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This section looks at the demand for the Java 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 Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Java Developer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3233
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads4842
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.064 %0.042 %
As % of the category below4.218 %4.163 %
Daily rates quoted910
Average minimum daily rate£311£363
Average daily rate£323£369
% change on same period last year-12.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£335£376
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£337
% change on same period last year+6.51 %
Hourly rates quoted20
Average minimum hourly rate£30.00-
Average hourly rate£35.00-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£40.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.73£39.33
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads11381009
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.517 %1.021 %
Daily rates quoted292194
Average minimum daily rate£324£312
Average daily rate£344£332
% change on same period last year+3.52 %
Average maximum daily rate£363£352
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted5474
Average minimum hourly rate£22.29£22.09
Average hourly rate£24.13£23.54
% change on same period last year+2.51 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.97£24.99
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Java Developer West YorkshireJava 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.

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
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java Developer across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Leeds Java Developer Daily Rate Histogram

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
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java Developer across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Leeds Java Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

176 (100.00 %)Java
253 (69.74 %)Oracle
332 (42.11 %)J2EE
430 (39.47 %)Agile Software Development
529 (38.16 %)Hibernate
624 (31.58 %)Oracle 8/8i
624 (31.58 %)Spring
624 (31.58 %)Degree
624 (31.58 %)Computer Science
723 (30.26 %)JSP
819 (25.00 %)JUnit
819 (25.00 %)Finance
918 (23.68 %)WebSphere
1013 (17.11 %)UNIX
1112 (15.79 %)UML
1211 (14.47 %)Multithreading
1310 (13.16 %)Eclipse
148 (10.53 %)XML
157 (9.211 %).NET
157 (9.211 %)SQL
157 (9.211 %)JSF
157 (9.211 %)Banking
166 (7.895 %)SQL Server
166 (7.895 %)Ant
166 (7.895 %)Solaris
166 (7.895 %)SOA
175 (6.579 %)Struts
175 (6.579 %)SC Cleared
175 (6.579 %)Security Cleared
184 (5.263 %)WebLogic

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
132 (42.11 %)J2EE
229 (38.16 %)Hibernate
324 (31.58 %)Spring
423 (30.26 %)JSP
518 (23.68 %)WebSphere
68 (10.53 %)XML
77 (9.211 %).NET
77 (9.211 %)JSF
85 (6.579 %)Struts
93 (3.947 %)HTML
93 (3.947 %)EJB
93 (3.947 %)SWT
102 (2.632 %)SAX
102 (2.632 %)CSS
102 (2.632 %)Servlets
102 (2.632 %)WebServices
102 (2.632 %)JMS
102 (2.632 %)DOM
111 (1.316 %)ActiveX
111 (1.316 %)Swing
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
14 (5.263 %)WebLogic
22 (2.632 %)Apache
22 (2.632 %)Tomcat
22 (2.632 %)Commerce Server
22 (2.632 %)ATG Dynamo
31 (1.316 %)Oracle 10gAS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.316 %)MS Excel
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (1.316 %)LDAP
11 (1.316 %)Internet
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
124 (31.58 %)Oracle 8/8i
26 (7.895 %)SQL Server
33 (3.947 %)Oracle 9i
33 (3.947 %)Oracle 10g
42 (2.632 %)Oracle 11g
51 (1.316 %)RDBMS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
119 (25.00 %)JUnit
210 (13.16 %)Eclipse
36 (7.895 %)Ant
41 (1.316 %)QuickTest Pro
41 (1.316 %)Flash
41 (1.316 %)ClearCase
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
119 (25.00 %)Finance
27 (9.211 %)Banking
32 (2.632 %)Government
41 (1.316 %)Financial Institution
41 (1.316 %)Telecoms
41 (1.316 %)Retail
41 (1.316 %)Billing
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
124 (31.58 %)Computer Science
211 (14.47 %)Multithreading
31 (1.316 %)N-Tier
31 (1.316 %)Smartcard
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
113 (17.11 %)UNIX
26 (7.895 %)Solaris
33 (3.947 %)Windows
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
130 (39.47 %)Agile Software Development
212 (15.79 %)UML
36 (7.895 %)SOA
45 (6.579 %)SC Cleared
45 (6.579 %)Security Cleared
54 (5.263 %)E-Commerce
62 (2.632 %)Technical Architecture
62 (2.632 %)Unit Testing
62 (2.632 %)Scrum
62 (2.632 %)RAD
62 (2.632 %)RUP
62 (2.632 %)Information Management
71 (1.316 %)Software Engineering
71 (1.316 %)TDD
71 (1.316 %)Test Scripting
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
176 (100.00 %)Java
27 (9.211 %)SQL
34 (5.263 %)C
43 (3.947 %)JavaScript
43 (3.947 %)PL/SQL
43 (3.947 %)C++
52 (2.632 %)XPath
52 (2.632 %)C#
61 (1.316 %)VB
61 (1.316 %)Shell Script
61 (1.316 %)VB6
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
124 (31.58 %)Degree
22 (2.632 %)Sun Certification
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
153 (69.74 %)Oracle
23 (3.947 %)Microsoft
23 (3.947 %)Perforce
32 (2.632 %)BEA
32 (2.632 %)ATG
32 (2.632 %)Sun
41 (1.316 %)HP
41 (1.316 %)IBM
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