The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Docklands, London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Docklands, London 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 17 12 11
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -1
Contract jobs citing Java 14 21 97
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 8.000% 11.11% 14.99%
As % of the Programming Languages category 20.90% 36.21% 27.71%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 16 36
Average daily rate £450 £513 £575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-12.19% -10.86%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £368 £461
10% offered a daily rate of more than £525 £614 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+5.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Docklands, London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
67 58 350
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Docklands, London 38.29% 30.69% 54.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 45 40 127
Average daily rate £448 £450 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.55% -10.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £360 £335
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £600 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
Average hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Java
London

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Docklands, London 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 Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the Docklands, London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Docklands, London Java Daily Rate Histogram

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Java across the Docklands, London region.

Docklands, London Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 19 (70.37%) Banking
2 11 (40.74%) SQL
3 10 (37.04%) Oracle
4 9 (33.33%) IBM
5 8 (29.63%) OO
5 8 (29.63%) HTML5
6 7 (25.93%) CSS3
6 7 (25.93%) CSS
6 7 (25.93%) HTML
6 7 (25.93%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (25.93%) Investment Banking
6 7 (25.93%) Finance
7 6 (22.22%) Change Management
7 6 (22.22%) Retail
7 6 (22.22%) JavaScript
7 6 (22.22%) UNIX
7 6 (22.22%) Windows
7 6 (22.22%) Retail Banking
8 5 (18.52%) JSON
8 5 (18.52%) jQuery
8 5 (18.52%) Linux
8 5 (18.52%) UML
8 5 (18.52%) Web Services
8 5 (18.52%) Perl
8 5 (18.52%) C#
8 5 (18.52%) C++
8 5 (18.52%) .NET
8 5 (18.52%) Data Warehouse
9 4 (14.81%) E-Commerce
9 4 (14.81%) Apache

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Docklands, London 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 8 (29.63%) HTML5
2 7 (25.93%) HTML
2 7 (25.93%) CSS
2 7 (25.93%) CSS3
3 5 (18.52%) JSON
3 5 (18.52%) .NET
3 5 (18.52%) Web Services
3 5 (18.52%) jQuery
4 4 (14.81%) XML
4 4 (14.81%) J2EE
5 3 (11.11%) SAP XI
5 3 (11.11%) Spring
6 2 (7.407%) Ajax
6 2 (7.407%) WebSphere
6 2 (7.407%) ASP.NET
6 2 (7.407%) JMS
6 2 (7.407%) Ext JS
6 2 (7.407%) RESTful
6 2 (7.407%) REST
7 1 (3.704%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 4 (14.81%) WebLogic
1 4 (14.81%) Apache
2 3 (11.11%) Tomcat
2 3 (11.11%) IIS
3 2 (7.407%) Documentum
4 1 (3.704%) WebLogic Portal
4 1 (3.704%) Jetty
4 1 (3.704%) nginx
4 1 (3.704%) SharePoint
Applications
1 4 (14.81%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (14.81%) Intranet
2 3 (11.11%) LDAP
3 2 (7.407%) HTTP
3 2 (7.407%) DNS
3 2 (7.407%) SAN
4 1 (3.704%) Internet
4 1 (3.704%) Wi-Fi
4 1 (3.704%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (18.52%) Data Warehouse
2 4 (14.81%) SQL Server
3 3 (11.11%) BusinessObjects
3 3 (11.11%) BusinessObjects XI
4 1 (3.704%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 1 (3.704%) SQL Server 2012
4 1 (3.704%) SSDT
4 1 (3.704%) ReportNet
4 1 (3.704%) OLAP
4 1 (3.704%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 4 (14.81%) Maven
2 3 (11.11%) JIRA
3 1 (3.704%) jMock
3 1 (3.704%) Atlassian Bamboo
3 1 (3.704%) Rational Performance Tester
3 1 (3.704%) Git (software)
3 1 (3.704%) Jenkins
3 1 (3.704%) Eclipse
3 1 (3.704%) IntelliJ
3 1 (3.704%) WebLogic Workshop
3 1 (3.704%) Subversion
General
1 19 (70.37%) Banking
2 7 (25.93%) Investment Banking
2 7 (25.93%) Finance
3 6 (22.22%) Retail Banking
3 6 (22.22%) Retail
4 4 (14.81%) Publishing
5 3 (11.11%) Pharmaceutical
6 2 (7.407%) Front Office
7 1 (3.704%) Financial Institution
7 1 (3.704%) Billing
7 1 (3.704%) International Banking
Job Titles
1 14 (51.85%) Developer
2 9 (33.33%) Java Developer
3 6 (22.22%) Architect
4 4 (14.81%) Software Architect
5 2 (7.407%) Business Developer
5 2 (7.407%) Report Developer
5 2 (7.407%) Tester
5 2 (7.407%) Business Objects Developer
5 2 (7.407%) UNIX Engineer
6 1 (3.704%) HTML Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Senior Java Developer
6 1 (3.704%) UAT Tester
6 1 (3.704%) Java Applications Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Systems Developer
6 1 (3.704%) ASP.NET Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Systems Architect
6 1 (3.704%) Development Project Manager
6 1 (3.704%) Tivoli Consultant
6 1 (3.704%) Senior Systems Developer
6 1 (3.704%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Management Information System
2 3 (11.11%) Computer Science
3 2 (7.407%) Equities
3 2 (7.407%) Telematics
3 2 (7.407%) Mobile App
3 2 (7.407%) Web 2.0
4 1 (3.704%) Mobile Payment
4 1 (3.704%) Cryptography
4 1 (3.704%) Handset
4 1 (3.704%) Credit Risk
4 1 (3.704%) Market Risk
4 1 (3.704%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 6 (22.22%) UNIX
1 6 (22.22%) Windows
2 5 (18.52%) Linux
3 2 (7.407%) SUSE
3 2 (7.407%) Android
3 2 (7.407%) Apple iOS
3 2 (7.407%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) OO
2 7 (25.93%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (22.22%) Change Management
4 5 (18.52%) UML
5 4 (14.81%) RUP
5 4 (14.81%) E-Commerce
5 4 (14.81%) TDD
5 4 (14.81%) Scrum
5 4 (14.81%) Unified Process
5 4 (14.81%) Content Management
5 4 (14.81%) Investment Management
5 4 (14.81%) Information Governance
6 3 (11.11%) GAP Analysis
7 2 (7.407%) MVC
7 2 (7.407%) Risk Management
7 2 (7.407%) Data Modelling
7 2 (7.407%) Data Analysis
7 2 (7.407%) Software Engineering
7 2 (7.407%) Information Architecture
7 2 (7.407%) Data Architecture
Programming Languages
1 11 (40.74%) SQL
2 6 (22.22%) JavaScript
3 5 (18.52%) Perl
3 5 (18.52%) C#
3 5 (18.52%) C++
4 3 (11.11%) Shell Script
4 3 (11.11%) Bash shell
5 2 (7.407%) C
6 1 (3.704%) Objective-C
6 1 (3.704%) Groovy
6 1 (3.704%) T-SQL
6 1 (3.704%) Python
6 1 (3.704%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (11.11%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (7.407%) NFS
1 2 (7.407%) Veritas Volume Manager
2 1 (3.704%) Tivoli Directory Server
Systems Management
1 1 (3.704%) Tivoli
1 1 (3.704%) Tivoli Identity Manager
1 1 (3.704%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 10 (37.04%) Oracle
2 9 (33.33%) IBM
3 4 (14.81%) EMC
3 4 (14.81%) Cognos
4 3 (11.11%) Business Objects
4 3 (11.11%) SAP
5 2 (7.407%) Red Hat
5 2 (7.407%) TIBCO
5 2 (7.407%) Sencha
6 1 (3.704%) 29West
6 1 (3.704%) TOWER Software
6 1 (3.704%) Google
6 1 (3.704%) Microsoft