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The table below looks at the demand for Google Web Toolkit (GWT) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited GWT over the 3 months to 7 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGoogle Web Toolkit (GWT)
Location
3 months to
7 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank200-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads100
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.563 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£550-
Average daily rate£550-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£550-
UK excluding London average daily rate£550-
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£40.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.80£25.00
% change on same period last year+47.20 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South East
Matching contract IT job ads17753049
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.543 %3.815 %
Daily rates quoted500819
Average minimum daily rate£294£319
Average daily rate£313£338
% change on same period last year-7.35 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£334
% change on same period last year-5.07 %
Hourly rates quoted157238
Average minimum hourly rate£27.13£30.05
Average hourly rate£29.62£32.19
% change on same period last year-7.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.11£34.32
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.27£31.42
% change on same period last year-10.04 %
GWT EnglandGWT
England

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.

GWT
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing GWT across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South East GWT Demand Trend

GWT
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East GWT Daily Rate Trend

GWT
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing GWT across the South East region.

South East GWT Hourly Rate Trend

GWT
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GWT across the South East region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009.

South East GWT Hourly Rate Histogram

GWT
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing GWT within the South East region over the 3 months to 7 January 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
HampshireNew entry-4--
SurreyNew entry-2--
BerkshireNew entry-1£550-
GWT EnglandGWT
England

GWT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing GWT 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 GWT.

117 (89.47 %)Java
211 (57.89 %)Google
310 (52.63 %)JSP
49 (47.37 %)JavaScript
49 (47.37 %)Hibernate
58 (42.11 %)HTML
67 (36.84 %)JUnit
67 (36.84 %)J2EE
67 (36.84 %)Tomcat
67 (36.84 %)Flash
67 (36.84 %)MVC
67 (36.84 %)Spring
67 (36.84 %)JSTL
67 (36.84 %)Spring MVC
74 (21.05 %)Macromedia
74 (21.05 %)Subversion
74 (21.05 %)XML
74 (21.05 %)E-Commerce
83 (15.79 %)XSLT
83 (15.79 %)MySQL
83 (15.79 %)Web Development
92 (10.53 %)GIS
92 (10.53 %)AJAX
92 (10.53 %)Java EE 5
92 (10.53 %)SQL
92 (10.53 %)JDBC
92 (10.53 %)EJB
92 (10.53 %)Servlets
92 (10.53 %)SOAP
92 (10.53 %)WebServices

GWT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing GWT 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 GWT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (52.63 %)JSP
29 (47.37 %)Hibernate
38 (42.11 %)HTML
47 (36.84 %)J2EE
47 (36.84 %)Flash
47 (36.84 %)Spring
47 (36.84 %)MVC
47 (36.84 %)JSTL
47 (36.84 %)Spring MVC
54 (21.05 %)XML
63 (15.79 %)XSLT
72 (10.53 %)WSDL
72 (10.53 %)XML Schema
72 (10.53 %)AJAX
72 (10.53 %)Java EE 5
72 (10.53 %)Servlets
72 (10.53 %)SOAP
72 (10.53 %)WebServices
72 (10.53 %)EJB
72 (10.53 %)JDBC
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (36.84 %)Tomcat
21 (5.263 %)ArcGIS
21 (5.263 %)WebLogic
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (5.263 %)Photoshop
11 (5.263 %)AutoCAD
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (15.79 %)MySQL
22 (10.53 %)GIS
31 (5.263 %)Informix
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (36.84 %)JUnit
24 (21.05 %)Subversion
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (5.263 %)Finance
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (78.95 %)Developer
27 (36.84 %)J2EE Developer
35 (26.32 %)Web Developer
43 (15.79 %)Software Engineer
52 (10.53 %)Senior Developer
52 (10.53 %)Java Developer
52 (10.53 %)Flash Developer
52 (10.53 %)Senior Java Developer
61 (5.263 %)JavaScript Developer
61 (5.263 %)Web Engineer
61 (5.263 %)HTML Developer
61 (5.263 %)Systems Engineer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (21.05 %)E-Commerce
23 (15.79 %)Web Development
31 (5.263 %)UML
31 (5.263 %)OO
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (89.47 %)Java
29 (47.37 %)JavaScript
32 (10.53 %)SQL
41 (5.263 %)C
41 (5.263 %)C++
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
111 (57.89 %)Google
24 (21.05 %)Macromedia
31 (5.263 %)Mapinfo
31 (5.263 %)ESRI
31 (5.263 %)Oracle
31 (5.263 %)Microsoft