The first table below looks at the demand for JSP 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 JSP 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
JavaServer Pages (JSP)
Rank 87 95 91
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -4
Contract jobs citing JSP 8 8 11
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.490% 0.357% 0.581%
As % of the Application Development category 2.073% 1.487% 2.335%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 3 4
Average daily rate £260 £300 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +2.47%
UK excluding London average daily rate £368 £325 £350
% change year-on-year
+13.07% -7.14%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 2
Average hourly rate - £37.50 £24.65
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +52.12%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £27.50 £27.00 £38.00
% change year-on-year
+1.85% -28.94%
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%
JSP
England

JSP
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands JSP Jobs Demand Trend

JSP
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands JSP Daily Rate Trend

JSP
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JSP across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands JSP Daily Rate Histogram

JSP
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands JSP Hourly Rate Trend

JSP
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JSP 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
Wolverhampton - 2 £275 -
JSP
England

JSP
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 17 (94.44%) CSS
1 17 (94.44%) HTML
1 17 (94.44%) JavaScript
2 16 (88.89%) jQuery
3 12 (66.67%) Java
4 11 (61.11%) J2EE
5 9 (50.00%) Subversion
6 8 (44.44%) HTML5
6 8 (44.44%) CSS3
6 8 (44.44%) Tomcat
7 6 (33.33%) Eclipse
7 6 (33.33%) Apache
7 6 (33.33%) .NET
7 6 (33.33%) ASP.NET
7 6 (33.33%) Ant
7 6 (33.33%) Photoshop
7 6 (33.33%) Maven
7 6 (33.33%) JSTL
8 5 (27.78%) Spring
8 5 (27.78%) CMS
8 5 (27.78%) QA
9 4 (22.22%) Alterian
9 4 (22.22%) Sass
10 3 (16.67%) Adobe CQ
10 3 (16.67%) Spring MVC
10 3 (16.67%) Web Accessibility
10 3 (16.67%) Web Services
10 3 (16.67%) XML
10 3 (16.67%) W3C
10 3 (16.67%) MVC

JSP
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 17 (94.44%) CSS
1 17 (94.44%) HTML
2 16 (88.89%) jQuery
3 11 (61.11%) J2EE
4 8 (44.44%) HTML5
4 8 (44.44%) CSS3
5 6 (33.33%) .NET
5 6 (33.33%) ASP.NET
5 6 (33.33%) JSTL
6 5 (27.78%) Spring
7 4 (22.22%) Sass
8 3 (16.67%) Spring MVC
8 3 (16.67%) Web Services
8 3 (16.67%) XML
9 1 (5.556%) Hibernate
9 1 (5.556%) Ajax
9 1 (5.556%) WebSphere
9 1 (5.556%) REST
9 1 (5.556%) SOAP
9 1 (5.556%) WSDL
Application Platforms
1 8 (44.44%) Tomcat
2 6 (33.33%) Apache
3 5 (27.78%) CMS
4 3 (16.67%) Adobe CQ
5 1 (5.556%) Umbraco
5 1 (5.556%) Sitecore CMS
5 1 (5.556%) WebSphere Application Server
5 1 (5.556%) WebLogic
Applications
1 6 (33.33%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 1 (5.556%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.556%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 9 (50.00%) Subversion
2 6 (33.33%) Eclipse
2 6 (33.33%) Ant
2 6 (33.33%) Maven
General
1 2 (11.11%) Telecoms
2 1 (5.556%) Banking
Job Titles
1 18 (100.00%) Developer
2 9 (50.00%) Web Developer
3 8 (44.44%) Java Developer
4 6 (33.33%) Front-End Developer
4 6 (33.33%) Java Web Developer
4 6 (33.33%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 3 (16.67%) J2EE Developer
6 1 (5.556%) JavaScript Developer
6 1 (5.556%) UI Programmer
6 1 (5.556%) UI Developer
6 1 (5.556%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (16.67%) W3C
2 1 (5.556%) E-Learning
2 1 (5.556%) Computer Science
2 1 (5.556%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (5.556%) Apple iOS
1 1 (5.556%) UNIX
1 1 (5.556%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (16.67%) Web Accessibility
1 3 (16.67%) MVC
2 2 (11.11%) Content Management
2 2 (11.11%) TDD
3 1 (5.556%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (5.556%) E-Commerce
3 1 (5.556%) SOA
3 1 (5.556%) OO
Programming Languages
1 17 (94.44%) JavaScript
2 12 (66.67%) Java
3 1 (5.556%) PL/SQL
3 1 (5.556%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (5.556%) Degree
1 1 (5.556%) DV Cleared
1 1 (5.556%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (27.78%) QA
Vendors
1 4 (22.22%) Alterian
2 1 (5.556%) Facebook
2 1 (5.556%) Sitecore
2 1 (5.556%) Cordys
2 1 (5.556%) Adobe
2 1 (5.556%) Oracle
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