Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of BEA products and/or services in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited BEA over the 3 months to 22 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 Vendors currently tracked.

LinkBEA
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank394303286
Rank change year-on-year
Down-91Down-17
Matching contract IT job ads83149400
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.171 %0.375 %0.488 %
As % of the Vendors category0.389 %0.851 %1.126 %
Daily rates quoted3246141
Average daily rate£450£399£450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.85 %-11.38 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£298£283£363
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£548£538£675
UK excluding London average daily rate£389£350£425
% change year-on-year
+11.07 %-17.64 %
Hourly rates quoted115
Average hourly rate£32.00£55.00£45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-41.81 %+22.22 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.00--
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryAll Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
213231751735516
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK43.87 %44.14 %43.31 %
Daily rates quoted9222514710140
Average daily rate£400£375£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£230£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£525£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£328£350£360
% change year-on-year
-6.420 %-2.770 %
Hourly rates quoted123313763139
Average hourly rate£20.00£22.00£21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.090 %+4.760 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.50£11.50£12.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.46£40.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.00£21.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-9.520 %+5.000 %

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within BEA Systems, Inc.

BEA
Demand Trend

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

BEA Demand Trend

BEA
Daily Rate Trend

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

BEA Daily Rate Trend

BEA
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BEA within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

BEA Daily Rate Histogram

BEA
Hourly Rate Trend

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

BEA Hourly Rate Trend

BEA
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BEA within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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-10576£450+12.85 %
LondonDown-10742£456+7.35 %
South EastDown-1714£400+15.10 %
City of LondonDown-819£450+2.85 %
BerkshireUp+47£395-
ReadingUp+47£395-
South WestUp+16£386-
East MidlandsNew entry-5£195-
WalesNew entry-5£463-
West MidlandsUp+24£399+73.36 %
South WalesNew entry-3--
East of EnglandDown-62--
North WestDown-72£340-
KnutsfordNew entry-2£340-
BirminghamNew entry-2£298-
SomersetNew entry-2--
NottinghamshireNew entry-2£195-
DorsetNew entry-2£475-
CheshireNew entry-2£340-
CambridgeshireNew entry-2--
Docklands, LondonDown-11--
West SussexDown-91£550-
South CoastNew entry-1--
West WalesNew entry-1£425-
WiltshireNew entry-1£298-
DerbyshireNew entry-1--
SwindonNew entry-1£298-
SwanseaNew entry-1£425-
DerbyNew entry-1--
BournemouthNew entry-1--

BEA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing BEA 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 BEA.

1136 (75.56 %)Oracle
2113 (62.78 %)WebLogic
378 (43.33 %)Java
469 (38.33 %)AquaLogic
562 (34.44 %)J2EE
657 (31.67 %)SOA
750 (27.78 %)UML
842 (23.33 %)Security Cleared
941 (22.78 %)Web Services
1039 (21.67 %)XML
1137 (20.56 %)UNIX
1232 (17.78 %)Middleware
1232 (17.78 %)Finance
1329 (16.11 %)Government
1329 (16.11 %)Oracle Service Bus
1427 (15.00 %)Oracle 10g
1526 (14.44 %)Windows
1526 (14.44 %)SC Cleared
1624 (13.33 %)Banking
1624 (13.33 %)Sun
1723 (12.78 %)SQL
1822 (12.22 %)Java EE
1921 (11.67 %)Investment Banking
1921 (11.67 %)EJB
1921 (11.67 %)Linux
2020 (11.11 %)JavaScript
2119 (10.56 %)WebLogic Portal
2119 (10.56 %)HTML
2119 (10.56 %)CSS
2119 (10.56 %)RUP

BEA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing BEA 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 BEA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
162 (34.44 %)J2EE
241 (22.78 %)Web Services
339 (21.67 %)XML
432 (17.78 %)Middleware
522 (12.22 %)Java EE
621 (11.67 %)EJB
719 (10.56 %)HTML
719 (10.56 %)CSS
719 (10.56 %)WebSphere
815 (8.333 %)JMS
914 (7.778 %)JSP
1012 (6.667 %)XSLT
1110 (5.556 %)AJAX
129 (5.000 %)Oracle Fusion
129 (5.000 %).NET
129 (5.000 %)WSDL
129 (5.000 %)XHTML
138 (4.444 %)JDBC
147 (3.889 %)Flash
156 (3.333 %)J2SE
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1113 (62.78 %)WebLogic
269 (38.33 %)AquaLogic
329 (16.11 %)Oracle Service Bus
419 (10.56 %)WebLogic Portal
419 (10.56 %)AquaLogic Service Bus
517 (9.444 %)Tomcat
613 (7.222 %)Apache
712 (6.667 %)ESB
89 (5.000 %)MQSeries
97 (3.889 %)SharePoint
106 (3.333 %)Tuxedo
106 (3.333 %)Oracle Application Server
115 (2.778 %)IIS
124 (2.222 %)Oracle 9iAS
124 (2.222 %)WebSphere Application Server
133 (1.667 %)Liferay
133 (1.667 %)Oracle BPEL
133 (1.667 %)WebSphere MQ
133 (1.667 %)IBM HTTP Server
133 (1.667 %)Oracle Workflow
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
13 (1.667 %)Photoshop
13 (1.667 %)MS Excel
13 (1.667 %)MS Visio
22 (1.111 %)MS Office
31 (0.556 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (0.556 %)MS Project
31 (0.556 %)Acrobat
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
117 (9.444 %)Oracle BPM
212 (6.667 %)AquaLogic BPM
33 (1.667 %)TIBCO iProcess
42 (1.111 %)Staffware
42 (1.111 %)Oracle Applications
51 (0.556 %)BusinessWorks
51 (0.556 %)Oracle EBS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (4.444 %)Internet
27 (3.889 %)HTTP
36 (3.333 %)Intranet
36 (3.333 %)Firewall
36 (3.333 %)LDAP
43 (1.667 %)TCP/IP
43 (1.667 %)WAN
43 (1.667 %)SAN
52 (1.111 %)LAN
52 (1.111 %)NAS
61 (0.556 %)VPN
61 (0.556 %)Broadband
61 (0.556 %)SSL
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
127 (15.00 %)Oracle 10g
215 (8.333 %)SQL Server
314 (7.778 %)RDBMS
412 (6.667 %)Oracle 11g
510 (5.556 %)DB2
69 (5.000 %)Oracle 8/8i
75 (2.778 %)Oracle 9i
75 (2.778 %)BusinessObjects
84 (2.222 %)Informix
84 (2.222 %)Oracle Reports
84 (2.222 %)SQL Server 2005
84 (2.222 %)NonStop SQL
91 (0.556 %)MySQL
91 (0.556 %)ETL
91 (0.556 %)Datawarehouse
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
19 (5.000 %)JUnit
19 (5.000 %)RequisitePro
28 (4.444 %)JDeveloper
36 (3.333 %)Ant
45 (2.778 %)ClearCase
54 (2.222 %)Eclipse
63 (1.667 %)Maven
63 (1.667 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
63 (1.667 %)JBuilder
72 (1.111 %)WebLogic Workshop
72 (1.111 %)Dreamweaver
81 (0.556 %)SilkPerformer
81 (0.556 %)Subversion
81 (0.556 %)CruiseControl
81 (0.556 %)Team Foundation Server
81 (0.556 %)Visual Studio
81 (0.556 %)LoadRunner
81 (0.556 %)ClearQuest
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
132 (17.78 %)Finance
229 (16.11 %)Government
324 (13.33 %)Banking
421 (11.67 %)Investment Banking
58 (4.444 %)Insurance
67 (3.889 %)Retail
75 (2.778 %)Financial Institution
84 (2.222 %)Pensions
92 (1.111 %)Criminal Justice
92 (1.111 %)Police
92 (1.111 %)Front Office
92 (1.111 %)Publishing
101 (0.556 %)Marketing
101 (0.556 %)Local Government
101 (0.556 %)Home Office
101 (0.556 %)Back Office
101 (0.556 %)Telecoms
101 (0.556 %)Manufacturing
101 (0.556 %)Aerospace
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
159 (32.78 %)Architect
252 (28.89 %)Developer
324 (13.33 %)Analyst
420 (11.11 %)Solutions Architect
514 (7.778 %)Lead Architect
613 (7.222 %)Designer
711 (6.111 %)Consultant
711 (6.111 %)J2EE Developer
711 (6.111 %)Java Developer
89 (5.000 %)Data Modeller
89 (5.000 %)Senior Architect
89 (5.000 %)Oracle Developer
97 (3.889 %)Business Analyst
105 (2.778 %)Java/J2EE Developer
105 (2.778 %)Lead Developer
105 (2.778 %)Applications Developer
105 (2.778 %)Project Manager
105 (2.778 %)Test Analyst
114 (2.222 %)Infrastructure Engineer
114 (2.222 %)Infrastructure Project Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (3.889 %)N-Tier
26 (3.333 %)Clustering
26 (3.333 %)Mainframe
26 (3.333 %)Tandem
34 (2.222 %)HACMP
34 (2.222 %)iSeries
43 (1.667 %)Derivative
43 (1.667 %)DataPower
52 (1.111 %)Fixed Income
52 (1.111 %)Equities
52 (1.111 %)Client/Server
52 (1.111 %)RIA
52 (1.111 %)Web 2.0
61 (0.556 %)RMADS
61 (0.556 %)Data Integration
61 (0.556 %)Biology
61 (0.556 %)Computer Science
61 (0.556 %)Management Information System
61 (0.556 %)W3C
61 (0.556 %)CESG
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
137 (20.56 %)UNIX
226 (14.44 %)Windows
321 (11.67 %)Linux
418 (10.00 %)Solaris
56 (3.333 %)Red Hat Linux
65 (2.778 %)AIX
72 (1.111 %)SUSE
81 (0.556 %)HPUX
81 (0.556 %)Windows XP
81 (0.556 %)Windows Server 2003
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
157 (31.67 %)SOA
250 (27.78 %)UML
319 (10.56 %)RUP
319 (10.56 %)E-Commerce
418 (10.00 %)TOGAF
418 (10.00 %)OO
515 (8.333 %)Data Modelling
611 (6.111 %)Unit Testing
611 (6.111 %)Stakeholder Management
710 (5.556 %)BPEL
87 (3.889 %)Enterprise Architecture
87 (3.889 %)Load Balancing
87 (3.889 %)Project Management
96 (3.333 %)Workflow
96 (3.333 %)Scrum
96 (3.333 %)Unified Process
96 (3.333 %)System Testing
96 (3.333 %)Business Process Improvement
105 (2.778 %)Agile Software Development
105 (2.778 %)DSDM
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
178 (43.33 %)Java
223 (12.78 %)SQL
320 (11.11 %)JavaScript
410 (5.556 %)PL/SQL
56 (3.333 %)Perl
56 (3.333 %)C
64 (2.222 %)Shell Script
73 (1.667 %)VB.NET
82 (1.111 %)Jython
82 (1.111 %)C++
91 (0.556 %)WebLogic Scripting Tool
91 (0.556 %)C#
91 (0.556 %)PHP
91 (0.556 %)ActionScript
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
142 (23.33 %)Security Cleared
226 (14.44 %)SC Cleared
34 (2.222 %)PRINCE2 Certification
43 (1.667 %)Degree
51 (0.556 %)MCPD
51 (0.556 %)MCTS
51 (0.556 %)BC Cleared
51 (0.556 %)CTC Cleared
51 (0.556 %)MCAD
51 (0.556 %)MCSD
51 (0.556 %)HND
51 (0.556 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (0.556 %)OCP
51 (0.556 %)Oracle Certification
51 (0.556 %)ISEB
51 (0.556 %)Sun Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (6.667 %)QA
22 (1.111 %)SLA
31 (0.556 %)PCI DSS
31 (0.556 %)WAI
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (2.222 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (1.111 %)VMware ESX
22 (1.111 %)Active Directory
31 (0.556 %)OpenSSO
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (2.222 %)Tivoli
22 (1.111 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
22 (1.111 %)BMC PATROL
31 (0.556 %)OVSD
31 (0.556 %)HP NNM
31 (0.556 %)Netcool/Proviso
31 (0.556 %)OVPM
31 (0.556 %)OpenView
31 (0.556 %)Netcool
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1136 (75.56 %)Oracle
224 (13.33 %)Sun
319 (10.56 %)IBM
411 (6.111 %)Mercator
510 (5.556 %)ATG
69 (5.000 %)Microsoft
69 (5.000 %)TIBCO
77 (3.889 %)Pega
77 (3.889 %)JBoss
77 (3.889 %)HP
77 (3.889 %)Metastorm
86 (3.333 %)Red Hat
86 (3.333 %)Siebel
95 (2.778 %)Sybase
95 (2.778 %)Business Objects
95 (2.778 %)ILOG
104 (2.222 %)VMware
104 (2.222 %)Teradata
104 (2.222 %)Remedy
104 (2.222 %)Intel