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This section looks at the demand for Apache Velocity 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 Velocity over the last 3 months to 16 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache Velocity
Location
3 months to 16 May 2008Same period last year
Rank496544
Rank change on same period last yearUp+48
Matching contract IT job ads7679
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.098 %0.089 %
As % of the category below0.401 %0.367 %
Daily rates quoted5940
Average minimum daily rate£340£382
Average daily rate£353£408
% change on same period last year-13.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£334
% change on same period last year-2.77 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£40.00
Average hourly rate-£47.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Application Development UKApplication Development
UK
Matching contract IT job ads1896821523
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled24.34 %24.18 %
Daily rates quoted62326473
Average minimum daily rate£359£371
Average daily rate£384£395
% change on same period last year-2.60 %
Average maximum daily rate£410£418
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£335
% change on same period last year+5.30 %
Hourly rates quoted10471303
Average minimum hourly rate£29.78£29.78
Average hourly rate£32.46£31.71
% change on same period last year+2.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.14£33.63
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.42£31.87
% change on same period last year+1.71 %

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.

Velocity
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Velocity across 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 contract IT jobs ads citing Velocity across 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 across the UK over the past 3 months.

Velocity Daily Rate Histogram

Velocity
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Velocity Hourly Rate Trend

Velocity
Top 13 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Velocity within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank 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
1EnglandUp+3675£354-13.28 %
2LondonUp+3965£354-21.78 %
3City of LondonDown-1416£455-1.68 %
4North WestNew entry-4£350-
5South EastUp+262--
5East of EnglandNew entry-2--
5CambridgeNew entry-2--
5WarringtonNew entry-2--
5CambridgeshireNew entry-2--
5CheshireNew entry-2--
5MiddlesexNew entry-2--
5YorkshireNew entry-2--
6South YorkshireNew entry-1--

Velocity
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Velocity also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Velocity.

1121 (71.60 %)JavaScript
2114 (67.46 %)HTML
3112 (66.27 %)CSS
487 (51.48 %)W3C
586 (50.89 %)XHTML
672 (42.60 %)Java
761 (36.09 %)WAI
856 (33.14 %)WCAG
954 (31.95 %)XML
1047 (27.81 %)AJAX
1142 (24.85 %)Spring
1237 (21.89 %)FreeMarker
1332 (18.93 %)Oracle
1430 (17.75 %)J2EE
1529 (17.16 %)DOM
1529 (17.16 %)Flash
1529 (17.16 %)Hibernate
1627 (15.98 %)SQL
1725 (14.79 %)Agile Software Development
1823 (13.61 %)Banking
1922 (13.02 %)Derivative
2021 (12.43 %)Investment Banking
2021 (12.43 %)Usability Testing
2119 (11.24 %)JSP
2119 (11.24 %)Struts
2218 (10.65 %)Business Analysis
2315 (8.876 %)JDBC
2414 (8.284 %)Ant
2414 (8.284 %)JUnit
2513 (7.692 %)Equities

Velocity
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Velocity also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Velocity. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1114 (67.46 %)HTML
2112 (66.27 %)CSS
386 (50.89 %)XHTML
454 (31.95 %)XML
547 (27.81 %)AJAX
642 (24.85 %)Spring
737 (21.89 %)FreeMarker
830 (17.75 %)J2EE
929 (17.16 %)DOM
929 (17.16 %)Hibernate
1019 (11.24 %)JSP
1019 (11.24 %)Struts
1115 (8.876 %)JDBC
1212 (7.101 %)WebServices
1310 (5.917 %)Spring MVC
149 (5.325 %)Servlets
157 (4.142 %)XSLT
157 (4.142 %)JSF
157 (4.142 %)Acegi Security
166 (3.550 %)DWR
Application Platforms
111 (6.509 %)WebLogic
28 (4.734 %)Lotus Notes
28 (4.734 %)Lotus Domino
37 (4.142 %)JBoss
45 (2.959 %)Tomcat
54 (2.367 %)Apache
63 (1.775 %)Rhythmyx
72 (1.183 %)ESB
72 (1.183 %)Documentum
72 (1.183 %)TeamSite
81 (0.592 %)WebSphere Application Server
Applications
12 (1.183 %)MS Office
21 (0.592 %)MS Excel
21 (0.592 %)Fireworks
21 (0.592 %)Adobe Illustrator
21 (0.592 %)Photoshop
Communications & Networking
110 (5.917 %)LDAP
24 (2.367 %)Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
110 (5.917 %)SQL Server
25 (2.959 %)MySQL
34 (2.367 %)RDBMS
42 (1.183 %)PowerCenter
42 (1.183 %)Datawarehouse
42 (1.183 %)ETL
51 (0.592 %)DB2
51 (0.592 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.592 %)SQL Server 2000
51 (0.592 %)Oracle 10g
Development Applications
129 (17.16 %)Flash
214 (8.284 %)Ant
214 (8.284 %)JUnit
37 (4.142 %)Log4j
43 (1.775 %)Eclipse
52 (1.183 %)Subversion
52 (1.183 %)CheckStyle
52 (1.183 %)jMock
52 (1.183 %)Rational Rose
General
123 (13.61 %)Banking
221 (12.43 %)Investment Banking
311 (6.509 %)Marketing
311 (6.509 %)Back Office
47 (4.142 %)Telecoms
55 (2.959 %)Finance
63 (1.775 %)Legal
72 (1.183 %)Games
72 (1.183 %)Multimedia
81 (0.592 %)Retail
81 (0.592 %)Publishing
Job Titles
1128 (75.74 %)Developer
254 (31.95 %)Web Developer
326 (15.38 %)Java Developer
423 (13.61 %)Analyst
514 (8.284 %)Business Analyst
69 (5.325 %)Java/J2EE Developer
69 (5.325 %)J2EE Developer
78 (4.734 %)Web Designer
84 (2.367 %)Investment Banking Business Analyst
93 (1.775 %)Java Web Developer
93 (1.775 %)Architect
102 (1.183 %)Trainer
102 (1.183 %)Software Architect
102 (1.183 %)Team Leader
102 (1.183 %)Analyst Programmer
102 (1.183 %)Programmer
102 (1.183 %)Linux Engineer
102 (1.183 %)Web Team Leader
102 (1.183 %)Java Analyst Programmer
102 (1.183 %)Java Programmer
Miscellaneous
187 (51.48 %)W3C
222 (13.02 %)Derivative
313 (7.692 %)Equity Derivative
313 (7.692 %)Equities
412 (7.101 %)Interest Rate Derivative
511 (6.509 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
65 (2.959 %)Web 2.0
72 (1.183 %)Mathematics
72 (1.183 %)Computer Science
72 (1.183 %)Economics
81 (0.592 %)IVR
81 (0.592 %)Fixed Income
81 (0.592 %)Client/Server
81 (0.592 %)N-Tier
Operating Systems
16 (3.550 %)Linux
24 (2.367 %)Unix
31 (0.592 %)Windows
31 (0.592 %)Windows 2000
Processes & Methodologies
125 (14.79 %)Agile Software Development
221 (12.43 %)Usability Testing
318 (10.65 %)Business Analysis
410 (5.917 %)MVC
410 (5.917 %)Configuration Management
56 (3.550 %)OO
56 (3.550 %)Unit Testing
65 (2.959 %)Integration Testing
65 (2.959 %)Continuous Integration
65 (2.959 %)Refactoring
65 (2.959 %)Data Modelling
65 (2.959 %)TDD
74 (2.367 %)Web Design
74 (2.367 %)UML
74 (2.367 %)Performance Testing
82 (1.183 %)Load Testing
82 (1.183 %)Stress Testing
82 (1.183 %)Volume Testing
82 (1.183 %)Software Engineering
82 (1.183 %)Project Management
Programming Languages
1121 (71.60 %)JavaScript
272 (42.60 %)Java
327 (15.98 %)SQL
48 (4.734 %)DHTML
56 (3.550 %)PL/SQL
65 (2.959 %)ActionScript
74 (2.367 %)Perl
82 (1.183 %)C#
82 (1.183 %)XQuery
82 (1.183 %)XPath
82 (1.183 %)VB
91 (0.592 %)PHP
91 (0.592 %)VBScript
Qualifications
11 (0.592 %)Sun Certification
11 (0.592 %)SCWCD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
161 (36.09 %)WAI
256 (33.14 %)WCAG
Vendors
132 (18.93 %)Oracle
210 (5.917 %)Lotus
35 (2.959 %)Mercator
42 (1.183 %)Informatica
51 (0.592 %)Google
51 (0.592 %)Sybase
51 (0.592 %)Sun
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