The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Guildford region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Guildford 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 15 12 7
Rank change year-on-year
-3 -5
Contract jobs citing Java 18 10 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 8.257% 8.264% 10.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.75% 22.22% 29.17%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 9 8
Average daily rate £320 £335 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.47% +11.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £232 £225 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £383
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
- -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 0
Average hourly rate £32.00 £31.50 -
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.58% -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Guildford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
96 45 48
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Guildford 44.04% 37.19% 36.09%
Number of daily rates quoted 44 20 25
Average daily rate £320 £335 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.47% +19.64%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £225 £229
10% offered a daily rate of more than £403 £425 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 10 10 5
Average hourly rate £37.50 £37.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -11.76%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Java
Surrey

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford 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 Guildford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Guildford 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 Guildford region.

Guildford Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the Guildford region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Guildford Java Hourly Rate Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 14 (51.85%) SQL
2 13 (48.15%) Oracle
3 11 (40.74%) SC Cleared
3 11 (40.74%) Security Cleared
4 10 (37.04%) SQL Server
4 10 (37.04%) Apache
4 10 (37.04%) Tomcat
5 9 (33.33%) WebLogic
5 9 (33.33%) WebSphere
6 8 (29.63%) Analytics
6 8 (29.63%) DB2
7 6 (22.22%) HTML
7 6 (22.22%) JavaScript
7 6 (22.22%) SAS
7 6 (22.22%) JBoss
7 6 (22.22%) ClearCase
7 6 (22.22%) Configuration Management
7 6 (22.22%) Perforce
7 6 (22.22%) R
7 6 (22.22%) Mercurial
8 5 (18.52%) MVC
8 5 (18.52%) J2EE
8 5 (18.52%) CSS
9 4 (14.81%) C#
9 4 (14.81%) .NET
9 4 (14.81%) Spring
9 4 (14.81%) Operations Research
9 4 (14.81%) Degree
9 4 (14.81%) jQuery
9 4 (14.81%) Mathematics

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Guildford 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 9 (33.33%) WebSphere
2 6 (22.22%) HTML
3 5 (18.52%) J2EE
3 5 (18.52%) CSS
4 4 (14.81%) .NET
4 4 (14.81%) Spring
4 4 (14.81%) jQuery
5 3 (11.11%) REST
5 3 (11.11%) JSP
5 3 (11.11%) XML
6 2 (7.407%) SOAP
6 2 (7.407%) Web Services
6 2 (7.407%) ASP.NET
6 2 (7.407%) Middleware
6 2 (7.407%) JMS
6 2 (7.407%) CSS3
6 2 (7.407%) HTML5
6 2 (7.407%) Ruby on Rails
6 2 (7.407%) Java EE
7 1 (3.704%) Spring MVC
Application Platforms
1 10 (37.04%) Apache
1 10 (37.04%) Tomcat
2 9 (33.33%) WebLogic
3 6 (22.22%) SAS
4 2 (7.407%) Mule
4 2 (7.407%) ESB
5 1 (3.704%) Adobe CQ
5 1 (3.704%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (3.704%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.704%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (37.04%) SQL Server
2 8 (29.63%) DB2
3 3 (11.11%) MySQL
4 1 (3.704%) Hadoop
4 1 (3.704%) PostgreSQL
4 1 (3.704%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (3.704%) BusinessObjects
4 1 (3.704%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 6 (22.22%) ClearCase
1 6 (22.22%) Mercurial
2 2 (7.407%) JUnit
3 1 (3.704%) TestNG
3 1 (3.704%) Jenkins
General
1 2 (7.407%) Finance
2 1 (3.704%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (51.85%) Developer
2 6 (22.22%) Consultant
2 6 (22.22%) Technical Consultant
2 6 (22.22%) Java Developer
3 4 (14.81%) Analyst
4 3 (11.11%) Project Manager
5 2 (7.407%) Technical Analyst
5 2 (7.407%) Web Developer
5 2 (7.407%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Lead Architect
6 1 (3.704%) Applications Support Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Business Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Test Manager
6 1 (3.704%) Applications Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Senior Developer
6 1 (3.704%) Support Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Applications Support
6 1 (3.704%) Business Analyst
6 1 (3.704%) Architect
6 1 (3.704%) Systems Developer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (14.81%) Mathematics
1 4 (14.81%) Computer Science
2 2 (7.407%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.407%) UNIX
1 2 (7.407%) Windows
1 2 (7.407%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (29.63%) Analytics
2 6 (22.22%) Configuration Management
3 5 (18.52%) MVC
4 4 (14.81%) Operations Research
5 3 (11.11%) Business Analysis
5 3 (11.11%) Agile Software Development
5 3 (11.11%) Stakeholder Management
6 2 (7.407%) PRINCE2
6 2 (7.407%) Scrum
6 2 (7.407%) TDD
6 2 (7.407%) Web Development
7 1 (3.704%) Performance Testing
7 1 (3.704%) Web Marketing
7 1 (3.704%) Test Automation
7 1 (3.704%) Content Management
7 1 (3.704%) Web Application Development
7 1 (3.704%) Waterfall
7 1 (3.704%) BDD
7 1 (3.704%) Test Strategy
7 1 (3.704%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 14 (51.85%) SQL
2 6 (22.22%) JavaScript
2 6 (22.22%) R
3 4 (14.81%) C#
4 2 (7.407%) VB.NET
4 2 (7.407%) Ruby
5 1 (3.704%) Bash shell
5 1 (3.704%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 11 (40.74%) SC Cleared
1 11 (40.74%) Security Cleared
2 4 (14.81%) Degree
3 2 (7.407%) PRINCE2 Certification
Vendors
1 13 (48.15%) Oracle
2 6 (22.22%) JBoss
2 6 (22.22%) Perforce
3 2 (7.407%) Twitter
4 1 (3.704%) FatWire
4 1 (3.704%) BT
4 1 (3.704%) Business Objects
4 1 (3.704%) SAP
4 1 (3.704%) IBM
4 1 (3.704%) Microsoft
4 1 (3.704%) Adobe
Guildford, South East
The role will be a part of a larger development team working on the next generation of our client's market leading advanced targeted attack monitoring solution. This...
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Rate: negotiable
Posted: 8 May 2013