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The table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT contracts within the Bristol 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 Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Java Developer
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank4548
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads811
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.014 %
As % of the category below1.345 %1.366 %
Daily rates quoted42
Average minimum daily rate£250£350
Average daily rate£286£375
% change on same period last year-23.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£323£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£334
% change on same period last year+8.24 %
Hourly rates quoted23
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£42.50£36.00
% change on same period last year+18.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£50.00£42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.90£35.67
% change on same period last year-4.95 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads595805
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.193 %1.007 %
Daily rates quoted169282
Average minimum daily rate£299£350
Average daily rate£322£365
% change on same period last year-11.79 %
Average maximum daily rate£344£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£350£357
% change on same period last year-2.03 %
Hourly rates quoted133145
Average minimum hourly rate£23.13£23.07
Average hourly rate£24.14£25.07
% change on same period last year-3.71 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.15£27.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.16£23.50
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Java Developer South WestJava Developer
South West

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.

Java Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The 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
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java Developer across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Bristol Java Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java Developer across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

Bristol Java Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, 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.

119 (100.00 %)Java
210 (52.63 %)J2EE
36 (31.58 %)Oracle
36 (31.58 %)JSP
36 (31.58 %)SQL
36 (31.58 %)XML
36 (31.58 %)Eclipse
44 (21.05 %)J2SE
44 (21.05 %)WebServices
44 (21.05 %)HTML
53 (15.79 %)SC Cleared
53 (15.79 %)Security Cleared
53 (15.79 %)AJAX
53 (15.79 %)SWT
53 (15.79 %)Ant
53 (15.79 %)Swing
53 (15.79 %)Flash
62 (10.53 %)Tomcat
62 (10.53 %)JBoss
62 (10.53 %)PhD
62 (10.53 %)JMS
62 (10.53 %)JMX
62 (10.53 %)Perl
62 (10.53 %)PL/SQL
62 (10.53 %)C++
62 (10.53 %)Manufacturing
62 (10.53 %)Hibernate
62 (10.53 %)Spring
71 (5.263 %)Spring MVC
71 (5.263 %)Adobe Flex

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (52.63 %)J2EE
26 (31.58 %)JSP
26 (31.58 %)XML
34 (21.05 %)HTML
34 (21.05 %)WebServices
34 (21.05 %)J2SE
43 (15.79 %)Swing
43 (15.79 %)Flash
43 (15.79 %)SWT
43 (15.79 %)AJAX
52 (10.53 %)JMS
52 (10.53 %)JMX
52 (10.53 %)Hibernate
52 (10.53 %)Spring
61 (5.263 %)MVC
61 (5.263 %)Java RMI
61 (5.263 %)J2ME
61 (5.263 %)XSLT
61 (5.263 %)Servlets
61 (5.263 %)ASP
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (10.53 %)JBoss
12 (10.53 %)Tomcat
21 (5.263 %)WebLogic
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.263 %)TCP/IP
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.263 %)SQL Server
11 (5.263 %)DB2
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (31.58 %)Eclipse
23 (15.79 %)Ant
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (10.53 %)Manufacturing
21 (5.263 %)Advertising
21 (5.263 %)Marketing
21 (5.263 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (5.263 %)Telecoms
21 (5.263 %)Finance
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (5.263 %)OOD
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
119 (100.00 %)Java
26 (31.58 %)SQL
32 (10.53 %)C++
32 (10.53 %)Perl
32 (10.53 %)PL/SQL
41 (5.263 %)JavaScript
41 (5.263 %)Python
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (15.79 %)SC Cleared
13 (15.79 %)Security Cleared
22 (10.53 %)PhD
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (31.58 %)Oracle
21 (5.263 %)Chordiant
21 (5.263 %)Adobe