The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Dorset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 17 May 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 Dorset 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 16 8 10
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +2
Contract jobs citing Java 16 31 34
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 8.163% 11.79% 11.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.39% 41.89% 35.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 19 17
Average daily rate £325 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.33% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £280 £363 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £685 £404 £384
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
- -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 3
Average hourly rate - £40.00 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -1.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Dorset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
92 74 96
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Dorset 46.94% 28.14% 31.68%
Number of daily rates quoted 49 48 51
Average daily rate £335 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.66% +15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £350 £258
10% offered a daily rate of more than £415 £410 £451
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 4 3
Average hourly rate £32.00 £40.00 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -1.23%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Java
South West

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset 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 Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Dorset 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 Dorset region.

Dorset Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Dorset region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bournemouth -2 14 £350 -6.66%
Poole -5 1 £275 -
Java
South West

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 16 (57.14%) Finance
2 13 (46.43%) Spring
2 13 (46.43%) Oracle
3 11 (39.29%) SQL
4 9 (32.14%) UNIX
5 8 (28.57%) MVC
5 8 (28.57%) Banking
5 8 (28.57%) Spring MVC
6 7 (25.00%) Hibernate
7 6 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
7 6 (21.43%) HTML
7 6 (21.43%) PL/SQL
7 6 (21.43%) CSS
8 5 (17.86%) JavaScript
8 5 (17.86%) XML
8 5 (17.86%) Linux
8 5 (17.86%) JBoss
8 5 (17.86%) HTTP
8 5 (17.86%) TDD
8 5 (17.86%) WebSphere
8 5 (17.86%) Java EE
9 4 (14.29%) jQuery
9 4 (14.29%) Scrum
9 4 (14.29%) E-Commerce
9 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
9 4 (14.29%) Web Services
9 4 (14.29%) J2EE
9 4 (14.29%) WebLogic
10 3 (10.71%) Struts
10 3 (10.71%) JSP

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Dorset 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 13 (46.43%) Spring
2 8 (28.57%) Spring MVC
3 7 (25.00%) Hibernate
4 6 (21.43%) HTML
4 6 (21.43%) CSS
5 5 (17.86%) XML
5 5 (17.86%) WebSphere
5 5 (17.86%) Java EE
6 4 (14.29%) jQuery
6 4 (14.29%) J2EE
6 4 (14.29%) Web Services
7 3 (10.71%) Struts
7 3 (10.71%) JSP
7 3 (10.71%) JMS
7 3 (10.71%) Spring Integration
8 2 (7.143%) Spring Web Flow
8 2 (7.143%) Middleware
8 2 (7.143%) ODBC
8 2 (7.143%) JTA
8 2 (7.143%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 4 (14.29%) WebLogic
2 3 (10.71%) Apache
3 2 (7.143%) SharePoint
3 2 (7.143%) GlassFish
3 2 (7.143%) SharePoint 2010
3 2 (7.143%) WebSphere Application Server
4 1 (3.571%) MQSeries
Applications
1 1 (3.571%) MS Office
1 1 (3.571%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 5 (17.86%) HTTP
2 2 (7.143%) HTTPS
3 1 (3.571%) SSL
3 1 (3.571%) Internet
3 1 (3.571%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (7.143%) TOAD
1 2 (7.143%) RDBMS
2 1 (3.571%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (3.571%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (7.143%) Introscope
1 2 (7.143%) Subversion
1 2 (7.143%) QuickTest Pro
1 2 (7.143%) LoadRunner
2 1 (3.571%) JProbe
2 1 (3.571%) Maven
2 1 (3.571%) Git (software)
2 1 (3.571%) JProfiler
2 1 (3.571%) Gradle
2 1 (3.571%) Jenkins
General
1 16 (57.14%) Finance
2 8 (28.57%) Banking
3 3 (10.71%) Back Office
4 2 (7.143%) Advertising
5 1 (3.571%) Investment Banking
5 1 (3.571%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 16 (57.14%) Developer
2 13 (46.43%) Java Developer
3 3 (10.71%) Technical Leader
3 3 (10.71%) Architect
4 2 (7.143%) Analyst
4 2 (7.143%) Senior Developer
4 2 (7.143%) Support Consultant
4 2 (7.143%) J2EE Developer
4 2 (7.143%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 2 (7.143%) SharePoint Architect
4 2 (7.143%) Consultant
4 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Consultant
4 2 (7.143%) Infrastructure Support Consultant
5 1 (3.571%) QA Leader
5 1 (3.571%) Non-Functional Test Analyst
5 1 (3.571%) Senior Analyst Developer
5 1 (3.571%) Server Administrator
5 1 (3.571%) Applications Developer
5 1 (3.571%) C# Developer
5 1 (3.571%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) Mainframe
1 2 (7.143%) SWIFT
1 2 (7.143%) Mobile App
2 1 (3.571%) Mobile Payment
2 1 (3.571%) Management Information System
2 1 (3.571%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 9 (32.14%) UNIX
2 5 (17.86%) Linux
3 3 (10.71%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 3 (10.71%) Windows
4 2 (7.143%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (28.57%) MVC
2 6 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (17.86%) TDD
4 4 (14.29%) E-Commerce
4 4 (14.29%) Scrum
5 3 (10.71%) Change Management
5 3 (10.71%) User Acceptance Testing
5 3 (10.71%) TOGAF
5 3 (10.71%) Software Testing
6 2 (7.143%) UML
6 2 (7.143%) OOA/OOD
6 2 (7.143%) OO
6 2 (7.143%) Test Management
7 1 (3.571%) Multithreading
7 1 (3.571%) Investment Management
7 1 (3.571%) High Availability
7 1 (3.571%) Test Strategy
7 1 (3.571%) User Stories
7 1 (3.571%) Unit Testing
7 1 (3.571%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 11 (39.29%) SQL
2 6 (21.43%) PL/SQL
3 5 (17.86%) JavaScript
4 3 (10.71%) Shell Script
5 2 (7.143%) VB
5 2 (7.143%) C
6 1 (3.571%) C#
6 1 (3.571%) C++
6 1 (3.571%) Perl
6 1 (3.571%) Python
6 1 (3.571%) Ruby
6 1 (3.571%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 2 (7.143%) ISEB
1 2 (7.143%) ISTQB
1 2 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.71%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (7.143%) HP Quality Center
1 2 (7.143%) HP SiteScope
Vendors
1 13 (46.43%) Oracle
2 5 (17.86%) JBoss
3 4 (14.29%) Microsoft
4 3 (10.71%) Red Hat
5 2 (7.143%) HP
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