The first table below looks at the demand for Servlets skills in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Servlets 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 West 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
Java Servlet
Rank 109 133 118
Rank change year-on-year
+24 -15
Contract jobs citing Servlets 8 9 2
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.384% 0.276% 0.073%
As % of the Application Development category 1.643% 1.152% 0.321%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 6 0
Average daily rate £350 £310 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.90% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £319 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
-8.85% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £42.50 £26.75 £45.00
% change year-on-year
+58.87% -40.55%
All Application Development
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
487 781 623
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 23.37% 23.92% 22.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 308 472 275
Average daily rate £325 £339 £310
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.12% +9.35%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £228 £240 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £454 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 23 37
Average hourly rate £24.50 £25.00 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.00% -23.07%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £16.20 £10.00 £15.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.50 £41.00 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Servlets
England

Servlets
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West Servlets Jobs Demand Trend

Servlets
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Servlets Daily Rate Trend

Servlets
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Servlets Hourly Rate Trend

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 West 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
Devon - 4 - -
Dorset +3 2 £350 -22.22%
Bristol +11 1 - -
Somerset - 1 - -
Servlets
England

Servlets
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

1 13 (100.00%) Java
2 12 (92.31%) XML
2 12 (92.31%) Ajax
3 11 (84.62%) J2EE
4 10 (76.92%) HTML
4 10 (76.92%) CSS
5 9 (69.23%) GIS
5 9 (69.23%) ESRI
5 9 (69.23%) Dojo
5 9 (69.23%) C#
5 9 (69.23%) JavaScript
5 9 (69.23%) XSD
5 9 (69.23%) .NET
5 9 (69.23%) jQuery
6 8 (61.54%) Web Services
7 7 (53.85%) Linux
7 7 (53.85%) Data Modelling
8 6 (46.15%) Red Hat
8 6 (46.15%) ArcGIS
8 6 (46.15%) Publishing
8 6 (46.15%) Apache Flex
8 6 (46.15%) Silverlight
8 6 (46.15%) Windows Server 2008
8 6 (46.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 6 (46.15%) Windows 7
8 6 (46.15%) REST
8 6 (46.15%) ArcSDE
8 6 (46.15%) Data Management
8 6 (46.15%) Information Management
8 6 (46.15%) Windows

Servlets
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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.

Application Development
1 12 (92.31%) XML
1 12 (92.31%) Ajax
2 11 (84.62%) J2EE
3 10 (76.92%) HTML
3 10 (76.92%) CSS
4 9 (69.23%) Dojo
4 9 (69.23%) XSD
4 9 (69.23%) .NET
4 9 (69.23%) jQuery
5 8 (61.54%) Web Services
6 6 (46.15%) Apache Flex
6 6 (46.15%) Silverlight
6 6 (46.15%) REST
6 6 (46.15%) ArcObjects
7 4 (30.77%) JSP
8 2 (15.38%) EJB
8 2 (15.38%) JMS
8 2 (15.38%) Struts
8 2 (15.38%) Spring
8 2 (15.38%) JTA
Application Platforms
1 6 (46.15%) ArcGIS
1 6 (46.15%) ArcSDE
2 2 (15.38%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (15.38%) WebLogic
2 2 (15.38%) Apache
2 2 (15.38%) GlassFish
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (69.23%) GIS
2 2 (15.38%) RDBMS
3 1 (7.692%) MySQL
3 1 (7.692%) SQL Server
3 1 (7.692%) DB2
Development Applications
1 6 (46.15%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (46.15%) Publishing
2 2 (15.38%) Finance
Job Titles
1 10 (76.92%) Developer
2 9 (69.23%) GIS Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Trainer
3 1 (7.692%) Java Developer
3 1 (7.692%) Team Leader
3 1 (7.692%) Technical Team Leader
3 1 (7.692%) Java Team Leader
3 1 (7.692%) Technical Leader
Miscellaneous
1 2 (15.38%) Mobile App
2 1 (7.692%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 7 (53.85%) Linux
2 6 (46.15%) Windows Server 2008
2 6 (46.15%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 6 (46.15%) Windows 7
2 6 (46.15%) Windows
3 1 (7.692%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (53.85%) Data Modelling
2 6 (46.15%) Data Management
2 6 (46.15%) Information Management
3 3 (23.08%) OO
4 2 (15.38%) OOA/OOD
4 2 (15.38%) UML
5 1 (7.692%) MVC
5 1 (7.692%) Migration
5 1 (7.692%) Requirements Analysis
5 1 (7.692%) User Stories
5 1 (7.692%) Use Case
5 1 (7.692%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 13 (100.00%) Java
2 9 (69.23%) C#
2 9 (69.23%) JavaScript
3 6 (46.15%) Python
4 2 (15.38%) PL/SQL
4 2 (15.38%) SQL
Vendors
1 9 (69.23%) ESRI
2 6 (46.15%) Red Hat
3 3 (23.08%) Oracle
4 2 (15.38%) JBoss
5 1 (7.692%) Microsoft
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