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The table below looks at the demand for Java skills within the Bristol region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank2031
Rank change on same period last yearUp+11
Matching contract IT job ads4028
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.080 %0.035 %
As % of the category below14.87 %12.84 %
Daily rates quoted156
Average minimum daily rate£223£367
Average daily rate£248£400
% change on same period last year-38.08 %
Average maximum daily rate£273£433
UK excluding London average daily rate£371£354
% change on same period last year+4.80 %
Hourly rates quoted84
Average minimum hourly rate£34.75£27.50
Average hourly rate£36.94£33.25
% change on same period last year+11.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.13£39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.96£34.18
% change on same period last year-0.63 %
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Bristol
Matching contract IT job ads269218
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.539 %0.273 %
Daily rates quoted7450
Average minimum daily rate£251£326
Average daily rate£275£347
% change on same period last year-20.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£299£369
UK excluding London average daily rate£317£335
% change on same period last year-5.19 %
Hourly rates quoted7155
Average minimum hourly rate£32.09£32.21
Average hourly rate£33.41£35.00
% change on same period last year-4.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.72£37.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.94£32.49
% change on same period last year-4.75 %
Java South WestJava
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
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Java across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Bristol Java Demand Trend

Java
Daily Rate Trend

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

Bristol Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Bristol Java Daily Rate Histogram

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Bristol Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Bristol Java Hourly Rate Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

142 (39.62 %)J2EE
235 (33.02 %)C++
334 (32.08 %)XML
334 (32.08 %)UNIX
423 (21.70 %)Solaris
423 (21.70 %)Oracle
521 (19.81 %)C
619 (17.92 %)Middleware
718 (16.98 %)HTML
817 (16.04 %)Linux
916 (15.09 %)UML
916 (15.09 %)SQL
916 (15.09 %)Manufacturing
1013 (12.26 %)ATG
1013 (12.26 %)Ant
1112 (11.32 %)LuciadMap
1112 (11.32 %)STL
1112 (11.32 %)PVCS
1112 (11.32 %)CORBA
1112 (11.32 %)GIS
1112 (11.32 %)ATG Dynamo
1112 (11.32 %)Serena
1112 (11.32 %)Configuration Management
1211 (10.38 %)OO
1211 (10.38 %)SQL Server
1310 (9.434 %)C#
1310 (9.434 %)Shell Script
1310 (9.434 %)webMethods
1310 (9.434 %)HTTP
1310 (9.434 %)Sun

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT contractor jobs across the Bristol 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.

Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
142 (39.62 %)J2EE
234 (32.08 %)XML
319 (17.92 %)Middleware
418 (16.98 %)HTML
512 (11.32 %)STL
512 (11.32 %)CORBA
512 (11.32 %)LuciadMap
67 (6.604 %)JSP
76 (5.660 %).NET
85 (4.717 %)CSS
85 (4.717 %)JDBC
85 (4.717 %)WebServices
85 (4.717 %)J2SE
94 (3.774 %)JMS
94 (3.774 %)AJAX
103 (2.830 %)Spring
103 (2.830 %)Hibernate
103 (2.830 %)J2ME
103 (2.830 %)XSL
103 (2.830 %)ASP.NET
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (11.32 %)ATG Dynamo
24 (3.774 %)WebLogic
33 (2.830 %)JBoss
33 (2.830 %)Tomcat
42 (1.887 %)Apache
51 (0.943 %)NetWeaver
51 (0.943 %)CMS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (0.943 %)MATLAB
11 (0.943 %)Simulink
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (3.774 %)SAP CRM
23 (2.830 %)Chordiant JX
32 (1.887 %)SAP SRM
41 (0.943 %)MAXIMO
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (9.434 %)HTTP
110 (9.434 %)Extranet
21 (0.943 %)3G
21 (0.943 %)TETRA
21 (0.943 %)LLU
21 (0.943 %)TCP/IP
21 (0.943 %)SAN
21 (0.943 %)Internet
21 (0.943 %)Broadband
21 (0.943 %)GPRS
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (11.32 %)GIS
211 (10.38 %)SQL Server
33 (2.830 %)Oracle 10g
42 (1.887 %)SAP BI
51 (0.943 %)MySQL
51 (0.943 %)BusinessObjects
51 (0.943 %)DB2
51 (0.943 %)ETL
51 (0.943 %)RDBMS
51 (0.943 %)PostgreSQL
51 (0.943 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
113 (12.26 %)Ant
212 (11.32 %)PVCS
37 (6.604 %)Eclipse
41 (0.943 %)Oracle Forms
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
116 (15.09 %)Manufacturing
28 (7.547 %)Telecoms
36 (5.660 %)Finance
44 (3.774 %)Marketing
52 (1.887 %)Military
52 (1.887 %)Billing
61 (0.943 %)Insurance
61 (0.943 %)Pensions
61 (0.943 %)Music
61 (0.943 %)Aerospace
61 (0.943 %)Advertising
61 (0.943 %)Games
61 (0.943 %)Avionics
61 (0.943 %)Pharmaceutical
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
160 (56.60 %)Developer
228 (26.42 %)Software Engineer
319 (17.92 %)Java Developer
413 (12.26 %)J2EE Developer
512 (11.32 %)Lead Developer
610 (9.434 %)webMethods Developer
78 (7.547 %)Java Software Engineer
78 (7.547 %)Consultant
86 (5.660 %)Architect
86 (5.660 %)C++ Software Engineer
95 (4.717 %)Web Developer
104 (3.774 %).NET Developer
104 (3.774 %)C# Developer
104 (3.774 %)Java/J2EE Developer
104 (3.774 %)SAP Developer
113 (2.830 %)Chordiant Consultant
113 (2.830 %)Chordiant Technical Architect
113 (2.830 %)Technical Architect
113 (2.830 %)Technical Consultant
122 (1.887 %)Applications Developer
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (0.943 %)Clustering
11 (0.943 %)Web 2.0
11 (0.943 %)Pocket PC
11 (0.943 %)German Language
11 (0.943 %)Multithreading
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
134 (32.08 %)UNIX
223 (21.70 %)Solaris
317 (16.04 %)Linux
44 (3.774 %)Windows
51 (0.943 %)AIX
51 (0.943 %)HPUX
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (15.09 %)UML
212 (11.32 %)Configuration Management
311 (10.38 %)OO
44 (3.774 %)CRM
44 (3.774 %)Project Management
44 (3.774 %)Web Development
53 (2.830 %)E-Commerce
62 (1.887 %)Migration
62 (1.887 %)WFM
62 (1.887 %)Test Scripting
62 (1.887 %)Agile Software Development
62 (1.887 %)Content Management
62 (1.887 %)PRINCE2
62 (1.887 %)Business Intelligence
71 (0.943 %)Software Engineering
71 (0.943 %)Systems Analysis
71 (0.943 %)SysML
71 (0.943 %)Manual Testing
71 (0.943 %)Data Migration
71 (0.943 %)Programme Management
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
135 (33.02 %)C++
221 (19.81 %)C
316 (15.09 %)SQL
410 (9.434 %)C#
410 (9.434 %)Shell Script
53 (2.830 %)Perl
53 (2.830 %)PL/SQL
53 (2.830 %)VB
53 (2.830 %)VB.NET
53 (2.830 %)ABAP
62 (1.887 %)JavaScript
71 (0.943 %)Python
71 (0.943 %)Ada
71 (0.943 %)Tcl
71 (0.943 %)Ruby
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (9.434 %)Sun Certification
110 (9.434 %)Security Cleared
28 (7.547 %)SC Cleared
32 (1.887 %)PhD
32 (1.887 %)Degree
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (1.887 %)Tivoli
12 (1.887 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
21 (0.943 %)Netcool
21 (0.943 %)Netcool/Proviso
Bristol IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
123 (21.70 %)Oracle
213 (12.26 %)ATG
312 (11.32 %)Serena
410 (9.434 %)webMethods
410 (9.434 %)Sun
58 (7.547 %)SAP
67 (6.604 %)Chordiant
71 (0.943 %)Microsoft
71 (0.943 %)Adobe
71 (0.943 %)EMC
71 (0.943 %)Actuate
71 (0.943 %)VERITAS
71 (0.943 %)Redback
71 (0.943 %)FatWire
71 (0.943 %)Brio
71 (0.943 %)Business Objects