Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WebLogic Portal skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WebLogic Portal over the 3 months to 12 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 Platforms category.

LinkBEA WebLogic Portal
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank430393468
Rank change year-on-year
Down-37Up+75
Matching contract IT job ads5550139
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.117 %0.124 %0.170 %
As % of the Application Platforms category0.824 %0.872 %1.273 %
Daily rates quoted291163
Average daily rate£450£350£550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+28.57 %-36.36 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£400£280£392
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£675£500£675
UK excluding London average daily rate£448£350£400
% change year-on-year
+28.00 %-12.50 %
Hourly rates quoted335
Average hourly rate£24.00£33.00£45.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-27.27 %-26.66 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.00£32.75-
% change year-on-year
-26.71 %-
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryAll Application Platforms
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
6674573110916
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK14.23 %14.21 %13.38 %
Daily rates quoted289517983135
Average daily rate£358£350£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.140 %-12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£213£245
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£341£370
% change year-on-year
-4.690 %-7.830 %
Hourly rates quoted445458964
Average hourly rate£19.00£22.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-15.55 %+12.50 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£11.00£12.50£12.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£36.38£40.50£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.78£23.00£20.00
% change year-on-year
-22.69 %+15.00 %

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.

WebLogic Portal
Demand Trend

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

WebLogic Portal Demand Trend

WebLogic Portal
Daily Rate Trend

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

WebLogic Portal Daily Rate Trend

WebLogic Portal
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebLogic Portal within the UK over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

WebLogic Portal Daily Rate Histogram

WebLogic Portal
Hourly Rate Trend

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

WebLogic Portal Hourly Rate Trend

WebLogic Portal
Top 25 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebLogic Portal within the UK over the 3 months to 12 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-3754£450+28.57 %
LondonDown-6936£675+80.00 %
City of LondonDown-5613£675-
UxbridgeNew entry-9£400-
South EastUp+158£446+59.28 %
BerkshireNew entry-4£450-
ReadingNew entry-4£450-
YorkshireNew entry-3--
South WestNew entry-3--
East of EnglandNew entry-2--
South YorkshireNew entry-2--
SomersetNew entry-2--
HertfordshireNew entry-2--
HampshireUp+61£425-
MiddlesexDown-121--
M4 CorridorNew entry-1--
East MidlandsNew entry-1--
WiltshireNew entry-1--
West YorkshireNew entry-1--
SurreyNew entry-1£446-
DerbyshireNew entry-1--
SwindonNew entry-1--
DerbyNew entry-1--
BradfordNew entry-1--
AldershotNew entry-1£425-

WebLogic Portal
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WebLogic Portal 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 WebLogic Portal.

185 (92.39 %)WebLogic
269 (75.00 %)J2EE
355 (59.78 %)Oracle
453 (57.61 %)Java
544 (47.83 %)Security Cleared
637 (40.22 %)SC Cleared
725 (27.17 %)Spring
823 (25.00 %)SQL
922 (23.91 %)Unit Testing
1021 (22.83 %)UNIX
1119 (20.65 %)Struts
1119 (20.65 %)Configuration Management
1119 (20.65 %)BEA
1218 (19.57 %)Hibernate
1218 (19.57 %)AquaLogic
1316 (17.39 %)JRules
1415 (16.30 %)JSF
1415 (16.30 %)Finance
1514 (15.22 %)Linux
1514 (15.22 %)Banking
1514 (15.22 %)Liferay
1613 (14.13 %)Derivative
1613 (14.13 %)Government
1613 (14.13 %)EJB
1712 (13.04 %)JavaScript
1712 (13.04 %)SOA
1811 (11.96 %)JMS
1811 (11.96 %)ClearCase
1811 (11.96 %)Web Services
1811 (11.96 %)Maven

WebLogic Portal
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WebLogic Portal 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 WebLogic Portal. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
169 (75.00 %)J2EE
225 (27.17 %)Spring
319 (20.65 %)Struts
418 (19.57 %)Hibernate
516 (17.39 %)JRules
615 (16.30 %)JSF
713 (14.13 %)EJB
811 (11.96 %)Web Services
811 (11.96 %)JMS
811 (11.96 %)Apache FOP
811 (11.96 %)DAO
811 (11.96 %)Struts2
910 (10.87 %)Taglibs
910 (10.87 %)EJB 3.0
910 (10.87 %)MVC
910 (10.87 %)Middleware
910 (10.87 %)Servlets
107 (7.609 %)JAAS
115 (5.435 %)WebSphere
115 (5.435 %)HTML
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
185 (92.39 %)WebLogic
218 (19.57 %)AquaLogic
314 (15.22 %)Liferay
44 (4.348 %)ESB
53 (3.261 %)SharePoint
62 (2.174 %)Rendezvous
62 (2.174 %)Oracle Spatial
62 (2.174 %)Alfresco
62 (2.174 %)Tuxedo
62 (2.174 %)Oracle Service Bus
71 (1.087 %)WebSphere Portal
71 (1.087 %)AquaLogic Service Bus
71 (1.087 %)GlassFish
71 (1.087 %)CMS
71 (1.087 %)IIS
71 (1.087 %)Apache
71 (1.087 %)Documentum
71 (1.087 %)BizTalk Server
71 (1.087 %)WebSphere MQ
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (1.087 %)Photoshop
11 (1.087 %)MS Office
11 (1.087 %)MS Excel
11 (1.087 %)MS Visio
11 (1.087 %)Acrobat
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (2.174 %)PeopleSoft Financials
12 (2.174 %)PeopleSoft HRMS
12 (2.174 %)TIBCO iProcess
12 (2.174 %)Oracle BPM
21 (1.087 %)Oracle EBS
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (8.696 %)Internet
26 (6.522 %)LDAP
32 (2.174 %)HTTP
41 (1.087 %)TCP/IP
41 (1.087 %)SSL
41 (1.087 %)Intranet
41 (1.087 %)LAN
41 (1.087 %)WAN
41 (1.087 %)Firewall
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (2.174 %)SQL Server
21 (1.087 %)Oracle 10g
21 (1.087 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (1.087 %)Oracle 11g
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
111 (11.96 %)ClearCase
111 (11.96 %)Maven
27 (7.609 %)Eclipse
27 (7.609 %)JUnit
32 (2.174 %)Ant
32 (2.174 %)PeopleTools
41 (1.087 %)WebLogic Workshop
41 (1.087 %)Subversion
41 (1.087 %)JDeveloper
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
115 (16.30 %)Finance
214 (15.22 %)Banking
313 (14.13 %)Government
411 (11.96 %)Investment Banking
53 (3.261 %)Education
62 (2.174 %)Front Office
62 (2.174 %)Insurance
71 (1.087 %)Retail
71 (1.087 %)Telecoms
71 (1.087 %)Aerospace
71 (1.087 %)Financial Institution
71 (1.087 %)Manufacturing
71 (1.087 %)Police
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
141 (44.57 %)Developer
227 (29.35 %)Architect
322 (23.91 %)Java Developer
416 (17.39 %)J2EE Developer
416 (17.39 %)Designer
514 (15.22 %)Java/J2EE Developer
610 (10.87 %)WebLogic Architect
78 (8.696 %)J2EE Architect
86 (6.522 %)WebLogic Developer
95 (5.435 %)Systems Architect
95 (5.435 %)Consultant
95 (5.435 %)Lead Architect
104 (4.348 %)Software Developer
104 (4.348 %)Analyst
104 (4.348 %)Solutions Architect
113 (3.261 %)Applications Developer
113 (3.261 %)Support Analyst
113 (3.261 %)Technical Architect
113 (3.261 %)WebLogic Consultant
122 (2.174 %)Java Applications Developer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
113 (14.13 %)Derivative
210 (10.87 %)Fixed Income
33 (3.261 %)Client/Server
33 (3.261 %)Equity Derivative
42 (2.174 %)Web 2.0
42 (2.174 %)RIA
42 (2.174 %)Open Source
51 (1.087 %)DataPower
51 (1.087 %)N-Tier
51 (1.087 %)Thin Client
51 (1.087 %)Computer Science
51 (1.087 %)Fat Client
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
121 (22.83 %)UNIX
214 (15.22 %)Linux
37 (7.609 %)Solaris
46 (6.522 %)Windows
53 (3.261 %)Windows XP
62 (2.174 %)Windows Server 2003
62 (2.174 %)Windows NT
71 (1.087 %)HPUX
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
122 (23.91 %)Unit Testing
219 (20.65 %)Configuration Management
312 (13.04 %)SOA
49 (9.783 %)OO
49 (9.783 %)Performance Testing
58 (8.696 %)Continuous Integration
67 (7.609 %)UML
76 (6.522 %)Document Management
85 (5.435 %)TOGAF
85 (5.435 %)Content Management
85 (5.435 %)CRM
85 (5.435 %)Unified Process
93 (3.261 %)E-Commerce
93 (3.261 %)RUP
93 (3.261 %)BPEL
93 (3.261 %)Web Development
93 (3.261 %)OpenUP
93 (3.261 %)Customer Engagement
102 (2.174 %)Capacity Planning
102 (2.174 %)Load Balancing
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
153 (57.61 %)Java
223 (25.00 %)SQL
312 (13.04 %)JavaScript
45 (5.435 %)Perl
45 (5.435 %)C
54 (4.348 %)Python
62 (2.174 %)PeopleCode
62 (2.174 %)SQR
62 (2.174 %)C++
62 (2.174 %)COBOL
62 (2.174 %)PL/SQL
71 (1.087 %)T-SQL
71 (1.087 %)ActionScript
71 (1.087 %)WebLogic Scripting Tool
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
144 (47.83 %)Security Cleared
237 (40.22 %)SC Cleared
39 (9.783 %)DV Cleared
45 (5.435 %)Degree
53 (3.261 %)CTC Cleared
61 (1.087 %)HND
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.087 %)QA
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
111 (11.96 %)OpenSSO
22 (2.174 %)Active Directory
31 (1.087 %)Terminal Services
31 (1.087 %)MSMQ
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (1.087 %)OpenView
11 (1.087 %)Tivoli
11 (1.087 %)CA SiteMinder
11 (1.087 %)OVSD
11 (1.087 %)HP NNM
11 (1.087 %)OVPM
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
155 (59.78 %)Oracle
219 (20.65 %)BEA
36 (6.522 %)Microsoft
36 (6.522 %)Sun
45 (5.435 %)Vignette
45 (5.435 %)Siebel
45 (5.435 %)ILOG
54 (4.348 %)TIBCO
54 (4.348 %)Mercator
63 (3.261 %)Sybase
72 (2.174 %)PeopleSoft
72 (2.174 %)JBoss
72 (2.174 %)IBM
81 (1.087 %)Plumtree
81 (1.087 %)CA
81 (1.087 %)ATG
81 (1.087 %)Terracotta
81 (1.087 %)HP
81 (1.087 %)Citrix
81 (1.087 %)Interwoven