The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Essex region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised 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 Developer
Rank 45 45 38
Rank change year-on-year
0 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 2 2 13
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 0.484% 0.484% 3.291%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.532% 0.515% 3.467%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 6
Average daily rate - £425 £488
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -12.82%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 3
Average hourly rate £27.48 £35.00 £26.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.48% +34.61%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £37.50 £42.00
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -10.71%
All Job Titles
Essex
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
376 388 375
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Essex 91.04% 93.95% 94.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 184 184 170
Average daily rate £300 £300 £288
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+0.08% +4.34%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £150 £105 £78
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 74 59 72
Average hourly rate £30.00 £26.28 £27.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+14.15% -4.43%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £13.00 £12.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.40 £40.60 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Java Developer
East of England

Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Java Developer across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Essex Java Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Essex Java Developer Daily Rate Trend

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Essex Java Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Java Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer 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 - 1 - -
Java Developer
East of England

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Java 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 Java Developer in their job title.

1 6 (100.00%) Java
2 5 (83.33%) Oracle
3 4 (66.67%) SQL
3 4 (66.67%) UNIX
4 3 (50.00%) XML
4 3 (50.00%) J2EE
4 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
4 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
4 3 (50.00%) PL/SQL
4 3 (50.00%) HTML
4 3 (50.00%) Web Development
5 2 (33.33%) Java EE
5 2 (33.33%) Sun
5 2 (33.33%) Sun Certification
5 2 (33.33%) Web Services
5 2 (33.33%) C++
5 2 (33.33%) JUnit
5 2 (33.33%) UML
5 2 (33.33%) OO
5 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (16.67%) TDD
6 1 (16.67%) Content Management
6 1 (16.67%) Spring
6 1 (16.67%) Maven
6 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
6 1 (16.67%) Ajax
6 1 (16.67%) WebSphere
6 1 (16.67%) JBoss
6 1 (16.67%) RAD
6 1 (16.67%) RUP

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Essex region that cited Java 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 Java Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (50.00%) XML
1 3 (50.00%) J2EE
1 3 (50.00%) HTML
2 2 (33.33%) Java EE
2 2 (33.33%) Web Services
3 1 (16.67%) Spring
3 1 (16.67%) Ajax
3 1 (16.67%) WebSphere
3 1 (16.67%) Swing
3 1 (16.67%) XHTML
3 1 (16.67%) JMS
3 1 (16.67%) JAXB
3 1 (16.67%) CSS
3 1 (16.67%) JSP
3 1 (16.67%) SOAP
3 1 (16.67%) XSLT
3 1 (16.67%) Hibernate
3 1 (16.67%) GWT
3 1 (16.67%) WebCenter
3 1 (16.67%) REST
Application Platforms
1 1 (16.67%) ESB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 1 (16.67%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (33.33%) JUnit
2 1 (16.67%) Maven
2 1 (16.67%) ClearCase
2 1 (16.67%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
2 1 (16.67%) Ant
2 1 (16.67%) Selenium
General
1 1 (16.67%) Legal
Operating Systems
1 4 (66.67%) UNIX
2 1 (16.67%) Linux
2 1 (16.67%) Android
2 1 (16.67%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (50.00%) Web Development
2 2 (33.33%) UML
2 2 (33.33%) OO
2 2 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (16.67%) TDD
3 1 (16.67%) Content Management
3 1 (16.67%) Automated Testing
3 1 (16.67%) RAD
3 1 (16.67%) RUP
3 1 (16.67%) OOD
3 1 (16.67%) SOA
3 1 (16.67%) Scrum
3 1 (16.67%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (16.67%) Software Architecture
Programming Languages
1 6 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (66.67%) SQL
3 3 (50.00%) JavaScript
3 3 (50.00%) PL/SQL
4 2 (33.33%) C++
5 1 (16.67%) FQL
Qualifications
1 2 (33.33%) Sun Certification
2 1 (16.67%) Degree
2 1 (16.67%) SC Cleared
2 1 (16.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (83.33%) Oracle
2 2 (33.33%) Sun
3 1 (16.67%) JBoss
3 1 (16.67%) IBM
3 1 (16.67%) FatWire
3 1 (16.67%) AccuRev
3 1 (16.67%) Facebook
3 1 (16.67%) Twitter