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The table below looks at the demand for Apache Struts skills within the Southend-on-Sea 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache Struts
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank1010
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads52
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.003 %
As % of the category below41.67 %14.29 %
Daily rates quoted31
Average minimum daily rate£335£400
Average daily rate£371£450
% change on same period last year-17.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£407£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£334
% change on same period last year+4.85 %
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£36.33£28.21
% change on same period last year+28.77 %
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Southend-on-Sea
Matching contract IT job ads1214
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.018 %
Daily rates quoted66
Average minimum daily rate£307£394
Average daily rate£331£432
% change on same period last year-23.44 %
Average maximum daily rate£355£471
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£334
% change on same period last year-5.20 %
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£28.48£31.45
% change on same period last year-9.45 %
Struts EssexStruts
Essex

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 Southend-on-Sea region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Southend-on-Sea 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 Southend-on-Sea region.

Southend-on-Sea Struts Daily Rate Trend

Struts
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Struts across the Southend-on-Sea region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Southend-on-Sea Struts Daily Rate Histogram

Struts
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Southend-on-Sea 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.

15 (100.00 %)Java
15 (100.00 %)UML
24 (80.00 %)J2EE
24 (80.00 %)XML
33 (60.00 %)EJB
33 (60.00 %)WebLogic
33 (60.00 %)OO
33 (60.00 %)BEA
33 (60.00 %)Government
42 (40.00 %)HTML
42 (40.00 %)Security Cleared
42 (40.00 %)Borland
42 (40.00 %)Configuration Management
42 (40.00 %)E-business
42 (40.00 %)MVC
42 (40.00 %)Borland Together
42 (40.00 %)Apache
42 (40.00 %)N-Tier
42 (40.00 %)Eclipse
42 (40.00 %)XML Schema
42 (40.00 %)XQuery
42 (40.00 %)Oracle
42 (40.00 %)SOAP
42 (40.00 %)WebServices
42 (40.00 %)XSLT
51 (20.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (20.00 %)Dreamweaver
51 (20.00 %)DSDM
51 (20.00 %)RAD
51 (20.00 %)Project Planning

Struts
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Southend-on-Sea 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.

Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (80.00 %)J2EE
14 (80.00 %)XML
23 (60.00 %)EJB
32 (40.00 %)SOAP
32 (40.00 %)WebServices
32 (40.00 %)XSLT
32 (40.00 %)XML Schema
32 (40.00 %)MVC
32 (40.00 %)HTML
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (60.00 %)WebLogic
22 (40.00 %)Apache
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (40.00 %)Eclipse
12 (40.00 %)Borland Together
21 (20.00 %)VSS/SourceSafe
21 (20.00 %)Dreamweaver
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (60.00 %)Government
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (100.00 %)Developer
23 (60.00 %)J2EE Developer
32 (40.00 %)Java Web Developer
32 (40.00 %)Web Developer
32 (40.00 %)Lead Developer
32 (40.00 %)Java Developer
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (40.00 %)N-Tier
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (100.00 %)UML
23 (60.00 %)OO
32 (40.00 %)Configuration Management
32 (40.00 %)E-business
41 (20.00 %)Project Planning
41 (20.00 %)Web Development
41 (20.00 %)Use Case
41 (20.00 %)RAD
41 (20.00 %)DSDM
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (100.00 %)Java
22 (40.00 %)XQuery
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (40.00 %)Security Cleared
21 (20.00 %)BC Cleared
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (60.00 %)BEA
22 (40.00 %)Borland
22 (40.00 %)Oracle