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The table below looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) skills within the Kent region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited J2SE over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank--
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads00
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.000 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.000 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted00
Average minimum daily rate--
Average daily rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate--
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£345
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
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£39.38£36.25
% change on same period last year+8.62 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads110134
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.177 %0.144 %
Daily rates quoted4536
Average minimum daily rate£269£301
Average daily rate£286£311
% change on same period last year-8.01 %
Average maximum daily rate£304£322
UK excluding London average daily rate£323£334
% change on same period last year-3.21 %
Hourly rates quoted917
Average minimum hourly rate£29.73£22.33
Average hourly rate£32.89£23.32
% change on same period last year+41.00 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.05£24.31
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.57£31.61
% change on same period last year-9.61 %
J2SE South EastJ2SE
South East

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.

J2SE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2SE across the Kent region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Kent J2SE Demand Trend

J2SE
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2SE across the Kent region.

Kent J2SE Daily Rate Trend

J2SE
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2SE across the Kent region.

Kent J2SE Hourly Rate Trend

J2SE
Top 18 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing J2SE 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 J2SE.

11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)SQL
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)JUnit
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)JSP
11 (100.00 %)Struts
11 (100.00 %)Tomcat
11 (100.00 %)N-Tier
11 (100.00 %)IBM
11 (100.00 %)MVC
11 (100.00 %)Spring
11 (100.00 %)Velocity
11 (100.00 %)Spring MVC
11 (100.00 %)Unit Testing
11 (100.00 %)Jetty

J2SE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Kent region citing J2SE 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 J2SE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11 (100.00 %)HTML
11 (100.00 %)J2EE
11 (100.00 %)CSS
11 (100.00 %)JSP
11 (100.00 %)Struts
11 (100.00 %)MVC
11 (100.00 %)Spring
11 (100.00 %)Velocity
11 (100.00 %)Spring MVC
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (100.00 %)Tomcat
11 (100.00 %)Jetty
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (100.00 %)JUnit
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (100.00 %)Developer
11 (100.00 %)Java Developer
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (100.00 %)N-Tier
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (100.00 %)Unit Testing
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11 (100.00 %)Java
11 (100.00 %)JavaScript
11 (100.00 %)SQL
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (100.00 %)IBM