The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Bracknell region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 22 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 Bracknell 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 20 14 10
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -4
Contract jobs citing Java 18 11 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 7.469% 7.190% 9.146%
As % of the Programming Languages category 24.66% 29.73% 32.61%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 3 4
Average daily rate £425 £350 £438
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £404 £310 £278
10% offered a daily rate of more than £440 £358 £493
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
- -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £47.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Bracknell
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
73 37 46
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bracknell 30.29% 24.18% 28.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 23 12 11
Average daily rate £425 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+21.42% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £300 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £445 £360 £480
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 1 11
Average hourly rate £17.33 £28.00 £47.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.12% -40.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
Java
Berkshire

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Bracknell 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 Bracknell region.

Bracknell Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 18 (85.71%) SQL
1 18 (85.71%) J2EE
2 16 (76.19%) HTML
2 16 (76.19%) JavaScript
2 16 (76.19%) JSP
2 16 (76.19%) XML
3 15 (71.43%) JMS
3 15 (71.43%) CSS
3 15 (71.43%) Ajax
4 14 (66.67%) WebSphere
4 14 (66.67%) JSTL
4 14 (66.67%) EJB
4 14 (66.67%) JUnit
4 14 (66.67%) E-Commerce
5 13 (61.90%) IBM
6 11 (52.38%) Retail
7 4 (19.05%) Spring
8 3 (14.29%) Automated Testing
8 3 (14.29%) Software Testing
8 3 (14.29%) Hibernate
8 3 (14.29%) UNIX
8 3 (14.29%) Oracle
8 3 (14.29%) PL/SQL
8 3 (14.29%) Performance Testing
9 2 (9.524%) GWT
9 2 (9.524%) SCOM
9 2 (9.524%) .NET
9 2 (9.524%) DB2
9 2 (9.524%) ETL
9 2 (9.524%) UML

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bracknell 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 18 (85.71%) J2EE
2 16 (76.19%) HTML
2 16 (76.19%) JSP
2 16 (76.19%) XML
3 15 (71.43%) JMS
3 15 (71.43%) CSS
3 15 (71.43%) Ajax
4 14 (66.67%) WebSphere
4 14 (66.67%) JSTL
4 14 (66.67%) EJB
5 4 (19.05%) Spring
6 3 (14.29%) Hibernate
7 2 (9.524%) GWT
7 2 (9.524%) .NET
7 2 (9.524%) Spring MVC
8 1 (4.762%) JMX
8 1 (4.762%) XSL
8 1 (4.762%) XSLT
8 1 (4.762%) EDI
8 1 (4.762%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 1 (4.762%) Apache
1 1 (4.762%) Tomcat
1 1 (4.762%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (4.762%) MS Visio
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (9.524%) DB2
2 1 (4.762%) Oracle 11g
2 1 (4.762%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (4.762%) TOAD
2 1 (4.762%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 14 (66.67%) JUnit
2 1 (4.762%) Selenium
2 1 (4.762%) CruiseControl
General
1 11 (52.38%) Retail
2 1 (4.762%) Finance
Job Titles
1 17 (80.95%) Developer
2 12 (57.14%) WebSphere Developer
3 3 (14.29%) Systems Developer
4 2 (9.524%) Java Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Java Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Java Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Java Technical Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Software Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Project Manager
5 1 (4.762%) Software Engineer
5 1 (4.762%) Technical Architect
5 1 (4.762%) Consultant
5 1 (4.762%) Senior Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Technical Consultant
5 1 (4.762%) UI Developer
5 1 (4.762%) Android Developer
5 1 (4.762%) UI Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (4.762%) Semantic Web
1 1 (4.762%) Embedded Systems
1 1 (4.762%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 3 (14.29%) UNIX
2 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2003
2 1 (4.762%) Windows
2 1 (4.762%) Android
2 1 (4.762%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (66.67%) E-Commerce
2 3 (14.29%) Automated Testing
2 3 (14.29%) Software Testing
2 3 (14.29%) Performance Testing
3 2 (9.524%) ETL
3 2 (9.524%) UML
3 2 (9.524%) RAD
3 2 (9.524%) MVC
4 1 (4.762%) Release Management
4 1 (4.762%) Agile Software Development
4 1 (4.762%) BPEL
4 1 (4.762%) Project Management
4 1 (4.762%) HOOD
4 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2
4 1 (4.762%) OOD
4 1 (4.762%) Mobile Application Development
4 1 (4.762%) Test Scripting
Programming Languages
1 18 (85.71%) SQL
2 16 (76.19%) JavaScript
3 3 (14.29%) PL/SQL
4 1 (4.762%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (4.762%) PRINCE2 Certification
1 1 (4.762%) DV Cleared
1 1 (4.762%) Security Cleared
Systems Management
1 2 (9.524%) SCOM
Vendors
1 13 (61.90%) IBM
2 3 (14.29%) Oracle
3 2 (9.524%) Adobe
3 2 (9.524%) Google
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