The first table below looks at the demand for JSP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JSP over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second 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.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
JavaServer Pages (JSP)
Rank 196 213 171
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -42
Contract jobs citing JSP 481 492 702
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.984% 0.861% 1.129%
As % of the Application Development category 3.540% 3.340% 4.056%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 298 390
Average daily rate £400 £375 £423
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.66% -11.24%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £289 £255 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £550 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £335 £350
% change year-on-year
+11.94% -4.28%
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 8 32
Average hourly rate £33.00 £33.75 £35.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.22% -4.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.00 £14.50 £26.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.25 £38.25 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £28.00 £32.50 £38.00
% change year-on-year
-13.84% -14.47%
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
13589 14731 17307
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.79% 25.77% 27.83%
Number of daily rates quoted 8537 8800 10282
Average daily rate £375 £353 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.38% -11.87%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 351 379 533
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -7.14%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £17.50 £18.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%

JSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

JSP Jobs Demand Trend

JSP
Daily Rate Trend

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

JSP Daily Rate Trend

JSP
Daily Rate Histogram

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

JSP Daily Rate Histogram

JSP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

JSP Hourly Rate Trend

JSP
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

JSP Hourly Rate Histogram

JSP
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 JSP within the UK over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
England +8 422 £400 +6.66% 123
London +20 219 £413 -8.33% 61
South East +48 111 £400 +15.94% 14
Berkshire +47 46 £425 +17.64% 3
Hampshire +30 46 £350 -6.66% 5
Scotland 0 45 £400 +23.07% 10
City of London -4 34 £450 +7.14% 18
North West -6 24 £350 +7.69% 12
South West +13 21 £425 +17.24% 4
Glasgow -17 21 £275 -12.69% 8
East of England -2 17 £394 -1.56% 16
East Midlands -13 16 £450 +80.00% 7
Bracknell -4 15 £425 +32.81%
Manchester +15 12 £295 -9.23% 6
Edinburgh +7 12 £400 - 2
Essex -2 12 £300 +33.33% 1
Reading +13 10 £280 - 1
Gloucester - 9 £440 -
Gloucestershire - 9 £440 -
Cheshire +5 8 £375 +74.41% 3
Buckinghamshire -6 7 £333 +26.66% 1
West Midlands +8 6 £350 +3.70% 1
Yorkshire +2 6 £285 -7.69% 6
Milton Keynes 0 6 £340 -
Nottingham -3 6 £450 - 2
Nottinghamshire -6 6 £450 - 3
Brentwood - 6 £213 -
Basingstoke -4 5 £350 +9.80% 1
Surrey -5 5 £288 -28.12% 2
Lancashire +2 4 £350 -7.28% 3

JSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing JSP 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 JSP.

1 666 (80.24%) Java
2 499 (60.12%) JavaScript
3 467 (56.27%) HTML
4 423 (50.96%) CSS
5 413 (49.76%) XML
6 375 (45.18%) J2EE
7 334 (40.24%) SQL
8 302 (36.39%) Spring
9 282 (33.98%) Oracle
10 239 (28.80%) jQuery
11 238 (28.67%) Ajax
12 218 (26.27%) Web Services
13 215 (25.90%) Servlets
14 202 (24.34%) Hibernate
15 197 (23.73%) JUnit
16 192 (23.13%) MVC
17 179 (21.57%) WebSphere
18 178 (21.45%) JMS
19 174 (20.96%) EJB
20 161 (19.40%) E-Commerce
21 159 (19.16%) Agile Software Development
22 158 (19.04%) UNIX
23 147 (17.71%) Struts
24 146 (17.59%) SOAP
24 146 (17.59%) OO
25 138 (16.63%) Maven
26 130 (15.66%) UML
26 130 (15.66%) Apache
27 129 (15.54%) Eclipse
28 128 (15.42%) JSON

JSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 467 (56.27%) HTML
2 423 (50.96%) CSS
3 413 (49.76%) XML
4 375 (45.18%) J2EE
5 302 (36.39%) Spring
6 239 (28.80%) jQuery
7 238 (28.67%) Ajax
8 218 (26.27%) Web Services
9 215 (25.90%) Servlets
10 202 (24.34%) Hibernate
11 179 (21.57%) WebSphere
12 178 (21.45%) JMS
13 174 (20.96%) EJB
14 147 (17.71%) Struts
15 146 (17.59%) SOAP
16 128 (15.42%) JSON
17 121 (14.58%) JSTL
18 118 (14.22%) XSLT
19 117 (14.10%) XHTML
20 116 (13.98%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 130 (15.66%) Apache
2 123 (14.82%) Tomcat
3 93 (11.20%) WebLogic
4 73 (8.795%) CMS
5 61 (7.349%) WebSphere Application Server
6 28 (3.373%) Adobe CQ
7 27 (3.253%) Oracle Workflow
8 22 (2.651%) IIS
9 21 (2.530%) BizTalk Server
10 18 (2.169%) SharePoint
11 16 (1.928%) MQSeries
11 16 (1.928%) GlassFish
12 14 (1.687%) ESB
13 12 (1.446%) Mule
14 9 (1.084%) FileNet
14 9 (1.084%) WebLogic Portal
14 9 (1.084%) TeamSite
15 8 (0.964%) Commerce Server
15 8 (0.964%) WebSphere Portal
16 6 (0.723%) Drupal
Applications
1 48 (5.783%) Photoshop
2 21 (2.530%) MS Excel
3 20 (2.410%) MS Office
4 16 (1.928%) MS Visio
5 7 (0.843%) MS PowerPoint
6 6 (0.723%) Fireworks
7 4 (0.482%) Adobe Illustrator
8 1 (0.120%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 14 (1.687%) Oracle EBS
1 14 (1.687%) Oracle BPM
2 11 (1.325%) AquaLogic BPM
3 9 (1.084%) Tridion
4 8 (0.964%) BusinessWorks
4 8 (0.964%) Staffware
4 8 (0.964%) TIBCO iProcess
5 7 (0.843%) Oracle Retail
6 6 (0.723%) RMDS
6 6 (0.723%) 3000 Xtra
7 4 (0.482%) Oracle Financials
8 3 (0.361%) Remedy AR System
8 3 (0.361%) Google Analytics
8 3 (0.361%) Oracle Applications
9 2 (0.241%) Oracle ERP
9 2 (0.241%) Oracle Manufacturing
9 2 (0.241%) Oracle EBS R12
10 1 (0.120%) Advent Geneva
10 1 (0.120%) SiteCatalyst
10 1 (0.120%) WebTrends
Communications & Networking
1 53 (6.386%) Internet
2 39 (4.699%) HTTP
3 20 (2.410%) TCP/IP
4 11 (1.325%) LDAP
5 10 (1.205%) SSL
6 8 (0.964%) Firewall
7 7 (0.843%) Network Security
7 7 (0.843%) DNS
7 7 (0.843%) VoIP
8 6 (0.723%) WAN
8 6 (0.723%) SAN
9 5 (0.602%) LAN
10 4 (0.482%) FTP
10 4 (0.482%) HTTPS
10 4 (0.482%) OSPF
11 3 (0.361%) Cisco ASA
11 3 (0.361%) HSRP
11 3 (0.361%) Wireshark
11 3 (0.361%) Wireless
11 3 (0.361%) 3G
Database & Business Intelligence
1 103 (12.41%) SQL Server
2 77 (9.277%) RDBMS
3 58 (6.988%) DB2
4 53 (6.386%) MySQL
5 31 (3.735%) Oracle 10g
6 28 (3.373%) Oracle 11g
7 24 (2.892%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 23 (2.771%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 21 (2.530%) Oracle 8/8i
10 15 (1.807%) Oracle Reports
11 13 (1.566%) NoSQL
12 10 (1.205%) Crystal Reports
12 10 (1.205%) MongoDB
13 8 (0.964%) InterSystems Cache
13 8 (0.964%) MarkLogic
13 8 (0.964%) SQL Server 2008
14 6 (0.723%) Oracle 9i
15 5 (0.602%) JasperReports
15 5 (0.602%) PostgreSQL
16 4 (0.482%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 197 (23.73%) JUnit
2 138 (16.63%) Maven
3 129 (15.54%) Eclipse
4 78 (9.398%) Ant
5 76 (9.157%) Subversion
6 47 (5.663%) Mockito
7 45 (5.422%) Git (software)
8 42 (5.060%) Selenium
9 32 (3.855%) Jenkins
10 29 (3.494%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
11 28 (3.373%) JIRA
12 26 (3.133%) CruiseControl
13 19 (2.289%) Dreamweaver
14 18 (2.169%) JDeveloper
14 18 (2.169%) Log4j
15 15 (1.807%) EasyMock
16 13 (1.566%) Hudson
17 9 (1.084%) NetBeans
17 9 (1.084%) ClearCase
18 8 (0.964%) Spring Roo
General
1 118 (14.22%) Finance
2 106 (12.77%) Banking
3 75 (9.036%) Retail
4 38 (4.578%) Investment Banking
5 24 (2.892%) Marketing
6 23 (2.771%) Games
7 21 (2.530%) Telecoms
8 16 (1.928%) Publishing
9 13 (1.566%) Back Office
10 8 (0.964%) Japanese Language
10 8 (0.964%) Korean Language
11 7 (0.843%) Manufacturing
12 6 (0.723%) Financial Institution
12 6 (0.723%) Dutch Language
13 5 (0.602%) Military
13 5 (0.602%) Advertising
14 4 (0.482%) Automotive
14 4 (0.482%) Legal
14 4 (0.482%) German Language
14 4 (0.482%) Romanian Language
Job Titles
1 649 (78.19%) Developer
2 342 (41.20%) Java Developer
3 74 (8.916%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 71 (8.554%) Web Developer
4 71 (8.554%) Front-End Developer
5 54 (6.506%) Senior Developer
6 53 (6.386%) WebSphere Developer
7 52 (6.265%) Architect
8 39 (4.699%) Senior Java Developer
9 27 (3.253%) Java Web Developer
9 27 (3.253%) Analyst
10 25 (3.012%) J2EE Developer
11 23 (2.771%) Programmer
12 22 (2.651%) JavaScript Developer
13 21 (2.530%) Consultant
14 18 (2.169%) Java Programmer
15 17 (2.048%) UI Developer
16 16 (1.928%) Java Architect
17 15 (1.807%) UI Programmer
18 14 (1.687%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 48 (5.783%) W3C
2 26 (3.133%) Computer Science
3 25 (3.012%) Open Source
4 24 (2.892%) Web 2.0
5 19 (2.289%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 18 (2.169%) Enterprise Software
7 15 (1.807%) Management Information System
8 13 (1.566%) Mobile App
8 13 (1.566%) N-Tier
9 12 (1.446%) Blackberry
10 11 (1.325%) iPhone
10 11 (1.325%) Data Integration
11 10 (1.205%) Graphic Design
11 10 (1.205%) Social Media
11 10 (1.205%) iPad
11 10 (1.205%) Kindle
11 10 (1.205%) RMADS
12 8 (0.964%) Semantic Web
13 7 (0.843%) Client/Server
14 5 (0.602%) Online Games
Operating Systems
1 158 (19.04%) UNIX
2 97 (11.69%) Linux
3 68 (8.193%) Windows
4 21 (2.530%) Solaris
5 20 (2.410%) Windows Server 2008
6 17 (2.048%) Windows Server 2003
7 15 (1.807%) Windows XP
8 10 (1.205%) Windows 2000
8 10 (1.205%) HPUX
8 10 (1.205%) Apple iOS
9 7 (0.843%) Android
10 5 (0.602%) Windows 7
11 3 (0.361%) Oracle Linux
11 3 (0.361%) AIX
12 2 (0.241%) Windows CE
13 1 (0.120%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 192 (23.13%) MVC
2 161 (19.40%) E-Commerce
3 159 (19.16%) Agile Software Development
4 146 (17.59%) OO
5 130 (15.66%) UML
6 127 (15.30%) TDD
7 98 (11.81%) Web Development
8 95 (11.45%) Content Management
9 87 (10.48%) BDD
10 85 (10.24%) Continuous Integration
10 85 (10.24%) Scrum
11 74 (8.916%) Unit Testing
12 64 (7.711%) SOA
13 62 (7.470%) RAD
14 46 (5.542%) Software Architecture
15 39 (4.699%) Workflow
16 34 (4.096%) Software Testing
17 32 (3.855%) Pair Programming
18 31 (3.735%) Web Application Development
19 29 (3.494%) Web Design
Programming Languages
1 666 (80.24%) Java
2 499 (60.12%) JavaScript
3 334 (40.24%) SQL
4 101 (12.17%) PL/SQL
5 67 (8.072%) Perl
6 46 (5.542%) Shell Script
7 39 (4.699%) Bash shell
8 35 (4.217%) C#
9 29 (3.494%) PHP
10 20 (2.410%) XPath
11 16 (1.928%) XQuery
11 16 (1.928%) Groovy
12 15 (1.807%) Python
13 14 (1.687%) VBScript
14 13 (1.566%) VB
15 11 (1.325%) T-SQL
15 11 (1.325%) VBA
16 9 (1.084%) FQL
16 9 (1.084%) VB6
16 9 (1.084%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 98 (11.81%) Security Cleared
2 70 (8.434%) SC Cleared
3 42 (5.060%) Degree
4 26 (3.133%) Sun Certification
5 22 (2.651%) DV Cleared
6 9 (1.084%) ISTQB
7 6 (0.723%) CISSP
7 6 (0.723%) Cisco Certification
7 6 (0.723%) CCNA
7 6 (0.723%) CIPD
8 5 (0.602%) PMI Certification
8 5 (0.602%) IBM Certification
9 4 (0.482%) CCNP
10 3 (0.361%) CTC Cleared
11 2 (0.241%) MCSE
11 2 (0.241%) CISA
11 2 (0.241%) CISM
11 2 (0.241%) CCA
11 2 (0.241%) Citrix Certification
11 2 (0.241%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 31 (3.735%) QA
2 18 (2.169%) JSP 440
3 9 (1.084%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 8 (0.964%) WAI
5 5 (0.602%) ISO/IEC 27001
6 4 (0.482%) SLA
6 4 (0.482%) DO-178B
6 4 (0.482%) DO-254
6 4 (0.482%) ARP4754
6 4 (0.482%) ARP4761
6 4 (0.482%) IEC 61508
7 3 (0.361%) WCAG
8 1 (0.120%) PCI DSS
8 1 (0.120%) HL7
System Software
1 9 (1.084%) Squid
2 5 (0.602%) Microsoft App-V
3 3 (0.361%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.361%) Oracle RAC
3 3 (0.361%) OpenSSO
3 3 (0.361%) Nmap
3 3 (0.361%) Active Directory
3 3 (0.361%) MetaFrame
4 2 (0.241%) ClearTrust
5 1 (0.120%) Tivoli Directory Server
5 1 (0.120%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 14 (1.687%) HP Quality Center
2 7 (0.843%) Puppet
3 5 (0.602%) SCCM
3 5 (0.602%) Nagios
4 3 (0.361%) SCOM
4 3 (0.361%) MOM
5 2 (0.241%) Sun Identity Manager
6 1 (0.120%) Data Guard
6 1 (0.120%) Business Desktop Deployment
6 1 (0.120%) Nessus
6 1 (0.120%) Tivoli
6 1 (0.120%) Tivoli Identity Manager
6 1 (0.120%) Control-M
Vendors
1 282 (33.98%) Oracle
2 101 (12.17%) IBM
3 84 (10.12%) JBoss
4 44 (5.301%) Adobe
5 41 (4.940%) Sun
6 37 (4.458%) Microsoft
7 27 (3.253%) ATG
7 27 (3.253%) FatWire
8 18 (2.169%) TIBCO
9 17 (2.048%) Sybase
10 15 (1.807%) Interwoven
11 14 (1.687%) HP
11 14 (1.687%) Sencha
12 13 (1.566%) Twitter
12 13 (1.566%) Citrix
13 12 (1.446%) Facebook
14 11 (1.325%) hybris
14 11 (1.325%) Intershop
15 10 (1.205%) Sony
15 10 (1.205%) Blue Martini
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Rate: £175 - £225 per day
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Rate: £200 - £250 per day
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Rate: £150 - £200 per day
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Rate: £250 - £325 per day
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