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This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) skills within the Coventry 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3319
Rank change on same period last yearDown-14
Matching contract IT job ads59
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.009 %
As % of the category below6.494 %20.00 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£350
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£380£365
% change on same period last year+4.12 %
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£41.35£37.65
% change on same period last year+9.82 %
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Coventry
Matching contract IT job ads7745
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.102 %0.045 %
Daily rates quoted286
Average minimum daily rate£277£267
Average daily rate£290£288
% change on same period last year+0.39 %
Average maximum daily rate£302£310
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted15
Average minimum hourly rate£25.00£35.71
Average hourly rate£27.50£37.86
% change on same period last year-27.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.73£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
J2EE West MidlandsJ2EE
West Midlands

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 Coventry region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Coventry region.

Coventry J2EE Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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.

114 (93.33 %)Java
27 (46.67 %)Oracle
36 (40.00 %)Agile Software Development
36 (40.00 %)Spring
45 (33.33 %)CSS
45 (33.33 %)JSP
45 (33.33 %)Servlets
45 (33.33 %)SQL
45 (33.33 %)HTML
54 (26.67 %)Struts
54 (26.67 %)SQL Server
54 (26.67 %)XML
54 (26.67 %)UML
54 (26.67 %)OOA/OOD
54 (26.67 %)OO
54 (26.67 %)Hibernate
54 (26.67 %)WebSphere
63 (20.00 %)AJAX
63 (20.00 %)MySQL
63 (20.00 %)UNIX
63 (20.00 %)Sun
63 (20.00 %)Sun Certification
63 (20.00 %)IIS
63 (20.00 %)Apache
63 (20.00 %)JavaScript
72 (13.33 %)VB
72 (13.33 %).NET
72 (13.33 %)C++
72 (13.33 %)COBOL
72 (13.33 %)DB2

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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.

Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (40.00 %)Spring
25 (33.33 %)CSS
25 (33.33 %)JSP
25 (33.33 %)Servlets
25 (33.33 %)HTML
34 (26.67 %)Struts
34 (26.67 %)XML
34 (26.67 %)Hibernate
34 (26.67 %)WebSphere
43 (20.00 %)AJAX
52 (13.33 %).NET
61 (6.667 %)iBATIS
61 (6.667 %)EJB
61 (6.667 %)XSLT
61 (6.667 %)Swing
61 (6.667 %)JMS
61 (6.667 %)AWT
61 (6.667 %)WebServices
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (20.00 %)IIS
13 (20.00 %)Apache
22 (13.33 %)CICS
31 (6.667 %)Oracle 10gAS
31 (6.667 %)Oracle Application Server
31 (6.667 %)MQSeries
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (6.667 %)Internet
11 (6.667 %)SSL
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (26.67 %)SQL Server
23 (20.00 %)MySQL
32 (13.33 %)DB2
41 (6.667 %)InterSystems Cache
41 (6.667 %)Oracle 10g
41 (6.667 %)Oracle Reports
41 (6.667 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (6.667 %)RDBMS
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.667 %)StarTeam
11 (6.667 %)Oracle Forms
11 (6.667 %)JUnit
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (6.667 %)Health
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (73.33 %)Developer
29 (60.00 %)Java Developer
36 (40.00 %)J2EE Developer
44 (26.67 %)Java/J2EE Developer
51 (6.667 %)Technical Analyst
51 (6.667 %)Team Leader
51 (6.667 %)Principle Consultant
51 (6.667 %)Applications Architect
51 (6.667 %)Oracle Trainer
51 (6.667 %)J2EE Team Leader
51 (6.667 %)Architect
51 (6.667 %)Trainer
51 (6.667 %)Analyst
51 (6.667 %)Consultant
51 (6.667 %)Applications Consultant
51 (6.667 %)Instructor
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (13.33 %)Mainframe
12 (13.33 %)AS400
12 (13.33 %)IBM Mainframe
21 (6.667 %)Client/Server
21 (6.667 %)N-Tier
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (20.00 %)UNIX
21 (6.667 %)Windows
21 (6.667 %)Linux
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16 (40.00 %)Agile Software Development
24 (26.67 %)UML
24 (26.67 %)OOA/OOD
24 (26.67 %)OO
31 (6.667 %)Load Balancing
31 (6.667 %)Web Development
31 (6.667 %)Identity Management
31 (6.667 %)E-Commerce
31 (6.667 %)OOD
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (93.33 %)Java
25 (33.33 %)SQL
33 (20.00 %)JavaScript
42 (13.33 %)VB
42 (13.33 %)C++
42 (13.33 %)COBOL
42 (13.33 %)JCL
42 (13.33 %)PL/1
51 (6.667 %)C
51 (6.667 %)PL/SQL
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (20.00 %)Sun Certification
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (46.67 %)Oracle
23 (20.00 %)Sun
32 (13.33 %)SAP
32 (13.33 %)IBM
32 (13.33 %)Microsoft
41 (6.667 %)Borland