The first table below looks at the demand for Tomcat 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 Tomcat 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 Platforms 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
Apache Tomcat
Rank 77 86 96
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +10
Contract jobs citing Tomcat 18 17 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 1.102% 0.758% 0.317%
As % of the Application Platforms category 7.115% 4.749% 1.923%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 9 3
Average daily rate £275 £275 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -31.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £254 £312
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £315 £440
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £57.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £23.75 £32.50
% change year-on-year
+36.84% -26.92%
All Application Platforms
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
253 358 312
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 15.49% 15.97% 16.49%
Number of daily rates quoted 117 160 159
Average daily rate £300 £325 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% -13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £205 £252
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £450 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £343
% change year-on-year
- -5.10%
Number of hourly rates quoted 27 22 23
Average hourly rate £27.50 £17.50 £12.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+57.14% +45.83%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.30 £11.00 £10.10
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.20 £30.00 £25.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £19.50 £20.00 £20.50
% change year-on-year
-2.50% -2.43%
Tomcat
England

Tomcat
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Tomcat Jobs Demand Trend

Tomcat
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Tomcat Daily Rate Trend

Tomcat
Daily Rate Histogram

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

West Midlands Tomcat Daily Rate Histogram

Tomcat
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Tomcat Hourly Rate Trend

Tomcat
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Tomcat 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
Shropshire +10 2 - -
Worcestershire - 2 £348 -
Wolverhampton - 2 £275 -
Birmingham +7 1 £400 +33.33%
Coventry -2 1 - -
Herefordshire - 1 £205 -
Tomcat
England

Tomcat
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 14 (63.64%) Apache
2 12 (54.55%) Java
3 9 (40.91%) J2EE
3 9 (40.91%) Oracle
4 8 (36.36%) HTML
4 8 (36.36%) JSP
4 8 (36.36%) Windows
5 7 (31.82%) JavaScript
5 7 (31.82%) SQL
5 7 (31.82%) CSS
5 7 (31.82%) jQuery
6 6 (27.27%) JSTL
6 6 (27.27%) WebSphere
6 6 (27.27%) UNIX
6 6 (27.27%) Subversion
6 6 (27.27%) Maven
6 6 (27.27%) Ant
6 6 (27.27%) Eclipse
7 5 (22.73%) Linux
7 5 (22.73%) QA
8 4 (18.18%) .NET
8 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
8 4 (18.18%) VB
8 4 (18.18%) C#
8 4 (18.18%) BizTalk Server
8 4 (18.18%) Shell Script
9 3 (13.64%) Project Management
9 3 (13.64%) SAN
9 3 (13.64%) VPN
9 3 (13.64%) PL/SQL

Tomcat
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 9 (40.91%) J2EE
2 8 (36.36%) HTML
2 8 (36.36%) JSP
3 7 (31.82%) CSS
3 7 (31.82%) jQuery
4 6 (27.27%) JSTL
4 6 (27.27%) WebSphere
5 4 (18.18%) .NET
6 3 (13.64%) XML
7 2 (9.091%) Spring
7 2 (9.091%) Java EE
7 2 (9.091%) SAML
8 1 (4.545%) XSLT
8 1 (4.545%) Web Services
8 1 (4.545%) REST
8 1 (4.545%) Hibernate
Application Platforms
1 14 (63.64%) Apache
2 4 (18.18%) BizTalk Server
3 2 (9.091%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (4.545%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (4.545%) WebLogic
4 1 (4.545%) MS Exchange
4 1 (4.545%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 1 (4.545%) Oracle Application Server
4 1 (4.545%) CMS
Applications
1 1 (4.545%) MS Project
1 1 (4.545%) MS Excel
1 1 (4.545%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 2 (9.091%) ENOVIA
2 1 (4.545%) Oracle EBS
Communications & Networking
1 3 (13.64%) SAN
1 3 (13.64%) VPN
2 2 (9.091%) NAS
2 2 (9.091%) LDAP
2 2 (9.091%) HTTP
2 2 (9.091%) LAN
2 2 (9.091%) WAN
3 1 (4.545%) NetScreen
3 1 (4.545%) Firewall
3 1 (4.545%) IPsec
3 1 (4.545%) Ethernet
3 1 (4.545%) FTP
3 1 (4.545%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 1 (4.545%) RDBMS
2 1 (4.545%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (4.545%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (4.545%) Oracle 9i
2 1 (4.545%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 6 (27.27%) Subversion
1 6 (27.27%) Maven
1 6 (27.27%) Ant
1 6 (27.27%) Eclipse
General
1 3 (13.64%) Finance
2 1 (4.545%) Financial Institution
2 1 (4.545%) Telecoms
2 1 (4.545%) Banking
Job Titles
1 12 (54.55%) Developer
2 9 (40.91%) Java Developer
3 6 (27.27%) Java/J2EE Developer
3 6 (27.27%) Java Web Developer
3 6 (27.27%) Web Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Architect
4 3 (13.64%) Consultant
4 3 (13.64%) SQL Developer
5 1 (4.545%) Junior
5 1 (4.545%) DBA
5 1 (4.545%) Solutions Architect
5 1 (4.545%) Administrator
5 1 (4.545%) Linux Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) WebSphere Engineer
5 1 (4.545%) Environment Manager
5 1 (4.545%) Oracle DBA
5 1 (4.545%) Oracle Developer
5 1 (4.545%) PL/SQL Developer
5 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (4.545%) Infrastructure Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) Clustering
2 1 (4.545%) Management Information System
2 1 (4.545%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.545%) Replication
Operating Systems
1 8 (36.36%) Windows
2 6 (27.27%) UNIX
3 5 (22.73%) Linux
4 1 (4.545%) Solaris
4 1 (4.545%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (13.64%) Project Management
1 3 (13.64%) Data Modelling
1 3 (13.64%) TOGAF
2 2 (9.091%) PLM
2 2 (9.091%) Data Analysis
2 2 (9.091%) Zachman Framework
2 2 (9.091%) TDD
2 2 (9.091%) Enterprise Architecture
2 2 (9.091%) Release Management
3 1 (4.545%) Service Delivery
3 1 (4.545%) SOA
3 1 (4.545%) ITIL
3 1 (4.545%) PRINCE2
3 1 (4.545%) Time Management
3 1 (4.545%) Dependency Injection
3 1 (4.545%) Capacity Planning
3 1 (4.545%) Change Control
3 1 (4.545%) Root Cause Analysis
3 1 (4.545%) Database Security
3 1 (4.545%) Matrix Management
Programming Languages
1 12 (54.55%) Java
2 7 (31.82%) JavaScript
2 7 (31.82%) SQL
3 4 (18.18%) VB
3 4 (18.18%) C#
3 4 (18.18%) Shell Script
4 3 (13.64%) PL/SQL
4 3 (13.64%) T-SQL
5 1 (4.545%) VB.NET
5 1 (4.545%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 1 (4.545%) OCP
1 1 (4.545%) Oracle Certification
1 1 (4.545%) DV Cleared
1 1 (4.545%) Security Cleared
1 1 (4.545%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (22.73%) QA
System Software
1 1 (4.545%) Active Directory
1 1 (4.545%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (4.545%) XenServer
1 1 (4.545%) XenDesktop
Systems Management
1 1 (4.545%) WSUS
Vendors
1 9 (40.91%) Oracle
2 3 (13.64%) JBoss
2 3 (13.64%) Northgate
3 2 (9.091%) Red Hat
4 1 (4.545%) TIBCO
4 1 (4.545%) Cisco
4 1 (4.545%) Microsoft
4 1 (4.545%) HP
4 1 (4.545%) Citrix
4 1 (4.545%) Juniper
4 1 (4.545%) Alterian
4 1 (4.545%) VMware
West Midlands
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Rate: £300 - £350 per day + DOE
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Rate: £350 - £400 per day + Negotiable
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