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This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) skills within the England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4035
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching contract IT job ads23763453
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.133 %3.663 %
As % of the category below14.07 %16.62 %
Daily rates quoted7911124
Average minimum daily rate£399£395
Average daily rate£429£422
% change on same period last year+1.51 %
Average maximum daily rate£458£449
UK excluding London average daily rate£383£374
% change on same period last year+2.41 %
Hourly rates quoted36136
Average minimum hourly rate£35.70£37.67
Average hourly rate£38.37£40.02
% change on same period last year-4.13 %
Average maximum hourly rate£41.04£42.38
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.57£37.51
% change on same period last year+2.82 %
Application Development EnglandApplication Development
England
Matching contract IT job ads1688120782
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled22.26 %22.04 %
Daily rates quoted56966414
Average minimum daily rate£354£376
Average daily rate£381£402
% change on same period last year-5.16 %
Average maximum daily rate£408£428
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£336
% change on same period last year+3.94 %
Hourly rates quoted9711342
Average minimum hourly rate£30.31£31.05
Average hourly rate£32.67£33.42
% change on same period last year-2.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.03£35.80
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.44£33.08
% change on same period last year-1.93 %
J2EE UKJ2EE
UK

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
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

England J2EE Demand Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

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

England J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2EE across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

England J2EE Daily Rate Histogram

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

England J2EE Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2EE across the England region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

England J2EE Hourly Rate Histogram

J2EE
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT job ads citing J2EE within the 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.

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
LondonDown-121132£457+1.78 %
South EastDown-1451£422+11.90 %
East of EnglandUp+5279£374-4.36 %
North WestUp+12123£345-11.40 %
YorkshireDown-2191£367+12.63 %
East MidlandsUp+883£321-3.77 %
West MidlandsDown-582£348+1.30 %
South WestDown-3266£351-1.12 %
MidlandsDown-1455£333+9.64 %
North EastDown-277£386-7.83 %
South CoastUp+115--
J2EE UKJ2EE
UK

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing J2EE 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 J2EE.

14238 (78.95 %)Java
22037 (37.95 %)Oracle
31571 (29.27 %)Spring
41552 (28.91 %)XML
51511 (28.15 %)Hibernate
61350 (25.15 %)SQL
71134 (21.13 %)WebSphere
81099 (20.47 %)Finance
9992 (18.48 %)JSP
10982 (18.29 %)WebLogic
11973 (18.13 %)Struts
12925 (17.23 %)UML
13870 (16.21 %)Unix
14782 (14.57 %)OO
15766 (14.27 %)WebServices
16735 (13.69 %)Banking
17733 (13.65 %)EJB
18704 (13.11 %)HTML
19640 (11.92 %)Eclipse
20546 (10.17 %)JavaScript
21524 (9.762 %)Linux
22517 (9.631 %)JUnit
23499 (9.296 %)Security Cleared
24495 (9.221 %)Servlets
25461 (8.588 %)SOA
26447 (8.327 %)JBoss
27414 (7.712 %).NET
28406 (7.563 %)PL/SQL
28406 (7.563 %)Agile Software Development
29405 (7.545 %)Investment Banking

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing J2EE 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 J2EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
11571 (29.27 %)Spring
21552 (28.91 %)XML
31511 (28.15 %)Hibernate
41134 (21.13 %)WebSphere
5992 (18.48 %)JSP
6973 (18.13 %)Struts
7766 (14.27 %)WebServices
8733 (13.65 %)EJB
9704 (13.11 %)HTML
10495 (9.221 %)Servlets
11414 (7.712 %).NET
12404 (7.526 %)CSS
13392 (7.303 %)AJAX
14391 (7.284 %)JDBC
15376 (7.004 %)JMS
16272 (5.067 %)SOAP
17224 (4.173 %)XSLT
18212 (3.949 %)Swing
19206 (3.838 %)JSF
20198 (3.689 %)Middleware
Application Platforms
1982 (18.29 %)WebLogic
2447 (8.327 %)JBoss
3370 (6.893 %)Tomcat
4327 (6.092 %)Apache
5315 (5.868 %)WebSphere Application Server
6132 (2.459 %)IIS
7130 (2.422 %)WebLogic Portal
8119 (2.217 %)MQSeries
9117 (2.180 %)ESB
1087 (1.621 %)CMS
1174 (1.379 %)Oracle Application Server
1270 (1.304 %)WebSphere MQ
1363 (1.174 %)ATG Dynamo
1450 (0.931 %)TIBCO EMS
1538 (0.708 %)WPS
1634 (0.633 %)IBM HTTP Server
1731 (0.577 %)TeamSite
1829 (0.540 %)BizTalk Server
1926 (0.484 %)Commerce Server
2025 (0.466 %)Oracle 10gAS
Applications
199 (1.844 %)MS Office
261 (1.136 %)Photoshop
351 (0.950 %)MS Excel
433 (0.615 %)MS Visio
522 (0.410 %)MS Project
66 (0.112 %)DOC1
75 (0.093 %)MS PowerPoint
84 (0.075 %)ImageReady
92 (0.037 %)CA Clarity
101 (0.019 %)Shockwave
101 (0.019 %)Fireworks
101 (0.019 %)Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
124 (0.447 %)Oracle Applications
29 (0.168 %)WebTrends
29 (0.168 %)Adaptiv
29 (0.168 %)TIBCO iProcess
38 (0.149 %)BusinessWorks
45 (0.093 %)Global One
54 (0.075 %)Oracle 11i
54 (0.075 %)SAP CRM
54 (0.075 %)Oracle EBS
63 (0.056 %)Misys Midas
72 (0.037 %)Retail-J
72 (0.037 %)Summit
72 (0.037 %)Staffware
72 (0.037 %)Endur
72 (0.037 %)AWD
81 (0.019 %)SAP FI/CO
81 (0.019 %)SAP HR
81 (0.019 %)SAP FI
81 (0.019 %)SAP CO
81 (0.019 %)MarketView
Communications & Networking
1179 (3.335 %)Internet
2158 (2.943 %)HTTP
388 (1.639 %)TCP/IP
388 (1.639 %)LDAP
440 (0.745 %)Firewall
533 (0.615 %)Extranet
533 (0.615 %)Intranet
627 (0.503 %)SAN
726 (0.484 %)FTP
825 (0.466 %)SSL
922 (0.410 %)BIG-IP
1019 (0.354 %)DNS
1118 (0.335 %)LAN
1215 (0.279 %)SSH
1313 (0.242 %)WAN
1411 (0.205 %)Wireless
1510 (0.186 %)GPRS
168 (0.149 %)SMS
168 (0.149 %)Broadband
168 (0.149 %)SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1287 (5.346 %)SQL Server
2271 (5.048 %)Oracle 10g
3261 (4.862 %)RDBMS
4229 (4.266 %)DB2
5220 (4.098 %)MySQL
6140 (2.608 %)Oracle 9i
7117 (2.180 %)Oracle 8/8i
889 (1.658 %)Oracle Reports
946 (0.857 %)BusinessObjects
1043 (0.801 %)TOAD
1135 (0.652 %)SQL Server 2005
1228 (0.522 %)Datawarehouse
1319 (0.354 %)GIS
1413 (0.242 %)ETL
1512 (0.224 %)SQL Server 7
1611 (0.205 %)MS Access
1710 (0.186 %)Oracle Discoverer
1710 (0.186 %)SQLPlus
1710 (0.186 %)PostgreSQL
189 (0.168 %)Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1640 (11.92 %)Eclipse
2517 (9.631 %)JUnit
3401 (7.470 %)Ant
4153 (2.850 %)ClearCase
5124 (2.310 %)Subversion
698 (1.826 %)ClearQuest
790 (1.677 %)JDeveloper
882 (1.528 %)Rational Rose
966 (1.230 %)Oracle Forms
1056 (1.043 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1148 (0.894 %)CruiseControl
1243 (0.801 %)TestDirector
1336 (0.671 %)FitNesse
1434 (0.633 %)Selenium
1434 (0.633 %)Flash
1533 (0.615 %)LoadRunner
1632 (0.596 %)Log4j
1729 (0.540 %)WebLogic Workshop
1729 (0.540 %)IntelliJ
1828 (0.522 %)JIRA
General
11099 (20.47 %)Finance
2735 (13.69 %)Banking
3405 (7.545 %)Investment Banking
4293 (5.458 %)Government
5211 (3.931 %)Telecoms
6191 (3.558 %)Retail
7180 (3.353 %)Front Office
8159 (2.962 %)Insurance
9131 (2.440 %)Back Office
1093 (1.732 %)Financial Institution
1160 (1.118 %)Retail Banking
1248 (0.894 %)Games
1346 (0.857 %)Marketing
1440 (0.745 %)Publishing
1440 (0.745 %)Construction
1531 (0.577 %)Education
1630 (0.559 %)Criminal Justice
1727 (0.503 %)Automotive
1825 (0.466 %)Billing
1923 (0.428 %)Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
13490 (65.01 %)Developer
22320 (43.22 %)Java Developer
31375 (25.61 %)J2EE Developer
41207 (22.49 %)Java/J2EE Developer
5568 (10.58 %)Architect
6437 (8.141 %)Senior Developer
7358 (6.669 %)Analyst
8301 (5.607 %)Senior Java Developer
9216 (4.024 %)Web Developer
10186 (3.465 %)Consultant
11158 (2.943 %)Technical Architect
12152 (2.832 %)Senior J2EE Developer
13151 (2.813 %)Programmer
14148 (2.757 %)Solutions Architect
15134 (2.496 %)Project Manager
16129 (2.403 %)WebSphere Developer
17126 (2.347 %)Java Architect
17126 (2.347 %)J2EE Architect
18109 (2.031 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
19108 (2.012 %)Administrator
Miscellaneous
1259 (4.825 %)Derivative
2172 (3.204 %)N-Tier
3113 (2.105 %)Equities
489 (1.658 %)Credit Risk
588 (1.639 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
683 (1.546 %)Equity Derivative
769 (1.285 %)Fixed Income
855 (1.025 %)Credit Derivative
855 (1.025 %)Computer Science
949 (0.913 %)Asset Management
1048 (0.894 %)Mainframe
1144 (0.820 %)Web 2.0
1241 (0.764 %)Client/Server
1328 (0.522 %)W3C
1328 (0.522 %)Clustering
1328 (0.522 %)Contract for Difference
1427 (0.503 %)Mathematics
1525 (0.466 %)Multithreading
1624 (0.447 %)PMI
1723 (0.428 %)Thin Client
Operating Systems
1870 (16.21 %)Unix
2524 (9.762 %)Linux
3322 (5.999 %)Windows
4265 (4.937 %)Solaris
587 (1.621 %)AIX
651 (0.950 %)HPUX
737 (0.689 %)Windows 2000
835 (0.652 %)Windows NT
915 (0.279 %)Windows Server 2003
1014 (0.261 %)SUSE
119 (0.168 %)zOS
126 (0.112 %)Windows Mobile
135 (0.093 %)MVS
144 (0.075 %)i5/OS
153 (0.056 %)Windows XP
153 (0.056 %)VMS
161 (0.019 %)OS/390
161 (0.019 %)Debian
Processes & Methodologies
1925 (17.23 %)UML
2782 (14.57 %)OO
3499 (9.296 %)Security Cleared
4461 (8.588 %)SOA
5406 (7.563 %)Agile Software Development
6295 (5.496 %)E-Commerce
7288 (5.365 %)RUP
7288 (5.365 %)SC Cleared
8203 (3.782 %)MVC
9173 (3.223 %)Web Development
10163 (3.037 %)Unit Testing
11156 (2.906 %)TDD
12148 (2.757 %)OOD
12148 (2.757 %)RAD
13142 (2.645 %)Scrum
14135 (2.515 %)Content Management
15134 (2.496 %)Project Management
16120 (2.235 %)OOA/OOD
17118 (2.198 %)DV Cleared
1896 (1.788 %)Configuration Management
Programming Languages
14238 (78.95 %)Java
21350 (25.15 %)SQL
3546 (10.17 %)JavaScript
4406 (7.563 %)PL/SQL
5227 (4.229 %)C#
6207 (3.856 %)C++
6207 (3.856 %)Perl
7154 (2.869 %)Shell Script
8125 (2.329 %)C
972 (1.341 %)VB
1067 (1.248 %)DHTML
1159 (1.099 %)PHP
1237 (0.689 %)Korn
1335 (0.652 %)Python
1431 (0.577 %)XQuery
1530 (0.559 %)VBA
1627 (0.503 %)VBScript
1726 (0.484 %)VB6
1825 (0.466 %)VB.NET
1924 (0.447 %)COBOL
Qualifications
1231 (4.303 %)Degree
286 (1.602 %)Sun Certification
331 (0.577 %)ISEB
423 (0.428 %)PRINCE2 Certification
515 (0.279 %)Microsoft Certification
68 (0.149 %)MCSE
77 (0.130 %)MCP
86 (0.112 %)MCSA
86 (0.112 %)CCNA
86 (0.112 %)Oracle Certification
86 (0.112 %)Cisco Certification
86 (0.112 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
94 (0.075 %)SAP Certification
94 (0.075 %)SCJP
103 (0.056 %)ISTQB
112 (0.037 %)SCJD
112 (0.037 %)ITIL Certification
112 (0.037 %)HND
112 (0.037 %)SCJA
121 (0.019 %)PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
199 (1.844 %)QA
223 (0.428 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
318 (0.335 %)SLA
414 (0.261 %)WAI
59 (0.168 %)ISO9001
63 (0.056 %)WCAG
72 (0.037 %)TickIT
81 (0.019 %)IAS 39
81 (0.019 %)MiFID
System Software
1118 (2.198 %)AquaLogic
224 (0.447 %)VMware ESX
314 (0.261 %)Active Directory
410 (0.186 %)Squid
59 (0.168 %)Oracle RAC
59 (0.168 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
68 (0.149 %)ISA Server
76 (0.112 %)Oracle RMAN
84 (0.075 %)NetBackup
93 (0.056 %)VMware Server
93 (0.056 %)VMware Infrastructure
102 (0.037 %)MSMQ
102 (0.037 %)RACF
102 (0.037 %)Samba
111 (0.019 %)NFS
Systems Management
127 (0.503 %)CA SiteMinder
220 (0.373 %)Tivoli
220 (0.373 %)MOM
315 (0.279 %)OMEGAMON
46 (0.112 %)WSUS
46 (0.112 %)AutoSys
54 (0.075 %)OVPI
63 (0.056 %)Legato
72 (0.037 %)CiscoWorks
81 (0.019 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
81 (0.019 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
81 (0.019 %)BMC PATROL
81 (0.019 %)Netcool
81 (0.019 %)OpenView Configuration Management
81 (0.019 %)TIBCO Hawk
81 (0.019 %)EMC Navisphere
81 (0.019 %)BMC Performance Manager
Vendors
12037 (37.95 %)Oracle
2376 (7.004 %)BEA
3366 (6.818 %)IBM
4326 (6.073 %)Sybase
5170 (3.167 %)Microsoft
6143 (2.664 %)Sun
7120 (2.235 %)TIBCO
8119 (2.217 %)ATG
9112 (2.086 %)SAP
1081 (1.509 %)Red Hat
1162 (1.155 %)ILOG
1162 (1.155 %)Calypso
1248 (0.894 %)HP
1346 (0.857 %)Business Objects
1440 (0.745 %)FatWire
1533 (0.615 %)VMware
1632 (0.596 %)SeeBeyond
1731 (0.577 %)Siebel
1827 (0.503 %)Chordiant
1827 (0.503 %)Vignette
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