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The table below looks at the demand for the J2EE Developer role in IT contracts within the Birmingham region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 4 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 J2EE Developer
Location
3 months to
4 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4455
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads39
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.010 %
As % of the category below0.565 %0.934 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£400£400
Average daily rate£425£400
% change on same period last year+6.25 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£389£335
% change on same period last year+15.87 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.44£37.54
% change on same period last year+7.72 %
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Birmingham
Matching contract IT job ads531964
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.862 %1.052 %
Daily rates quoted171214
Average minimum daily rate£346£353
Average daily rate£369£380
% change on same period last year-3.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£391£407
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.01 %
Hourly rates quoted75183
Average minimum hourly rate£19.28£16.17
Average hourly rate£21.11£17.26
% change on same period last year+22.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.93£18.35
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.15£23.97
% change on same period last year-3.43 %
J2EE Developer West MidlandsJ2EE Developer
West Midlands

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 Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE Developer across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham J2EE Developer Demand Trend

J2EE Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Birmingham J2EE Developer Daily Rate Trend

J2EE Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham J2EE Developer Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited J2EE Developer in their job title 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 with J2EE Developer in their job title.

19 (100.00 %)Java
19 (100.00 %)J2EE
28 (88.89 %)Hibernate
28 (88.89 %)Spring
35 (55.56 %)WebSphere
35 (55.56 %)SQL
35 (55.56 %)Struts
35 (55.56 %)XML
35 (55.56 %)Oracle
44 (44.44 %)PL/SQL
44 (44.44 %)JMS
53 (33.33 %)JAXB
53 (33.33 %)Ant
53 (33.33 %)JUnit
53 (33.33 %)EJB
53 (33.33 %)JDBC
53 (33.33 %)XSLT
62 (22.22 %)WebSphere Application Server
62 (22.22 %)Eclipse
62 (22.22 %)WebSphere MQ
62 (22.22 %)EAI
62 (22.22 %)OO
62 (22.22 %)DataPower
71 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
71 (11.11 %)WPS
71 (11.11 %)SCJP
71 (11.11 %)JTA
71 (11.11 %)Logistics
71 (11.11 %)AJAX
71 (11.11 %)WBIMB

J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham region that cited J2EE Developer in their job title 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 with J2EE Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (100.00 %)J2EE
28 (88.89 %)Hibernate
28 (88.89 %)Spring
35 (55.56 %)Struts
35 (55.56 %)XML
35 (55.56 %)WebSphere
44 (44.44 %)JMS
53 (33.33 %)JAXB
53 (33.33 %)EJB
53 (33.33 %)JDBC
53 (33.33 %)XSLT
61 (11.11 %)JSP
61 (11.11 %)Servlets
61 (11.11 %)CSS
61 (11.11 %)Middleware
61 (11.11 %)MVC
61 (11.11 %)JSTL
61 (11.11 %)Spring MVC
61 (11.11 %)XSD
61 (11.11 %)JTA
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (22.22 %)WebSphere Application Server
12 (22.22 %)WebSphere MQ
21 (11.11 %)WPS
21 (11.11 %)WebLogic
21 (11.11 %)Apache
21 (11.11 %)Tomcat
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (11.11 %)DB2
11 (11.11 %)Oracle 8/8i
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (33.33 %)Ant
13 (33.33 %)JUnit
22 (22.22 %)Eclipse
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (11.11 %)Pensions
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (22.22 %)DataPower
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (11.11 %)Windows
11 (11.11 %)Linux
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (22.22 %)OO
12 (22.22 %)EAI
21 (11.11 %)OOD
21 (11.11 %)Agile Software Development
21 (11.11 %)Logistics
21 (11.11 %)Unit Testing
21 (11.11 %)Integration Testing
21 (11.11 %)OOP
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
19 (100.00 %)Java
25 (55.56 %)SQL
34 (44.44 %)PL/SQL
41 (11.11 %)XPath
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (11.11 %)Sun Certification
11 (11.11 %)SCJP
11 (11.11 %)Degree
11 (11.11 %)SCJA
Birmingham IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (55.56 %)Oracle
21 (11.11 %)Sun