The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Canary Wharf region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Programming Languages category for the Canary Wharf 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 10 8 12
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +4
Contract jobs citing Java 45 87 88
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 13.43% 22.37% 17.46%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.37% 46.28% 35.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 50 71
Average daily rate £600 £550 £600
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £447 £549
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £650 £700
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Canary Wharf
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
139 188 251
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Canary Wharf 41.49% 48.33% 49.80%
Number of daily rates quoted 104 127 201
Average daily rate £600 £525 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.28% -4.54%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £425
10% offered a daily rate of more than £650 £650 £675
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Java
London

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Java across the Canary Wharf region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Canary Wharf Java Jobs Demand Trend

Java
Daily Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the Canary Wharf region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Canary Wharf Java Daily Rate Histogram

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Canary Wharf Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

1 36 (40.00%) SQL
2 35 (38.89%) Oracle
2 35 (38.89%) Banking
3 29 (32.22%) Multithreading
3 29 (32.22%) Front Office
4 28 (31.11%) C#
5 25 (27.78%) Linux
5 25 (27.78%) Investment Banking
6 22 (24.44%) Spring
7 19 (21.11%) TDD
8 18 (20.00%) Oracle Coherence
8 18 (20.00%) OO
9 17 (18.89%) XML
9 17 (18.89%) Scrum
10 15 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 15 (16.67%) JMS
10 15 (16.67%) C++
11 14 (15.56%) Risk Management
11 14 (15.56%) Agile Software Development
12 13 (14.44%) Finance
12 13 (14.44%) E-Commerce
12 13 (14.44%) Sybase
13 12 (13.33%) Web Services
13 12 (13.33%) UNIX
13 12 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
13 12 (13.33%) 29West
14 11 (12.22%) RMDS
14 11 (12.22%) UML
14 11 (12.22%) OOP
14 11 (12.22%) SQL Server

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Canary Wharf 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.

Application Development
1 22 (24.44%) Spring
2 17 (18.89%) XML
3 15 (16.67%) JMS
4 12 (13.33%) Web Services
5 10 (11.11%) .NET
5 10 (11.11%) Java EE
6 9 (10.00%) WPF
7 8 (8.889%) HTML
7 8 (8.889%) Hibernate
8 7 (7.778%) WebSphere
8 7 (7.778%) XSLT
9 6 (6.667%) CSS
9 6 (6.667%) Java SE
9 6 (6.667%) jQuery
9 6 (6.667%) JSON
9 6 (6.667%) Dojo
10 5 (5.556%) HTML5
10 5 (5.556%) REST
10 5 (5.556%) Silverlight
10 5 (5.556%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 18 (20.00%) Oracle Coherence
2 6 (6.667%) MQSeries
2 6 (6.667%) WebLogic
3 5 (5.556%) TIBCO EMS
4 3 (3.333%) Apache
5 2 (2.222%) Tomcat
5 2 (2.222%) IIS
5 2 (2.222%) GemFire
6 1 (1.111%) Captiva
6 1 (1.111%) FileNet
6 1 (1.111%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (1.111%) SharePoint
6 1 (1.111%) Documentum
6 1 (1.111%) SAS
Applications
1 3 (3.333%) MS Project
2 2 (2.222%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 11 (12.22%) RMDS
2 3 (3.333%) Murex MxG2000
3 1 (1.111%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 5 (5.556%) HTTP
2 4 (4.444%) Internet
3 2 (2.222%) Firewall
4 1 (1.111%) SSL
4 1 (1.111%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (12.22%) SQL Server
2 7 (7.778%) RDBMS
3 5 (5.556%) Oracle 10g
3 5 (5.556%) DB2
4 3 (3.333%) SQL Server 2012
4 3 (3.333%) SQL Server 2008
4 3 (3.333%) DataStage
4 3 (3.333%) OLAP
5 2 (2.222%) Hadoop
5 2 (2.222%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (1.111%) NoSQL
6 1 (1.111%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (1.111%) BusinessObjects XI
6 1 (1.111%) ReportNet
6 1 (1.111%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (1.111%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 10 (11.11%) Maven
2 8 (8.889%) Team Foundation Server
2 8 (8.889%) Jenkins
3 7 (7.778%) Hudson
3 7 (7.778%) JIRA
3 7 (7.778%) Subversion
4 6 (6.667%) Ant
4 6 (6.667%) JUnit
5 4 (4.444%) Eclipse
5 4 (4.444%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 4 (4.444%) HtmlUnit
5 4 (4.444%) Git (software)
5 4 (4.444%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
5 4 (4.444%) Gradle
6 3 (3.333%) ClearQuest
7 2 (2.222%) CruiseControl
7 2 (2.222%) Build Forge
8 1 (1.111%) ClearCase
General
1 35 (38.89%) Banking
2 29 (32.22%) Front Office
3 25 (27.78%) Investment Banking
4 13 (14.44%) Finance
5 4 (4.444%) Spanish Language
6 3 (3.333%) Pharmaceutical
7 2 (2.222%) Retail
8 1 (1.111%) Retail Banking
8 1 (1.111%) Corporate Banking
8 1 (1.111%) Marketing
8 1 (1.111%) Back Office
8 1 (1.111%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 64 (71.11%) Developer
2 42 (46.67%) Java Developer
3 11 (12.22%) Senior Java Developer
3 11 (12.22%) Analyst
3 11 (12.22%) Senior Developer
4 7 (7.778%) Developer Analyst
4 7 (7.778%) Senior Analyst
4 7 (7.778%) Front Office Developer
5 6 (6.667%) Analyst Programmer
5 6 (6.667%) Programmer
5 6 (6.667%) Senior Analyst Programmer
5 6 (6.667%) Java Analyst Programmer
5 6 (6.667%) Java Programmer
5 6 (6.667%) Senior Java Analyst Programmer
5 6 (6.667%) Senior Java Programmer
5 6 (6.667%) Senior Programmer
6 5 (5.556%) Applications Developer
7 4 (4.444%) Web Developer
7 4 (4.444%) Architect
7 4 (4.444%) JavaScript Developer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (16.67%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 7 (7.778%) Mathematics
2 7 (7.778%) Derivative
3 5 (5.556%) Computer Science
3 5 (5.556%) Equity Derivative
4 4 (4.444%) Grid Computing
4 4 (4.444%) Physics
5 3 (3.333%) Open Source
5 3 (3.333%) Fixed Income
6 2 (2.222%) RIA
7 1 (1.111%) Visualisation
7 1 (1.111%) Enterprise Software
7 1 (1.111%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (1.111%) Mobile Payment
7 1 (1.111%) Market Risk
7 1 (1.111%) Credit Risk
7 1 (1.111%) Inversion of Control
Operating Systems
1 25 (27.78%) Linux
2 12 (13.33%) UNIX
3 7 (7.778%) Solaris
4 6 (6.667%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (32.22%) Multithreading
2 19 (21.11%) TDD
3 18 (20.00%) OO
4 17 (18.89%) Scrum
5 14 (15.56%) Risk Management
5 14 (15.56%) Agile Software Development
6 13 (14.44%) E-Commerce
7 12 (13.33%) Continuous Integration
8 11 (12.22%) UML
8 11 (12.22%) OOP
9 8 (8.889%) MVC
10 7 (7.778%) Performance Testing
10 7 (7.778%) Enterprise Architecture
11 6 (6.667%) Data Modelling
12 5 (5.556%) Analytics
12 5 (5.556%) Unit Testing
12 5 (5.556%) User Acceptance Testing
12 5 (5.556%) OOD
13 4 (4.444%) RUP
13 4 (4.444%) Web Analytics
Programming Languages
1 36 (40.00%) SQL
2 28 (31.11%) C#
3 15 (16.67%) C++
4 9 (10.00%) JavaScript
5 6 (6.667%) Scala
6 5 (5.556%) Bash shell
6 5 (5.556%) XPath
6 5 (5.556%) Shell Script
6 5 (5.556%) PL/SQL
7 3 (3.333%) VBA
7 3 (3.333%) C
8 2 (2.222%) ActionScript
8 2 (2.222%) ActionScript 3.0
9 1 (1.111%) VB6
9 1 (1.111%) MATLAB
9 1 (1.111%) Fortran
9 1 (1.111%) VBScript
9 1 (1.111%) VB
9 1 (1.111%) Python
Qualifications
1 8 (8.889%) Degree
2 3 (3.333%) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (4.444%) WCAG
2 1 (1.111%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Systems Management
1 1 (1.111%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 35 (38.89%) Oracle
2 13 (14.44%) Sybase
3 12 (13.33%) 29West
4 8 (8.889%) Reuters
5 5 (5.556%) Perforce
5 5 (5.556%) Microsoft
5 5 (5.556%) Adobe
5 5 (5.556%) Bloomberg
5 5 (5.556%) TIBCO
6 4 (4.444%) IBM
6 4 (4.444%) DataSynapse
6 4 (4.444%) Sencha
7 3 (3.333%) Trayport
7 3 (3.333%) Murex
8 1 (1.111%) Endeca
8 1 (1.111%) Google
8 1 (1.111%) SAP
8 1 (1.111%) Business Objects
8 1 (1.111%) Cognos
8 1 (1.111%) JBoss
Canary Wharf, London
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