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The table below looks at the demand for the Senior Java/J2EE Developer role in IT contracts within the City of London 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 Senior Java/J2EE Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 8 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior Java/J2EE Developer
Location
3 months to
8 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank200200
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads81
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.110 %0.016 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£425£371
% change on same period last year+14.60 %
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-£39.00
% change on same period last year-
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
City of London
Matching contract IT job ads72506442
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled10.15 %6.608 %
Daily rates quoted39382638
Average minimum daily rate£408£444
Average daily rate£444£472
% change on same period last year-5.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£480£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted315231
Average minimum hourly rate£22.89£23.10
Average hourly rate£24.72£24.42
% change on same period last year+1.21 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.55£25.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.16
% change on same period last year-5.83 %
Senior Java/J2EE Developer LondonSenior Java/J2EE Developer
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.

Senior Java/J2EE Developer
Demand Trend

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

City of London Senior Java/J2EE Developer Demand Trend

Senior Java/J2EE Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior Java/J2EE Developer across the City of London region.

City of London Senior Java/J2EE Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior Java/J2EE Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Senior Java/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 Senior Java/J2EE Developer in their job title.

110 (100.00 %)Java
110 (100.00 %)J2EE
28 (80.00 %)Hibernate
28 (80.00 %)Spring
37 (70.00 %)Oracle
46 (60.00 %)OO
46 (60.00 %)Degree
55 (50.00 %)Eclipse
62 (20.00 %)EJB
62 (20.00 %)XML
62 (20.00 %)Finance
62 (20.00 %)Automotive
71 (10.00 %)Health
71 (10.00 %)Advertising
71 (10.00 %)Games
71 (10.00 %)Investment Banking
71 (10.00 %)AJAX
71 (10.00 %)Extreme Programming
71 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
71 (10.00 %)Banking
71 (10.00 %)Retail
71 (10.00 %)Subversion
71 (10.00 %)UNIX
71 (10.00 %)OOP
71 (10.00 %)JDBC
71 (10.00 %)WebServices
71 (10.00 %)Ant
71 (10.00 %)JMX
71 (10.00 %)Pharmaceutical
71 (10.00 %)Telecoms

Senior Java/J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the City of London region that cited Senior Java/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 Senior Java/J2EE Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110 (100.00 %)J2EE
28 (80.00 %)Hibernate
28 (80.00 %)Spring
32 (20.00 %)EJB
32 (20.00 %)XML
41 (10.00 %)Swing
41 (10.00 %)JMS
41 (10.00 %)Java RMI
41 (10.00 %)JMX
41 (10.00 %)JDBC
41 (10.00 %)WebServices
41 (10.00 %)AJAX
41 (10.00 %)EJB 3.0
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (10.00 %)JBoss
11 (10.00 %)Tomcat
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (50.00 %)Eclipse
21 (10.00 %)Subversion
21 (10.00 %)Ant
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Finance
12 (20.00 %)Automotive
21 (10.00 %)Health
21 (10.00 %)Advertising
21 (10.00 %)Games
21 (10.00 %)Banking
21 (10.00 %)Retail
21 (10.00 %)Investment Banking
21 (10.00 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (10.00 %)Telecoms
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (10.00 %)UNIX
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (60.00 %)OO
21 (10.00 %)E-Commerce
21 (10.00 %)Extreme Programming
21 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
21 (10.00 %)Investment Management
21 (10.00 %)OOP
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (100.00 %)Java
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (60.00 %)Degree
City of London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (70.00 %)Oracle