The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Halifax 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 Halifax 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 - 25 -
Contract jobs citing Java 0 6 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax - 2.643% -
As % of the Programming Languages category - 13.95% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 6 0
Average daily rate - £278 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
- -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Halifax
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
15 43 27
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Halifax 12.50% 18.94% 22.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 11 34 20
Average daily rate £313 £370 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.54% -1.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £190 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £380 £442 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £13.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -25.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Java
West Yorkshire

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax 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 Halifax region.

Halifax Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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%) HTML
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
1 3 (100.00%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Data Migration
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
3 1 (33.33%) Finance
3 1 (33.33%) Banking
3 1 (33.33%) Retail
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Halifax 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%) HTML
Applications
1 3 (100.00%) MS Office
2 2 (66.67%) MS Excel
General
1 1 (33.33%) Finance
1 1 (33.33%) Banking
1 1 (33.33%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (66.67%) Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Test Analyst
1 2 (66.67%) Support Analyst
2 1 (33.33%) Tester
2 1 (33.33%) Web Tester
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (100.00%) Use Case
2 2 (66.67%) Migration
2 2 (66.67%) Data Migration
3 1 (33.33%) User Acceptance Testing
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) JavaScript