East of England Java Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Java skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Java over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Altrincham Andover Atherstone Avon Aylesbury Barking Barnstaple Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Bletchley Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Bury Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Channel Islands Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Conwy Corby County Antrim Coventry Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover East Anglia East Grinstead East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham England Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Greenock Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire Home Counties Horsham Hull Inverclyde Ipswich Isle of Man Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Knutsford Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewisham Linlithgow Liverpool Llandudno London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peel Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Rickmansworth Romford Scotland Sheffield Shoreham-by-Sea Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southport Southwark St Neots Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Street Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Wells West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Westminster Wigan Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Woking Wokingham Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 4 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	8	13
Rank change on same period last year	+5
Matching contract IT job ads	429	326
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.566 %	0.346 %
As % of the category below	27.84 %	20.79 %
Daily rates quoted	118	93
Average minimum daily rate	£360	£378
Average daily rate	£388	£397
% change on same period last year	-2.29 %
Average maximum daily rate	£416	£416
UK excluding London average daily rate	£375	£358
% change on same period last year	+4.70 %
Hourly rates quoted	13	29
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.50	£33.68
Average hourly rate	£35.21	£34.49
% change on same period last year	+2.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.91	£35.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.09	£36.60
% change on same period last year	+1.33 %
Programming Languages East of England
Matching contract IT job ads	1541	1568
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	2.032 %	1.663 %
Daily rates quoted	487	430
Average minimum daily rate	£331	£319
Average daily rate	£357	£340
% change on same period last year	+5.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£384	£361
UK excluding London average daily rate	£337	£332
% change on same period last year	+1.57 %
Hourly rates quoted	144	209
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.36	£30.60
Average hourly rate	£33.22	£32.32
% change on same period last year	+2.79 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£36.08	£34.03
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.13	£33.16
% change on same period last year	-0.07 %
Java 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 across the East of England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages 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 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 across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 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 across the East of England region.

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing Java within the East of England region over the 3 months to 4 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.

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	+16	190	£380	+0.47 %
Cambridgeshire	+3	76	£375	+26.68 %
Essex	+1	70	£425	-12.11 %
Norfolk	+1	49	£313	-31.99 %
East Anglia	+4	23	£350	-
Suffolk	+13	18	£363	-
Bedfordshire	-19	3	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Java 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.

1 493 (53.94 %) J2EE 2 368 (40.26 %) Oracle 3 299 (32.71 %) Finance 4 281 (30.74 %) SQL 5 241 (26.37 %) Spring 6 238 (26.04 %) Hibernate 7 211 (23.09 %) WebSphere 8 190 (20.79 %) UML 9 175 (19.15 %) OO 10 174 (19.04 %) XML 11 162 (17.72 %) JUnit 12 159 (17.40 %) WebServices 13 154 (16.85 %) Unix 14 152 (16.63 %) WebLogic 15 138 (15.10 %) SOA

16 135 (14.77 %) Eclipse 17 115 (12.58 %) HTML 18 110 (12.04 %) Struts 19 109 (11.93 %) PL/SQL 20 102 (11.16 %) JSP 21 99 (10.83 %) Linux 22 94 (10.28 %) Telecoms 23 86 (9.409 %) JavaScript 24 85 (9.300 %) Banking 25 76 (8.315 %) IBM 26 75 (8.206 %) Agile Software Development 27 74 (8.096 %) Project Management 28 72 (7.877 %) E-Commerce 29 70 (7.659 %) RAD 29 70 (7.659 %) Windows

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the East of England region citing Java 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 493 (53.94 %) J2EE 2 241 (26.37 %) Spring 3 238 (26.04 %) Hibernate 4 211 (23.09 %) WebSphere 5 174 (19.04 %) XML 6 159 (17.40 %) WebServices 7 115 (12.58 %) HTML 8 110 (12.04 %) Struts 9 102 (11.16 %) JSP 10 68 (7.440 %) CSS 11 64 (7.002 %) .NET 12 61 (6.674 %) JSF 13 56 (6.127 %) Servlets 14 54 (5.908 %) Java EE 15 53 (5.799 %) EJB 16 45 (4.923 %) SOAP 17 34 (3.720 %) JDBC 18 30 (3.282 %) Middleware 19 29 (3.173 %) J2ME 20 28 (3.063 %) AJAX	Application Platforms 1 152 (16.63 %) WebLogic 2 64 (7.002 %) JBoss 3 60 (6.565 %) WebSphere Application Server 4 44 (4.814 %) Tomcat 5 36 (3.939 %) Apache 6 24 (2.626 %) IIS 7 19 (2.079 %) MQSeries 8 18 (1.969 %) WPS 9 12 (1.313 %) CMS 10 11 (1.204 %) WebLogic Portal 11 9 (0.985 %) ESB 12 8 (0.875 %) IBM HTTP Server 13 7 (0.766 %) Oracle HTTP Server 14 6 (0.656 %) Oracle Application Server 14 6 (0.656 %) Mule 15 5 (0.547 %) BizTalk Server 15 5 (0.547 %) Lotus Domino 16 4 (0.438 %) Tuxedo 16 4 (0.438 %) WebSphere MQ 16 4 (0.438 %) Resin
Applications 1 6 (0.656 %) Photoshop 1 6 (0.656 %) MS Project 1 6 (0.656 %) MS Excel 2 2 (0.219 %) CA Clarity 3 1 (0.109 %) Quicktime 3 1 (0.109 %) Adobe Illustrator 3 1 (0.109 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 22 (2.407 %) Oracle EBS 2 2 (0.219 %) Oracle Applications 2 2 (0.219 %) SAP CRM 2 2 (0.219 %) AWD 3 1 (0.109 %) TIBCO iProcess
Communications & Networking 1 29 (3.173 %) Internet 2 23 (2.516 %) HTTP 3 14 (1.532 %) CTI 4 7 (0.766 %) 3GPP 5 6 (0.656 %) LDAP 5 6 (0.656 %) TCP/IP 5 6 (0.656 %) TELNET 5 6 (0.656 %) Cisco IOS 6 5 (0.547 %) SMPP 6 5 (0.547 %) SMTP 7 4 (0.438 %) FTP 7 4 (0.438 %) Firewall 7 4 (0.438 %) SAN 8 3 (0.328 %) BSS 8 3 (0.328 %) SSH 9 2 (0.219 %) 3G 9 2 (0.219 %) DVB 9 2 (0.219 %) SNMP 9 2 (0.219 %) Intranet 9 2 (0.219 %) Broadband	Database & Business Intelligence 1 65 (7.112 %) SQL Server 1 65 (7.112 %) DB2 2 41 (4.486 %) Oracle 10g 3 40 (4.376 %) Oracle 9i 4 24 (2.626 %) MySQL 5 19 (2.079 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 15 (1.641 %) Oracle Reports 7 14 (1.532 %) RDBMS 7 14 (1.532 %) SQL Server 2005 8 12 (1.313 %) BusinessObjects 9 9 (0.985 %) Datawarehouse 9 9 (0.985 %) Crystal Reports 10 7 (0.766 %) SQL Server 2000 11 6 (0.656 %) PostgreSQL 11 6 (0.656 %) MS Access 12 5 (0.547 %) TOAD 12 5 (0.547 %) GIS 13 3 (0.328 %) InterSystems Cache 14 2 (0.219 %) Oracle Discoverer 14 2 (0.219 %) DTS
Development Applications 1 162 (17.72 %) JUnit 2 135 (14.77 %) Eclipse 3 59 (6.455 %) Ant 4 36 (3.939 %) Subversion 5 35 (3.829 %) JDeveloper 6 33 (3.611 %) ClearCase 7 31 (3.392 %) ClearQuest 8 26 (2.845 %) IntelliJ 9 23 (2.516 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 10 21 (2.298 %) CruiseControl 11 18 (1.969 %) Atlassian Bamboo 11 18 (1.969 %) Visual Studio 12 16 (1.751 %) JIRA 13 11 (1.204 %) JBuilder 14 9 (0.985 %) Flash 14 9 (0.985 %) FitNesse 15 7 (0.766 %) Log4j 16 6 (0.656 %) Oracle Forms 17 3 (0.328 %) QuickTest Pro 18 2 (0.219 %) Rational Robot	General 1 299 (32.71 %) Finance 2 94 (10.28 %) Telecoms 3 85 (9.300 %) Banking 4 62 (6.783 %) Financial Institution 5 61 (6.674 %) Back Office 6 34 (3.720 %) Insurance 7 25 (2.735 %) Construction 7 25 (2.735 %) Retail 8 19 (2.079 %) Marketing 9 17 (1.860 %) Government 10 14 (1.532 %) Automotive 11 9 (0.985 %) Games 11 9 (0.985 %) Pensions 11 9 (0.985 %) Retail Banking 12 8 (0.875 %) Pharmaceutical 13 7 (0.766 %) Billing 14 6 (0.656 %) Education 15 3 (0.328 %) Electronics 15 3 (0.328 %) Mobile Games 15 3 (0.328 %) Multimedia
Job Titles 1 509 (55.69 %) Developer 2 318 (34.79 %) Java Developer 3 135 (14.77 %) J2EE Developer 4 129 (14.11 %) Java/J2EE Developer 5 115 (12.58 %) Architect 6 80 (8.753 %) Senior Developer 7 69 (7.549 %) Senior Java Developer 8 61 (6.674 %) Development Manager 9 52 (5.689 %) Project Manager 10 49 (5.361 %) Analyst 11 41 (4.486 %) Solutions Architect 12 34 (3.720 %) Consultant 13 29 (3.173 %) Java Architect 14 27 (2.954 %) WebSphere Developer 15 26 (2.845 %) Senior J2EE Developer 15 26 (2.845 %) Technical Architect 16 23 (2.516 %) Technical Manager 17 21 (2.298 %) Senior Java/J2EE Developer 18 18 (1.969 %) Test Engineer 19 17 (1.860 %) Technical Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 34 (3.720 %) N-Tier 2 21 (2.298 %) Client/Server 3 14 (1.532 %) Computer Science 4 13 (1.422 %) Handset 5 12 (1.313 %) Cryptography 6 9 (0.985 %) AS400 6 9 (0.985 %) PKI 6 9 (0.985 %) Mathematics 7 7 (0.766 %) Java Card 8 6 (0.656 %) Multithreading 8 6 (0.656 %) IVR 8 6 (0.656 %) STB 9 5 (0.547 %) Management Information System 9 5 (0.547 %) Data Integration 9 5 (0.547 %) Biology 9 5 (0.547 %) Web 2.0 10 4 (0.438 %) LIMS 10 4 (0.438 %) PMI 10 4 (0.438 %) W3C 11 3 (0.328 %) Bioinformatics
Operating Systems 1 154 (16.85 %) Unix 2 99 (10.83 %) Linux 3 70 (7.659 %) Windows 4 65 (7.112 %) Solaris 5 39 (4.267 %) HPUX 6 19 (2.079 %) AIX 7 16 (1.751 %) Windows NT 8 14 (1.532 %) Windows Mobile 9 4 (0.438 %) i5/OS 10 3 (0.328 %) zOS 11 2 (0.219 %) MVS 11 2 (0.219 %) Mac OS X 12 1 (0.109 %) Windows 2000 12 1 (0.109 %) Symbian OS	Processes & Methodologies 1 190 (20.79 %) UML 2 175 (19.15 %) OO 3 138 (15.10 %) SOA 4 75 (8.206 %) Agile Software Development 5 74 (8.096 %) Project Management 6 72 (7.877 %) E-Commerce 7 70 (7.659 %) RAD 8 48 (5.252 %) CRM 9 38 (4.158 %) Continuous Integration 10 35 (3.829 %) Security Cleared 11 32 (3.501 %) DSDM 11 32 (3.501 %) Web Development 12 30 (3.282 %) MVC 13 29 (3.173 %) OOD 14 25 (2.735 %) Unit Testing 15 23 (2.516 %) PRINCE2 16 20 (2.188 %) Content Management 17 19 (2.079 %) Scrum 18 17 (1.860 %) RUP 19 16 (1.751 %) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages 1 281 (30.74 %) SQL 2 109 (11.93 %) PL/SQL 3 86 (9.409 %) JavaScript 4 63 (6.893 %) C++ 5 50 (5.470 %) C 6 33 (3.611 %) C# 6 33 (3.611 %) Perl 7 22 (2.407 %) PHP 8 19 (2.079 %) DHTML 9 17 (1.860 %) VB 10 12 (1.313 %) VB.NET 10 12 (1.313 %) Shell Script 10 12 (1.313 %) Ruby 11 10 (1.094 %) Delphi 12 9 (0.985 %) Python 13 8 (0.875 %) Assembly Language 13 8 (0.875 %) REXX 13 8 (0.875 %) Korn 14 7 (0.766 %) XPath 15 6 (0.656 %) Tcl	Qualifications 1 24 (2.626 %) Degree 2 10 (1.094 %) PRINCE2 Certification 2 10 (1.094 %) Sun Certification 3 4 (0.438 %) ISEB 4 1 (0.109 %) PhD 4 1 (0.109 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 19 (2.079 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 2 5 (0.547 %) WAI 3 3 (0.328 %) QA 3 3 (0.328 %) WCAG	System Software 1 10 (1.094 %) AquaLogic 2 8 (0.875 %) Tivoli Workload Scheduler 3 7 (0.766 %) MSMQ 4 3 (0.328 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 9 (0.985 %) Tivoli 2 8 (0.875 %) BMC PATROL 3 7 (0.766 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 4 1 (0.109 %) AutoSys	Vendors 1 368 (40.26 %) Oracle 2 76 (8.315 %) IBM 3 64 (7.002 %) BEA 4 30 (3.282 %) Microsoft 5 26 (2.845 %) ILOG 6 22 (2.407 %) Amdocs 7 18 (1.969 %) Sun 8 15 (1.641 %) Symbian 9 12 (1.313 %) Business Objects 10 10 (1.094 %) Sybase 11 9 (0.985 %) SAP 11 9 (0.985 %) Red Hat 12 8 (0.875 %) FatWire 13 6 (0.656 %) InterSystems 13 6 (0.656 %) Alcatel 13 6 (0.656 %) Siemens 13 6 (0.656 %) Cisco 13 6 (0.656 %) HP 13 6 (0.656 %) Intel 14 5 (0.547 %) Vignette