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This section looks at the demand for the Java Consultant 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 Java Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Java Consultant
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank79-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads30
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.231 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted20
Average minimum daily rate£450-
Average daily rate£494-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£538-
UK excluding London average daily rate£494£356
% change on same period last year+38.59 %
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--
% change on same period last year-
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads13001759
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.716 %1.752 %
Daily rates quoted480710
Average minimum daily rate£356£325
Average daily rate£383£344
% change on same period last year+11.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£410£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted161182
Average minimum hourly rate£25.17£23.26
Average hourly rate£26.37£24.34
% change on same period last year+8.33 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.57£25.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
Java Consultant East of EnglandJava Consultant
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.

Java Consultant
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Java Consultant Demand Trend

Java Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Java Consultant Daily Rate Trend

Java Consultant
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Consultant within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
WatfordNew entry-3£494-
Java Consultant East of EnglandJava Consultant
East of England

Java Consultant
Top 20 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Java Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title.

14 (100.00 %)Java
23 (75.00 %)Agile Software Development
23 (75.00 %)TDD
23 (75.00 %)J2EE
23 (75.00 %)JUnit
23 (75.00 %)Spring
32 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
41 (25.00 %)WebSphere
41 (25.00 %)JDBC
41 (25.00 %)Eclipse
41 (25.00 %)Middleware
41 (25.00 %)Oracle
41 (25.00 %)DB2
41 (25.00 %)SQL
41 (25.00 %)Pair Programming
41 (25.00 %)Retail
41 (25.00 %)AS400
41 (25.00 %)Finance
41 (25.00 %)Hibernate
41 (25.00 %)Scrum

Java Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (75.00 %)J2EE
13 (75.00 %)Spring
21 (25.00 %)WebSphere
21 (25.00 %)JDBC
21 (25.00 %)Middleware
21 (25.00 %)Hibernate
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (25.00 %)DB2
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (75.00 %)JUnit
21 (25.00 %)Eclipse
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (25.00 %)Retail
11 (25.00 %)Finance
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (25.00 %)AS400
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)Agile Software Development
13 (75.00 %)TDD
22 (50.00 %)Unit Testing
31 (25.00 %)Pair Programming
31 (25.00 %)Scrum
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)Java
21 (25.00 %)SQL
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (25.00 %)Oracle