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This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) skills within the Canary Wharf region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited J2SE over the 3 months to 18 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
Location
3 months to 18 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4147
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads67
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.007 %
As % of the category below6.250 %5.147 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£500£450
Average daily rate£500£500
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£360£290
% change on same period last year+24.13 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.19£47.81
% change on same period last year-20.12 %
Application Development Canary WharfApplication Development
Canary Wharf
Matching contract IT job ads96136
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.127 %0.140 %
Daily rates quoted5156
Average minimum daily rate£428£431
Average daily rate£446£447
% change on same period last year-0.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£464£462
UK excluding London average daily rate£343£336
% change on same period last year+2.09 %
Hourly rates quoted14
Average minimum hourly rate£38.00£27.45
Average hourly rate£39.00£30.32
% change on same period last year+28.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00£33.18
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.60£33.11
% change on same period last year-1.56 %
J2SE LondonJ2SE
London

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.

J2SE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2SE across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Canary Wharf J2SE Demand Trend

J2SE
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2SE across the Canary Wharf region.

Canary Wharf J2SE Daily Rate Trend

J2SE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing J2SE 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 J2SE.

111 (91.67 %)Java
210 (83.33 %)Front Office
39 (75.00 %)Equities
46 (50.00 %)Ant
46 (50.00 %)UNIX
46 (50.00 %)Linux
46 (50.00 %)Swing
46 (50.00 %)JMS
46 (50.00 %)Degree
46 (50.00 %)FIX Protocol
46 (50.00 %)Computer Science
54 (33.33 %)J2EE
63 (25.00 %)TIBCO
63 (25.00 %)Banking
63 (25.00 %)Investment Banking
63 (25.00 %)Derivative
72 (16.67 %)XML
72 (16.67 %)Technical Architecture
72 (16.67 %)C++
72 (16.67 %)Cognizant
81 (8.333 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
81 (8.333 %)CORBA
81 (8.333 %)VC++
81 (8.333 %)HTML
81 (8.333 %)C
81 (8.333 %)C#
81 (8.333 %)Oracle
81 (8.333 %)Sybase
81 (8.333 %)Equity Derivative
81 (8.333 %)Credit Derivative

J2SE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf region citing J2SE 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 J2SE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
16 (50.00 %)Swing
16 (50.00 %)JMS
16 (50.00 %)FIX Protocol
24 (33.33 %)J2EE
32 (16.67 %)XML
41 (8.333 %)CORBA
41 (8.333 %)Adobe Flex
41 (8.333 %)Middleware
41 (8.333 %)Hibernate
41 (8.333 %)WinForms
41 (8.333 %)Spring
41 (8.333 %)HTML
Application Platforms
11 (8.333 %)WebLogic
Development Applications
16 (50.00 %)Ant
General
110 (83.33 %)Front Office
23 (25.00 %)Banking
23 (25.00 %)Investment Banking
Job Titles
111 (91.67 %)Developer
26 (50.00 %)Senior Developer
26 (50.00 %)Java Developer
34 (33.33 %)Senior Java Developer
41 (8.333 %)Java/J2EE Developer
41 (8.333 %)C# Developer
41 (8.333 %)Analyst Programmer
41 (8.333 %)Programmer
41 (8.333 %)Analyst
41 (8.333 %)Applications Developer
41 (8.333 %)Front Office Developer
Miscellaneous
19 (75.00 %)Equities
26 (50.00 %)Computer Science
33 (25.00 %)Derivative
41 (8.333 %)Equity Derivative
41 (8.333 %)Credit Derivative
41 (8.333 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
41 (8.333 %)Fixed Income
41 (8.333 %)Grid Computing
Operating Systems
16 (50.00 %)UNIX
16 (50.00 %)Linux
Processes & Methodologies
12 (16.67 %)Technical Architecture
21 (8.333 %)Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
111 (91.67 %)Java
22 (16.67 %)C++
31 (8.333 %)VC++
31 (8.333 %)C
31 (8.333 %)C#
Qualifications
16 (50.00 %)Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (8.333 %)MiFID
Vendors
13 (25.00 %)TIBCO
22 (16.67 %)Cognizant
31 (8.333 %)Reuters
31 (8.333 %)Oracle
31 (8.333 %)Sybase
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