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The table below looks at the demand for Java skills within the Coventry region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2528
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching contract IT job ads57
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.007 %
As % of the category below7.813 %8.235 %
Daily rates quoted02
Average minimum daily rate-£400
Average daily rate-£438
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£351
% change on same period last year+4.02 %
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£35.47£33.02
% change on same period last year+7.42 %
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Coventry
Matching contract IT job ads6485
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.091 %0.086 %
Daily rates quoted1718
Average minimum daily rate£291£297
Average daily rate£309£315
% change on same period last year-1.83 %
Average maximum daily rate£327£333
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-3.07 %
Hourly rates quoted56
Average minimum hourly rate£17.00£30.00
Average hourly rate£18.55£32.70
% change on same period last year-43.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.10£35.40
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.32£32.74
% change on same period last year-1.29 %
Java West MidlandsJava
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.

Java
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Java across the Coventry region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Coventry Java Demand Trend

Java
Daily Rate Trend

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

Coventry Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Coventry Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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.

114 (73.68 %)J2EE
28 (42.11 %)OO
37 (36.84 %)Hibernate
37 (36.84 %)OOA/OOD
46 (31.58 %)Spring
46 (31.58 %)AJAX
46 (31.58 %)UML
54 (21.05 %)Oracle
54 (21.05 %)Servlets
54 (21.05 %)Agile Software Development
54 (21.05 %)Microsoft
63 (15.79 %)Marketing
63 (15.79 %)SQL Server
63 (15.79 %)UNIX
63 (15.79 %)Tomcat
63 (15.79 %)Performance Testing
72 (10.53 %)IBM Mainframe
72 (10.53 %)Subversion
72 (10.53 %)Apache
72 (10.53 %)VB
72 (10.53 %).NET
72 (10.53 %)DB2
72 (10.53 %)Ant
72 (10.53 %)C++
72 (10.53 %)COBOL
72 (10.53 %)HTML
72 (10.53 %)Struts
72 (10.53 %)Crystal Reports
72 (10.53 %)SAP
72 (10.53 %)ASP

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Coventry 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.

Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (73.68 %)J2EE
27 (36.84 %)Hibernate
36 (31.58 %)Spring
36 (31.58 %)AJAX
44 (21.05 %)Servlets
52 (10.53 %).NET
52 (10.53 %)HTML
52 (10.53 %)Struts
52 (10.53 %)ASP
52 (10.53 %)CSS
52 (10.53 %)JSP
61 (5.263 %)WebSphere
61 (5.263 %)XML
61 (5.263 %)XSLT
61 (5.263 %)Swing
61 (5.263 %)AWT
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (15.79 %)Tomcat
22 (10.53 %)Apache
22 (10.53 %)CICS
31 (5.263 %)MQSeries
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (5.263 %)Internet
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (15.79 %)SQL Server
22 (10.53 %)DB2
22 (10.53 %)Crystal Reports
22 (10.53 %)SQL Server 2005
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (10.53 %)Subversion
12 (10.53 %)Ant
12 (10.53 %)Eclipse
21 (5.263 %)StarTeam
21 (5.263 %)JUnit
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (15.79 %)Marketing
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (73.68 %)Developer
210 (52.63 %)J2EE Developer
39 (47.37 %)Java Developer
45 (26.32 %)Java/J2EE Developer
52 (10.53 %)Consultant
61 (5.263 %)Architect
61 (5.263 %)Project Manager
61 (5.263 %)Development Manager
61 (5.263 %)Applications Consultant
61 (5.263 %)Analyst
61 (5.263 %)Technical Analyst
61 (5.263 %)Team Leader
61 (5.263 %)Principle Consultant
61 (5.263 %)Development Project Manager
61 (5.263 %)Java Consultant
61 (5.263 %)Applications Architect
61 (5.263 %)J2EE Team Leader
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (10.53 %)IBM Mainframe
12 (10.53 %)AS400
12 (10.53 %)Mainframe
21 (5.263 %)Client/Server
21 (5.263 %)N-Tier
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (15.79 %)UNIX
21 (5.263 %)Windows
21 (5.263 %)AIX
21 (5.263 %)Solaris
21 (5.263 %)Linux
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (42.11 %)OO
27 (36.84 %)OOA/OOD
36 (31.58 %)UML
44 (21.05 %)Agile Software Development
53 (15.79 %)Performance Testing
61 (5.263 %)Web Development
61 (5.263 %)TDD
61 (5.263 %)RUP
61 (5.263 %)E-Commerce
61 (5.263 %)OOD
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (10.53 %)VB
12 (10.53 %)C++
12 (10.53 %)COBOL
12 (10.53 %)PL/1
12 (10.53 %)JCL
21 (5.263 %)PL/SQL
21 (5.263 %)SQL
21 (5.263 %)C
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (5.263 %)HL7
Coventry IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (21.05 %)Oracle
14 (21.05 %)Microsoft
22 (10.53 %)SAP
22 (10.53 %)IBM
31 (5.263 %)Borland
31 (5.263 %)Sun