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The table below looks at the demand for Swing (Java) skills within the Wales region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Swing over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSwing (Java)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank6564
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.942 %0.610 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£340-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£380-
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£359
% change on same period last year-7.95 %
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£39.71£34.10
% change on same period last year+16.46 %
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Wales
Matching contract IT job ads206164
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.288 %0.165 %
Daily rates quoted7425
Average minimum daily rate£322£298
Average daily rate£345£348
% change on same period last year-0.70 %
Average maximum daily rate£369£397
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£333
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted116
Average minimum hourly rate£28.52£19.92
Average hourly rate£33.84£23.15
% change on same period last year+46.14 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.16£26.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.32£32.24
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
Swing UKSwing
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.

Swing
Demand Trend

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

Wales Swing Demand Trend

Swing
Daily Rate Trend

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

Wales Swing Daily Rate Trend

Swing
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Swing across the Wales region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Wales Swing Daily Rate Histogram

Swing
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Wales Swing Hourly Rate Trend

Swing
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Swing 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
South WalesUp+24£340-
Swing UKSwing
UK

Swing
Top 20 Related IT Skills

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

14 (100.00 %)J2EE
14 (100.00 %)Ant
14 (100.00 %)JUnit
14 (100.00 %)DCOM
14 (100.00 %)EJB
14 (100.00 %)Struts
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)ODBC
14 (100.00 %)UML
14 (100.00 %)LDAP
14 (100.00 %)JBuilder
14 (100.00 %)Java
14 (100.00 %)JRules
22 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
22 (50.00 %)Government
22 (50.00 %)Unified Process
22 (50.00 %)SQL
22 (50.00 %)N-Tier
22 (50.00 %)Solaris
22 (50.00 %)PVCS

Swing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)J2EE
14 (100.00 %)DCOM
14 (100.00 %)EJB
14 (100.00 %)Struts
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)ODBC
14 (100.00 %)JRules
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (100.00 %)LDAP
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (100.00 %)Ant
14 (100.00 %)JUnit
14 (100.00 %)JBuilder
22 (50.00 %)PVCS
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (50.00 %)Government
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
14 (100.00 %)Java Developer
22 (50.00 %)J2EE Developer
22 (50.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (50.00 %)N-Tier
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (50.00 %)Solaris
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (100.00 %)UML
22 (50.00 %)Unified Process
22 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
Wales IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)Java
22 (50.00 %)SQL