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This section looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT contracts within the Essex 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 Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Java Developer
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5731
Rank change on same period last yearDown-26
Matching contract IT job ads129
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.029 %
As % of the category below0.147 %4.096 %
Daily rates quoted03
Average minimum daily rate-£323
Average daily rate-£349
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£358£333
% change on same period last year+7.52 %
Hourly rates quoted03
Average minimum hourly rate-£33.00
Average hourly rate-£36.33
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£39.67
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.04£38.16
% change on same period last year-0.33 %
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Essex
Matching contract IT job ads682708
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.900 %0.705 %
Daily rates quoted251207
Average minimum daily rate£286£310
Average daily rate£302£333
% change on same period last year-9.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£319£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted89163
Average minimum hourly rate£24.88£27.25
Average hourly rate£26.75£28.03
% change on same period last year-4.56 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.62£28.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Java Developer East of EnglandJava Developer
East of England

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.

Java Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The 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

The 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

This section 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 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
BasildonUp+31--
Java Developer East of EnglandJava Developer
East of England

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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.

18 (100.00 %)Java
27 (87.50 %)OO
27 (87.50 %)SQL
36 (75.00 %)WebServices
45 (62.50 %)JBoss
45 (62.50 %)PL/SQL
45 (62.50 %)Client/Server
45 (62.50 %)Agile Software Development
45 (62.50 %)JSF
54 (50.00 %)FitNesse
54 (50.00 %)Extreme Programming
54 (50.00 %)Eclipse
54 (50.00 %)Log4j
54 (50.00 %)Ant
54 (50.00 %)JUnit
63 (37.50 %)J2EE
63 (37.50 %)Pharmaceutical
63 (37.50 %)Ruby
63 (37.50 %)Ruby on Rails
72 (25.00 %)TDD
72 (25.00 %)Subversion
72 (25.00 %)JRules
72 (25.00 %)Finance
72 (25.00 %)N-Tier
72 (25.00 %)ILOG
72 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
72 (25.00 %)Oracle
72 (25.00 %)Delphi
72 (25.00 %)Struts
81 (12.50 %)Oracle 9i

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, 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.

Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (75.00 %)WebServices
25 (62.50 %)JSF
33 (37.50 %)J2EE
33 (37.50 %)Ruby on Rails
42 (25.00 %)JRules
42 (25.00 %)Struts
51 (12.50 %)JSP
51 (12.50 %)Servlets
51 (12.50 %)JavaBeans
51 (12.50 %)Hibernate
51 (12.50 %)Spring
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
15 (62.50 %)JBoss
21 (12.50 %)Oracle HTTP Server
21 (12.50 %)IBM HTTP Server
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (12.50 %)HTTP
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (12.50 %)Oracle 9i
11 (12.50 %)Oracle 10g
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (50.00 %)FitNesse
14 (50.00 %)Eclipse
14 (50.00 %)Log4j
14 (50.00 %)Ant
14 (50.00 %)JUnit
22 (25.00 %)Subversion
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (37.50 %)Pharmaceutical
22 (25.00 %)Finance
31 (12.50 %)Marketing
31 (12.50 %)Insurance
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (62.50 %)Client/Server
22 (25.00 %)N-Tier
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (12.50 %)UNIX
11 (12.50 %)Linux
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17 (87.50 %)OO
25 (62.50 %)Agile Software Development
34 (50.00 %)Extreme Programming
42 (25.00 %)TDD
42 (25.00 %)Configuration Management
51 (12.50 %)OOD
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (100.00 %)Java
27 (87.50 %)SQL
35 (62.50 %)PL/SQL
43 (37.50 %)Ruby
52 (25.00 %)Delphi
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (12.50 %)Degree
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (12.50 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
Essex IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (25.00 %)ILOG
12 (25.00 %)Oracle
21 (12.50 %)Sybase
21 (12.50 %)IBM