The first table below looks at the demand for J2ME skills in IT contracts advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited J2ME over the 3 months to 21 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 London 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME)
Rank 380 354 317
Rank change year-on-year
-26 -37
Contract jobs citing J2ME 9 51 113
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 0.041% 0.189% 0.368%
As % of the Application Development category 0.141% 0.674% 1.209%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 33 53
Average daily rate £375 £375 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +15.38%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+45.45% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 10
Average hourly rate - £42.50 £36.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +17.24%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £32.50
All Application Development
London
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
6388 7563 9347
As % of all contract IT jobs located in London 29.00% 28.03% 30.47%
Number of daily rates quoted 4622 4989 6271
Average daily rate £406 £400 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.56% -11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £285 £280 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 90 106 133
Average hourly rate £41.50 £33.75 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+22.96% -3.57%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £19.00 £15.45 £17.20
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £54.00 £47.50 £55.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
J2ME
England

J2ME
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing J2ME across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

London J2ME Jobs Demand Trend

J2ME
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2ME across the London region.

London J2ME Daily Rate Trend

J2ME
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2ME across the London region.

London J2ME Hourly Rate Trend

J2ME
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2ME within the London region over the 3 months to 21 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
City of London +8 4 £400 -3.03%
J2ME
England

J2ME
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing J2ME 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 J2ME.

1 40 (93.02%) Android
2 23 (53.49%) Java
3 21 (48.84%) Blackberry
4 16 (37.21%) iPhone
4 16 (37.21%) OOP
5 15 (34.88%) Windows
5 15 (34.88%) HTML5
6 14 (32.56%) PhoneGap
6 14 (32.56%) Appcelerator Titanium
7 13 (30.23%) Agile Software Development
7 13 (30.23%) Windows Mobile
8 12 (27.91%) JavaScript
8 12 (27.91%) Apple iOS
9 10 (23.26%) New Media
9 10 (23.26%) Social Network
9 10 (23.26%) Handset
10 7 (16.28%) Mobile App
11 6 (13.95%) Google
12 5 (11.63%) Git (software)
12 5 (11.63%) OO
13 4 (9.302%) jQuery
13 4 (9.302%) BlackBerry OS
14 3 (6.977%) Enterprise Software
14 3 (6.977%) Continuous Integration
14 3 (6.977%) RESTful
14 3 (6.977%) J2EE
14 3 (6.977%) MySQL
14 3 (6.977%) Spring
14 3 (6.977%) Hibernate
14 3 (6.977%) Banking

J2ME
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the London region citing J2ME 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 J2ME. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (34.88%) HTML5
2 4 (9.302%) jQuery
3 3 (6.977%) RESTful
3 3 (6.977%) J2EE
3 3 (6.977%) Spring
3 3 (6.977%) Hibernate
4 2 (4.651%) JMS
4 2 (4.651%) JPA
5 1 (2.326%) BREW
5 1 (2.326%) iOS SDK
5 1 (2.326%) REST
5 1 (2.326%) CSS3
5 1 (2.326%) Cocoa Touch
5 1 (2.326%) HTML
5 1 (2.326%) CSS
5 1 (2.326%) Web Services
5 1 (2.326%) XML
5 1 (2.326%) Java SE
5 1 (2.326%) JSON
5 1 (2.326%) Cocoa
Application Platforms
1 2 (4.651%) GlassFish
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (6.977%) MySQL
2 2 (4.651%) PostgreSQL
2 2 (4.651%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 14 (32.56%) PhoneGap
1 14 (32.56%) Appcelerator Titanium
2 5 (11.63%) Git (software)
3 2 (4.651%) Xcode
3 2 (4.651%) Maven
3 2 (4.651%) CruiseControl
3 2 (4.651%) Cucumber
3 2 (4.651%) Hudson
3 2 (4.651%) JIRA
3 2 (4.651%) WATIR
3 2 (4.651%) Selenium
3 2 (4.651%) RSpec
3 2 (4.651%) Jenkins
4 1 (2.326%) Eclipse
4 1 (2.326%) JUnit
4 1 (2.326%) Subversion
General
1 3 (6.977%) Banking
2 2 (4.651%) Games
2 2 (4.651%) Finance
3 1 (2.326%) Automotive
3 1 (2.326%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.326%) Retail Banking
3 1 (2.326%) Marketing
3 1 (2.326%) Retail
Job Titles
1 38 (88.37%) Developer
2 17 (39.53%) Android Developer
3 13 (30.23%) Mobile Developer
4 5 (11.63%) Blackberry Developer
4 5 (11.63%) Senior Developer
5 4 (9.302%) Programmer
6 3 (6.977%) Applications Developer
6 3 (6.977%) Front-End Developer
6 3 (6.977%) Architect
7 2 (4.651%) Solutions Architect
7 2 (4.651%) Build Engineer
7 2 (4.651%) Mobile Applications Developer
8 1 (2.326%) DevOps Engineer
8 1 (2.326%) iOS Developer
8 1 (2.326%) Senior iOS Developer
8 1 (2.326%) Technical Architect
8 1 (2.326%) Technical Solutions Architect
8 1 (2.326%) JavaScript Developer
8 1 (2.326%) Java Developer
8 1 (2.326%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 21 (48.84%) Blackberry
2 16 (37.21%) iPhone
3 10 (23.26%) New Media
3 10 (23.26%) Social Network
3 10 (23.26%) Handset
4 7 (16.28%) Mobile App
5 3 (6.977%) Enterprise Software
6 2 (4.651%) Mobile Games
6 2 (4.651%) Online Games
6 2 (4.651%) Mobile Banking
7 1 (2.326%) Mobile Payment
7 1 (2.326%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 40 (93.02%) Android
2 15 (34.88%) Windows
3 13 (30.23%) Windows Mobile
4 12 (27.91%) Apple iOS
5 4 (9.302%) BlackBerry OS
6 2 (4.651%) UNIX
7 1 (2.326%) Windows Phone
7 1 (2.326%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (37.21%) OOP
2 13 (30.23%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (11.63%) OO
4 3 (6.977%) Continuous Integration
5 2 (4.651%) TDD
5 2 (4.651%) Scrum
5 2 (4.651%) Extreme Programming
5 2 (4.651%) Software Engineering
5 2 (4.651%) DSDM
5 2 (4.651%) SOA
5 2 (4.651%) Mobile Commerce
5 2 (4.651%) MVC
5 2 (4.651%) Workflow
5 2 (4.651%) Dependency Injection
5 2 (4.651%) Mobile Application Development
6 1 (2.326%) E-Commerce
6 1 (2.326%) Technical Architecture
6 1 (2.326%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 23 (53.49%) Java
2 12 (27.91%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.651%) Ruby
4 1 (2.326%) Objective-C
Systems Management
1 2 (4.651%) Puppet
Vendors
1 6 (13.95%) Google
2 2 (4.651%) JBoss
2 2 (4.651%) Red Hat
3 1 (2.326%) Symbian