Lancashire J2ME Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) 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 J2ME over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME)
Location Berkshire Cambridge Cambridgeshire Dorset East of England Edinburgh England Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Lancashire Leeds London Manchester Middlesex Midlands North West Oxford Oxfordshire Poole Reading Scotland Shropshire South East South West Southampton Telford UK West Midlands West Yorkshire Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
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Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
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% change on same period last year	-
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UK excluding London average daily rate	£355	£489
% change on same period last year	-27.51 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
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% change on same period last year	-
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UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	£30.00
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Application Development Lancashire
Matching contract IT job ads	86	124
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.115 %	0.125 %
Daily rates quoted	5	22
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 quoted	16	23
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 %
J2ME 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.

J2ME
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2ME across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.