The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Lancashire 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 20 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Lancashire region.

Note that 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.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Developer
Rank 29 34 -
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 3 10 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 1.493% 2.320% -
As % of the Job Titles category 1.563% 2.488% -
Number of daily rates quoted 2 7 0
Average daily rate £315 £305 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.16% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £338 £350
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £36.25 £41.00
% change year-on-year
+7.58% -11.58%
All Job Titles
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
192 402 205
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 95.52% 93.27% 92.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 85 223 88
Average daily rate £285 £365 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.91% +21.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £261 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £475 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 35 22 33
Average hourly rate £19.04 £18.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.77% -52.63%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.50 £11.50 £19.56
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £30.00 £30.00 £41.45
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Java Developer
North West

Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Java Developer across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Lancashire Java Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Java Developer Daily Rate Trend

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Blackpool +7 3 £315 -
Java Developer
North West

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

1 7 (100.00%) Java
1 7 (100.00%) J2EE
2 5 (71.43%) JMS
2 5 (71.43%) EJB
2 5 (71.43%) Web Services
3 4 (57.14%) DB2
3 4 (57.14%) Oracle
3 4 (57.14%) HTML
3 4 (57.14%) SQL
3 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
4 3 (42.86%) Use Case
4 3 (42.86%) SOAP
4 3 (42.86%) BC Cleared
4 3 (42.86%) Curam
4 3 (42.86%) JNDI
4 3 (42.86%) XML
4 3 (42.86%) XSL
4 3 (42.86%) OOA/OOD
4 3 (42.86%) OO
4 3 (42.86%) WSDL
4 3 (42.86%) RDBMS
4 3 (42.86%) JAAS
4 3 (42.86%) Hibernate
5 2 (28.57%) SOA
5 2 (28.57%) JPA
6 1 (14.29%) Stripes Framework
6 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (14.29%) jQuery
6 1 (14.29%) Refactoring
6 1 (14.29%) Ajax

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire 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.

Application Development
1 7 (100.00%) J2EE
2 5 (71.43%) EJB
2 5 (71.43%) Web Services
2 5 (71.43%) JMS
3 4 (57.14%) HTML
4 3 (42.86%) SOAP
4 3 (42.86%) XML
4 3 (42.86%) XSL
4 3 (42.86%) WSDL
4 3 (42.86%) JAAS
4 3 (42.86%) Hibernate
4 3 (42.86%) JNDI
5 2 (28.57%) JPA
6 1 (14.29%) Stripes Framework
6 1 (14.29%) Ajax
6 1 (14.29%) WebSphere
6 1 (14.29%) jQuery
6 1 (14.29%) CSS
6 1 (14.29%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 1 (14.29%) Apache
1 1 (14.29%) WebSphere Process Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (57.14%) DB2
2 3 (42.86%) RDBMS
3 1 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) JUnit
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) OOA/OOD
1 3 (42.86%) OO
1 3 (42.86%) Use Case
2 2 (28.57%) SOA
3 1 (14.29%) MVC
3 1 (14.29%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (14.29%) TDD
3 1 (14.29%) Pair Programming
3 1 (14.29%) Refactoring
3 1 (14.29%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (57.14%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 4 (57.14%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) BC Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Oracle
2 3 (42.86%) Curam
3 1 (14.29%) Sybase
3 1 (14.29%) JBoss