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This section looks at the demand for JUnit skills within the West Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Development Applications category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JUnit over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJUnit
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5886
Rank change on same period last yearUp+28
Matching contract IT job ads359
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.047 %0.009 %
As % of the category below16.99 %5.769 %
Daily rates quoted120
Average minimum daily rate£315-
Average daily rate£325-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£336-
UK excluding London average daily rate£396£314
% change on same period last year+26.02 %
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£39.46£39.82
% change on same period last year-0.88 %
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
West Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads206156
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.275 %0.156 %
Daily rates quoted3929
Average minimum daily rate£290£292
Average daily rate£300£302
% change on same period last year-0.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£311£311
UK excluding London average daily rate£326£335
% change on same period last year-2.74 %
Hourly rates quoted1118
Average minimum hourly rate£24.25£23.43
Average hourly rate£27.21£24.02
% change on same period last year+13.25 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.17£24.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.37£33.40
% change on same period last year-0.07 %
JUnit YorkshireJUnit
Yorkshire

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.

JUnit
Demand Trend

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

West Yorkshire JUnit Demand Trend

JUnit
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire JUnit Daily Rate Trend

JUnit
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JUnit across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

West Yorkshire JUnit Daily Rate Histogram

JUnit
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire JUnit Hourly Rate Trend

JUnit
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JUnit within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 29 August 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
LeedsUp+1123£318-
JUnit YorkshireJUnit
Yorkshire

JUnit
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing JUnit 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 JUnit.

140 (100.00 %)Java
224 (60.00 %)Oracle
320 (50.00 %)Finance
412 (30.00 %)Eclipse
412 (30.00 %)Multithreading
510 (25.00 %)JSP
68 (20.00 %)J2EE
68 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
77 (17.50 %)Hibernate
77 (17.50 %)UNIX
77 (17.50 %)XML
77 (17.50 %)Solaris
77 (17.50 %)Unit Testing
86 (15.00 %)UML
86 (15.00 %)Microsoft
86 (15.00 %)WebSphere
86 (15.00 %)Automated Testing
95 (12.50 %)Perforce
95 (12.50 %)Spring
95 (12.50 %)Agile Software Development
95 (12.50 %)TDD
104 (10.00 %)E-Commerce
104 (10.00 %)SQL
113 (7.500 %)Windows
113 (7.500 %)MS Excel
113 (7.500 %)ClearCase
113 (7.500 %)Oracle 10g
113 (7.500 %)Retail
113 (7.500 %)SWT
113 (7.500 %)BEA

JUnit
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing JUnit 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 JUnit. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (25.00 %)JSP
28 (20.00 %)J2EE
37 (17.50 %)XML
37 (17.50 %)Hibernate
46 (15.00 %)WebSphere
55 (12.50 %)Spring
63 (7.500 %)SWT
72 (5.000 %)JSF
72 (5.000 %)HTML
72 (5.000 %)SAX
72 (5.000 %)DOM
72 (5.000 %)EJB
72 (5.000 %)Struts
81 (2.500 %)Swing
81 (2.500 %)XML Schema
81 (2.500 %)XSD
81 (2.500 %)FIX Protocol
81 (2.500 %)Java SE
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (5.000 %)WebSphere Application Server
12 (5.000 %)Apache
12 (5.000 %)WebSphere MQ
12 (5.000 %)ATG Dynamo
21 (2.500 %)Oracle 10gAS
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (7.500 %)MS Excel
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (7.500 %)Oracle 10g
22 (5.000 %)Oracle 9i
22 (5.000 %)RDBMS
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (30.00 %)Eclipse
23 (7.500 %)ClearCase
32 (5.000 %)Ant
41 (2.500 %)QuickTest Pro
41 (2.500 %)XMLSpy
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
120 (50.00 %)Finance
23 (7.500 %)Retail
32 (5.000 %)Billing
32 (5.000 %)Government
32 (5.000 %)Telecoms
41 (2.500 %)Financial Institution
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
137 (92.50 %)Developer
235 (87.50 %)Java Developer
36 (15.00 %)J2EE Developer
36 (15.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
42 (5.000 %)Tester
51 (2.500 %)Java Swing Developer
51 (2.500 %)Senior Developer
51 (2.500 %)Senior J2EE Developer
51 (2.500 %)Senior Java Developer
51 (2.500 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (30.00 %)Multithreading
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (17.50 %)UNIX
17 (17.50 %)Solaris
23 (7.500 %)Windows
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (20.00 %)Software Engineering
27 (17.50 %)Unit Testing
36 (15.00 %)UML
36 (15.00 %)Automated Testing
45 (12.50 %)Agile Software Development
45 (12.50 %)TDD
54 (10.00 %)E-Commerce
63 (7.500 %)Test Scripting
72 (5.000 %)Manual Testing
72 (5.000 %)SC Cleared
72 (5.000 %)Security Cleared
72 (5.000 %)EAI
72 (5.000 %)RAD
72 (5.000 %)RUP
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
140 (100.00 %)Java
24 (10.00 %)SQL
32 (5.000 %)XPath
32 (5.000 %)JavaScript
32 (5.000 %)PL/SQL
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (5.000 %)Sun Certification
West Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
124 (60.00 %)Oracle
26 (15.00 %)Microsoft
35 (12.50 %)Perforce
43 (7.500 %)BEA
52 (5.000 %)webMethods
52 (5.000 %)ATG
52 (5.000 %)Sun
61 (2.500 %)HP