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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Velocity skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Velocity over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkApache Velocity
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010		Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank472426520
Rank change year-on-year
Down-46Up+94
Matching contract IT job ads211580
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.043 %0.038 %0.097 %
As % of the Application Development category0.163 %0.172 %0.403 %
Daily rates quoted12552
Average daily rate£438£375£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66 %+25.00 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£375£325
% change year-on-year
-26.66 %+15.38 %
Hourly rates quoted040
Average hourly rate-£43.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£43.00-
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category		12893871819870
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.69 %22.10 %24.17 %
Daily rates quoted657530396466
Average daily rate£375£350£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-3.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted4254911255
Average hourly rate£30.00£29.70£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.010 %-7.180 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.30£14.50£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£41.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %

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.

Velocity
Demand Trend

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

Velocity Demand Trend

Velocity
Daily Rate Trend

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

Velocity Daily Rate Trend

Velocity
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Velocity within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Velocity Daily Rate Histogram

Velocity
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Velocity Hourly Rate Trend

Velocity
Top 12 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Velocity within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandDown-3821£438+16.66 %
LondonDown-5514£450+73.07 %
City of LondonDown-645£450-
BerkshireUp+93--
SheffieldUp+73£275-
YorkshireUp+73£275-
South YorkshireUp+53£275-
South EastDown-53--
NewburyNew entry-3--
Tyne and WearNew entry-1£324-
North EastNew entry-1£324-
Newcastle Upon TyneNew entry-1£324-

Velocity
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Velocity 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 Velocity.

136 (69.23 %)Java
228 (53.85 %)Hibernate
325 (48.08 %)XML
424 (46.15 %)Spring
521 (40.38 %)Banking
620 (38.46 %)Investment Banking
719 (36.54 %)Finance
719 (36.54 %)Oracle
816 (30.77 %)JSP
915 (28.85 %)Struts
915 (28.85 %)JavaScript
915 (28.85 %)jQuery
1014 (26.92 %)J2EE
1112 (23.08 %)XSL
1112 (23.08 %)TDD
1211 (21.15 %)QA
1211 (21.15 %)Subversion
1211 (21.15 %)Web Services
1211 (21.15 %).NET
1211 (21.15 %)C#
1310 (19.23 %)Scrum
148 (15.38 %)Pair Programming
148 (15.38 %)WCF
148 (15.38 %)WPF
148 (15.38 %)Oracle Coherence
148 (15.38 %)Ant
148 (15.38 %)XML Schema
148 (15.38 %)TeamCity
157 (13.46 %)Reuters
157 (13.46 %)Bloomberg

Velocity
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Velocity 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 Velocity. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
128 (53.85 %)Hibernate
225 (48.08 %)XML
324 (46.15 %)Spring
416 (30.77 %)JSP
515 (28.85 %)Struts
515 (28.85 %)jQuery
614 (26.92 %)J2EE
712 (23.08 %)XSL
811 (21.15 %)Web Services
811 (21.15 %).NET
98 (15.38 %)WCF
98 (15.38 %)WPF
98 (15.38 %)Oracle Coherence
98 (15.38 %)XML Schema
107 (13.46 %)HTML
107 (13.46 %)CSS
107 (13.46 %)GWT
107 (13.46 %)JMX
116 (11.54 %)JSF
116 (11.54 %)Facelets
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
17 (13.46 %)Jetty
25 (9.615 %)Oracle Service Bus
25 (9.615 %)SonicMQ
25 (9.615 %)WebLogic
33 (5.769 %)Tomcat
33 (5.769 %)Liferay
42 (3.846 %)CMS
42 (3.846 %)Apache
51 (1.923 %)BizTalk Server
51 (1.923 %)Rendezvous
51 (1.923 %)SharePoint
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (1.923 %)Oracle BPM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (3.846 %)Internet
12 (3.846 %)HTTP
21 (1.923 %)LDAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (11.54 %)Oracle 10g
25 (9.615 %)PowerCenter
32 (3.846 %)MySQL
32 (3.846 %)Datawarehouse
32 (3.846 %)ETL
41 (1.923 %)SQL Server
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
111 (21.15 %)Subversion
28 (15.38 %)Ant
28 (15.38 %)TeamCity
36 (11.54 %)JUnit
36 (11.54 %)ClearCase
45 (9.615 %)DbUnit
45 (9.615 %)XMLUnit
52 (3.846 %)Log4j
52 (3.846 %)Eclipse
61 (1.923 %)Oracle Forms
61 (1.923 %)Maven
61 (1.923 %)NUnit
61 (1.923 %)AnthillPro
61 (1.923 %)MyEclipse
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
121 (40.38 %)Banking
220 (38.46 %)Investment Banking
319 (36.54 %)Finance
42 (3.846 %)Front Office
42 (3.846 %)Marketing
51 (1.923 %)Retail
51 (1.923 %)Billing
51 (1.923 %)Telecoms
51 (1.923 %)Government
51 (1.923 %)Home Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
140 (76.92 %)Developer
221 (40.38 %)Java Developer
38 (15.38 %)C# Developer
47 (13.46 %)ScrumMaster
55 (9.615 %)Informatica Developer
55 (9.615 %)Senior Developer
63 (5.769 %)Java/J2EE Developer
63 (5.769 %).NET Developer
63 (5.769 %)Senior C# Developer
63 (5.769 %)Senior .NET Developer
72 (3.846 %)Front-End Developer
72 (3.846 %)J2EE Developer
72 (3.846 %)Web Developer
72 (3.846 %)Architect
81 (1.923 %)Java Web Developer
81 (1.923 %)Business Intelligence Manager
81 (1.923 %)Project Manager
81 (1.923 %)Technical Architect
81 (1.923 %)Consultant
81 (1.923 %)Solutions Architect
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (13.46 %)Derivative
25 (9.615 %)Fixed Income
32 (3.846 %)W3C
41 (1.923 %)Web 2.0
41 (1.923 %)Multithreading
41 (1.923 %)Open Source
41 (1.923 %)Data Integration
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
15 (9.615 %)Solaris
22 (3.846 %)Windows
22 (3.846 %)Linux
31 (1.923 %)UNIX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
112 (23.08 %)TDD
210 (19.23 %)Scrum
38 (15.38 %)Pair Programming
47 (13.46 %)OO
47 (13.46 %)MVC
56 (11.54 %)Agile Software Development
65 (9.615 %)UML
65 (9.615 %)AOP
74 (7.692 %)Workflow
74 (7.692 %)SOA
74 (7.692 %)E-Commerce
82 (3.846 %)Electronic Trading
82 (3.846 %)SEO
82 (3.846 %)Content Management
91 (1.923 %)Business Intelligence
91 (1.923 %)Configuration Management
91 (1.923 %)RAD
91 (1.923 %)Web Development
91 (1.923 %)Continuous Integration
91 (1.923 %)Process Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
136 (69.23 %)Java
215 (28.85 %)JavaScript
311 (21.15 %)C#
46 (11.54 %)SQL
54 (7.692 %)ABAP
62 (3.846 %)PL/SQL
62 (3.846 %)C
71 (1.923 %)C++
71 (1.923 %)XPath
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (21.15 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
15 (9.615 %)CONTROL-M
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
119 (36.54 %)Oracle
27 (13.46 %)Reuters
27 (13.46 %)Bloomberg
35 (9.615 %)Informatica
44 (7.692 %)SAP
53 (5.769 %)Sybase
62 (3.846 %)Sun
71 (1.923 %)Microsoft
71 (1.923 %)TIBCO
71 (1.923 %)JBoss
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