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The table below looks at the demand for knowledge and experience of BEA products and/or services in IT contracts within the Wales region with a comparison to our Vendors category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited BEA over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBEA
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank6260
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads75
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.005 %
As % of the category below1.754 %1.119 %
Daily rates quoted14
Average minimum daily rate£400£337
Average daily rate£450£362
% change on same period last year+24.30 %
Average maximum daily rate£500£387
UK excluding London average daily rate£425£432
% change on same period last year-1.75 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£34.50
% change on same period last year-
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
Wales
Matching contract IT job ads399447
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.557 %0.449 %
Daily rates quoted107106
Average minimum daily rate£350£354
Average daily rate£368£379
% change on same period last year-2.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£386£403
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£354
% change on same period last year+1.60 %
Hourly rates quoted5154
Average minimum hourly rate£27.87£20.24
Average hourly rate£29.30£21.54
% change on same period last year+36.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.73£22.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.36£24.43
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
BEA UKBEA
UK

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.

These figures represent the IT job market and are NOT representative of employment within BEA Systems, Inc.

BEA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing BEA across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Vendors category.

Wales BEA Demand Trend

BEA
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing BEA across the Wales region.

Wales BEA Daily Rate Trend

BEA
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing BEA across the Wales region.

Wales BEA Hourly Rate Trend

BEA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing BEA within the Wales region over the 3 months to 6 October 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
West WalesDown-25£450+6.13 %
South WalesDown-21--
BEA UKBEA
UK

BEA
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing BEA 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 BEA.

115 (100.00 %)WebLogic
211 (73.33 %)Java
310 (66.67 %)J2EE
310 (66.67 %)UNIX
49 (60.00 %)XML
58 (53.33 %)SOA
66 (40.00 %)WebLogic Portal
66 (40.00 %)ClearCase
66 (40.00 %)Oracle
75 (33.33 %)Ant
75 (33.33 %)JUnit
75 (33.33 %)SOAP
75 (33.33 %)AIX
75 (33.33 %)SQL
75 (33.33 %)WebServices
75 (33.33 %)WebSphere
75 (33.33 %)WebSphere Message Broker
75 (33.33 %)Unit Testing
75 (33.33 %)ESB
84 (26.67 %)Data Modelling
84 (26.67 %)OO
84 (26.67 %)Eclipse
93 (20.00 %)WSDL
93 (20.00 %)UML
93 (20.00 %)Struts
93 (20.00 %)Web Development
93 (20.00 %)Java EE
102 (13.33 %)Rational Functional Tester
102 (13.33 %)IBM
102 (13.33 %)Sun

BEA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing BEA 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 BEA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (66.67 %)J2EE
29 (60.00 %)XML
35 (33.33 %)SOAP
35 (33.33 %)WebSphere
35 (33.33 %)WebServices
43 (20.00 %)Java EE
43 (20.00 %)Struts
43 (20.00 %)WSDL
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
115 (100.00 %)WebLogic
26 (40.00 %)WebLogic Portal
35 (33.33 %)ESB
35 (33.33 %)WebSphere Message Broker
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (40.00 %)ClearCase
25 (33.33 %)Ant
25 (33.33 %)JUnit
34 (26.67 %)Eclipse
42 (13.33 %)ClearQuest
42 (13.33 %)Rational Functional Tester
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
16 (40.00 %)Architect
24 (26.67 %)Developer
24 (26.67 %)Solutions Architect
32 (13.33 %)WebSphere Architect
32 (13.33 %)Java/J2EE Developer
32 (13.33 %)Server Specialist
32 (13.33 %)Senior Developer
32 (13.33 %)Java Developer
32 (13.33 %)J2EE Developer
41 (6.667 %)J2EE Architect
41 (6.667 %)Java Consultant
41 (6.667 %)UNIX Engineer
41 (6.667 %)Senior J2EE Developer
41 (6.667 %)Senior Java Developer
41 (6.667 %)J2EE Consultant
41 (6.667 %)Senior J2EE Consultant
41 (6.667 %)Release Engineer
41 (6.667 %)J2EE Solutions Architect
41 (6.667 %)Senior Java Consultant
41 (6.667 %)WebLogic Architect
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (6.667 %)EPoS
11 (6.667 %)Replication
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
110 (66.67 %)UNIX
25 (33.33 %)AIX
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (53.33 %)SOA
25 (33.33 %)Unit Testing
34 (26.67 %)OO
34 (26.67 %)Data Modelling
43 (20.00 %)UML
43 (20.00 %)Web Development
51 (6.667 %)CTC Cleared
51 (6.667 %)Security Cleared
51 (6.667 %)Configuration Management
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (73.33 %)Java
25 (33.33 %)SQL
31 (6.667 %)Shell Script
31 (6.667 %)Perl
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (40.00 %)Oracle
22 (13.33 %)IBM
22 (13.33 %)Sun
22 (13.33 %)Mercator