44%) GWT
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.222%) Apache
1 1 (2.222%) Tomcat
1 1 (2.222%) CMS
1 1 (2.222%) Apache Solr
1 1 (2.222%) Adobe CQ
Business Applications
1 1 (2.222%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.667%) Unified Communications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (37.78%) RDBMS
2 3 (6.667%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (4.444%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 19 (42.22%) Maven
2 17 (37.78%) JDeveloper
3 16 (35.56%) Eclipse
4 12 (26.67%) Selenium
5 11 (24.44%) CruiseControl
6 9 (20.00%) Ant
7 3 (6.667%) Subversion
8 2 (4.444%) Jenkins
9 1 (2.222%) Hudson
9 1 (2.222%) JUnit
9 1 (2.222%) PVCS
9 1 (2.222%) JMeter
General
1 16 (35.56%) Finance
2 14 (31.11%) Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (82.22%) Developer
2 31 (68.89%) Java Developer
3 14 (31.11%) Analyst
3 14 (31.11%) Java Analyst Programmer
3 14 (31.11%) Java Programmer
3 14 (31.11%) Analyst Programmer
3 14 (31.11%) Programmer
4 9 (20.00%) Developer Analyst
5 3 (6.667%) Oracle Developer
5 3 (6.667%) Access Developer
6 1 (2.222%) Software Developer
6 1 (2.222%) Configuration Manager
6 1 (2.222%) Team Leader
6 1 (2.222%) Development Team Leader
6 1 (2.222%) Web Developer
6 1 (2.222%) Consultant
6 1 (2.222%) Build Manager
6 1 (2.222%) J2EE Analyst Programmer
6 1 (2.222%) Java Web Developer
6 1 (2.222%) Java/J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.222%) Mathematics
1 1 (2.222%) Computer Science
1 1 (2.222%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 11 (24.44%) UNIX
2 1 (2.222%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (40.00%) Unit Testing
2 16 (35.56%) MVC
3 15 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
4 12 (26.67%) OO
5 11 (24.44%) Web Application Development
6 6 (13.33%) Change Management
6 6 (13.33%) Test Scripting
7 3 (6.667%) UML
7 3 (6.667%) RAD
8 2 (4.444%) Web Development
8 2 (4.444%) Scrum
9 1 (2.222%) Matrix Management
9 1 (2.222%) Release Management
9 1 (2.222%) Analytics
9 1 (2.222%) E-Commerce
9 1 (2.222%) Configuration Management
9 1 (2.222%) DRM
9 1 (2.222%) Stakeholder Management
9 1 (2.222%) Enterprise Content Management
9 1 (2.222%) Build Automation
Programming Languages
1 44 (97.78%) Java
2 28 (62.22%) JavaScript
3 16 (35.56%) SQL
4 13 (28.89%) PL/SQL
5 11 (24.44%) Shell Script
5 11 (24.44%) Perl
6 1 (2.222%) C#
6 1 (2.222%) C++
Qualifications
1 10 (22.22%) Sun Certification
2 1 (2.222%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (15.56%) QA
Systems Management
1 3 (6.667%) Oracle Identity Manager
Vendors
1 34 (75.56%) Oracle
2 10 (22.22%) Sun
3 2 (4.444%) JBoss
4 1 (2.222%) Adobe
4 1 (2.222%) Alterian
4 1 (2.222%) Google
Scotland
The role is for a RAD / Tactical Developer: This will be a rolling 6 month contract paying £500/day... The ideal candidate will have experience in a rapid...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £400 - £500 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Stirlingshire
Key/Technical skills required; *Oracle 10g and 11g *Java SE 5.x and web applications with Java, struts, HSP *SQL Server 2000 and 2005 *Familiar with development best...
Head Resourcing
Posted: 16 May 2013
Scotland
Oracle 10g and 11g, SQL Server 2000 and 2005.2. Java SE 5.x and above, and also web applications with Java 5 (e.g. Struts, JSP).3.
IT Human Resources
Rate: £450 - £500 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013