The first table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of JBoss 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 JBoss over the 3 months to 20 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 Vendors currently tracked.

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.

The figures below represent the IT contractor job market in general and are NOT representative of contractor rates within JBoss.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
JBoss
Rank 269 254 280
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +26
Contract jobs citing JBoss 306 398 369
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.658% 0.682% 0.613%
As % of the Vendors category 1.399% 1.467% 1.316%
Number of daily rates quoted 174 210 228
Average daily rate £400 £388 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.22% -3.12%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £299 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £491 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £375 £365
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +2.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 3 14
Average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +15.94%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.00 £38.00 £21.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.40 £40.00 £37.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.13 £40.00 £34.50
% change year-on-year
-17.18% +15.94%
All Vendors
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Vendors category
21868 27126 28034
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 47.00% 46.50% 46.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 11659 13853 14018
Average daily rate £400 £400 £408
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £235 £235 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1197 1299 1587
Average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.21 £11.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £41.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.00 £19.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
- -5.00%

JBoss
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing JBoss within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

JBoss Jobs Demand Trend

JBoss
Daily Rate Trend

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

JBoss Daily Rate Trend

JBoss
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JBoss within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

JBoss Daily Rate Histogram

JBoss
Hourly Rate Trend

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

JBoss Hourly Rate Trend

JBoss
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JBoss within the UK over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

JBoss Hourly Rate Histogram

JBoss
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 JBoss within the UK over the 3 months to 20 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 -10 287 £400 +3.22%
London +17 139 £465 +16.25%
South East -12 49 £350 -6.66%
East of England +50 42 £400 -13.97%
Hertfordshire +31 34 £383 -17.74%
City of London -3 32 £450 +6.82%
Hampshire +5 27 £350 -6.66%
Yorkshire +5 23 £323 +26.47%
West Yorkshire +12 19 £320 -11.11%
Leeds +15 18 £320 -11.11%
Basingstoke +2 17 £350 -
South West -11 13 £450 +4.11%
Stevenage +10 11 - -
Scotland -15 10 £425 +13.33%
Berkshire +8 9 £363 -3.33%
Surrey +2 8 £270 -28.00%
North West -10 8 £350 -
Cambridgeshire - 7 - -
Cambridge - 7 - -
Gloucestershire +16 6 £450 -5.26%
Reading +8 6 £350 -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 6 £263 -
Tyne and Wear - 6 £263 -
North East - 6 £263 -
Edinburgh 0 5 £425 -
Manchester +11 4 £350 -6.66%
North Yorkshire +1 4 £354 +35.96%
West Midlands -1 4 £350 +16.66%
Glasgow -21 4 £406 +8.33%
Bournemouth - 4 £350 -

JBoss
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing JBoss 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 JBoss.

1 498 (80.84%) Java
2 223 (36.20%) Linux
3 215 (34.90%) Apache
3 215 (34.90%) Oracle
4 204 (33.12%) J2EE
5 174 (28.25%) Hibernate
6 171 (27.76%) Spring
7 169 (27.44%) SQL
8 164 (26.62%) Tomcat
9 147 (23.86%) XML
10 144 (23.38%) UNIX
11 143 (23.21%) Maven
12 137 (22.24%) WebSphere
13 134 (21.75%) Web Services
14 119 (19.32%) JavaScript
15 116 (18.83%) HTML
16 115 (18.67%) WebLogic
16 115 (18.67%) SOAP
17 112 (18.18%) Red Hat
18 111 (18.02%) SQL Server
19 110 (17.86%) Java EE
20 105 (17.05%) JMS
21 104 (16.88%) Windows
22 101 (16.40%) EJB
22 101 (16.40%) JPA
23 98 (15.91%) JUnit
24 97 (15.75%) Perl
24 97 (15.75%) Agile Software Development
25 96 (15.58%) Finance
26 88 (14.29%) UML

JBoss
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 204 (33.12%) J2EE
2 174 (28.25%) Hibernate
3 171 (27.76%) Spring
4 147 (23.86%) XML
5 137 (22.24%) WebSphere
6 134 (21.75%) Web Services
7 116 (18.83%) HTML
8 115 (18.67%) SOAP
9 110 (17.86%) Java EE
10 105 (17.05%) JMS
11 101 (16.40%) EJB
11 101 (16.40%) JPA
12 81 (13.15%) jQuery
12 81 (13.15%) CSS
13 76 (12.34%) JSP
14 64 (10.39%) Spring MVC
15 61 (9.903%) REST
16 57 (9.253%) .NET
17 56 (9.091%) XSLT
18 55 (8.929%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 215 (34.90%) Apache
2 164 (26.62%) Tomcat
3 115 (18.67%) WebLogic
4 72 (11.69%) IIS
5 64 (10.39%) WebSphere Application Server
6 44 (7.143%) ESB
7 23 (3.734%) GlassFish
8 18 (2.922%) BizTalk Server
9 17 (2.760%) Amazon AWS
10 15 (2.435%) MQSeries
11 13 (2.110%) SAS
11 13 (2.110%) Amazon EC2
12 11 (1.786%) SharePoint
13 8 (1.299%) WebSphere MQ
13 8 (1.299%) Mule
14 7 (1.136%) ATG Dynamo
14 7 (1.136%) Oracle HTTP Server
14 7 (1.136%) Liferay
15 6 (0.974%) CMS
15 6 (0.974%) IBM HTTP Server
Applications
1 45 (7.305%) MS Excel
2 16 (2.597%) MS Visio
3 4 (0.649%) MS Office
4 2 (0.325%) MS Project
4 2 (0.325%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 11 (1.786%) Summit
2 4 (0.649%) Oracle BPM
3 2 (0.325%) Remedy AR System
3 2 (0.325%) WebTrends
3 2 (0.325%) BusinessWorks
4 1 (0.162%) SAP CRM
4 1 (0.162%) AWD
4 1 (0.162%) Apache OFBiz
Communications & Networking
1 69 (11.20%) LDAP
2 68 (11.04%) TCP/IP
3 67 (10.88%) Firewall
4 46 (7.468%) BIG-IP
5 45 (7.305%) SAN
6 44 (7.143%) HTTP
7 39 (6.331%) SSL
8 38 (6.169%) NetScaler
9 34 (5.519%) DNS
10 30 (4.870%) Internet
11 28 (4.545%) 3G
12 27 (4.383%) NAS
13 17 (2.760%) DHCP
14 15 (2.435%) RTP
14 15 (2.435%) RTSP
14 15 (2.435%) Network Security
15 11 (1.786%) LAN
16 10 (1.623%) WAN
17 8 (1.299%) SMTP
17 8 (1.299%) IPsec
Database & Business Intelligence
1 111 (18.02%) SQL Server
2 66 (10.71%) MySQL
3 48 (7.792%) RDBMS
4 32 (5.195%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 32 (5.195%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 31 (5.032%) NoSQL
6 25 (4.058%) DB2
7 22 (3.571%) PostgreSQL
8 18 (2.922%) Oracle 8/8i
9 16 (2.597%) Redis
10 15 (2.435%) CouchDB
10 15 (2.435%) MongoDB
11 11 (1.786%) SQL Server 2008
12 10 (1.623%) SQL Server 2005
13 8 (1.299%) SQL Server 2012
14 5 (0.812%) Hadoop
14 5 (0.812%) JasperReports
15 4 (0.649%) MS Access
15 4 (0.649%) Oracle 10g
15 4 (0.649%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 143 (23.21%) Maven
2 98 (15.91%) JUnit
3 84 (13.64%) Subversion
4 73 (11.85%) Git (software)
5 52 (8.442%) Selenium
6 48 (7.792%) Eclipse
7 41 (6.656%) Hudson
8 38 (6.169%) Mockito
9 36 (5.844%) JIRA
10 30 (4.870%) Ant
10 30 (4.870%) Jenkins
11 18 (2.922%) ClearCase
12 14 (2.273%) JBehave
13 13 (2.110%) CruiseControl
14 10 (1.623%) Mercurial
15 8 (1.299%) TeamCity
16 7 (1.136%) Team Foundation Server
16 7 (1.136%) Eclipse RCP
16 7 (1.136%) Gradle
17 6 (0.974%) Introscope
General
1 96 (15.58%) Finance
2 61 (9.903%) Banking
3 27 (4.383%) Telecoms
4 15 (2.435%) Retail
5 10 (1.623%) Investment Banking
6 8 (1.299%) Back Office
7 6 (0.974%) Financial Institution
8 5 (0.812%) Front Office
8 5 (0.812%) Publishing
9 4 (0.649%) Multimedia
10 2 (0.325%) Retail Banking
10 2 (0.325%) Dutch Language
10 2 (0.325%) French Language
11 1 (0.162%) German Language
11 1 (0.162%) Marketing
11 1 (0.162%) Games
11 1 (0.162%) Manufacturing
11 1 (0.162%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 303 (49.19%) Developer
2 202 (32.79%) Java Developer
3 69 (11.20%) Architect
4 59 (9.578%) Administrator
5 33 (5.357%) Senior Developer
6 30 (4.870%) Consultant
7 29 (4.708%) Linux Administrator
8 28 (4.545%) Android Developer
9 27 (4.383%) Systems Administrator
10 23 (3.734%) Support Engineer
10 23 (3.734%) Java/J2EE Developer
11 21 (3.409%) Web Engineer
11 21 (3.409%) Senior Support Engineer
11 21 (3.409%) Senior Java Developer
12 18 (2.922%) Linux Systems Administrator
13 17 (2.760%) Solutions Architect
13 17 (2.760%) Infrastructure Engineer
13 17 (2.760%) Designer
14 16 (2.597%) Analyst
15 14 (2.273%) J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 38 (6.169%) Open Source
2 37 (6.006%) PKI
3 31 (5.032%) IPTV
4 27 (4.383%) Streaming Video
5 17 (2.760%) Clustering
6 15 (2.435%) RIA
7 14 (2.273%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (1.948%) Taxonomies
8 12 (1.948%) Ontologies
8 12 (1.948%) Computer Science
9 7 (1.136%) Cryptography
9 7 (1.136%) Mathematics
9 7 (1.136%) Fat Client
9 7 (1.136%) Thin Client
10 5 (0.812%) N-Tier
10 5 (0.812%) PMI
10 5 (0.812%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 5 (0.812%) Mobile App
11 4 (0.649%) SWIFT
11 4 (0.649%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 223 (36.20%) Linux
2 144 (23.38%) UNIX
3 104 (16.88%) Windows
4 84 (13.64%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 33 (5.357%) Android
6 31 (5.032%) Windows XP
7 28 (4.545%) Windows Server 2008
8 27 (4.383%) Solaris
9 15 (2.435%) Windows Server 2003
9 15 (2.435%) AIX
10 8 (1.299%) Debian
11 7 (1.136%) SUSE
12 6 (0.974%) HPUX
12 6 (0.974%) CentOS
13 5 (0.812%) Windows 7
13 5 (0.812%) Oracle Linux
14 3 (0.487%) Windows Mobile
15 2 (0.325%) Mac OS X
16 1 (0.162%) FreeBSD
16 1 (0.162%) Windows 2000 Server
Processes & Methodologies
1 97 (15.75%) Agile Software Development
2 88 (14.29%) UML
3 76 (12.34%) MVC
4 70 (11.36%) E-Commerce
5 55 (8.929%) OO
5 55 (8.929%) TDD
6 52 (8.442%) SOA
7 45 (7.305%) Continuous Integration
8 40 (6.494%) Web Development
9 38 (6.169%) Configuration Management
10 36 (5.844%) OOD
10 36 (5.844%) BDD
11 35 (5.682%) Software Architecture
11 35 (5.682%) Load Balancing
12 33 (5.357%) Change Control
13 31 (5.032%) Pair Programming
14 27 (4.383%) Scrum
15 26 (4.221%) Software Engineering
16 24 (3.896%) ITIL
17 23 (3.734%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 498 (80.84%) Java
2 169 (27.44%) SQL
3 119 (19.32%) JavaScript
4 97 (15.75%) Perl
5 47 (7.630%) C
6 41 (6.656%) Shell Script
7 33 (5.357%) PL/SQL
8 31 (5.032%) PHP
9 26 (4.221%) C++
10 24 (3.896%) Bash shell
11 19 (3.084%) C#
12 17 (2.760%) T-SQL
12 17 (2.760%) Ruby
13 15 (2.435%) Groovy
14 13 (2.110%) Python
15 12 (1.948%) VB
15 12 (1.948%) AWK
16 10 (1.623%) VB6
17 9 (1.461%) sed
18 8 (1.299%) R
Qualifications
1 80 (12.99%) Security Cleared
2 48 (7.792%) DV Cleared
3 31 (5.032%) SC Cleared
4 23 (3.734%) Degree
5 10 (1.623%) GWAPT
5 10 (1.623%) GPEN
5 10 (1.623%) GIAC
6 7 (1.136%) RHCE
7 5 (0.812%) CCNA
7 5 (0.812%) Cisco Certification
7 5 (0.812%) PMI Certification
8 3 (0.487%) ITIL Certification
9 2 (0.325%) Microsoft Certification
9 2 (0.325%) MCTS
10 1 (0.162%) HNC
10 1 (0.162%) HPUX Certification
10 1 (0.162%) SAS Certification
10 1 (0.162%) SCSA
10 1 (0.162%) VERITAS Certified Professional (VCP)
10 1 (0.162%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 7 (1.136%) QA
2 3 (0.487%) SLA
2 3 (0.487%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 27 (4.383%) VMware Infrastructure
2 17 (2.760%) Active Directory
3 15 (2.435%) Samba
4 7 (1.136%) Nmap
5 6 (0.974%) ProxySG
5 6 (0.974%) Postfix
6 5 (0.812%) VMware ESXi
6 5 (0.812%) NFS
6 5 (0.812%) Squid
7 3 (0.487%) vSphere
7 3 (0.487%) OpenSSO
8 2 (0.325%) VMware ESX
8 2 (0.325%) Apache ZooKeeper
9 1 (0.162%) Terminal Services
9 1 (0.162%) Xen
9 1 (0.162%) VirtualBox
9 1 (0.162%) Sendmail
9 1 (0.162%) Veritas Cluster Server
Systems Management
1 44 (7.143%) Puppet
2 20 (3.247%) Nagios
3 12 (1.948%) OpenView
4 11 (1.786%) ZABBIX
5 7 (1.136%) CA Wily
6 6 (0.974%) Splunk
7 4 (0.649%) HP SIM
7 4 (0.649%) Foglight
8 3 (0.487%) MOM
8 3 (0.487%) Cobbler
9 2 (0.325%) Red Hat Spacewalk
9 2 (0.325%) CFEngine
10 1 (0.162%) Red Hat Satellite
10 1 (0.162%) Zenoss
10 1 (0.162%) HP Quality Center
10 1 (0.162%) Control-M
10 1 (0.162%) Tivoli
10 1 (0.162%) NetBackup
10 1 (0.162%) Backup Exec
10 1 (0.162%) BladeLogic
Vendors
1 215 (34.90%) Oracle
2 112 (18.18%) Red Hat
3 63 (10.23%) Microsoft
4 47 (7.630%) Citrix
4 47 (7.630%) VMware
5 39 (6.331%) F5
6 34 (5.519%) IBM
7 31 (5.032%) Symantec
8 23 (3.734%) SAP
9 22 (3.571%) Informatica
10 17 (2.760%) Sybase
11 16 (2.597%) NetApp
11 16 (2.597%) ATG
12 15 (2.435%) Twitter
13 13 (2.110%) Rackspace
14 12 (1.948%) Perforce
14 12 (1.948%) Pega
14 12 (1.948%) TIBCO
14 12 (1.948%) Business Objects
15 10 (1.623%) Imperva
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