Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Java 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 Java 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Leeds region.

 Java
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank193725
Rank change year-on-year
Up+18Down-12
Matching contract IT job ads382152
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds6.786 %3.547 %4.749 %
As % of the Programming Languages category17.67 %13.46 %17.16 %
Daily rates quoted261414
Average daily rate£280£300£295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.660 %+1.690 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£188£275£273
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£383£337£368
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£325£363
% change year-on-year
+4.610 %-10.34 %
Hourly rates quoted001
Average hourly rate--£32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£32.50£35.00
% change year-on-year
-7.690 %-7.140 %
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Leeds
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
215156303
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leeds38.39 %26.35 %27.67 %
Daily rates quoted853883
Average daily rate£230£300£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.33 %-
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£190£200£263
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£350£364£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted201021
Average hourly rate£19.25£26.00£25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-25.96 %+4.000 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£13.80£17.50£22.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£31.50£30.50£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£30.25£35.00
% change year-on-year
-5.780 %-13.57 %
Java West YorkshireJava
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
Demand Trend

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

Leeds Java Demand Trend

Java
Daily Rate Trend

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

Leeds Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Leeds Java Daily Rate Histogram

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Leeds Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

152 (53.61 %)Eclipse
237 (38.14 %)JUnit
328 (28.87 %)J2EE
426 (26.80 %)Oracle
525 (25.77 %)Ant
623 (23.71 %)Subversion
719 (19.59 %)SWT
719 (19.59 %)WebLogic
818 (18.56 %)Apache
917 (17.53 %)Continuous Integration
1016 (16.49 %)Tomcat
1115 (15.46 %).NET
1115 (15.46 %)Multithreading
1214 (14.43 %)C++
1214 (14.43 %)Spring
1313 (13.40 %)Web Services
1313 (13.40 %)QuickTest Pro
1412 (12.37 %)Software Engineering
1511 (11.34 %)Hibernate
1511 (11.34 %)QA
1511 (11.34 %)XML
1511 (11.34 %)Windows
1511 (11.34 %)Test Scripting
1610 (10.31 %)JAX-WS
1610 (10.31 %)C
1610 (10.31 %)HTML
1610 (10.31 %)SQL
179 (9.278 %)VBScript
179 (9.278 %)E-Commerce
188 (8.247 %)Struts

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Leeds region citing Java 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
128 (28.87 %)J2EE
219 (19.59 %)SWT
315 (15.46 %).NET
414 (14.43 %)Spring
513 (13.40 %)Web Services
611 (11.34 %)Hibernate
611 (11.34 %)XML
710 (10.31 %)JAX-WS
710 (10.31 %)HTML
88 (8.247 %)Struts
97 (7.216 %)CSS
105 (5.155 %)ASP.NET
105 (5.155 %).NET Framework
105 (5.155 %)WCF
105 (5.155 %)ASP.NET MVC
114 (4.124 %)AJAX
114 (4.124 %)XHTML
123 (3.093 %)WebSphere
123 (3.093 %)Java EE
132 (2.062 %)Spring Web Flow
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
119 (19.59 %)WebLogic
218 (18.56 %)Apache
316 (16.49 %)Tomcat
41 (1.031 %)IIS
41 (1.031 %)WebSphere Application Server
41 (1.031 %)CMS
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (5.155 %)MS Excel
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
18 (8.247 %)Internet
21 (1.031 %)Broadband
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (6.186 %)SQL Server
25 (5.155 %)Informix
25 (5.155 %)SQL Server 2005
32 (2.062 %)MySQL
32 (2.062 %)Datawarehouse
41 (1.031 %)Oracle 8/8i
41 (1.031 %)DataStage
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
152 (53.61 %)Eclipse
237 (38.14 %)JUnit
325 (25.77 %)Ant
423 (23.71 %)Subversion
513 (13.40 %)QuickTest Pro
63 (3.093 %)Oracle Forms
63 (3.093 %)Selenium
63 (3.093 %)FitNesse
72 (2.062 %)CheckStyle
81 (1.031 %)NUnit
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
15 (5.155 %)Pharmaceutical
23 (3.093 %)Telecoms
32 (2.062 %)Chemicals
41 (1.031 %)Health
41 (1.031 %)Finance
41 (1.031 %)Banking
41 (1.031 %)Retail
41 (1.031 %)Billing
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
166 (68.04 %)Developer
251 (52.58 %)Java Developer
317 (17.53 %)Software Developer
412 (12.37 %)Software Engineer
412 (12.37 %)Java Software Developer
412 (12.37 %)Java Software Engineer
58 (8.247 %)Analyst
67 (7.216 %)C++/Java Developer
75 (5.155 %).NET Developer
75 (5.155 %)C++ Developer
75 (5.155 %)C# Developer
75 (5.155 %)C++ Software Engineer
75 (5.155 %)C++ Software Developer
75 (5.155 %)C# Software Developer
75 (5.155 %)Designer
84 (4.124 %)Test Analyst
84 (4.124 %)Senior Developer
93 (3.093 %)Architect
93 (3.093 %)J2EE Architect
93 (3.093 %)Java/J2EE Developer
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
115 (15.46 %)Multithreading
22 (2.062 %)Client/Server
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
111 (11.34 %)Windows
28 (8.247 %)UNIX
36 (6.186 %)Linux
43 (3.093 %)Red Hat Linux
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
117 (17.53 %)Continuous Integration
212 (12.37 %)Software Engineering
311 (11.34 %)Test Scripting
49 (9.278 %)E-Commerce
57 (7.216 %)MVC
66 (6.186 %)Unit Testing
75 (5.155 %)Workflow
75 (5.155 %)Web Development
83 (3.093 %)UML
92 (2.062 %)Integration Testing
92 (2.062 %)Time Management
92 (2.062 %)Requirements Analysis
92 (2.062 %)OO
92 (2.062 %)ITIL
101 (1.031 %)Data Modelling
101 (1.031 %)Service Delivery
101 (1.031 %)SEO
101 (1.031 %)Scrum
101 (1.031 %)Systems Analysis
101 (1.031 %)Automated Testing
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
114 (14.43 %)C++
210 (10.31 %)C
210 (10.31 %)SQL
39 (9.278 %)VBScript
48 (8.247 %)VB
56 (6.186 %)JavaScript
65 (5.155 %)T-SQL
65 (5.155 %)C#
73 (3.093 %)PL/SQL
82 (2.062 %)PHP5
82 (2.062 %)VB.NET
82 (2.062 %)PHP
91 (1.031 %)VBA
91 (1.031 %)VB6
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
12 (2.062 %)ISTQB
12 (2.062 %)ISEB
21 (1.031 %)Sun Certification
21 (1.031 %)ITIL Certification
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (11.34 %)QA
Leeds IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
126 (26.80 %)Oracle
23 (3.093 %)Red Hat
32 (2.062 %)Sun
32 (2.062 %)HP
41 (1.031 %)Cognos
41 (1.031 %)Microsoft
41 (1.031 %)BT