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The table below looks at the demand for Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE) skills within the Leeds region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Java EE over the 3 months to 7 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE)
Location
3 months to
7 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank7777
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads41
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.006 %0.001 %
As % of the category below1.081 %0.235 %
Daily rates quoted11
Average minimum daily rate£400£290
Average daily rate£425£290
% change on same period last year+46.55 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£290
UK excluding London average daily rate£419£358
% change on same period last year+16.98 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate-£40.00
% change on same period last year-
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Leeds
Matching contract IT job ads370425
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.526 %0.429 %
Daily rates quoted6988
Average minimum daily rate£277£305
Average daily rate£302£320
% change on same period last year-5.79 %
Average maximum daily rate£326£335
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.25 %
Hourly rates quoted3040
Average minimum hourly rate£28.63£28.90
Average hourly rate£31.55£29.99
% change on same period last year+5.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.46£31.08
UK excluding London average hourly rate£31.18£32.06
% change on same period last year-2.72 %
Java EE West YorkshireJava EE
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 EE
Demand Trend

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

Leeds Java EE Demand Trend

Java EE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Java EE Daily Rate Trend

Java EE
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

110 (100.00 %)Java
27 (70.00 %)Finance
34 (40.00 %)Project Management
34 (40.00 %)Asset Management
34 (40.00 %)Content Management
34 (40.00 %)Business Analysis
42 (20.00 %)AJAX
42 (20.00 %)WebSphere
42 (20.00 %)Jetty
42 (20.00 %)Resin
42 (20.00 %)Spring
42 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
42 (20.00 %)Hibernate
42 (20.00 %)J2EE
42 (20.00 %)WebLogic
42 (20.00 %)IIS
42 (20.00 %)WebServices
42 (20.00 %)OO
42 (20.00 %)JBoss
42 (20.00 %)Apache
42 (20.00 %)Tomcat
42 (20.00 %)JMS
42 (20.00 %)Java RMI
51 (10.00 %)UML
51 (10.00 %)C

Java EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 7 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (20.00 %)AJAX
12 (20.00 %)WebSphere
12 (20.00 %)Spring
12 (20.00 %)Hibernate
12 (20.00 %)J2EE
12 (20.00 %)WebServices
12 (20.00 %)JMS
12 (20.00 %)Java RMI
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (20.00 %)Jetty
12 (20.00 %)Resin
12 (20.00 %)WebLogic
12 (20.00 %)IIS
12 (20.00 %)JBoss
12 (20.00 %)Apache
12 (20.00 %)Tomcat
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (70.00 %)Finance
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (80.00 %)Project Manager
24 (40.00 %)Development Manager
32 (20.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
32 (20.00 %)Developer
32 (20.00 %)Java Developer
41 (10.00 %)Java Programmer
41 (10.00 %)Programmer
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (40.00 %)Project Management
14 (40.00 %)Asset Management
14 (40.00 %)Content Management
14 (40.00 %)Business Analysis
22 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
22 (20.00 %)OO
31 (10.00 %)UML
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (100.00 %)Java
21 (10.00 %)C