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The table below looks at the demand for Swing (Java) skills within the West Sussex region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Swing over the 3 months to 1 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSwing (Java)
Location
3 months to
1 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£334£329
% change on same period last year+1.58 %
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£42.50£35.38
% change on same period last year+20.14 %
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
West Sussex
Matching contract IT job ads62117
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.098 %0.125 %
Daily rates quoted1438
Average minimum daily rate£256£332
Average daily rate£285£347
% change on same period last year-17.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£314£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.83 %
Hourly rates quoted34
Average minimum hourly rate£29.43£30.82
Average hourly rate£31.50£37.00
% change on same period last year-14.86 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.57£43.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.72£31.64
% change on same period last year-9.21 %
Swing South EastSwing
South East

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.

Swing
Demand Trend

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

West Sussex Swing Demand Trend

Swing
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Sussex Swing Daily Rate Trend

Swing
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region citing Swing 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 Swing.

12 (100.00 %)Java
12 (100.00 %)XML
21 (50.00 %)Hibernate
21 (50.00 %)Extreme Programming
21 (50.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (50.00 %)XSD
21 (50.00 %)XSLT
21 (50.00 %)JavaScript
21 (50.00 %)J2EE
21 (50.00 %)JUnit

Swing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 1 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Sussex region citing Swing 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 Swing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)XML
21 (50.00 %)XSD
21 (50.00 %)XSLT
21 (50.00 %)Hibernate
21 (50.00 %)HTML
21 (50.00 %)J2EE
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (50.00 %)JUnit
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
12 (100.00 %)Developer
12 (100.00 %)Java Developer
21 (50.00 %)J2EE Developer
21 (50.00 %)Junior Developer
21 (50.00 %)Junior Java Developer
21 (50.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
21 (50.00 %)Junior
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (50.00 %)Extreme Programming
11 (50.00 %)Agile Software Development
West Sussex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)Java
21 (50.00 %)JavaScript