The first table below looks at the demand for J2EE skills in IT contracts advertised for the Berkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited J2EE 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 Application Development category for the Berkshire 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 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Rank 68 89 64
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -25
Contract jobs citing J2EE 53 49 75
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 2.207% 1.555% 2.479%
As % of the Application Development category 10.06% 9.007% 10.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 37 14 29
Average daily rate £408 £374 £381
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.03% -1.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £338 £204 £325
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £496 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £366 £360
% change year-on-year
-4.43% +1.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 18
Average hourly rate - - £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -23.52%
All Application Development
Berkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
527 544 740
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Berkshire 21.95% 17.26% 24.45%
Number of daily rates quoted 226 248 313
Average daily rate £388 £350 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.71% +9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £250 £220
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 52 11 65
Average hourly rate £35.00 £21.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.79% -49.41%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
J2EE
South East

J2EE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Berkshire J2EE Jobs Demand Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Berkshire J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2EE across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Berkshire J2EE Daily Rate Histogram

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Berkshire J2EE Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE
Contract Locations

The table below 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 23 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
Reading +9 15 £375 -5.06%
Bracknell -3 14 £425 +30.76%
J2EE
South East

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 73 (68.87%) Java
2 52 (49.06%) SQL
3 40 (37.74%) XML
4 35 (33.02%) WebSphere
5 34 (32.08%) HTML
6 31 (29.25%) JavaScript
6 31 (29.25%) JSP
7 30 (28.30%) CSS
8 28 (26.42%) EJB
8 28 (26.42%) Ajax
8 28 (26.42%) Retail
9 27 (25.47%) E-Commerce
9 27 (25.47%) JMS
10 26 (24.53%) IBM
10 26 (24.53%) JSTL
11 25 (23.58%) Web Services
11 25 (23.58%) JUnit
12 21 (19.81%) Oracle
13 20 (18.87%) Windows
14 19 (17.92%) UNIX
15 17 (16.04%) .NET
16 15 (14.15%) Spring
16 15 (14.15%) Finance
16 15 (14.15%) UML
17 14 (13.21%) Software Testing
18 13 (12.26%) Hibernate
18 13 (12.26%) Content Management
19 12 (11.32%) Banking
19 12 (11.32%) Apache
19 12 (11.32%) Tomcat

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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 40 (37.74%) XML
2 35 (33.02%) WebSphere
3 34 (32.08%) HTML
4 31 (29.25%) JSP
5 30 (28.30%) CSS
6 28 (26.42%) EJB
6 28 (26.42%) Ajax
7 27 (25.47%) JMS
8 26 (24.53%) JSTL
9 25 (23.58%) Web Services
10 17 (16.04%) .NET
11 15 (14.15%) Spring
12 13 (12.26%) Hibernate
13 11 (10.38%) Middleware
14 6 (5.660%) Spring MVC
15 5 (4.717%) Servlets
15 5 (4.717%) Struts
15 5 (4.717%) REST
16 4 (3.774%) JDBC
16 4 (3.774%) Swing
Application Platforms
1 12 (11.32%) Apache
1 12 (11.32%) Tomcat
2 9 (8.491%) WebLogic
2 9 (8.491%) IIS
3 8 (7.547%) IBM HTTP Server
3 8 (7.547%) WebSphere Application Server
4 4 (3.774%) FileNet
4 4 (3.774%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 3 (2.830%) CMS
6 2 (1.887%) ESB
6 2 (1.887%) ArcGIS
6 2 (1.887%) Commerce Server
6 2 (1.887%) Documentum
7 1 (0.943%) WebSphere MQ
7 1 (0.943%) ArcIMS
7 1 (0.943%) LiveLink
7 1 (0.943%) Oracle Workflow
7 1 (0.943%) Alfresco
7 1 (0.943%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 7 (6.604%) MS Excel
2 4 (3.774%) MS Office
3 3 (2.830%) MS Visio
4 2 (1.887%) MS PowerPoint
5 1 (0.943%) DOC1
Business Applications
1 7 (6.604%) Oracle Retail
2 1 (0.943%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.943%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 10 (9.434%) HTTP
2 8 (7.547%) TCP/IP
2 8 (7.547%) LAN
3 7 (6.604%) SAN
4 6 (5.660%) 3G
4 6 (5.660%) GSM
5 5 (4.717%) Wireless
6 4 (3.774%) 2G
7 3 (2.830%) UMTS
8 2 (1.887%) BSS
8 2 (1.887%) CDMA
8 2 (1.887%) GPRS
9 1 (0.943%) RTCP
9 1 (0.943%) RTP
9 1 (0.943%) RFID
9 1 (0.943%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (10.38%) SQL Server
1 11 (10.38%) DB2
2 6 (5.660%) MS Access
3 4 (3.774%) SQL Server 2000
4 3 (2.830%) GIS
5 2 (1.887%) MySQL
6 1 (0.943%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.943%) TOAD
6 1 (0.943%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 25 (23.58%) JUnit
2 5 (4.717%) Selenium
2 5 (4.717%) StarTeam
3 4 (3.774%) WebDriver
4 2 (1.887%) Ant
5 1 (0.943%) Rational Rose
5 1 (0.943%) Eclipse
5 1 (0.943%) Visual Studio
5 1 (0.943%) Maven
5 1 (0.943%) Subversion
5 1 (0.943%) CruiseControl
5 1 (0.943%) Gradle
General
1 28 (26.42%) Retail
2 15 (14.15%) Finance
3 12 (11.32%) Banking
4 10 (9.434%) Telecoms
5 1 (0.943%) Back Office
5 1 (0.943%) Electronics
5 1 (0.943%) Publishing
5 1 (0.943%) Retail Banking
Job Titles
1 51 (48.11%) Developer
2 18 (16.98%) Java Developer
3 16 (15.09%) WebSphere Developer
4 11 (10.38%) Architect
5 10 (9.434%) Consultant
6 9 (8.491%) Team Leader
7 8 (7.547%) Senior Developer
8 7 (6.604%) Java Team Leader
8 7 (6.604%) Senior Java Developer
8 7 (6.604%) Systems Developer
9 6 (5.660%) J2EE Team Leader
9 6 (5.660%) Java/J2EE Developer
10 5 (4.717%) Solutions Architect
10 5 (4.717%) Development Manager
10 5 (4.717%) Administrator
10 5 (4.717%) Oracle Consultant
10 5 (4.717%) Development Team Leader
11 4 (3.774%) Java Architect
11 4 (3.774%) WebSphere Consultant
11 4 (3.774%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 7 (6.604%) Clustering
2 3 (2.830%) Derivative
3 2 (1.887%) Enterprise Software
3 2 (1.887%) Open Source
3 2 (1.887%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.887%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.943%) N-Tier
4 1 (0.943%) Device Driver
4 1 (0.943%) Semantic Web
4 1 (0.943%) Blog
4 1 (0.943%) PKI
4 1 (0.943%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.943%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 20 (18.87%) Windows
2 19 (17.92%) UNIX
3 10 (9.434%) Windows Server 2008
4 9 (8.491%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (8.491%) Windows 7
5 2 (1.887%) Solaris
5 2 (1.887%) Linux
6 1 (0.943%) AIX
6 1 (0.943%) Windows CE
6 1 (0.943%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.943%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (25.47%) E-Commerce
2 15 (14.15%) UML
3 14 (13.21%) Software Testing
4 13 (12.26%) Content Management
5 11 (10.38%) RAD
5 11 (10.38%) ETL
5 11 (10.38%) Web Development
6 10 (9.434%) Workflow
6 10 (9.434%) ITIL
7 7 (6.604%) OOD
7 7 (6.604%) Project Management
8 6 (5.660%) Performance Testing
8 6 (5.660%) Automated Testing
8 6 (5.660%) MVC
9 5 (4.717%) SOA
9 5 (4.717%) Configuration Management
9 5 (4.717%) Disaster Recovery
9 5 (4.717%) Scrum
9 5 (4.717%) Systems Analysis
9 5 (4.717%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 73 (68.87%) Java
2 52 (49.06%) SQL
3 31 (29.25%) JavaScript
4 7 (6.604%) PL/SQL
5 5 (4.717%) VBA
6 3 (2.830%) C#
6 3 (2.830%) Shell Script
7 2 (1.887%) Jython
7 2 (1.887%) Python
8 1 (0.943%) C
8 1 (0.943%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 2 (1.887%) CISA
1 2 (1.887%) CISM
1 2 (1.887%) CISSP
2 1 (0.943%) HNC
2 1 (0.943%) DV Cleared
2 1 (0.943%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (1.887%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 2 (1.887%) SLA
2 1 (0.943%) JTAG
System Software
1 7 (6.604%) VMware Infrastructure
1 7 (6.604%) VMware ESXi
Systems Management
1 6 (5.660%) HP SIM
1 6 (5.660%) Foglight
2 2 (1.887%) SCOM
3 1 (0.943%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 26 (24.53%) IBM
2 21 (19.81%) Oracle
3 11 (10.38%) JBoss
4 10 (9.434%) VMware
5 6 (5.660%) HP
6 5 (4.717%) Adobe
6 5 (4.717%) Cramer
7 4 (3.774%) Microsoft
8 3 (2.830%) ESRI
8 3 (2.830%) ReadSoft
9 2 (1.887%) hybris
9 2 (1.887%) Sun
10 1 (0.943%) Red Hat
10 1 (0.943%) Mapinfo
10 1 (0.943%) Open Text
10 1 (0.943%) Google
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