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The table below looks at the demand for the J2EE Developer role in IT contracts within the Edinburgh 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 J2EE Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 J2EE Developer
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank5563
Rank change on same period last yearUp+8
Matching contract IT job ads29
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.009 %
As % of the category below0.275 %0.725 %
Daily rates quoted06
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£300
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£373£341
% change on same period last year+9.51 %
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£42.87£38.09
% change on same period last year+12.56 %
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Edinburgh
Matching contract IT job ads7281241
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.035 %1.253 %
Daily rates quoted193211
Average minimum daily rate£291£325
Average daily rate£321£337
% change on same period last year-4.79 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£348
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£353
% change on same period last year-0.10 %
Hourly rates quoted2259
Average minimum hourly rate£26.55£22.99
Average hourly rate£28.66£24.56
% change on same period last year+16.67 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.77£26.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.69£25.18
% change on same period last year-5.93 %
J2EE Developer ScotlandJ2EE Developer
Scotland

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.

J2EE Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE Developer across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Edinburgh J2EE Developer Demand Trend

J2EE Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2EE Developer across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh J2EE Developer Daily Rate Trend

J2EE Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2EE Developer across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh J2EE Developer Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE Developer
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited J2EE 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 J2EE Developer in their job title.

15 (100.00 %)J2EE
24 (80.00 %)Java
32 (40.00 %)Spring
32 (40.00 %)Perl
41 (20.00 %)Hibernate
41 (20.00 %)JUnit
41 (20.00 %)CSS
41 (20.00 %)UML
41 (20.00 %)HTML

J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited J2EE 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 J2EE Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %)J2EE
22 (40.00 %)Spring
31 (20.00 %)HTML
31 (20.00 %)CSS
31 (20.00 %)Hibernate
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (20.00 %)JUnit
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (20.00 %)UML
Edinburgh IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (80.00 %)Java
22 (40.00 %)Perl