The first table below looks at the demand for JUnit skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JUnit 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 Development Applications category for the South East 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
JUnit
Rank 159 163 137
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -26
Contract jobs citing JUnit 71 85 107
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.896% 0.822% 1.042%
As % of the Development Applications category 8.412% 9.209% 10.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 52 44 32
Average daily rate £350 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £296 £233 £289
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £350 £368
% change year-on-year
+2.14% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 25
Average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% +14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +14.28%
All Development Applications
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
844 923 1059
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 10.65% 8.923% 10.32%
Number of daily rates quoted 445 476 433
Average daily rate £350 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £270 £250 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £425 £413
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 57 54 116
Average hourly rate £37.50 £40.00 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +11.11%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.40 £31.00 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
JUnit
England

JUnit
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing JUnit across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

South East JUnit Jobs Demand Trend

JUnit
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East JUnit Daily Rate Trend

JUnit
Daily Rate Histogram

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

South East JUnit Daily Rate Histogram

JUnit
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East JUnit Hourly Rate Trend

JUnit
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JUnit within the South East 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
Hampshire +12 38 £350 +4.86%
Berkshire +26 25 £425 +21.42%
Surrey -14 4 £363 +7.40%
Oxfordshire +1 2 - -
Kent - 2 £463 -
JUnit
England

JUnit
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing JUnit 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 JUnit.

1 133 (94.33%) Java
2 85 (60.28%) JavaScript
3 83 (58.87%) CSS
4 82 (58.16%) HTML
5 81 (57.45%) Spring
6 77 (54.61%) SQL
7 76 (53.90%) Hibernate
8 70 (49.65%) EJB
8 70 (49.65%) JMS
9 65 (46.10%) JSP
9 65 (46.10%) Web Services
10 63 (44.68%) Maven
11 57 (40.43%) jQuery
12 51 (36.17%) XML
13 50 (35.46%) J2EE
14 49 (34.75%) JPA
15 47 (33.33%) JSON
16 45 (31.91%) UML
16 45 (31.91%) SOAP
16 45 (31.91%) MVC
17 43 (30.50%) SQL Server
17 43 (30.50%) OOD
17 43 (30.50%) REST
18 42 (29.79%) BDD
18 42 (29.79%) Git (software)
18 42 (29.79%) Spring MVC
19 41 (29.08%) Java EE
19 41 (29.08%) Mockito
20 40 (28.37%) Software Architecture
21 39 (27.66%) Apache CXF

JUnit
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing JUnit 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 JUnit. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 83 (58.87%) CSS
2 82 (58.16%) HTML
3 81 (57.45%) Spring
4 76 (53.90%) Hibernate
5 70 (49.65%) EJB
5 70 (49.65%) JMS
6 65 (46.10%) JSP
6 65 (46.10%) Web Services
7 57 (40.43%) jQuery
8 51 (36.17%) XML
9 50 (35.46%) J2EE
10 49 (34.75%) JPA
11 47 (33.33%) JSON
12 45 (31.91%) SOAP
13 43 (30.50%) REST
14 42 (29.79%) Spring MVC
15 41 (29.08%) Java EE
16 39 (27.66%) Apache CXF
17 36 (25.53%) JTA
17 36 (25.53%) Spring Security
Application Platforms
1 24 (17.02%) Tomcat
2 19 (13.48%) Apache
3 16 (11.35%) BizTalk Server
3 16 (11.35%) ESB
4 9 (6.383%) CMS
5 5 (3.546%) WebLogic
6 4 (2.837%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (1.418%) Windows Azure
7 2 (1.418%) Commerce Server
8 1 (0.709%) Oracle Application Server
8 1 (0.709%) Jetty
8 1 (0.709%) GlassFish
8 1 (0.709%) Oracle 10gAS
8 1 (0.709%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 5 (3.546%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.709%) Doxygen
2 1 (0.709%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (0.709%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 4 (2.837%) Internet
2 1 (0.709%) LDAP
2 1 (0.709%) CDMA
2 1 (0.709%) GSM
2 1 (0.709%) HTTP
2 1 (0.709%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (30.50%) SQL Server
2 36 (25.53%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 36 (25.53%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 16 (11.35%) NoSQL
4 11 (7.801%) DB2
5 5 (3.546%) TOAD
6 4 (2.837%) PostgreSQL
6 4 (2.837%) RDBMS
7 3 (2.128%) Ingres
8 2 (1.418%) GIS
8 2 (1.418%) Oracle 8/8i
9 1 (0.709%) Oracle 10g
9 1 (0.709%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 63 (44.68%) Maven
2 42 (29.79%) Git (software)
3 41 (29.08%) Mockito
4 31 (21.99%) Selenium
4 31 (21.99%) Eclipse
5 23 (16.31%) Subversion
6 21 (14.89%) Jenkins
7 14 (9.929%) JBehave
8 13 (9.220%) Ant
9 6 (4.255%) Hudson
10 5 (3.546%) NetBeans
10 5 (3.546%) CruiseControl
10 5 (3.546%) FitNesse
11 4 (2.837%) EasyMock
11 4 (2.837%) jMock
11 4 (2.837%) Log4j
11 4 (2.837%) ClearCase
12 3 (2.128%) Visual Studio
12 3 (2.128%) JIRA
12 3 (2.128%) Cucumber
General
1 21 (14.89%) Finance
2 20 (14.18%) Retail
3 4 (2.837%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.418%) Banking
5 1 (0.709%) Games
Job Titles
1 128 (90.78%) Developer
2 90 (63.83%) Java Developer
3 16 (11.35%) WebSphere Developer
4 14 (9.929%) Java Swing Developer
5 11 (7.801%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 11 (7.801%) Technical Leader
6 9 (6.383%) Senior Developer
6 9 (6.383%) Programmer
7 7 (4.965%) Senior Java Developer
7 7 (4.965%) Systems Developer
8 6 (4.255%) Front-End Developer
8 6 (4.255%) Senior Programmer
8 6 (4.255%) Analyst
8 6 (4.255%) Web Developer
8 6 (4.255%) Analyst Programmer
9 5 (3.546%) Lead Developer
9 5 (3.546%) Senior Analyst
9 5 (3.546%) Senior Analyst Programmer
9 5 (3.546%) J2EE Developer
10 3 (2.128%) Java Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (2.837%) Open Source
2 3 (2.128%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.418%) Device Driver
4 1 (0.709%) EPoS
4 1 (0.709%) EMV
4 1 (0.709%) EFT
4 1 (0.709%) EFTPOS
4 1 (0.709%) Smartcard
4 1 (0.709%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 24 (17.02%) UNIX
2 18 (12.77%) Linux
3 15 (10.64%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (31.91%) UML
1 45 (31.91%) MVC
2 43 (30.50%) OOD
3 42 (29.79%) BDD
4 40 (28.37%) Software Architecture
5 39 (27.66%) TDD
6 38 (26.95%) Web Development
7 32 (22.70%) Pair Programming
8 31 (21.99%) Agile Software Development
8 31 (21.99%) Continuous Integration
9 26 (18.44%) E-Commerce
10 20 (14.18%) OO
11 19 (13.48%) Dependency Injection
12 15 (10.64%) Software Testing
13 12 (8.511%) RAD
14 11 (7.801%) ETL
14 11 (7.801%) System Testing
15 10 (7.092%) Workflow
16 8 (5.674%) SOA
17 7 (4.965%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 133 (94.33%) Java
2 85 (60.28%) JavaScript
3 77 (54.61%) SQL
4 4 (2.837%) Shell Script
4 4 (2.837%) PL/SQL
5 3 (2.128%) C++
6 2 (1.418%) Bash shell
6 2 (1.418%) Groovy
6 2 (1.418%) VC++
7 1 (0.709%) Python
7 1 (0.709%) C
7 1 (0.709%) PHP
7 1 (0.709%) Korn
7 1 (0.709%) PowerShell
7 1 (0.709%) Scala
Qualifications
1 5 (3.546%) Degree
2 4 (2.837%) SC Cleared
2 4 (2.837%) Security Cleared
3 3 (2.128%) Sun Certification
4 2 (1.418%) SCJA
4 2 (1.418%) SCJP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.709%) ISO 8583
Systems Management
1 2 (1.418%) SCOM
2 1 (0.709%) Nagios
Vendors
1 36 (25.53%) JBoss
2 34 (24.11%) Oracle
3 21 (14.89%) IBM
4 13 (9.220%) Twitter
5 7 (4.965%) webMethods
5 7 (4.965%) Software AG
6 6 (4.255%) Adobe
7 4 (2.837%) Microsoft
8 3 (2.128%) Cognizant
8 3 (2.128%) Jaspersoft
9 2 (1.418%) BEA
9 2 (1.418%) Sun
9 2 (1.418%) HP
10 1 (0.709%) Serena
10 1 (0.709%) Wincor Nixdorf
10 1 (0.709%) VeriFone
10 1 (0.709%) Coverity
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