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This section looks at the demand for JUnit skills across the UK with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JUnit over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJUnit
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank240275
Rank change on same period last yearUp+35
Matching contract IT job ads467536
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.622 %0.542 %
As % of the category below6.895 %6.233 %
Daily rates quoted174192
Average minimum daily rate£408£411
Average daily rate£427£431
% change on same period last year-0.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£445£451
UK excluding London average daily rate£388£314
% change on same period last year+23.50 %
Hourly rates quoted1242
Average minimum hourly rate£35.67£37.89
Average hourly rate£36.42£40.03
% change on same period last year-9.02 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.17£42.17
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.41£39.79
% change on same period last year-11.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
UK
Matching contract IT job ads67738600
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled9.028 %8.701 %
Daily rates quoted22372632
Average minimum daily rate£336£356
Average daily rate£360£376
% change on same period last year-4.43 %
Average maximum daily rate£384£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£331
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
Hourly rates quoted481600
Average minimum hourly rate£29.97£32.62
Average hourly rate£32.02£34.59
% change on same period last year-7.42 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.07£36.56
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.89£34.13
% change on same period last year-3.63 %

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.

JUnit
Demand Trend

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

JUnit Demand Trend

JUnit
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JUnit within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

JUnit Daily Rate Histogram

JUnit
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JUnit within the UK over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

JUnit Hourly Rate Histogram

JUnit
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section 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 25 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+48433£428-3.36 %
LondonUp+32210£450-4.82 %
East of EnglandUp+4371£458+77.69 %
City of LondonUp+965£476-3.85 %
South EastUp+4465£459+41.18 %
HertfordshireUp+5762£458-
YorkshireUp+4247£341-
West YorkshireUp+2627£329-
Docklands, LondonUp+3924£406+59.13 %
HampshireUp+822--
LeedsUp+817£321-
WalesDown-617£413+40.74 %
North WestUp+116£311-22.22 %
ScotlandUp+116£375+16.06 %
BasingstokeUp+914--
RickmansworthNew entry-14£475-
SurreyDown-314£375-10.71 %
South YorkshireNew entry-12£367-
East MidlandsUp+912£301+0.16 %
SwanseaUp+1012£425+32.81 %
West WalesUp+912£425+32.81 %
EdinburghNew entry-11£400-
BerkshireUp+4211£500+73.16 %
CheshireDown-29£282-29.46 %
SheffieldNew entry-9£353-
BuckinghamshireNew entry-8£513-
West MidlandsDown-68£363+6.61 %
Canary WharfUp+128£442+92.23 %
CambridgeshireDown-45--
WilmslowNew entry-5£295-

JUnit
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1878 (87.80 %)Java
2507 (50.70 %)J2EE
3484 (48.40 %)Spring
4465 (46.50 %)Hibernate
5406 (40.60 %)Oracle
6385 (38.50 %)SQL
7326 (32.60 %)Eclipse
8312 (31.20 %)XML
8312 (31.20 %)UML
9307 (30.70 %)OO
10290 (29.00 %)Ant
11252 (25.20 %)Finance
12202 (20.20 %)Banking
13191 (19.10 %)UNIX
14190 (19.00 %)Struts
15185 (18.50 %)WebServices
16177 (17.70 %)Agile Software Development
17175 (17.50 %)JSP
18163 (16.30 %)PL/SQL
19162 (16.20 %)JavaScript
19162 (16.20 %)Linux
20144 (14.40 %)WebLogic
21143 (14.30 %)WebSphere
22133 (13.30 %)TDD
23130 (13.00 %)SOA
24129 (12.90 %)HTML
24129 (12.90 %)Subversion
25124 (12.40 %)Unit Testing
26120 (12.00 %)EJB
27116 (11.60 %)Investment Banking

JUnit
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1507 (50.70 %)J2EE
2484 (48.40 %)Spring
3465 (46.50 %)Hibernate
4312 (31.20 %)XML
5190 (19.00 %)Struts
6185 (18.50 %)WebServices
7175 (17.50 %)JSP
8143 (14.30 %)WebSphere
9129 (12.90 %)HTML
10120 (12.00 %)EJB
11106 (10.60 %)AJAX
12103 (10.30 %)MVC
12103 (10.30 %)CSS
1397 (9.700 %)JSF
1488 (8.800 %)Servlets
1583 (8.300 %)Swing
1675 (7.500 %)SOAP
1772 (7.200 %)JDBC
1870 (7.000 %)JMS
1964 (6.400 %)XHTML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1144 (14.40 %)WebLogic
291 (9.100 %)Tomcat
365 (6.500 %)JBoss
463 (6.300 %)Apache
562 (6.200 %)WebSphere Application Server
638 (3.800 %)WebLogic Portal
737 (3.700 %)MQSeries
827 (2.700 %)Oracle Application Server
923 (2.300 %)Oracle 10gAS
1014 (1.400 %)CMS
1014 (1.400 %)ATG Dynamo
1014 (1.400 %)IIS
1112 (1.200 %)TIBCO EMS
1112 (1.200 %)WebSphere MQ
1211 (1.100 %)ESB
1310 (1.000 %)ColdFusion
149 (0.900 %)Mule
158 (0.800 %)Exchange Server 2000
165 (0.500 %)Rendezvous
165 (0.500 %)Oracle 9iAS
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
119 (1.900 %)MS Project
217 (1.700 %)MS Office
311 (1.100 %)MS Visio
47 (0.700 %)MS Excel
56 (0.600 %)Photoshop
65 (0.500 %)Quicktime
71 (0.100 %)Adobe Illustrator
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.100 %)RMDS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
134 (3.400 %)LDAP
222 (2.200 %)Internet
316 (1.600 %)HTTP
45 (0.500 %)Intranet
53 (0.300 %)Extranet
62 (0.200 %)SMS
62 (0.200 %)Wireless
71 (0.100 %)UMTS
71 (0.100 %)GSM
71 (0.100 %)SMPP
71 (0.100 %)TCP/IP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
182 (8.200 %)Oracle 10g
241 (4.100 %)RDBMS
340 (4.000 %)Oracle 8/8i
435 (3.500 %)SQL Server
435 (3.500 %)DB2
531 (3.100 %)MySQL
531 (3.100 %)Oracle 9i
617 (1.700 %)Reference Data
74 (0.400 %)JasperReports
83 (0.300 %)Datawarehouse
83 (0.300 %)ETL
92 (0.200 %)Oracle Reports
92 (0.200 %)Sybase ASE
92 (0.200 %)Sybase IQ
101 (0.100 %)DB2 UDB
101 (0.100 %)BusinessObjects
101 (0.100 %)SQL Server 2000
101 (0.100 %)TOAD
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1326 (32.60 %)Eclipse
2290 (29.00 %)Ant
3129 (12.90 %)Subversion
461 (6.100 %)ClearCase
545 (4.500 %)Rational Rose
643 (4.300 %)CruiseControl
735 (3.500 %)Selenium
735 (3.500 %)IntelliJ
829 (2.900 %)FitNesse
926 (2.600 %)Log4j
926 (2.600 %)RequisitePro
1020 (2.000 %)WebLogic Workshop
1119 (1.900 %)ClearQuest
1217 (1.700 %)JIRA
1316 (1.600 %)Atlassian Bamboo
1413 (1.300 %)LoadRunner
1512 (1.200 %)JBuilder
1611 (1.100 %)Flash
1611 (1.100 %)JProbe
1611 (1.100 %)QuickTest Pro
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1252 (25.20 %)Finance
2202 (20.20 %)Banking
3116 (11.60 %)Investment Banking
466 (6.600 %)Front Office
561 (6.100 %)Back Office
627 (2.700 %)Government
724 (2.400 %)Telecoms
823 (2.300 %)Insurance
916 (1.600 %)Retail
1014 (1.400 %)Financial Institution
1111 (1.100 %)Pharmaceutical
129 (0.900 %)Games
136 (0.600 %)Publishing
136 (0.600 %)Marketing
145 (0.500 %)Multimedia
145 (0.500 %)Construction
154 (0.400 %)Billing
154 (0.400 %)Pensions
154 (0.400 %)Video Editing
154 (0.400 %)Advertising
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1787 (78.70 %)Developer
2562 (56.20 %)Java Developer
3194 (19.40 %)J2EE Developer
4174 (17.40 %)Java/J2EE Developer
5113 (11.30 %)Senior Developer
685 (8.500 %)Senior Java Developer
756 (5.600 %)Analyst
844 (4.400 %)Senior J2EE Developer
936 (3.600 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
1029 (2.900 %)Web Developer
1124 (2.400 %)Programmer
1124 (2.400 %)Java Swing Developer
1223 (2.300 %)Architect
1320 (2.000 %)Tester
1320 (2.000 %)Lead Developer
1320 (2.000 %)Flex Developer
1419 (1.900 %)Applications Developer
1419 (1.900 %)Project Manager
1518 (1.800 %)Software Engineer
1617 (1.700 %)Analyst Programmer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
167 (6.700 %)Derivative
258 (5.800 %)Multithreading
341 (4.100 %)Equity Derivative
424 (2.400 %)Fixed Income
522 (2.200 %)N-Tier
522 (2.200 %)Interest Rate Derivative
619 (1.900 %)Computer Science
718 (1.800 %)RIA
814 (1.400 %)Equities
912 (1.200 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
108 (0.800 %)Client/Server
108 (0.800 %)Grid Computing
108 (0.800 %)PKI
116 (0.600 %)Web 2.0
116 (0.600 %)Data Integration
125 (0.500 %)Credit Derivative
125 (0.500 %)Cryptography
125 (0.500 %)MPEG
134 (0.400 %)Replication
134 (0.400 %)E-Learning
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1191 (19.10 %)UNIX
2162 (16.20 %)Linux
3109 (10.90 %)Windows
444 (4.400 %)Solaris
515 (1.500 %)HPUX
614 (1.400 %)Windows NT
710 (1.000 %)Windows 2000
87 (0.700 %)Mac OS X
95 (0.500 %)Windows XP
102 (0.200 %)AIX
102 (0.200 %)SUSE
111 (0.100 %)zOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1312 (31.20 %)UML
2307 (30.70 %)OO
3177 (17.70 %)Agile Software Development
4133 (13.30 %)TDD
5130 (13.00 %)SOA
6124 (12.40 %)Unit Testing
783 (8.300 %)Continuous Integration
882 (8.200 %)RAD
972 (7.200 %)RUP
1069 (6.900 %)Security Cleared
1168 (6.800 %)E-Commerce
1253 (5.300 %)Web Development
1336 (3.600 %)OOA/OOD
1336 (3.600 %)Scrum
1428 (2.800 %)Unified Process
1527 (2.700 %)Use Case
1624 (2.400 %)Configuration Management
1722 (2.200 %)Content Management
1821 (2.100 %)PRINCE2
1920 (2.000 %)Software Engineering
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1878 (87.80 %)Java
2385 (38.50 %)SQL
3163 (16.30 %)PL/SQL
4162 (16.20 %)JavaScript
572 (7.200 %)C++
634 (3.400 %)C
725 (2.500 %)Shell Script
823 (2.300 %)Transact-SQL
922 (2.200 %)Perl
1018 (1.800 %)C#
1116 (1.600 %)XQuery
1215 (1.500 %)XPath
1310 (1.000 %)PHP
149 (0.900 %)VB
149 (0.900 %)Python
158 (0.800 %)ActionScript
167 (0.700 %)DHTML
176 (0.600 %)VBA
185 (0.500 %)Delphi
194 (0.400 %)FoxPro (VFP)
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
132 (3.200 %)Degree
215 (1.500 %)Sun Certification
38 (0.800 %)ISEB
43 (0.300 %)SCJA
43 (0.300 %)SCJP
51 (0.100 %)SCJD
51 (0.100 %)HND
51 (0.100 %)SCWCD
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (0.800 %)QA
21 (0.100 %)GAMP
21 (0.100 %)ISO9000
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (1.500 %)AquaLogic
22 (0.200 %)MSMQ
31 (0.100 %)VMware Infrastructure
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.200 %)Netcool
21 (0.100 %)CONTROL-M
21 (0.100 %)Netcool/Proviso
21 (0.100 %)OpenView
21 (0.100 %)Tivoli
21 (0.100 %)MOM
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1406 (40.60 %)Oracle
286 (8.600 %)Sybase
379 (7.900 %)BEA
459 (5.900 %)IBM
536 (3.600 %)Sun
634 (3.400 %)Microsoft
722 (2.200 %)Calypso
820 (2.000 %)Google
919 (1.900 %)Adobe
919 (1.900 %)ATG
1017 (1.700 %)TIBCO
1114 (1.400 %)Altova
129 (0.900 %)Vignette
129 (0.900 %)Perforce
137 (0.700 %)webMethods
144 (0.400 %)GoldenSource
144 (0.400 %)Tangosol
153 (0.300 %)Infragistics
153 (0.300 %)Brocade
153 (0.300 %)StorageTek
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