East of England Java Applications Developer Contracts

This section looks at the demand for the Java Applications Developer role in IT contracts within the East of England region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Java Applications Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Java Application Developer
Location Alderley Edge Berkshire Cheshire City of London Derby Derbyshire East Midlands East of England England Glasgow Hertfordshire London North West Reading Scotland Shropshire South East South West Swansea Telford UK Wales West Midlands West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 29 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	138	147
Rank change on same period last year	+9
Matching contract IT job ads	1	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.001 %	0.006 %
As % of the category below	0.029 %	0.131 %
Daily rates quoted	1	6
Average minimum daily rate	£250	£400
Average daily rate	£325	£400
% change on same period last year	-18.75 %
Average maximum daily rate	£400	£400
UK excluding London average daily rate	£358	£370
% change on same period last year	-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£45.00
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	3451	4596
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.600 %	4.585 %
Daily rates quoted	1085	1406
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£324
Average daily rate	£354	£343
% change on same period last year	+3.17 %
Average maximum daily rate	£376	£361
UK excluding London average daily rate	£356	£355
% change on same period last year	+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted	454	636
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.18	£25.47
Average hourly rate	£23.66	£26.68
% change on same period last year	-11.30 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.15	£27.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.79	£25.66
% change on same period last year	-7.31 %
Java Applications Developer 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.

Java Applications Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Java Applications Developer across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Java Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Java Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Applications Developer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 29 August 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.

Location	Rank 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
Hertfordshire	+11	1	£325	-18.75 %

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Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Java Applications Developer in their job title 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 with Java Applications Developer in their job title.

1 3 (100.00 %) Java 2 2 (66.67 %) CLDC 2 2 (66.67 %) Multithreading 2 2 (66.67 %) Windows Mobile 2 2 (66.67 %) Telecoms 2 2 (66.67 %) Mobile Games 2 2 (66.67 %) Games 2 2 (66.67 %) J2ME 2 2 (66.67 %) Symbian 2 2 (66.67 %) Windows 3 1 (33.33 %) UML 3 1 (33.33 %) OOA/OOD 3 1 (33.33 %) OO 3 1 (33.33 %) J2EE 3 1 (33.33 %) SOAP

3 1 (33.33 %) Struts 3 1 (33.33 %) WebServices 3 1 (33.33 %) XML 3 1 (33.33 %) WSDL 3 1 (33.33 %) SOA 3 1 (33.33 %) WebWork 3 1 (33.33 %) MIDP 3 1 (33.33 %) Use Case

Java Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Java Applications Developer in their job title 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 with Java Applications Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 2 (66.67 %) CLDC 1 2 (66.67 %) J2ME 2 1 (33.33 %) J2EE 2 1 (33.33 %) SOAP 2 1 (33.33 %) Struts 2 1 (33.33 %) WebServices 2 1 (33.33 %) XML 2 1 (33.33 %) WSDL 2 1 (33.33 %) WebWork 2 1 (33.33 %) MIDP	General 1 2 (66.67 %) Telecoms 1 2 (66.67 %) Mobile Games 1 2 (66.67 %) Games
Miscellaneous 1 2 (66.67 %) Multithreading	Operating Systems 1 2 (66.67 %) Windows Mobile 1 2 (66.67 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 1 (33.33 %) UML 1 1 (33.33 %) OOA/OOD 1 1 (33.33 %) OO 1 1 (33.33 %) SOA 1 1 (33.33 %) Use Case	Programming Languages 1 3 (100.00 %) Java
Vendors 1 2 (66.67 %) Symbian