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The table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT contracts within the Kent 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Java Developer
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank4547
Rank change on same period last yearUp+2
Matching contract IT job ads35
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.005 %
As % of the category below0.773 %0.903 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£400£250
Average daily rate£450£283
% change on same period last year+59.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£500£315
UK excluding London average daily rate£349£338
% change on same period last year+3.33 %
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£35.44£37.53
% change on same period last year-5.57 %
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Kent
Matching contract IT job ads388554
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.623 %0.595 %
Daily rates quoted117122
Average minimum daily rate£285£326
Average daily rate£298£344
% change on same period last year-13.29 %
Average maximum daily rate£311£362
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£352
% change on same period last year+0.07 %
Hourly rates quoted5285
Average minimum hourly rate£17.50£20.05
Average hourly rate£18.77£21.76
% change on same period last year-13.76 %
Average maximum hourly rate£20.03£23.47
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.10£24.04
% change on same period last year-3.88 %
Java Developer South EastJava Developer
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.

Java Developer
Demand Trend

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

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent 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 Kent region.

Kent Java Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Java Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the Kent region over the 3 months to 2 December 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
MaidstoneNew entry-1£450-
Java Developer South EastJava Developer
South East

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

17 (100.00 %)Java
24 (57.14 %)Struts
24 (57.14 %)J2EE
33 (42.86 %)JavaScript
33 (42.86 %)SQL
33 (42.86 %)HTML
33 (42.86 %)JSF
42 (28.57 %)Subversion
42 (28.57 %)Spring
42 (28.57 %)Java EE 5
42 (28.57 %)EJB 3.0
42 (28.57 %)Finance
42 (28.57 %)Hibernate
42 (28.57 %)Java SE
42 (28.57 %)Java EE
42 (28.57 %)HTTP
42 (28.57 %)MVC
42 (28.57 %)JBoss
42 (28.57 %)Apache
42 (28.57 %)MySQL
42 (28.57 %)Ant
42 (28.57 %)EJB
42 (28.57 %)CSS
42 (28.57 %)JDBC
42 (28.57 %)JSP
51 (14.29 %)Servlets
51 (14.29 %)JUnit
51 (14.29 %)IIS
51 (14.29 %)VSS/SourceSafe
51 (14.29 %)ASP.NET

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (57.14 %)J2EE
14 (57.14 %)Struts
23 (42.86 %)JSF
23 (42.86 %)HTML
32 (28.57 %)EJB
32 (28.57 %)CSS
32 (28.57 %)JDBC
32 (28.57 %)JSP
32 (28.57 %)Java SE
32 (28.57 %)Java EE
32 (28.57 %)MVC
32 (28.57 %)Hibernate
32 (28.57 %)Spring
32 (28.57 %)Java EE 5
32 (28.57 %)EJB 3.0
41 (14.29 %)Velocity
41 (14.29 %)Spring MVC
41 (14.29 %)ASP.NET 2.0
41 (14.29 %)WebServices
41 (14.29 %)XML
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (28.57 %)JBoss
12 (28.57 %)Apache
21 (14.29 %)Tomcat
21 (14.29 %)Jetty
21 (14.29 %)IIS
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (28.57 %)HTTP
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (28.57 %)MySQL
21 (14.29 %)SQL Server
21 (14.29 %)SQL Server 2005
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (28.57 %)Ant
12 (28.57 %)Subversion
21 (14.29 %)JUnit
21 (14.29 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (28.57 %)Finance
21 (14.29 %)Banking
21 (14.29 %)Retail
21 (14.29 %)Insurance
21 (14.29 %)Retail Banking
21 (14.29 %)Telecoms
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (14.29 %)N-Tier
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11 (14.29 %)Linux
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (14.29 %)Change Management
11 (14.29 %)Problem Management
11 (14.29 %)Unit Testing
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (100.00 %)Java
23 (42.86 %)JavaScript
23 (42.86 %)SQL
31 (14.29 %)C#
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (14.29 %)Degree
Kent IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (14.29 %)Oracle
11 (14.29 %)IBM
11 (14.29 %)Microsoft