East of England Java Programmer Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Java Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Java Programmer
Location Bath Buckinghamshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf City of London Docklands, London East Midlands East of England Edinburgh England Farnborough Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Leeds London Luton Milton Keynes Nottingham Nottinghamshire Scotland Somerset South East South West St Albans Staffordshire Swindon Thames Valley UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Wiltshire Yorkshire	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	124	154
Rank change on same period last year	+30
Matching contract IT job ads	6	6
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.009 %	0.006 %
As % of the category below	0.188 %	0.137 %
Daily rates quoted	6	4
Average minimum daily rate	£212	£300
Average daily rate	£233	£343
% change on same period last year	-31.87 %
Average maximum daily rate	£255	£385
UK excluding London average daily rate	£296	£336
% change on same period last year	-11.83 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum hourly rate	-	£36.00
Average hourly rate	-	£36.00
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	£36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£27.50	£30.33
% change on same period last year	-9.34 %
Job Titles East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	3189	4392
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	4.545 %	4.542 %
Daily rates quoted	965	1318
Average minimum daily rate	£313	£316
Average daily rate	£334	£333
% change on same period last year	+0.19 %
Average maximum daily rate	£355	£351
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£353
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	494	707
Average minimum hourly rate	£21.23	£26.22
Average hourly rate	£22.52	£27.56
% change on same period last year	-18.27 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£23.81	£28.90
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.64	£25.03
% change on same period last year	-5.56 %
Java Programmer 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java Programmer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 15 October 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Programmer within the East of England region over the 3 months to 15 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.

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
Cambridgeshire	+16	5	£200	-41.60 %
Hertfordshire	-	1	£400	-

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Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Java Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

1 7 (100.00 %) Java 1 7 (100.00 %) XML 2 4 (57.14 %) Data Management 2 4 (57.14 %) Pharmaceutical 3 2 (28.57 %) Quality Management 3 2 (28.57 %) Degree 3 2 (28.57 %) Test Scripting 3 2 (28.57 %) GAMP 3 2 (28.57 %) XML Schema 3 2 (28.57 %) J2EE 3 2 (28.57 %) QMS 4 1 (14.29 %) Business Objects 4 1 (14.29 %) EJB 4 1 (14.29 %) JSP 4 1 (14.29 %) Servlets

4 1 (14.29 %) Struts 4 1 (14.29 %) WebServices 4 1 (14.29 %) JavaBeans 4 1 (14.29 %) Microsoft 4 1 (14.29 %) BusinessObjects 4 1 (14.29 %) JBoss 4 1 (14.29 %) Swing 4 1 (14.29 %) J2SE 4 1 (14.29 %) EAI 4 1 (14.29 %) System Testing 4 1 (14.29 %) Unit Testing 4 1 (14.29 %) Hibernate 4 1 (14.29 %) WebSphere 4 1 (14.29 %) WPS

Java Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region that cited Java Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 7 (100.00 %) XML 2 2 (28.57 %) J2EE 2 2 (28.57 %) XML Schema 3 1 (14.29 %) JavaBeans 3 1 (14.29 %) Hibernate 3 1 (14.29 %) WebSphere 3 1 (14.29 %) EJB 3 1 (14.29 %) JSP 3 1 (14.29 %) Servlets 3 1 (14.29 %) Struts 3 1 (14.29 %) WebServices 3 1 (14.29 %) Swing 3 1 (14.29 %) J2SE	Application Platforms 1 1 (14.29 %) JBoss 1 1 (14.29 %) WPS
Database & Business Intelligence 1 1 (14.29 %) BusinessObjects	General 1 4 (57.14 %) Pharmaceutical
Processes & Methodologies 1 4 (57.14 %) Data Management 2 2 (28.57 %) Quality Management 2 2 (28.57 %) Test Scripting 2 2 (28.57 %) QMS 3 1 (14.29 %) System Testing 3 1 (14.29 %) EAI 3 1 (14.29 %) Unit Testing	Programming Languages 1 7 (100.00 %) Java
Qualifications 1 2 (28.57 %) Degree	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 2 (28.57 %) GAMP
Vendors 1 1 (14.29 %) Business Objects 1 1 (14.29 %) Microsoft