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

LinkSwing (Java)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank362236
Rank change on same period last yearDown-126
Matching contract IT job ads246629
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.328 %0.636 %
As % of the category below1.405 %2.738 %
Daily rates quoted81275
Average minimum daily rate£431£426
Average daily rate£451£452
% change on same period last year-0.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£471£478
UK excluding London average daily rate£385£342
% change on same period last year+12.35 %
Hourly rates quoted945
Average minimum hourly rate£40.22£38.67
Average hourly rate£41.33£39.57
% change on same period last year+4.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate£42.44£40.46
UK excluding London average hourly rate£41.33£39.09
% change on same period last year+5.73 %
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.

Swing
Demand Trend

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

Swing Demand Trend

Swing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Swing Daily Rate Trend

Swing
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Swing Daily Rate Histogram

Swing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Swing Hourly Rate Trend

Swing
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Swing Hourly Rate Histogram

Swing
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Swing 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-108243£453-0.20 %
LondonDown-91129£483-0.25 %
South EastDown-2561£412+20.17 %
City of LondonDown-4143£527+6.53 %
East MidlandsUp+1823£356-
HampshireDown-3023£400+15.10 %
NottinghamshireNew entry-21£356-
BasingstokeUp+120--
NottinghamNew entry-18£353-
BerkshireUp+3313£438+30.16 %
MidlandsUp+1913--
North WestDown-28£364+4.00 %
Thames ValleyUp+107--
Docklands, LondonUp+225£310-41.50 %
YorkshireDown-75£350-0.70 %
KentUp+135£413-
CheshireNew entry-5£364-
DoverNew entry-5£413-
BracknellUp+194£425+13.33 %
SurreyUp+14£363+20.83 %
OxfordshireDown-43--
HarrogateNew entry-3£350-
North YorkshireNew entry-3£350-
Canary WharfUp+83£600-
West MidlandsDown-13£400+21.21 %
ChesterNew entry-2£364-
CamberleyNew entry-2--
CreweNew entry-2--
WalesNew entry-2£340-
South WalesNew entry-2£340-

Swing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1525 (100.00 %)Java
2220 (41.90 %)J2EE
3180 (34.29 %)XML
4173 (32.95 %)Oracle
5130 (24.76 %)Banking
6121 (23.05 %)Linux
7115 (21.90 %)Hibernate
8106 (20.19 %)Spring
8106 (20.19 %)SQL
9102 (19.43 %)C++
9102 (19.43 %)OO
10100 (19.05 %)Front Office
1197 (18.48 %)Eclipse
1296 (18.29 %)Ant
1393 (17.71 %)UML
1489 (16.95 %)JDBC
1489 (16.95 %)JSP
1588 (16.76 %)Investment Banking
1683 (15.81 %)JUnit
1782 (15.62 %)Finance
1881 (15.43 %)EJB
1881 (15.43 %)J2SE
1980 (15.24 %)Sybase
2074 (14.10 %)UNIX
2167 (12.76 %)Windows
2266 (12.57 %)JMS
2362 (11.81 %)HTML
2460 (11.43 %)Degree
2557 (10.86 %)Struts
2654 (10.29 %)Tomcat

Swing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1220 (41.90 %)J2EE
2180 (34.29 %)XML
3115 (21.90 %)Hibernate
4106 (20.19 %)Spring
589 (16.95 %)JDBC
589 (16.95 %)JSP
681 (15.43 %)EJB
681 (15.43 %)J2SE
766 (12.57 %)JMS
862 (11.81 %)HTML
957 (10.86 %)Struts
1046 (8.762 %)Servlets
1145 (8.571 %)WebSphere
1243 (8.190 %)WebServices
1333 (6.286 %)CSS
1333 (6.286 %)Middleware
1427 (5.143 %).NET
1525 (4.762 %)SOAP
1624 (4.571 %)AWT
1722 (4.190 %)Java RMI
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
154 (10.29 %)Tomcat
243 (8.190 %)JBoss
326 (4.952 %)Apache
422 (4.190 %)WebSphere Application Server
518 (3.429 %)WebLogic
612 (2.286 %)IIS
612 (2.286 %)WebSphere MQ
612 (2.286 %)Rendezvous
78 (1.524 %)Exchange Server 2000
87 (1.333 %)TIBCO EMS
95 (0.952 %)MQSeries
103 (0.571 %)Tuxedo
112 (0.381 %)ESB
112 (0.381 %)Oracle 10gAS
112 (0.381 %)Oracle Application Server
121 (0.190 %)Oracle Workflow
121 (0.190 %)WPS
121 (0.190 %)WebLogic Portal
121 (0.190 %)MS Exchange
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
115 (2.857 %)Quicktime
214 (2.667 %)MS Office
312 (2.286 %)MS Visio
46 (1.143 %)MS Project
46 (1.143 %)MS Excel
51 (0.190 %)Spreadsheet
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.571 %)RMDS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
119 (3.619 %)TCP/IP
215 (2.857 %)LDAP
37 (1.333 %)HTTP
37 (1.333 %)IIOP
37 (1.333 %)Internet
41 (0.190 %)SS7
41 (0.190 %)ISDN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
139 (7.429 %)SQL Server
231 (5.905 %)Oracle 10g
329 (5.524 %)RDBMS
423 (4.381 %)DB2
520 (3.810 %)MySQL
611 (2.095 %)Oracle 9i
79 (1.714 %)MS Access
88 (1.524 %)TOAD
97 (1.333 %)GIS
105 (0.952 %)OLAP
113 (0.571 %)Oracle Reports
113 (0.571 %)SQL Server 2005
122 (0.381 %)Oracle 8/8i
122 (0.381 %)Oracle OLAP
131 (0.190 %)Reference Data
131 (0.190 %)OLTP
131 (0.190 %)DB2 UDB
131 (0.190 %)PostgreSQL
131 (0.190 %)SQL Server 7
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
197 (18.48 %)Eclipse
296 (18.29 %)Ant
383 (15.81 %)JUnit
435 (6.667 %)Subversion
515 (2.857 %)Visual Studio
612 (2.286 %)JBuilder
79 (1.714 %)ClearCase
88 (1.524 %)CruiseControl
88 (1.524 %)Oracle Forms
97 (1.333 %)PowerBuilder
106 (1.143 %)QuickTest Pro
106 (1.143 %)LoadRunner
106 (1.143 %)Rational Rose
106 (1.143 %)JIRA
112 (0.381 %)IntelliJ
121 (0.190 %)InstallShield
121 (0.190 %)RequisitePro
121 (0.190 %)XDE
121 (0.190 %)Flash
121 (0.190 %)PVCS
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1130 (24.76 %)Banking
2100 (19.05 %)Front Office
388 (16.76 %)Investment Banking
482 (15.62 %)Finance
526 (4.952 %)Retail
614 (2.667 %)Telecoms
712 (2.286 %)Government
810 (1.905 %)Education
98 (1.524 %)Multimedia
105 (0.952 %)Construction
105 (0.952 %)Video Editing
114 (0.762 %)Back Office
114 (0.762 %)3D Graphics
123 (0.571 %)Advertising
132 (0.381 %)International Banking
141 (0.190 %)FMCG
141 (0.190 %)Games
141 (0.190 %)Manufacturing
141 (0.190 %)Insurance
141 (0.190 %)Pharmaceutical
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1446 (84.95 %)Developer
2366 (69.71 %)Java Developer
3129 (24.57 %)Java Swing Developer
464 (12.19 %)Java/J2EE Developer
560 (11.43 %)J2EE Developer
651 (9.714 %)Senior Developer
739 (7.429 %)Senior Java Developer
835 (6.667 %)C++ Developer
921 (4.000 %)Architect
1020 (3.810 %)Analyst
1114 (2.667 %)Software Engineer
1213 (2.476 %)Front Office Developer
1312 (2.286 %)Java Architect
1411 (2.095 %)Senior J2EE Developer
1510 (1.905 %)Project Manager
1510 (1.905 %)C++/Java Developer
169 (1.714 %)C++/CSharp Developer
169 (1.714 %)Flex Developer
169 (1.714 %)Programmer
178 (1.524 %)Support Analyst
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
144 (8.381 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
242 (8.000 %)Derivative
333 (6.286 %)Equities
428 (5.333 %)Multithreading
526 (4.952 %)Credit Risk
622 (4.190 %)Computer Science
719 (3.619 %)Fixed Income
815 (2.857 %)Mathematics
914 (2.667 %)N-Tier
1012 (2.286 %)Chip and PIN
1111 (2.095 %)Streaming Video
1210 (1.905 %)W3C
1210 (1.905 %)Thin Client
1210 (1.905 %)Fat Client
139 (1.714 %)Grid Computing
139 (1.714 %)Handset
139 (1.714 %)Credit Derivative
147 (1.333 %)Device Driver
156 (1.143 %)MPEG
156 (1.143 %)RIA
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1121 (23.05 %)Linux
274 (14.10 %)UNIX
367 (12.76 %)Windows
412 (2.286 %)Solaris
412 (2.286 %)Mac OS X
58 (1.524 %)Windows 2000
64 (0.762 %)Windows NT
64 (0.762 %)MVS
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1102 (19.43 %)OO
293 (17.71 %)UML
349 (9.333 %)Agile Software Development
434 (6.476 %)E-Commerce
529 (5.524 %)OOD
619 (3.619 %)OOA/OOD
619 (3.619 %)Unit Testing
717 (3.238 %)SOA
814 (2.667 %)TDD
913 (2.476 %)EAI
1012 (2.286 %)Continuous Integration
1111 (2.095 %)Workflow
1111 (2.095 %)Software Testing
1210 (1.905 %)Configuration Management
1210 (1.905 %)Project Management
1210 (1.905 %)RUP
1210 (1.905 %)Security Cleared
139 (1.714 %)SC Cleared
148 (1.524 %)OOP
148 (1.524 %)Risk Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1525 (100.00 %)Java
2106 (20.19 %)SQL
3102 (19.43 %)C++
438 (7.238 %)JavaScript
536 (6.857 %)C#
625 (4.762 %)C
723 (4.381 %)PL/SQL
820 (3.810 %)Perl
919 (3.619 %)VB
1011 (2.095 %)Python
119 (1.714 %)VBA
128 (1.524 %)Delphi
128 (1.524 %)VB6
137 (1.333 %)VC++
145 (0.952 %)XPath
154 (0.762 %)Groovy
154 (0.762 %)Ruby
154 (0.762 %)Assembly Language
154 (0.762 %)DHTML
154 (0.762 %)PHP
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
160 (11.43 %)Degree
23 (0.571 %)Sun Certification
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (1.905 %)ISO9001
26 (1.143 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.190 %)Orbix
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (1.333 %)MOM
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1173 (32.95 %)Oracle
280 (15.24 %)Sybase
327 (5.143 %)TIBCO
426 (4.952 %)Microsoft
517 (3.238 %)webMethods
616 (3.048 %)IBM
710 (1.905 %)Altova
89 (1.714 %)Sun
98 (1.524 %)Adobe
98 (1.524 %)Sony
98 (1.524 %)Apple
107 (1.333 %)Macromedia
107 (1.333 %)Calypso
107 (1.333 %)Cognizant
116 (1.143 %)DataSynapse
125 (0.952 %)Symbian
125 (0.952 %)SeeBeyond
134 (0.762 %)Tangosol
142 (0.381 %)Perforce
142 (0.381 %)Red Hat
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