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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Hampshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Hampshire region.

 Java Developer
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank435560
Rank change year-on-year
Up+12Up+5
Matching contract IT job ads251959
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire2.228 %1.355 %2.100 %
As % of the Job Titles category2.432 %1.491 %2.331 %
Daily rates quoted12813
Average daily rate£323£348£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.190 %-0.710 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£250£305
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£350£389£370
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£300£350
% change year-on-year
+8.330 %-14.28 %
Hourly rates quoted410
Average hourly rate£38.00£34.00-
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.76 %-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.00£32.50£38.50
% change year-on-year
+13.84 %-15.58 %
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Hampshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102812742531
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hampshire91.62 %90.87 %90.10 %
Daily rates quoted393320611
Average daily rate£313£350£358
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.71 %-2.280 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£175£250£210
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£520£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£340£350
% change year-on-year
-4.410 %-2.850 %
Hourly rates quoted144237509
Average hourly rate£23.75£31.50£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-24.60 %-1.560 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£12.45£12.50£11.11
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£42.50£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£17.60£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-12.00 %-9.090 %
Java Developer South EastJava Developer
South East

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.

Java Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Java Developer across the Hampshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hampshire Java Developer Demand Trend

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Java Developer Daily Rate Trend

Java Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java Developer across the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010.

Hampshire Java Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hampshire Java Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Java Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the Hampshire region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
BasingstokeUp+53--
FarehamDown-23£331-
FarnboroughDown-32£325+30.00 %
AldershotNew entry-2£425-
PortsmouthNew entry-1£300-
Java Developer South EastJava Developer
South East

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Java Developer in their job title 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 with Java Developer in their job title.

148 (100.00 %)Java
221 (43.75 %)Hibernate
320 (41.67 %)XML
320 (41.67 %)Swing
418 (37.50 %)Linux
515 (31.25 %)HTML
515 (31.25 %)Eclipse
614 (29.17 %)MySQL
614 (29.17 %)UNIX
713 (27.08 %)J2EE
713 (27.08 %)JavaScript
713 (27.08 %)Agile Software Development
812 (25.00 %)Spring
812 (25.00 %)Struts
910 (20.83 %)Unit Testing
109 (18.75 %)XHTML
109 (18.75 %)SOAP
118 (16.67 %)Windows
118 (16.67 %)JUnit
118 (16.67 %)WebLogic
118 (16.67 %)JMS
118 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
127 (14.58 %)SQL
127 (14.58 %)C
127 (14.58 %)Ant
136 (12.50 %)JSP
136 (12.50 %)UML
136 (12.50 %)OO
136 (12.50 %)RUP
136 (12.50 %)Rational Rose

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Hampshire region that cited Java Developer in their job title 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 with Java Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
121 (43.75 %)Hibernate
220 (41.67 %)XML
220 (41.67 %)Swing
315 (31.25 %)HTML
413 (27.08 %)J2EE
512 (25.00 %)Struts
512 (25.00 %)Spring
69 (18.75 %)SOAP
69 (18.75 %)XHTML
78 (16.67 %)JMS
86 (12.50 %)JSP
95 (10.42 %)Java RMI
95 (10.42 %)J2SE
95 (10.42 %)OC4J
103 (6.250 %)ASP.NET 2.0
103 (6.250 %)ASP
103 (6.250 %)ASP.NET
103 (6.250 %).NET
112 (4.167 %)Web Services
121 (2.083 %)NetBeans
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (16.67 %)WebLogic
23 (6.250 %)ActiveMQ
31 (2.083 %)Liferay
31 (2.083 %)WebLogic Portal
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (10.42 %)Quicktime
21 (2.083 %)MS Excel
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
11 (2.083 %)HTTP
11 (2.083 %)SNMP
11 (2.083 %)Internet
11 (2.083 %)C7
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
114 (29.17 %)MySQL
23 (6.250 %)GIS
31 (2.083 %)SQL Server
31 (2.083 %)DB2
31 (2.083 %)Oracle 10g
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
115 (31.25 %)Eclipse
28 (16.67 %)JUnit
37 (14.58 %)Ant
46 (12.50 %)Rational Rose
55 (10.42 %)ClearCase
55 (10.42 %)JDeveloper
55 (10.42 %)ClearQuest
55 (10.42 %)Subversion
55 (10.42 %)EasyMock
64 (8.333 %)RequisitePro
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
16 (12.50 %)Retail
25 (10.42 %)Education
33 (6.250 %)Government
41 (2.083 %)Marketing
41 (2.083 %)Telecoms
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (10.42 %)Computer Science
15 (10.42 %)Open Source
21 (2.083 %)Cryptography
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
118 (37.50 %)Linux
214 (29.17 %)UNIX
38 (16.67 %)Windows
45 (10.42 %)Solaris
53 (6.250 %)Windows 2000
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
113 (27.08 %)Agile Software Development
210 (20.83 %)Unit Testing
36 (12.50 %)UML
36 (12.50 %)OO
36 (12.50 %)RUP
45 (10.42 %)OOD
45 (10.42 %)Test-First Development
54 (8.333 %)Extreme Programming
54 (8.333 %)Unified Process
63 (6.250 %)Configuration Management
72 (4.167 %)TDD
72 (4.167 %)SOA
81 (2.083 %)B2C
81 (2.083 %)Customer Intelligence
81 (2.083 %)Requirements Analysis
81 (2.083 %)Use Case
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
148 (100.00 %)Java
213 (27.08 %)JavaScript
37 (14.58 %)C
37 (14.58 %)SQL
45 (10.42 %)PL/SQL
45 (10.42 %)Delphi
54 (8.333 %)Shell Script
63 (6.250 %)VB.NET
63 (6.250 %)C#
72 (4.167 %)C++
81 (2.083 %)Groovy
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
18 (16.67 %)Security Cleared
25 (10.42 %)Degree
33 (6.250 %)SC Cleared
41 (2.083 %)DV Cleared
Hampshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11 (2.083 %)Oracle
11 (2.083 %)Google