The first table below looks at the demand for AquaLogic Service Bus skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited AquaLogic Service Bus over the 3 months to 24 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 Application Platforms category.

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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
BEA AquaLogic Service Bus (ALSB)
Rank 527 581 566
Rank change year-on-year
+54 -15
Contract jobs citing AquaLogic Service Bus 2 3 18
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.004% 0.005% 0.029%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.024% 0.032% 0.176%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 2 11
Average daily rate £325 £313 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% -21.87%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £275 £400
% change year-on-year
+18.18% -31.25%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - -
All Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
8396 9507 10206
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 18.10% 16.30% 16.72%
Number of daily rates quoted 4754 5212 5447
Average daily rate £359 £350 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.64% -6.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 446 431 562
Average hourly rate £21.00 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.00% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.85 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.75 £37.50 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%

AquaLogic Service Bus
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing AquaLogic Service Bus within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

AquaLogic Service Bus Jobs Demand Trend

AquaLogic Service Bus
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing AquaLogic Service Bus within the UK.

AquaLogic Service Bus Daily Rate Trend

AquaLogic Service Bus
Top 4 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing AquaLogic Service Bus within the UK over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. 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
(Click each for more statistics)
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 +45 2 £325 +4.00%
South West - 2 £325 -
Devon - 2 £325 -
Exeter - 2 £325 -

AquaLogic Service Bus
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing AquaLogic Service Bus 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 AquaLogic Service Bus.

1 12 (100.00%) Oracle
1 12 (100.00%) Middleware
1 12 (100.00%) AquaLogic
1 12 (100.00%) Oracle Service Bus
2 9 (75.00%) SOA
3 6 (50.00%) JMS
3 6 (50.00%) WebLogic
3 6 (50.00%) SOAP
3 6 (50.00%) XML
3 6 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
4 5 (41.67%) Git (software)
5 4 (33.33%) Linux
6 3 (25.00%) Retail
6 3 (25.00%) BPEL
6 3 (25.00%) Oracle Application Server
6 3 (25.00%) ESB
7 2 (16.67%) OO
7 2 (16.67%) MQSeries
7 2 (16.67%) WSDL
7 2 (16.67%) ITIL
7 2 (16.67%) Web Services
8 1 (8.333%) Windows
8 1 (8.333%) AIX
8 1 (8.333%) HP
8 1 (8.333%) BEA
8 1 (8.333%) WebLogic Portal
8 1 (8.333%) Java
8 1 (8.333%) Unit Testing
8 1 (8.333%) Oracle Fusion
8 1 (8.333%) Degree

AquaLogic Service Bus
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing AquaLogic Service Bus 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 AquaLogic Service Bus. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (100.00%) Middleware
2 6 (50.00%) JMS
2 6 (50.00%) SOAP
2 6 (50.00%) XML
3 2 (16.67%) WSDL
3 2 (16.67%) Web Services
4 1 (8.333%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 12 (100.00%) AquaLogic
1 12 (100.00%) Oracle Service Bus
2 6 (50.00%) WebLogic
3 3 (25.00%) Oracle Application Server
3 3 (25.00%) ESB
4 2 (16.67%) MQSeries
5 1 (8.333%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (8.333%) Oracle SOA Suite
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (50.00%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 5 (41.67%) Git (software)
General
1 3 (25.00%) Retail
2 1 (8.333%) Finance
Job Titles
1 6 (50.00%) Developer
2 5 (41.67%) Administrator
2 5 (41.67%) Oracle Developer
3 3 (25.00%) WebLogic Administrator
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 4 (33.33%) Linux
2 1 (8.333%) Windows
2 1 (8.333%) AIX
2 1 (8.333%) Oracle Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (75.00%) SOA
2 3 (25.00%) BPEL
3 2 (16.67%) OO
3 2 (16.67%) ITIL
4 1 (8.333%) Unit Testing
4 1 (8.333%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (8.333%) Configuration Management
4 1 (8.333%) Validation
4 1 (8.333%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 1 (8.333%) Java
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
Vendors
1 12 (100.00%) Oracle
2 1 (8.333%) HP
2 1 (8.333%) BEA