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The table below looks at the demand for Java Messaging Service (JMS) 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 JMS over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava Messaging Service (JMS)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank215209
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads3284
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.045 %0.085 %
As % of the category below1.249 %2.134 %
Daily rates quoted1937
Average minimum daily rate£368£329
Average daily rate£377£342
% change on same period last year+10.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£354
UK excluding London average daily rate£374£357
% change on same period last year+4.77 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.25-
% change on same period last year-
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South East
Matching contract IT job ads25633936
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.609 %3.978 %
Daily rates quoted685974
Average minimum daily rate£309£314
Average daily rate£329£331
% change on same period last year-0.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£348£349
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted238388
Average minimum hourly rate£32.79£32.69
Average hourly rate£35.08£34.72
% change on same period last year+1.04 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.37£36.74
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
JMS EnglandJMS
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.

JMS
Demand Trend

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

South East JMS Demand Trend

JMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East JMS Daily Rate Trend

JMS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JMS across the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

South East JMS Daily Rate Histogram

JMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East JMS Hourly Rate Trend

JMS
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JMS within the South East region over the 3 months to 10 October 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
BerkshireUp+2510£381+9.03 %
West SussexUp+229£416+6.57 %
HampshireUp+193£430+43.33 %
MiddlesexDown-173£410+9.33 %
Thames ValleyUp+123£208-
SussexUp+172£430-
OxfordshireNew entry-1--
JMS EnglandJMS
England

JMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing JMS 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 JMS.

160 (89.55 %)Java
234 (50.75 %)J2EE
327 (40.30 %)XML
425 (37.31 %)Oracle
425 (37.31 %)Spring
522 (32.84 %)EJB
621 (31.34 %)JSP
719 (28.36 %)SQL
818 (26.87 %)Servlets
818 (26.87 %)WebLogic
818 (26.87 %)BEA
917 (25.37 %)JavaScript
917 (25.37 %)JBoss
917 (25.37 %)AquaLogic
1015 (22.39 %)SOAP
1015 (22.39 %)WebServices
1113 (19.40 %)JDBC
1212 (17.91 %)Struts
1212 (17.91 %)JSF
1311 (16.42 %)JUnit
1311 (16.42 %)MySQL
1311 (16.42 %)Linux
1410 (14.93 %)Apache
1410 (14.93 %)AJAX
1410 (14.93 %)Security Cleared
159 (13.43 %)WebSphere
159 (13.43 %)Hibernate
168 (11.94 %)Construction
168 (11.94 %)Red Hat
168 (11.94 %)Windows

JMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing JMS 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 JMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
134 (50.75 %)J2EE
227 (40.30 %)XML
325 (37.31 %)Spring
422 (32.84 %)EJB
521 (31.34 %)JSP
618 (26.87 %)Servlets
715 (22.39 %)SOAP
715 (22.39 %)WebServices
813 (19.40 %)JDBC
912 (17.91 %)Struts
912 (17.91 %)JSF
1010 (14.93 %)AJAX
119 (13.43 %)Hibernate
119 (13.43 %)WebSphere
127 (10.45 %)CSS
136 (8.955 %)XHTML
145 (7.463 %)Middleware
145 (7.463 %)HTML
145 (7.463 %)Java EE
154 (5.970 %)Swing
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
118 (26.87 %)WebLogic
217 (25.37 %)JBoss
310 (14.93 %)Apache
47 (10.45 %)Tomcat
56 (8.955 %)TIBCO EMS
65 (7.463 %)MQSeries
74 (5.970 %)ATG Dynamo
74 (5.970 %)WebSphere Application Server
82 (2.985 %)IIS
91 (1.493 %)Oracle Application Server
91 (1.493 %)ESB
91 (1.493 %)SharePoint Server 2007
91 (1.493 %)WebSphere Message Broker
91 (1.493 %)SharePoint
91 (1.493 %)Documentum
91 (1.493 %)TeamSite
91 (1.493 %)WebSphere MQ
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.493 %)MS Excel
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (1.493 %)GPRS
11 (1.493 %)FTP
11 (1.493 %)HTTP
11 (1.493 %)Intranet
11 (1.493 %)3G
11 (1.493 %)Wi-Fi
11 (1.493 %)Wireless
11 (1.493 %)BSS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (16.42 %)MySQL
26 (8.955 %)SQL Server
34 (5.970 %)DB2
34 (5.970 %)JasperReports
43 (4.478 %)PostgreSQL
52 (2.985 %)BusinessObjects
52 (2.985 %)BusinessObjects XI
52 (2.985 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (1.493 %)ETL
61 (1.493 %)Oracle 10g
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
111 (16.42 %)JUnit
26 (8.955 %)Ant
35 (7.463 %)Eclipse
43 (4.478 %)WebLogic Workshop
43 (4.478 %)JMeter
51 (1.493 %)RequisitePro
51 (1.493 %)Visual Studio
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (11.94 %)Construction
25 (7.463 %)Government
33 (4.478 %)Telecoms
42 (2.985 %)Retail
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
139 (58.21 %)Developer
223 (34.33 %)Java Developer
37 (10.45 %)Architect
46 (8.955 %)Tester
55 (7.463 %)Technical Architect
55 (7.463 %)Consultant
55 (7.463 %)Java/J2EE Developer
64 (5.970 %)Java Architect
64 (5.970 %)Java Consultant
64 (5.970 %)Senior Java Developer
64 (5.970 %)Senior Developer
73 (4.478 %)Analyst
73 (4.478 %)Java Technical Architect
73 (4.478 %)Performance Tester
82 (2.985 %)Support Analyst
82 (2.985 %)Systems Tester
82 (2.985 %)J2EE Developer
91 (1.493 %)Technical Analyst
91 (1.493 %)SAP Consultant
91 (1.493 %)Senior Oracle DBA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13 (4.478 %)N-Tier
21 (1.493 %)Clustering
21 (1.493 %)Credit Risk
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (16.42 %)Linux
28 (11.94 %)Windows
28 (11.94 %)Solaris
28 (11.94 %)Red Hat Linux
34 (5.970 %)Nucleus RTOS
43 (4.478 %)UNIX
52 (2.985 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
52 (2.985 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (2.985 %)SUSE
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (14.93 %)Security Cleared
28 (11.94 %)UML
28 (11.94 %)E-Commerce
36 (8.955 %)SC Cleared
36 (8.955 %)Project Management
44 (5.970 %)Continuous Integration
44 (5.970 %)SOA
44 (5.970 %)B2C
44 (5.970 %)RUP
53 (4.478 %)Agile Software Development
53 (4.478 %)TDD
62 (2.985 %)Performance Testing
62 (2.985 %)BC Cleared
71 (1.493 %)Process Management
71 (1.493 %)Data Management
71 (1.493 %)BPEL
71 (1.493 %)DoDAF
71 (1.493 %)MODAF
71 (1.493 %)Web Development
71 (1.493 %)Network Load Balancing
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
160 (89.55 %)Java
219 (28.36 %)SQL
317 (25.37 %)JavaScript
47 (10.45 %)PL/SQL
55 (7.463 %)PHP
55 (7.463 %)XPath
64 (5.970 %)FoxPro (VFP)
64 (5.970 %)Delphi
64 (5.970 %)DHTML
71 (1.493 %)C
71 (1.493 %)C++
71 (1.493 %)Perl
71 (1.493 %)XQuery
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (1.493 %)PRINCE2 Certification
11 (1.493 %)Degree
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
117 (25.37 %)AquaLogic
21 (1.493 %)Oracle RAC
21 (1.493 %)Oracle RMAN
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (1.493 %)Netcool
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
125 (37.31 %)Oracle
218 (26.87 %)BEA
38 (11.94 %)Red Hat
46 (8.955 %)TIBCO
55 (7.463 %)IBM
64 (5.970 %)ATG
72 (2.985 %)Mercator
72 (2.985 %)Microsoft
72 (2.985 %)Business Objects
81 (1.493 %)SAP
81 (1.493 %)VERITAS
81 (1.493 %)Murex
81 (1.493 %)HP
81 (1.493 %)NEC
81 (1.493 %)Cramer
81 (1.493 %)GUPTA