The first table below looks at the demand for J2EE skills in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited J2EE 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 Application Development category for the Hampshire 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 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Rank 80 53 46
Rank change year-on-year
-27 -7
Contract jobs citing J2EE 23 45 70
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 1.507% 2.828% 3.786%
As % of the Application Development category 5.192% 10.18% 13.59%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 30 16
Average daily rate £321 £400 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-19.75% +18.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £290 £223 £269
10% offered a daily rate of more than £385 £516 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £370 £355
% change year-on-year
-5.40% +4.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 1 10
Average hourly rate £46.25 £40.00 £34.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+15.62% +15.94%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -23.52%
All Application Development
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
443 442 515
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire 29.03% 27.78% 27.85%
Number of daily rates quoted 255 191 208
Average daily rate £350 £338 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.70% +3.84%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £250 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £465 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 28 50 72
Average hourly rate £39.00 £37.50 £36.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+4.00% +2.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £23.13 £19.00 £33.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £47.50 £42.50 £40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
J2EE
South East

J2EE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Hampshire J2EE Jobs Demand Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2EE across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2EE across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hampshire J2EE Daily Rate Histogram

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Hampshire region.

Hampshire J2EE Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Southampton 0 5 £320 -31.73%
Havant +2 3 - -
Winchester -3 2 £315 -26.00%
Basingstoke -15 2 £323 -19.37%
Fareham - 1 - -
Aldershot - 1 £458 -
J2EE
South East

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing J2EE 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 J2EE.

1 41 (91.11%) Java
2 25 (55.56%) Spring
3 20 (44.44%) SQL
4 18 (40.00%) Oracle
5 17 (37.78%) Hibernate
6 16 (35.56%) UML
7 14 (31.11%) JavaScript
8 13 (28.89%) HTML
8 13 (28.89%) MVC
8 13 (28.89%) Agile Software Development
8 13 (28.89%) Maven
9 12 (26.67%) PL/SQL
9 12 (26.67%) JUnit
9 12 (26.67%) CSS
10 11 (24.44%) Web Services
11 10 (22.22%) XML
11 10 (22.22%) SQL Server
11 10 (22.22%) EJB
12 8 (17.78%) SOAP
12 8 (17.78%) Spring MVC
12 8 (17.78%) Selenium
12 8 (17.78%) Continuous Integration
12 8 (17.78%) Git (software)
12 8 (17.78%) soapUI
12 8 (17.78%) REST
13 7 (15.56%) JPA
13 7 (15.56%) WebSphere
13 7 (15.56%) XSD
13 7 (15.56%) WebLogic
13 7 (15.56%) JBoss

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region citing J2EE 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 J2EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (55.56%) Spring
2 17 (37.78%) Hibernate
3 13 (28.89%) HTML
4 12 (26.67%) CSS
5 11 (24.44%) Web Services
6 10 (22.22%) XML
6 10 (22.22%) EJB
7 8 (17.78%) SOAP
7 8 (17.78%) Spring MVC
7 8 (17.78%) soapUI
7 8 (17.78%) REST
8 7 (15.56%) JPA
8 7 (15.56%) WebSphere
8 7 (15.56%) XSD
8 7 (15.56%) JMS
9 6 (13.33%) JSF
9 6 (13.33%) Java EE
9 6 (13.33%) jQuery
10 5 (11.11%) Apache CXF
10 5 (11.11%) Spring Security
Application Platforms
1 7 (15.56%) WebLogic
2 5 (11.11%) BizTalk Server
2 5 (11.11%) WebLogic Portal
3 4 (8.889%) Liferay
4 3 (6.667%) Apache
5 2 (4.444%) WebSphere Application Server
5 2 (4.444%) Tomcat
5 2 (4.444%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (2.222%) Magento
6 1 (2.222%) ESB
6 1 (2.222%) Oracle 10gAS
6 1 (2.222%) Oracle Application Server
6 1 (2.222%) ATG Dynamo
6 1 (2.222%) TeamSite
Applications
1 1 (2.222%) Spreadsheet
Communications & Networking
1 3 (6.667%) Internet
2 1 (2.222%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 10 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 5 (11.11%) NoSQL
2 5 (11.11%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 5 (11.11%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (6.667%) Oracle 10g
4 2 (4.444%) Oracle 9i
4 2 (4.444%) TOAD
5 1 (2.222%) PostgreSQL
5 1 (2.222%) Oracle 8/8i
5 1 (2.222%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 13 (28.89%) Maven
2 12 (26.67%) JUnit
3 8 (17.78%) Selenium
3 8 (17.78%) Git (software)
4 6 (13.33%) Mockito
5 5 (11.11%) Eclipse
5 5 (11.11%) ClearCase
6 4 (8.889%) ClearQuest
7 3 (6.667%) JIRA
8 2 (4.444%) CruiseControl
8 2 (4.444%) jMock
8 2 (4.444%) EasyMock
8 2 (4.444%) JBehave
9 1 (2.222%) Jasmine
9 1 (2.222%) Jenkins
9 1 (2.222%) Rational Application Developer
9 1 (2.222%) Talend Open Studio
9 1 (2.222%) Log4j
9 1 (2.222%) Ant
9 1 (2.222%) Visual Studio
General
1 6 (13.33%) Telecoms
2 3 (6.667%) Finance
2 3 (6.667%) Retail
2 3 (6.667%) Billing
3 2 (4.444%) Manufacturing
3 2 (4.444%) Advertising
4 1 (2.222%) Banking
Job Titles
1 37 (82.22%) Developer
2 23 (51.11%) Java Developer
3 8 (17.78%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 5 (11.11%) Lead Developer
5 4 (8.889%) Applications Developer
6 3 (6.667%) Architect
6 3 (6.667%) J2EE Developer
6 3 (6.667%) Systems Developer
7 2 (4.444%) SQL Developer
7 2 (4.444%) PL/SQL Developer
7 2 (4.444%) Oracle Developer
7 2 (4.444%) Technical Leader
7 2 (4.444%) Integration Engineer
7 2 (4.444%) Senior Java Developer
7 2 (4.444%) Software Engineer
7 2 (4.444%) Senior Developer
7 2 (4.444%) Flex Developer
7 2 (4.444%) J2EE Applications Developer
7 2 (4.444%) Designer
7 2 (4.444%) Technical Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (4.444%) SaaS
2 1 (2.222%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.222%) Statistics
2 1 (2.222%) Clustering
Operating Systems
1 5 (11.11%) UNIX
2 2 (4.444%) AIX
2 2 (4.444%) Linux
3 1 (2.222%) Windows Server 2008
3 1 (2.222%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (2.222%) Windows Server 2003
3 1 (2.222%) Windows NT
3 1 (2.222%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (35.56%) UML
2 13 (28.89%) MVC
2 13 (28.89%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (17.78%) Continuous Integration
4 7 (15.56%) E-Commerce
5 6 (13.33%) Web Development
5 6 (13.33%) BDD
6 5 (11.11%) Software Architecture
6 5 (11.11%) Dependency Injection
6 5 (11.11%) TDD
6 5 (11.11%) OOD
7 4 (8.889%) Unit Testing
8 3 (6.667%) OO
9 2 (4.444%) ERP
9 2 (4.444%) Configuration Management
9 2 (4.444%) Workflow
10 1 (2.222%) Software Deployment
10 1 (2.222%) Test Strategy
10 1 (2.222%) Reverse Engineering
10 1 (2.222%) Load Balancing
Programming Languages
1 41 (91.11%) Java
2 20 (44.44%) SQL
3 14 (31.11%) JavaScript
4 12 (26.67%) PL/SQL
5 4 (8.889%) XPath
6 3 (6.667%) Shell Script
6 3 (6.667%) Perl
7 1 (2.222%) Python
7 1 (2.222%) PHP
7 1 (2.222%) C#
7 1 (2.222%) C++
Qualifications
1 6 (13.33%) Security Cleared
2 5 (11.11%) SC Cleared
3 2 (4.444%) Sun Certification
4 1 (2.222%) OCP
4 1 (2.222%) Oracle Certification
System Software
1 2 (4.444%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 1 (2.222%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 18 (40.00%) Oracle
2 7 (15.56%) JBoss
3 4 (8.889%) hybris
4 3 (6.667%) IBM
5 2 (4.444%) Adobe
5 2 (4.444%) ATG
5 2 (4.444%) Twitter
6 1 (2.222%) Talend
6 1 (2.222%) Serena
6 1 (2.222%) Google
6 1 (2.222%) Red Hat
6 1 (2.222%) Sun
6 1 (2.222%) HP
6 1 (2.222%) Progress
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Java Developer - Southampton - £400 per day... You will have experience in developing both Software and Systems as well excellent experience with Java Messaging (JMS) Skills *Java / J2EE *JMS *...
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Rate: £300 - £400 per day
Posted: 24 May 2013
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This role is working on an E-commerce project and would be the perfect role for a Solutions Architect wanting to extend their experience in ecommerce and ATG.....
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Rate: £500 - £600 per day
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