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This section looks at the demand for the Java Architect 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 Architect in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Java Architect
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank133155
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching contract IT job ads56
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.143 %0.131 %
Daily rates quoted13
Average minimum daily rate£280£500
Average daily rate£290£500
% change on same period last year-42.00 %
Average maximum daily rate£300£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£422£502
% change on same period last year-15.88 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£70.00
% change on same period last year-
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
East of England
Matching contract IT job ads35034588
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.623 %4.569 %
Daily rates quoted11051409
Average minimum daily rate£331£323
Average daily rate£353£342
% change on same period last year+3.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£376£361
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted463622
Average minimum hourly rate£21.82£25.06
Average hourly rate£23.32£26.30
% change on same period last year-11.35 %
Average maximum hourly rate£24.81£27.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Java Architect EnglandJava Architect
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 Architect
Demand Trend

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

East of England Java Architect Demand Trend

Java Architect
Daily Rate Trend

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

East of England Java Architect Daily Rate Trend

Java Architect
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Architect within the East of England region over the 3 months to 21 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.

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+123£290-
NorfolkNew entry-1--
EssexNew entry-1--
Java Architect EnglandJava Architect
England

Java Architect
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Java Architect 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 Architect in their job title.

115 (100.00 %)Java
214 (93.33 %)J2EE
38 (53.33 %)Oracle
47 (46.67 %)WebSphere
47 (46.67 %)Eclipse
47 (46.67 %)SQL
47 (46.67 %)JBoss
56 (40.00 %)EJB
56 (40.00 %)WebServices
65 (33.33 %)MVC
65 (33.33 %)NetBeans
65 (33.33 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
65 (33.33 %)JDBC
65 (33.33 %)Servlets
65 (33.33 %)SQL Server
65 (33.33 %)DB2
65 (33.33 %)JBuilder
65 (33.33 %)IBM
65 (33.33 %)JDeveloper
74 (26.67 %)SOA
74 (26.67 %)WebLogic
74 (26.67 %)Zachman Framework
83 (20.00 %)Spring
83 (20.00 %)Finance
83 (20.00 %)Automotive
83 (20.00 %)Hibernate
83 (20.00 %)Unified Process
83 (20.00 %)RUP
83 (20.00 %)Struts
92 (13.33 %)BEA

Java Architect
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Java Architect 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 Architect in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
114 (93.33 %)J2EE
27 (46.67 %)WebSphere
36 (40.00 %)EJB
36 (40.00 %)WebServices
45 (33.33 %)MVC
45 (33.33 %)NetBeans
45 (33.33 %)JDBC
45 (33.33 %)Servlets
53 (20.00 %)Spring
53 (20.00 %)Hibernate
53 (20.00 %)Struts
62 (13.33 %)SOAP
62 (13.33 %)XML
62 (13.33 %)Java EE
71 (6.667 %)XSD
71 (6.667 %)XSLT
71 (6.667 %)WSDL
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (46.67 %)JBoss
24 (26.67 %)WebLogic
31 (6.667 %)CMS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (33.33 %)SQL Server
15 (33.33 %)DB2
21 (6.667 %)MySQL
21 (6.667 %)RDBMS
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (46.67 %)Eclipse
25 (33.33 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
25 (33.33 %)JBuilder
25 (33.33 %)JDeveloper
31 (6.667 %)JUnit
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (20.00 %)Finance
13 (20.00 %)Automotive
21 (6.667 %)Banking
21 (6.667 %)Back Office
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (13.33 %)UNIX
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (26.67 %)SOA
14 (26.67 %)Zachman Framework
23 (20.00 %)Unified Process
23 (20.00 %)RUP
32 (13.33 %)E-Commerce
41 (6.667 %)Enterprise Architecture
41 (6.667 %)TDD
41 (6.667 %)OO
41 (6.667 %)EAI
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (100.00 %)Java
27 (46.67 %)SQL
32 (13.33 %)PL/SQL
East of England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (53.33 %)Oracle
25 (33.33 %)IBM
32 (13.33 %)BEA