The first table below looks at the demand for JUnit skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JUnit over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Development Applications 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
JUnit
Rank 202 282 177
Rank change year-on-year
+80 -105
Contract jobs citing JUnit 430 368 641
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.912% 0.621% 1.065%
As % of the Development Applications category 8.346% 6.786% 10.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 301 239 392
Average daily rate £425 £425 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -10.52%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £323 £310 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £600 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £350 £368
% change year-on-year
+2.14% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 4 28
Average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-2.50% +14.28%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +14.28%
All Development Applications
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
5152 5423 6348
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 10.93% 9.148% 10.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 3252 3202 3576
Average daily rate £375 £375 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £270 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £550 £585
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 141 221 316
Average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £23.88 £25.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £45.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -

JUnit
Jobs Demand Trend

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

JUnit Jobs Demand Trend

JUnit
Daily Rate Trend

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

JUnit Daily Rate Trend

JUnit
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JUnit within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

JUnit Daily Rate Histogram

JUnit
Hourly Rate Trend

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

JUnit Hourly Rate Trend

JUnit
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JUnit within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

JUnit Hourly Rate Histogram

JUnit
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 JUnit within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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 +60 372 £425 -3.13%
London +63 260 £450 -10.00%
City of London +24 73 £475 -
South East +4 71 £350 -
Scotland +16 44 £400 +18.51%
Hampshire +12 38 £350 +4.86%
Glasgow +5 26 £375 +17.64%
Berkshire +26 25 £425 +21.42%
Basingstoke +6 23 £350 -1.75%
East Midlands +11 13 £320 -8.57%
Bracknell -2 13 £425 -
South West +18 7 £325 +4.00%
North West +8 7 £375 +3.44%
Cheshire - 6 £375 -
East of England +5 5 £400 +6.66%
County Antrim +1 5 £325 -
Belfast +1 5 £325 -
Northern Ireland -4 5 £325 -
Reading +8 4 £300 +4.34%
Edinburgh +2 4 £438 +20.68%
Yorkshire -5 4 £352 -9.22%
Surrey -14 4 £363 +7.40%
Harrow - 4 £283 -
York - 4 £352 -
North Yorkshire - 4 £352 -
Hertfordshire 0 3 - -
Winchester - 3 £295 -
Brentford - 3 £400 -
Chester - 3 £375 -
Somerset - 3 £338 -

JUnit
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing JUnit 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 JUnit.

1 763 (93.05%) Java
2 423 (51.59%) Spring
3 318 (38.78%) SQL
4 303 (36.95%) JavaScript
5 299 (36.46%) J2EE
6 296 (36.10%) Maven
7 293 (35.73%) HTML
8 283 (34.51%) TDD
9 272 (33.17%) Hibernate
10 260 (31.71%) Agile Software Development
11 252 (30.73%) XML
12 250 (30.49%) Web Services
13 241 (29.39%) CSS
14 219 (26.71%) Oracle
15 214 (26.10%) JMS
16 208 (25.37%) OO
17 204 (24.88%) Continuous Integration
18 203 (24.76%) Subversion
19 196 (23.90%) Linux
20 192 (23.41%) JSP
21 186 (22.68%) Finance
22 179 (21.83%) Eclipse
23 177 (21.59%) Ant
24 173 (21.10%) MVC
25 170 (20.73%) Tomcat
26 164 (20.00%) EJB
27 162 (19.76%) Selenium
28 160 (19.51%) UML
29 159 (19.39%) BDD
30 154 (18.78%) jQuery

JUnit
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing JUnit 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 JUnit. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 423 (51.59%) Spring
2 299 (36.46%) J2EE
3 293 (35.73%) HTML
4 272 (33.17%) Hibernate
5 252 (30.73%) XML
6 250 (30.49%) Web Services
7 241 (29.39%) CSS
8 214 (26.10%) JMS
9 192 (23.41%) JSP
10 164 (20.00%) EJB
11 154 (18.78%) jQuery
12 150 (18.29%) Java EE
13 146 (17.80%) REST
14 139 (16.95%) SOAP
15 126 (15.37%) Spring MVC
16 125 (15.24%) JSON
17 120 (14.63%) Ajax
18 105 (12.80%) JPA
19 104 (12.68%) WebSphere
20 98 (11.95%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 170 (20.73%) Tomcat
2 91 (11.10%) Apache
3 66 (8.049%) WebLogic
4 44 (5.366%) CMS
5 38 (4.634%) ESB
6 31 (3.780%) WebSphere Application Server
7 26 (3.171%) Adobe CQ
8 17 (2.073%) GlassFish
8 17 (2.073%) Confluence
9 16 (1.951%) BizTalk Server
10 15 (1.829%) MQSeries
11 13 (1.585%) Alfresco
11 13 (1.585%) Mule
12 11 (1.341%) IIS
12 11 (1.341%) ActiveMQ
13 10 (1.220%) Jetty
14 9 (1.098%) TIBCO EMS
14 9 (1.098%) Liferay
15 7 (0.854%) WebSphere MQ
15 7 (0.854%) SharePoint
Applications
1 21 (2.561%) MS Excel
2 12 (1.463%) Mingle
3 10 (1.220%) Photoshop
4 4 (0.488%) MS Visio
5 3 (0.366%) Fireworks
6 2 (0.244%) Doxygen
6 2 (0.244%) InfoPath
7 1 (0.122%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 15 (1.829%) Tridion
2 7 (0.854%) Oracle BPM
3 4 (0.488%) SAP Oil and Gas
3 4 (0.488%) BusinessWorks
4 2 (0.244%) ION MarketView
5 1 (0.122%) BASE24
5 1 (0.122%) Advent Geneva
Communications & Networking
1 46 (5.610%) Internet
2 20 (2.439%) HTTP
3 8 (0.976%) LDAP
4 6 (0.732%) TCP/IP
5 3 (0.366%) TELNET
5 3 (0.366%) SNMP
5 3 (0.366%) NFC
6 2 (0.244%) OpenLDAP
6 2 (0.244%) SMS
6 2 (0.244%) FTP
6 2 (0.244%) Extranet
6 2 (0.244%) Intranet
7 1 (0.122%) SAN
7 1 (0.122%) CDMA
7 1 (0.122%) GSM
7 1 (0.122%) LAN
7 1 (0.122%) SSL
7 1 (0.122%) WAN
7 1 (0.122%) DNS
7 1 (0.122%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 116 (14.15%) SQL Server
2 71 (8.659%) DB2
3 66 (8.049%) RDBMS
4 55 (6.707%) MySQL
5 38 (4.634%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 36 (4.390%) SQL Server Integration Services
7 34 (4.146%) NoSQL
8 19 (2.317%) Big Data
9 17 (2.073%) MongoDB
10 15 (1.829%) SQLite
10 15 (1.829%) Oracle 11g
11 12 (1.463%) Oracle Reports
12 11 (1.341%) PostgreSQL
13 10 (1.220%) Hadoop
14 9 (1.098%) MarkLogic
15 8 (0.976%) Apache Cassandra
16 7 (0.854%) Oracle 10g
16 7 (0.854%) BusinessObjects XI
16 7 (0.854%) Redis
17 6 (0.732%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 296 (36.10%) Maven
2 203 (24.76%) Subversion
3 179 (21.83%) Eclipse
4 177 (21.59%) Ant
5 162 (19.76%) Selenium
6 129 (15.73%) Git (software)
7 120 (14.63%) Mockito
8 117 (14.27%) Jenkins
9 96 (11.71%) Hudson
10 78 (9.512%) JIRA
11 69 (8.415%) Cucumber
12 58 (7.073%) WebDriver
13 53 (6.463%) TeamCity
14 44 (5.366%) jMock
14 44 (5.366%) Atlassian Bamboo
15 43 (5.244%) CruiseControl
15 43 (5.244%) JBehave
16 42 (5.122%) TestNG
17 36 (4.390%) EasyMock
18 28 (3.415%) FitNesse
General
1 186 (22.68%) Finance
2 149 (18.17%) Banking
3 82 (10.00%) Investment Banking
4 57 (6.951%) Retail
5 41 (5.000%) Front Office
6 25 (3.049%) Publishing
7 20 (2.439%) Financial Institution
7 20 (2.439%) Games
8 13 (1.585%) Telecoms
9 7 (0.854%) Manufacturing
9 7 (0.854%) Retail Banking
10 6 (0.732%) Marketing
11 5 (0.610%) Back Office
12 4 (0.488%) Electronics
13 2 (0.244%) Corporate Banking
13 2 (0.244%) Billing
13 2 (0.244%) Advertising
14 1 (0.122%) Automotive
14 1 (0.122%) Wholesale Banking
14 1 (0.122%) Danish Language
Job Titles
1 644 (78.54%) Developer
2 473 (57.68%) Java Developer
3 80 (9.756%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 79 (9.634%) Senior Developer
5 58 (7.073%) Senior Java Developer
6 50 (6.098%) J2EE Developer
7 46 (5.610%) Architect
8 31 (3.780%) WebSphere Developer
9 29 (3.537%) Agile Java Developer
10 28 (3.415%) Technical Leader
11 26 (3.171%) Web Developer
12 25 (3.049%) Analyst
13 24 (2.927%) Programmer
13 24 (2.927%) Consultant
14 20 (2.439%) Tester
15 18 (2.195%) Java Programmer
16 17 (2.073%) Software Engineer
16 17 (2.073%) Front-End Developer
17 16 (1.951%) Java Swing Developer
17 16 (1.951%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 59 (7.195%) Open Source
2 52 (6.341%) Computer Science
3 46 (5.610%) Derivative
4 41 (5.000%) Enterprise Software
5 29 (3.537%) Mobile App
6 22 (2.683%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
7 18 (2.195%) Web 2.0
8 17 (2.073%) Fixed Income
9 16 (1.951%) Equity Derivative
10 15 (1.829%) Blackberry
11 14 (1.707%) Equities
12 11 (1.341%) Credit Risk
12 11 (1.341%) Kindle
12 11 (1.341%) iPhone
13 10 (1.220%) Wiki
13 10 (1.220%) Mathematics
14 9 (1.098%) W3C
14 9 (1.098%) Mobile Banking
15 8 (0.976%) Cloud Computing
15 8 (0.976%) Market Risk
Operating Systems
1 196 (23.90%) Linux
2 143 (17.44%) UNIX
3 64 (7.805%) Windows
4 26 (3.171%) Apple iOS
5 22 (2.683%) Android
6 21 (2.561%) Solaris
7 14 (1.707%) HPUX
8 6 (0.732%) Windows Mobile
9 2 (0.244%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
9 2 (0.244%) AIX
9 2 (0.244%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 283 (34.51%) TDD
2 260 (31.71%) Agile Software Development
3 208 (25.37%) OO
4 204 (24.88%) Continuous Integration
5 173 (21.10%) MVC
6 160 (19.51%) UML
7 159 (19.39%) BDD
8 148 (18.05%) E-Commerce
9 129 (15.73%) Scrum
10 95 (11.59%) Multithreading
11 94 (11.46%) Unit Testing
12 88 (10.73%) SOA
13 80 (9.756%) Pair Programming
14 74 (9.024%) OOD
15 66 (8.049%) Web Development
16 52 (6.341%) Software Architecture
16 52 (6.341%) Content Management
17 50 (6.098%) RAD
18 47 (5.732%) Test Automation
19 43 (5.244%) Data Modelling
Programming Languages
1 763 (93.05%) Java
2 318 (38.78%) SQL
3 303 (36.95%) JavaScript
4 48 (5.854%) Bash shell
5 44 (5.366%) Groovy
6 40 (4.878%) PL/SQL
7 39 (4.756%) Perl
8 36 (4.390%) Shell Script
9 33 (4.024%) C#
10 31 (3.780%) Scala
11 28 (3.415%) Ruby
12 27 (3.293%) XPath
13 24 (2.927%) Python
14 21 (2.561%) C++
15 19 (2.317%) Korn
16 14 (1.707%) C
16 14 (1.707%) T-SQL
17 7 (0.854%) PHP
18 6 (0.732%) VB
19 5 (0.610%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 67 (8.171%) Degree
2 25 (3.049%) Security Cleared
3 15 (1.829%) SC Cleared
4 14 (1.707%) Sun Certification
5 10 (1.220%) DV Cleared
6 5 (0.610%) ISEB
7 4 (0.488%) BC Cleared
7 4 (0.488%) ISTQB
8 2 (0.244%) SCJA
8 2 (0.244%) SCJP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 62 (7.561%) QA
2 13 (1.585%) ISO/IEC 27001
3 8 (0.976%) WAI
4 4 (0.488%) Basel III
4 4 (0.488%) Basel II
5 3 (0.366%) Sarbanes-Oxley
6 1 (0.122%) ISO 8583
6 1 (0.122%) ISO 9001
6 1 (0.122%) PCI DSS
6 1 (0.122%) ISO/IEC 14443
6 1 (0.122%) ISO/IEC 7816
System Software
1 3 (0.366%) MetaFrame
1 3 (0.366%) vSphere
1 3 (0.366%) vCloud
2 2 (0.244%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.244%) ClearTrust
3 1 (0.122%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.122%) Shibboleth
Systems Management
1 14 (1.707%) BladeLogic
2 9 (1.098%) HP Quality Center
3 6 (0.732%) Nagios
4 5 (0.610%) MOM
4 5 (0.610%) Puppet
5 2 (0.244%) SCOM
6 1 (0.122%) Business Desktop Deployment
Vendors
1 219 (26.71%) Oracle
2 98 (11.95%) JBoss
3 91 (11.10%) IBM
4 55 (6.707%) Sybase
5 42 (5.122%) hybris
6 30 (3.659%) Adobe
7 26 (3.171%) Perforce
8 23 (2.805%) HP
9 22 (2.683%) Google
10 20 (2.439%) ATG
11 18 (2.195%) TIBCO
12 15 (1.829%) Sun
13 14 (1.707%) Elastic Path
13 14 (1.707%) Blue Martini
13 14 (1.707%) Interwoven
14 13 (1.585%) Twitter
15 11 (1.341%) Endeca
16 10 (1.220%) Intershop
16 10 (1.220%) Sony
17 9 (1.098%) Informatica
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