The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire 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 41 47 47
Rank change year-on-year
+6 0
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 12 16 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 2.202% 2.346% 0.784%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.419% 2.458% 0.825%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 12 3
Average daily rate £400 £400 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -33.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £338 £350
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £35.00 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £36.25 £42.00
% change year-on-year
+7.58% -13.69%
All Job Titles
Cambridgeshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
496 651 485
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Cambridgeshire 91.01% 95.45% 95.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 233 309 231
Average daily rate £340 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.61% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £225 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £463 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 70 77 85
Average hourly rate £25.00 £33.25 £13.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.81% +146.29%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.00 £10.50 £11.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £50.00 £33.60
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Java Developer
East of England

Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire 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 Cambridgeshire region.

Cambridgeshire Java Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Java Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the Cambridgeshire region over the 3 months to 21 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
Cambridge +3 8 £400 -
Java Developer
East of England

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 28 (100.00%) Java
2 18 (64.29%) Spring
3 12 (42.86%) SQL
4 11 (39.29%) TDD
5 10 (35.71%) Oracle
6 9 (32.14%) J2EE
6 9 (32.14%) Hibernate
6 9 (32.14%) Unit Testing
7 8 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
8 7 (25.00%) Web Services
8 7 (25.00%) Apache
8 7 (25.00%) Tomcat
9 6 (21.43%) Computer Science
10 5 (17.86%) JSON
10 5 (17.86%) Ruby
10 5 (17.86%) Scrum
10 5 (17.86%) MVC
10 5 (17.86%) Linux
10 5 (17.86%) C#
11 4 (14.29%) JavaScript
11 4 (14.29%) Perl
11 4 (14.29%) MySQL
11 4 (14.29%) UNIX
11 4 (14.29%) JDBC
11 4 (14.29%) Swing
11 4 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
11 4 (14.29%) Python
11 4 (14.29%) PhD
11 4 (14.29%) Lisp
11 4 (14.29%) VMware

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Cambridgeshire 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 18 (64.29%) Spring
2 9 (32.14%) J2EE
2 9 (32.14%) Hibernate
3 7 (25.00%) Web Services
4 5 (17.86%) JSON
5 4 (14.29%) JDBC
5 4 (14.29%) Swing
5 4 (14.29%) Ruby on Rails
5 4 (14.29%) RESTful
6 3 (10.71%) JSP
6 3 (10.71%) HTML
6 3 (10.71%) CSS
6 3 (10.71%) SOAP
6 3 (10.71%) XML
7 2 (7.143%) EDI
7 2 (7.143%) GWT
8 1 (3.571%) REST
8 1 (3.571%) Spring MVC
8 1 (3.571%) JPA
8 1 (3.571%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 7 (25.00%) Apache
1 7 (25.00%) Tomcat
2 4 (14.29%) RabbitMQ
3 1 (3.571%) Sakai Project
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.571%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (14.29%) MySQL
1 4 (14.29%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 4 (14.29%) Subversion
1 4 (14.29%) Maven
1 4 (14.29%) Git (software)
2 2 (7.143%) TestNG
3 1 (3.571%) JUnit
General
1 3 (10.71%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (3.571%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 6 (21.43%) Computer Science
2 4 (14.29%) Informatics
3 2 (7.143%) LIMS
3 2 (7.143%) Biology
4 1 (3.571%) Open Source
4 1 (3.571%) Management Information System
4 1 (3.571%) VLE
Operating Systems
1 5 (17.86%) Linux
2 4 (14.29%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (39.29%) TDD
2 9 (32.14%) Unit Testing
3 8 (28.57%) Agile Software Development
4 5 (17.86%) Scrum
4 5 (17.86%) MVC
5 4 (14.29%) Information Management
6 2 (7.143%) Multithreading
6 2 (7.143%) Software Engineering
7 1 (3.571%) CQRS
7 1 (3.571%) Software Architecture
7 1 (3.571%) Pair Programming
7 1 (3.571%) SOA
7 1 (3.571%) E-Commerce
7 1 (3.571%) UML
7 1 (3.571%) OO
Programming Languages
1 28 (100.00%) Java
2 12 (42.86%) SQL
3 5 (17.86%) Ruby
3 5 (17.86%) C#
4 4 (14.29%) JavaScript
4 4 (14.29%) Perl
4 4 (14.29%) Python
4 4 (14.29%) Lisp
5 1 (3.571%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (14.29%) PhD
1 4 (14.29%) Degree
System Software
1 4 (14.29%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 10 (35.71%) Oracle
2 4 (14.29%) VMware
3 3 (10.71%) webMethods