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This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) skills within the Liverpool region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2522
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads88
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.008 %
As % of the category below8.889 %16.67 %
Daily rates quoted55
Average minimum daily rate£370£325
Average daily rate£383£368
% change on same period last year+4.21 %
Average maximum daily rate£396£410
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£369
% change on same period last year+2.67 %
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£39.38£38.17
% change on same period last year+3.17 %
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Liverpool
Matching contract IT job ads9048
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.120 %0.049 %
Daily rates quoted3512
Average minimum daily rate£346£290
Average daily rate£364£323
% change on same period last year+12.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£383£356
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted75
Average minimum hourly rate£26.67£26.15
Average hourly rate£28.00£29.46
% change on same period last year-4.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate£29.33£32.77
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
J2EE MerseysideJ2EE
Merseyside

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.

J2EE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Liverpool region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Liverpool J2EE Demand Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2EE across the Liverpool region.

Liverpool J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2EE across the Liverpool region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Liverpool J2EE Daily Rate Histogram

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Liverpool region.

Liverpool J2EE Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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.

114 (87.50 %)Java
27 (43.75 %)Spring
27 (43.75 %)WebSphere
27 (43.75 %)Oracle
36 (37.50 %)SQL
45 (31.25 %)JSP
45 (31.25 %)Struts
45 (31.25 %)XML
45 (31.25 %)Finance
45 (31.25 %)Banking
54 (25.00 %)Unit Testing
54 (25.00 %)Insurance
54 (25.00 %)WebServices
54 (25.00 %)Servlets
54 (25.00 %)UML
54 (25.00 %)Oracle 10g
54 (25.00 %)Ant
54 (25.00 %)JUnit
63 (18.75 %)WebSphere Application Server
63 (18.75 %)EJB
63 (18.75 %)CSS
63 (18.75 %)JavaScript
63 (18.75 %)RDBMS
63 (18.75 %)Government
63 (18.75 %)Migration
63 (18.75 %)Log4j
63 (18.75 %)MVC
63 (18.75 %)Sun Certification
63 (18.75 %)Sun
63 (18.75 %)HTML

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Liverpool 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.

Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (43.75 %)Spring
17 (43.75 %)WebSphere
25 (31.25 %)XML
25 (31.25 %)JSP
25 (31.25 %)Struts
34 (25.00 %)WebServices
34 (25.00 %)Servlets
43 (18.75 %)HTML
43 (18.75 %)EJB
43 (18.75 %)CSS
43 (18.75 %)MVC
43 (18.75 %)iBATIS
43 (18.75 %)Spring MVC
52 (12.50 %)Hibernate
61 (6.250 %).NET
61 (6.250 %)ASP.NET
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (18.75 %)WebSphere Application Server
22 (12.50 %)IIS
22 (12.50 %)JBoss
31 (6.250 %)Oracle Application Server
31 (6.250 %)Oracle 10gAS
31 (6.250 %)WebLogic
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (25.00 %)Oracle 10g
23 (18.75 %)RDBMS
31 (6.250 %)SQL Server
31 (6.250 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (6.250 %)Oracle 9i
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (25.00 %)Ant
14 (25.00 %)JUnit
23 (18.75 %)Log4j
31 (6.250 %)HttpUnit
31 (6.250 %)Eclipse
31 (6.250 %)JDeveloper
31 (6.250 %)WebLogic Workshop
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (31.25 %)Finance
15 (31.25 %)Banking
24 (25.00 %)Insurance
33 (18.75 %)Government
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (87.50 %)Developer
213 (81.25 %)Java Developer
35 (31.25 %)Senior Developer
35 (31.25 %)Senior Java Developer
43 (18.75 %)Java Technical Architect
43 (18.75 %)Java Architect
43 (18.75 %)Senior Java Architect
43 (18.75 %)Applications Developer
43 (18.75 %)Technical Architect
43 (18.75 %)Architect
43 (18.75 %)Senior Java Technical Architect
43 (18.75 %)Java Applications Developer
43 (18.75 %)Senior Technical Architect
52 (12.50 %)J2EE Developer
52 (12.50 %)Senior Java Applications Developer
52 (12.50 %)Java/J2EE Developer
52 (12.50 %)Wintel Engineer
52 (12.50 %)Senior Applications Developer
61 (6.250 %)Java Web Developer
61 (6.250 %)Software Developer
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (12.50 %)Windows
12 (12.50 %)Linux
12 (12.50 %)Windows 2000
12 (12.50 %)Windows Server 2003
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (25.00 %)Unit Testing
14 (25.00 %)UML
23 (18.75 %)Migration
32 (12.50 %)System Testing
32 (12.50 %)BC Cleared
32 (12.50 %)Security Cleared
41 (6.250 %)TDD
41 (6.250 %)ITIL
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (87.50 %)Java
26 (37.50 %)SQL
33 (18.75 %)JavaScript
42 (12.50 %)PL/SQL
51 (6.250 %)C#
51 (6.250 %)C++
51 (6.250 %)VB.NET
51 (6.250 %)VC++
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (18.75 %)Sun Certification
21 (6.250 %)Degree
21 (6.250 %)HND
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (12.50 %)QA
Liverpool IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
17 (43.75 %)Oracle
23 (18.75 %)Sun
32 (12.50 %)HP
32 (12.50 %)Citrix
32 (12.50 %)VMware
32 (12.50 %)IBM
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