Java Contracts in Birmingham
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 24 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 Birmingham 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
24 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 31 16 28
Rank change year-on-year
-15 +12
Contract jobs citing Java 12 43 21
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 2.733% 6.924% 4.094%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.023% 17.62% 14.48%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 19 14
Average daily rate £400 £300 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+33.33% +3.44%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £214 £220 £233
10% offered a daily rate of more than £470 £530 £424
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
- -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £36.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -13.33%
Search 19 Java jobs in Birmingham
All Programming Languages
Birmingham
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 133 244 145
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Birmingham 30.30% 39.29% 28.27%
Number of daily rates quoted 60 137 90
Average daily rate £325 £300 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.33% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £231 £225 £178
10% offered a daily rate of more than £434 £425 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 6 0
Average hourly rate £37.00 £31.00 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+19.35% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Java
West Midlands

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Birmingham 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 Birmingham region.

Birmingham Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Birmingham Java Daily Rate Histogram

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Birmingham Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 16 (39.02%) J2EE
2 10 (24.39%) Hibernate
2 10 (24.39%) Web Services
2 10 (24.39%) Spring
3 8 (19.51%) XML
3 8 (19.51%) JavaScript
4 7 (17.07%) SQL
4 7 (17.07%) HTML
4 7 (17.07%) SAP
4 7 (17.07%) Windows
4 7 (17.07%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (17.07%) Android
5 6 (14.63%) HTML5
5 6 (14.63%) Retail
5 6 (14.63%) E-Commerce
5 6 (14.63%) CSS
6 5 (12.20%) .NET
6 5 (12.20%) OOP
7 4 (9.756%) ActionScript 3.0
7 4 (9.756%) WebSphere
7 4 (9.756%) Java EE
7 4 (9.756%) Scrum
7 4 (9.756%) Objective-C
7 4 (9.756%) Games
7 4 (9.756%) Flash
7 4 (9.756%) ActionScript
7 4 (9.756%) SQL Server
8 3 (7.317%) ABAP
8 3 (7.317%) C#
8 3 (7.317%) WebLogic

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Birmingham 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 16 (39.02%) J2EE
2 10 (24.39%) Hibernate
2 10 (24.39%) Web Services
2 10 (24.39%) Spring
3 8 (19.51%) XML
4 7 (17.07%) HTML
5 6 (14.63%) HTML5
5 6 (14.63%) CSS
6 5 (12.20%) .NET
7 4 (9.756%) WebSphere
7 4 (9.756%) Java EE
7 4 (9.756%) Flash
8 3 (7.317%) Web Dynpro
8 3 (7.317%) jQuery
9 2 (4.878%) RESTful
9 2 (4.878%) Grails
9 2 (4.878%) Middleware
9 2 (4.878%) JMX
9 2 (4.878%) J2ME
9 2 (4.878%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 3 (7.317%) WebLogic
1 3 (7.317%) IIS
1 3 (7.317%) SAP EP
1 3 (7.317%) NetWeaver
1 3 (7.317%) SAP Portal
2 2 (4.878%) ESB
2 2 (4.878%) IBM HTTP Server
2 2 (4.878%) WebSphere Process Server
2 2 (4.878%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (2.439%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (2.439%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 1 (2.439%) MS Office
1 1 (2.439%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (7.317%) Internet
2 2 (4.878%) FTP
2 2 (4.878%) HTTP
2 2 (4.878%) LDAP
2 2 (4.878%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.439%) IPv6
3 1 (2.439%) DNS
3 1 (2.439%) HTTPS
3 1 (2.439%) IIOP
3 1 (2.439%) SSL
3 1 (2.439%) Wireless
3 1 (2.439%) SNMP
3 1 (2.439%) SMTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (9.756%) SQL Server
2 2 (4.878%) DB2
3 1 (2.439%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (2.439%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (2.439%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 3 (7.317%) NWDI
1 3 (7.317%) NWDS
2 2 (4.878%) Jenkins
2 2 (4.878%) TeamCity
2 2 (4.878%) Maven
3 1 (2.439%) Visual Studio
3 1 (2.439%) JDeveloper
3 1 (2.439%) Selenium
3 1 (2.439%) FitNesse
3 1 (2.439%) PhoneGap
3 1 (2.439%) Appcelerator Titanium
3 1 (2.439%) JBehave
3 1 (2.439%) Git (software)
3 1 (2.439%) Cucumber
General
1 6 (14.63%) Retail
2 4 (9.756%) Games
3 3 (7.317%) Telecoms
4 1 (2.439%) Billing
4 1 (2.439%) Banking
4 1 (2.439%) Automotive
4 1 (2.439%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.439%) Publishing
4 1 (2.439%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 25 (60.98%) Developer
2 13 (31.71%) Java Developer
3 9 (21.95%) Consultant
4 6 (14.63%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 6 (14.63%) J2EE Developer
5 5 (12.20%) SAP Consultant
5 5 (12.20%) Architect
5 5 (12.20%) Android Developer
6 4 (9.756%) Flash ActionScript Developer
6 4 (9.756%) ActionScript Developer
6 4 (9.756%) Flash Developer
7 3 (7.317%) Java Architect
7 3 (7.317%) Agile Java Developer
8 2 (4.878%) WebSphere Consultant
8 2 (4.878%) SAP Portals Consultant
9 1 (2.439%) SAP Developer
9 1 (2.439%) Enterprise Consultant
9 1 (2.439%) J2EE Consultant
9 1 (2.439%) Oracle Consultant
9 1 (2.439%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (7.317%) Open Source
2 2 (4.878%) Blackberry
3 1 (2.439%) Handset
3 1 (2.439%) Animation
3 1 (2.439%) PDA
3 1 (2.439%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.439%) New Media
3 1 (2.439%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 7 (17.07%) Windows
1 7 (17.07%) Android
2 3 (7.317%) Linux
3 2 (4.878%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 2 (4.878%) Apple iOS
3 2 (4.878%) UNIX
4 1 (2.439%) Windows XP
4 1 (2.439%) Windows Vista
4 1 (2.439%) Windows 8
4 1 (2.439%) Windows Server 2012
4 1 (2.439%) Windows 7
4 1 (2.439%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.07%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (14.63%) E-Commerce
3 5 (12.20%) OOP
4 4 (9.756%) Scrum
5 3 (7.317%) OOA/OOD
5 3 (7.317%) UML
5 3 (7.317%) TDD
5 3 (7.317%) Extreme Programming
5 3 (7.317%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (7.317%) Kanban
5 3 (7.317%) Waterfall
5 3 (7.317%) BDD
6 2 (4.878%) Multithreading
6 2 (4.878%) Refactoring
6 2 (4.878%) SOA
6 2 (4.878%) MVC
6 2 (4.878%) Migration
6 2 (4.878%) Pair Programming
7 1 (2.439%) CRM
7 1 (2.439%) OO
Programming Languages
1 8 (19.51%) JavaScript
2 7 (17.07%) SQL
3 4 (9.756%) ActionScript 3.0
3 4 (9.756%) Objective-C
3 4 (9.756%) ActionScript
4 3 (7.317%) ABAP
4 3 (7.317%) C#
5 2 (4.878%) VB.NET
5 2 (4.878%) PL/SQL
6 1 (2.439%) Perl
6 1 (2.439%) C++
6 1 (2.439%) C
6 1 (2.439%) VC++
6 1 (2.439%) Jython
6 1 (2.439%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 1 (2.439%) ISEB
1 1 (2.439%) ISTQB
System Software
1 1 (2.439%) Active Directory
1 1 (2.439%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (2.439%) Norton AntiVirus
Vendors
1 7 (17.07%) SAP
2 3 (7.317%) Sencha
3 2 (4.878%) Red Hat
3 2 (4.878%) Oracle
3 2 (4.878%) IBM
3 2 (4.878%) Sybase
4 1 (2.439%) Business Objects
4 1 (2.439%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.439%) Adobe
4 1 (2.439%) Citrix
4 1 (2.439%) VMware
4 1 (2.439%) Symantec
4 1 (2.439%) Google
4 1 (2.439%) Syclo
4 1 (2.439%) Appcelerator
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