Basingstoke J2ME Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) skills within the Basingstoke region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited J2ME over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME)
Location Basingstoke Berkshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Cheshire City of London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Hertfordshire Leeds London Manchester Middlesex North West Reading Scotland Shropshire South East South West Telford UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 21 Aug 2008	Same period last year
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Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
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UK excluding London average daily rate	£326	£453
% change on same period last year	-27.93 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£55.00	£30.00
% change on same period last year	+83.33 %
Application Development Basingstoke
Matching contract IT job ads	98	86
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.129 %	0.086 %
Daily rates quoted	20	26
Average minimum daily rate	£322	£345
Average daily rate	£343	£355
% change on same period last year	-3.38 %
Average maximum daily rate	£363	£364
UK excluding London average daily rate	£338	£337
% change on same period last year	+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted	26	27
Average minimum hourly rate	£40.15	£38.33
Average hourly rate	£40.37	£39.33
% change on same period last year	+2.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.58	£40.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.73	£33.29
% change on same period last year	-1.67 %
J2ME Hampshire

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.