The first table below looks at the demand for Hibernate skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Hibernate over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the West Midlands region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Hibernate
Rank 90 80 85
Rank change year-on-year
-10 +5
Contract jobs citing Hibernate 5 23 17
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.306% 1.026% 0.899%
As % of the Application Development category 1.295% 4.275% 3.609%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 14 11
Average daily rate £450 £290 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+55.17% -38.94%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £338 £363
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -6.89%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £32.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year
+20.00% -22.61%
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
386 538 471
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 23.64% 24.00% 24.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 293 255
Average daily rate £300 £300 £318
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 22
Average hourly rate £28.50 £17.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.85% -4.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £12.50 £11.63
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £40.00 £25.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Hibernate
England

Hibernate
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Hibernate across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Midlands Hibernate Jobs Demand Trend

Hibernate
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Hibernate across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Hibernate Daily Rate Trend

Hibernate
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Hibernate across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Hibernate Hourly Rate Trend

Hibernate
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Hibernate within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank 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
Birmingham +6 3 - -
Staffordshire - 1 - -
Hibernate
England

Hibernate
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Hibernate 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 Hibernate.

1 15 (88.24%) Java
2 14 (82.35%) Spring
3 13 (76.47%) J2EE
4 6 (35.29%) E-Commerce
4 6 (35.29%) Retail
5 5 (29.41%) Agile Software Development
6 4 (23.53%) Grails
7 3 (17.65%) Struts
7 3 (17.65%) WebLogic
7 3 (17.65%) HTML
7 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
8 2 (11.76%) SQL
8 2 (11.76%) T-SQL
8 2 (11.76%) C#
8 2 (11.76%) XML
8 2 (11.76%) CSS
8 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
8 2 (11.76%) Mercator
8 2 (11.76%) Scala
8 2 (11.76%) WPF
8 2 (11.76%) TDD
8 2 (11.76%) Maven
8 2 (11.76%) WebSphere
8 2 (11.76%) Java EE
9 1 (5.882%) Degree
9 1 (5.882%) Java SE
9 1 (5.882%) Computer Science
9 1 (5.882%) Dojo
9 1 (5.882%) Spring MVC
9 1 (5.882%) Software Engineering

Hibernate
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Hibernate 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 Hibernate. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (82.35%) Spring
2 13 (76.47%) J2EE
3 4 (23.53%) Grails
4 3 (17.65%) Struts
4 3 (17.65%) HTML
5 2 (11.76%) XML
5 2 (11.76%) CSS
5 2 (11.76%) WPF
5 2 (11.76%) WebSphere
5 2 (11.76%) Java EE
6 1 (5.882%) Java SE
6 1 (5.882%) Dojo
6 1 (5.882%) Spring MVC
6 1 (5.882%) Ajax
6 1 (5.882%) JSF
6 1 (5.882%) RichFaces
6 1 (5.882%) jQuery
6 1 (5.882%) MooTools
6 1 (5.882%) RESTful
6 1 (5.882%) JSP
Application Platforms
1 3 (17.65%) WebLogic
2 1 (5.882%) Adobe CQ
2 1 (5.882%) WebSphere Application Server
2 1 (5.882%) Tomcat
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (11.76%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 2 (11.76%) Maven
2 1 (5.882%) Subversion
2 1 (5.882%) Git (software)
2 1 (5.882%) Eclipse
General
1 6 (35.29%) Retail
2 1 (5.882%) Banking
2 1 (5.882%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.882%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 16 (94.12%) Developer
2 14 (82.35%) Java Developer
3 9 (52.94%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 8 (47.06%) J2EE Developer
5 1 (5.882%) Software Engineer
5 1 (5.882%) SQL Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (5.882%) Computer Science
1 1 (5.882%) New Media
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (35.29%) E-Commerce
2 5 (29.41%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (11.76%) TDD
4 1 (5.882%) Software Engineering
4 1 (5.882%) MVC
4 1 (5.882%) Scrum
4 1 (5.882%) UML
4 1 (5.882%) OO
4 1 (5.882%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 15 (88.24%) Java
2 3 (17.65%) JavaScript
3 2 (11.76%) SQL
3 2 (11.76%) T-SQL
3 2 (11.76%) C#
3 2 (11.76%) Scala
4 1 (5.882%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1 (5.882%) Degree
1 1 (5.882%) DV Cleared
1 1 (5.882%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (11.76%) Mercator
2 1 (5.882%) Adobe
2 1 (5.882%) JBoss
2 1 (5.882%) Oracle
West Midlands
A West Midlands based client specialising in the automotive industry are currently on the market for a Java Software Engineer to join their team. As a software engineer...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £350 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Midlands
A Birmingham CC based software house is currently recruiting for a very strong, commercially experienced contract Java / Adobe Flex developer. You will be using Java object orientated development...
Computer Futures
Rate: £330 - £350 per day + DOE
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
A Birmingham CC based software house is currently recruiting for a very strong, commercially experienced contract Java / Adobe Flex developer. You will be using Java object orientated development...
Computer Futures
Rate: £250 - £280 per day + DOE
Posted: 21 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
The developer will use agile practises including pair programming, estimating, planning, design and TDD... The technical requirements of the Developer should possess a minimum of 5 years; Java,...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £350 per day + DOE
Posted: 21 May 2013
West Midlands
Experience of the following is required: Java J2SE 6.0 Spring Hibernate JavaScript HTML JSP Build tools including Ant or Maven Unit Testing (JUnit/TestNG) You will also...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £350 per day + DOE
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Midlands
Experience of the following is required: Java J2SE 6.0 Spring Hibernate JavaScript HTML JSP Build tools including Ant or Maven Unit Testing (JUnit/TestNG) You will also...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £350 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Midlands
The ideal candidate will have experience of working in the communications industry Key Skills Required: * Java * J2EE * Google Web Toolkit * Spring * Hibernate * HTML5 * CSS3 Desirable Skill * Knowledge of...
Computer Futures
Rate: £300 - £350 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 15 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands, United Kingdom
Birmingham City UniversityFaculty of HealthSoftware Engineer (MSQL/SQL, JAVA)Birmingham City University - West Midlands£38,326 per annumThis post is fixed term for 30 monthsSerious games and simulation...
Birmingham City University
Rate: £38,326 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013