The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the County Antrim region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 24 May 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 Programming Languages category for the County Antrim 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 6 8 6
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -2
Contract jobs citing Java 32 22 43
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 16.49% 13.25% 12.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.02% 41.51% 29.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 10 7
Average daily rate £325 £275 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+18.18% -15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £300 £240 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £400 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
- -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
County Antrim
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
123 53 144
As % of all contract IT jobs located in County Antrim 63.40% 31.93% 43.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 89 18 37
Average daily rate £350 £280 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -20.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £256 £291
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 2
Average hourly rate £12.42 £36.50 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-65.97% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Java
Northern Ireland

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Java across the County Antrim region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

County Antrim Java Jobs Demand Trend

Java
Daily Rate Trend

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

County Antrim Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the County Antrim region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Belfast +2 32 £325 +18.18%
Java
Northern Ireland

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim region citing Java 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.

1 25 (36.76%) J2EE
2 21 (30.88%) SQL
3 19 (27.94%) JavaScript
4 18 (26.47%) OO
5 16 (23.53%) C#
6 15 (22.06%) HTML
6 15 (22.06%) Degree
6 15 (22.06%) Computer Science
7 14 (20.59%) jQuery
7 14 (20.59%) WebSphere
8 12 (17.65%) XML
8 12 (17.65%) CSS
9 11 (16.18%) Web Services
9 11 (16.18%) C++
9 11 (16.18%) JUnit
9 11 (16.18%) BizTalk Server
9 11 (16.18%) TDD
10 10 (14.71%) Dojo
10 10 (14.71%) Web Design
11 9 (13.24%) Finance
11 9 (13.24%) Oracle
11 9 (13.24%) Ajax
11 9 (13.24%) HTML5
12 8 (11.76%) soapUI
12 8 (11.76%) Spring
12 8 (11.76%) ESB
12 8 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
12 8 (11.76%) .NET
12 8 (11.76%) SOAP
12 8 (11.76%) Agile Software Development

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the County Antrim region citing Java 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (36.76%) J2EE
2 15 (22.06%) HTML
3 14 (20.59%) jQuery
3 14 (20.59%) WebSphere
4 12 (17.65%) XML
4 12 (17.65%) CSS
5 11 (16.18%) Web Services
6 10 (14.71%) Dojo
7 9 (13.24%) Ajax
7 9 (13.24%) HTML5
8 8 (11.76%) soapUI
8 8 (11.76%) Spring
8 8 (11.76%) .NET
8 8 (11.76%) SOAP
9 7 (10.29%) CSS3
10 6 (8.824%) Java EE
10 6 (8.824%) JMS
11 5 (7.353%) JSON
11 5 (7.353%) REST
12 4 (5.882%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 11 (16.18%) BizTalk Server
2 8 (11.76%) ESB
3 5 (7.353%) WebLogic
4 4 (5.882%) WebSphere Process Server
5 3 (4.412%) Progress Apama
6 1 (1.471%) Apache
6 1 (1.471%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 3 (4.412%) HTTP
1 3 (4.412%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.471%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (8.824%) SQL Server
2 4 (5.882%) MySQL
3 3 (4.412%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (4.412%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 3 (4.412%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (2.941%) Microsoft Analysis Services
4 2 (2.941%) Data Mining
4 2 (2.941%) OLAP
Development Applications
1 11 (16.18%) JUnit
2 4 (5.882%) Team Foundation Server
3 3 (4.412%) Selenium
3 3 (4.412%) Build Forge
4 2 (2.941%) Eclipse
4 2 (2.941%) Ant
5 1 (1.471%) Maven
5 1 (1.471%) HttpUnit
General
1 9 (13.24%) Finance
2 3 (4.412%) Banking
Job Titles
1 30 (44.12%) Developer
2 13 (19.12%) Java Developer
3 5 (7.353%) Consultant
4 4 (5.882%) JavaScript Developer
4 4 (5.882%) Senior Developer
4 4 (5.882%) .NET Developer
5 3 (4.412%) WebSphere Consultant
5 3 (4.412%) Process Consultant
6 2 (2.941%) SAP PI Consultant
6 2 (2.941%) Software Engineer
6 2 (2.941%) Software Developer
6 2 (2.941%) SAP Consultant
6 2 (2.941%) Senior Java Developer
7 1 (1.471%) Senior .NET Developer
7 1 (1.471%) Tester
7 1 (1.471%) Technical Leader
7 1 (1.471%) Automation Tester
7 1 (1.471%) Automation Engineer
7 1 (1.471%) Tools Developer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (22.06%) Computer Science
2 5 (7.353%) Fixed Income
2 5 (7.353%) Equities
2 5 (7.353%) Derivative
3 1 (1.471%) N-Tier
3 1 (1.471%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (7.353%) UNIX
2 4 (5.882%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (26.47%) OO
2 11 (16.18%) TDD
3 10 (14.71%) Web Design
4 8 (11.76%) Continuous Integration
4 8 (11.76%) Agile Software Development
5 7 (10.29%) E-Commerce
5 7 (10.29%) Web Development
5 7 (10.29%) Responsive Web Design
6 6 (8.824%) MVC
7 5 (7.353%) SOA
7 5 (7.353%) Integration Testing
8 3 (4.412%) OOA/OOD
8 3 (4.412%) B2B
8 3 (4.412%) Unit Testing
9 2 (2.941%) Performance Testing
9 2 (2.941%) Automated Testing
9 2 (2.941%) Project Management
10 1 (1.471%) Multithreading
10 1 (1.471%) Test Automation
10 1 (1.471%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 21 (30.88%) SQL
2 19 (27.94%) JavaScript
3 16 (23.53%) C#
4 11 (16.18%) C++
5 6 (8.824%) Ruby
5 6 (8.824%) Groovy
6 3 (4.412%) ABAP
7 2 (2.941%) Python
8 1 (1.471%) PHP
8 1 (1.471%) PowerShell
8 1 (1.471%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 15 (22.06%) Degree
2 6 (8.824%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.941%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.471%) Puppet
Vendors
1 9 (13.24%) Oracle
2 5 (7.353%) Sybase
3 3 (4.412%) SAP
3 3 (4.412%) HP
4 2 (2.941%) IBM
5 1 (1.471%) Jaspersoft
UK, Belfast, Northern Ireland
realTime are hiring for a JAVA Contractor for an initial 12 month engagement based in Belfast. Any manufacturing/production environment experience would be advantageous. Day rate is negotiable.
Real Time Recruitment
Rate: Negotiable
Posted: 21 May 2013