Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for WSRP skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WSRP over the 3 months to 22 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.

LinkWeb Services for Remote Portlets (WSRP)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank474445604
Rank change year-on-year
Down-29Up+159
Matching contract IT job ads312
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.006 %0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the Application Development category0.023 %0.011 %0.010 %
Daily rates quoted201
Average daily rate£519-£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£363--
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate---
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12975880919822
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.70 %22.20 %24.17 %
Daily rates quoted663330866471
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 quoted4234961249
Average hourly rate£30.00£28.50£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.260 %-10.93 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.30£14.00£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.

WSRP
Demand Trend

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

WSRP Demand Trend

WSRP
Daily Rate Trend

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

WSRP Daily Rate Trend

WSRP
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WSRP within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

WSRP Daily Rate Histogram

WSRP
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WSRP within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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-363£519-
LondonNew entry-2£675-
LewesNew entry-1£363-
South EastNew entry-1£363-
City of LondonNew entry-1£675-
East SussexNew entry-1£363-

WSRP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WSRP 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 WSRP.

15 (83.33 %)Java
24 (66.67 %)Web Services
33 (50.00 %)IBM
33 (50.00 %)BEA
33 (50.00 %)WebLogic Portal
42 (33.33 %)Liferay
42 (33.33 %)TIBCO iProcess
42 (33.33 %)TIBCO
42 (33.33 %)JSR 170
42 (33.33 %)Banking
42 (33.33 %)Content Management
42 (33.33 %)Investment Banking
42 (33.33 %)SharePoint
42 (33.33 %)J2EE
42 (33.33 %)Oracle
51 (16.67 %)SQL Server
51 (16.67 %)WebLogic
51 (16.67 %)CSS
51 (16.67 %)SOAP
51 (16.67 %)Struts
51 (16.67 %)SQL
51 (16.67 %)VB.NET
51 (16.67 %).NET
51 (16.67 %)XML
51 (16.67 %)XSLT
51 (16.67 %)UNIX
51 (16.67 %)Windows
51 (16.67 %)Linux
51 (16.67 %)OO
51 (16.67 %)Oracle Reports

WSRP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing WSRP 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 WSRP. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
14 (66.67 %)Web Services
22 (33.33 %)JSR 170
22 (33.33 %)J2EE
31 (16.67 %)CSS
31 (16.67 %)SOAP
31 (16.67 %)Struts
31 (16.67 %).NET
31 (16.67 %)XML
31 (16.67 %)XSLT
31 (16.67 %)Swing
31 (16.67 %)SAML
31 (16.67 %)AJAX
31 (16.67 %)WebSphere
31 (16.67 %)JSR 168
31 (16.67 %)Spring
31 (16.67 %)Spring MVC
31 (16.67 %)Middleware
31 (16.67 %)JSR 286
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
13 (50.00 %)WebLogic Portal
22 (33.33 %)Liferay
22 (33.33 %)SharePoint
31 (16.67 %)WebLogic
31 (16.67 %)CMS
31 (16.67 %)Alfresco
31 (16.67 %)WebSphere Portal
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (33.33 %)TIBCO iProcess
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (16.67 %)LDAP
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (16.67 %)SQL Server
11 (16.67 %)Oracle Reports
11 (16.67 %)RDBMS
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
12 (33.33 %)Banking
12 (33.33 %)Investment Banking
21 (16.67 %)Financial Institution
21 (16.67 %)Front Office
21 (16.67 %)Finance
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
13 (50.00 %)Developer
13 (50.00 %)Portal Developer
22 (33.33 %)Architect
31 (16.67 %)Java Developer
31 (16.67 %)WebSphere Developer
31 (16.67 %)WebSphere Portal Developer
31 (16.67 %)Designer
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Client/Server
11 (16.67 %)Photography
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (16.67 %)UNIX
11 (16.67 %)Windows
11 (16.67 %)Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (33.33 %)Content Management
21 (16.67 %)OO
21 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
21 (16.67 %)SOA
21 (16.67 %)Business Intelligence
21 (16.67 %)MVC
21 (16.67 %)Scrum
21 (16.67 %)Document Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
15 (83.33 %)Java
21 (16.67 %)SQL
21 (16.67 %)VB.NET
21 (16.67 %)XPath
IT Contractor Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
11 (16.67 %)Active Directory
11 (16.67 %)OpenSSO
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (50.00 %)IBM
13 (50.00 %)BEA
22 (33.33 %)TIBCO
22 (33.33 %)Oracle