Spring Contracts in the South West
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Spring 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 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 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SpringSource Spring Framework
Rank 87 84 102
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +18
Contract jobs citing Spring 28 55 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 1.367% 1.660% 0.536%
As % of the Application Development category 5.797% 6.936% 2.389%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 44 2
Average daily rate £323 £363 £373
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.03% -2.68%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £302 £371
10% offered a daily rate of more than £364 £404 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £325 £375
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -13.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.81 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
-14.42% -23.52%
All Application Development
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		 483 793 628
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 23.58% 23.93% 22.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 302 483 277
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 £225 £240 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £475 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 9 23 36
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 £15.00
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%
Spring
England

Spring
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 West region.

South West 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 West region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South West 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 West region.

South West Spring Hourly Rate Trend

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 West 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
Somerset +13 9 £325 +62.50%
Gloucestershire +32 5 £325 -
Dorset -3 5 £315 -13.10%
Devon +1 3 £290 -22.66%
Bristol -4 3 £360 -7.69%
Spring
England

Spring
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 61 (95.31%) Java
2 44 (68.75%) Hibernate
3 30 (46.88%) J2EE
4 25 (39.06%) Oracle
5 22 (34.38%) CSS
5 22 (34.38%) Agile Software Development
6 21 (32.81%) MVC
6 21 (32.81%) JavaScript
7 20 (31.25%) Scrum
8 17 (26.56%) HTML
9 16 (25.00%) Spring MVC
10 15 (23.44%) SQL
10 15 (23.44%) Web Services
11 14 (21.88%) TDD
11 14 (21.88%) Java EE
12 12 (18.75%) Apache
13 11 (17.19%) XML
13 11 (17.19%) jQuery
14 10 (15.63%) Web Development
14 10 (15.63%) PL/SQL
14 10 (15.63%) OO
15 9 (14.06%) Eclipse
15 9 (14.06%) Apache Flex
15 9 (14.06%) Unit Testing
16 8 (12.50%) System Testing
16 8 (12.50%) Maven
16 8 (12.50%) Finance
16 8 (12.50%) E-Commerce
16 8 (12.50%) .NET
17 7 (10.94%) C#

Spring
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West 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 44 (68.75%) Hibernate
2 30 (46.88%) J2EE
3 22 (34.38%) CSS
4 17 (26.56%) HTML
5 16 (25.00%) Spring MVC
6 15 (23.44%) Web Services
7 14 (21.88%) Java EE
8 11 (17.19%) jQuery
8 11 (17.19%) XML
9 9 (14.06%) Apache Flex
10 8 (12.50%) .NET
11 7 (10.94%) WebSphere
12 6 (9.375%) ASP.NET
12 6 (9.375%) XSL
12 6 (9.375%) JPA
13 5 (7.813%) RESTful
13 5 (7.813%) JSP
13 5 (7.813%) JAXB
13 5 (7.813%) Grails
14 4 (6.250%) XSD
Application Platforms
1 12 (18.75%) Apache
2 6 (9.375%) Tomcat
3 5 (7.813%) GlassFish
4 3 (4.688%) Mule
4 3 (4.688%) MS Exchange
4 3 (4.688%) IIS
4 3 (4.688%) Exchange Server 2010
5 2 (3.125%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (3.125%) WebLogic
5 2 (3.125%) LiveCycle
6 1 (1.563%) Apache Solr
6 1 (1.563%) ESB
Applications
1 2 (3.125%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.563%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.563%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (7.813%) MySQL
1 5 (7.813%) SQL Server
2 3 (4.688%) Oracle 10g
2 3 (4.688%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (4.688%) SQL Server 2008
3 2 (3.125%) MarkLogic
3 2 (3.125%) RDBMS
3 2 (3.125%) SQL Server 2005
4 1 (1.563%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 9 (14.06%) Eclipse
2 8 (12.50%) Maven
3 6 (9.375%) JUnit
4 4 (6.250%) Spring Roo
5 3 (4.688%) Jenkins
5 3 (4.688%) Git (software)
5 3 (4.688%) Subversion
5 3 (4.688%) Ant
6 2 (3.125%) Selenium
6 2 (3.125%) jMock
6 2 (3.125%) Mockito
7 1 (1.563%) FlexUnit
7 1 (1.563%) Gradle
7 1 (1.563%) Atlassian Bamboo
7 1 (1.563%) NetBeans
General
1 8 (12.50%) Finance
2 3 (4.688%) Retail
3 2 (3.125%) Back Office
4 1 (1.563%) Banking
Job Titles
1 58 (90.63%) Developer
2 50 (78.13%) Java Developer
3 9 (14.06%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 8 (12.50%) J2EE Developer
5 4 (6.250%) Senior Java Developer
5 4 (6.250%) Flex Developer
5 4 (6.250%) Senior Developer
5 4 (6.250%) C# Developer
5 4 (6.250%) Software Engineer
6 3 (4.688%) .NET Developer
6 3 (4.688%) Java Software Engineer
7 2 (3.125%) Web Developer
7 2 (3.125%) Designer
7 2 (3.125%) C# .NET Developer
8 1 (1.563%) Senior Designer
8 1 (1.563%) Classic ASP Developer
8 1 (1.563%) Technical Leader
8 1 (1.563%) .NET Software Engineer
8 1 (1.563%) Java Web Developer
8 1 (1.563%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (4.688%) Cryptography
1 3 (4.688%) Informatics
2 2 (3.125%) Computer Science
2 2 (3.125%) Mobile App
2 2 (3.125%) Mainframe
3 1 (1.563%) Management Information System
3 1 (1.563%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.813%) Linux
2 1 (1.563%) UNIX
2 1 (1.563%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (34.38%) Agile Software Development
2 21 (32.81%) MVC
3 20 (31.25%) Scrum
4 14 (21.88%) TDD
5 10 (15.63%) Web Development
5 10 (15.63%) OO
6 9 (14.06%) Unit Testing
7 8 (12.50%) System Testing
7 8 (12.50%) E-Commerce
8 6 (9.375%) UML
8 6 (9.375%) OOD
9 5 (7.813%) Kanban
10 4 (6.250%) Software Architecture
10 4 (6.250%) Validation
11 3 (4.688%) Web Application Development
11 3 (4.688%) Analytics
11 3 (4.688%) Continuous Integration
11 3 (4.688%) Automated Testing
11 3 (4.688%) Systems Analysis
12 2 (3.125%) Product Management
Programming Languages
1 61 (95.31%) Java
2 21 (32.81%) JavaScript
3 15 (23.44%) SQL
4 10 (15.63%) PL/SQL
5 7 (10.94%) C#
6 4 (6.250%) PHP
7 3 (4.688%) Delphi
8 2 (3.125%) VB
8 2 (3.125%) VB.NET
8 2 (3.125%) Python
8 2 (3.125%) Groovy
8 2 (3.125%) PowerShell
9 1 (1.563%) Scala
9 1 (1.563%) HQL
9 1 (1.563%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (9.375%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (6.250%) QA
2 1 (1.563%) TickIT
System Software
1 3 (4.688%) Oracle RAC
1 3 (4.688%) Hyper-V
Systems Management
1 2 (3.125%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 25 (39.06%) Oracle
2 6 (9.375%) Microsoft
3 5 (7.813%) JBoss
4 4 (6.250%) IBM
5 2 (3.125%) Adobe
6 1 (1.563%) Sun
6 1 (1.563%) hybris
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