The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Aberdeen region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 23 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 Aberdeen 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 25 - 28
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing Java 1 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 0.709% - 0.529%
As % of the Programming Languages category 3.125% - 2.439%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 1
Average daily rate - - £350
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
- -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Aberdeen
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
32 24 41
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Aberdeen 22.70% 12.77% 21.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 16 7 16
Average daily rate £350 £300 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.66% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £243 £173 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £409 £371 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 0 6
Average hourly rate £36.00 - £22.50
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.14 - £13.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £39.20 - £32.78
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Java
Scotland

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Aberdeen Java Jobs Demand Trend

Java
Daily Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Aberdeen Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Java 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 Java.

1 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 5 (71.43%) Oracle
3 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
3 4 (57.14%) IIS
3 4 (57.14%) CSS
3 4 (57.14%) XML
3 4 (57.14%) Windows
3 4 (57.14%) Apache
3 4 (57.14%) Tomcat
3 4 (57.14%) Oracle 8/8i
3 4 (57.14%) HTML
3 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
3 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
3 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
3 4 (57.14%) Oracle 10g
3 4 (57.14%) Citrix
3 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
3 4 (57.14%) Intranet
3 4 (57.14%) Internet
3 4 (57.14%) Kofax
3 4 (57.14%) Open Text
3 4 (57.14%) LiveLink
3 4 (57.14%) Content Management
3 4 (57.14%) Document Management
3 4 (57.14%) SQL Server 2005
3 4 (57.14%) Degree
3 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
3 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
3 4 (57.14%) Windows 7
3 4 (57.14%) Capacity Planning

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Aberdeen region citing Java 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 Java. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 4 (57.14%) CSS
1 4 (57.14%) XML
1 4 (57.14%) HTML
2 2 (28.57%) J2EE
3 1 (14.29%) WinForms
3 1 (14.29%) .NET
3 1 (14.29%) WPF
Application Platforms
1 4 (57.14%) IIS
1 4 (57.14%) Apache
1 4 (57.14%) Tomcat
1 4 (57.14%) LiveLink
Applications
1 1 (14.29%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 4 (57.14%) TCP/IP
1 4 (57.14%) Intranet
1 4 (57.14%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle 8/8i
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle 10g
1 4 (57.14%) SQL Server 2005
Job Titles
1 4 (57.14%) Systems Support
1 4 (57.14%) Team Leader
1 4 (57.14%) Support Team Leader
2 2 (28.57%) Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Applications Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Applications Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Analyst Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Software Developer
3 1 (14.29%) Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Solutions Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Enterprise Architect
3 1 (14.29%) Support Analyst
3 1 (14.29%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (57.14%) Windows
1 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2003
1 4 (57.14%) Windows Server 2008
1 4 (57.14%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (57.14%) Content Management
1 4 (57.14%) Document Management
1 4 (57.14%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (14.29%) SOA
2 1 (14.29%) TOGAF
2 1 (14.29%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (85.71%) SQL
2 4 (57.14%) JavaScript
3 1 (14.29%) C
3 1 (14.29%) C#
3 1 (14.29%) Delphi
3 1 (14.29%) VB
3 1 (14.29%) VBA
3 1 (14.29%) VB6
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (71.43%) Oracle
2 4 (57.14%) Microsoft
2 4 (57.14%) Citrix
2 4 (57.14%) Kofax
2 4 (57.14%) Open Text