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The table below looks at the demand for Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited EJB over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkEnterprise JavaBeans (EJB)
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank99108
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching contract IT job ads3249
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.045 %0.049 %
As % of the category below3.869 %3.470 %
Daily rates quoted1422
Average minimum daily rate£341£352
Average daily rate£362£365
% change on same period last year-1.02 %
Average maximum daily rate£382£378
UK excluding London average daily rate£401£337
% change on same period last year+19.07 %
Hourly rates quoted09
Average minimum hourly rate-£34.00
Average hourly rate-£34.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£34.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£33.33
% change on same period last year-
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads8271412
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.155 %1.419 %
Daily rates quoted268409
Average minimum daily rate£324£321
Average daily rate£343£339
% change on same period last year+0.99 %
Average maximum daily rate£362£358
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£333
% change on same period last year-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted66167
Average minimum hourly rate£30.66£29.53
Average hourly rate£32.16£30.68
% change on same period last year+4.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.66£31.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.32£32.24
% change on same period last year-2.87 %
EJB EnglandEJB
England

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.

EJB
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing EJB across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

East of England EJB Demand Trend

EJB
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing EJB across the East of England region.

East of England EJB Daily Rate Trend

EJB
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing EJB across the East of England region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

East of England EJB Daily Rate Histogram

EJB
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing EJB across the East of England region.

East of England EJB Hourly Rate Trend

EJB
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing EJB within the East of England region over the 3 months to 6 October 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
CambridgeshireUp+2411£337+19.11 %
HertfordshireUp+1610£425+16.51 %
NorfolkNew entry-9£381-
EssexDown-31£325-27.77 %
East AngliaDown-41--
EJB EnglandEJB
England

EJB
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing EJB 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 EJB.

148 (88.89 %)Java
245 (83.33 %)J2EE
331 (57.41 %)WebSphere
331 (57.41 %)SQL
428 (51.85 %)JSP
428 (51.85 %)IBM
524 (44.44 %)Servlets
524 (44.44 %)Struts
622 (40.74 %)HTML
622 (40.74 %)Oracle
721 (38.89 %)DB2
721 (38.89 %)WebSphere Application Server
820 (37.04 %)JDBC
915 (27.78 %)RAD
1014 (25.93 %)Hibernate
1113 (24.07 %)JBoss
1113 (24.07 %)JMS
1113 (24.07 %)SQL Server
1212 (22.22 %)JavaScript
1212 (22.22 %)CSS
1212 (22.22 %)Eclipse
1311 (20.37 %)RUP
1311 (20.37 %)XML
1311 (20.37 %)MVC
1311 (20.37 %)JSF
1410 (18.52 %)Finance
1410 (18.52 %)WebServices
1410 (18.52 %)XHTML
158 (14.81 %)E-Commerce
158 (14.81 %)JUnit

EJB
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing EJB 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 EJB. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
145 (83.33 %)J2EE
231 (57.41 %)WebSphere
328 (51.85 %)JSP
424 (44.44 %)Servlets
424 (44.44 %)Struts
522 (40.74 %)HTML
620 (37.04 %)JDBC
714 (25.93 %)Hibernate
813 (24.07 %)JMS
912 (22.22 %)CSS
1011 (20.37 %)XML
1011 (20.37 %)MVC
1011 (20.37 %)JSF
1110 (18.52 %)WebServices
1110 (18.52 %)XHTML
127 (12.96 %)Spring
136 (11.11 %)NetBeans
136 (11.11 %)EJB 3.0
144 (7.407 %)AJAX
144 (7.407 %)JPA
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
121 (38.89 %)WebSphere Application Server
213 (24.07 %)JBoss
37 (12.96 %)Tomcat
37 (12.96 %)MQSeries
46 (11.11 %)WPS
46 (11.11 %)WebLogic
54 (7.407 %)Apache
62 (3.704 %)CMS
71 (1.852 %)Oracle Application Server
71 (1.852 %)IIS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (3.704 %)InDesign
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (1.852 %)Internet
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (38.89 %)DB2
213 (24.07 %)SQL Server
34 (7.407 %)MySQL
43 (5.556 %)DB2 UDB
52 (3.704 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (1.852 %)Oracle 9i
61 (1.852 %)Ingres
61 (1.852 %)RDBMS
61 (1.852 %)Oracle 10g
61 (1.852 %)Crystal Reports
61 (1.852 %)Oracle Reports
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
112 (22.22 %)Eclipse
28 (14.81 %)JUnit
37 (12.96 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
46 (11.11 %)JBuilder
46 (11.11 %)JDeveloper
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (18.52 %)Finance
23 (5.556 %)Telecoms
32 (3.704 %)Education
32 (3.704 %)Insurance
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
139 (72.22 %)Developer
233 (61.11 %)Java Developer
315 (27.78 %)Java/J2EE Developer
410 (18.52 %)Senior Developer
59 (16.67 %)J2EE Developer
68 (14.81 %)Senior Java Developer
76 (11.11 %)Architect
76 (11.11 %)J2EE Architect
76 (11.11 %)Java Architect
85 (9.259 %)J2EE Technical Architect
85 (9.259 %)Technical Architect
85 (9.259 %)WebSphere Specialist
85 (9.259 %)Java Technical Architect
92 (3.704 %)Java Software Engineer
92 (3.704 %)Software Engineer
92 (3.704 %)Senior J2EE Developer
92 (3.704 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
101 (1.852 %)Junior Java/J2EE Developer
101 (1.852 %)UI Developer
101 (1.852 %)Java Software Developer
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (3.704 %)Web 2.0
12 (3.704 %)Data Protection Act
21 (1.852 %)Credit Risk
21 (1.852 %)Multithreading
21 (1.852 %)N-Tier
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (7.407 %)UNIX
23 (5.556 %)Linux
32 (3.704 %)Solaris
41 (1.852 %)Windows
41 (1.852 %)HPUX
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (27.78 %)RAD
211 (20.37 %)RUP
38 (14.81 %)E-Commerce
47 (12.96 %)UML
47 (12.96 %)Continuous Integration
54 (7.407 %)Content Management
54 (7.407 %)Web Development
54 (7.407 %)OO
54 (7.407 %)Agile Software Development
54 (7.407 %)SOA
63 (5.556 %)Unit Testing
72 (3.704 %)Logistics
72 (3.704 %)Data Protection
81 (1.852 %)Migration
81 (1.852 %)TDD
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
148 (88.89 %)Java
231 (57.41 %)SQL
312 (22.22 %)JavaScript
42 (3.704 %)C++
51 (1.852 %)Perl
51 (1.852 %)C
51 (1.852 %)C#
51 (1.852 %)VB
51 (1.852 %)VB.NET
51 (1.852 %)VB6
51 (1.852 %)XPath
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (3.704 %)Sun Certification
12 (3.704 %)Degree
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
14 (7.407 %)Tivoli
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
128 (51.85 %)IBM
222 (40.74 %)Oracle
32 (3.704 %)Quark
32 (3.704 %)Adobe
32 (3.704 %)Sun
32 (3.704 %)Interwoven
32 (3.704 %)BEA
32 (3.704 %)Tridion
41 (1.852 %)ILOG