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This section looks at the demand for JBoss skills across the UK with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited JBoss over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJBoss
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank318324
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads316387
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.417 %0.411 %
As % of the category below2.897 %3.065 %
Daily rates quoted124122
Average minimum daily rate£402£383
Average daily rate£432£405
% change on same period last year+6.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£462£427
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£352
% change on same period last year+2.13 %
Hourly rates quoted55
Average minimum hourly rate£41.00£34.60
Average hourly rate£46.50£36.80
% change on same period last year+26.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£52.00£39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.25£41.67
% change on same period last year-12.99 %
Application Platforms UKApplication Platforms
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1090712627
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled14.38 %13.39 %
Daily rates quoted32103094
Average minimum daily rate£355£357
Average daily rate£379£377
% change on same period last year+0.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£402£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£347
% change on same period last year+3.68 %
Hourly rates quoted11461262
Average minimum hourly rate£22.24£23.03
Average hourly rate£23.81£24.51
% change on same period last year-2.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.38£25.98
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.43£24.21
% change on same period last year-3.23 %

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.

JBoss
Demand Trend

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

JBoss Demand Trend

JBoss
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JBoss within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

JBoss Daily Rate Histogram

JBoss
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JBoss within the UK over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

JBoss Hourly Rate Histogram

JBoss
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing JBoss within the UK over the 3 months to 4 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+9309£433+6.65 %
LondonUp+85207£466+4.99 %
City of LondonDown-353£500+5.72 %
South EastDown-4630£390+3.18 %
East of EnglandDown-628£366+0.70 %
North WestUp+117£339-
HertfordshireDown-316£366-0.26 %
YorkshireUp+79£333+2.43 %
South YorkshireNo change09£333+2.35 %
SurreyDown-129£279-4.32 %
East MidlandsUp+28£301-
East AngliaNew entry-8--
ScotlandUp+317£263-23.91 %
GlasgowUp+116£263-23.91 %
South WestUp+156--
BuckinghamshireUp+86£428+19.44 %
NorthamptonshireDown-36--
MerseysideNew entry-6£315-
NorthamptonNew entry-6--
CroydonNew entry-5£375-
HampshireUp+115£450-
OxfordshireNew entry-5£313-
GloucestershireNew entry-4--
SheffieldUp+24£304-13.23 %
CheltenhamNew entry-4--
MarlowNew entry-3£455-
RedhillUp+33£288+3.60 %
StainesNew entry-3--
WatfordUp+13£375-
OxfordNew entry-3£313-

JBoss
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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.

1577 (84.98 %)Java
2459 (67.60 %)J2EE
3264 (38.88 %)Oracle
4255 (37.56 %)WebLogic
5239 (35.20 %)Hibernate
6233 (34.32 %)Spring
7228 (33.58 %)XML
8225 (33.14 %)Unix
9206 (30.34 %)SQL
10203 (29.90 %)Tomcat
11191 (28.13 %)JSP
12168 (24.74 %)Linux
13157 (23.12 %)Struts
14154 (22.68 %)Apache
15153 (22.53 %)Eclipse
16150 (22.09 %)EJB
17142 (20.91 %)WebServices
18121 (17.82 %)UML
19119 (17.53 %)Ant
20114 (16.79 %)MySQL
21113 (16.64 %)Solaris
22112 (16.49 %)WebSphere
23109 (16.05 %)HTML
2494 (13.84 %)Sybase
2593 (13.70 %)Banking
2689 (13.11 %)JMS
2689 (13.11 %)Finance
2781 (11.93 %)Servlets
2878 (11.49 %)JDBC
2878 (11.49 %)OO

JBoss
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, 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
1459 (67.60 %)J2EE
2239 (35.20 %)Hibernate
3233 (34.32 %)Spring
4228 (33.58 %)XML
5191 (28.13 %)JSP
6157 (23.12 %)Struts
7150 (22.09 %)EJB
8142 (20.91 %)WebServices
9112 (16.49 %)WebSphere
10109 (16.05 %)HTML
1189 (13.11 %)JMS
1281 (11.93 %)Servlets
1378 (11.49 %)JDBC
1465 (9.573 %)SOAP
1557 (8.395 %).NET
1656 (8.247 %)CSS
1742 (6.186 %)AJAX
1841 (6.038 %)Swing
1940 (5.891 %)Middleware
2038 (5.596 %)Taglibs
Application Platforms
1255 (37.56 %)WebLogic
2203 (29.90 %)Tomcat
3154 (22.68 %)Apache
434 (5.007 %)IIS
529 (4.271 %)WebSphere Application Server
627 (3.976 %)MQSeries
722 (3.240 %)TeamSite
818 (2.651 %)Resin
916 (2.356 %)TIBCO EMS
1015 (2.209 %)CMS
1114 (2.062 %)WebLogic Portal
1211 (1.620 %)Oracle Application Server
1310 (1.473 %)ATG Dynamo
145 (0.736 %)Rendezvous
145 (0.736 %)BizTalk Server
145 (0.736 %)Tuxedo
145 (0.736 %)JRun
153 (0.442 %)Oracle HTTP Server
153 (0.442 %)WebSphere MQ
162 (0.295 %)Documentum
Applications
130 (4.418 %)Photoshop
26 (0.884 %)MS Excel
35 (0.736 %)MS Office
43 (0.442 %)MS Project
51 (0.147 %)Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
19 (1.325 %)WebTrends
21 (0.147 %)BusinessWorks
21 (0.147 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.147 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
21 (0.147 %)Cognos Planning
21 (0.147 %)TIBCO iProcess
Communications & Networking
144 (6.480 %)Internet
224 (3.535 %)TCP/IP
224 (3.535 %)DNS
315 (2.209 %)Intranet
414 (2.062 %)Firewall
513 (1.915 %)HTTP
611 (1.620 %)SAN
79 (1.325 %)LAN
79 (1.325 %)WAN
79 (1.325 %)FTP
86 (0.884 %)LDAP
86 (0.884 %)VLAN
86 (0.884 %)iSCSI
94 (0.589 %)Wireless
103 (0.442 %)SMS
112 (0.295 %)UMTS
112 (0.295 %)Broadband
112 (0.295 %)GSM
112 (0.295 %)3G
121 (0.147 %)2G
Database & Business Intelligence
1114 (16.79 %)MySQL
275 (11.05 %)SQL Server
334 (5.007 %)DB2
427 (3.976 %)RDBMS
522 (3.240 %)Oracle 10g
618 (2.651 %)SQL Server 2005
710 (1.473 %)Oracle 8/8i
88 (1.178 %)Oracle 9i
96 (0.884 %)SQLPlus
104 (0.589 %)JasperReports
113 (0.442 %)PostgreSQL
113 (0.442 %)OLAP
122 (0.295 %)Oracle Reports
131 (0.147 %)DTS
131 (0.147 %)SQL Server Integration Services
131 (0.147 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
131 (0.147 %)Reference Data
131 (0.147 %)Informix
131 (0.147 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
131 (0.147 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1153 (22.53 %)Eclipse
2119 (17.53 %)Ant
370 (10.31 %)JUnit
424 (3.535 %)Subversion
520 (2.946 %)JBuilder
618 (2.651 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
717 (2.504 %)JDeveloper
89 (1.325 %)Visual Studio
98 (1.178 %)Oracle Forms
107 (1.031 %)Log4j
114 (0.589 %)JIRA
114 (0.589 %)FitNesse
114 (0.589 %)VSS/SourceSafe
123 (0.442 %)Flash
132 (0.295 %)ClearCase
132 (0.295 %)IntelliJ
132 (0.295 %)QuickTest Pro
132 (0.295 %)LoadRunner
132 (0.295 %)ClearQuest
132 (0.295 %)JMeter
General
193 (13.70 %)Banking
289 (13.11 %)Finance
361 (8.984 %)Investment Banking
456 (8.247 %)Telecoms
525 (3.682 %)Front Office
69 (1.325 %)Government
77 (1.031 %)Retail
86 (0.884 %)Financial Institution
86 (0.884 %)Auditing
95 (0.736 %)Marketing
95 (0.736 %)Pharmaceutical
95 (0.736 %)Back Office
104 (0.589 %)Education
104 (0.589 %)Advertising
113 (0.442 %)Games
113 (0.442 %)Billing
113 (0.442 %)Music
113 (0.442 %)Insurance
122 (0.295 %)Online Games
122 (0.295 %)Multimedia
Job Titles
1418 (61.56 %)Developer
2313 (46.10 %)Java Developer
3136 (20.03 %)Java/J2EE Developer
4131 (19.29 %)J2EE Developer
579 (11.63 %)Senior Developer
667 (9.867 %)Architect
758 (8.542 %)Analyst
856 (8.247 %)Administrator
947 (6.922 %)Senior Java Developer
1045 (6.627 %)Systems Administrator
1144 (6.480 %)Web Developer
1233 (4.860 %)Support Analyst
1331 (4.566 %)UNIX Administrator
1428 (4.124 %)Technical Architect
1428 (4.124 %)Senior J2EE Developer
1527 (3.976 %)Consultant
1626 (3.829 %)Java Architect
1724 (3.535 %)UNIX Systems Administrator
1724 (3.535 %)J2EE Architect
1724 (3.535 %)Linux Administrator
Miscellaneous
145 (6.627 %)Derivative
235 (5.155 %)N-Tier
323 (3.387 %)Equity Derivative
419 (2.798 %)Asset Management
515 (2.209 %)Credit Risk
611 (1.620 %)Equities
611 (1.620 %)Client/Server
710 (1.473 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
710 (1.473 %)German Language
89 (1.325 %)Blog
98 (1.178 %)Social Network
98 (1.178 %)Fat Client
98 (1.178 %)PKI
98 (1.178 %)Thin Client
106 (0.884 %)Clustering
115 (0.736 %)Cryptography
115 (0.736 %)Mathematics
115 (0.736 %)Computer Science
124 (0.589 %)Handset
124 (0.589 %)Replication
Operating Systems
1225 (33.14 %)Unix
2168 (24.74 %)Linux
3113 (16.64 %)Solaris
456 (8.247 %)Windows
510 (1.473 %)AIX
67 (1.031 %)SUSE
67 (1.031 %)Fedora
76 (0.884 %)HPUX
85 (0.736 %)Windows NT
94 (0.589 %)Windows XP
102 (0.295 %)Windows 2000
111 (0.147 %)Windows Mobile
111 (0.147 %)OS/400
111 (0.147 %)Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1121 (17.82 %)UML
278 (11.49 %)OO
359 (8.689 %)E-Commerce
359 (8.689 %)Agile Software Development
448 (7.069 %)MVC
538 (5.596 %)Content Management
635 (5.155 %)Investment Management
734 (5.007 %)Web Development
734 (5.007 %)Security Cleared
830 (4.418 %)SOA
924 (3.535 %)Configuration Management
1021 (3.093 %)Load Balancing
1120 (2.946 %)Time Management
1219 (2.798 %)TDD
1318 (2.651 %)OOD
1416 (2.356 %)RUP
1515 (2.209 %)Data Modelling
1515 (2.209 %)Project Management
1515 (2.209 %)Change Management
1614 (2.062 %)Automated Testing
Programming Languages
1577 (84.98 %)Java
2206 (30.34 %)SQL
363 (9.278 %)JavaScript
454 (7.953 %)Perl
552 (7.658 %)PL/SQL
640 (5.891 %)C#
729 (4.271 %)Shell Script
825 (3.682 %)PHP
922 (3.240 %)C++
1018 (2.651 %)Korn
1116 (2.356 %)Delphi
1213 (1.915 %)C
1311 (1.620 %)DHTML
144 (0.589 %)VBA
144 (0.589 %)FoxPro (VFP)
144 (0.589 %)Ruby
153 (0.442 %)XPath
153 (0.442 %)Transact-SQL
162 (0.295 %)AWK
162 (0.295 %)ActionScript
Qualifications
122 (3.240 %)Degree
215 (2.209 %)Sun Certification
37 (1.031 %)MCP
37 (1.031 %)CCNA
37 (1.031 %)Cisco Certification
37 (1.031 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (0.295 %)SCJP
42 (0.295 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
51 (0.147 %)SCJD
51 (0.147 %)RHCE
Quality Assurance & Compliance
126 (3.829 %)QA
22 (0.295 %)WAI
31 (0.147 %)SLA
31 (0.147 %)Basel II
System Software
115 (2.209 %)Squid
28 (1.178 %)ISA Server
36 (0.884 %)Xen
36 (0.884 %)VMware Infrastructure
42 (0.295 %)MSMQ
51 (0.147 %)NetBackup
Systems Management
14 (0.589 %)MOM
23 (0.442 %)AutoSys
31 (0.147 %)Nagios
Vendors
1264 (38.88 %)Oracle
294 (13.84 %)Sybase
375 (11.05 %)Red Hat
460 (8.837 %)BEA
550 (7.364 %)IBM
635 (5.155 %)Microsoft
728 (4.124 %)Sun
826 (3.829 %)TIBCO
913 (1.915 %)Calypso
1010 (1.473 %)HP
1010 (1.473 %)ATG
117 (1.031 %)VMware
125 (0.736 %)Thunderhead
134 (0.589 %)Blue Coat
134 (0.589 %)BT
134 (0.589 %)Mercator
134 (0.589 %)Dell
143 (0.442 %)Tridion
143 (0.442 %)Cisco
143 (0.442 %)Perforce
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