The first table below looks at the demand for Spring 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 Spring over the 3 months to 17 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 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SpringSource Spring Framework
Rank 100 140 79
Rank change year-on-year
+40 -61
Contract jobs citing Spring 133 109 234
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.702% 1.073% 2.239%
As % of the Application Development category 6.838% 4.682% 8.481%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 51 83
Average daily rate £350 £330 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -17.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £263 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £445 £435
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 6 54
Average hourly rate £23.13 £40.00 £41.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.18% -2.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.48 £40.00 £35.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £40.75 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.81 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-14.42% -23.52%
All Application Development
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1945 2328 2759
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.89% 22.92% 26.40%
Number of daily rates quoted 1021 1162 1249
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £239 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 123 106 194
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £39.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -10.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £17.65 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £41.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Spring
England

Spring
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Spring Jobs Demand Trend

Spring
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Spring Daily Rate Trend

Spring
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spring across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Spring Daily Rate Histogram

Spring
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Spring Hourly Rate Trend

Spring
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Spring across the South East region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South East Spring Hourly Rate Histogram

Spring
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Spring within the South East region over the 3 months to 17 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 +14 64 £350 -6.66%
Surrey +39 36 £400 +25.98%
Berkshire +21 17 £325 -11.26%
Oxfordshire +12 10 £320 -14.66%
Buckinghamshire +1 3 - -
Kent - 3 £425 -
Spring
England

Spring
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Spring 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 Spring.

1 224 (94.51%) Java
2 168 (70.89%) Hibernate
3 96 (40.51%) Maven
4 84 (35.44%) SQL
5 81 (34.18%) Web Services
6 79 (33.33%) JavaScript
6 79 (33.33%) JUnit
7 78 (32.91%) MVC
8 76 (32.07%) CSS
9 74 (31.22%) Agile Software Development
10 69 (29.11%) HTML
11 67 (28.27%) J2EE
12 66 (27.85%) JMS
13 65 (27.43%) JPA
14 64 (27.00%) UML
14 64 (27.00%) JSP
15 62 (26.16%) SQL Server
15 62 (26.16%) Spring MVC
16 60 (25.32%) jQuery
17 59 (24.89%) TDD
18 57 (24.05%) Oracle
19 56 (23.63%) EJB
19 56 (23.63%) BDD
19 56 (23.63%) REST
20 54 (22.78%) Git (software)
20 54 (22.78%) SOAP
20 54 (22.78%) Spring Security
21 53 (22.36%) Java EE
22 50 (21.10%) JSON
22 50 (21.10%) Mockito

Spring
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Spring 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 Spring. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 168 (70.89%) Hibernate
2 81 (34.18%) Web Services
3 76 (32.07%) CSS
4 69 (29.11%) HTML
5 67 (28.27%) J2EE
6 66 (27.85%) JMS
7 65 (27.43%) JPA
8 64 (27.00%) JSP
9 62 (26.16%) Spring MVC
10 60 (25.32%) jQuery
11 56 (23.63%) EJB
11 56 (23.63%) REST
12 54 (22.78%) SOAP
12 54 (22.78%) Spring Security
13 53 (22.36%) Java EE
14 50 (21.10%) JSON
15 46 (19.41%) Spring Web Flow
15 46 (19.41%) Apache CXF
16 45 (18.99%) JAXB
17 43 (18.14%) JTA
Application Platforms
1 38 (16.03%) Tomcat
2 31 (13.08%) Apache
3 25 (10.55%) BizTalk Server
3 25 (10.55%) WebLogic
4 9 (3.797%) ESB
5 7 (2.954%) ActiveMQ
5 7 (2.954%) WebSphere Application Server
6 6 (2.532%) Liferay
6 6 (2.532%) CMS
7 4 (1.688%) Adobe CQ
7 4 (1.688%) WebLogic Portal
8 2 (0.844%) Windows Azure
8 2 (0.844%) Oracle Application Server
9 1 (0.422%) Oracle SOA Suite
9 1 (0.422%) WebSphere Message Broker
9 1 (0.422%) Jetty
9 1 (0.422%) Alfresco
9 1 (0.422%) Mule
9 1 (0.422%) Commerce Server
9 1 (0.422%) WebSphere MQ
Applications
1 9 (3.797%) MS Excel
2 5 (2.110%) MS Visio
3 4 (1.688%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.422%) MS Project
4 1 (0.422%) Doxygen
Business Applications
1 2 (0.844%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (0.422%) Apache OFBiz
Communications & Networking
1 14 (5.907%) HTTP
2 11 (4.641%) TCP/IP
3 6 (2.532%) Internet
4 5 (2.110%) DVB
5 2 (0.844%) Extranet
5 2 (0.844%) Intranet
6 1 (0.422%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 62 (26.16%) SQL Server
2 36 (15.19%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 36 (15.19%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 16 (6.751%) NoSQL
4 9 (3.797%) MySQL
5 7 (2.954%) SQL Server 2008
6 5 (2.110%) TOAD
7 4 (1.688%) PostgreSQL
8 3 (1.266%) Ingres
8 3 (1.266%) RDBMS
8 3 (1.266%) Hadoop
9 2 (0.844%) Oracle 11g
9 2 (0.844%) Oracle 10g
9 2 (0.844%) GIS
10 1 (0.422%) Adabas
10 1 (0.422%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 96 (40.51%) Maven
2 79 (33.33%) JUnit
3 54 (22.78%) Git (software)
4 50 (21.10%) Mockito
5 37 (15.61%) Eclipse
6 24 (10.13%) Selenium
6 24 (10.13%) Jenkins
7 20 (8.439%) Subversion
8 14 (5.907%) Ant
9 13 (5.485%) TestNG
9 13 (5.485%) JBehave
10 10 (4.219%) DbUnit
10 10 (4.219%) Cucumber
11 9 (3.797%) ClearCase
12 8 (3.376%) FitNesse
13 7 (2.954%) Hudson
14 6 (2.532%) CruiseControl
15 4 (1.688%) ClearQuest
15 4 (1.688%) jMock
15 4 (1.688%) EasyMock
General
1 42 (17.72%) Finance
2 9 (3.797%) Telecoms
3 8 (3.376%) Retail
4 4 (1.688%) Marketing
5 3 (1.266%) Banking
6 2 (0.844%) Publishing
7 1 (0.422%) Games
7 1 (0.422%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.422%) Billing
Job Titles
1 189 (79.75%) Developer
2 137 (57.81%) Java Developer
3 21 (8.861%) Senior Developer
4 15 (6.329%) Architect
5 13 (5.485%) Technical Leader
6 12 (5.063%) Senior Java Developer
6 12 (5.063%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 12 (5.063%) Software Engineer
6 12 (5.063%) .NET Developer
7 9 (3.797%) Programmer
8 8 (3.376%) C# Developer
8 8 (3.376%) Agile .NET Developer
8 8 (3.376%) JavaScript Developer
8 8 (3.376%) Java Architect
9 7 (2.954%) Lead Developer
9 7 (2.954%) Software Architect
9 7 (2.954%) Solutions Architect
9 7 (2.954%) Applications Developer
9 7 (2.954%) Web Developer
10 6 (2.532%) Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 7 (2.954%) Open Source
2 6 (2.532%) Mobile App
2 6 (2.532%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (2.110%) Computer Science
3 5 (2.110%) DTV
4 4 (1.688%) Wiki
5 3 (1.266%) Smartphone
6 2 (0.844%) Blackberry
7 1 (0.422%) Clustering
7 1 (0.422%) Semantic Web
7 1 (0.422%) New Media
7 1 (0.422%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 28 (11.81%) Linux
2 17 (7.173%) UNIX
3 12 (5.063%) Windows
4 7 (2.954%) Android
5 6 (2.532%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 5 (2.110%) Solaris
7 4 (1.688%) CentOS
8 2 (0.844%) Apple iOS
8 2 (0.844%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.422%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 78 (32.91%) MVC
2 74 (31.22%) Agile Software Development
3 64 (27.00%) UML
4 59 (24.89%) TDD
5 56 (23.63%) BDD
6 48 (20.25%) Web Development
7 47 (19.83%) Software Architecture
8 44 (18.57%) Continuous Integration
9 41 (17.30%) OOD
10 35 (14.77%) Scrum
11 32 (13.50%) Pair Programming
12 28 (11.81%) Dependency Injection
13 27 (11.39%) SOA
13 27 (11.39%) OO
14 22 (9.283%) E-Commerce
15 12 (5.063%) Web Application Development
16 11 (4.641%) Multithreading
17 10 (4.219%) Software Engineering
18 9 (3.797%) System Testing
19 8 (3.376%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 224 (94.51%) Java
2 84 (35.44%) SQL
3 79 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 22 (9.283%) C#
5 15 (6.329%) PL/SQL
6 13 (5.485%) Groovy
7 9 (3.797%) XPath
8 7 (2.954%) Shell Script
9 5 (2.110%) Scala
10 3 (1.266%) C
11 2 (0.844%) Ruby
11 2 (0.844%) Bash shell
11 2 (0.844%) Python
12 1 (0.422%) XQuery
12 1 (0.422%) T-SQL
12 1 (0.422%) VB
12 1 (0.422%) C++
12 1 (0.422%) NATURAL
12 1 (0.422%) Jython
12 1 (0.422%) VB6
Qualifications
1 12 (5.063%) Security Cleared
2 7 (2.954%) Degree
2 7 (2.954%) SC Cleared
3 4 (1.688%) Sun Certification
4 3 (1.266%) SCJP
5 2 (0.844%) SCJA
6 1 (0.422%) CITP
6 1 (0.422%) ISEB
6 1 (0.422%) MBCS
6 1 (0.422%) SCWCD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (2.110%) HL7
2 4 (1.688%) QA
3 2 (0.844%) SLA
3 2 (0.844%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (0.844%) Active Directory
1 2 (0.844%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.422%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 57 (24.05%) Oracle
2 42 (17.72%) JBoss
3 13 (5.485%) Google
3 13 (5.485%) Twitter
4 9 (3.797%) IBM
5 8 (3.376%) Red Hat
6 6 (2.532%) Microsoft
7 5 (2.110%) Sun
8 4 (1.688%) Adobe
8 4 (1.688%) hybris
9 3 (1.266%) Cognizant
9 3 (1.266%) Jaspersoft
10 2 (0.844%) Sencha
10 2 (0.844%) VMware
11 1 (0.422%) GigaSpaces
11 1 (0.422%) Coverity
11 1 (0.422%) Elastic Path
11 1 (0.422%) HP
11 1 (0.422%) SAP
11 1 (0.422%) Talend
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