Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the J2EE Developer role in IT contracts within the Hertfordshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 J2EE Developer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank6668
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads427
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.029 %
As % of the category below0.418 %1.686 %
Daily rates quoted111
Average minimum daily rate£350£309
Average daily rate£375£318
% change on same period last year+17.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£327
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£333
% change on same period last year+13.25 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.90£38.64
% change on same period last year+5.84 %
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads9581601
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.509 %1.716 %
Daily rates quoted304639
Average minimum daily rate£337£323
Average daily rate£358£343
% change on same period last year+4.12 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted112195
Average minimum hourly rate£27.06£24.84
Average hourly rate£28.25£26.05
% change on same period last year+8.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.43£27.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
J2EE Developer East of EnglandJ2EE Developer
East of England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

J2EE Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE Developer across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Hertfordshire J2EE Developer Demand Trend

J2EE Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire J2EE Developer Daily Rate Trend

J2EE Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire J2EE Developer Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE Developer within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
St AlbansNew entry-1--
J2EE Developer East of EnglandJ2EE Developer
East of England

J2EE Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited J2EE 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 J2EE Developer in their job title.

115 (100.00 %)Java
115 (100.00 %)J2EE
210 (66.67 %)Oracle
39 (60.00 %)Hibernate
48 (53.33 %)Spring
48 (53.33 %)WebServices
57 (46.67 %)Struts
57 (46.67 %)Telecoms
65 (33.33 %)AJAX
65 (33.33 %)EJB
74 (26.67 %)WebLogic
74 (26.67 %)JavaScript
74 (26.67 %)JBoss
74 (26.67 %)MVC
74 (26.67 %)Agile Software Development
74 (26.67 %)Spring MVC
74 (26.67 %)Web Development
83 (20.00 %)WebSphere
83 (20.00 %)OO
83 (20.00 %)JavaBeans
83 (20.00 %)XML
83 (20.00 %)Apache
83 (20.00 %)Swing
83 (20.00 %)Tomcat
83 (20.00 %)J2SE
83 (20.00 %)JSP
83 (20.00 %)Servlets
83 (20.00 %)SQL Server
83 (20.00 %)JUnit
92 (13.33 %)CSS

J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited J2EE 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 J2EE Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
115 (100.00 %)J2EE
29 (60.00 %)Hibernate
38 (53.33 %)Spring
38 (53.33 %)WebServices
47 (46.67 %)Struts
55 (33.33 %)EJB
55 (33.33 %)AJAX
64 (26.67 %)MVC
64 (26.67 %)Spring MVC
73 (20.00 %)WebSphere
73 (20.00 %)JSP
73 (20.00 %)Servlets
73 (20.00 %)XML
73 (20.00 %)Swing
73 (20.00 %)J2SE
73 (20.00 %)JavaBeans
82 (13.33 %)JSF
82 (13.33 %)Lucene
82 (13.33 %)HTML
82 (13.33 %)CSS
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (26.67 %)WebLogic
14 (26.67 %)JBoss
23 (20.00 %)Apache
23 (20.00 %)Tomcat
32 (13.33 %)CMS
41 (6.667 %)WebLogic Portal
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
12 (13.33 %)InDesign
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (6.667 %)HTTP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (20.00 %)SQL Server
21 (6.667 %)MySQL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (20.00 %)JUnit
21 (6.667 %)JIRA
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (46.67 %)Telecoms
21 (6.667 %)Retail
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (13.33 %)Web 2.0
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (26.67 %)Agile Software Development
14 (26.67 %)Web Development
23 (20.00 %)OO
32 (13.33 %)UML
32 (13.33 %)SOA
32 (13.33 %)TDD
32 (13.33 %)Content Management
41 (6.667 %)RAD
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (100.00 %)Java
24 (26.67 %)JavaScript
32 (13.33 %)PL/SQL
32 (13.33 %)SQL
32 (13.33 %)C++
41 (6.667 %)PHP
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
110 (66.67 %)Oracle
22 (13.33 %)Adobe
22 (13.33 %)Quark
31 (6.667 %)Mercator