The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Glasgow region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 19 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 Glasgow 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 4 8 6
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -2
Contract jobs citing Java 231 91 156
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 25.70% 11.18% 20.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 44.51% 30.85% 46.29%
Number of daily rates quoted 80 44 92
Average daily rate £364 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.83% -7.07%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £336 £258 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £411 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £375 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+7.14% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £26.83
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Glasgow
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
519 295 337
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Glasgow 57.73% 36.24% 43.77%
Number of daily rates quoted 234 135 218
Average daily rate £350 £313 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.00% -10.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £221 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 4 9
Average hourly rate £11.92 £20.00 £26.83
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-40.40% -25.45%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.86 £11.00 £14.95
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.33 £20.00 £44.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Java
Scotland

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the Glasgow region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Glasgow Java Daily Rate Histogram

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Glasgow Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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.

1 157 (37.65%) Spring
2 152 (36.45%) SQL
3 138 (33.09%) XML
4 129 (30.94%) UNIX
5 125 (29.98%) Finance
6 113 (27.10%) Oracle
7 110 (26.38%) Sybase
8 101 (24.22%) Perl
9 96 (23.02%) C#
10 92 (22.06%) Banking
11 80 (19.18%) JavaScript
12 77 (18.47%) C++
13 76 (18.23%) Agile Software Development
14 74 (17.75%) OO
15 68 (16.31%) Hibernate
16 66 (15.83%) Linux
17 58 (13.91%) J2EE
17 58 (13.91%) JMS
18 56 (13.43%) Tomcat
19 54 (12.95%) RDBMS
20 49 (11.75%) Multithreading
21 47 (11.27%) Fixed Income
22 46 (11.03%) HTML5
23 45 (10.79%) Unit Testing
23 45 (10.79%) CSS
24 43 (10.31%) JUnit
25 41 (9.832%) SOAP
26 39 (9.353%) SQL Server
26 39 (9.353%) JSP
27 38 (9.113%) Web Services

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Glasgow 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
1 157 (37.65%) Spring
2 138 (33.09%) XML
3 68 (16.31%) Hibernate
4 58 (13.91%) J2EE
4 58 (13.91%) JMS
5 46 (11.03%) HTML5
6 45 (10.79%) CSS
7 41 (9.832%) SOAP
8 39 (9.353%) JSP
9 38 (9.113%) Web Services
10 37 (8.873%) J2SE
11 31 (7.434%) Apache Flex
12 30 (7.194%) WebSphere
13 29 (6.954%) HTML
14 27 (6.475%) Struts
15 24 (5.755%) Cairngorm
15 24 (5.755%) Parsley
15 24 (5.755%) JDBC
16 23 (5.516%) XSLT
17 22 (5.276%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 56 (13.43%) Tomcat
2 24 (5.755%) Apache
3 9 (2.158%) Mule
4 8 (1.918%) Oracle Coherence
5 6 (1.439%) ESB
6 3 (0.719%) MS Exchange
6 3 (0.719%) SharePoint
6 3 (0.719%) WebLogic
6 3 (0.719%) SharePoint Server
7 2 (0.480%) GemFire
8 1 (0.240%) IBM HTTP Server
8 1 (0.240%) WebSphere Application Server
8 1 (0.240%) Adobe CQ
8 1 (0.240%) WebSphere Message Broker
8 1 (0.240%) GlassFish
8 1 (0.240%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 8 (1.918%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.480%) MS Visio
3 1 (0.240%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.240%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 11 (2.638%) HTTP
2 3 (0.719%) Internet
3 2 (0.480%) FTP
4 1 (0.240%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (12.95%) RDBMS
2 39 (9.353%) SQL Server
3 35 (8.393%) DB2
4 12 (2.878%) Data Warehouse
5 8 (1.918%) MongoDB
6 7 (1.679%) Sybase IQ
7 6 (1.439%) KDB
7 6 (1.439%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.959%) GIS
9 3 (0.719%) Sybase ASE
9 3 (0.719%) SQL Server 2000
9 3 (0.719%) Data Mining
9 3 (0.719%) MySQL
9 3 (0.719%) SQL Server 2005
10 2 (0.480%) SQL Server Integration Services
10 2 (0.480%) Star Schema
10 2 (0.480%) PowerCenter
11 1 (0.240%) PostgreSQL
11 1 (0.240%) Oracle 10g
11 1 (0.240%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 43 (10.31%) JUnit
2 38 (9.113%) Eclipse
3 34 (8.153%) Maven
4 24 (5.755%) Selenium
5 23 (5.516%) Subversion
6 18 (4.317%) CruiseControl
7 12 (2.878%) JIRA
8 11 (2.638%) Ant
9 9 (2.158%) JDeveloper
9 9 (2.158%) Cucumber
10 8 (1.918%) Jenkins
11 7 (1.679%) ClearCase
12 4 (0.959%) Hudson
12 4 (0.959%) QuickTest Pro
13 3 (0.719%) Eclipse RCP
13 3 (0.719%) TeamCity
14 2 (0.480%) TestComplete
14 2 (0.480%) JBehave
14 2 (0.480%) Git (software)
14 2 (0.480%) PVCS
General
1 125 (29.98%) Finance
2 92 (22.06%) Banking
3 26 (6.235%) Investment Banking
4 18 (4.317%) Front Office
5 5 (1.199%) Retail
5 5 (1.199%) Telecoms
6 3 (0.719%) Games
6 3 (0.719%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.240%) Legal
Job Titles
1 319 (76.50%) Developer
2 233 (55.88%) Java Developer
3 36 (8.633%) C++ Developer
4 31 (7.434%) Analyst
5 23 (5.516%) Flex Developer
6 20 (4.796%) C++/Java Developer
6 20 (4.796%) Senior Developer
7 19 (4.556%) Senior Java Developer
8 15 (3.597%) C# Developer
9 14 (3.357%) Project Manager
10 11 (2.638%) Programmer
10 11 (2.638%) Software Developer
10 11 (2.638%) Java Programmer
11 10 (2.398%) Java Analyst Programmer
11 10 (2.398%) Analyst Programmer
11 10 (2.398%) Development Manager
12 9 (2.158%) Applications Support
12 9 (2.158%) Software Development Manager
12 9 (2.158%) Software Manager
13 7 (1.679%) Applications Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 47 (11.27%) Fixed Income
2 22 (5.276%) Enterprise Software
3 21 (5.036%) Derivative
3 21 (5.036%) Equity Derivative
4 16 (3.837%) N-Tier
5 15 (3.597%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 10 (2.398%) Data Integration
7 9 (2.158%) Equities
8 8 (1.918%) Computer Science
9 7 (1.679%) Mathematics
10 5 (1.199%) Clustering
11 3 (0.719%) Mobile App
11 3 (0.719%) PDA
11 3 (0.719%) Market Risk
11 3 (0.719%) Open Source
12 2 (0.480%) Cloud Computing
12 2 (0.480%) W3C
12 2 (0.480%) Blackberry
13 1 (0.240%) Grid Computing
13 1 (0.240%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 129 (30.94%) UNIX
2 66 (15.83%) Linux
3 22 (5.276%) Windows
4 9 (2.158%) Solaris
5 6 (1.439%) Windows Server 2003
6 5 (1.199%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 4 (0.959%) Windows Server 2008
8 2 (0.480%) Windows Mobile
9 1 (0.240%) Windows XP
9 1 (0.240%) AIX
9 1 (0.240%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 76 (18.23%) Agile Software Development
2 74 (17.75%) OO
3 49 (11.75%) Multithreading
4 45 (10.79%) Unit Testing
5 33 (7.914%) Scrum
6 30 (7.194%) MVC
7 25 (5.995%) TDD
7 25 (5.995%) Continuous Integration
8 24 (5.755%) OOP
9 23 (5.516%) Data Modelling
10 22 (5.276%) SOA
11 15 (3.597%) ETL
12 14 (3.357%) Test Automation
12 14 (3.357%) Web Application Development
12 14 (3.357%) UML
13 13 (3.118%) Analytics
13 13 (3.118%) Waterfall
14 12 (2.878%) Resource Management
14 12 (2.878%) Electronic Trading
14 12 (2.878%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 152 (36.45%) SQL
2 101 (24.22%) Perl
3 96 (23.02%) C#
4 80 (19.18%) JavaScript
5 77 (18.47%) C++
6 31 (7.434%) Shell Script
7 27 (6.475%) Python
8 26 (6.235%) PL/SQL
9 24 (5.755%) Scala
10 14 (3.357%) VB
11 12 (2.878%) C++/CLI
12 10 (2.398%) Ruby
13 8 (1.918%) T-SQL
13 8 (1.918%) C
14 7 (1.679%) VBScript
14 7 (1.679%) VBA
15 5 (1.199%) XPath
15 5 (1.199%) Korn
16 4 (0.959%) Jython
17 3 (0.719%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 26 (6.235%) Degree
2 8 (1.918%) Security Cleared
3 6 (1.439%) Sun Certification
4 4 (0.959%) SC Cleared
5 1 (0.240%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (3.118%) QA
2 2 (0.480%) WCAG
3 1 (0.240%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 1 (0.240%) SLA
System Software
1 3 (0.719%) vSphere
2 2 (0.480%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 4 (0.959%) HP Quality Center
1 4 (0.959%) Control-M
2 3 (0.719%) OpenView Configuration Management
2 3 (0.719%) McAfee ePO
3 1 (0.240%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.240%) Tivoli Identity Manager
3 1 (0.240%) HP SiteScope
3 1 (0.240%) HP UCMDB
3 1 (0.240%) Puppet
3 1 (0.240%) HP Operations Orchestration
Vendors
1 113 (27.10%) Oracle
2 110 (26.38%) Sybase
3 30 (7.194%) Adobe
4 27 (6.475%) Sencha
5 17 (4.077%) TIBCO
6 14 (3.357%) Informatica
7 11 (2.638%) Sun
8 10 (2.398%) JBoss
9 9 (2.158%) Microsoft
10 5 (1.199%) IBM
11 4 (0.959%) Lumension
11 4 (0.959%) Perforce
12 3 (0.719%) McAfee
12 3 (0.719%) HP
12 3 (0.719%) Citrix
13 2 (0.480%) Avaloq
13 2 (0.480%) Red Hat
13 2 (0.480%) Ab Initio
13 2 (0.480%) VMware
13 2 (0.480%) ION Trading
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