The first table below looks at the demand for Java EE skills 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 EE over the 3 months to 21 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 of the Application Development category 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE)
Rank - 38 -
Contract jobs citing Java EE 0 5 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire - 1.171% -
As % of the Application Development category - 3.356% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 0
Average daily rate - £423 -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £450
% change year-on-year
- -22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.50 - £42.50
All Application Development
Lancashire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
65 149 39
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Lancashire 32.18% 34.89% 16.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 39 82 18
Average daily rate £315 £375 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-16.00% +25.00%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £213 £274 £219
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £503 £386
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 5 4 2
Average hourly rate £37.50 £20.00 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+87.50% -42.85%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Java EE
North West

Java EE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire Java EE Jobs Demand Trend

Java EE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Lancashire Java EE Daily Rate Trend

Java EE
Top 27 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing Java EE 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 Java EE.

1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
1 1 (100.00%) ADO.NET
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XSD
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) WSDL
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) ESB
1 1 (100.00%) WCF
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
1 1 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software

Java EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Lancashire region citing Java EE 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 Java EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) .NET
1 1 (100.00%) ADO.NET
1 1 (100.00%) SOAP
1 1 (100.00%) Web Services
1 1 (100.00%) XSD
1 1 (100.00%) WSDL
1 1 (100.00%) WCF
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Application Platforms
1 1 (100.00%) ESB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (100.00%) SQL Server
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile App
1 1 (100.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 1 (100.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) UML
1 1 (100.00%) OO
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Workflow
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Content Management
1 1 (100.00%) Requirements Analysis
1 1 (100.00%) Continuous Integration
1 1 (100.00%) Web Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) C#
1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 1 (100.00%) Microsoft