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The table below looks at the demand for GlassFish skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited GlassFish over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkGlassFish
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank577652
Rank change on same period last yearUp+75
Matching contract IT job ads21
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.020 %0.008 %
Daily rates quoted21
Average minimum daily rate£250£250
Average daily rate£325£250
% change on same period last year+30.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£250
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 PlatformsApplication Platforms
UK
Matching contract IT job ads992713028
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled13.42 %12.85 %
Daily rates quoted31093464
Average minimum daily rate£353£352
Average daily rate£377£374
% change on same period last year+0.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£396
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£344
% change on same period last year+2.86 %
Hourly rates quoted8441266
Average minimum hourly rate£23.47£22.68
Average hourly rate£25.10£24.15
% change on same period last year+3.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.73£25.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.63£24.38
% change on same period last year+5.11 %

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.

GlassFish
Demand Trend

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

GlassFish Demand Trend

GlassFish
Daily Rate Trend

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

GlassFish Daily Rate Trend

GlassFish
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing GlassFish within the UK over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

GlassFish Daily Rate Histogram

GlassFish
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 GlassFish within the UK over the 3 months to 5 September 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+852£325+30.00 %
EnglandUp+692£325+30.00 %

GlassFish
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing GlassFish 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 GlassFish.

18 (100.00 %)J2EE
25 (62.50 %)WebLogic
25 (62.50 %)Windows
25 (62.50 %)Solaris
25 (62.50 %)Linux
25 (62.50 %)Apache
25 (62.50 %)Tomcat
25 (62.50 %)SAN
25 (62.50 %)Windows Server 2003
25 (62.50 %)Games
25 (62.50 %)Clustering
34 (50.00 %)SQL Server
43 (37.50 %)Java
43 (37.50 %)NetApp
43 (37.50 %)VERITAS
43 (37.50 %)Online Games
43 (37.50 %)ITIL
52 (25.00 %)Time Management
52 (25.00 %)BIG-IP
52 (25.00 %)VLAN
52 (25.00 %)SOA
52 (25.00 %)VoIP
52 (25.00 %)VPN
52 (25.00 %)Cisco
52 (25.00 %)Sun
52 (25.00 %)Juniper
52 (25.00 %)OSPF
52 (25.00 %)BGP
52 (25.00 %)Firewall
52 (25.00 %)PostgreSQL

GlassFish
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing GlassFish 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 GlassFish. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (100.00 %)J2EE
22 (25.00 %)WebServices
22 (25.00 %).NET
31 (12.50 %)HTML
31 (12.50 %)Hibernate
31 (12.50 %)Spring
31 (12.50 %)Java EE 5
31 (12.50 %)EJB 3.0
31 (12.50 %)EJB
31 (12.50 %)JSP
31 (12.50 %)Struts
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (62.50 %)WebLogic
15 (62.50 %)Apache
15 (62.50 %)Tomcat
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (62.50 %)SAN
22 (25.00 %)OSPF
22 (25.00 %)BGP
22 (25.00 %)Firewall
22 (25.00 %)BIG-IP
22 (25.00 %)VLAN
22 (25.00 %)VoIP
22 (25.00 %)VPN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (50.00 %)SQL Server
22 (25.00 %)PostgreSQL
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (62.50 %)Games
23 (37.50 %)Online Games
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (37.50 %)Developer
13 (37.50 %)3rd Line Support
13 (37.50 %)Java Developer
22 (25.00 %)Infrastructure Manager
31 (12.50 %)Java/J2EE Developer
31 (12.50 %)J2EE Developer
31 (12.50 %)Systems Engineer
31 (12.50 %)Systems Support
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (62.50 %)Clustering
21 (12.50 %)Computer Science
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (62.50 %)Windows
15 (62.50 %)Solaris
15 (62.50 %)Linux
15 (62.50 %)Windows Server 2003
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (37.50 %)ITIL
22 (25.00 %)SOA
22 (25.00 %)Time Management
31 (12.50 %)Web Development
31 (12.50 %)WFM
31 (12.50 %)OOP
31 (12.50 %)OOD
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (37.50 %)Java
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (12.50 %)Degree
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (37.50 %)NetApp
13 (37.50 %)VERITAS
22 (25.00 %)Oracle
22 (25.00 %)Sybase
22 (25.00 %)Cisco
22 (25.00 %)Sun
22 (25.00 %)Juniper