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The table below looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) skills within the County Antrim region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank1822
Rank change on same period last yearUp+4
Matching contract IT job ads152
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.021 %0.002 %
As % of the category below28.85 %13.33 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£400-
Average daily rate£400-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£400-
UK excluding London average daily rate£376£359
% change on same period last year+4.74 %
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£37.80£35.58
% change on same period last year+6.24 %
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
County Antrim
Matching contract IT job ads5215
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.074 %0.015 %
Daily rates quoted103
Average minimum daily rate£260£198
Average daily rate£281£214
% change on same period last year+31.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£303£231
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted32
Average minimum hourly rate£30.40£26.00
Average hourly rate£31.30£32.40
% change on same period last year-3.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.20£38.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£32.06
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
J2EE Northern IrelandJ2EE
Northern Ireland

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
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the County Antrim region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

County Antrim J2EE Demand Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

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

County Antrim J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 7 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
BelfastUp+415£400-
J2EE Northern IrelandJ2EE
Northern Ireland

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim region citing J2EE 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 J2EE.

117 (100.00 %)Java
212 (70.59 %)JUnit
39 (52.94 %)JSP
48 (47.06 %)Servlets
48 (47.06 %)Linux
48 (47.06 %)MVC
48 (47.06 %)JBoss
57 (41.18 %)OO
66 (35.29 %)Spring
75 (29.41 %)Hibernate
75 (29.41 %)Struts
75 (29.41 %)XML
75 (29.41 %)UNIX
75 (29.41 %)C++
75 (29.41 %)Shell Script
84 (23.53 %)TIBCO
84 (23.53 %)Eclipse
84 (23.53 %)Sybase
84 (23.53 %)WebLogic
84 (23.53 %)EJB
84 (23.53 %)Web Development
84 (23.53 %)Configuration Management
84 (23.53 %)EJB 3.0
93 (17.65 %)Banking
93 (17.65 %)MySQL
93 (17.65 %)BusinessWorks
102 (11.76 %)BEA
102 (11.76 %)Investment Banking
111 (5.882 %)Insurance
111 (5.882 %)Oracle Application Server

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim region citing J2EE 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 J2EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (52.94 %)JSP
28 (47.06 %)Servlets
28 (47.06 %)MVC
36 (35.29 %)Spring
45 (29.41 %)Hibernate
45 (29.41 %)Struts
45 (29.41 %)XML
54 (23.53 %)EJB
54 (23.53 %)EJB 3.0
61 (5.882 %).NET
61 (5.882 %)WebSphere
61 (5.882 %)Adobe Flex
61 (5.882 %)jQuery
61 (5.882 %)CSS
61 (5.882 %)Swing
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
18 (47.06 %)JBoss
24 (23.53 %)WebLogic
31 (5.882 %)Oracle Application Server
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (17.65 %)BusinessWorks
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (17.65 %)MySQL
21 (5.882 %)SQL Server
21 (5.882 %)DB2
21 (5.882 %)Oracle 8/8i
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (70.59 %)JUnit
24 (23.53 %)Eclipse
31 (5.882 %)jMock
31 (5.882 %)Ant
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (17.65 %)Banking
22 (11.76 %)Investment Banking
31 (5.882 %)Insurance
31 (5.882 %)Finance
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (64.71 %)Developer
28 (47.06 %)Java Developer
34 (23.53 %)Senior Developer
34 (23.53 %)Senior Java Developer
43 (17.65 %)C++ Developer
52 (11.76 %)J2EE Developer
52 (11.76 %)Analyst Programmer
52 (11.76 %)Programmer
52 (11.76 %)Analyst
52 (11.76 %)Java/J2EE Developer
61 (5.882 %)WebSphere Developer
61 (5.882 %)Senior Programmer
61 (5.882 %)Senior Analyst
61 (5.882 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
18 (47.06 %)Linux
25 (29.41 %)UNIX
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (41.18 %)OO
24 (23.53 %)Configuration Management
24 (23.53 %)Web Development
31 (5.882 %)Migration
31 (5.882 %)Agile Software Development
31 (5.882 %)RAD
31 (5.882 %)SOA
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (100.00 %)Java
25 (29.41 %)C++
25 (29.41 %)Shell Script
31 (5.882 %)JavaScript
31 (5.882 %)Embedded C++
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.882 %)QA
County Antrim IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (23.53 %)Sybase
14 (23.53 %)TIBCO
22 (11.76 %)BEA
31 (5.882 %)Oracle
31 (5.882 %)IBM