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The table below looks at the demand for Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) skills within the Wales region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited ESB over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEnterprise Service Bus (ESB)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank56-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.015 %0.000 %
As % of the category below6.286 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted40
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£436-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£473-
UK excluding London average daily rate£480£463
% change on same period last year+3.74 %
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£52.50£42.00
% change on same period last year+25.00 %
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
Wales
Matching contract IT job ads175143
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.237 %0.141 %
Daily rates quoted5630
Average minimum daily rate£362£341
Average daily rate£390£359
% change on same period last year+8.45 %
Average maximum daily rate£417£377
UK excluding London average daily rate£354£344
% change on same period last year+2.86 %
Hourly rates quoted78
Average minimum hourly rate£18.88£16.70
Average hourly rate£21.00£17.75
% change on same period last year+18.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.13£18.79
UK excluding London average hourly rate£25.63£24.38
% change on same period last year+5.11 %
ESB UKESB
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.

ESB
Demand Trend

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

Wales ESB Demand Trend

ESB
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wales ESB Daily Rate Trend

ESB
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing ESB across the Wales region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Wales ESB Daily Rate Histogram

ESB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing ESB within the Wales region over the 3 months to 5 September 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 WalesNew entry-7£448-
South WalesNew entry-4£425-
ESB UKESB
UK

ESB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing ESB 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 ESB.

110 (83.33 %)XML
28 (66.67 %)Java
37 (58.33 %)ClearCase
37 (58.33 %)SOAP
37 (58.33 %)WebSphere
46 (50.00 %)WebSphere Message Broker
46 (50.00 %)J2EE
46 (50.00 %)SQL
46 (50.00 %)WebLogic
55 (41.67 %)UNIX
55 (41.67 %)Data Modelling
55 (41.67 %)SOA
55 (41.67 %)WSDL
55 (41.67 %)BEA
64 (33.33 %)Java EE
64 (33.33 %)Oracle
73 (25.00 %)WebServices
73 (25.00 %)PL/SQL
73 (25.00 %)AIX
73 (25.00 %)UML
73 (25.00 %)CRM
73 (25.00 %)XSLT
73 (25.00 %)Eclipse
73 (25.00 %)ClearQuest
73 (25.00 %)IBM
73 (25.00 %)JDeveloper
73 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
73 (25.00 %)BPEL
82 (16.67 %)Oracle EBS
82 (16.67 %)Test Scripting

ESB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Wales region citing ESB 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 ESB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (83.33 %)XML
27 (58.33 %)WebSphere
27 (58.33 %)SOAP
36 (50.00 %)J2EE
45 (41.67 %)WSDL
54 (33.33 %)Java EE
63 (25.00 %)XSLT
63 (25.00 %)WebServices
71 (8.333 %).NET
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (50.00 %)WebLogic
16 (50.00 %)WebSphere Message Broker
21 (8.333 %)Apache
21 (8.333 %)Tomcat
21 (8.333 %)Oracle Application Server
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (16.67 %)Oracle EBS
21 (8.333 %)Oracle CRM
21 (8.333 %)Oracle Applications
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (8.333 %)DB2
11 (8.333 %)ETL
11 (8.333 %)RDBMS
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (58.33 %)ClearCase
23 (25.00 %)Eclipse
23 (25.00 %)JDeveloper
23 (25.00 %)ClearQuest
32 (16.67 %)Rational Functional Tester
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (8.333 %)Finance
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (66.67 %)Architect
25 (41.67 %)Solutions Architect
33 (25.00 %)Developer
42 (16.67 %)WebSphere Architect
51 (8.333 %)Technical Architect
51 (8.333 %)Consultant
51 (8.333 %)Java Developer
51 (8.333 %)Oracle Consultant
51 (8.333 %)J2EE Architect
51 (8.333 %)J2EE Solutions Architect
51 (8.333 %)WebLogic Architect
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (8.333 %)Data Integration
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15 (41.67 %)UNIX
23 (25.00 %)AIX
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (41.67 %)Data Modelling
15 (41.67 %)SOA
23 (25.00 %)UML
23 (25.00 %)CRM
23 (25.00 %)BPEL
23 (25.00 %)Security Cleared
32 (16.67 %)Test Scripting
41 (8.333 %)CTC Cleared
41 (8.333 %)Enterprise Architecture
41 (8.333 %)EAI
41 (8.333 %)Service Delivery
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (66.67 %)Java
26 (50.00 %)SQL
33 (25.00 %)PL/SQL
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (41.67 %)BEA
24 (33.33 %)Oracle
33 (25.00 %)IBM
41 (8.333 %)Mercator