The first part of the table below looks at the demand for JMS skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JMS over the 3 months to 16 May 2012 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

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.

Java Messaging Service (JMS)
Location
3 months to
16 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank300224217
Rank change year-on-year
Down-76Down-7
Matching contract IT job ads316479408
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.534 %0.781 %0.741 %
As % of the Application Development category2.084 %2.834 %2.643 %
Number of daily rates quoted171304238
Average daily rate£475£475£519
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--8.43 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£320£325£282
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£613£625£625
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£375£320
% change year-on-year
-6.66 %+17.18 %
Number of hourly rates quoted10117
Average hourly rate£32.50£35.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-7.14 %-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.50£35.00£35.00
% change year-on-year
-7.14 %-
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
151651690115437
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK25.62 %27.54 %28.04 %
Number of daily rates quoted891698148183
Average daily rate£350£400£365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.50 %+9.58 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£250£250£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£325£300
% change year-on-year
-+8.33 %
Number of hourly rates quoted380573441
Average hourly rate£32.50£36.00£30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.72 %+20.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£19.00£16.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£47.50£42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.00£36.50£28.50
% change year-on-year
-12.32 %+28.07 %

JMS
Demand Trend

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

JMS Demand Trend

JMS
Daily Rate Trend

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

JMS Daily Rate Trend

JMS
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JMS within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012.

JMS Daily Rate Histogram

JMS
Hourly Rate Trend

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

JMS Hourly Rate Trend

JMS
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 JMS within the UK over the 3 months to 16 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-61277£500+3.09 %
LondonDown-66166£550+10.00 %
City of LondonUp+560£578+7.44 %
South EastUp+258£363-3.97 %
ScotlandDown-3526£285-18.57 %
North WestUp+1621£378+7.85 %
SurreyUp+718£400+3.22 %
HampshireUp+215£338-15.62 %
LancashireNew entry-11£425-
GlasgowDown-2910£279-24.40 %
PrestonNew entry-10£425-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-9£350-
East of EnglandDown-38£450+83.67 %
West MidlandsDown-218£350-26.31 %
Milton KeynesNew entry-8--
DundeeNew entry-8£350-
CroydonUp+177£400-11.11 %
HertfordshireDown-47£450-10.00 %
EdinburghNew entry-7£335-
South WestDown-176£335-
BasingstokeUp+95£311-22.18 %
Canary WharfUp+75£688+5.76 %
BerkshireDown-155£445+12.65 %
YorkshireNew entry-5£275-
HavantDown-44--
LiverpoolNew entry-4£275-
BirminghamNew entry-4£300-
MerseysideNew entry-4£275-
WatfordDown-13--
OxfordshireDown-143£400+20.75 %

JMS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing JMS 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 JMS.

1640 (87.55 %)Java
2379 (51.85 %)Spring
3346 (47.33 %)Oracle
4340 (46.51 %)J2EE
5305 (41.72 %)SQL
6284 (38.85 %)XML
7241 (32.97 %)Hibernate
8238 (32.56 %)JUnit
9221 (30.23 %)OO
10214 (29.27 %)Web Services
11204 (27.91 %)Finance
12203 (27.77 %)UNIX
13165 (22.57 %)JDBC
14163 (22.30 %)Banking
15161 (22.02 %)Ant
16158 (21.61 %)Maven
17152 (20.79 %)EJB
18146 (19.97 %)JSP
19137 (18.74 %)WebLogic
20135 (18.47 %)Servlets
21132 (18.06 %)Linux
22128 (17.51 %)SOA
23125 (17.10 %)Eclipse
24120 (16.42 %)JavaScript
25118 (16.14 %)Agile Software Development
26112 (15.32 %)TDD
26112 (15.32 %)Investment Banking
27110 (15.05 %)WebSphere
28106 (14.50 %)Tomcat
29104 (14.23 %)TIBCO

JMS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 16 May 2012, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing JMS 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 JMS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1379 (51.85 %)Spring
2340 (46.51 %)J2EE
3284 (38.85 %)XML
4241 (32.97 %)Hibernate
5214 (29.27 %)Web Services
6165 (22.57 %)JDBC
7152 (20.79 %)EJB
8146 (19.97 %)JSP
9135 (18.47 %)Servlets
10110 (15.05 %)WebSphere
1199 (13.54 %)Struts
1287 (11.90 %)Ajax
1381 (11.08 %)Java EE
1480 (10.94 %)Spring MVC
1576 (10.40 %)SOAP
1665 (8.892 %)HTML
1759 (8.071 %).NET
1858 (7.934 %)XSLT
1858 (7.934 %)J2SE
1952 (7.114 %)CSS
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1137 (18.74 %)WebLogic
2106 (14.50 %)Tomcat
390 (12.31 %)WebSphere MQ
471 (9.713 %)ESB
548 (6.566 %)WebSphere Application Server
645 (6.156 %)TIBCO EMS
741 (5.609 %)Apache
840 (5.472 %)Rendezvous
938 (5.198 %)Mule
1036 (4.925 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1127 (3.694 %)ActiveMQ
1224 (3.283 %)MQSeries
1323 (3.146 %)GlassFish
1421 (2.873 %)Oracle Service Bus
1519 (2.599 %)Oracle Coherence
1617 (2.326 %)Oracle SOA Suite
179 (1.231 %)SharePoint
188 (1.094 %)MS Exchange
197 (0.958 %)SharePoint 2010
197 (0.958 %)WebSphere Process Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
117 (2.326 %)MS Visio
216 (2.189 %)MS Excel
37 (0.958 %)Mingle
46 (0.821 %)MS PowerPoint
55 (0.684 %)MS Project
61 (0.137 %)MS Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
120 (2.736 %)BusinessWorks
214 (1.915 %)TIBCO iProcess
37 (0.958 %)Oracle BPM
37 (0.958 %)Tridion
45 (0.684 %)RMDS
54 (0.547 %)WebTrends
62 (0.274 %)Oracle EBS
62 (0.274 %)Summit
71 (0.137 %)Oracle Retail
71 (0.137 %)MultiFonds
71 (0.137 %)Global One
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
148 (6.566 %)HTTP
237 (5.062 %)TCP/IP
331 (4.241 %)Internet
424 (3.283 %)SSL
515 (2.052 %)SAN
614 (1.915 %)NAS
614 (1.915 %)iSCSI
713 (1.778 %)BSS
713 (1.778 %)FTP
89 (1.231 %)Ethernet
98 (1.094 %)VPN
98 (1.094 %)SMTP
98 (1.094 %)VPLS
107 (0.958 %)NGN
107 (0.958 %)Firewall
115 (0.684 %)AMQP
122 (0.274 %)DNS
122 (0.274 %)LDAP
122 (0.274 %)ATM
122 (0.274 %)VoIP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
195 (13.00 %)RDBMS
264 (8.755 %)Oracle 8/8i
362 (8.482 %)SQL Server
455 (7.524 %)DB2
529 (3.967 %)Oracle 10g
625 (3.420 %)Oracle 11g
723 (3.146 %)MySQL
822 (3.010 %)OLAP
917 (2.326 %)Data Warehouse
109 (1.231 %)Oracle OLAP
117 (0.958 %)Apache Hive
117 (0.958 %)Apache Cassandra
117 (0.958 %)HBase
117 (0.958 %)Hadoop
117 (0.958 %)Sybase ASE
117 (0.958 %)ETL
125 (0.684 %)Sybase IQ
125 (0.684 %)PostgreSQL
134 (0.547 %)SQL Server 2005
134 (0.547 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1238 (32.56 %)JUnit
2161 (22.02 %)Ant
3158 (21.61 %)Maven
4125 (17.10 %)Eclipse
598 (13.41 %)Subversion
649 (6.703 %)Hudson
739 (5.335 %)jMock
824 (3.283 %)CruiseControl
923 (3.146 %)JIRA
1020 (2.736 %)ClearCase
1020 (2.736 %)Atlassian Bamboo
1119 (2.599 %)TeamCity
1218 (2.462 %)Selenium
1315 (2.052 %)Log4j
1413 (1.778 %)Visual Studio
1510 (1.368 %)Rational Rose
1510 (1.368 %)NUnit
169 (1.231 %)Team Foundation Server
169 (1.231 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
175 (0.684 %)FitNesse
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1204 (27.91 %)Finance
2163 (22.30 %)Banking
3112 (15.32 %)Investment Banking
479 (10.81 %)Front Office
541 (5.609 %)Telecoms
613 (1.778 %)Retail
710 (1.368 %)Financial Institution
88 (1.094 %)Back Office
97 (0.958 %)Games
102 (0.274 %)Marketing
111 (0.137 %)Russian Language
111 (0.137 %)Ukrainian Language
111 (0.137 %)Legal
111 (0.137 %)Publishing
111 (0.137 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1555 (75.92 %)Developer
2432 (59.10 %)Java Developer
3150 (20.52 %)Senior Developer
4110 (15.05 %)Senior Java Developer
599 (13.54 %)Java/J2EE Developer
697 (13.27 %)J2EE Developer
774 (10.12 %)Architect
854 (7.387 %)Senior J2EE Developer
928 (3.830 %)Consultant
1027 (3.694 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
1126 (3.557 %)Analyst
1225 (3.420 %)Agile Java Developer
1225 (3.420 %)Oracle Developer
1322 (3.010 %)Technical Architect
1421 (2.873 %)Software Developer
1421 (2.873 %)Lead Developer
1520 (2.736 %)Designer
1617 (2.326 %)Software Engineer
1714 (1.915 %)C# Developer
1714 (1.915 %)SQL Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
189 (12.18 %)Derivative
243 (5.882 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
336 (4.925 %)Equity Derivative
432 (4.378 %)Open Source
531 (4.241 %)Computer Science
628 (3.830 %)Fixed Income
727 (3.694 %)Equities
817 (2.326 %)Clustering
817 (2.326 %)Credit Risk
913 (1.778 %)Mathematics
1012 (1.642 %)Client/Server
1111 (1.505 %)PMI
128 (1.094 %)Cloud Computing
128 (1.094 %)SWIFT
137 (0.958 %)Hedge funds
137 (0.958 %)Big Data
137 (0.958 %)Web 2.0
137 (0.958 %)Cryptography
146 (0.821 %)PKI
146 (0.821 %)Market Risk
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1203 (27.77 %)UNIX
2132 (18.06 %)Linux
346 (6.293 %)Windows
442 (5.746 %)Solaris
525 (3.420 %)AIX
617 (2.326 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
713 (1.778 %)Windows NT
810 (1.368 %)HPUX
98 (1.094 %)Windows 7
107 (0.958 %)Windows Server 2008
107 (0.958 %)Windows Server 2003
112 (0.274 %)SUSE
112 (0.274 %)Oracle Linux
121 (0.137 %)Apple iOS
121 (0.137 %)Android
121 (0.137 %)Windows Mobile
121 (0.137 %)OS/2
121 (0.137 %)zOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1221 (30.23 %)OO
2128 (17.51 %)SOA
3118 (16.14 %)Agile Software Development
4112 (15.32 %)TDD
578 (10.67 %)Continuous Integration
666 (9.029 %)UML
763 (8.618 %)Multithreading
860 (8.208 %)MVC
955 (7.524 %)OOD
1053 (7.250 %)Unit Testing
1148 (6.566 %)Scrum
1243 (5.882 %)E-Commerce
1338 (5.198 %)Performance Testing
1436 (4.925 %)AOP
1531 (4.241 %)Domain-Driven Design
1629 (3.967 %)Risk Management
1728 (3.830 %)Web Development
1822 (3.010 %)Project Management
1921 (2.873 %)Workflow
2020 (2.736 %)Change Control
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1640 (87.55 %)Java
2305 (41.72 %)SQL
3120 (16.42 %)JavaScript
477 (10.53 %)PL/SQL
571 (9.713 %)Shell Script
639 (5.335 %)Perl
738 (5.198 %)C#
829 (3.967 %)Python
927 (3.694 %)C++
1020 (2.736 %)Bash shell
1020 (2.736 %)T-SQL
1020 (2.736 %)XPath
1118 (2.462 %)Scala
1217 (2.326 %)Groovy
1315 (2.052 %)Ruby
149 (1.231 %)C-shell
149 (1.231 %)Korn
149 (1.231 %)C
158 (1.094 %)XQuery
158 (1.094 %)Jython
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
172 (9.850 %)Degree
250 (6.840 %)Security Cleared
329 (3.967 %)SC Cleared
415 (2.052 %)Sun Certification
511 (1.505 %)PMI Certification
68 (1.094 %)DV Cleared
75 (0.684 %)ISEB
84 (0.547 %)Microsoft Certification
93 (0.410 %)CITP
93 (0.410 %)MBCS
93 (0.410 %)SCWCD
102 (0.274 %)BC Cleared
111 (0.137 %)ITIL Certification
111 (0.137 %)PhD
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
122 (3.010 %)QA
29 (1.231 %)SLA
35 (0.684 %)ISO 9001
44 (0.547 %)TickIT
52 (0.274 %)HL7
52 (0.274 %)Solvency II
61 (0.137 %)Basel II
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (1.231 %)VMware ESX
28 (1.094 %)Hyper-V
28 (1.094 %)VMware Infrastructure
28 (1.094 %)vSphere
36 (0.821 %)Apache Flume
41 (0.137 %)Varnish
41 (0.137 %)Oracle RAC
41 (0.137 %)Xen
41 (0.137 %)Oracle RMAN
41 (0.137 %)Active Directory
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
110 (1.368 %)Tivoli
27 (0.958 %)OpenView
27 (0.958 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
36 (0.821 %)Ganglia
42 (0.274 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
42 (0.274 %)OMEGAMON
51 (0.137 %)Puppet
51 (0.137 %)Data Guard
51 (0.137 %)HP Quality Center
51 (0.137 %)OpenView Configuration Management
51 (0.137 %)Nagios
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1346 (47.33 %)Oracle
2104 (14.23 %)TIBCO
387 (11.90 %)JBoss
470 (9.576 %)Sybase
566 (9.029 %)BEA
650 (6.840 %)IBM
736 (4.925 %)Sun
824 (3.283 %)Microsoft
917 (2.326 %)HP
1015 (2.052 %)Red Hat
1112 (1.642 %)StorageTek
1112 (1.642 %)Actuate
1211 (1.505 %)Chordiant
1310 (1.368 %)VMware
1310 (1.368 %)Informatica
1310 (1.368 %)29West
149 (1.231 %)Atlassian
149 (1.231 %)Citrix
149 (1.231 %)ATG
158 (1.094 %)Adobe