The first table below looks at the demand for Struts 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 Struts over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Struts
Rank 199 200 154
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -46
Contract jobs citing Struts 21 45 99
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.265% 0.443% 0.965%
As % of the Application Development category 1.075% 1.941% 3.680%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 19 28
Average daily rate £288 £375 £363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.33% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £250 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £319 £475 £541
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £334 £350
% change year-on-year
-4.41% -4.64%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 31
Average hourly rate - - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £36.25 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- -14.70%
All Application Development
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1954 2318 2690
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.67% 22.82% 26.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 1020 1151 1233
Average daily rate £350 £328 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.87% +0.76%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £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 123 105 196
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £17.60 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £40.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Struts
England

Struts
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Struts Jobs Demand Trend

Struts
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Struts Daily Rate Trend

Struts
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Struts Hourly Rate Trend

Struts
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Struts within the South East region over the 3 months to 21 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
Berkshire +6 8 £255 -33.33%
Hampshire -22 5 £315 -14.57%
Oxfordshire +2 4 - -
Buckinghamshire -4 3 - -
East Sussex - 1 £320 -
Struts
England

Struts
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Struts 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 Struts.

1 37 (97.37%) Java
2 33 (86.84%) Spring
3 22 (57.89%) JavaScript
4 21 (55.26%) JSP
4 21 (55.26%) Hibernate
5 19 (50.00%) jQuery
6 18 (47.37%) J2EE
6 18 (47.37%) HTML
7 16 (42.11%) Finance
8 14 (36.84%) Ajax
8 14 (36.84%) Tomcat
8 14 (36.84%) CSS
8 14 (36.84%) Eclipse
9 13 (34.21%) Servlets
9 13 (34.21%) Subversion
9 13 (34.21%) Struts2
10 12 (31.58%) Maven
10 12 (31.58%) JUnit
10 12 (31.58%) XML
11 11 (28.95%) Apache
11 11 (28.95%) OO
12 10 (26.32%) Oracle
12 10 (26.32%) SQL
13 8 (21.05%) JDBC
13 8 (21.05%) Apache CXF
13 8 (21.05%) System Testing
14 7 (18.42%) SQL Server
14 7 (18.42%) WebLogic
14 7 (18.42%) Windows
14 7 (18.42%) HTML5

Struts
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing Struts 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 Struts. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 33 (86.84%) Spring
2 21 (55.26%) JSP
2 21 (55.26%) Hibernate
3 19 (50.00%) jQuery
4 18 (47.37%) J2EE
4 18 (47.37%) HTML
5 14 (36.84%) Ajax
5 14 (36.84%) CSS
6 13 (34.21%) Servlets
6 13 (34.21%) Struts2
7 12 (31.58%) XML
8 8 (21.05%) JDBC
8 8 (21.05%) Apache CXF
9 7 (18.42%) HTML5
10 6 (15.79%) Web Services
10 6 (15.79%) DHTML
10 6 (15.79%) JMS
10 6 (15.79%) Dojo
10 6 (15.79%) JSON
11 4 (10.53%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 14 (36.84%) Tomcat
2 11 (28.95%) Apache
3 7 (18.42%) WebLogic
4 2 (5.263%) CMS
4 2 (5.263%) Oracle Application Server
5 1 (2.632%) Liferay
5 1 (2.632%) Alfresco
Business Applications
1 2 (5.263%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 6 (15.79%) HTTP
1 6 (15.79%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (18.42%) SQL Server
2 3 (7.895%) MySQL
3 2 (5.263%) Oracle 10g
3 2 (5.263%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (2.632%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 14 (36.84%) Eclipse
2 13 (34.21%) Subversion
3 12 (31.58%) Maven
3 12 (31.58%) JUnit
4 7 (18.42%) Jenkins
5 3 (7.895%) Ant
6 2 (5.263%) Git (software)
7 1 (2.632%) GitHub
7 1 (2.632%) IntelliJ
7 1 (2.632%) Rational Rose
General
1 16 (42.11%) Finance
2 3 (7.895%) Retail
3 2 (5.263%) Publishing
4 1 (2.632%) Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (78.95%) Developer
2 15 (39.47%) Java Developer
3 8 (21.05%) Programmer
3 8 (21.05%) JavaScript Developer
4 5 (13.16%) Front-End Developer
4 5 (13.16%) Analyst Programmer
4 5 (13.16%) Analyst
5 4 (10.53%) Senior Developer
5 4 (10.53%) Senior Java Developer
5 4 (10.53%) Senior Programmer
6 3 (7.895%) Java Programmer
6 3 (7.895%) Senior Analyst
6 3 (7.895%) Senior Analyst Programmer
6 3 (7.895%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 3 (7.895%) Consultant
7 2 (5.263%) Web Developer
7 2 (5.263%) Oracle Consultant
7 2 (5.263%) J2EE Developer
7 2 (5.263%) Technical Consultant
7 2 (5.263%) Oracle Technical Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.79%) Open Source
2 2 (5.263%) Blackberry
2 2 (5.263%) Smartphone
2 2 (5.263%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.632%) PKI
Operating Systems
1 7 (18.42%) Windows
2 6 (15.79%) Linux
3 4 (10.53%) Solaris
4 3 (7.895%) Android
4 3 (7.895%) UNIX
5 2 (5.263%) Windows 8
5 2 (5.263%) Apple iOS
6 1 (2.632%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (28.95%) OO
2 8 (21.05%) System Testing
3 6 (15.79%) Software Architecture
3 6 (15.79%) OOA/OOD
3 6 (15.79%) Use Case
3 6 (15.79%) MVC
4 5 (13.16%) TDD
5 4 (10.53%) UML
6 3 (7.895%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (7.895%) OOD
7 2 (5.263%) E-Commerce
7 2 (5.263%) Configuration Management
7 2 (5.263%) Project Management
7 2 (5.263%) Content Management
7 2 (5.263%) Data Protection
7 2 (5.263%) Scrum
7 2 (5.263%) Migration
7 2 (5.263%) E-business
7 2 (5.263%) Change Control
7 2 (5.263%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 37 (97.37%) Java
2 22 (57.89%) JavaScript
3 10 (26.32%) SQL
4 2 (5.263%) C
4 2 (5.263%) PL/SQL
4 2 (5.263%) Shell Script
5 1 (2.632%) Scala
5 1 (2.632%) Groovy
5 1 (2.632%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (2.632%) SCWCD
1 1 (2.632%) MBCS
1 1 (2.632%) Degree
1 1 (2.632%) CITP
1 1 (2.632%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (5.263%) SLA
1 2 (5.263%) Sarbanes-Oxley
2 1 (2.632%) QA
Vendors
1 10 (26.32%) Oracle
2 5 (13.16%) JBoss
3 3 (7.895%) Jaspersoft
4 2 (5.263%) Sencha
5 1 (2.632%) GigaSpaces
5 1 (2.632%) Sun
5 1 (2.632%) Microsoft
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