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The table below looks at the demand for Java skills within the Cardiff region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2018
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads98
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.013 %0.008 %
As % of the category below10.23 %13.56 %
Daily rates quoted32
Average minimum daily rate£350£200
Average daily rate£357£350
% change on same period last year+1.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£350
% change on same period last year+4.36 %
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£35.48£33.04
% change on same period last year+7.37 %
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Cardiff
Matching contract IT job ads8859
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.124 %0.060 %
Daily rates quoted3110
Average minimum daily rate£276£245
Average daily rate£297£344
% change on same period last year-13.71 %
Average maximum daily rate£317£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.98 %
Hourly rates quoted79
Average minimum hourly rate£21.97£29.77
Average hourly rate£25.60£30.43
% change on same period last year-15.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.22£31.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.24£32.80
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Java South WalesJava
South Wales

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.

Java
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Java across the Cardiff region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Cardiff Java Demand Trend

Java
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cardiff Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Cardiff Java Daily Rate Histogram

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cardiff Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

17 (35.00 %)Eclipse
17 (35.00 %).NET
26 (30.00 %)HTML
26 (30.00 %)Finance
35 (25.00 %)ColdFusion
35 (25.00 %)J2EE
35 (25.00 %)SQL
44 (20.00 %)Project Management
44 (20.00 %)UML
53 (15.00 %)Agile Software Development
53 (15.00 %)AJAX
53 (15.00 %)WebSphere
53 (15.00 %)Education
53 (15.00 %)VB
53 (15.00 %)SQL Server
53 (15.00 %)JavaScript
53 (15.00 %)JSP
53 (15.00 %)PRINCE2
53 (15.00 %)RAD
62 (10.00 %)Windows
62 (10.00 %)Solaris
62 (10.00 %)XML
62 (10.00 %)ODBC
62 (10.00 %)Servlets
62 (10.00 %)Struts
62 (10.00 %)Ant
62 (10.00 %)JUnit
62 (10.00 %)PVCS
62 (10.00 %)DCOM
62 (10.00 %)EJB

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cardiff 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.

Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (35.00 %).NET
26 (30.00 %)HTML
35 (25.00 %)J2EE
43 (15.00 %)JSP
43 (15.00 %)AJAX
43 (15.00 %)WebSphere
52 (10.00 %)XML
52 (10.00 %)ODBC
52 (10.00 %)Swing
52 (10.00 %)XHTML
52 (10.00 %)Servlets
52 (10.00 %)Struts
52 (10.00 %)DCOM
52 (10.00 %)EJB
52 (10.00 %)JRules
52 (10.00 %)Spring
61 (5.000 %)CSS
61 (5.000 %)WebServices
61 (5.000 %)MVC
61 (5.000 %)Spring MVC
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (25.00 %)ColdFusion
22 (10.00 %)Tomcat
31 (5.000 %)Apache
31 (5.000 %)Oracle Application Server
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (5.000 %)Oracle Applications
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (10.00 %)LDAP
21 (5.000 %)Firewall
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (15.00 %)SQL Server
21 (5.000 %)Oracle Reports
21 (5.000 %)Oracle 9i
21 (5.000 %)Oracle Discoverer
21 (5.000 %)MySQL
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (35.00 %)Eclipse
22 (10.00 %)JBuilder
22 (10.00 %)Ant
22 (10.00 %)JUnit
22 (10.00 %)PVCS
31 (5.000 %)Oracle Forms
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (30.00 %)Finance
23 (15.00 %)Education
31 (5.000 %)Government
31 (5.000 %)Health
31 (5.000 %)Local Government
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
112 (60.00 %)Developer
210 (50.00 %)Java Developer
34 (20.00 %)Project Manager
43 (15.00 %)Analyst
52 (10.00 %)Technical Project Manager
52 (10.00 %)Business Analyst
52 (10.00 %)Senior Developer
52 (10.00 %)Technical Manager
61 (5.000 %)Oracle Consultant
61 (5.000 %)Development Project Manager
61 (5.000 %)Senior Oracle Developer
61 (5.000 %)Senior Applications Developer
61 (5.000 %)Web Project Manager
61 (5.000 %)Senior Oracle Consultant
61 (5.000 %)Web Manager
61 (5.000 %)Java/J2EE Developer
61 (5.000 %)Lead Project Manager
61 (5.000 %)Architect
61 (5.000 %)Senior Project Manager
61 (5.000 %)Oracle Developer
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (10.00 %)N-Tier
21 (5.000 %)AS400
21 (5.000 %)Tandem
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (10.00 %)Windows
12 (10.00 %)Solaris
21 (5.000 %)Linux
21 (5.000 %)AIX
21 (5.000 %)UNIX
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (20.00 %)UML
14 (20.00 %)Project Management
23 (15.00 %)Agile Software Development
23 (15.00 %)RAD
23 (15.00 %)PRINCE2
32 (10.00 %)Unit Testing
32 (10.00 %)Unified Process
41 (5.000 %)Project Planning
41 (5.000 %)Web Development
41 (5.000 %)CRM
41 (5.000 %)OOA/OOD
41 (5.000 %)SC Cleared
41 (5.000 %)Security Cleared
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (25.00 %)SQL
23 (15.00 %)VB
23 (15.00 %)JavaScript
31 (5.000 %)Perl
31 (5.000 %)PL/SQL
31 (5.000 %)VB6
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (10.00 %)PRINCE2 Certification
21 (5.000 %)ISEB
Cardiff IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (10.00 %)Microsoft
21 (5.000 %)Oracle
21 (5.000 %)Sybase