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The table below looks at the demand for Java Servlet 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 Servlets over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava Servlet
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank227182
Rank change on same period last yearDown-45
Matching contract IT job ads23111
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.033 %0.115 %
As % of the category below0.913 %2.876 %
Daily rates quoted225
Average minimum daily rate£430£363
Average daily rate£430£373
% change on same period last year+15.26 %
Average maximum daily rate£430£384
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£360
% change on same period last year-0.65 %
Hourly rates quoted61
Average minimum hourly rate£41.67£43.00
Average hourly rate£43.42£44.00
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.17£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£42.21£32.73
% change on same period last year+28.98 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South East
Matching contract IT job ads25193860
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.590 %3.992 %
Daily rates quoted676947
Average minimum daily rate£311£316
Average daily rate£331£334
% change on same period last year-0.95 %
Average maximum daily rate£351£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£334
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
Hourly rates quoted237369
Average minimum hourly rate£32.42£32.74
Average hourly rate£34.66£34.69
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.91£36.64
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.79£32.03
% change on same period last year-3.85 %
Servlets EnglandServlets
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.

Servlets
Demand Trend

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

South East Servlets Demand Trend

Servlets
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Servlets Daily Rate Trend

Servlets
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Servlets across the South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South East Servlets Daily Rate Histogram

Servlets
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Servlets Hourly Rate Trend

Servlets
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Servlets across the South East region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

South East Servlets Hourly Rate Histogram

Servlets
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Servlets within the South East region over the 3 months to 15 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+239--
HampshireUp+153£430-
SurreyDown-163--
SussexUp+82£430-
KentNew entry-1--
OxfordshireDown-91--
BuckinghamshireUp+51--
Thames ValleyUp+51--
Servlets EnglandServlets
England

Servlets
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Servlets 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 Servlets.

171 (88.75 %)Java
265 (81.25 %)JSP
351 (63.75 %)J2EE
436 (45.00 %)Struts
535 (43.75 %)Spring
632 (40.00 %)Hibernate
731 (38.75 %)Oracle
731 (38.75 %)XML
830 (37.50 %)WebSphere
929 (36.25 %)SQL
929 (36.25 %)JavaScript
1023 (28.75 %)JDBC
1023 (28.75 %)AJAX
1120 (25.00 %)IBM
1219 (23.75 %)EJB
1219 (23.75 %)WebSphere Application Server
1219 (23.75 %)HTML
1318 (22.50 %)JMS
1416 (20.00 %)WebLogic
1416 (20.00 %)SOAP
1515 (18.75 %)JSF
1614 (17.50 %)Windows
1614 (17.50 %)JBoss
1713 (16.25 %)JUnit
1812 (15.00 %)Degree
1812 (15.00 %)DB2
1911 (13.75 %)Ant
1911 (13.75 %)MySQL
1911 (13.75 %)E-Commerce
2010 (12.50 %)WebServices

Servlets
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Servlets 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 Servlets. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
165 (81.25 %)JSP
251 (63.75 %)J2EE
336 (45.00 %)Struts
435 (43.75 %)Spring
532 (40.00 %)Hibernate
631 (38.75 %)XML
730 (37.50 %)WebSphere
823 (28.75 %)JDBC
823 (28.75 %)AJAX
919 (23.75 %)EJB
919 (23.75 %)HTML
1018 (22.50 %)JMS
1116 (20.00 %)SOAP
1215 (18.75 %)JSF
1310 (12.50 %)WebServices
148 (10.00 %)CSS
157 (8.750 %)XHTML
166 (7.500 %)Java RMI
175 (6.250 %)XSLT
184 (5.000 %)Middleware
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
119 (23.75 %)WebSphere Application Server
216 (20.00 %)WebLogic
314 (17.50 %)JBoss
410 (12.50 %)Tomcat
59 (11.25 %)Apache
67 (8.750 %)IIS
75 (6.250 %)MQSeries
75 (6.250 %)BizTalk Server
84 (5.000 %)WebSphere MQ
84 (5.000 %)ATG Dynamo
93 (3.750 %)WPS
93 (3.750 %)ESB
102 (2.500 %)Oracle Application Server
111 (1.250 %)WebLogic Integration
111 (1.250 %)CMS
111 (1.250 %)Documentum
111 (1.250 %)TeamSite
South East IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.250 %)Photoshop
11 (1.250 %)ImageReady
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (11.25 %)Internet
28 (10.00 %)Extranet
35 (6.250 %)LDAP
42 (2.500 %)HTTP
51 (1.250 %)TCP/IP
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (15.00 %)DB2
211 (13.75 %)MySQL
39 (11.25 %)SQL Server
47 (8.750 %)SQL Server 2005
47 (8.750 %)DB2 UDB
56 (7.500 %)RDBMS
64 (5.000 %)JasperReports
71 (1.250 %)GIS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
113 (16.25 %)JUnit
211 (13.75 %)Ant
37 (8.750 %)Eclipse
42 (2.500 %)ClearCase
51 (1.250 %)Rational Rose
51 (1.250 %)Visual Studio
51 (1.250 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (1.250 %)Subversion
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (8.750 %)Finance
26 (7.500 %)Insurance
33 (3.750 %)Retail
33 (3.750 %)Construction
42 (2.500 %)Government
51 (1.250 %)Home Office
51 (1.250 %)Automotive
51 (1.250 %)Financial Institution
51 (1.250 %)Telecoms
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
159 (73.75 %)Developer
239 (48.75 %)Java Developer
320 (25.00 %)J2EE Developer
413 (16.25 %)Java/J2EE Developer
56 (7.500 %)Senior Java Developer
56 (7.500 %)Senior Developer
65 (6.250 %)Architect
74 (5.000 %)Consultant
74 (5.000 %)Applications Developer
74 (5.000 %)Lead Developer
74 (5.000 %)Team Leader
74 (5.000 %)Java Consultant
74 (5.000 %)J2EE Applications Developer
83 (3.750 %)Lead Java Developer
83 (3.750 %)Java Programmer
83 (3.750 %)Project Leader
83 (3.750 %)Java Team Leader
83 (3.750 %)Programmer
92 (2.500 %)Administrator
92 (2.500 %)J2EE Architect
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (5.000 %)Computer Science
23 (3.750 %)N-Tier
31 (1.250 %)EMV
31 (1.250 %)Smartcard
31 (1.250 %)Clustering
31 (1.250 %)PKI
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
114 (17.50 %)Windows
26 (7.500 %)Solaris
35 (6.250 %)Linux
35 (6.250 %)UNIX
44 (5.000 %)Nucleus RTOS
44 (5.000 %)Red Hat Linux
51 (1.250 %)Windows CE
51 (1.250 %)MVS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (13.75 %)E-Commerce
28 (10.00 %)UML
37 (8.750 %)OO
44 (5.000 %)B2C
44 (5.000 %)Continuous Integration
53 (3.750 %)SOA
53 (3.750 %)RUP
53 (3.750 %)Project Management
53 (3.750 %)BPEL
62 (2.500 %)Software Engineering
62 (2.500 %)Web Development
62 (2.500 %)E-business
62 (2.500 %)PRINCE2
62 (2.500 %)SC Cleared
62 (2.500 %)Security Cleared
62 (2.500 %)Unit Testing
62 (2.500 %)Integration Testing
71 (1.250 %)Configuration Management
71 (1.250 %)Time Management
71 (1.250 %)OOD
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
171 (88.75 %)Java
229 (36.25 %)JavaScript
229 (36.25 %)SQL
38 (10.00 %)PHP
45 (6.250 %)DHTML
45 (6.250 %)XPath
54 (5.000 %)FoxPro (VFP)
54 (5.000 %)C
54 (5.000 %)C++
54 (5.000 %)Delphi
62 (2.500 %)C#
62 (2.500 %)Perl
71 (1.250 %)PL/SQL
71 (1.250 %)Embedded C
71 (1.250 %)XQuery
71 (1.250 %)Assembly Language
71 (1.250 %)Shell Script
71 (1.250 %)VB
71 (1.250 %)VC++
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (15.00 %)Degree
21 (1.250 %)PRINCE2 Certification
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.250 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (2.500 %)AquaLogic
21 (1.250 %)Active Directory
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (1.250 %)CA SiteMinder
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
131 (38.75 %)Oracle
220 (25.00 %)IBM
36 (7.500 %)BEA
44 (5.000 %)Microsoft
44 (5.000 %)ATG
44 (5.000 %)Red Hat
51 (1.250 %)Mapinfo
51 (1.250 %)FatWire
51 (1.250 %)VMware
51 (1.250 %)Google
51 (1.250 %)Adobe
51 (1.250 %)Sun
51 (1.250 %)CA
51 (1.250 %)ILOG
51 (1.250 %)Symbian