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The table below looks at the demand for the Senior 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 Senior J2EE Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior J2EE Developer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank7089
Rank change on same period last yearUp+19
Matching contract IT job ads16
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.006 %
As % of the category below0.109 %0.375 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£375
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£407£338
% change on same period last year+20.49 %
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-£50.00
% change on same period last year-
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Hertfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads9211599
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.480 %1.717 %
Daily rates quoted284619
Average minimum daily rate£337£324
Average daily rate£357£344
% change on same period last year+3.85 %
Average maximum daily rate£378£364
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted112194
Average minimum hourly rate£26.57£23.77
Average hourly rate£27.67£24.98
% change on same period last year+10.75 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.76£26.19
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
Senior J2EE Developer East of EnglandSenior J2EE 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.

Senior J2EE Developer
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Senior J2EE Developer Demand Trend

Senior J2EE Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Hertfordshire Senior J2EE Developer Daily Rate Trend

Senior J2EE Developer
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Senior 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 Senior J2EE Developer in their job title.

13 (100.00 %)Java
13 (100.00 %)J2EE
22 (66.67 %)Spring MVC
22 (66.67 %)Spring
22 (66.67 %)MVC
22 (66.67 %)Telecoms
22 (66.67 %)WebServices
31 (33.33 %)OO
31 (33.33 %)RAD
31 (33.33 %)Apache
31 (33.33 %)Tomcat
31 (33.33 %)SOA
31 (33.33 %)Oracle
31 (33.33 %)JUnit
31 (33.33 %)WebLogic
31 (33.33 %)EJB
31 (33.33 %)Hibernate
31 (33.33 %)Agile Software Development
31 (33.33 %)TDD
31 (33.33 %)AJAX
31 (33.33 %)Web 2.0
31 (33.33 %)WebSphere
31 (33.33 %)Web Development
31 (33.33 %)Java EE
31 (33.33 %)Velocity

Senior J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited Senior 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 Senior J2EE Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (100.00 %)J2EE
22 (66.67 %)WebServices
22 (66.67 %)MVC
22 (66.67 %)Spring
22 (66.67 %)Spring MVC
31 (33.33 %)AJAX
31 (33.33 %)WebSphere
31 (33.33 %)Java EE
31 (33.33 %)Velocity
31 (33.33 %)Hibernate
31 (33.33 %)EJB
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (33.33 %)WebLogic
11 (33.33 %)Apache
11 (33.33 %)Tomcat
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (33.33 %)JUnit
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (66.67 %)Telecoms
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (33.33 %)Web 2.0
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (33.33 %)OO
11 (33.33 %)RAD
11 (33.33 %)SOA
11 (33.33 %)Agile Software Development
11 (33.33 %)TDD
11 (33.33 %)Web Development
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (100.00 %)Java
Hertfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (33.33 %)Oracle