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The table below looks at the demand for Apache Struts 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 Struts over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache Struts
Location
3 months to
15 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4345
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads111
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.011 %
As % of the category below1.075 %7.692 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£340
Average daily rate-£353
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£365
UK excluding London average daily rate£342£348
% change on same period last year-1.73 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£40.00
Average hourly rate-£40.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£44.27£34.47
% change on same period last year+28.44 %
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads93143
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.133 %0.148 %
Daily rates quoted1518
Average minimum daily rate£315£269
Average daily rate£341£276
% change on same period last year+23.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£284
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£334
% change on same period last year-0.92 %
Hourly rates quoted1815
Average minimum hourly rate£22.66£22.72
Average hourly rate£25.48£24.69
% change on same period last year+3.18 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.30£26.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.79£32.03
% change on same period last year-3.85 %
Struts YorkshireStruts
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.

Struts
Demand Trend

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

South Yorkshire Struts Demand Trend

Struts
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Struts Daily Rate Trend

Struts
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Struts Hourly Rate Trend

Struts
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Struts within the South Yorkshire 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
SheffieldUp+11--
Struts YorkshireStruts
Yorkshire

Struts
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

119 (90.48 %)J2EE
218 (85.71 %)Spring
317 (80.95 %)Hibernate
414 (66.67 %)JUnit
513 (61.90 %)Java
612 (57.14 %)XML
710 (47.62 %)CSS
89 (42.86 %)JSTL
89 (42.86 %)JSP
89 (42.86 %)HTML
89 (42.86 %)RSS
98 (38.10 %)Content Management
107 (33.33 %)Lucene
107 (33.33 %)HttpUnit
107 (33.33 %)UML
114 (19.05 %)Oracle
114 (19.05 %)Eclipse
114 (19.05 %)Internet
114 (19.05 %)E-Learning
114 (19.05 %)SCORM
114 (19.05 %)Use Case
114 (19.05 %)AJAX
123 (14.29 %)Identity Management
123 (14.29 %)JBoss
132 (9.524 %)Tomcat
132 (9.524 %)Oracle 9i
132 (9.524 %)Ant
132 (9.524 %)MVC
132 (9.524 %)Government
132 (9.524 %)Oracle 10g

Struts
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (90.48 %)J2EE
218 (85.71 %)Spring
317 (80.95 %)Hibernate
412 (57.14 %)XML
510 (47.62 %)CSS
69 (42.86 %)JSP
69 (42.86 %)RSS
69 (42.86 %)HTML
69 (42.86 %)JSTL
77 (33.33 %)Lucene
84 (19.05 %)AJAX
92 (9.524 %)MVC
101 (4.762 %)XHTML
101 (4.762 %)EJB
101 (4.762 %)JSF
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (14.29 %)JBoss
22 (9.524 %)Tomcat
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (19.05 %)Internet
22 (9.524 %)LDAP
31 (4.762 %)HTTP
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (9.524 %)Oracle 9i
12 (9.524 %)Oracle 10g
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (66.67 %)JUnit
27 (33.33 %)HttpUnit
34 (19.05 %)Eclipse
42 (9.524 %)Ant
51 (4.762 %)JDeveloper
51 (4.762 %)Subversion
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (9.524 %)Government
21 (4.762 %)Education
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
118 (85.71 %)Developer
210 (47.62 %)Java Developer
210 (47.62 %)J2EE Developer
34 (19.05 %)Software Designer
34 (19.05 %)Java/J2EE Developer
34 (19.05 %)Software Developer
42 (9.524 %)Java Web Developer
42 (9.524 %)Web Developer
42 (9.524 %)Lead Developer
51 (4.762 %)Oracle Developer
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (19.05 %)E-Learning
14 (19.05 %)SCORM
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (38.10 %)Content Management
27 (33.33 %)UML
34 (19.05 %)Use Case
43 (14.29 %)Identity Management
51 (4.762 %)TDD
51 (4.762 %)RUP
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (61.90 %)Java
21 (4.762 %)JavaScript
21 (4.762 %)PL/SQL
21 (4.762 %)SQL
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (19.05 %)Oracle