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The table below looks at the demand for the J2EE Developer role in IT contracts within the Cheshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 J2EE Developer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5659
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads510
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.010 %
As % of the category below0.678 %1.076 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£296
Average daily rate-£309
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£321
UK excluding London average daily rate£373£342
% change on same period last year+9.00 %
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£44.13£38.09
% change on same period last year+15.84 %
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cheshire
Matching contract IT job ads738929
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.039 %0.939 %
Daily rates quoted195194
Average minimum daily rate£305£305
Average daily rate£316£317
% change on same period last year-0.22 %
Average maximum daily rate£328£329
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted10757
Average minimum hourly rate£20.88£21.11
Average hourly rate£22.72£22.40
% change on same period last year+1.45 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.57£23.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
J2EE Developer North WestJ2EE Developer
North West

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 Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE Developer across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire J2EE Developer Demand Trend

J2EE Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Cheshire J2EE Developer Daily Rate Trend

J2EE Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Cheshire J2EE Developer Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited J2EE 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 J2EE Developer in their job title.

119 (100.00 %)J2EE
218 (94.74 %)Java
312 (63.16 %)Oracle
411 (57.89 %)Hibernate
510 (52.63 %)JSP
69 (47.37 %)HTML
77 (36.84 %)Struts
86 (31.58 %)Spring
95 (26.32 %)WebSphere
95 (26.32 %)Finance
95 (26.32 %)WebServices
95 (26.32 %)Servlets
95 (26.32 %)UML
95 (26.32 %)OO
95 (26.32 %)CSS
104 (21.05 %)JDBC
104 (21.05 %)UNIX
104 (21.05 %)Tomcat
104 (21.05 %)XML
104 (21.05 %)E-Commerce
113 (15.79 %)Oracle 10g
113 (15.79 %)Agile Software Development
113 (15.79 %)Banking
113 (15.79 %)Jetty
113 (15.79 %)JavaScript
122 (10.53 %)EJB
122 (10.53 %)C++
122 (10.53 %)MS Office
122 (10.53 %)SOAP
122 (10.53 %)CRM

J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Cheshire region that cited J2EE 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 J2EE Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
119 (100.00 %)J2EE
211 (57.89 %)Hibernate
310 (52.63 %)JSP
49 (47.37 %)HTML
57 (36.84 %)Struts
66 (31.58 %)Spring
75 (26.32 %)WebSphere
75 (26.32 %)WebServices
75 (26.32 %)Servlets
75 (26.32 %)CSS
84 (21.05 %)JDBC
84 (21.05 %)XML
92 (10.53 %)Swing
92 (10.53 %)WSDL
92 (10.53 %)JAX-RPC
92 (10.53 %)Middleware
92 (10.53 %)SOAP
92 (10.53 %)EJB
101 (5.263 %).NET
101 (5.263 %)JMS
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (21.05 %)Tomcat
23 (15.79 %)Jetty
31 (5.263 %)WebLogic
31 (5.263 %)JBoss
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (10.53 %)MS Office
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (15.79 %)Oracle 10g
21 (5.263 %)RDBMS
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (5.263 %)JUnit
11 (5.263 %)Oracle Forms
11 (5.263 %)Oracle APEX
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (26.32 %)Finance
23 (15.79 %)Banking
32 (10.53 %)Auditing
41 (5.263 %)Retail
41 (5.263 %)Retail Banking
41 (5.263 %)Publishing
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.263 %)RIA
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (21.05 %)UNIX
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (26.32 %)UML
15 (26.32 %)OO
24 (21.05 %)E-Commerce
33 (15.79 %)Agile Software Development
42 (10.53 %)CRM
42 (10.53 %)OOD
42 (10.53 %)SOA
51 (5.263 %)Validation
51 (5.263 %)RUP
51 (5.263 %)OOA/OOD
51 (5.263 %)PRINCE2
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (94.74 %)Java
23 (15.79 %)JavaScript
32 (10.53 %)C++
41 (5.263 %)C#
41 (5.263 %)SQL
Cheshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
112 (63.16 %)Oracle
21 (5.263 %)SAP
21 (5.263 %)IBM
21 (5.263 %)Microsoft
21 (5.263 %)Interwoven