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This section looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of BEA products and/or services in IT contracts across the UK with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BEA over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBEA
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank339357
Rank change on same period last yearUp+18
Matching contract IT job ads283352
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.377 %0.356 %
As % of the category below0.875 %0.814 %
Daily rates quoted98135
Average minimum daily rate£436£408
Average daily rate£458£430
% change on same period last year+6.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£480£452
UK excluding London average daily rate£410£406
% change on same period last year+0.76 %
Hourly rates quoted43
Average minimum hourly rate£36.38£27.00
Average hourly rate£40.13£27.00
% change on same period last year+48.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£43.88£27.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£47.33£16.00
% change on same period last year+195.83 %
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
UK
Matching contract IT job ads3233943225
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled43.11 %43.73 %
Daily rates quoted955512318
Average minimum daily rate£382£386
Average daily rate£407£410
% change on same period last year-0.76 %
Average maximum daily rate£431£433
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£359
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Hourly rates quoted28103521
Average minimum hourly rate£22.05£23.99
Average hourly rate£23.57£25.58
% change on same period last year-7.89 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.08£27.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.25£24.99
% change on same period last year-6.94 %

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.

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 25 July 2008.

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing BEA within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

BEA Hourly Rate Histogram

BEA
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section 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 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+42269£459+4.36 %
LondonUp+65145£494+10.82 %
City of LondonUp+643£581+18.16 %
South EastDown-243£428-4.49 %
East of EnglandUp+2027£423-3.41 %
BerkshireDown-119£363-15.28 %
HertfordshireUp+915£343-21.48 %
West MidlandsUp+813£479-6.50 %
South WestUp+1612--
North WestNo change012£293-49.06 %
SurreyUp+411£369-26.25 %
WalesDown-1910£447+36.26 %
West WalesUp+410£447+10.60 %
EssexNew entry-10£478-
CheshireDown-210£293-
SwanseaUp+510£447+10.60 %
CroydonUp+1710£419+7.37 %
CheltenhamNew entry-7--
LeedsDown-67£375-2.59 %
GloucestershireNew entry-7--
West SussexNew entry-7£446-
West YorkshireNo change07£375-2.59 %
YorkshireUp+117£375-2.59 %
ShropshireDown-86£479-
WorthingNew entry-6£431-
TelfordDown-26£479-
UxbridgeNew entry-6£225-
WilmslowNew entry-5£295-
Southend-on-SeaNew entry-5£520-
HerefordshireNew entry-5--

BEA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1507 (81.12 %)WebLogic
2365 (58.40 %)J2EE
3333 (53.28 %)Java
4327 (52.32 %)Oracle
5193 (30.88 %)XML
6187 (29.92 %)Security Cleared
7175 (28.00 %)AquaLogic
8151 (24.16 %)UNIX
9150 (24.00 %)SQL
10136 (21.76 %)WebServices
11129 (20.64 %)UML
12118 (18.88 %)Government
13114 (18.24 %)Spring
14112 (17.92 %)Hibernate
15111 (17.76 %)EJB
16109 (17.44 %)WebLogic Portal
17106 (16.96 %)SC Cleared
1898 (15.68 %)Finance
1984 (13.44 %)SOA
2082 (13.12 %)OO
2180 (12.80 %)PL/SQL
2279 (12.64 %)JUnit
2378 (12.48 %)Oracle 10g
2477 (12.32 %)Eclipse
2477 (12.32 %)HTML
2477 (12.32 %)Middleware
2574 (11.84 %)Ant
2574 (11.84 %)JSP
2670 (11.20 %)Linux
2768 (10.88 %)RUP

BEA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
1365 (58.40 %)J2EE
2193 (30.88 %)XML
3136 (21.76 %)WebServices
4114 (18.24 %)Spring
5112 (17.92 %)Hibernate
6111 (17.76 %)EJB
777 (12.32 %)HTML
777 (12.32 %)Middleware
874 (11.84 %)JSP
967 (10.72 %)JMS
967 (10.72 %)WebSphere
1064 (10.24 %)Struts
1163 (10.08 %)SOAP
1250 (8.000 %)Servlets
1346 (7.360 %)Java EE
1443 (6.880 %).NET
1534 (5.440 %)XSLT
1627 (4.320 %)WSDL
1726 (4.160 %)JDBC
1824 (3.840 %)MVC
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1507 (81.12 %)WebLogic
2109 (17.44 %)WebLogic Portal
364 (10.24 %)JBoss
453 (8.480 %)Apache
533 (5.280 %)Tomcat
627 (4.320 %)ESB
726 (4.160 %)TIBCO EMS
822 (3.520 %)MQSeries
822 (3.520 %)WebSphere Application Server
914 (2.240 %)Tuxedo
914 (2.240 %)Oracle Application Server
1011 (1.760 %)IIS
1110 (1.600 %)WebLogic Integration
1110 (1.600 %)CMS
1110 (1.600 %)ATG Dynamo
128 (1.280 %)Documentum
136 (0.960 %)SharePoint
136 (0.960 %)WebSphere MQ
145 (0.800 %)Oracle 10gAS
145 (0.800 %)iPlanet
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
117 (2.720 %)MS Excel
210 (1.600 %)MS Office
37 (1.120 %)MS Visio
42 (0.320 %)MS PowerPoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (1.440 %)Teamcenter
23 (0.480 %)BusinessWorks
31 (0.160 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.160 %)Remedy ITSM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
130 (4.800 %)LDAP
220 (3.200 %)Intranet
315 (2.400 %)Internet
413 (2.080 %)HTTP
58 (1.280 %)TCP/IP
65 (0.800 %)WAN
65 (0.800 %)Firewall
74 (0.640 %)Wi-Fi
74 (0.640 %)Wireless
74 (0.640 %)GPRS
74 (0.640 %)LAN
74 (0.640 %)3G
83 (0.480 %)DNS
83 (0.480 %)FTP
83 (0.480 %)SMS
83 (0.480 %)IPsec
83 (0.480 %)SSH
83 (0.480 %)BIG-IP
83 (0.480 %)SAN
92 (0.320 %)Bluetooth
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
178 (12.48 %)Oracle 10g
226 (4.160 %)Oracle 8/8i
323 (3.680 %)ETL
422 (3.520 %)Oracle 9i
422 (3.520 %)SQL Server
521 (3.360 %)Datawarehouse
615 (2.400 %)BusinessObjects
79 (1.440 %)MySQL
88 (1.280 %)Oracle Reports
88 (1.280 %)RDBMS
97 (1.120 %)DB2
104 (0.640 %)Ingres
113 (0.480 %)Oracle OWB
113 (0.480 %)BusinessObjects XI
122 (0.320 %)SQL Server 2005
122 (0.320 %)EDRMS
131 (0.160 %)SAP BW
131 (0.160 %)TOAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
179 (12.64 %)JUnit
277 (12.32 %)Eclipse
374 (11.84 %)Ant
426 (4.160 %)Rational Rose
525 (4.000 %)ClearCase
622 (3.520 %)ClearQuest
717 (2.720 %)LoadRunner
815 (2.400 %)WebLogic Workshop
910 (1.600 %)Subversion
109 (1.440 %)JBuilder
117 (1.120 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
126 (0.960 %)JDeveloper
134 (0.640 %)WinRunner
134 (0.640 %)QuickTest Pro
134 (0.640 %)PVCS
134 (0.640 %)CheckStyle
134 (0.640 %)CruiseControl
143 (0.480 %)Cactus
143 (0.480 %)JIRA
143 (0.480 %)Introscope
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1118 (18.88 %)Government
298 (15.68 %)Finance
354 (8.640 %)Banking
434 (5.440 %)Investment Banking
529 (4.640 %)Telecoms
616 (2.560 %)Retail
712 (1.920 %)Publishing
811 (1.760 %)Education
910 (1.600 %)Insurance
109 (1.440 %)Financial Institution
116 (0.960 %)Construction
116 (0.960 %)Manufacturing
116 (0.960 %)Police
116 (0.960 %)Retail Banking
116 (0.960 %)Auditing
125 (0.800 %)Criminal Justice
125 (0.800 %)Back Office
134 (0.640 %)Pharmaceutical
134 (0.640 %)Billing
143 (0.480 %)Front Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1267 (42.72 %)Developer
2150 (24.00 %)Java Developer
3148 (23.68 %)Architect
491 (14.56 %)Java/J2EE Developer
580 (12.80 %)J2EE Developer
645 (7.200 %)Solutions Architect
735 (5.600 %)Technical Architect
735 (5.600 %)Analyst
834 (5.440 %)Consultant
926 (4.160 %)Senior Developer
1023 (3.680 %)Administrator
1121 (3.360 %)Web Developer
1220 (3.200 %)Senior Java Developer
1318 (2.880 %)Java Architect
1417 (2.720 %)Database Designer
1516 (2.560 %)Support Engineer
1516 (2.560 %)WebLogic Administrator
1615 (2.400 %)J2EE Architect
1615 (2.400 %)Web Architect
1615 (2.400 %)Systems Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
128 (4.480 %)Fixed Income
225 (4.000 %)N-Tier
322 (3.520 %)Client/Server
421 (3.360 %)Derivative
515 (2.400 %)Equities
614 (2.240 %)Clustering
77 (1.120 %)PKI
86 (0.960 %)Web 2.0
94 (0.640 %)Data Integration
103 (0.480 %)CMDB
103 (0.480 %)W3C
112 (0.320 %)Management Information System
112 (0.320 %)Replication
112 (0.320 %)Computer Science
121 (0.160 %)German Language
121 (0.160 %)IVR
121 (0.160 %)Symmetrix
121 (0.160 %)EMC Centera
121 (0.160 %)Handset
121 (0.160 %)HACMP
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1151 (24.16 %)UNIX
270 (11.20 %)Linux
362 (9.920 %)Windows
455 (8.800 %)Solaris
513 (2.080 %)AIX
67 (1.120 %)HPUX
67 (1.120 %)Windows Server 2003
76 (0.960 %)Windows NT
85 (0.800 %)Windows 2000
94 (0.640 %)Windows XP
102 (0.320 %)Tru64
111 (0.160 %)SUSE
111 (0.160 %)NetWare
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1187 (29.92 %)Security Cleared
2129 (20.64 %)UML
3106 (16.96 %)SC Cleared
484 (13.44 %)SOA
582 (13.12 %)OO
668 (10.88 %)RUP
738 (6.080 %)DV Cleared
833 (5.280 %)Unit Testing
932 (5.120 %)Data Modelling
1031 (4.960 %)Configuration Management
1126 (4.160 %)E-Commerce
1225 (4.000 %)Process Management
1324 (3.840 %)Content Management
1421 (3.360 %)RAD
1520 (3.200 %)Migration
1520 (3.200 %)Agile Software Development
1520 (3.200 %)TDD
1617 (2.720 %)EAI
1716 (2.560 %)Web Development
1814 (2.240 %)Performance Testing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1333 (53.28 %)Java
2150 (24.00 %)SQL
380 (12.80 %)PL/SQL
448 (7.680 %)Shell Script
543 (6.880 %)C
637 (5.920 %)Perl
724 (3.840 %)JavaScript
823 (3.680 %)C++
99 (1.440 %)XQuery
108 (1.280 %)Korn
115 (0.800 %)C#
115 (0.800 %)PHP
123 (0.480 %)XPath
123 (0.480 %)Ruby
132 (0.320 %)VB
132 (0.320 %)COBOL
132 (0.320 %)DHTML
141 (0.160 %)VC++
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
130 (4.800 %)Degree
223 (3.680 %)Sun Certification
37 (1.120 %)ITIL Certification
37 (1.120 %)ISEB
45 (0.800 %)SCJD
45 (0.800 %)ISTQB
53 (0.480 %)SCWCD
62 (0.320 %)SCBCD
62 (0.320 %)SCDJWS
62 (0.320 %)IBM Certification
71 (0.160 %)PRINCE2 Certification
71 (0.160 %)HND
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (0.800 %)QA
23 (0.480 %)WAI
32 (0.320 %)SLA
41 (0.160 %)ISO27001
41 (0.160 %)ISO9001
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1175 (28.00 %)AquaLogic
213 (2.080 %)Oracle RMAN
37 (1.120 %)Active Directory
45 (0.800 %)Oracle RAC
54 (0.640 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
61 (0.160 %)NetBackup
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
18 (1.280 %)CA SiteMinder
25 (0.800 %)Tivoli
32 (0.320 %)OpenView
32 (0.320 %)CiscoWorks
41 (0.160 %)Legato
41 (0.160 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
41 (0.160 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1327 (52.32 %)Oracle
264 (10.24 %)Sun
352 (8.320 %)IBM
447 (7.520 %)Microsoft
535 (5.600 %)TIBCO
624 (3.840 %)Red Hat
716 (2.560 %)Vignette
815 (2.400 %)Business Objects
815 (2.400 %)ATG
911 (1.760 %)EMC
911 (1.760 %)Mercator
106 (0.960 %)webMethods
106 (0.960 %)Siebel
106 (0.960 %)Sybase
114 (0.640 %)SAP
114 (0.640 %)Intel
114 (0.640 %)IONA
114 (0.640 %)Remedy
114 (0.640 %)Telelogic
123 (0.480 %)FatWire
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