The first table below looks at the demand for J2EE skills in IT contracts advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 24 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 Leicestershire 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Rank 25 20 20
Rank change year-on-year
-5 0
Contract jobs citing J2EE 9 5 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 4.265% 2.336% 6.034%
As % of the Application Development category 12.00% 8.621% 12.96%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 4 8
Average daily rate £331 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.39% -12.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £370 £355
% change year-on-year
-5.40% +4.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -23.52%
All Application Development
Leicestershire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
75 58 108
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Leicestershire 35.55% 27.10% 46.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 21 26
Average daily rate £300 £275 £295
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+9.09% -6.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £150 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £408 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 5 19
Average hourly rate £35.00 £8.50 £33.75
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+311.76% -74.81%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
J2EE
East Midlands

J2EE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire J2EE Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hinckley - 6 £331 -
J2EE
East Midlands

J2EE
Top 11 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 9 (100.00%) Java
2 7 (77.78%) Primavera
3 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
3 6 (66.67%) BC Cleared
3 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
4 2 (22.22%) hybris
4 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (22.22%) Retail
4 2 (22.22%) Spring
4 2 (22.22%) Unit Testing
4 2 (22.22%) E-Commerce

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Leicestershire 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 2 (22.22%) Spring
General
1 2 (22.22%) Retail
Job Titles
1 2 (22.22%) Developer
1 2 (22.22%) Support Specialist
1 2 (22.22%) Lead Developer
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Support Specialist
2 1 (11.11%) Applications Support
2 1 (11.11%) Technical Support
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (22.22%) Unit Testing
1 2 (22.22%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Java
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) SC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) BC Cleared
1 6 (66.67%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 7 (77.78%) Primavera
2 2 (22.22%) hybris