Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Alfresco skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Alfresco over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Platforms category.

LinkAlfresco
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank479436588
Rank change year-on-year
Down-43Up+152
Matching contract IT job ads14512
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.029 %0.013 %0.015 %
As % of the Application Platforms category0.206 %0.089 %0.109 %
Daily rates quoted511
Average daily rate£425£425£320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-+32.81 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£325--
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
6802564411000
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.08 %14.31 %13.38 %
Daily rates quoted293317883170
Average daily rate£357£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.920 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£210£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£375
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-9.330 %
Hourly rates quoted465449989
Average hourly rate£19.00£22.50£20.40
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.55 %+10.29 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.00£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£37.50£40.50£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.50£22.50£20.00
% change year-on-year
-22.22 %+12.50 %

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.

Alfresco
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Alfresco within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

Alfresco Demand Trend

Alfresco
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Alfresco within the UK.

Alfresco Daily Rate Trend

Alfresco
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Alfresco within the UK.

Alfresco Hourly Rate Trend

Alfresco
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Alfresco within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-3514£425-
LondonDown-5612£425-
City of LondonNew entry-8£413-
South EastDown-21--
SurreyDown-121--
East of EnglandNew entry-1£325-
SuffolkNew entry-1£325-
IpswichNew entry-1£325-

Alfresco
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Alfresco 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 Alfresco.

126 (86.67 %)Java
220 (66.67 %)Tomcat
314 (46.67 %)Document Management
413 (43.33 %)Banking
413 (43.33 %)TIBCO
413 (43.33 %)Oracle
512 (40.00 %)JUnit
512 (40.00 %)JSP
512 (40.00 %)Windows XP
512 (40.00 %)OOD
512 (40.00 %)Windows
512 (40.00 %)Linux
512 (40.00 %)OO
512 (40.00 %)Apache
512 (40.00 %)Swing
512 (40.00 %)Front Office
512 (40.00 %)Google
512 (40.00 %)TIBCO EMS
512 (40.00 %)GWT
512 (40.00 %)Agile Software Development
512 (40.00 %)Continuous Integration
512 (40.00 %)TeamCity
512 (40.00 %)WebDriver
611 (36.67 %)IntelliJ
710 (33.33 %)XML
710 (33.33 %)Investment Banking
87 (23.33 %)JavaScript
87 (23.33 %)Spring
96 (20.00 %)HTML
96 (20.00 %)CSS

Alfresco
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Alfresco 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 Alfresco. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
112 (40.00 %)JSP
112 (40.00 %)Swing
112 (40.00 %)GWT
210 (33.33 %)XML
37 (23.33 %)Spring
46 (20.00 %)HTML
46 (20.00 %)CSS
54 (13.33 %)Web Services
54 (13.33 %)J2EE
63 (10.00 %)AJAX
72 (6.667 %)RSS
72 (6.667 %)SOAP
81 (3.333 %)WDK
81 (3.333 %)JSF
81 (3.333 %).NET
81 (3.333 %)DWR
81 (3.333 %)YUI
81 (3.333 %)jQuery
81 (3.333 %)WSRP
81 (3.333 %)JSR 170
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
120 (66.67 %)Tomcat
212 (40.00 %)Apache
212 (40.00 %)TIBCO EMS
34 (13.33 %)CMS
42 (6.667 %)Liferay
42 (6.667 %)WordPress
42 (6.667 %)WebLogic Portal
42 (6.667 %)SharePoint
51 (3.333 %)Documentum
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (3.333 %)TIBCO iProcess
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (3.333 %)IP Telephony
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (6.667 %)RDBMS
21 (3.333 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
21 (3.333 %)SQL Server
21 (3.333 %)MySQL
21 (3.333 %)MS Access
21 (3.333 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
112 (40.00 %)JUnit
112 (40.00 %)TeamCity
112 (40.00 %)WebDriver
211 (36.67 %)IntelliJ
32 (6.667 %)Eclipse
32 (6.667 %)JDeveloper
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
113 (43.33 %)Banking
212 (40.00 %)Front Office
310 (33.33 %)Investment Banking
41 (3.333 %)Finance
41 (3.333 %)Health
41 (3.333 %)Legal
41 (3.333 %)Publishing
41 (3.333 %)Marketing
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
124 (80.00 %)Developer
222 (73.33 %)Java Developer
311 (36.67 %)Java Swing Developer
44 (13.33 %)Senior Developer
53 (10.00 %)Architect
53 (10.00 %)Senior Java Developer
62 (6.667 %)Mobile Developer
62 (6.667 %)Technical Leader
62 (6.667 %)Senior Web Developer
62 (6.667 %)Web Developer
71 (3.333 %)Solutions Architect
71 (3.333 %)Project Manager
71 (3.333 %)J2EE Developer
71 (3.333 %)Java Web Developer
71 (3.333 %)Documentum Architect
71 (3.333 %)Java/J2EE Developer
71 (3.333 %)Senior Java Web Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
12 (6.667 %)N-Tier
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
112 (40.00 %)Windows XP
112 (40.00 %)Windows
112 (40.00 %)Linux
22 (6.667 %)UNIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
114 (46.67 %)Document Management
212 (40.00 %)OOD
212 (40.00 %)OO
212 (40.00 %)Agile Software Development
212 (40.00 %)Continuous Integration
32 (6.667 %)Scrum
41 (3.333 %)Project Management
41 (3.333 %)Content Management
41 (3.333 %)CRM
41 (3.333 %)Web Development
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
126 (86.67 %)Java
27 (23.33 %)JavaScript
31 (3.333 %)C#
31 (3.333 %)SQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
113 (43.33 %)TIBCO
113 (43.33 %)Oracle
212 (40.00 %)Google
33 (10.00 %)JBoss
42 (6.667 %)FatWire
42 (6.667 %)BEA
51 (3.333 %)Sun
51 (3.333 %)IBM
51 (3.333 %)Vignette
51 (3.333 %)Terracotta