The first table below looks at the demand for J2EE skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited J2EE 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 Leeds 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 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Rank 42 41 40
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -1
Contract jobs citing J2EE 30 25 15
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 3.963% 2.809% 2.463%
As % of the Application Development category 11.32% 10.42% 10.95%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 16 8
Average daily rate £250 £350 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-28.57% +12.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £365 £361
% change year-on-year
-4.10% +1.03%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- -23.52%
All Application Development
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
265 240 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds 35.01% 26.97% 22.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 167 158 78
Average daily rate £290 £325 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.76% +14.03%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £250 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £380 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 2
Average hourly rate £33.00 £18.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+83.33% -57.64%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
J2EE
West Yorkshire

J2EE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Leeds J2EE Jobs Demand Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2EE across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Leeds J2EE Daily Rate Histogram

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds J2EE Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

1 53 (89.83%) Java
2 26 (44.07%) Hibernate
3 24 (40.68%) Oracle
4 23 (38.98%) Spring
5 22 (37.29%) TDD
5 22 (37.29%) JavaScript
6 21 (35.59%) Apache
7 20 (33.90%) Web Services
7 20 (33.90%) UNIX
8 19 (32.20%) SQL
9 18 (30.51%) Perl
9 18 (30.51%) Tomcat
10 17 (28.81%) Linux
10 17 (28.81%) jQuery
11 16 (27.12%) Struts
11 16 (27.12%) Windows
11 16 (27.12%) Maven
12 15 (25.42%) Scrum
12 15 (25.42%) Adobe
12 15 (25.42%) Adobe CQ
13 14 (23.73%) Jenkins
13 14 (23.73%) BDD
13 14 (23.73%) HTML5
13 14 (23.73%) SOA
14 13 (22.03%) SOAP
15 12 (20.34%) MySQL
15 12 (20.34%) Client/Server
15 12 (20.34%) Internet
15 12 (20.34%) Oracle EBS
15 12 (20.34%) WebSphere

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Application Development
1 26 (44.07%) Hibernate
2 23 (38.98%) Spring
3 20 (33.90%) Web Services
4 17 (28.81%) jQuery
5 16 (27.12%) Struts
6 14 (23.73%) HTML5
7 13 (22.03%) SOAP
8 12 (20.34%) WebSphere
8 12 (20.34%) REST
9 10 (16.95%) CSS
9 10 (16.95%) Java EE
10 9 (15.25%) JSP
10 9 (15.25%) XML
10 9 (15.25%) CSS3
11 7 (11.86%) Ajax
11 7 (11.86%) Node.js
12 6 (10.17%) .NET
12 6 (10.17%) JDBC
12 6 (10.17%) Middleware
13 5 (8.475%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 21 (35.59%) Apache
2 18 (30.51%) Tomcat
3 15 (25.42%) Adobe CQ
4 12 (20.34%) Amazon EC2
4 12 (20.34%) Amazon S3
4 12 (20.34%) Amazon AWS
4 12 (20.34%) Route 53
5 7 (11.86%) WebSphere Application Server
5 7 (11.86%) Apache Solr
5 7 (11.86%) nginx
6 6 (10.17%) IBM HTTP Server
7 5 (8.475%) WebLogic
8 4 (6.780%) IIS
8 4 (6.780%) MQSeries
9 3 (5.085%) Oracle Application Server
10 2 (3.390%) Oracle Spatial
11 1 (1.695%) CMS
11 1 (1.695%) Magento
Applications
1 4 (6.780%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 12 (20.34%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.695%) SAP Oil and Gas
Communications & Networking
1 12 (20.34%) Internet
2 11 (18.64%) HTTP
3 10 (16.95%) DNS
4 4 (6.780%) FTP
5 1 (1.695%) Firewall
5 1 (1.695%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (20.34%) MySQL
1 12 (20.34%) MongoDB
1 12 (20.34%) Amazon RDS
1 12 (20.34%) Redis
2 6 (10.17%) DB2
3 4 (6.780%) SQL Server
4 3 (5.085%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (5.085%) RDBMS
5 2 (3.390%) Oracle BI EE
5 2 (3.390%) TOAD
5 2 (3.390%) GIS
6 1 (1.695%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 16 (27.12%) Maven
2 14 (23.73%) Jenkins
3 12 (20.34%) Git (software)
4 6 (10.17%) Introscope
5 3 (5.085%) Subversion
5 3 (5.085%) Oracle Forms
5 3 (5.085%) JUnit
5 3 (5.085%) Hudson
6 1 (1.695%) Eclipse
General
1 9 (15.25%) Telecoms
2 8 (13.56%) Finance
3 4 (6.780%) Games
3 4 (6.780%) Retail
4 1 (1.695%) Marketing
4 1 (1.695%) Electronics
4 1 (1.695%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 38 (64.41%) Developer
2 35 (59.32%) Java Developer
3 10 (16.95%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 8 (13.56%) Analyst
4 8 (13.56%) Support Analyst
5 4 (6.780%) Operations Support Analyst
5 4 (6.780%) Applications Support
5 4 (6.780%) Operations Analyst
6 3 (5.085%) Applications Support Analyst
6 3 (5.085%) J2EE Developer
7 2 (3.390%) Web Support Analyst
7 2 (3.390%) Designer
7 2 (3.390%) Architect
7 2 (3.390%) Technical Consultant
7 2 (3.390%) Administrator
7 2 (3.390%) Web Developer
7 2 (3.390%) Consultant
7 2 (3.390%) Systems Administrator
7 2 (3.390%) Software Architect
7 2 (3.390%) Applications Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 12 (20.34%) Client/Server
2 4 (6.780%) Open Source
3 2 (3.390%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.695%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.695%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 20 (33.90%) UNIX
2 17 (28.81%) Linux
3 16 (27.12%) Windows
4 9 (15.25%) Solaris
5 4 (6.780%) AIX
6 3 (5.085%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.695%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (37.29%) TDD
2 15 (25.42%) Scrum
3 14 (23.73%) BDD
3 14 (23.73%) SOA
4 12 (20.34%) Security Testing
5 8 (13.56%) Agile Software Development
6 7 (11.86%) Software Engineering
6 7 (11.86%) Test Automation
6 7 (11.86%) Kanban
7 5 (8.475%) ITIL
8 3 (5.085%) Content Management
8 3 (5.085%) Regression Testing
8 3 (5.085%) ETL
9 2 (3.390%) System Testing
9 2 (3.390%) Performance Management
9 2 (3.390%) Capacity Planning
9 2 (3.390%) EAM
9 2 (3.390%) E-Commerce
10 1 (1.695%) Systems Analysis
10 1 (1.695%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 53 (89.83%) Java
2 22 (37.29%) JavaScript
3 19 (32.20%) SQL
4 18 (30.51%) Perl
5 11 (18.64%) Bash shell
6 9 (15.25%) PHP
7 7 (11.86%) Ruby
7 7 (11.86%) Python
7 7 (11.86%) C++
8 5 (8.475%) Shell Script
8 5 (8.475%) PL/SQL
9 3 (5.085%) Groovy
10 1 (1.695%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 3 (5.085%) SC Cleared
1 3 (5.085%) Security Cleared
2 2 (3.390%) Degree
3 1 (1.695%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (1.695%) OpenSSO
Systems Management
1 6 (10.17%) CA Wily
1 6 (10.17%) Splunk
Vendors
1 24 (40.68%) Oracle
2 15 (25.42%) Adobe
3 12 (20.34%) hybris
3 12 (20.34%) Percona
4 10 (16.95%) JBoss
5 8 (13.56%) IBM
6 5 (8.475%) Red Hat
6 5 (8.475%) Terracotta
7 4 (6.780%) Microsoft
8 1 (1.695%) SAP