The first table below looks at the demand for J2EE skills in IT contracts advertised for the Buckinghamshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited J2EE 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 Application Development category for the Buckinghamshire 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 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Rank 63 57 51
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -6
Contract jobs citing J2EE 6 16 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 0.739% 1.595% 2.174%
As % of the Application Development category 2.871% 8.466% 9.914%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 9 9
Average daily rate £400 £343 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.78% -6.16%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £365 £360
% change year-on-year
-4.10% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -23.52%
All Application Development
Buckinghamshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
209 189 232
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Buckinghamshire 25.74% 18.84% 21.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 134 97 100
Average daily rate £325 £310 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% -6.06%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 6 9
Average hourly rate £20.00 £35.00 £21.94
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% +59.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
J2EE
South East

J2EE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Buckinghamshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Buckinghamshire J2EE Jobs Demand Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2EE across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Buckinghamshire region.

Buckinghamshire J2EE Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the Buckinghamshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Milton Keynes -2 2 - -
J2EE
South East

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing J2EE 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 J2EE.

1 27 (90.00%) Java
2 12 (40.00%) WebSphere
3 11 (36.67%) Retail
4 10 (33.33%) Ajax
4 10 (33.33%) E-Commerce
5 9 (30.00%) OOA/OOD
5 9 (30.00%) Use Case
6 8 (26.67%) Software Architecture
6 8 (26.67%) Spring
6 8 (26.67%) Ant
7 7 (23.33%) Hibernate
7 7 (23.33%) JMS
7 7 (23.33%) CSS
7 7 (23.33%) JavaScript
7 7 (23.33%) OO
7 7 (23.33%) JBoss
7 7 (23.33%) XML
7 7 (23.33%) XSL
7 7 (23.33%) Dojo
8 6 (20.00%) Struts
8 6 (20.00%) DHTML
8 6 (20.00%) JDBC
8 6 (20.00%) JSP
8 6 (20.00%) Servlets
8 6 (20.00%) HTTP
8 6 (20.00%) TCP/IP
8 6 (20.00%) Finance
9 5 (16.67%) UML
9 5 (16.67%) Open Source
9 5 (16.67%) JSON

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Buckinghamshire region citing J2EE 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 J2EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (40.00%) WebSphere
2 10 (33.33%) Ajax
3 8 (26.67%) Spring
4 7 (23.33%) Hibernate
4 7 (23.33%) JMS
4 7 (23.33%) CSS
4 7 (23.33%) XML
4 7 (23.33%) XSL
4 7 (23.33%) Dojo
5 6 (20.00%) Struts
5 6 (20.00%) DHTML
5 6 (20.00%) JDBC
5 6 (20.00%) JSP
5 6 (20.00%) Servlets
6 5 (16.67%) JSON
7 3 (10.00%) Web Services
8 2 (6.667%) SOAP
8 2 (6.667%) HTML
8 2 (6.667%) EJB
9 1 (3.333%) JavaBeans
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) WebLogic
2 2 (6.667%) Commerce Server
2 2 (6.667%) WebSphere MQ
2 2 (6.667%) Tomcat
3 1 (3.333%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (3.333%) Adobe CQ
Applications
1 1 (3.333%) MS Project
Communications & Networking
1 6 (20.00%) HTTP
1 6 (20.00%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (3.333%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 8 (26.67%) Ant
2 3 (10.00%) Maven
3 2 (6.667%) Eclipse
3 2 (6.667%) ClearQuest
3 2 (6.667%) ClearCase
4 1 (3.333%) JUnit
4 1 (3.333%) Hudson
General
1 11 (36.67%) Retail
2 6 (20.00%) Finance
3 4 (13.33%) Marketing
4 1 (3.333%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 19 (63.33%) Developer
2 8 (26.67%) Architect
3 7 (23.33%) Java Developer
4 6 (20.00%) WebSphere Architect
5 5 (16.67%) J2EE Developer
5 5 (16.67%) JavaScript Developer
6 3 (10.00%) Solutions Architect
6 3 (10.00%) Senior Developer
7 2 (6.667%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 2 (6.667%) Senior J2EE Developer
7 2 (6.667%) Senior Java Developer
7 2 (6.667%) WebSphere Consultant
7 2 (6.667%) Applications Developer
7 2 (6.667%) Consultant
8 1 (3.333%) 1st Line Support
8 1 (3.333%) Applications Support
8 1 (3.333%) Lead Developer
8 1 (3.333%) Team Leader
8 1 (3.333%) Technical Team Leader
8 1 (3.333%) Java Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 5 (16.67%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (10.00%) Linux
2 2 (6.667%) UNIX
3 1 (3.333%) AIX
3 1 (3.333%) Solaris
3 1 (3.333%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 9 (30.00%) OOA/OOD
2 9 (30.00%) Use Case
3 8 (26.67%) Software Architecture
4 7 (23.33%) OO
5 5 (16.67%) UML
6 3 (10.00%) SEO
6 3 (10.00%) Web Analytics
6 3 (10.00%) Analytics
7 1 (3.333%) SOA
7 1 (3.333%) B2C
7 1 (3.333%) E-business
7 1 (3.333%) MVC
7 1 (3.333%) RAD
7 1 (3.333%) RUP
7 1 (3.333%) Zachman Framework
7 1 (3.333%) TOGAF
7 1 (3.333%) Web Development
7 1 (3.333%) Refactoring
7 1 (3.333%) Product Marketing
Programming Languages
1 27 (90.00%) Java
2 7 (23.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (6.667%) SQL
4 1 (3.333%) C
4 1 (3.333%) T-SQL
4 1 (3.333%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 3 (10.00%) Security Cleared
2 2 (6.667%) DV Cleared
3 1 (3.333%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (23.33%) JBoss
2 4 (13.33%) IBM
3 2 (6.667%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.333%) Adobe
4 1 (3.333%) Sun
4 1 (3.333%) Red Hat
4 1 (3.333%) ATG
4 1 (3.333%) Oracle
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