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This section looks at the demand for BEA WebLogic Server skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Application Platforms category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited WebLogic over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkBEA WebLogic Server
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank101102
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads2128
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.028 %0.028 %
As % of the category below5.012 %6.087 %
Daily rates quoted53
Average minimum daily rate£440£397
Average daily rate£450£427
% change on same period last year+5.46 %
Average maximum daily rate£460£457
UK excluding London average daily rate£390£390
% 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£44.50£35.00
% change on same period last year+27.14 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads419460
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.558 %0.465 %
Daily rates quoted7999
Average minimum daily rate£353£306
Average daily rate£379£322
% change on same period last year+17.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£404£337
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£349
% change on same period last year+1.64 %
Hourly rates quoted4780
Average minimum hourly rate£15.66£17.13
Average hourly rate£16.68£18.37
% change on same period last year-9.20 %
Average maximum hourly rate£17.69£19.61
UK excluding London average hourly rate£24.28£23.70
% change on same period last year+2.44 %
WebLogic EnglandWebLogic
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.

WebLogic
Demand Trend

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

West Midlands WebLogic Demand Trend

WebLogic
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands WebLogic Daily Rate Trend

WebLogic
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WebLogic across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

West Midlands WebLogic Daily Rate Histogram

WebLogic
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands WebLogic Hourly Rate Trend

WebLogic
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WebLogic within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 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
ShropshireDown-317£450-
HerefordshireNew entry-2--
WarwickshireNew entry-1--
WebLogic EnglandWebLogic
England

WebLogic
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing WebLogic 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 WebLogic.

124 (61.54 %)Oracle
223 (58.97 %)Java
317 (43.59 %)UNIX
416 (41.03 %)J2EE
510 (25.64 %)UML
69 (23.08 %)SQL
69 (23.08 %)Windows
78 (20.51 %)XML
78 (20.51 %)BEA
78 (20.51 %)WebSphere
87 (17.95 %)Tuxedo
96 (15.38 %)Linux
96 (15.38 %)Government
105 (12.82 %)Security Cleared
105 (12.82 %)Oracle 9i
105 (12.82 %)WebLogic Portal
105 (12.82 %)Solaris
105 (12.82 %)Oracle 10g
105 (12.82 %)Apache
114 (10.26 %)Tomcat
114 (10.26 %)CRM
114 (10.26 %)HTTP
114 (10.26 %)TOAD
114 (10.26 %)HPUX
114 (10.26 %)EJB
114 (10.26 %)SOAP
114 (10.26 %)Ant
114 (10.26 %)Adobe
114 (10.26 %)Shell Script
114 (10.26 %)Spring

WebLogic
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing WebLogic 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 WebLogic. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
116 (41.03 %)J2EE
28 (20.51 %)XML
28 (20.51 %)WebSphere
34 (10.26 %)SOAP
34 (10.26 %)EJB
34 (10.26 %)Spring
43 (7.692 %)JSP
43 (7.692 %)Servlets
43 (7.692 %)JMS
52 (5.128 %)Middleware
61 (2.564 %)Hibernate
61 (2.564 %)WebServices
61 (2.564 %)Advantage:Gen
61 (2.564 %)JSR 168
61 (2.564 %)JDBC
61 (2.564 %)ADO
61 (2.564 %)HTML
61 (2.564 %).NET
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (17.95 %)Tuxedo
25 (12.82 %)Apache
25 (12.82 %)WebLogic Portal
34 (10.26 %)Tomcat
43 (7.692 %)JBoss
52 (5.128 %)WebSphere Application Server
52 (5.128 %)IIS
52 (5.128 %)Rendezvous
61 (2.564 %)TIBCO EMS
61 (2.564 %)ESB
61 (2.564 %)MQSeries
61 (2.564 %)WebSphere MQ
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (2.564 %)Teamcenter
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (10.26 %)HTTP
22 (5.128 %)3G
22 (5.128 %)Wi-Fi
22 (5.128 %)Wireless
22 (5.128 %)GPRS
31 (2.564 %)BIG-IP
31 (2.564 %)VLAN
31 (2.564 %)Firewall
31 (2.564 %)VPN
31 (2.564 %)SSL
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (12.82 %)Oracle 9i
15 (12.82 %)Oracle 10g
24 (10.26 %)TOAD
33 (7.692 %)Informix
33 (7.692 %)Oracle 8/8i
42 (5.128 %)SQL Server
51 (2.564 %)MySQL
51 (2.564 %)SQLPlus
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (10.26 %)Ant
23 (7.692 %)JUnit
31 (2.564 %)PVCS
31 (2.564 %)ClearCase
31 (2.564 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
31 (2.564 %)Rational Rose
31 (2.564 %)ClearQuest
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (15.38 %)Government
23 (7.692 %)Telecoms
31 (2.564 %)Finance
31 (2.564 %)Construction
31 (2.564 %)Manufacturing
31 (2.564 %)Banking
31 (2.564 %)Financial Institution
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (38.46 %)Architect
210 (25.64 %)Technical Architect
38 (20.51 %)Developer
38 (20.51 %)Analyst
38 (20.51 %)Java Developer
47 (17.95 %)Support Analyst
56 (15.38 %)Java/J2EE Developer
65 (12.82 %)J2EE Developer
74 (10.26 %)IT Support Analyst
83 (7.692 %)Applications Architect
83 (7.692 %)Applications Support
92 (5.128 %)Technical Lead
92 (5.128 %)Web Analyst
92 (5.128 %)Java Architect
92 (5.128 %)Applications Support Analyst
101 (2.564 %)Lead Architect
101 (2.564 %)J2EE Technical Architect
101 (2.564 %)Web Infrastructure Engineer
101 (2.564 %)Java Technical Architect
101 (2.564 %)Team Leader
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (5.128 %)N-Tier
12 (5.128 %)Clustering
21 (2.564 %)Client/Server
21 (2.564 %)Mainframe
21 (2.564 %)AS400
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
117 (43.59 %)UNIX
29 (23.08 %)Windows
36 (15.38 %)Linux
45 (12.82 %)Solaris
54 (10.26 %)HPUX
63 (7.692 %)AIX
63 (7.692 %)Windows 2000
63 (7.692 %)Windows NT
71 (2.564 %)VMS
71 (2.564 %)OpenVMS
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (25.64 %)UML
25 (12.82 %)Security Cleared
34 (10.26 %)CRM
34 (10.26 %)Logistics
43 (7.692 %)Web Development
43 (7.692 %)OOA/OOD
43 (7.692 %)SC Cleared
52 (5.128 %)Network Load Balancing
52 (5.128 %)Unit Testing
52 (5.128 %)OO
52 (5.128 %)RUP
52 (5.128 %)B2B
52 (5.128 %)Service Delivery
52 (5.128 %)AOP
61 (2.564 %)Enterprise Architecture
61 (2.564 %)Technical Architecture
61 (2.564 %)Security Management
61 (2.564 %)Migration
61 (2.564 %)Load Balancing
61 (2.564 %)Configuration Management
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
123 (58.97 %)Java
29 (23.08 %)SQL
34 (10.26 %)Shell Script
42 (5.128 %)JavaScript
51 (2.564 %)Perl
51 (2.564 %)PL/SQL
51 (2.564 %)VBScript
51 (2.564 %)C
51 (2.564 %)C#
51 (2.564 %)Korn
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (2.564 %)ISEB
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (5.128 %)SLA
12 (5.128 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
12 (5.128 %)QA
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (5.128 %)AquaLogic
21 (2.564 %)Oracle RAC
21 (2.564 %)VMware Infrastructure
21 (2.564 %)ISA Server
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (2.564 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
11 (2.564 %)OpenView
11 (2.564 %)Tivoli
11 (2.564 %)Tivoli Monitoring
11 (2.564 %)BMC PATROL
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
124 (61.54 %)Oracle
28 (20.51 %)BEA
34 (10.26 %)Adobe
34 (10.26 %)Amdocs
43 (7.692 %)webMethods
52 (5.128 %)Red Hat
52 (5.128 %)TIBCO
52 (5.128 %)SAP
52 (5.128 %)IBM
52 (5.128 %)Microsoft
61 (2.564 %)Sybase
61 (2.564 %)Sun
61 (2.564 %)HP
61 (2.564 %)Mercator
61 (2.564 %)VMware
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