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This section looks at the demand for Java Servlet 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 Servlets over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava Servlet
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank312250
Rank change on same period last yearDown-62
Matching contract IT job ads323583
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.431 %0.590 %
As % of the category below1.844 %2.538 %
Daily rates quoted114252
Average minimum daily rate£386£366
Average daily rate£406£391
% change on same period last year+3.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£426£415
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£331
% change on same period last year+8.10 %
Hourly rates quoted1410
Average minimum hourly rate£38.93£31.90
Average hourly rate£41.15£33.45
% change on same period last year+23.01 %
Average maximum hourly rate£43.37£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£43.34£32.83
% change on same period last year+32.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1751422973
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled23.34 %23.24 %
Daily rates quoted58686997
Average minimum daily rate£352£372
Average daily rate£378£398
% change on same period last year-5.06 %
Average maximum daily rate£405£424
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted9671398
Average minimum hourly rate£30.29£30.90
Average hourly rate£32.64£33.41
% change on same period last year-2.31 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.98£35.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %

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.

Servlets
Demand Trend

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

Servlets Demand Trend

Servlets
Daily Rate Trend

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

Servlets Daily Rate Trend

Servlets
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Servlets Daily Rate Histogram

Servlets
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Servlets Hourly Rate Trend

Servlets
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Servlets Hourly Rate Histogram

Servlets
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Servlets 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
EnglandDown-52308£411+4.97 %
LondonDown-49141£455+7.52 %
South EastDown-1951£379+19.61 %
City of LondonDown-3327£519+5.46 %
East of EnglandDown-826£417+18.43 %
East MidlandsUp+1419£335+11.57 %
North WestDown-718£335-0.74 %
EssexUp+2018£417-
West MidlandsUp+1618£344-11.00 %
BerkshireUp+517£310+1.47 %
MidlandsUp+917£298-
NorthamptonshireUp+613£302-
NorthamptonUp+213£302-
BuckinghamshireUp+1612£421+24.81 %
South WestUp+1712£361+16.82 %
ScotlandUp+3011£267-19.92 %
YorkshireUp+1510£323-5.55 %
SloughUp+110£300-
GlasgowUp+148£267-25.83 %
CheshireNew entry-8£333-
BristolUp+147£417+34.40 %
Southend-on-SeaNew entry-6£520-
MarlowNo change06£449+38.07 %
HampshireUp+206£430+43.33 %
HertfordshireDown-76--
WiltshireNew entry-5£320-
SwindonNew entry-5£320-
WarringtonNew entry-5£350-
CroydonNew entry-5£375-
BasildonNew entry-4--

Servlets
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Servlets 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 Servlets.

1626 (92.06 %)Java
2502 (73.82 %)JSP
3493 (72.50 %)J2EE
4312 (45.88 %)Oracle
5276 (40.59 %)XML
6253 (37.21 %)SQL
7247 (36.32 %)EJB
8221 (32.50 %)Spring
9204 (30.00 %)Struts
10203 (29.85 %)HTML
11185 (27.21 %)Hibernate
12184 (27.06 %)WebSphere
13164 (24.12 %)JavaScript
14157 (23.09 %)Finance
15153 (22.50 %)JDBC
16145 (21.32 %)UML
17144 (21.18 %)WebLogic
18118 (17.35 %)OO
19114 (16.76 %)UNIX
20112 (16.47 %)CSS
21102 (15.00 %)WebServices
2299 (14.56 %)JMS
2398 (14.41 %)Tomcat
2491 (13.38 %)IBM
2589 (13.09 %)Eclipse
2688 (12.94 %)JUnit
2688 (12.94 %)AJAX
2786 (12.65 %)JBoss
2885 (12.50 %)Banking
2980 (11.76 %)Linux

Servlets
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Servlets 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 Servlets. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1502 (73.82 %)JSP
2493 (72.50 %)J2EE
3276 (40.59 %)XML
4247 (36.32 %)EJB
5221 (32.50 %)Spring
6204 (30.00 %)Struts
7203 (29.85 %)HTML
8185 (27.21 %)Hibernate
9184 (27.06 %)WebSphere
10153 (22.50 %)JDBC
11112 (16.47 %)CSS
12102 (15.00 %)WebServices
1399 (14.56 %)JMS
1488 (12.94 %)AJAX
1574 (10.88 %)JSF
1664 (9.412 %)XSLT
1754 (7.941 %).NET
1848 (7.059 %)SOAP
1946 (6.765 %)Swing
1946 (6.765 %)MVC
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1144 (21.18 %)WebLogic
298 (14.41 %)Tomcat
386 (12.65 %)JBoss
476 (11.18 %)Apache
561 (8.971 %)WebSphere Application Server
623 (3.382 %)MQSeries
721 (3.088 %)IIS
818 (2.647 %)CMS
912 (1.765 %)WebLogic Portal
1011 (1.618 %)IBM HTTP Server
1110 (1.471 %)Oracle HTTP Server
129 (1.324 %)JRun
138 (1.176 %)BizTalk Server
138 (1.176 %)ATG Dynamo
138 (1.176 %)Oracle Application Server
146 (0.882 %)ESB
146 (0.882 %)iPlanet
146 (0.882 %)Tuxedo
155 (0.735 %)MS Exchange
155 (0.735 %)Alfresco
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
119 (2.794 %)MS Office
216 (2.353 %)MS Visio
32 (0.294 %)Photoshop
41 (0.147 %)ImageReady
41 (0.147 %)MS Excel
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.147 %)Oracle Applications
11 (0.147 %)Dynamics CRM
11 (0.147 %)TIBCO iProcess
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
150 (7.353 %)Internet
229 (4.265 %)LDAP
325 (3.676 %)HTTP
47 (1.029 %)Intranet
47 (1.029 %)Extranet
56 (0.882 %)Firewall
64 (0.588 %)VoIP
64 (0.588 %)TCP/IP
64 (0.588 %)SSL
73 (0.441 %)DMZ
73 (0.441 %)BIG-IP
81 (0.147 %)Wireless
81 (0.147 %)SMS
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
173 (10.74 %)SQL Server
258 (8.529 %)RDBMS
352 (7.647 %)DB2
448 (7.059 %)MySQL
545 (6.618 %)Oracle 10g
634 (5.000 %)Oracle 9i
716 (2.353 %)Oracle 8/8i
810 (1.471 %)SQL Server 2005
99 (1.324 %)Crystal Reports
99 (1.324 %)Oracle Reports
108 (1.176 %)TOAD
108 (1.176 %)SQL Server 7
116 (0.882 %)Reference Data
125 (0.735 %)DB2 UDB
125 (0.735 %)JasperReports
132 (0.294 %)SQL Server 2000
132 (0.294 %)MS Access
141 (0.147 %)Datawarehouse
141 (0.147 %)Adabas
141 (0.147 %)GIS
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
189 (13.09 %)Eclipse
288 (12.94 %)JUnit
367 (9.853 %)Ant
427 (3.971 %)JDeveloper
525 (3.676 %)Subversion
624 (3.529 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
720 (2.941 %)JBuilder
819 (2.794 %)Oracle Forms
912 (1.765 %)WebLogic Workshop
1010 (1.471 %)ClearCase
118 (1.176 %)PVCS
127 (1.029 %)Rational Rose
127 (1.029 %)Log4j
135 (0.735 %)Visual Studio
135 (0.735 %)Flash
144 (0.588 %)Dreamweaver
144 (0.588 %)Cactus
153 (0.441 %)ClearQuest
153 (0.441 %)Oracle APEX
162 (0.294 %)Selenium
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1157 (23.09 %)Finance
285 (12.50 %)Banking
348 (7.059 %)Investment Banking
438 (5.588 %)Retail
528 (4.118 %)Insurance
528 (4.118 %)Government
622 (3.235 %)Telecoms
716 (2.353 %)Back Office
716 (2.353 %)Marketing
814 (2.059 %)Front Office
911 (1.618 %)Pensions
911 (1.618 %)Retail Banking
109 (1.324 %)Construction
115 (0.735 %)Criminal Justice
115 (0.735 %)Police
124 (0.588 %)Advertising
133 (0.441 %)Publishing
133 (0.441 %)Corporate Banking
142 (0.294 %)Online Banking
142 (0.294 %)Health
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1535 (78.68 %)Developer
2396 (58.24 %)Java Developer
3147 (21.62 %)J2EE Developer
4132 (19.41 %)Java/J2EE Developer
557 (8.382 %)Architect
648 (7.059 %)Senior Developer
736 (5.294 %)Web Developer
830 (4.412 %)Applications Developer
928 (4.118 %)Senior Java Developer
1025 (3.676 %)Java Architect
1123 (3.382 %)Programmer
1221 (3.088 %)J2EE Architect
1320 (2.941 %)Technical Architect
1418 (2.647 %)Analyst
1418 (2.647 %)Java Programmer
1516 (2.353 %)Oracle Developer
1516 (2.353 %)Java Technical Architect
1614 (2.059 %)Senior J2EE Developer
1614 (2.059 %)Java Applications Developer
1713 (1.912 %)WebSphere Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
140 (5.882 %)N-Tier
231 (4.559 %)Derivative
319 (2.794 %)Credit Risk
414 (2.059 %)Multithreading
414 (2.059 %)Fixed Income
513 (1.912 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
513 (1.912 %)Thin Client
513 (1.912 %)Fat Client
513 (1.912 %)Equity Derivative
612 (1.765 %)Chip and PIN
711 (1.618 %)Equities
711 (1.618 %)Computer Science
810 (1.471 %)Handset
93 (0.441 %)Clustering
93 (0.441 %)Client/Server
93 (0.441 %)RIA
93 (0.441 %)Market Risk
93 (0.441 %)Exotic Derivative
102 (0.294 %)Web 2.0
102 (0.294 %)PDA
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1114 (16.76 %)UNIX
280 (11.76 %)Linux
342 (6.176 %)Windows
435 (5.147 %)Solaris
526 (3.824 %)Windows NT
611 (1.618 %)AIX
74 (0.588 %)HPUX
74 (0.588 %)MVS
83 (0.441 %)Windows 2000
91 (0.147 %)Nucleus RTOS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1145 (21.32 %)UML
2118 (17.35 %)OO
347 (6.912 %)RUP
442 (6.176 %)Security Cleared
541 (6.029 %)E-Commerce
634 (5.000 %)OOA/OOD
634 (5.000 %)Web Development
728 (4.118 %)OOD
826 (3.824 %)Agile Software Development
924 (3.529 %)SOA
1016 (2.353 %)RAD
1016 (2.353 %)TDD
1016 (2.353 %)SC Cleared
1114 (2.059 %)Scrum
1114 (2.059 %)Unified Process
1212 (1.765 %)OOP
1310 (1.471 %)ITIL
1310 (1.471 %)Data Modelling
149 (1.324 %)Service Delivery
149 (1.324 %)Workflow
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1626 (92.06 %)Java
2253 (37.21 %)SQL
3164 (24.12 %)JavaScript
467 (9.853 %)PL/SQL
538 (5.588 %)C#
630 (4.412 %)C++
726 (3.824 %)Shell Script
820 (2.941 %)Perl
919 (2.794 %)DHTML
1015 (2.206 %)PHP
1114 (2.059 %)VB
1213 (1.912 %)C
139 (1.324 %)XPath
148 (1.176 %)VB6
148 (1.176 %)VB.NET
157 (1.029 %)Korn
166 (0.882 %)Transact-SQL
174 (0.588 %)VC++
174 (0.588 %)COBOL
174 (0.588 %)Delphi
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
136 (5.294 %)Degree
226 (3.824 %)Sun Certification
31 (0.147 %)SCWCD
31 (0.147 %)SCJP
31 (0.147 %)HND
31 (0.147 %)PRINCE2 Certification
31 (0.147 %)SCJA
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (1.618 %)QA
29 (1.324 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
35 (0.735 %)SLA
42 (0.294 %)WAI
42 (0.294 %)MiFID
51 (0.147 %)WCAG
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (1.324 %)AquaLogic
21 (0.147 %)Active Directory
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (0.735 %)CA SiteMinder
23 (0.441 %)AutoSys
31 (0.147 %)MOM
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1312 (45.88 %)Oracle
291 (13.38 %)IBM
350 (7.353 %)BEA
449 (7.206 %)Sybase
533 (4.853 %)Sun
629 (4.265 %)Microsoft
713 (1.912 %)ILOG
88 (1.176 %)ATG
95 (0.735 %)TIBCO
95 (0.735 %)Stellent
95 (0.735 %)Interwoven
104 (0.588 %)Red Hat
104 (0.588 %)FileNet
104 (0.588 %)Kofax
113 (0.441 %)VMware
113 (0.441 %)Infragistics
122 (0.294 %)Blue Martini
122 (0.294 %)Atlassian
122 (0.294 %)Lotus
122 (0.294 %)Borland
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