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The table below looks at the demand for Apache Log4j skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Log4j over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache Log4j
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank145170
Rank change on same period last yearUp+25
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.473 %0.132 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£425
% change on same period last year-9.80 %
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-£35.10
% change on same period last year-
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
South West
Matching contract IT job ads423757
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.603 %0.783 %
Daily rates quoted89170
Average minimum daily rate£312£312
Average daily rate£331£329
% change on same period last year+0.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£351£346
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£327
% change on same period last year-0.86 %
Hourly rates quoted85112
Average minimum hourly rate£30.49£32.30
Average hourly rate£32.25£34.21
% change on same period last year-5.73 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.01£36.12
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50£31.18
% change on same period last year+4.25 %
Log4j EnglandLog4j
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.

Log4j
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Log4j across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

South West Log4j Demand Trend

Log4j
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Log4j across the South West region.

South West Log4j Daily Rate Trend

Log4j
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Log4j across the South West region.

South West Log4j Hourly Rate Trend

Log4j
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Log4j within the South West 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
WiltshireNew entry-2--
Log4j EnglandLog4j
England

Log4j
Top 16 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Log4j 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 Log4j.

12 (100.00 %)Java
12 (100.00 %)Ant
12 (100.00 %)JDBC
12 (100.00 %)JSP
12 (100.00 %)JBoss
12 (100.00 %)JavaBeans
12 (100.00 %)Back Office
12 (100.00 %)Finance
12 (100.00 %)Spring
12 (100.00 %)JPA
12 (100.00 %)Drools
21 (50.00 %)Workflow
21 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
21 (50.00 %)ITIL
21 (50.00 %)Windows
21 (50.00 %)Windows 2000

Log4j
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South West region citing Log4j 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 Log4j. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)JDBC
12 (100.00 %)JSP
12 (100.00 %)JavaBeans
12 (100.00 %)Spring
12 (100.00 %)JPA
12 (100.00 %)Drools
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (100.00 %)JBoss
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (100.00 %)Ant
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (100.00 %)Back Office
12 (100.00 %)Finance
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
21 (50.00 %)Analyst
21 (50.00 %)Applications Developer
21 (50.00 %)Analyst Programmer
21 (50.00 %)Programmer
21 (50.00 %)Applications Support
21 (50.00 %)Java Developer
21 (50.00 %)Java Analyst Programmer
21 (50.00 %)Java Programmer
21 (50.00 %)Developer Analyst
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (50.00 %)Windows
11 (50.00 %)Windows 2000
11 (50.00 %)Windows Server 2003
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)ITIL
11 (50.00 %)Workflow
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)Java