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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 Home Counties 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 19 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 Home Counties region.

 Java Developer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank1286
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Down-2
Matching contract IT job ads6639
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Home Counties8.451 %8.571 %19.12 %
As % of the Job Titles category8.824 %9.231 %20.21 %
Daily rates quoted0624
Average daily rate-£500£413
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-+21.21 %
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£313£350
% change year-on-year
+4.000 %-10.71 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.50£32.50£39.25
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-17.19 %
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Home Counties
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6865193
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the Home Counties95.77 %92.86 %94.61 %
Daily rates quoted112151
Average daily rate£350£500£400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-30.00 %+25.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£300£210
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£470£500£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted034
Average hourly rate-£38.00£35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-+8.570 %
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-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 Home Counties region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Home Counties 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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties Java Developer Daily Rate Trend

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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties Java Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Java Developer
Top 21 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

116 (100.00 %)Java
215 (93.75 %)AJAX
215 (93.75 %)SQL Server 2005
215 (93.75 %)JavaScript
215 (93.75 %)DHTML
215 (93.75 %).NET
215 (93.75 %)CSS
215 (93.75 %)SQL Server
215 (93.75 %)Tomcat
215 (93.75 %)Flash
313 (81.25 %)VB.NET
313 (81.25 %)ASP.NET
43 (18.75 %)Oracle
52 (12.50 %)SQL
52 (12.50 %)VB
52 (12.50 %)Microsoft
52 (12.50 %)ASP
52 (12.50 %)JSP
52 (12.50 %)Servlets
52 (12.50 %)Web Development
61 (6.250 %)UNIX

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Home Counties 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.

Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
115 (93.75 %)AJAX
115 (93.75 %)DHTML
115 (93.75 %).NET
115 (93.75 %)CSS
115 (93.75 %)Flash
213 (81.25 %)ASP.NET
32 (12.50 %)ASP
32 (12.50 %)JSP
32 (12.50 %)Servlets
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
115 (93.75 %)Tomcat
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (93.75 %)SQL Server 2005
115 (93.75 %)SQL Server
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11 (6.250 %)UNIX
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (12.50 %)Web Development
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
116 (100.00 %)Java
215 (93.75 %)JavaScript
313 (81.25 %)VB.NET
42 (12.50 %)SQL
42 (12.50 %)VB
Home Counties IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
13 (18.75 %)Oracle
22 (12.50 %)Microsoft