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This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) skills within the Lancashire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3233
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads313
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.013 %
As % of the category below3.488 %10.48 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£363
Average daily rate-£382
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£401
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£369
% change on same period last year+2.67 %
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£38.17
% change on same period last year+3.17 %
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads86124
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.115 %0.125 %
Daily rates quoted522
Average minimum daily rate£260£322
Average daily rate£291£352
% change on same period last year-17.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£322£382
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted1623
Average minimum hourly rate£26.23£22.47
Average hourly rate£29.14£26.84
% change on same period last year+8.57 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.04£31.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
J2EE North WestJ2EE
North West

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.

J2EE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Lancashire J2EE Demand Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Lancashire region.

Lancashire J2EE Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the Lancashire 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.

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
Newton-le-WillowsNew entry-3--
J2EE North WestJ2EE
North West

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing J2EE 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 J2EE.

111 (100.00 %)Java
25 (45.45 %)Eclipse
25 (45.45 %)Hibernate
34 (36.36 %)Internet
34 (36.36 %)HTML
34 (36.36 %)Tomcat
43 (27.27 %)AIX
43 (27.27 %)UML
43 (27.27 %)OO
43 (27.27 %)JBoss
43 (27.27 %)WebSphere Application Server
43 (27.27 %)CSS
43 (27.27 %)JDBC
43 (27.27 %)JSP
43 (27.27 %)Servlets
43 (27.27 %)WPS
43 (27.27 %)WebSphere
43 (27.27 %)Degree
43 (27.27 %)Unit Testing
52 (18.18 %)QA
52 (18.18 %)SQL
52 (18.18 %)Oracle
52 (18.18 %)XML
61 (9.091 %)XSL
61 (9.091 %)UNIX
61 (9.091 %)Oracle 9i
61 (9.091 %)Apache
61 (9.091 %)Ant
61 (9.091 %)PL/SQL
61 (9.091 %)WebServices

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing J2EE 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 J2EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (45.45 %)Hibernate
24 (36.36 %)HTML
33 (27.27 %)CSS
33 (27.27 %)JDBC
33 (27.27 %)JSP
33 (27.27 %)Servlets
33 (27.27 %)WebSphere
42 (18.18 %)XML
51 (9.091 %)XSL
51 (9.091 %)XML Schema
51 (9.091 %)AJAX
51 (9.091 %)WebServices
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (36.36 %)Tomcat
23 (27.27 %)WPS
23 (27.27 %)WebSphere Application Server
23 (27.27 %)JBoss
31 (9.091 %)Apache
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (36.36 %)Internet
21 (9.091 %)SMS
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (9.091 %)Oracle 9i
11 (9.091 %)Oracle 10g
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (45.45 %)Eclipse
21 (9.091 %)Ant
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (9.091 %)Insurance
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
17 (63.64 %)Developer
25 (45.45 %)Java Developer
33 (27.27 %)Administrator
33 (27.27 %)WebSphere Administrator
42 (18.18 %)Java/J2EE Developer
42 (18.18 %)Software Developer
42 (18.18 %)J2EE Developer
51 (9.091 %)Analyst
51 (9.091 %)Senior Developer
51 (9.091 %)Analyst Programmer
51 (9.091 %)Programmer
51 (9.091 %)Java Analyst Programmer
51 (9.091 %)Java Programmer
51 (9.091 %)J2EE Analyst Programmer
51 (9.091 %)Java Software Developer
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (27.27 %)AIX
21 (9.091 %)UNIX
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (27.27 %)UML
13 (27.27 %)OO
13 (27.27 %)Unit Testing
21 (9.091 %)Scrum
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
111 (100.00 %)Java
22 (18.18 %)SQL
31 (9.091 %)Jython
31 (9.091 %)PL/SQL
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (27.27 %)Degree
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (18.18 %)QA
Lancashire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (18.18 %)Oracle
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