The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised for the Bristol 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Developer
Rank 45 42 43
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +1
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 5 19 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 0.940% 2.273% 0.966%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.988% 2.442% 1.020%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 17 2
Average daily rate £360 £325 £373
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.76% -12.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £328 £288 £371
10% offered a daily rate of more than £392 £413 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £338 £350
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £36.25 £42.00
% change year-on-year
+7.58% -13.69%
All Job Titles
Bristol
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
506 778 588
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Bristol 95.11% 93.06% 94.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 292 522 317
Average daily rate £330 £350 £360
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.71% -2.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £230 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £490 £455 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 41 36 37
Average hourly rate £13.50 £21.00 £16.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.71% +31.25%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £9.00 £14.75 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £35.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Java Developer
South West

Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Java Developer across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Bristol Java Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Java Developer Daily Rate Trend

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Java Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited Java 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 Java Developer in their job title.

1 22 (100.00%) Java
2 15 (68.18%) Spring
3 10 (45.45%) Hibernate
3 10 (45.45%) Oracle
3 10 (45.45%) J2EE
4 9 (40.91%) Web Services
4 9 (40.91%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (31.82%) Eclipse
6 5 (22.73%) MySQL
6 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
6 5 (22.73%) Apache Flex
7 4 (18.18%) TDD
7 4 (18.18%) Scrum
7 4 (18.18%) OOD
7 4 (18.18%) Validation
7 4 (18.18%) SQL
7 4 (18.18%) SOAP
7 4 (18.18%) UML
7 4 (18.18%) RESTful
7 4 (18.18%) Software Architecture
7 4 (18.18%) REST
7 4 (18.18%) Spring Roo
8 3 (13.64%) XML
8 3 (13.64%) MVC
8 3 (13.64%) Grails
8 3 (13.64%) Ajax
9 2 (9.091%) Java EE
9 2 (9.091%) JSON
9 2 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
9 2 (9.091%) JBoss Seam

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol region that cited Java 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 Java Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (68.18%) Spring
2 10 (45.45%) Hibernate
2 10 (45.45%) J2EE
3 9 (40.91%) Web Services
4 5 (22.73%) Apache Flex
5 4 (18.18%) SOAP
5 4 (18.18%) RESTful
5 4 (18.18%) REST
6 3 (13.64%) XML
6 3 (13.64%) Grails
6 3 (13.64%) Ajax
7 2 (9.091%) Java EE
7 2 (9.091%) JSON
7 2 (9.091%) JBoss Seam
7 2 (9.091%) Oracle ADF
7 2 (9.091%) CSS
7 2 (9.091%) HTML
7 2 (9.091%) Apache Axis
7 2 (9.091%) Spring MVC
8 1 (4.545%) Oracle Fusion
Application Platforms
1 2 (9.091%) Mule
1 2 (9.091%) Apache
2 1 (4.545%) Apache Solr
2 1 (4.545%) Oracle Service Bus
2 1 (4.545%) ESB
Business Applications
1 1 (4.545%) Oracle BPM
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (22.73%) MySQL
2 2 (9.091%) RDBMS
3 1 (4.545%) MarkLogic
3 1 (4.545%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (4.545%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 7 (31.82%) Eclipse
2 4 (18.18%) Spring Roo
3 2 (9.091%) NetBeans
3 2 (9.091%) JDeveloper
3 2 (9.091%) JUnit
4 1 (4.545%) Oracle APEX
4 1 (4.545%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (4.545%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 1 (4.545%) Maven
General
1 1 (4.545%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (9.091%) SaaS
2 1 (4.545%) Open Source
2 1 (4.545%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (9.091%) Linux
2 1 (4.545%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (40.91%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (18.18%) TDD
2 4 (18.18%) Scrum
2 4 (18.18%) OOD
2 4 (18.18%) Validation
2 4 (18.18%) UML
2 4 (18.18%) Software Architecture
3 3 (13.64%) MVC
4 2 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (9.091%) E-Commerce
5 1 (4.545%) Memory Management
5 1 (4.545%) OO
5 1 (4.545%) Process Management
5 1 (4.545%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 22 (100.00%) Java
2 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
3 4 (18.18%) SQL
4 2 (9.091%) PHP
5 1 (4.545%) PL/SQL
5 1 (4.545%) C++
5 1 (4.545%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 2 (9.091%) SC Cleared
1 2 (9.091%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) Oracle
2 1 (4.545%) hybris
2 1 (4.545%) Mercator
Bristol, South West
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E-Resourcing
Rate: £300 - £340 per day
Posted: 2 May 2013
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Essential core skills: - Java development - TDD - Web development (ASP.NET/Classic ASP/C#/PHP) The role itself is two-fold... java developer j2ee programmer c#.net asp.net...
G2 Recruitment Solutions Ltd.
Rate: Market rate paid weekly
Posted: 20 May 2013