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The table below looks at the demand for Java Persistence API (JPA) skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JPA over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava Persistence API (JPA)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank116-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads10
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.145 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
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--
% change on same period last year-
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads689886
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.970 %0.895 %
Daily rates quoted169173
Average minimum daily rate£292£297
Average daily rate£309£321
% change on same period last year-3.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£326£344
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted3779
Average minimum hourly rate£26.47£26.39
Average hourly rate£28.74£29.08
% change on same period last year-1.15 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.01£31.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.10£32.14
% change on same period last year-3.23 %
JPA EnglandJPA
England

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.

JPA
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands JPA Demand Trend

JPA
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands JPA Daily Rate Trend

JPA
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JPA within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 10 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
BirminghamNew entry-1£300-
JPA EnglandJPA
England

JPA
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing JPA 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 JPA.

13 (100.00 %)Java
13 (100.00 %)JMS
13 (100.00 %)Spring
22 (66.67 %)Hibernate
22 (66.67 %)WebServices
22 (66.67 %)Datawarehouse
31 (33.33 %)WebSphere

JPA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing JPA 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 JPA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %)JMS
13 (100.00 %)Spring
22 (66.67 %)Hibernate
22 (66.67 %)WebServices
31 (33.33 %)WebSphere
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (66.67 %)Datawarehouse
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13 (100.00 %)Developer
13 (100.00 %)Java Developer
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)Java