Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT contracts within the Derbyshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Java Developer
Location
3 months to
5 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2631
Rank change on same period last yearUp+5
Matching contract IT job ads311
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.012 %
As % of the category below1.508 %3.313 %
Daily rates quoted24
Average minimum daily rate£390£320
Average daily rate£400£322
% change on same period last year+24.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£410£324
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£337
% change on same period last year+4.33 %
Hourly rates quoted10
Average minimum hourly rate£35.00-
Average hourly rate£40.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£34.79£37.45
% change on same period last year-7.10 %
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Derbyshire
Matching contract IT job ads199332
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.325 %0.364 %
Daily rates quoted3074
Average minimum daily rate£338£305
Average daily rate£352£322
% change on same period last year+9.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£339
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted4743
Average minimum hourly rate£17.14£22.32
Average hourly rate£17.89£23.92
% change on same period last year-25.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£18.64£25.51
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.18£23.82
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Java Developer East MidlandsJava Developer
East 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 Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Java Developer across the Derbyshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Derbyshire Java Developer Demand Trend

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Derbyshire Java Developer Daily Rate Trend

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Derbyshire Java Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Java Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the Derbyshire region over the 3 months to 5 December 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
DerbyUp+52£350+2.94 %
Java Developer East MidlandsJava Developer
East Midlands

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire region that cited Java Developer in their job title 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 with Java Developer in their job title.

16 (100.00 %)Java
16 (100.00 %)J2EE
24 (66.67 %)XML
24 (66.67 %)Oracle
24 (66.67 %)Hibernate
33 (50.00 %)Spring
33 (50.00 %)JUnit
33 (50.00 %)WebLogic
33 (50.00 %)EJB
33 (50.00 %)SQL
33 (50.00 %)WebServices
33 (50.00 %)UML
33 (50.00 %)Oracle 9i
33 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
42 (33.33 %)Eclipse
42 (33.33 %)BEA
42 (33.33 %)JSP
42 (33.33 %)Servlets
42 (33.33 %)Ant
51 (16.67 %)JPA
51 (16.67 %)iSeries
51 (16.67 %)Agile Software Development
51 (16.67 %)TDD
51 (16.67 %)Banking
51 (16.67 %)Requirements Analysis
51 (16.67 %)JavaScript
51 (16.67 %)RPG
51 (16.67 %)JDBC
51 (16.67 %)OOA/OOD
51 (16.67 %)JBoss

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Derbyshire region that cited Java Developer in their job title 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 with Java Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (100.00 %)J2EE
24 (66.67 %)XML
24 (66.67 %)Hibernate
33 (50.00 %)Spring
33 (50.00 %)WebServices
33 (50.00 %)EJB
42 (33.33 %)JSP
42 (33.33 %)Servlets
51 (16.67 %)JDBC
51 (16.67 %)DOM
51 (16.67 %)Swing
51 (16.67 %)J2SE
51 (16.67 %)JPA
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (50.00 %)WebLogic
21 (16.67 %)JBoss
21 (16.67 %)Apache
21 (16.67 %)Tomcat
21 (16.67 %)WebLogic Portal
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (50.00 %)Oracle 9i
13 (50.00 %)Oracle 10g
21 (16.67 %)RDBMS
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (50.00 %)JUnit
22 (33.33 %)Eclipse
22 (33.33 %)Ant
31 (16.67 %)WebLogic Workshop
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (16.67 %)Finance
11 (16.67 %)Banking
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (16.67 %)Client/Server
11 (16.67 %)AS400
11 (16.67 %)iSeries
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (50.00 %)UML
21 (16.67 %)OOA/OOD
21 (16.67 %)Migration
21 (16.67 %)Agile Software Development
21 (16.67 %)TDD
21 (16.67 %)Requirements Analysis
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (100.00 %)Java
23 (50.00 %)SQL
31 (16.67 %)JavaScript
31 (16.67 %)RPG
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (16.67 %)Sun Certification
Derbyshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (66.67 %)Oracle
22 (33.33 %)BEA
31 (16.67 %)IBM
31 (16.67 %)Sun