The first table below looks at the demand for Java EE skills in IT contracts advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java EE 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 Application Development category for the City of London 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 Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE)
Rank 179 185 202
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +17
Contract jobs citing Java EE 31 27 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 0.457% 0.349% 0.489%
As % of the Application Development category 1.575% 1.305% 1.744%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 17 33
Average daily rate £433 £450 £525
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-3.88% -14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £375 £365 £358
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £328 £325 £410
% change year-on-year
+0.76% -20.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 0
Average hourly rate £42.00 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.50 - £42.50
All Application Development
City of London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1968 2069 2810
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the City of London 29.03% 26.73% 28.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 1556 1584 2206
Average daily rate £413 £425 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-2.94% -15.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £295 £290 £313
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £650
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 26 25 23
Average hourly rate £41.50 £32.50 £41.63
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+27.69% -21.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £19.00 £16.30
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £52.50 £50.50 £107.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
Java EE
London

Java EE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Java EE across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

City of London Java EE Jobs Demand Trend

Java EE
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Java EE across the City of London region.

City of London Java EE Daily Rate Trend

Java EE
Daily Rate Histogram

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

City of London Java EE Daily Rate Histogram

Java EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Java EE 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 EE.

1 46 (97.87%) Java
2 20 (42.55%) Linux
3 18 (38.30%) J2EE
3 18 (38.30%) JUnit
4 16 (34.04%) Spring
5 15 (31.91%) Finance
6 14 (29.79%) Hibernate
6 14 (29.79%) Banking
6 14 (29.79%) SQL
7 13 (27.66%) JavaScript
7 13 (27.66%) Agile Software Development
8 12 (25.53%) TDD
8 12 (25.53%) WebLogic
8 12 (25.53%) UNIX
8 12 (25.53%) OO
8 12 (25.53%) JBoss
9 10 (21.28%) JMS
9 10 (21.28%) CSS
9 10 (21.28%) HTML
9 10 (21.28%) Oracle
10 9 (19.15%) Apache
10 9 (19.15%) Subversion
10 9 (19.15%) Maven
10 9 (19.15%) Multithreading
11 8 (17.02%) JPA
11 8 (17.02%) Investment Banking
11 8 (17.02%) UML
12 6 (12.77%) HTTP
12 6 (12.77%) Sybase
12 6 (12.77%) JSP

Java EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing Java EE 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 EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 18 (38.30%) J2EE
2 16 (34.04%) Spring
3 14 (29.79%) Hibernate
4 10 (21.28%) JMS
4 10 (21.28%) CSS
4 10 (21.28%) HTML
5 8 (17.02%) JPA
6 6 (12.77%) JSP
6 6 (12.77%) EJB
6 6 (12.77%) HTML5
6 6 (12.77%) jQuery
6 6 (12.77%) CSS3
7 5 (10.64%) EJB 3.0
7 5 (10.64%) Web Services
7 5 (10.64%) XML
8 4 (8.511%) Swing
8 4 (8.511%) JDO
8 4 (8.511%) RESTful
8 4 (8.511%) REST
9 3 (6.383%) MapReduce
Application Platforms
1 12 (25.53%) WebLogic
2 9 (19.15%) Apache
3 6 (12.77%) CMS
4 4 (8.511%) WebLogic Portal
4 4 (8.511%) Confluence
5 3 (6.383%) AquaLogic
5 3 (6.383%) FileNet
5 3 (6.383%) IIS
6 2 (4.255%) Tomcat
6 2 (4.255%) ESB
6 2 (4.255%) Adobe CQ
7 1 (2.128%) Apache Pig
7 1 (2.128%) Amazon AWS
7 1 (2.128%) WebSphere Application Server
7 1 (2.128%) SharePoint
7 1 (2.128%) Documentum
Applications
1 1 (2.128%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 4 (8.511%) Oracle BPM
2 1 (2.128%) Remedy AR System
2 1 (2.128%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (2.128%) Murex MxG2000
Communications & Networking
1 6 (12.77%) HTTP
1 6 (12.77%) Internet
2 2 (4.255%) TCP/IP
3 1 (2.128%) NetScaler
3 1 (2.128%) AMQP
3 1 (2.128%) BIG-IP
3 1 (2.128%) Intranet
3 1 (2.128%) LDAP
3 1 (2.128%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.64%) Hadoop
1 5 (10.64%) MySQL
2 4 (8.511%) Big Data
3 3 (6.383%) Redis
3 3 (6.383%) MongoDB
3 3 (6.383%) Apache Cassandra
3 3 (6.383%) NoSQL
4 2 (4.255%) Apache Hive
5 1 (2.128%) DB2
5 1 (2.128%) SQL Server
5 1 (2.128%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (2.128%) Data Warehouse
Development Applications
1 18 (38.30%) JUnit
2 9 (19.15%) Subversion
2 9 (19.15%) Maven
3 4 (8.511%) Ant
3 4 (8.511%) JIRA
4 3 (6.383%) Jenkins
5 2 (4.255%) Eclipse
5 2 (4.255%) TestNG
5 2 (4.255%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 2 (4.255%) Hudson
6 1 (2.128%) FindBugs
6 1 (2.128%) jMock
6 1 (2.128%) Talend Open Studio
6 1 (2.128%) Git (software)
6 1 (2.128%) Checkstyle
6 1 (2.128%) Introscope
6 1 (2.128%) ClearQuest
General
1 15 (31.91%) Finance
2 14 (29.79%) Banking
3 8 (17.02%) Investment Banking
4 2 (4.255%) Front Office
4 2 (4.255%) Telecoms
5 1 (2.128%) Marketing
5 1 (2.128%) Games
5 1 (2.128%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.128%) Publishing
5 1 (2.128%) Back Office
5 1 (2.128%) Electronics
5 1 (2.128%) Financial Institution
5 1 (2.128%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 35 (74.47%) Developer
2 24 (51.06%) Java Developer
3 2 (4.255%) Architect
3 2 (4.255%) Technical Leader
3 2 (4.255%) FileNet Developer
4 1 (2.128%) DevOps Engineer
4 1 (2.128%) Java Swing Developer
4 1 (2.128%) Mobile Developer
4 1 (2.128%) Web Engineer
4 1 (2.128%) CMS Developer
4 1 (2.128%) Front-End Developer
4 1 (2.128%) C# Developer
4 1 (2.128%) WebSphere Administrator
4 1 (2.128%) Project Engineer
4 1 (2.128%) Integration Engineer
4 1 (2.128%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 1 (2.128%) Solutions Architect
4 1 (2.128%) Senior Developer
4 1 (2.128%) Support Engineer
4 1 (2.128%) Support Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.383%) Heroku
1 3 (6.383%) Cloud Computing
2 2 (4.255%) Management Information System
2 2 (4.255%) Fixed Income
2 2 (4.255%) Computer Science
3 1 (2.128%) Kindle
3 1 (2.128%) Mathematics
3 1 (2.128%) Open Source
3 1 (2.128%) Grid Computing
3 1 (2.128%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
3 1 (2.128%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 20 (42.55%) Linux
2 12 (25.53%) UNIX
3 4 (8.511%) Windows
4 2 (4.255%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (2.128%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.128%) Android
5 1 (2.128%) AIX
5 1 (2.128%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.66%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (25.53%) TDD
2 12 (25.53%) OO
3 9 (19.15%) Multithreading
4 8 (17.02%) UML
5 6 (12.77%) Scrum
5 6 (12.77%) Continuous Integration
6 5 (10.64%) BDD
7 4 (8.511%) E-Commerce
7 4 (8.511%) Migration
7 4 (8.511%) Workflow
8 3 (6.383%) Kanban
8 3 (6.383%) BPMN
9 2 (4.255%) OOD
9 2 (4.255%) MVC
9 2 (4.255%) Information Management
9 2 (4.255%) Pair Programming
9 2 (4.255%) Asset Management
9 2 (4.255%) Unit Testing
9 2 (4.255%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 46 (97.87%) Java
2 14 (29.79%) SQL
3 13 (27.66%) JavaScript
4 4 (8.511%) T-SQL
4 4 (8.511%) Shell Script
5 3 (6.383%) Bash shell
5 3 (6.383%) Perl
6 1 (2.128%) Korn
6 1 (2.128%) Groovy
6 1 (2.128%) Ruby
6 1 (2.128%) PHP
6 1 (2.128%) PL/SQL
6 1 (2.128%) VB
6 1 (2.128%) C#
6 1 (2.128%) C++
6 1 (2.128%) Python
Qualifications
1 3 (6.383%) Degree
2 2 (4.255%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.128%) QA
1 1 (2.128%) SLA
1 1 (2.128%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (2.128%) Oozie
1 1 (2.128%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 12 (25.53%) JBoss
2 10 (21.28%) Oracle
3 6 (12.77%) Sybase
4 4 (8.511%) IBM
5 3 (6.383%) Lombardi
5 3 (6.383%) Pega
5 3 (6.383%) Cordys
5 3 (6.383%) FatWire
5 3 (6.383%) Metastorm
6 2 (4.255%) Adobe
6 2 (4.255%) Red Hat
6 2 (4.255%) Open Text
6 2 (4.255%) hybris
7 1 (2.128%) Talend
7 1 (2.128%) F5
7 1 (2.128%) Google
7 1 (2.128%) UC4
7 1 (2.128%) Blue Coat
7 1 (2.128%) InterSystems
7 1 (2.128%) Sun
City, London
Firm grasp of Idiomatic Java SE... Experience of a minimum of one enterprise-class JEE container (WebSphere, Weblogic, etc) Very strong C# XML/XSLT... Unix/Linux. Murex MXG2000...
Eximius IT
Rate: From £500 to £600 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
City of London
Wide range of technical skills, with the ability to pick up new skills through practical hands-on activities, but specifically of the type: Highly technically-literate, comfortable working...
Capita Resourcing Ltd
Rate: £450 - £550 per day
Posted: 29 May 2013