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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of BEA products and/or services in IT contracts within the South West region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BEA over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBEA
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank133145
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads1229
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.017 %0.029 %
As % of the category below0.655 %1.248 %
Daily rates quoted08
Average minimum daily rate-£341
Average daily rate-£358
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£412£441
% change on same period last year-6.58 %
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-£34.50
% change on same period last year-
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
South West
Matching contract IT job ads18322324
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.579 %2.349 %
Daily rates quoted460507
Average minimum daily rate£341£310
Average daily rate£363£326
% change on same period last year+11.32 %
Average maximum daily rate£385£343
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£354
% change on same period last year+1.33 %
Hourly rates quoted223270
Average minimum hourly rate£24.40£22.74
Average hourly rate£26.10£24.41
% change on same period last year+6.90 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.80£26.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.44£24.37
% change on same period last year+0.26 %
BEA EnglandBEA
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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within BEA Systems, Inc.

BEA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BEA across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

South West BEA Demand Trend

BEA
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West BEA Daily Rate Trend

BEA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West BEA Hourly Rate Trend

BEA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BEA within the South West 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
GloucestershireNew entry-3--
BristolUp+112--
SomersetUp+12--
WiltshireDown-82--
BEA EnglandBEA
England

BEA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

121 (95.45 %)WebLogic
216 (72.73 %)J2EE
312 (54.55 %)Oracle
312 (54.55 %)EJB
411 (50.00 %)XML
510 (45.45 %)Java
68 (36.36 %)UML
68 (36.36 %)Security Cleared
77 (31.82 %)DV Cleared
77 (31.82 %)JBoss
77 (31.82 %)RUP
77 (31.82 %)Sun
77 (31.82 %)Sun Certification
86 (27.27 %)Oracle 10g
86 (27.27 %)Apache
86 (27.27 %)WebSphere Application Server
86 (27.27 %)WebSphere
95 (22.73 %)Java EE
95 (22.73 %)Oracle Application Server
95 (22.73 %)JavaScript
95 (22.73 %)XSLT
95 (22.73 %)HTML
95 (22.73 %)SOAP
95 (22.73 %)JMS
95 (22.73 %)IBM
95 (22.73 %)Java EE 5
104 (18.18 %)Reverse Proxy
104 (18.18 %)Government
113 (13.64 %)ATG
113 (13.64 %)SC Cleared

BEA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (72.73 %)J2EE
212 (54.55 %)EJB
311 (50.00 %)XML
46 (27.27 %)WebSphere
55 (22.73 %)Java EE
55 (22.73 %)Java EE 5
55 (22.73 %)XSLT
55 (22.73 %)JMS
55 (22.73 %)HTML
55 (22.73 %)SOAP
62 (9.091 %)Spring
62 (9.091 %)AJAX
71 (4.545 %)JSP
71 (4.545 %)Hibernate
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (95.45 %)WebLogic
27 (31.82 %)JBoss
36 (27.27 %)Apache
36 (27.27 %)WebSphere Application Server
45 (22.73 %)Oracle Application Server
51 (4.545 %)WebSphere MQ
51 (4.545 %)ATG Dynamo
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (18.18 %)Reverse Proxy
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (27.27 %)Oracle 10g
21 (4.545 %)BusinessObjects
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (9.091 %)Ant
12 (9.091 %)CruiseControl
21 (4.545 %)JUnit
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (18.18 %)Government
21 (4.545 %)Retail
21 (4.545 %)Finance
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (63.64 %)Developer
28 (36.36 %)Java Developer
34 (18.18 %)Java/J2EE Developer
43 (13.64 %)WebLogic Consultant
43 (13.64 %)Consultant
51 (4.545 %)DBA
51 (4.545 %)Service Analyst
51 (4.545 %)Administrator
51 (4.545 %)Oracle DBA
51 (4.545 %)J2EE Developer
51 (4.545 %)J2EE Architect
51 (4.545 %)Architect
51 (4.545 %)Analyst
51 (4.545 %)Customer Analyst
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (9.091 %)Web 2.0
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (4.545 %)UNIX
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (36.36 %)UML
18 (36.36 %)Security Cleared
27 (31.82 %)DV Cleared
27 (31.82 %)RUP
33 (13.64 %)SC Cleared
42 (9.091 %)E-Commerce
42 (9.091 %)SOA
51 (4.545 %)Service Management
51 (4.545 %)Agile Software Development
51 (4.545 %)Unit Testing
51 (4.545 %)EAI
51 (4.545 %)OO
51 (4.545 %)ITIL
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (45.45 %)Java
25 (22.73 %)JavaScript
33 (13.64 %)SQL
42 (9.091 %)Shell Script
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (31.82 %)Sun Certification
South West IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (9.091 %)AquaLogic
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (54.55 %)Oracle
27 (31.82 %)Sun
35 (22.73 %)IBM
43 (13.64 %)ATG
52 (9.091 %)TIBCO
61 (4.545 %)webMethods
61 (4.545 %)Remedy
61 (4.545 %)BMC
61 (4.545 %)Microsoft
61 (4.545 %)Business Objects