Berkshire J2EE Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Location Alderley Edge Altrincham Andover Ascot Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bracknell Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chippenham City of London Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crewe Croydon Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dover East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Guildford Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Hull Ipswich Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewisham Liverpool Livingston London M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Portsmouth Reading Redhill Rickmansworth Salford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Ives Staines Stevenage Stockport Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Wimbledon Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	40	45
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	115	167
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.153 %	0.169 %
As % of the category below	16.11 %	15.84 %
Daily rates quoted	26	58
Average minimum daily rate	£352	£362
Average daily rate	£383	£379
% change on same period last year	+1.02 %
Average maximum daily rate	£414	£396
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£369
% change on same period last year	+2.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	8	5
Average minimum hourly rate	£39.75	£26.80
Average hourly rate	£43.31	£29.70
% change on same period last year	+45.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£46.88	£32.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£39.38	£38.17
% change on same period last year	+3.17 %
Application Development Berkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	714	1054
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.952 %	1.066 %
Daily rates quoted	193	276
Average minimum daily rate	£296	£324
Average daily rate	£317	£339
% change on same period last year	-6.45 %
Average maximum daily rate	£338	£354
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	58	94
Average minimum hourly rate	£35.55	£36.15
Average hourly rate	£37.39	£37.68
% change on same period last year	-0.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£39.24	£39.21
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.78	£33.23
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
J2EE South East

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.

J2EE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2EE across the Berkshire region.

J2EE
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2EE across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Berkshire region.

J2EE
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2EE across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

J2EE
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Reading	-9	30	£377	-8.81 %
Slough	+2	17	£323	+7.50 %
Bracknell	+16	9	£400	+4.47 %
Ascot	-	6	£375	-
Maidenhead	+12	5	£450	+17.10 %
Newbury	+12	1	-	-

J2EE South East

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing J2EE 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 J2EE.

1 214 (76.16 %) Java 2 101 (35.94 %) Oracle 3 73 (25.98 %) XML 4 72 (25.62 %) JSP 5 70 (24.91 %) SQL 6 68 (24.20 %) WebSphere 7 57 (20.28 %) Struts 8 55 (19.57 %) UML 9 47 (16.73 %) Finance 10 46 (16.37 %) Hibernate 11 44 (15.66 %) ATG 11 44 (15.66 %) DB2 12 41 (14.59 %) Spring 13 39 (13.88 %) UNIX 14 37 (13.17 %) Eclipse

15 35 (12.46 %) RDBMS 16 33 (11.74 %) WebLogic 17 32 (11.39 %) HTML 18 30 (10.68 %) Windows 18 30 (10.68 %) RUP 19 27 (9.609 %) WebSphere Application Server 20 26 (9.253 %) E-Commerce 21 24 (8.541 %) IBM 21 24 (8.541 %) OO 22 23 (8.185 %) Linux 22 23 (8.185 %) Servlets 22 23 (8.185 %) Telecoms 23 22 (7.829 %) SQL Server 24 20 (7.117 %) Rational Rose 25 18 (6.406 %) Ant

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Berkshire region citing J2EE 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 J2EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 73 (25.98 %) XML 2 72 (25.62 %) JSP 3 68 (24.20 %) WebSphere 4 57 (20.28 %) Struts 5 46 (16.37 %) Hibernate 6 41 (14.59 %) Spring 7 32 (11.39 %) HTML 8 23 (8.185 %) Servlets 9 18 (6.406 %) Swing 10 15 (5.338 %) WebServices 10 15 (5.338 %) .NET 11 13 (4.626 %) AJAX 11 13 (4.626 %) JRules 12 10 (3.559 %) MVC 12 10 (3.559 %) XSLT 13 9 (3.203 %) EJB 13 9 (3.203 %) JDBC 14 8 (2.847 %) .NET Framework 14 8 (2.847 %) JSR 168 15 6 (2.135 %) J2ME	Application Platforms 1 33 (11.74 %) WebLogic 2 27 (9.609 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 12 (4.270 %) ATG Dynamo 4 11 (3.915 %) WebLogic Portal 5 8 (2.847 %) Commerce Server 5 8 (2.847 %) IIS 5 8 (2.847 %) Apache 6 7 (2.491 %) JBoss 7 5 (1.779 %) Tomcat 8 3 (1.068 %) BizTalk Server 8 3 (1.068 %) Oracle 10gAS 8 3 (1.068 %) WebLogic Integration 8 3 (1.068 %) Oracle Application Server 9 2 (0.712 %) ESB 10 1 (0.356 %) ArcGIS 10 1 (0.356 %) MQSeries 10 1 (0.356 %) SharePoint 10 1 (0.356 %) Oracle HTTP Server
Applications 1 9 (3.203 %) MS Office 1 9 (3.203 %) MS Excel 2 1 (0.356 %) Photoshop	Business Applications 1 3 (1.068 %) Oracle EBS 2 2 (0.712 %) Oracle Applications 3 1 (0.356 %) Oracle 11i
Communications & Networking 1 16 (5.694 %) Internet 2 12 (4.270 %) Extranet 2 12 (4.270 %) HTTP 3 5 (1.779 %) TCP/IP 4 4 (1.423 %) FTP 4 4 (1.423 %) SSH 5 2 (0.712 %) Wireless 5 2 (0.712 %) CTI 5 2 (0.712 %) Bluetooth 6 1 (0.356 %) GPRS 6 1 (0.356 %) DHCP 6 1 (0.356 %) 3G 6 1 (0.356 %) RFID 6 1 (0.356 %) Firewall 6 1 (0.356 %) Wi-Fi	Database & Business Intelligence 1 44 (15.66 %) DB2 2 35 (12.46 %) RDBMS 3 22 (7.829 %) SQL Server 4 11 (3.915 %) Oracle 10g 5 10 (3.559 %) SQL Server 2005 6 9 (3.203 %) Oracle 9i 7 8 (2.847 %) DB2 UDB 8 7 (2.491 %) SQL Server 7 9 4 (1.423 %) MySQL 10 2 (0.712 %) Data Mining 10 2 (0.712 %) MS Access 11 1 (0.356 %) Datawarehouse 11 1 (0.356 %) GIS 11 1 (0.356 %) InterBase 11 1 (0.356 %) SQL Server Reporting Services 11 1 (0.356 %) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications 1 37 (13.17 %) Eclipse 2 20 (7.117 %) Rational Rose 3 18 (6.406 %) Ant 4 12 (4.270 %) TestDirector 5 11 (3.915 %) JUnit 6 10 (3.559 %) MSI 7 6 (2.135 %) PVCS 7 6 (2.135 %) WinRunner 8 3 (1.068 %) JMeter 9 2 (0.712 %) Bugzilla 9 2 (0.712 %) QuickTest Pro 9 2 (0.712 %) VSS/SourceSafe 9 2 (0.712 %) Visual Studio 10 1 (0.356 %) Flash	General 1 47 (16.73 %) Finance 2 23 (8.185 %) Telecoms 3 16 (5.694 %) Retail 4 9 (3.203 %) Government 5 8 (2.847 %) Manufacturing 5 8 (2.847 %) Banking 6 4 (1.423 %) Insurance 6 4 (1.423 %) Front Office 7 3 (1.068 %) Games 7 3 (1.068 %) Marketing 8 2 (0.712 %) Construction 9 1 (0.356 %) Legal 9 1 (0.356 %) Financial Institution 9 1 (0.356 %) Automotive 9 1 (0.356 %) Police 9 1 (0.356 %) Local Government 9 1 (0.356 %) Pensions 9 1 (0.356 %) Retail Banking
Job Titles 1 161 (57.30 %) Developer 2 127 (45.20 %) Java Developer 3 85 (30.25 %) Java/J2EE Developer 4 82 (29.18 %) J2EE Developer 5 43 (15.30 %) Consultant 6 21 (7.473 %) Architect 7 14 (4.982 %) Tester 8 13 (4.626 %) Analyst 9 11 (3.915 %) Senior Developer 9 11 (3.915 %) Java Swing Developer 10 9 (3.203 %) Test Analyst 10 9 (3.203 %) Senior Java Developer 11 7 (2.491 %) Technical Designer 11 7 (2.491 %) Senior Consultant 12 6 (2.135 %) Applications Developer 12 6 (2.135 %) Configuration Manager 12 6 (2.135 %) J2EE Architect 12 6 (2.135 %) Functional Analyst 12 6 (2.135 %) WebLogic Developer 12 6 (2.135 %) Functional Tester	Miscellaneous 1 8 (2.847 %) Clustering 2 7 (2.491 %) N-Tier 3 3 (1.068 %) Replication 3 3 (1.068 %) CMDB 4 2 (0.712 %) IVR 4 2 (0.712 %) PMI 5 1 (0.356 %) Mainframe 5 1 (0.356 %) Handset
Operating Systems 1 39 (13.88 %) UNIX 2 30 (10.68 %) Windows 3 23 (8.185 %) Linux 4 12 (4.270 %) AIX 5 4 (1.423 %) Solaris 6 1 (0.356 %) HPUX 6 1 (0.356 %) Windows XP 6 1 (0.356 %) MVS 6 1 (0.356 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 55 (19.57 %) UML 2 30 (10.68 %) RUP 3 26 (9.253 %) E-Commerce 4 24 (8.541 %) OO 5 15 (5.338 %) Security Cleared 6 13 (4.626 %) Agile Software Development 7 12 (4.270 %) Unit Testing 8 10 (3.559 %) SOA 8 10 (3.559 %) Project Management 9 9 (3.203 %) Web Development 10 7 (2.491 %) SC Cleared 10 7 (2.491 %) Use Case 11 6 (2.135 %) Test Scripting 11 6 (2.135 %) Continuous Integration 11 6 (2.135 %) Configuration Management 12 5 (1.779 %) OOD 12 5 (1.779 %) Extreme Programming 12 5 (1.779 %) BPEL 13 3 (1.068 %) Load Balancing 13 3 (1.068 %) Requirements Analysis
Programming Languages 1 214 (76.16 %) Java 2 70 (24.91 %) SQL 3 15 (5.338 %) PL/SQL 4 13 (4.626 %) JavaScript 5 8 (2.847 %) C# 6 7 (2.491 %) Shell Script 7 5 (1.779 %) Perl 8 3 (1.068 %) C 9 2 (0.712 %) Korn 10 1 (0.356 %) Jython 10 1 (0.356 %) VB 10 1 (0.356 %) C++ 10 1 (0.356 %) COBOL 10 1 (0.356 %) PHP	Qualifications 1 14 (4.982 %) Degree 2 4 (1.423 %) Sun Certification 3 2 (0.712 %) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 14 (4.982 %) QA 2 6 (2.135 %) SLA	System Software 1 2 (0.712 %) AquaLogic 1 2 (0.712 %) Citrix Presentation Server 2 1 (0.356 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 2 (0.712 %) CiscoWorks 2 1 (0.356 %) OpenView Configuration Management	Vendors 1 101 (35.94 %) Oracle 2 44 (15.66 %) ATG 3 24 (8.541 %) IBM 4 17 (6.050 %) FatWire 5 16 (5.694 %) BEA 6 10 (3.559 %) ILOG 7 4 (1.423 %) FileNet 7 4 (1.423 %) Kofax 7 4 (1.423 %) Microsoft 8 3 (1.068 %) SAP 8 3 (1.068 %) Red Hat 8 3 (1.068 %) Ab Initio 9 2 (0.712 %) Cisco 9 2 (0.712 %) Sun 9 2 (0.712 %) Citrix 9 2 (0.712 %) Juniper 9 2 (0.712 %) Sybase 10 1 (0.356 %) Vignette 10 1 (0.356 %) PeopleSoft 10 1 (0.356 %) Mapinfo