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The table below looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) skills within the Cambridgeshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2630
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads3349
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.047 %0.049 %
As % of the category below16.42 %13.10 %
Daily rates quoted1716
Average minimum daily rate£319£328
Average daily rate£331£334
% change on same period last year-0.72 %
Average maximum daily rate£344£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£376£359
% change on same period last year+4.74 %
Hourly rates quoted19
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£45.17
Average hourly rate£40.00£46.56
% change on same period last year-14.08 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£47.94
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.80£35.58
% change on same period last year+6.24 %
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Cambridgeshire
Matching contract IT job ads201374
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.286 %0.378 %
Daily rates quoted5068
Average minimum daily rate£296£276
Average daily rate£317£288
% change on same period last year+10.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£337£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted2355
Average minimum hourly rate£34.43£28.60
Average hourly rate£37.07£29.96
% change on same period last year+23.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.71£31.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£32.06
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
J2EE East of EnglandJ2EE
East of England

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.

J2EE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Cambridgeshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Cambridgeshire J2EE Demand Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2EE across the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008.

Cambridgeshire J2EE Daily Rate Histogram

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeUp+522£335+0.27 %
PeterboroughUp+62--
J2EE East of EnglandJ2EE
East of England

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

156 (93.33 %)Java
221 (35.00 %)JSP
319 (31.67 %)Struts
418 (30.00 %)Hibernate
418 (30.00 %)SQL
516 (26.67 %)IBM
615 (25.00 %)UML
615 (25.00 %)Finance
615 (25.00 %)Spring
713 (21.67 %)EJB
713 (21.67 %)RUP
811 (18.33 %)WebSphere
910 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
910 (16.67 %)RAD
910 (16.67 %)JMS
910 (16.67 %)XML
910 (16.67 %)HTML
910 (16.67 %)JUnit
108 (13.33 %)JBoss
116 (10.00 %)OO
116 (10.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
116 (10.00 %)DB2
116 (10.00 %)Ant
116 (10.00 %)Oracle
116 (10.00 %)UNIX
116 (10.00 %)Linux
125 (8.333 %)Apache
134 (6.667 %)Government
134 (6.667 %)Subversion
134 (6.667 %)SC Cleared

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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.

Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
121 (35.00 %)JSP
219 (31.67 %)Struts
318 (30.00 %)Hibernate
415 (25.00 %)Spring
513 (21.67 %)EJB
611 (18.33 %)WebSphere
710 (16.67 %)JMS
710 (16.67 %)XML
710 (16.67 %)HTML
84 (6.667 %)CSS
93 (5.000 %).NET
93 (5.000 %)Servlets
93 (5.000 %)WebServices
93 (5.000 %)Swing
102 (3.333 %)AJAX
102 (3.333 %)XSL
102 (3.333 %)SOAP
102 (3.333 %)JDBC
111 (1.667 %)XSLT
111 (1.667 %)XHTML
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (13.33 %)JBoss
26 (10.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
35 (8.333 %)Apache
42 (3.333 %)Tomcat
51 (1.667 %)NetWeaver
51 (1.667 %)MQSeries
51 (1.667 %)SAP Web AS
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (3.333 %)Internet
21 (1.667 %)HTTP
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (10.00 %)DB2
23 (5.000 %)MySQL
32 (3.333 %)Oracle 9i
32 (3.333 %)Oracle 10g
41 (1.667 %)ETL
41 (1.667 %)Text Mining
41 (1.667 %)GIS
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
110 (16.67 %)JUnit
26 (10.00 %)Ant
34 (6.667 %)Subversion
34 (6.667 %)Eclipse
43 (5.000 %)IntelliJ
43 (5.000 %)Rational Robot
43 (5.000 %)Rational Functional Tester
52 (3.333 %)CruiseControl
52 (3.333 %)Atlassian Bamboo
52 (3.333 %)Flash
61 (1.667 %)LoadRunner
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
115 (25.00 %)Finance
24 (6.667 %)Government
33 (5.000 %)Insurance
33 (5.000 %)Health
42 (3.333 %)Banking
42 (3.333 %)Pharmaceutical
51 (1.667 %)Police
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
149 (81.67 %)Developer
245 (75.00 %)Java Developer
319 (31.67 %)Java/J2EE Developer
418 (30.00 %)J2EE Developer
55 (8.333 %)Senior Java Developer
55 (8.333 %)Senior Developer
63 (5.000 %)Software Developer
63 (5.000 %)Software Engineer
72 (3.333 %)Senior J2EE Developer
72 (3.333 %)Java Software Engineer
72 (3.333 %)Sybase Developer
72 (3.333 %)Test Engineer
72 (3.333 %)WebSphere Developer
72 (3.333 %)Java Software Developer
72 (3.333 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
72 (3.333 %)Architect
72 (3.333 %)Analyst
72 (3.333 %)Test Manager
81 (1.667 %)Test Analyst
81 (1.667 %)Technical Architect
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (3.333 %)Multithreading
12 (3.333 %)PKI
12 (3.333 %)Biology
21 (1.667 %)Client/Server
21 (1.667 %)Life Science
21 (1.667 %)Credit Risk
21 (1.667 %)Cryptography
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (10.00 %)UNIX
16 (10.00 %)Linux
23 (5.000 %)Solaris
32 (3.333 %)Windows
32 (3.333 %)HPUX
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (25.00 %)UML
213 (21.67 %)RUP
310 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
310 (16.67 %)RAD
46 (10.00 %)OO
54 (6.667 %)SC Cleared
54 (6.667 %)SOA
63 (5.000 %)OOD
63 (5.000 %)Unit Testing
63 (5.000 %)Agile Software Development
63 (5.000 %)Scrum
72 (3.333 %)Continuous Integration
72 (3.333 %)CTC Cleared
72 (3.333 %)User Acceptance Testing
72 (3.333 %)Web Development
72 (3.333 %)Logistics
72 (3.333 %)E-Commerce
72 (3.333 %)OOA/OOD
81 (1.667 %)OOP
81 (1.667 %)Resource Management
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
156 (93.33 %)Java
218 (30.00 %)SQL
34 (6.667 %)JavaScript
43 (5.000 %)C
43 (5.000 %)C++
43 (5.000 %)Python
51 (1.667 %)ABAP
51 (1.667 %)Perl
51 (1.667 %)PHP
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (1.667 %)ISEB
11 (1.667 %)Degree
Cambridgeshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
116 (26.67 %)IBM
26 (10.00 %)Oracle
32 (3.333 %)Sybase
41 (1.667 %)SAP
41 (1.667 %)Mercator
41 (1.667 %)ATG