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This section looks at the demand for OpenSymphony SiteMesh 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 SiteMesh over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkOpenSymphony SiteMesh
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank576667
Rank change on same period last yearUp+91
Matching contract IT job ads11
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.006 %0.004 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1739623623
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled22.96 %23.53 %
Daily rates quoted58927151
Average minimum daily rate£353£369
Average daily rate£380£394
% change on same period last year-3.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£407£420
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted10051419
Average minimum hourly rate£30.43£30.92
Average hourly rate£32.69£33.43
% change on same period last year-2.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.96£35.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.72£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.69 %

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.

SiteMesh
Demand Trend

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

SiteMesh Demand Trend

SiteMesh
Daily Rate Trend

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

SiteMesh Daily Rate Trend

SiteMesh
Hourly Rate Trend

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

SiteMesh Hourly Rate Trend

SiteMesh
Top 3 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing SiteMesh within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 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
South EastNew entry-1--
Thames ValleyNew entry-1--
EnglandUp+671--

SiteMesh
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing SiteMesh 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 SiteMesh.

17 (100.00 %)Java
17 (100.00 %)JSP
17 (100.00 %)Hibernate
17 (100.00 %)Spring
26 (85.71 %)Velocity
26 (85.71 %)Struts
26 (85.71 %)HTML
26 (85.71 %)CSS
26 (85.71 %)JavaScript
26 (85.71 %)Oracle
35 (71.43 %)SQL
35 (71.43 %)XML
44 (57.14 %)XHTML
44 (57.14 %)SQL Server
44 (57.14 %)AJAX
44 (57.14 %)FreeMarker
53 (42.86 %)Tomcat
53 (42.86 %)Ant
53 (42.86 %)J2EE
53 (42.86 %)MySQL
53 (42.86 %)Web Design
62 (28.57 %)Linux
62 (28.57 %)JBoss
62 (28.57 %)JUnit
62 (28.57 %)JSTL
71 (14.29 %)QA
71 (14.29 %)Spring MVC
71 (14.29 %)Web Development
71 (14.29 %)Acegi Security
71 (14.29 %)Grails

SiteMesh
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (100.00 %)JSP
17 (100.00 %)Hibernate
17 (100.00 %)Spring
26 (85.71 %)Velocity
26 (85.71 %)Struts
26 (85.71 %)HTML
26 (85.71 %)CSS
35 (71.43 %)XML
44 (57.14 %)XHTML
44 (57.14 %)AJAX
44 (57.14 %)FreeMarker
53 (42.86 %)J2EE
62 (28.57 %)JSTL
71 (14.29 %)Spring MVC
71 (14.29 %)Acegi Security
71 (14.29 %)Grails
71 (14.29 %)Spring Web Flow
71 (14.29 %)Taglibs
71 (14.29 %)ASP
71 (14.29 %)XSL
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (42.86 %)Tomcat
22 (28.57 %)JBoss
31 (14.29 %)Apache
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (14.29 %)LDAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (57.14 %)SQL Server
23 (42.86 %)MySQL
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (42.86 %)Ant
22 (28.57 %)JUnit
31 (14.29 %)Eclipse
31 (14.29 %)Subversion
31 (14.29 %)Log4j
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
15 (71.43 %)Developer
15 (71.43 %)Web Developer
23 (42.86 %)Web Designer
31 (14.29 %)JSP Developer
31 (14.29 %)Java Web Developer
31 (14.29 %)Architect
31 (14.29 %)Java Developer
31 (14.29 %)Solutions Architect
31 (14.29 %)Webmaster
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (28.57 %)Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (42.86 %)Web Design
21 (14.29 %)Web Development
21 (14.29 %)Unit Testing
21 (14.29 %)RUP
21 (14.29 %)UML
21 (14.29 %)OO
21 (14.29 %)E-Commerce
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (100.00 %)Java
26 (85.71 %)JavaScript
35 (71.43 %)SQL
41 (14.29 %)Groovy
41 (14.29 %)VBScript
41 (14.29 %)VB
41 (14.29 %)PHP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (14.29 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (85.71 %)Oracle