East of England Java EE Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE) 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 Java EE over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE)
Location Ascot Berkshire Bootle Brighton Bristol Cheltenham Cheshire City of London Croydon East Midlands East of England East Sussex England Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Leeds Leicester Leicestershire London Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Midlands Newcastle Upon Tyne North East North West Northampton Northamptonshire Rickmansworth South East South West Southampton Southwark Surrey Swansea Tyne and Wear UK Wales Watford West Wales West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 5 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	121	155
Rank change on same period last year	+34
Matching contract IT job ads	13	5
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.018 %	0.005 %
As % of the category below	1.479 %	0.357 %
Daily rates quoted	4	1
Average minimum daily rate	£353	£350
Average daily rate	£374	£400
% change on same period last year	-6.56 %
Average maximum daily rate	£395	£450
UK excluding London average daily rate	£386	£322
% change on same period last year	+19.80 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	2
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£40.00
Average hourly rate	-	£40.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£40.00
% change on same period last year	-
Application Development East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	879	1400
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.188 %	1.381 %
Daily rates quoted	305	396
Average minimum daily rate	£342	£335
Average daily rate	£366	£355
% change on same period last year	+2.97 %
Average maximum daily rate	£390	£375
UK excluding London average daily rate	£339	£336
% change on same period last year	+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted	68	180
Average minimum hourly rate	£28.81	£30.17
Average hourly rate	£30.85	£31.24
% change on same period last year	-1.24 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.90	£32.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.38	£32.95
% change on same period last year	-1.71 %
Java EE 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 EE
Demand Trend

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

Java EE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Java EE
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java EE across the East of England region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Java EE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Java EE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java EE within the East of England region over the 3 months to 5 September 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	+30	13	£374	-6.56 %

Java EE England

Java EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Java EE 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 EE.

1 39 (90.70 %) Java 2 36 (83.72 %) Hibernate 2 36 (83.72 %) Spring 3 35 (81.40 %) Finance 4 33 (76.74 %) Oracle 5 32 (74.42 %) UML 6 31 (72.09 %) Back Office 7 30 (69.77 %) SOA 7 30 (69.77 %) JUnit 8 29 (67.44 %) PL/SQL 9 27 (62.79 %) SQL 9 27 (62.79 %) OO 9 27 (62.79 %) Banking 10 26 (60.47 %) Eclipse 11 25 (58.14 %) WebServices

12 21 (48.84 %) J2EE 13 15 (34.88 %) RAD 14 14 (32.56 %) JSF 15 12 (27.91 %) WebLogic 16 11 (25.58 %) Agile Software Development 17 10 (23.26 %) Financial Institution 18 7 (16.28 %) JIRA 18 7 (16.28 %) Struts 18 7 (16.28 %) XML 18 7 (16.28 %) E-Commerce 19 5 (11.63 %) Subversion 19 5 (11.63 %) AJAX 19 5 (11.63 %) Web Development 19 5 (11.63 %) Apache Beehive 19 5 (11.63 %) BEA

Java EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Java EE 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 EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 36 (83.72 %) Hibernate 1 36 (83.72 %) Spring 2 25 (58.14 %) WebServices 3 21 (48.84 %) J2EE 4 14 (32.56 %) JSF 5 7 (16.28 %) Struts 5 7 (16.28 %) XML 6 5 (11.63 %) Apache Beehive 6 5 (11.63 %) AJAX 7 4 (9.302 %) .NET 8 1 (2.326 %) JSP 8 1 (2.326 %) SOAP 8 1 (2.326 %) WebSphere 8 1 (2.326 %) WSDL	Application Platforms 1 12 (27.91 %) WebLogic 2 5 (11.63 %) WebLogic Portal 3 1 (2.326 %) ESB
Development Applications 1 30 (69.77 %) JUnit 2 26 (60.47 %) Eclipse 3 7 (16.28 %) JIRA 4 5 (11.63 %) Subversion 5 2 (4.651 %) ClearQuest 5 2 (4.651 %) ClearCase 5 2 (4.651 %) Rational Rose	General 1 35 (81.40 %) Finance 2 31 (72.09 %) Back Office 3 27 (62.79 %) Banking 4 10 (23.26 %) Financial Institution 5 3 (6.977 %) Retail
Job Titles 1 32 (74.42 %) Developer 2 30 (69.77 %) Java Developer 3 20 (46.51 %) Senior Developer 4 19 (44.19 %) Senior Java Developer 5 10 (23.26 %) Java/J2EE Developer 5 10 (23.26 %) J2EE Developer 6 6 (13.95 %) Senior J2EE Developer 6 6 (13.95 %) Architect 6 6 (13.95 %) Senior Java/J2EE Developer 7 4 (9.302 %) UML Business Analyst 7 4 (9.302 %) Business Analyst 7 4 (9.302 %) Analyst 7 4 (9.302 %) Solutions Architect 8 3 (6.977 %) Senior Business Analyst 8 3 (6.977 %) Senior Analyst 9 2 (4.651 %) Tester 9 2 (4.651 %) Java Architect 10 1 (2.326 %) Senior Java Architect 10 1 (2.326 %) Financial Services Business Analyst 10 1 (2.326 %) Financial Analyst	Operating Systems 1 2 (4.651 %) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies 1 32 (74.42 %) UML 2 30 (69.77 %) SOA 3 27 (62.79 %) OO 4 15 (34.88 %) RAD 5 11 (25.58 %) Agile Software Development 6 7 (16.28 %) E-Commerce 7 5 (11.63 %) Web Development 8 4 (9.302 %) Time Management 8 4 (9.302 %) Change Management 9 2 (4.651 %) Enterprise Architecture 9 2 (4.651 %) OOA/OOD 10 1 (2.326 %) Security Cleared	Programming Languages 1 39 (90.70 %) Java 2 29 (67.44 %) PL/SQL 3 27 (62.79 %) SQL 4 5 (11.63 %) JavaScript 5 1 (2.326 %) XPath
Vendors 1 33 (76.74 %) Oracle 2 5 (11.63 %) BEA