The first table below looks at the demand for JUnit skills in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JUnit 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 Development Applications category for the Southampton 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
JUnit
Rank 33 31 -
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -
Contract jobs citing JUnit 2 1 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 0.678% 0.437% -
As % of the Development Applications category 7.407% 7.143% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 0 0
Average daily rate £314 - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £350 £358
% change year-on-year
+2.14% -2.16%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +14.28%
All Development Applications
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
27 14 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 9.153% 6.114% 10.38%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 9 3
Average daily rate £355 £394 £538
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.84% -26.74%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £253 £295 £408
10% offered a daily rate of more than £393 £435 £558
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 4
Average hourly rate £40.00 £37.00 £34.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.10% +6.47%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
JUnit
Hampshire

JUnit
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing JUnit across the Southampton region as a proportion of the total demand within the Development Applications category.

Southampton JUnit Jobs Demand Trend

JUnit
Daily Rate Trend

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

Southampton JUnit Daily Rate Trend

JUnit
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region citing JUnit 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 JUnit.

1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 3 (75.00%) WebLogic
2 3 (75.00%) CSS
2 3 (75.00%) JDBC
2 3 (75.00%) JSP
2 3 (75.00%) Servlets
2 3 (75.00%) SOAP
2 3 (75.00%) Web Services
2 3 (75.00%) XML
2 3 (75.00%) UNIX
2 3 (75.00%) Tomcat
2 3 (75.00%) Log4j
2 3 (75.00%) Hibernate
2 3 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (75.00%) Spring
2 3 (75.00%) Java EE
2 3 (75.00%) JPA
2 3 (75.00%) FitNesse
2 3 (75.00%) HTML
3 2 (50.00%) Windows Azure
3 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
4 1 (25.00%) Nagios
4 1 (25.00%) Scrum
4 1 (25.00%) Python
4 1 (25.00%) Refactoring
4 1 (25.00%) TDD
4 1 (25.00%) Pair Programming

JUnit
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region citing JUnit 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 JUnit. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (75.00%) HTML
1 3 (75.00%) CSS
1 3 (75.00%) JDBC
1 3 (75.00%) JSP
1 3 (75.00%) Servlets
1 3 (75.00%) SOAP
1 3 (75.00%) Web Services
1 3 (75.00%) XML
1 3 (75.00%) Hibernate
1 3 (75.00%) Spring
1 3 (75.00%) Java EE
1 3 (75.00%) JPA
Application Platforms
1 3 (75.00%) WebLogic
1 3 (75.00%) Tomcat
2 2 (50.00%) Windows Azure
Development Applications
1 3 (75.00%) Log4j
1 3 (75.00%) FitNesse
Job Titles
1 3 (75.00%) Developer
2 2 (50.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Software Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Agile Java Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Senior Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Software Tester
3 1 (25.00%) Software Developer
3 1 (25.00%) Tester
Miscellaneous
1 1 (25.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (75.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (25.00%) TDD
2 1 (25.00%) Pair Programming
2 1 (25.00%) Refactoring
2 1 (25.00%) Continuous Integration
2 1 (25.00%) BDD
2 1 (25.00%) ATDD
2 1 (25.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 4 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (75.00%) JavaScript
3 1 (25.00%) Python
3 1 (25.00%) Shell Script
Systems Management
1 1 (25.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 3 (75.00%) Oracle
2 2 (50.00%) Microsoft
Southampton, South East
Java / J2EE Developer - Southampton - 3-6 Months - Approx £300 p/d. My client is searching for a Java developer, for a 3- 6 month contract based in Southampton .
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013