The first table below looks at the demand for Groovy skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Groovy 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 Programming Languages category for the West Yorkshire 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
Groovy
Rank - - -
Contract jobs citing Groovy 0 0 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire - - -
As % of the Programming Languages category - - -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £388 £350 £400
% change year-on-year
+10.71% -12.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £20.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
- -55.55%
All Programming Languages
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
435 496 365
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 34.66% 31.69% 32.44%
Number of daily rates quoted 248 305 184
Average daily rate £275 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £203 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 18 16
Average hourly rate £14.50 £17.50 £22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-17.14% -22.22%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.58 £11.75 £13.65
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £43.50 £40.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Groovy
Yorkshire

Groovy
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Groovy across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

West Yorkshire Groovy Jobs Demand Trend

Groovy
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire Groovy Daily Rate Trend

Groovy
Top 23 Related IT Skills

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

1 9 (100.00%) Grails
2 8 (88.89%) Java
3 4 (44.44%) Regression Testing
3 4 (44.44%) SGML
3 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
3 4 (44.44%) Perl
3 4 (44.44%) SQL
3 4 (44.44%) J2EE
3 4 (44.44%) JSP
3 4 (44.44%) Servlets
3 4 (44.44%) Web Services
3 4 (44.44%) XML
3 4 (44.44%) UNIX
3 4 (44.44%) Windows
3 4 (44.44%) Information Management
4 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
5 2 (22.22%) Android
5 2 (22.22%) iPhone
5 2 (22.22%) jQuery
5 2 (22.22%) KnockoutJS
6 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
6 1 (11.11%) Stripes Framework
6 1 (11.11%) NHS

Groovy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 9 (100.00%) Grails
2 4 (44.44%) SGML
2 4 (44.44%) J2EE
2 4 (44.44%) JSP
2 4 (44.44%) Servlets
2 4 (44.44%) Web Services
2 4 (44.44%) XML
3 2 (22.22%) jQuery
3 2 (22.22%) KnockoutJS
4 1 (11.11%) Stripes Framework
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (55.56%) Java Developer
3 4 (44.44%) J2EE Developer
3 4 (44.44%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Java Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) J2EE Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) iPhone
2 1 (11.11%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) UNIX
1 4 (44.44%) Windows
2 3 (33.33%) Windows Server 2008
3 2 (22.22%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Regression Testing
1 4 (44.44%) Information Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) Java
2 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
2 4 (44.44%) Perl
2 4 (44.44%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (11.11%) Security Cleared
West Yorkshire
The required skills for this position: - 4+ years Java experience - Groovy and Grails - Experience building large scale applications on multiple platforms - JavaScript - full stack - Agile methodologies Desirable skills: -...
Computer Futures
Rate: £325 - £375 per day
Posted: 21 May 2013