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The table below looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) skills within the Manchester region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited J2SE over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank74-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads20
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.000 %
As % of the category below0.525 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£300-
Average daily rate£315-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£330-
UK excluding London average daily rate£344£311
% change on same period last year+10.62 %
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£37.96£42.50
% change on same period last year-10.67 %
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Manchester
Matching contract IT job ads381268
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.515 %0.264 %
Daily rates quoted5237
Average minimum daily rate£286£260
Average daily rate£306£284
% change on same period last year+7.66 %
Average maximum daily rate£326£309
UK excluding London average daily rate£339£336
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Hourly rates quoted2924
Average minimum hourly rate£24.43£24.73
Average hourly rate£27.51£26.87
% change on same period last year+2.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate£30.60£29.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.38£32.95
% change on same period last year-1.71 %
J2SE North WestJ2SE
North West

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.

J2SE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2SE across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Manchester J2SE Demand Trend

J2SE
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2SE across the Manchester region.

Manchester J2SE Daily Rate Trend

J2SE
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2SE across the Manchester region.

Manchester J2SE Hourly Rate Trend

J2SE
Top 12 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing J2SE 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 J2SE.

12 (100.00 %)SOAP
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)XSLT
12 (100.00 %)Swing
12 (100.00 %)J2ME
12 (100.00 %)SOA
12 (100.00 %)Eclipse
12 (100.00 %)XML Schema
12 (100.00 %)JavaBeans
12 (100.00 %)Java
12 (100.00 %)JavaScript
21 (50.00 %)J2EE

J2SE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region citing J2SE 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 J2SE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
12 (100.00 %)SOAP
12 (100.00 %)XML
12 (100.00 %)XSLT
12 (100.00 %)Swing
12 (100.00 %)J2ME
12 (100.00 %)XML Schema
12 (100.00 %)JavaBeans
21 (50.00 %)J2EE
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (100.00 %)Eclipse
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
11 (50.00 %)Developer
11 (50.00 %)Java Developer
11 (50.00 %)Java Software Engineer
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (100.00 %)SOA
Manchester IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (100.00 %)Java
12 (100.00 %)JavaScript