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This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) 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 J2EE over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1622
Rank change on same period last yearUp+6
Matching contract IT job ads269262
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.359 %0.265 %
As % of the category below23.58 %20.48 %
Daily rates quoted6693
Average minimum daily rate£372£365
Average daily rate£396£383
% change on same period last year+3.36 %
Average maximum daily rate£420£402
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£369
% change on same period last year+2.67 %
Hourly rates quoted1434
Average minimum hourly rate£37.57£34.27
Average hourly rate£39.14£34.61
% change on same period last year+13.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate£40.71£34.95
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.38£38.17
% change on same period last year+3.17 %
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads11411279
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.521 %1.294 %
Daily rates quoted374371
Average minimum daily rate£349£337
Average daily rate£379£358
% change on same period last year+5.88 %
Average maximum daily rate£409£379
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted77155
Average minimum hourly rate£28.30£30.01
Average hourly rate£31.23£31.53
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.16£33.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
J2EE EnglandJ2EE
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.

J2EE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

East of England J2EE Demand Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2EE across the East of England region.

East of England J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2EE across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

East of England J2EE Daily Rate Histogram

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the East of England region.

East of England J2EE Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2EE across the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

East of England J2EE Hourly Rate Histogram

J2EE
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the East of England region over the 3 months to 25 July 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
HertfordshireUp+894£428+18.74 %
EssexUp+671£399-11.11 %
NorfolkUp+145£389-9.79 %
CambridgeshireDown-126£356+23.55 %
SuffolkUp+1315£363-27.50 %
East AngliaUp+214£350-4.10 %
BedfordshireDown-34--
J2EE EnglandJ2EE
England

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing J2EE 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 J2EE.

1476 (79.87 %)Java
2234 (39.26 %)WebSphere
3209 (35.07 %)SQL
3209 (35.07 %)Oracle
4200 (33.56 %)Finance
5173 (29.03 %)Spring
6168 (28.19 %)Hibernate
7153 (25.67 %)UNIX
8144 (24.16 %)XML
9140 (23.49 %)UML
10133 (22.32 %)WebServices
11116 (19.46 %)Struts
12115 (19.30 %)OO
12115 (19.30 %)SOA
13114 (19.13 %)WebLogic
14105 (17.62 %)IBM
15102 (17.11 %)JUnit
1678 (13.09 %)Eclipse
1776 (12.75 %)JSP
1873 (12.25 %)WebSphere Application Server
1968 (11.41 %)PL/SQL
2064 (10.74 %)DB2
2064 (10.74 %)Servlets
2160 (10.07 %)Linux
2259 (9.899 %)HTML
2259 (9.899 %)Telecoms
2358 (9.732 %)E-Commerce
2457 (9.564 %)JBoss
2556 (9.396 %)Agile Software Development
2655 (9.228 %)EJB

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing J2EE 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 J2EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1234 (39.26 %)WebSphere
2173 (29.03 %)Spring
3168 (28.19 %)Hibernate
4144 (24.16 %)XML
5133 (22.32 %)WebServices
6116 (19.46 %)Struts
776 (12.75 %)JSP
864 (10.74 %)Servlets
959 (9.899 %)HTML
1055 (9.228 %)EJB
1152 (8.725 %)SOAP
1245 (7.550 %)CSS
1341 (6.879 %)JDBC
1433 (5.537 %)Java EE
1531 (5.201 %)JMS
1630 (5.034 %)JRules
1630 (5.034 %)WPF
1728 (4.698 %)MVC
1728 (4.698 %).NET
1826 (4.362 %)Middleware
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1114 (19.13 %)WebLogic
273 (12.25 %)WebSphere Application Server
357 (9.564 %)JBoss
437 (6.208 %)Apache
531 (5.201 %)Tomcat
531 (5.201 %)MQSeries
616 (2.685 %)IBM HTTP Server
714 (2.349 %)WPS
812 (2.013 %)IIS
911 (1.846 %)Oracle HTTP Server
1010 (1.678 %)Tuxedo
1010 (1.678 %)ESB
119 (1.510 %)CMS
126 (1.007 %)WebLogic Portal
126 (1.007 %)Mule
135 (0.839 %)WebSphere MQ
135 (0.839 %)Lotus Domino
143 (0.503 %)SharePoint
143 (0.503 %)Joomla!
143 (0.503 %)CoreMedia CMS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (0.839 %)MS Excel
24 (0.671 %)MS Office
31 (0.168 %)Photoshop
31 (0.168 %)Adobe Illustrator
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (0.503 %)SAP CRM
22 (0.336 %)AWD
22 (0.336 %)Oracle Applications
31 (0.168 %)TIBCO iProcess
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
135 (5.872 %)HTTP
215 (2.517 %)Internet
39 (1.510 %)Firewall
44 (0.671 %)LDAP
53 (0.503 %)BSS
62 (0.336 %)Cisco PIX
62 (0.336 %)SMPP
62 (0.336 %)SMTP
62 (0.336 %)Broadband
62 (0.336 %)DNS
62 (0.336 %)CTI
71 (0.168 %)Intranet
71 (0.168 %)SSL
71 (0.168 %)SMS
71 (0.168 %)TCP/IP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
164 (10.74 %)DB2
224 (4.027 %)SQL Server
321 (3.523 %)Oracle 9i
419 (3.188 %)Oracle Reports
517 (2.852 %)Oracle 10g
517 (2.852 %)MySQL
613 (2.181 %)BusinessObjects
712 (2.013 %)Oracle 8/8i
89 (1.510 %)Crystal Reports
97 (1.174 %)TOAD
106 (1.007 %)Datawarehouse
115 (0.839 %)Oracle Discoverer
115 (0.839 %)ETL
123 (0.503 %)RDBMS
132 (0.336 %)OLAP
132 (0.336 %)GIS
141 (0.168 %)Text Mining
141 (0.168 %)JasperReports
141 (0.168 %)SQL Server 2005
141 (0.168 %)DTS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1102 (17.11 %)JUnit
278 (13.09 %)Eclipse
354 (9.060 %)Ant
427 (4.530 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
524 (4.027 %)Subversion
621 (3.523 %)IntelliJ
719 (3.188 %)TestDirector
719 (3.188 %)JIRA
813 (2.181 %)CruiseControl
813 (2.181 %)Atlassian Bamboo
912 (2.013 %)ClearCase
1011 (1.846 %)JBuilder
1011 (1.846 %)JDeveloper
1011 (1.846 %)ClearQuest
119 (1.510 %)Oracle Forms
128 (1.342 %)PVCS
136 (1.007 %)Log4j
145 (0.839 %)Flash
153 (0.503 %)PowerDesigner
153 (0.503 %)ERwin
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1200 (33.56 %)Finance
259 (9.899 %)Telecoms
353 (8.893 %)Banking
434 (5.705 %)Back Office
530 (5.034 %)Insurance
622 (3.691 %)Marketing
715 (2.517 %)Automotive
814 (2.349 %)Construction
814 (2.349 %)Retail
913 (2.181 %)Government
1012 (2.013 %)Financial Institution
118 (1.342 %)Billing
127 (1.174 %)Retail Banking
135 (0.839 %)Pharmaceutical
135 (0.839 %)Education
143 (0.503 %)Games
143 (0.503 %)Pensions
152 (0.336 %)Online Games
152 (0.336 %)Multimedia
152 (0.336 %)Health
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1338 (56.71 %)Developer
2217 (36.41 %)Java Developer
3130 (21.81 %)J2EE Developer
4120 (20.13 %)Java/J2EE Developer
5100 (16.78 %)Architect
648 (8.054 %)Senior Developer
738 (6.376 %)Senior Java Developer
833 (5.537 %)WebSphere Developer
932 (5.369 %)Analyst
1029 (4.866 %)Solutions Architect
1128 (4.698 %)Technical Architect
1225 (4.195 %)Java Architect
1322 (3.691 %)Project Manager
1418 (3.020 %)Senior J2EE Developer
1418 (3.020 %)J2EE Architect
1515 (2.517 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
1515 (2.517 %)Administrator
1612 (2.013 %)Consultant
1711 (1.846 %)DBA
1711 (1.846 %)Senior Manager
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
139 (6.544 %)N-Tier
28 (1.342 %)Client/Server
35 (0.839 %)PMI
35 (0.839 %)PKI
35 (0.839 %)Data Integration
44 (0.671 %)Computer Science
44 (0.671 %)Mainframe
44 (0.671 %)Management Information System
53 (0.503 %)AS400
53 (0.503 %)LIMS
53 (0.503 %)Multithreading
62 (0.336 %)IVR
62 (0.336 %)Biology
71 (0.168 %)Cryptography
71 (0.168 %)IBM Mainframe
71 (0.168 %)EPoS
71 (0.168 %)Clustering
71 (0.168 %)E-Learning
71 (0.168 %)German Language
71 (0.168 %)Blog
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1153 (25.67 %)UNIX
260 (10.07 %)Linux
347 (7.886 %)Solaris
429 (4.866 %)AIX
524 (4.027 %)HPUX
618 (3.020 %)Windows
710 (1.678 %)Windows NT
84 (0.671 %)i5/OS
93 (0.503 %)SUSE
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1140 (23.49 %)UML
2115 (19.30 %)OO
2115 (19.30 %)SOA
358 (9.732 %)E-Commerce
456 (9.396 %)Agile Software Development
543 (7.215 %)RAD
635 (5.872 %)RUP
727 (4.530 %)Unit Testing
727 (4.530 %)Continuous Integration
825 (4.195 %)CRM
825 (4.195 %)Project Management
922 (3.691 %)OOD
922 (3.691 %)Web Development
1020 (3.356 %)Zachman Framework
1020 (3.356 %)Configuration Management
1020 (3.356 %)Scrum
1119 (3.188 %)Security Cleared
1218 (3.020 %)Content Management
1316 (2.685 %)DSDM
1316 (2.685 %)User Acceptance Testing
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1476 (79.87 %)Java
2209 (35.07 %)SQL
368 (11.41 %)PL/SQL
442 (7.047 %)JavaScript
528 (4.698 %)Shell Script
623 (3.859 %)Perl
716 (2.685 %)C
812 (2.013 %)DHTML
910 (1.678 %)VB
108 (1.342 %)C++
117 (1.174 %)C#
117 (1.174 %)PHP
117 (1.174 %)VB.NET
126 (1.007 %)VB6
135 (0.839 %)Korn
144 (0.671 %)XPath
152 (0.336 %)Groovy
152 (0.336 %)Python
161 (0.168 %)Ruby
161 (0.168 %)ABAP
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (2.013 %)Degree
210 (1.678 %)Sun Certification
33 (0.503 %)CCNA
33 (0.503 %)Cisco Certification
42 (0.336 %)PRINCE2 Certification
51 (0.168 %)MCP
51 (0.168 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
51 (0.168 %)Microsoft Certification
51 (0.168 %)ISEB
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
123 (3.859 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
218 (3.020 %)QA
33 (0.503 %)SLA
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (1.510 %)AquaLogic
22 (0.336 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
31 (0.168 %)ISA Server
31 (0.168 %)Active Directory
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
13 (0.503 %)Tivoli
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1209 (35.07 %)Oracle
2105 (17.62 %)IBM
350 (8.389 %)BEA
430 (5.034 %)ILOG
513 (2.181 %)Business Objects
513 (2.181 %)Red Hat
611 (1.846 %)Sun
79 (1.510 %)Microsoft
88 (1.342 %)FatWire
97 (1.174 %)Amdocs
106 (1.007 %)Vignette
115 (0.839 %)HP
115 (0.839 %)Lotus
123 (0.503 %)Nokia
123 (0.503 %)EMC
123 (0.503 %)SAP
123 (0.503 %)Siebel
123 (0.503 %)Cisco
123 (0.503 %)Sybase
123 (0.503 %)CheckPoint
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