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This section looks at the demand for Apache Struts 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 Struts over the 3 months to 24 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkApache Struts
Location
3 months to 24 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank11085
Rank change on same period last yearDown-25
Matching contract IT job ads1243
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.044 %
As % of the category below1.609 %6.314 %
Daily rates quoted37
Average minimum daily rate£393£314
Average daily rate£422£324
% change on same period last year+30.31 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£363£339
% change on same period last year+6.84 %
Hourly rates quoted11
Average minimum hourly rate£70.00£28.00
Average hourly rate£70.00£28.00
% change on same period last year+150.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£70.00£28.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.55£37.31
% change on same period last year+3.31 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads746681
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.993 %0.690 %
Daily rates quoted161124
Average minimum daily rate£298£292
Average daily rate£316£308
% change on same period last year+2.50 %
Average maximum daily rate£333£323
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£335
% change on same period last year+1.50 %
Hourly rates quoted2552
Average minimum hourly rate£28.19£31.18
Average hourly rate£30.07£33.56
% change on same period last year-10.40 %
Average maximum hourly rate£31.94£35.93
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.66£33.10
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
Struts EnglandStruts
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.

Struts
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Struts Demand Trend

Struts
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Struts Daily Rate Trend

Struts
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Struts across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 2008.

West Midlands Struts Daily Rate Histogram

Struts
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Struts Hourly Rate Trend

Struts
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Struts within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 July 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
BirminghamUp+93--
SolihullUp+32--
CoventryDown-171£400+23.07 %
Struts EnglandStruts
England

Struts
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Struts 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 Struts.

143 (97.73 %)Java
235 (79.55 %)J2EE
329 (65.91 %)SQL
426 (59.09 %)Spring
525 (56.82 %)JSP
618 (40.91 %)XML
618 (40.91 %)Oracle
716 (36.36 %)HTML
814 (31.82 %)Hibernate
912 (27.27 %)JavaScript
912 (27.27 %)PL/SQL
912 (27.27 %)UML
1011 (25.00 %)EJB
1011 (25.00 %)CSS
1011 (25.00 %)AJAX
1011 (25.00 %)WebSphere
1110 (22.73 %)Servlets
129 (20.45 %)JMS
138 (18.18 %)JDeveloper
138 (18.18 %)SOAP
146 (13.64 %)JUnit
146 (13.64 %)Apache
146 (13.64 %)JSF
155 (11.36 %)Degree
155 (11.36 %)iBATIS
155 (11.36 %)Unit Testing
155 (11.36 %)Swing
155 (11.36 %)WebServices
155 (11.36 %)XSLT
155 (11.36 %)OOA/OOD

Struts
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Struts 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 Struts. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
135 (79.55 %)J2EE
226 (59.09 %)Spring
325 (56.82 %)JSP
418 (40.91 %)XML
516 (36.36 %)HTML
614 (31.82 %)Hibernate
711 (25.00 %)AJAX
711 (25.00 %)WebSphere
711 (25.00 %)EJB
711 (25.00 %)CSS
810 (22.73 %)Servlets
99 (20.45 %)JMS
108 (18.18 %)SOAP
116 (13.64 %)JSF
125 (11.36 %)WebServices
125 (11.36 %)XSLT
125 (11.36 %)Swing
125 (11.36 %)iBATIS
134 (9.091 %)JSR 168
134 (9.091 %)Oracle ADF
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (13.64 %)Apache
23 (6.818 %)WebSphere Application Server
32 (4.545 %)IIS
32 (4.545 %)JBoss
32 (4.545 %)Oracle HTTP Server
32 (4.545 %)WebSphere MQ
41 (2.273 %)CMS
41 (2.273 %)TeamSite
41 (2.273 %)Tomcat
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (6.818 %)HTTP
22 (4.545 %)HTTPS
22 (4.545 %)SSL
22 (4.545 %)Internet
22 (4.545 %)FTP
31 (2.273 %)LDAP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (6.818 %)MySQL
13 (6.818 %)Oracle 10g
22 (4.545 %)SQLPlus
22 (4.545 %)Oracle 11g
22 (4.545 %)SQL Server
22 (4.545 %)Oracle 8/8i
22 (4.545 %)RDBMS
31 (2.273 %)DB2
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
18 (18.18 %)JDeveloper
26 (13.64 %)JUnit
33 (6.818 %)Ant
42 (4.545 %)XMLSpy
42 (4.545 %)Visual Studio
51 (2.273 %)LoadRunner
51 (2.273 %)StarTeam
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (2.273 %)Telecoms
11 (2.273 %)Government
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
131 (70.45 %)Developer
226 (59.09 %)Java Developer
39 (20.45 %)J2EE Developer
39 (20.45 %)Java/J2EE Developer
46 (13.64 %)Senior Programmer
46 (13.64 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
46 (13.64 %)Senior Analyst
46 (13.64 %)Analyst
46 (13.64 %)Analyst Programmer
46 (13.64 %)Programmer
55 (11.36 %)Senior Developer
55 (11.36 %)Senior Java Developer
64 (9.091 %)Java Programmer
64 (9.091 %)Senior Java Analyst Programmer
64 (9.091 %)Senior Java Programmer
64 (9.091 %)J2EE Analyst Programmer
64 (9.091 %)Java Analyst Programmer
73 (6.818 %)Team Leader
82 (4.545 %)Applications Support
82 (4.545 %)Architect
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (4.545 %)W3C
21 (2.273 %)E-Learning
21 (2.273 %)Web 2.0
21 (2.273 %)PDA
21 (2.273 %)Computer Science
21 (2.273 %)Wiki
21 (2.273 %)Client/Server
21 (2.273 %)N-Tier
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (9.091 %)Linux
22 (4.545 %)AIX
31 (2.273 %)UNIX
31 (2.273 %)Windows
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (27.27 %)UML
25 (11.36 %)OOA/OOD
25 (11.36 %)Unit Testing
34 (9.091 %)Web Design
43 (6.818 %)Agile Software Development
43 (6.818 %)Identity Management
43 (6.818 %)Web Development
43 (6.818 %)OO
43 (6.818 %)EAI
52 (4.545 %)SOA
52 (4.545 %)RAD
52 (4.545 %)E-Commerce
52 (4.545 %)Data Management
52 (4.545 %)Change Management
61 (2.273 %)ITIL
61 (2.273 %)TDD
61 (2.273 %)Enterprise Architecture
61 (2.273 %)e-GIF
61 (2.273 %)Service Management
61 (2.273 %)Integration Testing
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
143 (97.73 %)Java
229 (65.91 %)SQL
312 (27.27 %)JavaScript
312 (27.27 %)PL/SQL
42 (4.545 %)Python
42 (4.545 %)Jython
51 (2.273 %)C
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15 (11.36 %)Degree
23 (6.818 %)Sun Certification
31 (2.273 %)SCJP
31 (2.273 %)SCJA
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (6.818 %)WAI
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (2.273 %)Active Directory
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (40.91 %)Oracle
23 (6.818 %)Red Hat
23 (6.818 %)Sun
32 (4.545 %)SAP
41 (2.273 %)IBM
41 (2.273 %)HP
41 (2.273 %)CA
41 (2.273 %)Tridion
41 (2.273 %)Borland
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