The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the East Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 20 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 East Midlands 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 26 23 19
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -4
Contract jobs citing Java 65 82 93
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 5.167% 6.007% 6.894%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.67% 20.05% 21.93%
Number of daily rates quoted 35 45 44
Average daily rate £358 £250 £388
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+43.20% -35.48%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £322 £250 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £460 £444
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
- -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 5 1
Average hourly rate - £17.50 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -41.66%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
East Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
390 409 424
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the East Midlands 31.00% 29.96% 31.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 209 144
Average daily rate £314 £275 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+14.00% -15.38%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £217 £215
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £413 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 25 19 49
Average hourly rate £20.50 £17.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+17.14% -46.15%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.70 £8.50 £17.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £35.00 £39.90 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Java
England

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region.

East Midlands 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 East Midlands region over the 3 months to 20 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
Leicestershire +9 26 £388 +10.71%
Nottinghamshire -11 13 £350 -14.63%
Northamptonshire -9 11 £425 +70.00%
Derbyshire +10 1 £325 -
Java
England

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 33 (28.45%) Agile Software Development
2 28 (24.14%) C++
2 28 (24.14%) J2EE
3 23 (19.83%) Retail
3 23 (19.83%) WebSphere
4 22 (18.97%) SQL
5 20 (17.24%) C
6 19 (16.38%) XML
6 19 (16.38%) E-Commerce
6 19 (16.38%) Scrum
7 18 (15.52%) UNIX
8 17 (14.66%) Linux
8 17 (14.66%) Spring
9 16 (13.79%) TDD
10 15 (12.93%) Android
10 15 (12.93%) UML
10 15 (12.93%) OO
10 15 (12.93%) HTML
11 14 (12.07%) Eclipse
11 14 (12.07%) BDD
12 13 (11.21%) JNI
12 13 (11.21%) Embedded Linux
12 13 (11.21%) Bluetooth
12 13 (11.21%) JavaScript
12 13 (11.21%) .NET
12 13 (11.21%) Device Driver
12 13 (11.21%) Streaming Video
12 13 (11.21%) Wi-Fi
13 12 (10.34%) Oracle
13 12 (10.34%) Web Services

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the East Midlands 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 28 (24.14%) J2EE
2 23 (19.83%) WebSphere
3 19 (16.38%) XML
4 17 (14.66%) Spring
5 15 (12.93%) HTML
6 13 (11.21%) .NET
6 13 (11.21%) JNI
7 12 (10.34%) Web Services
8 9 (7.759%) CSS
9 8 (6.897%) JDBC
9 8 (6.897%) JSP
9 8 (6.897%) Servlets
9 8 (6.897%) XHTML
9 8 (6.897%) EJB
10 7 (6.034%) Hibernate
11 5 (4.310%) Struts
11 5 (4.310%) Java EE
12 4 (3.448%) Middleware
12 4 (3.448%) JSF
13 2 (1.724%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 9 (7.759%) WebSphere Application Server
2 8 (6.897%) SharePoint
3 4 (3.448%) Tomcat
4 3 (2.586%) WebSphere MQ
4 3 (2.586%) WebLogic
5 2 (1.724%) IIS
5 2 (1.724%) Papyrus
5 2 (1.724%) GlassFish
6 1 (0.862%) ESB
6 1 (0.862%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (1.724%) MS Office
2 1 (0.862%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.862%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 6 (5.172%) JDE World
2 1 (0.862%) BASE24
2 1 (0.862%) Cognos Business Intelligence
Communications & Networking
1 13 (11.21%) Bluetooth
1 13 (11.21%) Wi-Fi
2 3 (2.586%) HTTP
2 3 (2.586%) SSL
3 2 (1.724%) FTP
4 1 (0.862%) ATM
4 1 (0.862%) LAN
4 1 (0.862%) WAN
4 1 (0.862%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (6.897%) DB2
1 8 (6.897%) RDBMS
2 4 (3.448%) SQL Server
3 2 (1.724%) MySQL
3 2 (1.724%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 2 (1.724%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 2 (1.724%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (0.862%) Data Warehouse
4 1 (0.862%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 14 (12.07%) Eclipse
2 11 (9.483%) JUnit
3 8 (6.897%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
4 4 (3.448%) Maven
4 4 (3.448%) Team Foundation Server
5 3 (2.586%) Hudson
5 3 (2.586%) Selenium
6 2 (1.724%) Talend Open Studio
6 2 (1.724%) TestNG
6 2 (1.724%) Cucumber
6 2 (1.724%) Visual Studio
6 2 (1.724%) QuickTest Pro
6 2 (1.724%) Xcode
7 1 (0.862%) Subversion
7 1 (0.862%) Ant
7 1 (0.862%) WebDriver
7 1 (0.862%) JIRA
General
1 23 (19.83%) Retail
2 8 (6.897%) Banking
3 7 (6.034%) Finance
3 7 (6.034%) Investment Banking
3 7 (6.034%) Marketing
4 1 (0.862%) Advertising
4 1 (0.862%) Publishing
4 1 (0.862%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 58 (50.00%) Developer
2 24 (20.69%) Java Developer
3 15 (12.93%) Android Developer
4 11 (9.483%) WebSphere Developer
5 9 (7.759%) Consultant
6 8 (6.897%) Software Engineer
6 8 (6.897%) Architect
7 7 (6.034%) Analyst
7 7 (6.034%) Designer
8 6 (5.172%) JDE Consultant
9 5 (4.310%) Java/J2EE Developer
10 4 (3.448%) Senior Java Developer
10 4 (3.448%) Functional Consultant
10 4 (3.448%) JDE Functional Consultant
10 4 (3.448%) Business Analyst
10 4 (3.448%) Senior Developer
11 3 (2.586%) Tester
11 3 (2.586%) Project Manager
11 3 (2.586%) Solutions Architect
11 3 (2.586%) J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 13 (11.21%) Device Driver
1 13 (11.21%) Streaming Video
2 3 (2.586%) Computer Science
2 3 (2.586%) DataPower
3 2 (1.724%) Digital Media
3 2 (1.724%) AS400
4 1 (0.862%) Embedded Systems
4 1 (0.862%) IaaS
4 1 (0.862%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.862%) Open Source
4 1 (0.862%) SaaS
4 1 (0.862%) Clustering
4 1 (0.862%) Client/Server
4 1 (0.862%) EMV
Operating Systems
1 18 (15.52%) UNIX
2 17 (14.66%) Linux
3 15 (12.93%) Android
4 13 (11.21%) Embedded Linux
5 6 (5.172%) Windows
6 2 (1.724%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.862%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.862%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 33 (28.45%) Agile Software Development
2 19 (16.38%) E-Commerce
2 19 (16.38%) Scrum
3 16 (13.79%) TDD
4 15 (12.93%) UML
4 15 (12.93%) OO
5 14 (12.07%) BDD
6 10 (8.621%) Extreme Programming
6 10 (8.621%) MVC
7 9 (7.759%) SOA
7 9 (7.759%) Continuous Integration
7 9 (7.759%) Kanban
8 8 (6.897%) RAD
8 8 (6.897%) Content Management
9 7 (6.034%) Pair Programming
9 7 (6.034%) ERP
9 7 (6.034%) Unit Testing
10 6 (5.172%) Waterfall
10 6 (5.172%) Resource Management
11 5 (4.310%) ETL
Programming Languages
1 28 (24.14%) C++
2 22 (18.97%) SQL
3 20 (17.24%) C
4 13 (11.21%) JavaScript
5 8 (6.897%) Perl
5 8 (6.897%) Bash shell
6 6 (5.172%) RPG
7 5 (4.310%) C#
8 2 (1.724%) PL/SQL
8 2 (1.724%) RPG/400
8 2 (1.724%) Shell Script
8 2 (1.724%) Objective-C
8 2 (1.724%) XPath
8 2 (1.724%) T-SQL
8 2 (1.724%) VBA
9 1 (0.862%) Tcl
9 1 (0.862%) ABAP
9 1 (0.862%) PHP
Qualifications
1 8 (6.897%) Sun Certification
2 6 (5.172%) SC Cleared
2 6 (5.172%) BC Cleared
2 6 (5.172%) Security Cleared
3 4 (3.448%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (3.448%) QA
2 1 (0.862%) ISO 8583
Vendors
1 12 (10.34%) Oracle
2 11 (9.483%) IBM
2 11 (9.483%) hybris
3 8 (6.897%) Sun
4 7 (6.034%) Primavera
5 6 (5.172%) JD Edwards
6 4 (3.448%) Microsoft
7 3 (2.586%) SAP
8 2 (1.724%) Talend
9 1 (0.862%) Google
9 1 (0.862%) Cordys
9 1 (0.862%) Cognos
9 1 (0.862%) Cisco
9 1 (0.862%) Intel
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