The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Farnborough region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Programming Languages category for the Farnborough 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 9 13 5
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -8
Contract jobs citing Java 2 1 26
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Farnborough 5.263% 1.639% 22.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 15.38% 3.846% 41.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 2 1 22
Average daily rate £390 £425 £413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.23% +3.03%
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+5.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Farnborough
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
13 26 62
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Farnborough 34.21% 42.62% 53.91%
Number of daily rates quoted 10 22 42
Average daily rate £325 £310 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.83% -4.61%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £250 £298
10% offered a daily rate of more than £390 £410 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 3
Average hourly rate £12.50 £45.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-72.22% +5.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Java
Hampshire

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Java across the Farnborough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Farnborough Java Jobs Demand Trend

Java
Daily Rate Trend

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

Farnborough Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Farnborough Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Farnborough region citing Java 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 Java.

1 3 (100.00%) Spring
2 2 (66.67%) Hibernate
2 2 (66.67%) Google
2 2 (66.67%) GWT
3 1 (33.33%) jQuery
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (33.33%) JSP
3 1 (33.33%) Struts
3 1 (33.33%) OO
3 1 (33.33%) Tomcat
3 1 (33.33%) OOD

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Farnborough region citing Java 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 Java. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (100.00%) Spring
2 2 (66.67%) GWT
2 2 (66.67%) Hibernate
3 1 (33.33%) jQuery
3 1 (33.33%) HTML
3 1 (33.33%) JSP
3 1 (33.33%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Tomcat
Job Titles
1 3 (100.00%) Developer
1 3 (100.00%) Java Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) OO
1 1 (33.33%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) JavaScript
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) Google