Apache Beehive Contracts

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Apache Beehive skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Apache Beehive 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 Development category.

Apache Beehive
Location England London UK	3 months to 19 Mar 2010	Same period 2009	Same period 2008
Rank	489	-	597
Rank change year-on-year	- 0
Matching contract IT job ads	4	0	3
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK	0.008 %	-	0.004 %
As % of the Application Development category	0.031 %	-	0.015 %
Daily rates quoted	4	0	1
Average daily rate	£450	-	£250
UK excluding London average daily rate	£550	-	£250
Hourly rates quoted	0	0	0
Average hourly rate	-	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-	-
All Application Development UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the Application Development category	12893	8718	19870
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK	26.69 %	22.10 %	24.17 %
Daily rates quoted	6575	3039	6466
Average daily rate	£375	£350	£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year	+7.140 % -3.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£225	£220	£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than	£600	£500	£550
UK excluding London average daily rate	£300	£300	£325
% change year-on-year	- -7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted	425	491	1255
Average hourly rate	£30.00	£29.70	£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year	+1.010 % -7.180 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£16.30	£14.50	£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than	£42.50	£41.50	£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£28.50	£27.50	£32.50
% change year-on-year	+3.630 % -15.38 %

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.

Apache Beehive
Demand Trend

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

Apache Beehive
Daily Rate Trend

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

Apache Beehive
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Apache Beehive within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Apache Beehive
Top 2 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Apache Beehive 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.

Location	Rank 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
England	-	4	£450	-
London	-	3	£400	-

Apache Beehive
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 8 (88.89 %) Oracle 2 5 (55.56 %) WebCenter 3 4 (44.44 %) Java 4 3 (33.33 %) Knowledge Management 4 3 (33.33 %) Oracle Collaboration Suite 5 2 (22.22 %) Content Management 5 2 (22.22 %) Intranet 6 1 (11.11 %) WebLogic Portal 6 1 (11.11 %) C 6 1 (11.11 %) DHTML 6 1 (11.11 %) JavaScript 6 1 (11.11 %) SQL 6 1 (11.11 %) T-SQL 6 1 (11.11 %) J2EE 6 1 (11.11 %) SQL Server

6 1 (11.11 %) Ant 6 1 (11.11 %) JUnit 6 1 (11.11 %) WebLogic 6 1 (11.11 %) SOAP 6 1 (11.11 %) Web Services 6 1 (11.11 %) Apache 6 1 (11.11 %) CRM 6 1 (11.11 %) Eclipse 6 1 (11.11 %) AquaLogic 6 1 (11.11 %) GlassFish 6 1 (11.11 %) Continuous Integration 6 1 (11.11 %) Liferay 6 1 (11.11 %) Finance 6 1 (11.11 %) Oracle Applications 6 1 (11.11 %) Subversion

Apache Beehive
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development 1 5 (55.56 %) WebCenter 2 1 (11.11 %) DHTML 2 1 (11.11 %) J2EE 2 1 (11.11 %) SOAP 2 1 (11.11 %) Web Services	Application Platforms 1 3 (33.33 %) Oracle Collaboration Suite 2 1 (11.11 %) WebLogic Portal 2 1 (11.11 %) WebLogic 2 1 (11.11 %) Apache 2 1 (11.11 %) AquaLogic 2 1 (11.11 %) GlassFish 2 1 (11.11 %) Liferay
Business Applications 1 1 (11.11 %) Oracle Applications	Communications & Networking 1 2 (22.22 %) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (11.11 %) SQL Server	Development Applications 1 1 (11.11 %) Ant 1 1 (11.11 %) JUnit 1 1 (11.11 %) Eclipse 1 1 (11.11 %) Subversion
General 1 1 (11.11 %) Finance	Job Titles 1 5 (55.56 %) Business Analyst 1 5 (55.56 %) Analyst 2 1 (11.11 %) Oracle Analyst 2 1 (11.11 %) Functional Consultant 2 1 (11.11 %) Java Developer 2 1 (11.11 %) Business Consultant 2 1 (11.11 %) Consultant 2 1 (11.11 %) Developer
Miscellaneous 1 1 (11.11 %) Management Information System	Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (33.33 %) Knowledge Management 2 2 (22.22 %) Content Management 3 1 (11.11 %) CRM 3 1 (11.11 %) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages 1 4 (44.44 %) Java 2 1 (11.11 %) C 2 1 (11.11 %) JavaScript 2 1 (11.11 %) SQL 2 1 (11.11 %) T-SQL	Vendors 1 8 (88.89 %) Oracle