The first table below looks at the demand for J2EE skills in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 22 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Essex region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Rank 26 43 31
Rank change year-on-year
+17 -12
Contract jobs citing J2EE 21 4 20
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 5.085% 0.969% 5.063%
As % of the Application Development category 18.75% 5.000% 21.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 2 9
Average daily rate £213 £300 £500
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-29.16% -40.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £365 £360
% change year-on-year
-4.10% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 2 6
Average hourly rate £30.46 £33.61 £28.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-9.37% +17.92%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £32.32 £26.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.25 £34.90 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.00 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+1.53% -23.52%
All Application Development
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
112 80 95
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 27.12% 19.37% 24.05%
Number of daily rates quoted 66 39 50
Average daily rate £246 £270 £403
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.79% -32.91%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £190 £175 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £408 £550
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 21 15 10
Average hourly rate £27.50 £32.25 £26.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-14.72% +21.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £22.66 £26.28 £26.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £33.00 £35.22 £30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
J2EE
East of England

J2EE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Essex J2EE Jobs Demand Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex J2EE Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2EE across the Essex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Essex J2EE Hourly Rate Histogram

J2EE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the Essex region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Brentwood - 6 £213 -
Basildon - 5 - -
Southend-on-Sea - 1 - -
J2EE
East of England

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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.

1 24 (72.73%) SQL
2 19 (57.58%) Scrum
3 18 (54.55%) Java
4 15 (45.45%) OO
5 14 (42.42%) JSP
5 14 (42.42%) XML
5 14 (42.42%) Oracle
6 13 (39.39%) JavaScript
6 13 (39.39%) CSS
6 13 (39.39%) XHTML
6 13 (39.39%) Project Management
6 13 (39.39%) Ajax
7 12 (36.36%) HTML
8 11 (33.33%) PRINCE2
8 11 (33.33%) Waterfall
9 10 (30.30%) UNIX
9 10 (30.30%) PL/SQL
10 9 (27.27%) RUP
10 9 (27.27%) AccuRev
11 8 (24.24%) Linux
11 8 (24.24%) C++
12 7 (21.21%) FQL
12 7 (21.21%) Facebook
12 7 (21.21%) Twitter
13 6 (18.18%) Social Media
13 6 (18.18%) WebSphere
13 6 (18.18%) RAD
13 6 (18.18%) Configuration Management
13 6 (18.18%) IBM
13 6 (18.18%) Automotive

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex 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
1 14 (42.42%) JSP
1 14 (42.42%) XML
2 13 (39.39%) CSS
2 13 (39.39%) XHTML
2 13 (39.39%) Ajax
3 12 (36.36%) HTML
4 6 (18.18%) WebSphere
5 3 (9.091%) XSLT
5 3 (9.091%) WebCenter
6 2 (6.061%) jQuery
6 2 (6.061%) MooTools
6 2 (6.061%) HTML5
6 2 (6.061%) CSS3
6 2 (6.061%) Sass
6 2 (6.061%) LESS
6 2 (6.061%) Dojo
6 2 (6.061%) ASP
7 1 (3.030%) JMS
7 1 (3.030%) JAXB
7 1 (3.030%) XML Schema
Application Platforms
1 2 (6.061%) CMS
2 1 (3.030%) Tuxedo
2 1 (3.030%) WebLogic
2 1 (3.030%) IIS
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle Service Bus
2 1 (3.030%) ESB
Applications
1 2 (6.061%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (6.061%) Google Analytics
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (18.18%) SQL Server
2 1 (3.030%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 6 (18.18%) Ant
2 1 (3.030%) ClearCase
2 1 (3.030%) RequisitePro
2 1 (3.030%) PVCS
2 1 (3.030%) JUnit
2 1 (3.030%) Maven
General
1 6 (18.18%) Automotive
2 4 (12.12%) Marketing
3 3 (9.091%) Legal
4 1 (3.030%) Telecoms
4 1 (3.030%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 20 (60.61%) Developer
2 7 (21.21%) Project Manager
3 6 (18.18%) Technical Manager
3 6 (18.18%) Technical Project Manager
4 4 (12.12%) Technical Project Leader
4 4 (12.12%) Project Leader
5 3 (9.091%) Lead Developer
5 3 (9.091%) Technical Leader
5 3 (9.091%) Java Developer
6 2 (6.061%) Team Leader
6 2 (6.061%) Technical Team Leader
6 2 (6.061%) Development Project Manager
6 2 (6.061%) Front-End Developer
6 2 (6.061%) Technical Development Manager
6 2 (6.061%) Technical Developer
6 2 (6.061%) Programmer
6 2 (6.061%) Applications Developer
6 2 (6.061%) Development Manager
6 2 (6.061%) Analyst
6 2 (6.061%) Network Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 6 (18.18%) Social Media
2 1 (3.030%) Mainframe
2 1 (3.030%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 10 (30.30%) UNIX
2 8 (24.24%) Linux
3 3 (9.091%) Android
3 3 (9.091%) Apple iOS
4 1 (3.030%) Solaris
4 1 (3.030%) VME
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (57.58%) Scrum
2 15 (45.45%) OO
3 13 (39.39%) Project Management
4 11 (33.33%) PRINCE2
4 11 (33.33%) Waterfall
5 9 (27.27%) RUP
6 6 (18.18%) RAD
6 6 (18.18%) Configuration Management
7 5 (15.15%) SOA
7 5 (15.15%) Content Management
8 4 (12.12%) Agile Software Development
9 3 (9.091%) UML
9 3 (9.091%) SEO
9 3 (9.091%) Web Development
10 2 (6.061%) User Acceptance Testing
10 2 (6.061%) Load Testing
10 2 (6.061%) Unit Testing
10 2 (6.061%) Web Design
10 2 (6.061%) Analytics
10 2 (6.061%) Responsive Web Design
Programming Languages
1 24 (72.73%) SQL
2 18 (54.55%) Java
3 13 (39.39%) JavaScript
4 10 (30.30%) PL/SQL
5 8 (24.24%) C++
6 7 (21.21%) FQL
7 2 (6.061%) PHP
8 1 (3.030%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (6.061%) Security Cleared
2 1 (3.030%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
2 1 (3.030%) SC Cleared
2 1 (3.030%) BC Cleared
2 1 (3.030%) Degree
Vendors
1 14 (42.42%) Oracle
2 9 (27.27%) AccuRev
3 7 (21.21%) Facebook
3 7 (21.21%) Twitter
4 6 (18.18%) IBM
5 5 (15.15%) FatWire
6 2 (6.061%) Omniture
6 2 (6.061%) Google
6 2 (6.061%) Microsoft
6 2 (6.061%) Adobe
7 1 (3.030%) BEA
7 1 (3.030%) JBoss
7 1 (3.030%) Fujitsu
Southend-On-Sea, South East
J2EE experience must include experience of Servlets, JSPs and Session Beans delivering transactional web-based applications.*BEA WebLogic at version 9, or later... *development on UNIX environments, preferably...
Capita Resourcing
Posted: 30 April 2013