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This section looks at the demand for the J2EE Developer role in IT contracts within the Leeds 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 J2EE Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 J2EE Developer
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank6261
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads1816
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.024 %0.016 %
As % of the category below1.540 %1.441 %
Daily rates quoted04
Average minimum daily rate-£350
Average daily rate-£379
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£408
UK excluding London average daily rate£370£345
% change on same period last year+7.07 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£70.00
Average hourly rate-£70.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£70.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£45.50£37.98
% change on same period last year+19.78 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads11691110
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.558 %1.107 %
Daily rates quoted291188
Average minimum daily rate£322£335
Average daily rate£344£359
% change on same period last year-4.11 %
Average maximum daily rate£365£382
UK excluding London average daily rate£356£355
% change on same period last year+0.30 %
Hourly rates quoted6392
Average minimum hourly rate£22.34£27.49
Average hourly rate£24.49£28.77
% change on same period last year-14.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate£26.64£30.05
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.79£25.66
% change on same period last year-7.31 %
J2EE Developer West YorkshireJ2EE Developer
West Yorkshire

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 Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE Developer across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Leeds J2EE Developer Demand Trend

J2EE Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds J2EE Developer Daily Rate Trend

J2EE Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds J2EE Developer Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region that cited J2EE 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 J2EE Developer in their job title.

136 (100.00 %)Java
136 (100.00 %)J2EE
221 (58.33 %)Oracle
319 (52.78 %)Hibernate
418 (50.00 %)Spring
515 (41.67 %)Agile Software Development
515 (41.67 %)JSP
614 (38.89 %)Ant
614 (38.89 %)WebSphere
614 (38.89 %)Computer Science
614 (38.89 %)Degree
713 (36.11 %)Oracle 8/8i
812 (33.33 %)Solaris
812 (33.33 %)XML
911 (30.56 %)HTML
911 (30.56 %)HTTP
911 (30.56 %)ATG
911 (30.56 %)ATG Dynamo
911 (30.56 %)Shell Script
1010 (27.78 %)Extranet
1010 (27.78 %)Sun
1010 (27.78 %)Sun Certification
1010 (27.78 %)OO
117 (19.44 %)Finance
126 (16.67 %)UML
135 (13.89 %)JUnit
144 (11.11 %)Struts
144 (11.11 %)SQL Server
144 (11.11 %).NET
153 (8.333 %)Oracle 10g

J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region that cited J2EE 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 J2EE Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
136 (100.00 %)J2EE
219 (52.78 %)Hibernate
318 (50.00 %)Spring
415 (41.67 %)JSP
514 (38.89 %)WebSphere
612 (33.33 %)XML
711 (30.56 %)HTML
84 (11.11 %).NET
84 (11.11 %)Struts
91 (2.778 %)JMS
91 (2.778 %)EJB
91 (2.778 %)JDBC
91 (2.778 %)JSF
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (30.56 %)ATG Dynamo
22 (5.556 %)WebLogic
31 (2.778 %)Oracle 10gAS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (30.56 %)HTTP
210 (27.78 %)Extranet
31 (2.778 %)Internet
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (36.11 %)Oracle 8/8i
24 (11.11 %)SQL Server
33 (8.333 %)Oracle 10g
33 (8.333 %)Oracle 9i
41 (2.778 %)RDBMS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (38.89 %)Ant
25 (13.89 %)JUnit
31 (2.778 %)ClearCase
31 (2.778 %)Eclipse
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (19.44 %)Finance
21 (2.778 %)Retail
21 (2.778 %)Billing
21 (2.778 %)Telecoms
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
114 (38.89 %)Computer Science
21 (2.778 %)N-Tier
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
112 (33.33 %)Solaris
21 (2.778 %)UNIX
21 (2.778 %)Windows
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
115 (41.67 %)Agile Software Development
210 (27.78 %)OO
36 (16.67 %)UML
42 (5.556 %)RUP
42 (5.556 %)E-Commerce
51 (2.778 %)TDD
51 (2.778 %)Automated Testing
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
136 (100.00 %)Java
211 (30.56 %)Shell Script
32 (5.556 %)PL/SQL
32 (5.556 %)SQL
41 (2.778 %)VB
41 (2.778 %)JavaScript
41 (2.778 %)VB6
41 (2.778 %)C
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
114 (38.89 %)Degree
210 (27.78 %)Sun Certification
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
121 (58.33 %)Oracle
211 (30.56 %)ATG
310 (27.78 %)Sun
41 (2.778 %)BEA