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This section looks at the demand for the J2EE Developer role in IT contracts within the London 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 J2EE Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 J2EE Developer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank208126
Rank change on same period last yearDown-82
Matching contract IT job ads210604
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.280 %0.611 %
As % of the category below0.708 %1.420 %
Daily rates quoted81283
Average minimum daily rate£385£406
Average daily rate£415£434
% change on same period last year-4.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£446£461
UK excluding London average daily rate£378£348
% change on same period last year+8.52 %
Hourly rates quoted08
Average minimum hourly rate-£41.25
Average hourly rate-£45.38
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£49.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.33£40.18
% change on same period last year-4.59 %
London IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
London
Matching contract IT job ads2966342535
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled39.54 %43.03 %
Daily rates quoted1254115833
Average minimum daily rate£408£426
Average daily rate£438£455
% change on same period last year-3.65 %
Average maximum daily rate£468£484
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted15762120
Average minimum hourly rate£22.67£24.40
Average hourly rate£24.26£26.14
% change on same period last year-7.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.85£27.87
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
J2EE Developer EnglandJ2EE Developer
England

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 Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE Developer across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London J2EE Developer Demand Trend

J2EE Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

London J2EE Developer Daily Rate Trend

J2EE Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

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

London J2EE Developer Daily Rate Histogram

J2EE Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

London J2EE Developer Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE Developer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE Developer within the London region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-5932£452-6.51 %
Docklands, LondonUp+148£337-39.16 %
UxbridgeNew entry-1--
J2EE Developer EnglandJ2EE Developer
England

J2EE Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited J2EE 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 J2EE Developer in their job title.

1557 (100.00 %)J2EE
2494 (88.69 %)Java
3282 (50.63 %)Spring
4264 (47.40 %)Hibernate
5205 (36.80 %)Oracle
6167 (29.98 %)Struts
7159 (28.55 %)JSP
8145 (26.03 %)SQL
9143 (25.67 %)XML
10129 (23.16 %)Finance
11123 (22.08 %)EJB
12114 (20.47 %)OO
13107 (19.21 %)Eclipse
14105 (18.85 %)WebLogic
1596 (17.24 %)Banking
1694 (16.88 %)UML
1786 (15.44 %)WebServices
1884 (15.08 %)WebSphere
1980 (14.36 %)Agile Software Development
2072 (12.93 %)JavaScript
2171 (12.75 %)JBoss
2269 (12.39 %)HTML
2368 (12.21 %)Servlets
2467 (12.03 %)AJAX
2564 (11.49 %)JUnit
2659 (10.59 %)UNIX
2752 (9.336 %)JMS
2849 (8.797 %)Ant
2849 (8.797 %)Investment Banking
2947 (8.438 %)CSS

J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the London region that cited J2EE 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 J2EE Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1557 (100.00 %)J2EE
2282 (50.63 %)Spring
3264 (47.40 %)Hibernate
4167 (29.98 %)Struts
5159 (28.55 %)JSP
6143 (25.67 %)XML
7123 (22.08 %)EJB
886 (15.44 %)WebServices
984 (15.08 %)WebSphere
1069 (12.39 %)HTML
1168 (12.21 %)Servlets
1267 (12.03 %)AJAX
1352 (9.336 %)JMS
1447 (8.438 %)CSS
1541 (7.361 %)JSF
1639 (7.002 %)JDBC
1730 (5.386 %)SOAP
1826 (4.668 %)MVC
1925 (4.488 %)J2SE
2024 (4.309 %).NET
London IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1105 (18.85 %)WebLogic
271 (12.75 %)JBoss
345 (8.079 %)Tomcat
442 (7.540 %)Apache
525 (4.488 %)WebSphere Application Server
617 (3.052 %)Oracle Application Server
711 (1.975 %)CMS
810 (1.795 %)ESB
810 (1.795 %)Oracle 9iAS
98 (1.436 %)WebLogic Portal
107 (1.257 %)MQSeries
114 (0.718 %)IIS
114 (0.718 %)TeamSite
114 (0.718 %)Oracle 10gAS
114 (0.718 %)ATG Dynamo
123 (0.539 %)Documentum
123 (0.539 %)Alfresco
132 (0.359 %)Resin
132 (0.359 %)LiveLink
132 (0.359 %)WPS
London IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (1.436 %)Photoshop
23 (0.539 %)MS Office
23 (0.539 %)MS Excel
31 (0.180 %)MS Project
London IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.180 %)Oracle EBS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
111 (1.975 %)HTTP
111 (1.975 %)Internet
27 (1.257 %)LDAP
32 (0.359 %)Extranet
32 (0.359 %)Wireless
41 (0.180 %)3G
41 (0.180 %)Broadband
41 (0.180 %)GPRS
41 (0.180 %)SMS
London IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
132 (5.745 %)SQL Server
227 (4.847 %)MySQL
319 (3.411 %)Oracle 10g
417 (3.052 %)RDBMS
516 (2.873 %)Oracle 9i
611 (1.975 %)DB2
710 (1.795 %)Oracle 8/8i
84 (0.718 %)SQL Server 2005
93 (0.539 %)OLAP
102 (0.359 %)MS Access
102 (0.359 %)Reference Data
102 (0.359 %)JasperReports
111 (0.180 %)SQL Server 2000
111 (0.180 %)TOAD
111 (0.180 %)Crystal Reports
London IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1107 (19.21 %)Eclipse
264 (11.49 %)JUnit
349 (8.797 %)Ant
423 (4.129 %)FitNesse
522 (3.950 %)Selenium
614 (2.513 %)JDeveloper
78 (1.436 %)ClearCase
87 (1.257 %)ClearQuest
87 (1.257 %)Subversion
96 (1.077 %)Rational Rose
105 (0.898 %)Log4j
105 (0.898 %)CruiseControl
105 (0.898 %)jMock
113 (0.539 %)RequisitePro
122 (0.359 %)Bugzilla
122 (0.359 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
122 (0.359 %)Flash
122 (0.359 %)Visual Studio
122 (0.359 %)XDoclet
131 (0.180 %)Cactus
London IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1129 (23.16 %)Finance
296 (17.24 %)Banking
349 (8.797 %)Investment Banking
434 (6.104 %)Retail
533 (5.925 %)Telecoms
624 (4.309 %)Insurance
721 (3.770 %)Front Office
820 (3.591 %)Government
915 (2.693 %)Games
1012 (2.154 %)Retail Banking
1110 (1.795 %)Back Office
129 (1.616 %)Online Games
138 (1.436 %)Publishing
138 (1.436 %)Financial Institution
143 (0.539 %)Multimedia
143 (0.539 %)Advertising
143 (0.539 %)Online Banking
143 (0.539 %)Marketing
152 (0.359 %)Pensions
152 (0.359 %)Health
London IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
134 (6.104 %)Derivative
222 (3.950 %)Multithreading
319 (3.411 %)Fixed Income
417 (3.052 %)Equities
513 (2.334 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
69 (1.616 %)Client/Server
69 (1.616 %)N-Tier
69 (1.616 %)Handset
69 (1.616 %)Equity Derivative
69 (1.616 %)Spread Betting
78 (1.436 %)Contract for Difference
85 (0.898 %)Interest Rate Derivative
85 (0.898 %)Computer Science
85 (0.898 %)Web 2.0
85 (0.898 %)Credit Risk
85 (0.898 %)Grid Computing
93 (0.539 %)Market Risk
93 (0.539 %)French Language
102 (0.359 %)German Language
102 (0.359 %)Social Network
London IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
159 (10.59 %)UNIX
241 (7.361 %)Linux
310 (1.795 %)Solaris
48 (1.436 %)Windows
51 (0.180 %)AIX
51 (0.180 %)HPUX
51 (0.180 %)Windows 2000
51 (0.180 %)Windows NT
51 (0.180 %)Windows XP
London IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1114 (20.47 %)OO
294 (16.88 %)UML
380 (14.36 %)Agile Software Development
443 (7.720 %)TDD
539 (7.002 %)E-Commerce
633 (5.925 %)Web Development
729 (5.206 %)Scrum
825 (4.488 %)RAD
924 (4.309 %)Security Cleared
1019 (3.411 %)OOD
1019 (3.411 %)Pair Programming
1116 (2.873 %)RUP
1116 (2.873 %)OOA/OOD
1215 (2.693 %)Content Management
1314 (2.513 %)SC Cleared
1314 (2.513 %)SOA
1411 (1.975 %)Unit Testing
159 (1.616 %)Unified Process
167 (1.257 %)Data Modelling
176 (1.077 %)CRM
London IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1494 (88.69 %)Java
2145 (26.03 %)SQL
372 (12.93 %)JavaScript
441 (7.361 %)PL/SQL
517 (3.052 %)C#
616 (2.873 %)C++
79 (1.616 %)DHTML
88 (1.436 %)Perl
96 (1.077 %)C
96 (1.077 %)VBA
105 (0.898 %)XQuery
114 (0.718 %)Transact-SQL
123 (0.539 %)VB
123 (0.539 %)PHP
123 (0.539 %)Groovy
132 (0.359 %)Python
132 (0.359 %)Shell Script
132 (0.359 %)VB6
141 (0.180 %)Ruby
141 (0.180 %)Korn
London IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
123 (4.129 %)Degree
26 (1.077 %)Sun Certification
32 (0.359 %)SCJP
41 (0.180 %)SCWCD
London IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (0.359 %)QA
London IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (2.154 %)AquaLogic
London IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.180 %)MOM
London IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1205 (36.80 %)Oracle
243 (7.720 %)Sybase
327 (4.847 %)BEA
412 (2.154 %)Mercator
511 (1.975 %)IBM
69 (1.616 %)Google
77 (1.257 %)TIBCO
86 (1.077 %)Sun
95 (0.898 %)Microsoft
95 (0.898 %)Vignette
95 (0.898 %)ATG
104 (0.718 %)Macromedia
104 (0.718 %)Siebel
104 (0.718 %)SeeBeyond
104 (0.718 %)ILOG
113 (0.539 %)Yantra
122 (0.359 %)OpenLink
122 (0.359 %)Stellent
122 (0.359 %)Thunderhead
122 (0.359 %)RedDot
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