Essex Java EE Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE) skills within the Essex region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Java EE over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE)
Location Ascot Berkshire Bootle Cheltenham City of London Croydon East Midlands East of England England Essex Farnborough Gloucestershire Hampshire Hertfordshire Kent Leeds London Maidstone Manchester Merseyside Midlands North West Northampton Northamptonshire Potters Bar Reading Rickmansworth South East South West Southampton Southwark Surrey Swansea UK Wales West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Worthing Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	-
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£419	£358
% change on same period last year	+16.98 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£40.00
% change on same period last year	-
Application Development Essex
Matching contract IT job ads	146	219
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.204 %	0.220 %
Daily rates quoted	52	72
Average minimum daily rate	£358	£365
Average daily rate	£375	£394
% change on same period last year	-4.84 %
Average maximum daily rate	£392	£423
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£333
% change on same period last year	-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	13	43
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.60	£29.94
Average hourly rate	£33.53	£30.45
% change on same period last year	+10.09 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£35.46	£30.97
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.32	£32.24
% change on same period last year	-2.87 %
Java EE 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 EE
Demand Trend

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

Java EE
Hourly Rate Trend

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