Java Contracts in Belfast
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 17 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 Belfast 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 6 6 14
Rank change year-on-year
0 +8
Contract jobs citing Java 33 22 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 15.71% 14.10% 11.31%
As % of the Programming Languages category 25.58% 44.00% 25.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 19 9 6
Average daily rate £325 £275 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -18.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £242 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
- -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Belfast
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 129 50 151
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Belfast 61.43% 32.05% 44.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 95 15 42
Average daily rate £325 £275 £335
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -17.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £265 £275
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 1 1 2
Average hourly rate £12.42 £36.50 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-65.97% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Java
County Antrim

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Belfast Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast 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 24 (35.82%) J2EE
2 21 (31.34%) SQL
3 19 (28.36%) JavaScript
4 17 (25.37%) OO
5 15 (22.39%) C#
5 15 (22.39%) HTML
5 15 (22.39%) Degree
5 15 (22.39%) Computer Science
6 14 (20.90%) WebSphere
6 14 (20.90%) jQuery
7 12 (17.91%) CSS
8 11 (16.42%) TDD
8 11 (16.42%) BizTalk Server
8 11 (16.42%) Web Services
8 11 (16.42%) XML
8 11 (16.42%) C++
9 10 (14.93%) JUnit
9 10 (14.93%) Dojo
9 10 (14.93%) Web Design
10 9 (13.43%) Ajax
10 9 (13.43%) HTML5
10 9 (13.43%) Oracle
10 9 (13.43%) Finance
11 8 (11.94%) ESB
11 8 (11.94%) Agile Software Development
11 8 (11.94%) Spring
12 7 (10.45%) Web Development
12 7 (10.45%) Continuous Integration
12 7 (10.45%) soapUI
12 7 (10.45%) Responsive Web Design

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Belfast 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 24 (35.82%) J2EE
2 15 (22.39%) HTML
3 14 (20.90%) WebSphere
3 14 (20.90%) jQuery
4 12 (17.91%) CSS
5 11 (16.42%) Web Services
5 11 (16.42%) XML
6 10 (14.93%) Dojo
7 9 (13.43%) Ajax
7 9 (13.43%) HTML5
8 8 (11.94%) Spring
9 7 (10.45%) soapUI
9 7 (10.45%) CSS3
9 7 (10.45%) SOAP
9 7 (10.45%) .NET
10 6 (8.955%) JMS
10 6 (8.955%) Java EE
11 5 (7.463%) JSON
11 5 (7.463%) REST
12 4 (5.970%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 11 (16.42%) BizTalk Server
2 8 (11.94%) ESB
3 5 (7.463%) WebLogic
4 4 (5.970%) WebSphere Process Server
5 3 (4.478%) Progress Apama
6 1 (1.493%) Apache
6 1 (1.493%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.478%) HTTP
1 3 (4.478%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.493%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.955%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.970%) MySQL
3 3 (4.478%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (4.478%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (4.478%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.985%) OLAP
4 2 (2.985%) Data Mining
4 2 (2.985%) Microsoft Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 10 (14.93%) JUnit
2 4 (5.970%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (4.478%) Build Forge
4 2 (2.985%) Selenium
4 2 (2.985%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.493%) Maven
5 1 (1.493%) HttpUnit
5 1 (1.493%) Ant
General
1 9 (13.43%) Finance
2 4 (5.970%) Banking
Job Titles
1 29 (43.28%) Developer
2 12 (17.91%) Java Developer
3 5 (7.463%) Consultant
4 4 (5.970%) .NET Developer
4 4 (5.970%) JavaScript Developer
5 3 (4.478%) WebSphere Consultant
5 3 (4.478%) Senior Developer
5 3 (4.478%) Process Consultant
6 2 (2.985%) SAP Consultant
6 2 (2.985%) Software Developer
6 2 (2.985%) Software Engineer
6 2 (2.985%) SAP PI Consultant
7 1 (1.493%) Automation Engineer
7 1 (1.493%) Tools Developer
7 1 (1.493%) Technical Leader
7 1 (1.493%) Senior Java Developer
7 1 (1.493%) Senior .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (22.39%) Computer Science
2 5 (7.463%) Fixed Income
2 5 (7.463%) Equities
2 5 (7.463%) Derivative
3 1 (1.493%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.493%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.463%) UNIX
2 3 (4.478%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (25.37%) OO
2 11 (16.42%) TDD
3 10 (14.93%) Web Design
4 8 (11.94%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (10.45%) E-Commerce
5 7 (10.45%) Web Development
5 7 (10.45%) Continuous Integration
5 7 (10.45%) Responsive Web Design
6 6 (8.955%) MVC
7 5 (7.463%) SOA
7 5 (7.463%) Integration Testing
8 3 (4.478%) Unit Testing
8 3 (4.478%) B2B
8 3 (4.478%) OOA/OOD
9 2 (2.985%) Project Management
9 2 (2.985%) Performance Testing
9 2 (2.985%) Automated Testing
10 1 (1.493%) Multithreading
10 1 (1.493%) Test Automation
10 1 (1.493%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 21 (31.34%) SQL
2 19 (28.36%) JavaScript
3 15 (22.39%) C#
4 11 (16.42%) C++
5 5 (7.463%) Ruby
5 5 (7.463%) Groovy
6 3 (4.478%) ABAP
7 2 (2.985%) Python
8 1 (1.493%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.493%) Bash shell
8 1 (1.493%) PHP
Qualifications
1 15 (22.39%) Degree
2 6 (8.955%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.985%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.493%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (13.43%) Oracle
2 6 (8.955%) Sybase
3 3 (4.478%) SAP
4 2 (2.985%) IBM
4 2 (2.985%) HP
5 1 (1.493%) Jaspersoft
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