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The table below looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) skills within the Derby 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
Rank23-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads70
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.010 %0.000 %
As % of the category below17.95 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£230-
Average daily rate£240-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£250-
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 %
Derby IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Derby
Matching contract IT job ads3944
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.055 %0.044 %
Daily rates quoted45
Average minimum daily rate£250£266
Average daily rate£269£272
% change on same period last year-1.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£288£278
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted57
Average minimum hourly rate£27.69£32.31
Average hourly rate£32.40£36.27
% change on same period last year-10.65 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.12£40.23
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£32.06
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
J2EE DerbyshireJ2EE
Derbyshire

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

Derby 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 Derby region.

Derby J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

121 (91.30 %)Java
215 (65.22 %)JavaScript
312 (52.17 %)N-Tier
410 (43.48 %)SQL
58 (34.78 %)Spring
67 (30.43 %)JSP
76 (26.09 %)WebServices
76 (26.09 %)Oracle
76 (26.09 %)JUnit
85 (21.74 %)Hibernate
85 (21.74 %)WebLogic
85 (21.74 %)XML
85 (21.74 %)Servlets
85 (21.74 %)EJB
85 (21.74 %)Eclipse
85 (21.74 %)UML
94 (17.39 %)Oracle 9i
94 (17.39 %)Oracle 10g
94 (17.39 %)BEA
94 (17.39 %)IIS
103 (13.04 %)HTML
103 (13.04 %)Sun Certification
103 (13.04 %)WebLogic Workshop
103 (13.04 %)Ant
103 (13.04 %)CSS
103 (13.04 %)Sun
103 (13.04 %)Apache
112 (8.696 %)Tomcat
112 (8.696 %)RDBMS
112 (8.696 %)JDBC

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Derby IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (34.78 %)Spring
27 (30.43 %)JSP
36 (26.09 %)WebServices
45 (21.74 %)XML
45 (21.74 %)Servlets
45 (21.74 %)EJB
45 (21.74 %)Hibernate
53 (13.04 %)CSS
53 (13.04 %)HTML
62 (8.696 %)MVC
62 (8.696 %)JDBC
62 (8.696 %)WebSphere
71 (4.348 %)Java EE
71 (4.348 %)iBATIS
71 (4.348 %)Spring MVC
71 (4.348 %)Java EE 5
71 (4.348 %)AJAX
71 (4.348 %)Struts
71 (4.348 %)Middleware
Derby IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (21.74 %)WebLogic
24 (17.39 %)IIS
33 (13.04 %)Apache
42 (8.696 %)Tomcat
42 (8.696 %)WebLogic Portal
51 (4.348 %)JBoss
Derby IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.348 %)MS Excel
Derby IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (4.348 %)SSL
Derby IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (17.39 %)Oracle 9i
14 (17.39 %)Oracle 10g
22 (8.696 %)RDBMS
Derby IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (26.09 %)JUnit
25 (21.74 %)Eclipse
33 (13.04 %)WebLogic Workshop
33 (13.04 %)Ant
42 (8.696 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Derby IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (4.348 %)Finance
11 (4.348 %)Education
11 (4.348 %)Government
11 (4.348 %)Banking
Derby IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116 (69.57 %)Developer
212 (52.17 %)Analyst
39 (39.13 %)Java Developer
47 (30.43 %)Analyst Developer
56 (26.09 %)Java/J2EE Developer
64 (17.39 %)J2EE Developer
72 (8.696 %)Applications Developer
72 (8.696 %)Senior Developer
72 (8.696 %)Java Applications Developer
72 (8.696 %)Senior Java Applications Developer
72 (8.696 %)Senior Java Developer
72 (8.696 %)Senior Applications Developer
81 (4.348 %)Lead Java Developer
81 (4.348 %)Lead Developer
81 (4.348 %)Administrator
81 (4.348 %)Systems Administrator
Derby IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
112 (52.17 %)N-Tier
Derby IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (8.696 %)UNIX
12 (8.696 %)Windows
21 (4.348 %)Solaris
21 (4.348 %)Windows 2000
21 (4.348 %)Windows Server 2003
Derby IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (21.74 %)UML
22 (8.696 %)TDD
22 (8.696 %)Unit Testing
31 (4.348 %)SC Cleared
31 (4.348 %)Security Cleared
31 (4.348 %)Use Case
31 (4.348 %)Service Management
Derby IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
121 (91.30 %)Java
215 (65.22 %)JavaScript
310 (43.48 %)SQL
41 (4.348 %)Shell Script
Derby IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (13.04 %)Sun Certification
21 (4.348 %)SCJD
Derby IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (4.348 %)Active Directory
Derby IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (4.348 %)Tivoli
Derby IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
16 (26.09 %)Oracle
24 (17.39 %)BEA
33 (13.04 %)Sun
41 (4.348 %)BMC
41 (4.348 %)Microsoft