JRules Contracts

This section looks at the demand for ILOG JRules 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 JRules over the last 3 months to 21 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

ILOG JRules
Location Basildon Berkshire City of London East of England England Essex Leatherhead London Norfolk Norwich Reading South East Surrey UK Uxbridge	3 months to 21 May 2008	Same period last year
Rank	511	607
Rank change on same period last year	+96
Matching contract IT job ads	74	23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.096 %	0.025 %
As % of the category below	0.396 %	0.106 %
Daily rates quoted	33	8
Average minimum daily rate	£440	£388
Average daily rate	£459	£408
% change on same period last year	+12.62 %
Average maximum daily rate	£479	£428
UK excluding London average daily rate	£404	£328
% change on same period last year	+23.23 %
Hourly rates quoted	4	8
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.25	£28.75
Average hourly rate	£33.81	£29.25
% change on same period last year	+15.60 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.38	£29.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.81	£29.25
% change on same period last year	+15.60 %
Application Development UK
Matching contract IT job ads	18698	21744
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	24.27 %	24.02 %
Daily rates quoted	6157	6539
Average minimum daily rate	£356	£373
Average daily rate	£381	£397
% change on same period last year	-3.80 %
Average maximum daily rate	£407	£420
UK excluding London average daily rate	£351	£334
% change on same period last year	+4.92 %
Hourly rates quoted	1020	1349
Average minimum hourly rate	£29.69	£29.95
Average hourly rate	£32.39	£31.91
% change on same period last year	+1.49 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.09	£33.88
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.38	£32.07
% change on same period last year	+0.96 %

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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing JRules across the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JRules across the UK over the past 3 months.

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Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing JRules across the UK.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JRules across the UK over the past 3 months.

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Top 14 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JRules within the UK over the past 3 months.

Location	Rank 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
England	+100	73	£459	+12.62 %
London	+79	44	£477	-2.17 %
City of London	-	21	£454	-
East of England	-3	18	£404	-19.12 %
Essex	+3	17	£404	-19.12 %
South East	+48	7	-	-
Basildon	-	7	£413	-
Reading	-	3	-	-
Berkshire	+28	3	-	-
Surrey	+12	2	-	-
Leatherhead	-5	2	-	-
Uxbridge	-	1	£488	-
Norwich	-	1	-	-
Norfolk	-	1	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing JRules also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing JRules.

1 96 (91.43 %) Java 2 71 (67.62 %) J2EE 3 61 (58.10 %) ILOG 4 60 (57.14 %) Oracle 5 58 (55.24 %) SQL 6 50 (47.62 %) UML 7 47 (44.76 %) Struts 8 42 (40.00 %) OO 9 38 (36.19 %) Unix 10 34 (32.38 %) WebSphere 11 33 (31.43 %) Finance 12 28 (26.67 %) Hibernate 13 26 (24.76 %) Spring 13 26 (24.76 %) XML 14 25 (23.81 %) WebLogic

15 24 (22.86 %) Windows 15 24 (22.86 %) Banking 16 23 (21.90 %) Degree 16 23 (21.90 %) Security Cleared 17 22 (20.95 %) SC Cleared 17 22 (20.95 %) Investment Banking 17 22 (20.95 %) Eclipse 18 20 (19.05 %) Unit Testing 19 19 (18.10 %) Government 19 19 (18.10 %) N-Tier 20 18 (17.14 %) Linux 20 18 (17.14 %) EJB 20 18 (17.14 %) HTML 21 17 (16.19 %) WebServices 22 16 (15.24 %) PL/SQL

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing JRules also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing JRules. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 71 (67.62 %) J2EE 2 47 (44.76 %) Struts 3 34 (32.38 %) WebSphere 4 28 (26.67 %) Hibernate 5 26 (24.76 %) XML 5 26 (24.76 %) Spring 6 18 (17.14 %) EJB 6 18 (17.14 %) HTML 7 17 (16.19 %) WebServices 8 13 (12.38 %) SOAP 9 11 (10.48 %) XSLT 10 10 (9.524 %) JSP 11 7 (6.667 %) .NET 11 7 (6.667 %) .NET Framework 12 5 (4.762 %) JMS 13 4 (3.810 %) Middleware 14 3 (2.857 %) Swing 14 3 (2.857 %) Apache FOP 14 3 (2.857 %) Taglibs 14 3 (2.857 %) JFC	Application Platforms 1 25 (23.81 %) WebLogic 2 12 (11.43 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 7 (6.667 %) WebLogic Portal 4 3 (2.857 %) JBoss 5 2 (1.905 %) WebLogic Integration 5 2 (1.905 %) ESB
Applications 1 8 (7.619 %) MS Office 1 8 (7.619 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 1 (0.952 %) BusinessWorks 1 1 (0.952 %) TIBCO BusinessEvents
Communications & Networking 1 11 (10.48 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 11 (10.48 %) DB2 1 11 (10.48 %) RDBMS 2 3 (2.857 %) OLAP 2 3 (2.857 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 3 (2.857 %) SQL Server 2 3 (2.857 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (0.952 %) PowerCenter
Development Applications 1 22 (20.95 %) Eclipse 2 15 (14.29 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 3 5 (4.762 %) JUnit 3 5 (4.762 %) ClearCase 4 3 (2.857 %) Ant 5 2 (1.905 %) JDeveloper 5 2 (1.905 %) ClearQuest 6 1 (0.952 %) Rational Rose	General 1 33 (31.43 %) Finance 2 24 (22.86 %) Banking 3 22 (20.95 %) Investment Banking 4 19 (18.10 %) Government 5 8 (7.619 %) Insurance 5 8 (7.619 %) Education 6 7 (6.667 %) Retail 7 3 (2.857 %) Automotive 8 1 (0.952 %) Telecoms
Job Titles 1 83 (79.05 %) Developer 2 51 (48.57 %) Java Developer 3 35 (33.33 %) J2EE Developer 4 17 (16.19 %) Java/J2EE Developer 5 9 (8.571 %) Senior Developer 6 8 (7.619 %) Analyst 7 7 (6.667 %) Consultant 8 6 (5.714 %) Senior J2EE Developer 9 5 (4.762 %) Business Analyst 10 4 (3.810 %) Senior Java Developer 10 4 (3.810 %) Insurance Business Analyst 11 3 (2.857 %) Senior Java Consultant 11 3 (2.857 %) Developer Analyst 11 3 (2.857 %) Java Consultant 11 3 (2.857 %) J2EE Consultant 11 3 (2.857 %) Senior J2EE Consultant 11 3 (2.857 %) Senior Consultant 11 3 (2.857 %) Project Manager 12 2 (1.905 %) Architect 12 2 (1.905 %) Technical Architect	Miscellaneous 1 19 (18.10 %) N-Tier 2 7 (6.667 %) BBC 3 1 (0.952 %) Clustering 3 1 (0.952 %) Derivative 3 1 (0.952 %) Credit Risk 3 1 (0.952 %) Market Risk
Operating Systems 1 38 (36.19 %) Unix 2 24 (22.86 %) Windows 3 18 (17.14 %) Linux 4 6 (5.714 %) Windows NT	Processes & Methodologies 1 50 (47.62 %) UML 2 42 (40.00 %) OO 3 23 (21.90 %) Security Cleared 4 22 (20.95 %) SC Cleared 5 20 (19.05 %) Unit Testing 6 13 (12.38 %) OOD 7 11 (10.48 %) SOA 7 11 (10.48 %) RUP 8 10 (9.524 %) DV Cleared 9 8 (7.619 %) MVC 10 7 (6.667 %) CRM 10 7 (6.667 %) E-Commerce 11 3 (2.857 %) Validation 11 3 (2.857 %) OOA/OOD 12 2 (1.905 %) Use Case 12 2 (1.905 %) BPEL 13 1 (0.952 %) Business Analysis 13 1 (0.952 %) Data Modelling 13 1 (0.952 %) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages 1 96 (91.43 %) Java 2 58 (55.24 %) SQL 3 16 (15.24 %) PL/SQL 4 1 (0.952 %) C 4 1 (0.952 %) JavaScript 4 1 (0.952 %) Korn	Qualifications 1 23 (21.90 %) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 12 (11.43 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 8 (7.619 %) QA	Vendors 1 61 (58.10 %) ILOG 2 60 (57.14 %) Oracle 3 12 (11.43 %) IBM 4 8 (7.619 %) BEA 4 8 (7.619 %) webMethods 5 2 (1.905 %) TIBCO 5 2 (1.905 %) Siebel 6 1 (0.952 %) SeeBeyond