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This section looks at the demand for FreeMarker skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited FreeMarker over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkFreeMarker
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank568647
Rank change on same period last yearUp+79
Matching contract IT job ads178
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.023 %0.008 %
As % of the category below0.097 %0.035 %
Daily rates quoted133
Average minimum daily rate£488£458
Average daily rate£498£467
% change on same period last year+6.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£508£475
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1751422973
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled23.34 %23.24 %
Daily rates quoted58686997
Average minimum daily rate£352£372
Average daily rate£378£398
% change on same period last year-5.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£405£424
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted9671398
Average minimum hourly rate£30.29£30.90
Average hourly rate£32.64£33.41
% change on same period last year-2.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.98£35.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %

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.

FreeMarker
Demand Trend

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

FreeMarker Demand Trend

FreeMarker
Daily Rate Trend

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

FreeMarker Daily Rate Trend

FreeMarker
Daily Rate Histogram

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

FreeMarker Daily Rate Histogram

FreeMarker
Top 3 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing FreeMarker 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
LondonUp+8017£498+6.73 %
EnglandUp+8317£498+6.73 %
City of LondonDown-202£475+1.33 %

FreeMarker
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing FreeMarker 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 FreeMarker.

128 (93.33 %)Java
225 (83.33 %)HTML
323 (76.67 %)Spring
418 (60.00 %)SQL
517 (56.67 %)Hibernate
517 (56.67 %)Struts
517 (56.67 %)XML
616 (53.33 %)JavaScript
715 (50.00 %)Oracle
715 (50.00 %)JUnit
715 (50.00 %)MVC
814 (46.67 %)Banking
814 (46.67 %)CSS
814 (46.67 %)Investment Banking
913 (43.33 %)Web Development
913 (43.33 %)Sybase
913 (43.33 %)UNIX
913 (43.33 %)Linux
913 (43.33 %)Tomcat
913 (43.33 %)IntelliJ
913 (43.33 %)Subversion
913 (43.33 %)WebWork
1012 (40.00 %)Windows
1111 (36.67 %)PL/SQL
1111 (36.67 %)Transact-SQL
1111 (36.67 %)Oracle 10g
1210 (33.33 %)JSP
1210 (33.33 %)Velocity
137 (23.33 %)XSLT
146 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development

FreeMarker
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing FreeMarker 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 FreeMarker. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
125 (83.33 %)HTML
223 (76.67 %)Spring
317 (56.67 %)Hibernate
317 (56.67 %)Struts
317 (56.67 %)XML
415 (50.00 %)MVC
514 (46.67 %)CSS
613 (43.33 %)WebWork
710 (33.33 %)Velocity
710 (33.33 %)JSP
87 (23.33 %)XSLT
96 (20.00 %)AJAX
104 (13.33 %)SiteMesh
104 (13.33 %)XHTML
104 (13.33 %)J2SE
104 (13.33 %)XSL
113 (10.00 %)JSF
113 (10.00 %)MooTools
122 (6.667 %)Spring MVC
131 (3.333 %)J2EE
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
113 (43.33 %)Tomcat
23 (10.00 %)Apache
32 (6.667 %)CMS
41 (3.333 %)Lotus Notes
41 (3.333 %)Lotus Domino
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (3.333 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (10.00 %)HTTP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
111 (36.67 %)Oracle 10g
24 (13.33 %)SQL Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
115 (50.00 %)JUnit
213 (43.33 %)IntelliJ
213 (43.33 %)Subversion
35 (16.67 %)Ant
42 (6.667 %)CheckStyle
42 (6.667 %)jMock
42 (6.667 %)CruiseControl
42 (6.667 %)Eclipse
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (46.67 %)Banking
114 (46.67 %)Investment Banking
21 (3.333 %)Marketing
21 (3.333 %)Legal
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
126 (86.67 %)Developer
218 (60.00 %)Java Developer
37 (23.33 %)Sybase Developer
46 (20.00 %)Web Developer
54 (13.33 %)Analyst
63 (10.00 %)Business Analyst
63 (10.00 %)Web Designer
72 (6.667 %)Software Developer
81 (3.333 %)Webmaster
81 (3.333 %)Junior Java Developer
81 (3.333 %)Java Web Developer
81 (3.333 %)JavaScript Developer
81 (3.333 %)SQL Developer
81 (3.333 %)Junior Developer
81 (3.333 %)Junior
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (13.33 %)Derivative
23 (10.00 %)Interest Rate Derivative
23 (10.00 %)Equity Derivative
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (43.33 %)UNIX
113 (43.33 %)Linux
212 (40.00 %)Windows
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
113 (43.33 %)Web Development
26 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
34 (13.33 %)Content Management
34 (13.33 %)Business Analysis
43 (10.00 %)Web Design
52 (6.667 %)Refactoring
52 (6.667 %)User Acceptance Testing
52 (6.667 %)Unit Testing
52 (6.667 %)Software Engineering
52 (6.667 %)TDD
52 (6.667 %)Regression Testing
61 (3.333 %)Workflow
61 (3.333 %)E-Commerce
61 (3.333 %)Configuration Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
128 (93.33 %)Java
218 (60.00 %)SQL
316 (53.33 %)JavaScript
411 (36.67 %)PL/SQL
411 (36.67 %)Transact-SQL
52 (6.667 %)XQuery
52 (6.667 %)XPath
61 (3.333 %)VBScript
61 (3.333 %)VB
61 (3.333 %)DHTML
61 (3.333 %)PHP
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
115 (50.00 %)Oracle
213 (43.33 %)Sybase
31 (3.333 %)Lotus
31 (3.333 %)Algorithmics
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