The first table below looks at the demand for JUnit skills in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited JUnit over the 3 months to 22 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 Development Applications category for the 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
JUnit
Rank 109 104 71
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -33
Contract jobs citing JUnit 4 10 25
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 0.212% 0.435% 1.396%
As % of the Development Applications category 2.353% 5.291% 12.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 6 13
Average daily rate £352 £388 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-9.22% +19.23%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £333 £295 £280
10% offered a daily rate of more than £355 £425 £337
UK excluding London average daily rate £358 £350 £368
% change year-on-year
+2.14% -4.76%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
-2.50% +14.28%
All Development Applications
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Development Applications category
170 189 193
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 9.009% 8.214% 10.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 91 113 85
Average daily rate £300 £325 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.69% +1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £240 £213
10% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £375 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £330 £325
% change year-on-year
-1.51% +1.53%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 12
Average hourly rate £39.00 £25.00 £41.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+56.00% -39.75%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £38.20 £25.00 £31.05
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.80 £25.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £35.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
JUnit
England

JUnit
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Yorkshire JUnit Jobs Demand Trend

JUnit
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire JUnit Daily Rate Trend

JUnit
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire JUnit Hourly Rate Trend

JUnit
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JUnit within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 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
North Yorkshire - 4 £352 -
JUnit
England

JUnit
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

1 15 (93.75%) Java
2 12 (75.00%) Subversion
2 12 (75.00%) Spring
3 11 (68.75%) Hibernate
3 11 (68.75%) Maven
4 10 (62.50%) J2EE
5 9 (56.25%) Eclipse
6 8 (50.00%) Oracle
6 8 (50.00%) Struts
7 7 (43.75%) WebLogic
7 7 (43.75%) Tomcat
7 7 (43.75%) Struts2
7 7 (43.75%) Hudson
8 6 (37.50%) Selenium
8 6 (37.50%) JSP
8 6 (37.50%) Web Services
8 6 (37.50%) JavaScript
8 6 (37.50%) SQL
8 6 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
9 5 (31.25%) MySQL
9 5 (31.25%) Linux
9 5 (31.25%) Apache
9 5 (31.25%) Jenkins
10 4 (25.00%) RESTful
10 4 (25.00%) Open Source
10 4 (25.00%) Liferay
10 4 (25.00%) Alfresco
10 4 (25.00%) FitNesse
10 4 (25.00%) jQuery
10 4 (25.00%) JMS

JUnit
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the 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.

Application Development
1 12 (75.00%) Spring
2 11 (68.75%) Hibernate
3 10 (62.50%) J2EE
4 8 (50.00%) Struts
5 7 (43.75%) Struts2
6 6 (37.50%) JSP
6 6 (37.50%) Web Services
7 4 (25.00%) RESTful
7 4 (25.00%) jQuery
7 4 (25.00%) JMS
7 4 (25.00%) CSS
7 4 (25.00%) JDBC
7 4 (25.00%) Ajax
7 4 (25.00%) WebSphere
8 3 (18.75%) Java EE
8 3 (18.75%) Tapestry
8 3 (18.75%) SiteMesh
8 3 (18.75%) HTML
8 3 (18.75%) FreeMarker
8 3 (18.75%) Apache Axis
Application Platforms
1 7 (43.75%) WebLogic
1 7 (43.75%) Tomcat
2 5 (31.25%) Apache
3 4 (25.00%) Liferay
3 4 (25.00%) Alfresco
4 3 (18.75%) Oracle Application Server
4 3 (18.75%) Jetty
5 1 (6.250%) CMS
5 1 (6.250%) MQSeries
5 1 (6.250%) Magento
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (31.25%) MySQL
2 3 (18.75%) JasperReports
2 3 (18.75%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (6.250%) RDBMS
3 1 (6.250%) DB2
3 1 (6.250%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 12 (75.00%) Subversion
2 11 (68.75%) Maven
3 9 (56.25%) Eclipse
4 7 (43.75%) Hudson
5 6 (37.50%) Selenium
6 5 (31.25%) Jenkins
7 4 (25.00%) FitNesse
8 3 (18.75%) Oracle Forms
8 3 (18.75%) Log4j
8 3 (18.75%) jMock
8 3 (18.75%) TestNG
8 3 (18.75%) EasyMock
8 3 (18.75%) Subclipse
9 1 (6.250%) JMeter
9 1 (6.250%) CruiseControl
9 1 (6.250%) JIRA
9 1 (6.250%) Ant
9 1 (6.250%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 2 (12.50%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) Developer
2 14 (87.50%) Java Developer
3 1 (6.250%) Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Test Analyst
3 1 (6.250%) Agile Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 4 (25.00%) Open Source
2 3 (18.75%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (31.25%) Linux
2 2 (12.50%) UNIX
3 1 (6.250%) Windows
3 1 (6.250%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (37.50%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (18.75%) AOP
2 3 (18.75%) Content Management
2 3 (18.75%) Project Management
2 3 (18.75%) MVC
2 3 (18.75%) OOD
2 3 (18.75%) Unit Testing
3 2 (12.50%) Multithreading
3 2 (12.50%) Continuous Integration
3 2 (12.50%) RUP
3 2 (12.50%) DSDM
3 2 (12.50%) Web Design
3 2 (12.50%) Scrum
4 1 (6.250%) Configuration Management
4 1 (6.250%) TDD
4 1 (6.250%) E-Commerce
4 1 (6.250%) System Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Automated Testing
4 1 (6.250%) Change Control
Programming Languages
1 15 (93.75%) Java
2 6 (37.50%) JavaScript
2 6 (37.50%) SQL
3 3 (18.75%) PL/SQL
4 2 (12.50%) C++
5 1 (6.250%) Python
Vendors
1 8 (50.00%) Oracle
2 3 (18.75%) JBoss
3 1 (6.250%) Vignette
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