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This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) skills within the 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 J2SE over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank413382
Rank change on same period last yearDown-31
Matching contract IT job ads156281
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.206 %0.280 %
As % of the category below0.950 %1.257 %
Daily rates quoted58116
Average minimum daily rate£400£444
Average daily rate£424£472
% change on same period last year-10.19 %
Average maximum daily rate£449£501
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£297
% change on same period last year+15.64 %
Hourly rates quoted1413
Average minimum hourly rate£36.50£39.23
Average hourly rate£37.86£44.42
% change on same period last year-14.78 %
Average maximum hourly rate£39.21£49.62
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.86£44.09
% change on same period last year-14.13 %
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching contract IT job ads1641522350
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled21.66 %22.26 %
Daily rates quoted56796952
Average minimum daily rate£354£370
Average daily rate£381£396
% change on same period last year-3.67 %
Average maximum daily rate£408£421
UK excluding London average daily rate£338£337
% change on same period last year+0.48 %
Hourly rates quoted9771377
Average minimum hourly rate£30.62£31.01
Average hourly rate£32.83£33.53
% change on same period last year-2.07 %
Average maximum hourly rate£35.05£36.04
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.73£33.29
% change on same period last year-1.67 %
J2SE UKJ2SE
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.

J2SE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2SE across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

England J2SE Demand Trend

J2SE
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2SE across the England region.

England J2SE Daily Rate Trend

J2SE
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2SE across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

England J2SE Daily Rate Histogram

J2SE
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2SE across the England region.

England J2SE Hourly Rate Trend

J2SE
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2SE across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

England J2SE Hourly Rate Histogram

J2SE
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2SE within the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 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-5193£470-2.84 %
South EastUp+5327£347-
East MidlandsUp+1824£357-
North WestUp+84£272-
East of EnglandNew entry-2£400-
South WestUp+122£375+25.00 %
YorkshireUp+112--
MidlandsUp+102--
J2SE UKJ2SE
UK

J2SE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing J2SE 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 J2SE.

1358 (98.08 %)Java
2145 (39.73 %)Banking
3110 (30.14 %)Investment Banking
4105 (28.77 %)J2EE
5101 (27.67 %)Front Office
699 (27.12 %)XML
794 (25.75 %)UNIX
885 (23.29 %)OO
885 (23.29 %)C++
984 (23.01 %)SQL
1083 (22.74 %)Linux
1083 (22.74 %)Hibernate
1181 (22.19 %)Sybase
1277 (21.10 %)Spring
1376 (20.82 %)Swing
1469 (18.90 %)Oracle
1568 (18.63 %)JDBC
1658 (15.89 %)Ant
1757 (15.62 %)Derivative
1856 (15.34 %)C#
1954 (14.79 %)Eclipse
1954 (14.79 %)Equities
2053 (14.52 %)Agile Software Development
2151 (13.97 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
2248 (13.15 %)Struts
2345 (12.33 %)UML
2443 (11.78 %)Perl
2540 (10.96 %)JSP
2540 (10.96 %).NET
2639 (10.68 %)TIBCO

J2SE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing J2SE 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 J2SE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1105 (28.77 %)J2EE
299 (27.12 %)XML
383 (22.74 %)Hibernate
477 (21.10 %)Spring
576 (20.82 %)Swing
668 (18.63 %)JDBC
748 (13.15 %)Struts
840 (10.96 %)JSP
840 (10.96 %).NET
936 (9.863 %)Java RMI
1035 (9.589 %)JMS
1134 (9.315 %)WebServices
1229 (7.945 %)FIX Protocol
1229 (7.945 %)CORBA
1327 (7.397 %)XSLT
1424 (6.575 %)HTML
1522 (6.027 %)AJAX
1619 (5.205 %)Servlets
1717 (4.658 %)J2ME
1816 (4.384 %)SOAP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
122 (6.027 %)Tomcat
219 (5.205 %)Rendezvous
312 (3.288 %)JBoss
48 (2.192 %)Apache
55 (1.370 %)TIBCO EMS
55 (1.370 %)WebLogic
64 (1.096 %)WebSphere Application Server
64 (1.096 %)ATG Dynamo
73 (0.822 %)CMS
73 (0.822 %)ESB
73 (0.822 %)Lotus Notes
73 (0.822 %)Lotus Domino
73 (0.822 %)MTS
73 (0.822 %)Commerce Server
82 (0.548 %)MQSeries
82 (0.548 %)Joomla!
82 (0.548 %)Mambo
91 (0.274 %)Jetty
England IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (1.370 %)MS Excel
21 (0.274 %)InDesign
England IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (3.014 %)HTTP
28 (2.192 %)LDAP
37 (1.918 %)SMS
46 (1.644 %)Wireless
54 (1.096 %)SMPP
62 (0.548 %)SMTP
62 (0.548 %)ISUP
62 (0.548 %)SS7
71 (0.274 %)Q.931
71 (0.274 %)TCP/IP
England IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (5.753 %)SQL Server
218 (4.932 %)Oracle 10g
316 (4.384 %)RDBMS
49 (2.466 %)DB2
57 (1.918 %)MySQL
57 (1.918 %)GIS
66 (1.644 %)KDB
71 (0.274 %)Reference Data
71 (0.274 %)SQL Server 2005
England IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
158 (15.89 %)Ant
254 (14.79 %)Eclipse
324 (6.575 %)JUnit
417 (4.658 %)Log4j
513 (3.562 %)Subversion
69 (2.466 %)PowerBuilder
71 (0.274 %)Flash
England IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1145 (39.73 %)Banking
2110 (30.14 %)Investment Banking
3101 (27.67 %)Front Office
439 (10.68 %)Finance
517 (4.658 %)Telecoms
66 (1.644 %)Multimedia
66 (1.644 %)Government
74 (1.096 %)3D Graphics
83 (0.822 %)Publishing
83 (0.822 %)Automotive
83 (0.822 %)Video Editing
92 (0.548 %)Games
92 (0.548 %)Construction
92 (0.548 %)Advertising
92 (0.548 %)Health
92 (0.548 %)Retail
101 (0.274 %)Manufacturing
101 (0.274 %)Insurance
101 (0.274 %)Auditing
England IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1321 (87.95 %)Developer
2274 (75.07 %)Java Developer
345 (12.33 %)Senior Developer
438 (10.41 %)Senior Java Developer
531 (8.493 %)Java/J2EE Developer
629 (7.945 %)J2EE Developer
723 (6.301 %)C# Developer
813 (3.562 %)Software Engineer
813 (3.562 %)Java Swing Developer
910 (2.740 %)C++/Java Developer
910 (2.740 %)Analyst
910 (2.740 %)Java Software Engineer
108 (2.192 %)Programmer
108 (2.192 %)Analyst Developer
117 (1.918 %)GUI Developer
117 (1.918 %)C++ Developer
117 (1.918 %)Website Developer
117 (1.918 %)Software Developer
126 (1.644 %)Lead Developer
126 (1.644 %)Real Time Developer
England IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
157 (15.62 %)Derivative
254 (14.79 %)Equities
351 (13.97 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
431 (8.493 %)Fixed Income
527 (7.397 %)Credit Risk
621 (5.753 %)Computer Science
621 (5.753 %)Interest Rate Derivative
720 (5.479 %)Grid Computing
720 (5.479 %)Multithreading
815 (4.110 %)Credit Derivative
912 (3.288 %)Handset
107 (1.918 %)Equity Derivative
115 (1.370 %)Market Risk
115 (1.370 %)Mathematics
121 (0.274 %)Tandem
121 (0.274 %)Exotic Derivative
121 (0.274 %)Web 2.0
121 (0.274 %)N-Tier
121 (0.274 %)Management Information System
121 (0.274 %)NHS
England IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
194 (25.75 %)UNIX
283 (22.74 %)Linux
325 (6.849 %)Windows
412 (3.288 %)Windows Mobile
54 (1.096 %)AIX
54 (1.096 %)Solaris
54 (1.096 %)Red Hat Linux
England IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
185 (23.29 %)OO
253 (14.52 %)Agile Software Development
345 (12.33 %)UML
426 (7.123 %)SOA
522 (6.027 %)Unit Testing
620 (5.479 %)E-Commerce
717 (4.658 %)Web Development
816 (4.384 %)Risk Management
914 (3.836 %)TDD
1013 (3.562 %)Performance Testing
1111 (3.014 %)OOD
1111 (3.014 %)EAI
1111 (3.014 %)Algorithmic Trading
1111 (3.014 %)Security Cleared
1210 (2.740 %)Asset Management
138 (2.192 %)RAD
138 (2.192 %)SC Cleared
147 (1.918 %)Process Management
156 (1.644 %)OOA/OOD
156 (1.644 %)BC Cleared
England IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1358 (98.08 %)Java
285 (23.29 %)C++
384 (23.01 %)SQL
456 (15.34 %)C#
543 (11.78 %)Perl
632 (8.767 %)JavaScript
725 (6.849 %)C
820 (5.479 %)Shell Script
915 (4.110 %)DHTML
1014 (3.836 %)PL/SQL
118 (2.192 %)Transact-SQL
127 (1.918 %)Python
135 (1.370 %)Ruby
135 (1.370 %)VBScript
144 (1.096 %)Groovy
153 (0.822 %)LotusScript
162 (0.548 %)PHP
171 (0.274 %)XPath
171 (0.274 %)ActionScript
171 (0.274 %)VC++
England IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
120 (5.479 %)Degree
23 (0.822 %)IBM Certification
31 (0.274 %)SCJD
31 (0.274 %)Sun Certification
England IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (1.370 %)QA
21 (0.274 %)MiFID
England IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
17 (1.918 %)AquaLogic
England IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
181 (22.19 %)Sybase
269 (18.90 %)Oracle
339 (10.68 %)TIBCO
420 (5.479 %)Microsoft
518 (4.932 %)DataSynapse
617 (4.658 %)Tangosol
716 (4.384 %)Symbian
810 (2.740 %)Cognizant
99 (2.466 %)Fidessa
108 (2.192 %)IBM
108 (2.192 %)Mercator
117 (1.918 %)GigaSpaces
117 (1.918 %)BEA
126 (1.644 %)Portware
135 (1.370 %)Syncfusion
135 (1.370 %)Infragistics
135 (1.370 %)ComponentOne
135 (1.370 %)Murex
144 (1.096 %)Adobe
144 (1.096 %)Red Hat