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The table below looks at the demand for Lucene skills within the South Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Lucene over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLucene
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank42-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.326 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£350-
Average daily rate£375-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£375-
% change on same period last year-
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--
% change on same period last year-
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads86119
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.116 %0.117 %
Daily rates quoted1615
Average minimum daily rate£313£293
Average daily rate£337£301
% change on same period last year+12.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£362£308
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted268
Average minimum hourly rate£29.18£25.71
Average hourly rate£31.47£28.29
% change on same period last year+11.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.77£30.86
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.95
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
Lucene YorkshireLucene
Yorkshire

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.

Lucene
Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire Lucene Demand Trend

Lucene
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Lucene Daily Rate Trend

Lucene
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Lucene within the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
SheffieldNew entry-2£375-
Lucene YorkshireLucene
Yorkshire

Lucene
Top 26 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing Lucene 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 Lucene.

19 (100.00 %)J2EE
28 (88.89 %)HTML
28 (88.89 %)JUnit
28 (88.89 %)CSS
28 (88.89 %)JSP
28 (88.89 %)Struts
28 (88.89 %)XML
28 (88.89 %)RSS
28 (88.89 %)Hibernate
28 (88.89 %)Content Management
28 (88.89 %)Spring
28 (88.89 %)JSTL
28 (88.89 %)HttpUnit
36 (66.67 %)UML
45 (55.56 %)Java
45 (55.56 %)E-Learning
54 (44.44 %)SCORM
54 (44.44 %)Use Case
54 (44.44 %)Internet
62 (22.22 %)AJAX
62 (22.22 %)Identity Management
62 (22.22 %)Education
62 (22.22 %)Government
62 (22.22 %)LDAP
62 (22.22 %)Eclipse
62 (22.22 %)HTTP

Lucene
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire region citing Lucene 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 Lucene. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (100.00 %)J2EE
28 (88.89 %)CSS
28 (88.89 %)JSP
28 (88.89 %)Struts
28 (88.89 %)XML
28 (88.89 %)RSS
28 (88.89 %)Hibernate
28 (88.89 %)Spring
28 (88.89 %)HTML
28 (88.89 %)JSTL
32 (22.22 %)AJAX
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (44.44 %)Internet
22 (22.22 %)LDAP
22 (22.22 %)HTTP
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (88.89 %)JUnit
18 (88.89 %)HttpUnit
22 (22.22 %)Eclipse
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (22.22 %)Education
12 (22.22 %)Government
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (100.00 %)Developer
24 (44.44 %)Software Developer
24 (44.44 %)J2EE Developer
24 (44.44 %)Software Designer
33 (33.33 %)Java Developer
42 (22.22 %)Web Developer
42 (22.22 %)Lead Developer
42 (22.22 %)Java Web Developer
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (55.56 %)E-Learning
24 (44.44 %)SCORM
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (88.89 %)Content Management
26 (66.67 %)UML
34 (44.44 %)Use Case
42 (22.22 %)Identity Management
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (55.56 %)Java