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This section looks at the demand for Java Foundation Classes (JFC) skills within the City of London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JFC over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava Foundation Classes (JFC)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank213192
Rank change on same period last yearDown-21
Matching contract IT job ads23
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.003 %
As % of the category below0.093 %0.175 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£400£250
Average daily rate£425£275
% change on same period last year+54.54 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£300
UK excluding London average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
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--
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads21551713
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled2.872 %1.733 %
Daily rates quoted1252755
Average minimum daily rate£395£454
Average daily rate£432£489
% change on same period last year-11.59 %
Average maximum daily rate£469£524
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted6027
Average minimum hourly rate£30.90£24.24
Average hourly rate£32.85£27.46
% change on same period last year+19.61 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.80£30.69
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
JFC LondonJFC
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.

JFC
Demand Trend

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

City of London JFC Demand Trend

JFC
Daily Rate Trend

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

City of London JFC Daily Rate Trend

JFC
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JFC across the City of London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

City of London JFC Daily Rate Histogram

JFC
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing JFC 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 JFC.

14 (100.00 %)Struts
14 (100.00 %)Swing
14 (100.00 %)Java
14 (100.00 %)Spring
23 (75.00 %)SQL Server 2005
23 (75.00 %)JRules
23 (75.00 %)Validation
23 (75.00 %)Hibernate
23 (75.00 %)J2EE
23 (75.00 %)WebServices
23 (75.00 %)XML
23 (75.00 %)UML
23 (75.00 %)OOA/OOD
23 (75.00 %)JBoss
23 (75.00 %)SQL Server
23 (75.00 %)OLAP
23 (75.00 %)Ant
23 (75.00 %)Middleware
31 (25.00 %)JSP
31 (25.00 %)Oracle
31 (25.00 %)J2SE
31 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
31 (25.00 %)JMS
31 (25.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
31 (25.00 %)MVC
31 (25.00 %)RMDS
31 (25.00 %)Spring MVC

JFC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region citing JFC 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 JFC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)Struts
14 (100.00 %)Swing
14 (100.00 %)Spring
23 (75.00 %)Hibernate
23 (75.00 %)JRules
23 (75.00 %)Middleware
23 (75.00 %)WebServices
23 (75.00 %)XML
23 (75.00 %)J2EE
31 (25.00 %)JSP
31 (25.00 %)MVC
31 (25.00 %)J2SE
31 (25.00 %)JMS
31 (25.00 %)Spring MVC
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (75.00 %)JBoss
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (25.00 %)RMDS
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (75.00 %)SQL Server
13 (75.00 %)OLAP
13 (75.00 %)SQL Server 2005
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (75.00 %)Ant
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
14 (100.00 %)Senior Developer
23 (75.00 %)Senior Consultant
23 (75.00 %)Consultant
23 (75.00 %)J2EE Developer
23 (75.00 %)Java Consultant
23 (75.00 %)Senior J2EE Developer
23 (75.00 %)J2EE Consultant
23 (75.00 %)Senior J2EE Consultant
23 (75.00 %)Senior Java Consultant
31 (25.00 %)Senior Java Developer
31 (25.00 %)Java Developer
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)UML
13 (75.00 %)OOA/OOD
13 (75.00 %)Validation
21 (25.00 %)E-Commerce
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)Java
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Oracle
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