Hertfordshire Java Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Java skills within the Hertfordshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Altrincham Andover Ascot Avon Aylesbury Barking Barnstaple Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Channel Islands Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Conwy Corby Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover East Anglia East Grinstead East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Faringdon Farnborough Farnham Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Greenock Guildford Halifax Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hull Inverclyde Ipswich Isle of Man Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewisham Lincoln Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston Llandudno London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Nantwich Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peel Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Rickmansworth Rochester Romford Scotland Sheffield Shoreham-by-Sea Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Ives Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Street Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Woking Wokingham Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	8	20
Rank change on same period last year	+12
Matching contract IT job ads	180	117
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.240 %	0.118 %
As % of the category below	30.82 %	19.50 %
Daily rates quoted	54	49
Average minimum daily rate	£353	£367
Average daily rate	£384	£380
% change on same period last year	+0.92 %
Average maximum daily rate	£415	£393
UK excluding London average daily rate	£372	£356
% change on same period last year	+4.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.71	£24.50
Average hourly rate	£29.69	£25.63
% change on same period last year	+15.85 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£31.67	£26.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.97	£36.53
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Programming Languages Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads	584	600
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.778 %	0.607 %
Daily rates quoted	236	247
Average minimum daily rate	£340	£307
Average daily rate	£366	£331
% change on same period last year	+10.88 %
Average maximum daily rate	£393	£354
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£334
% change on same period last year	-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	44	47
Average minimum hourly rate	£31.05	£28.13
Average hourly rate	£32.54	£30.42
% change on same period last year	+6.98 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£34.03	£32.70
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.38	£33.07
% change on same period last year	+0.95 %
Java 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.

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Demand Trend

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

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Rickmansworth	-	26	£411	-
Watford	+4	15	£370	-10.84 %
Stevenage	-2	4	£275	-31.25 %
Welwyn Garden City	-	1	-	-
Letchworth	-	1	-	-
Potters Bar	-	1	£573	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1 211 (52.49 %) Oracle 2 190 (47.26 %) J2EE 3 152 (37.81 %) Finance 4 132 (32.84 %) Spring 5 130 (32.34 %) SQL 6 122 (30.35 %) Hibernate 7 112 (27.86 %) WebLogic 8 110 (27.36 %) UML 9 92 (22.89 %) Eclipse 10 90 (22.39 %) JUnit 11 87 (21.64 %) OO 12 85 (21.14 %) PL/SQL 13 81 (20.15 %) WebServices 14 70 (17.41 %) SOA 15 65 (16.17 %) Telecoms

16 58 (14.43 %) Banking 17 57 (14.18 %) Back Office 18 56 (13.93 %) UNIX 19 55 (13.68 %) XML 20 53 (13.18 %) Project Management 21 52 (12.94 %) Java EE 22 48 (11.94 %) JavaScript 23 47 (11.69 %) RAD 24 43 (10.70 %) WebSphere 25 39 (9.701 %) HTML 25 39 (9.701 %) BEA 26 38 (9.453 %) Financial Institution 27 35 (8.706 %) E-Commerce 28 34 (8.458 %) CSS 29 32 (7.960 %) Struts

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire 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 1 190 (47.26 %) J2EE 2 132 (32.84 %) Spring 3 122 (30.35 %) Hibernate 4 81 (20.15 %) WebServices 5 55 (13.68 %) XML 6 52 (12.94 %) Java EE 7 43 (10.70 %) WebSphere 8 39 (9.701 %) HTML 9 34 (8.458 %) CSS 10 32 (7.960 %) Struts 11 31 (7.711 %) JSF 12 30 (7.463 %) .NET 13 28 (6.965 %) EJB 14 27 (6.716 %) XHTML 15 26 (6.468 %) AJAX 16 25 (6.219 %) JSP 17 20 (4.975 %) Servlets 18 19 (4.726 %) J2ME 19 16 (3.980 %) JDBC 20 15 (3.731 %) J2SE	Application Platforms 1 112 (27.86 %) WebLogic 2 30 (7.463 %) JBoss 3 22 (5.473 %) Tomcat 4 16 (3.980 %) WebSphere Application Server 5 14 (3.483 %) Apache 6 10 (2.488 %) MQSeries 6 10 (2.488 %) WebLogic Portal 7 7 (1.741 %) CMS 8 5 (1.244 %) Resin 9 4 (0.995 %) BizTalk Server 9 4 (0.995 %) ESB 10 3 (0.746 %) Joomla! 10 3 (0.746 %) TeamSite 10 3 (0.746 %) Tuxedo 10 3 (0.746 %) IIS 11 2 (0.498 %) Mambo
Applications 1 5 (1.244 %) Photoshop 2 2 (0.498 %) MS Project 3 1 (0.249 %) Quicktime	Business Applications 1 2 (0.498 %) Oracle Applications 1 2 (0.498 %) SAP CRM 1 2 (0.498 %) AWD
Communications & Networking 1 14 (3.483 %) CTI 2 10 (2.488 %) Internet 3 7 (1.741 %) SMPP 4 5 (1.244 %) TCP/IP 4 5 (1.244 %) HTTP 4 5 (1.244 %) SMTP 5 4 (0.995 %) FTP 6 3 (0.746 %) LDAP 6 3 (0.746 %) DVB 6 3 (0.746 %) SSH 7 2 (0.498 %) BSS 7 2 (0.498 %) SNMP 7 2 (0.498 %) Broadband 8 1 (0.249 %) SMS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 21 (5.224 %) DB2 2 14 (3.483 %) SQL Server 3 12 (2.985 %) MySQL 4 9 (2.239 %) RDBMS 5 7 (1.741 %) Datawarehouse 5 7 (1.741 %) Oracle Reports 5 7 (1.741 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 5 (1.244 %) TOAD 7 4 (0.995 %) Oracle 10g 7 4 (0.995 %) SQL Server 2000 8 2 (0.498 %) InterSystems Cache 8 2 (0.498 %) BusinessObjects 8 2 (0.498 %) Oracle 9i 8 2 (0.498 %) ETL 9 1 (0.249 %) JasperReports 9 1 (0.249 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 92 (22.89 %) Eclipse 2 90 (22.39 %) JUnit 3 19 (4.726 %) ClearCase 3 19 (4.726 %) JIRA 4 18 (4.478 %) Subversion 4 18 (4.478 %) ClearQuest 5 13 (3.234 %) Ant 6 8 (1.990 %) Visual Studio 7 6 (1.493 %) QuickTest Pro 8 5 (1.244 %) Oracle Forms 8 5 (1.244 %) Flash 9 4 (0.995 %) JBuilder 9 4 (0.995 %) JDeveloper 9 4 (0.995 %) FitNesse 10 3 (0.746 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 11 2 (0.498 %) Rational Rose 11 2 (0.498 %) IntelliJ 11 2 (0.498 %) WinRunner 11 2 (0.498 %) TestDirector 11 2 (0.498 %) CruiseControl	General 1 152 (37.81 %) Finance 2 65 (16.17 %) Telecoms 3 58 (14.43 %) Banking 4 57 (14.18 %) Back Office 5 38 (9.453 %) Financial Institution 6 15 (3.731 %) Retail 7 7 (1.741 %) Games 7 7 (1.741 %) Billing 8 4 (0.995 %) Mobile Games 8 4 (0.995 %) Education 8 4 (0.995 %) Marketing 9 3 (0.746 %) Graphic Design 9 3 (0.746 %) Pharmaceutical 9 3 (0.746 %) Insurance 10 2 (0.498 %) Multimedia 10 2 (0.498 %) Automotive 11 1 (0.249 %) Government 11 1 (0.249 %) Health 11 1 (0.249 %) Pensions 11 1 (0.249 %) Retail Banking
Job Titles 1 207 (51.49 %) Developer 2 135 (33.58 %) Java Developer 3 59 (14.68 %) Architect 4 51 (12.69 %) Java/J2EE Developer 5 50 (12.44 %) Development Manager 6 49 (12.19 %) J2EE Developer 7 47 (11.69 %) Senior Developer 8 42 (10.45 %) Senior Java Developer 9 29 (7.214 %) Analyst 10 24 (5.970 %) Project Manager 10 24 (5.970 %) Solutions Architect 11 16 (3.980 %) Java Architect 12 15 (3.731 %) Technical Analyst 13 12 (2.985 %) Senior Project Manager 13 12 (2.985 %) Senior Manager 14 10 (2.488 %) Software Architect 14 10 (2.488 %) Tester 15 9 (2.239 %) Web Developer 15 9 (2.239 %) Senior J2EE Developer 15 9 (2.239 %) Senior Java/J2EE Developer	Miscellaneous 1 9 (2.239 %) Handset 2 4 (0.995 %) W3C 2 4 (0.995 %) PMI 2 4 (0.995 %) Web 2.0 2 4 (0.995 %) Multithreading 3 3 (0.746 %) IVR 3 3 (0.746 %) LIMS 4 2 (0.498 %) AS400 4 2 (0.498 %) N-Tier 5 1 (0.249 %) Client/Server 5 1 (0.249 %) EPoS 5 1 (0.249 %) EFT 5 1 (0.249 %) Streaming Video 5 1 (0.249 %) STB 5 1 (0.249 %) IPTV
Operating Systems 1 56 (13.93 %) UNIX 2 29 (7.214 %) Windows 3 27 (6.716 %) Linux 4 15 (3.731 %) Windows Mobile 5 13 (3.234 %) Solaris 6 4 (0.995 %) AIX 7 3 (0.746 %) HPUX	Processes & Methodologies 1 110 (27.36 %) UML 2 87 (21.64 %) OO 3 70 (17.41 %) SOA 4 53 (13.18 %) Project Management 5 47 (11.69 %) RAD 6 35 (8.706 %) E-Commerce 7 29 (7.214 %) CRM 8 28 (6.965 %) Agile Software Development 9 20 (4.975 %) Web Development 10 14 (3.483 %) PRINCE2 11 12 (2.985 %) Continuous Integration 12 8 (1.990 %) Release Management 12 8 (1.990 %) Supplier Management 13 7 (1.741 %) Configuration Management 13 7 (1.741 %) Time Management 13 7 (1.741 %) OOD 13 7 (1.741 %) Web Design 14 6 (1.493 %) Automated Testing 14 6 (1.493 %) OOA/OOD 14 6 (1.493 %) Data Architecture
Programming Languages 1 130 (32.34 %) SQL 2 85 (21.14 %) PL/SQL 3 48 (11.94 %) JavaScript 4 31 (7.711 %) C++ 5 19 (4.726 %) Perl 6 16 (3.980 %) C 7 13 (3.234 %) PHP 8 11 (2.736 %) Shell Script 9 7 (1.741 %) XPath 10 6 (1.493 %) VB 11 5 (1.244 %) C# 12 4 (0.995 %) Transact-SQL 12 4 (0.995 %) VB.NET 13 2 (0.498 %) ActionScript 14 1 (0.249 %) Python 14 1 (0.249 %) Embedded C 14 1 (0.249 %) Embedded C++ 14 1 (0.249 %) SAPscript 14 1 (0.249 %) ABAP 14 1 (0.249 %) AWK	Qualifications 1 6 (1.493 %) Degree 2 4 (0.995 %) PRINCE2 Certification 3 2 (0.498 %) Sun Certification 3 2 (0.498 %) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (1.244 %) WAI 2 3 (0.746 %) WCAG 3 2 (0.498 %) QA	System Software 1 3 (0.746 %) AquaLogic 2 2 (0.498 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 1 (0.249 %) Tivoli 1 1 (0.249 %) AutoSys	Vendors 1 211 (52.49 %) Oracle 2 39 (9.701 %) BEA 3 25 (6.219 %) IBM 4 22 (5.473 %) Amdocs 5 16 (3.980 %) Symbian 6 7 (1.741 %) Sun 7 5 (1.244 %) Red Hat 7 5 (1.244 %) Microsoft 8 4 (0.995 %) SAP 8 4 (0.995 %) InterSystems 9 3 (0.746 %) BT 9 3 (0.746 %) Borland 9 3 (0.746 %) Brocade 9 3 (0.746 %) Vignette 9 3 (0.746 %) StorageTek 10 2 (0.498 %) Tridion 10 2 (0.498 %) Interwoven 10 2 (0.498 %) Genesys 10 2 (0.498 %) Business Objects 11 1 (0.249 %) Sybase