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The table below looks at the demand for Apache Tomcat skills within the South West region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Tomcat over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache Tomcat
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank120161
Rank change on same period last yearUp+41
Matching contract IT job ads2513
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.035 %0.013 %
As % of the category below4.318 %1.892 %
Daily rates quoted58
Average minimum daily rate£285£309
Average daily rate£285£334
% change on same period last year-14.56 %
Average maximum daily rate£285£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£326
% change on same period last year+4.43 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£32.50-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£35.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.64£30.71
% change on same period last year+3.03 %
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
South West
Matching contract IT job ads579687
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.815 %0.694 %
Daily rates quoted149150
Average minimum daily rate£312£279
Average daily rate£330£297
% change on same period last year+10.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£348£316
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£338
% change on same period last year+3.58 %
Hourly rates quoted5080
Average minimum hourly rate£25.65£23.70
Average hourly rate£27.26£25.93
% change on same period last year+5.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.87£28.16
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.69£24.06
% change on same period last year+2.63 %
Tomcat EnglandTomcat
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.

Tomcat
Demand Trend

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

South West Tomcat Demand Trend

Tomcat
Daily Rate Trend

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

South West Tomcat Daily Rate Trend

Tomcat
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Tomcat across the South West region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

South West Tomcat Daily Rate Histogram

Tomcat
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South West Tomcat Hourly Rate Trend

Tomcat
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tomcat 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
DevonNew entry-14£301-
WiltshireUp+45£225-
BristolNew entry-1--
SomersetNew entry-1£450-
DorsetDown-81--
Tomcat EnglandTomcat
England

Tomcat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

128 (87.50 %)Java
223 (71.88 %)Oracle
319 (59.38 %)J2EE
418 (56.25 %)XML
517 (53.13 %)HTML
517 (53.13 %)Eclipse
616 (50.00 %)JSP
715 (46.88 %)Windows
814 (43.75 %)Solaris
814 (43.75 %)OO
814 (43.75 %)Ant
913 (40.63 %)ATG
913 (40.63 %)ATG Dynamo
913 (40.63 %)Extreme Programming
913 (40.63 %)XPath
913 (40.63 %)Castor
913 (40.63 %)Apache
913 (40.63 %)Oracle 9i
913 (40.63 %)XSD
913 (40.63 %)Windows NT
913 (40.63 %)HTTP
913 (40.63 %)Sun
913 (40.63 %)Sun Certification
913 (40.63 %)Extranet
913 (40.63 %)Shell Script
1012 (37.50 %)SQL
117 (21.88 %)UNIX
125 (15.63 %)Linux
125 (15.63 %)MySQL
134 (12.50 %)CSS

Tomcat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (59.38 %)J2EE
218 (56.25 %)XML
317 (53.13 %)HTML
416 (50.00 %)JSP
513 (40.63 %)XSD
513 (40.63 %)Castor
64 (12.50 %)CSS
73 (9.375 %)Hibernate
73 (9.375 %)Spring
73 (9.375 %)AJAX
73 (9.375 %)WebSphere
82 (6.250 %)NetBeans
82 (6.250 %)Struts
82 (6.250 %)XSLT
91 (3.125 %)XHTML
91 (3.125 %)J2ME
91 (3.125 %)SAX
91 (3.125 %)Oracle ADF
91 (3.125 %)WebServices
91 (3.125 %)WinForms
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (40.63 %)Apache
113 (40.63 %)ATG Dynamo
23 (9.375 %)WebLogic
23 (9.375 %)JBoss
32 (6.250 %)Plone
South West IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.125 %)MS Office
11 (3.125 %)MS Excel
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
113 (40.63 %)HTTP
113 (40.63 %)Extranet
23 (9.375 %)Internet
23 (9.375 %)LAN
32 (6.250 %)WAN
32 (6.250 %)DNS
41 (3.125 %)TCP/IP
41 (3.125 %)LDAP
41 (3.125 %)WLAN
41 (3.125 %)Wireless
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (40.63 %)Oracle 9i
25 (15.63 %)MySQL
34 (12.50 %)SQL Server
42 (6.250 %)RDBMS
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (53.13 %)Eclipse
214 (43.75 %)Ant
31 (3.125 %)JUnit
31 (3.125 %)Subversion
31 (3.125 %)Oracle APEX
South West IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (9.375 %)Pharmaceutical
13 (9.375 %)Multimedia
22 (6.250 %)Telecoms
31 (3.125 %)Finance
31 (3.125 %)Education
31 (3.125 %)Banking
31 (3.125 %)Marketing
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
122 (68.75 %)Developer
214 (43.75 %)J2EE Developer
313 (40.63 %)Lead Developer
47 (21.88 %)Java Developer
54 (12.50 %)Support Analyst
54 (12.50 %)Applications Support
54 (12.50 %)Analyst
54 (12.50 %)Applications Support Analyst
63 (9.375 %)Java/J2EE Developer
72 (6.250 %)Web Applications Developer
72 (6.250 %)Java Web Developer
72 (6.250 %)Java Applications Developer
72 (6.250 %)Web Developer
72 (6.250 %)Applications Developer
81 (3.125 %)Oracle Developer
81 (3.125 %)Software Engineer
South West IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (6.250 %)NHS
21 (3.125 %)Derivative
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
115 (46.88 %)Windows
214 (43.75 %)Solaris
313 (40.63 %)Windows NT
47 (21.88 %)UNIX
55 (15.63 %)Linux
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (43.75 %)OO
213 (40.63 %)Extreme Programming
32 (6.250 %)Agile Software Development
32 (6.250 %)Data Modelling
41 (3.125 %)Configuration Management
41 (3.125 %)Project Management
41 (3.125 %)Risk Management
41 (3.125 %)Web Development
41 (3.125 %)User Acceptance Testing
41 (3.125 %)System Testing
41 (3.125 %)UML
South West IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
128 (87.50 %)Java
213 (40.63 %)Shell Script
213 (40.63 %)XPath
312 (37.50 %)SQL
43 (9.375 %)JavaScript
43 (9.375 %)Perl
43 (9.375 %)PHP
51 (3.125 %)PL/SQL
51 (3.125 %)Python
51 (3.125 %)Tcl
51 (3.125 %)C#
South West IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
113 (40.63 %)Sun Certification
South West IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
123 (71.88 %)Oracle
213 (40.63 %)Sun
213 (40.63 %)ATG
34 (12.50 %)TIBCO
42 (6.250 %)BT
42 (6.250 %)HP
42 (6.250 %)Ericsson
51 (3.125 %)Cisco