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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Leeds 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Leeds region.

 Java Developer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank464742
Rank change year-on-year
Up+1Down-5
Matching contract IT job ads61129
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds1.071 %1.858 %2.648 %
As % of the Job Titles category1.158 %2.022 %2.783 %
Daily rates quoted51010
Average daily rate£308£300£283
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.500 %+6.190 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£275£273
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£350£303£353
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£313£350
% change year-on-year
+4.000 %-10.71 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.50£32.50£39.25
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-17.19 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5185441042
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds92.50 %91.89 %95.16 %
Daily rates quoted234172261
Average daily rate£325£350£325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.140 %+7.690 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£200£225£200
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£500£500£500
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted383077
Average hourly rate£17.00£18.89£18.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-10.00 %+0.740 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£9.00£12.95£11.50
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.00£32.50£30.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %
Java Developer West YorkshireJava Developer
West Yorkshire

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.

Java Developer
Demand Trend

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

Leeds Java Developer Demand Trend

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Java Developer Daily Rate Trend

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds Java Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

151 (100.00 %)Java
243 (84.31 %)Eclipse
326 (50.98 %)JUnit
421 (41.18 %)Ant
519 (37.25 %)J2EE
519 (37.25 %)Subversion
615 (29.41 %)Multithreading
714 (27.45 %)Continuous Integration
714 (27.45 %)Oracle
714 (27.45 %)C++
812 (23.53 %)Software Engineering
911 (21.57 %)SWT
911 (21.57 %)WebLogic
1010 (19.61 %)Tomcat
119 (17.65 %)Apache
119 (17.65 %)Web Services
119 (17.65 %)JAX-WS
128 (15.69 %)C
128 (15.69 %)QA
136 (11.76 %)Spring
136 (11.76 %)Struts
145 (9.804 %)XML
145 (9.804 %)Unit Testing
154 (7.843 %)CSS
163 (5.882 %)HTML
163 (5.882 %)JavaScript
163 (5.882 %)SQL
163 (5.882 %)Pharmaceutical
163 (5.882 %)Hibernate
172 (3.922 %)Java EE

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
119 (37.25 %)J2EE
211 (21.57 %)SWT
39 (17.65 %)Web Services
39 (17.65 %)JAX-WS
46 (11.76 %)Spring
46 (11.76 %)Struts
55 (9.804 %)XML
64 (7.843 %)CSS
73 (5.882 %)HTML
73 (5.882 %)Hibernate
82 (3.922 %)Java EE
82 (3.922 %)AJAX
82 (3.922 %)Spring Web Flow
82 (3.922 %)MFC
82 (3.922 %)XHTML
91 (1.961 %)Java RMI
91 (1.961 %)Middleware
91 (1.961 %)Swing
91 (1.961 %)JSP
91 (1.961 %).NET
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (21.57 %)WebLogic
210 (19.61 %)Tomcat
39 (17.65 %)Apache
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (1.961 %)SQL Server
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
143 (84.31 %)Eclipse
226 (50.98 %)JUnit
321 (41.18 %)Ant
419 (37.25 %)Subversion
52 (3.922 %)CheckStyle
61 (1.961 %)Oracle Forms
61 (1.961 %)Selenium
61 (1.961 %)FitNesse
61 (1.961 %)NUnit
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (5.882 %)Pharmaceutical
21 (1.961 %)Telecoms
21 (1.961 %)Finance
21 (1.961 %)Chemicals
21 (1.961 %)Health
21 (1.961 %)Banking
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
115 (29.41 %)Multithreading
22 (3.922 %)Client/Server
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
12 (3.922 %)Linux
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
114 (27.45 %)Continuous Integration
212 (23.53 %)Software Engineering
35 (9.804 %)Unit Testing
41 (1.961 %)E-Commerce
41 (1.961 %)UML
41 (1.961 %)MVC
41 (1.961 %)TDD
41 (1.961 %)Pair Programming
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
151 (100.00 %)Java
214 (27.45 %)C++
38 (15.69 %)C
43 (5.882 %)JavaScript
43 (5.882 %)SQL
51 (1.961 %)PL/SQL
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11 (1.961 %)Sun Certification
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (15.69 %)QA
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
114 (27.45 %)Oracle
21 (1.961 %)Microsoft
21 (1.961 %)Sun