The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Software Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java Software Developer in their job title 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 Job Titles advertised for the Manchester 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 Software Developer
Rank 74 80 -
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -
Contract jobs requiring a Java Software Developer 1 3 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 0.107% 0.232% -
As % of the Job Titles category 0.115% 0.252% -
Number of daily rates quoted 0 1 0
Average daily rate - £400 -
UK excluding London average daily rate - £288 £500
% change year-on-year
- -42.50%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £40.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
- +14.28%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
872 1190 982
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Manchester 93.46% 92.11% 94.24%
Number of daily rates quoted 413 578 432
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £225 £130
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £496
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 76 72 77
Average hourly rate £17.00 £19.50 £16.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-12.82% +18.18%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £12.01 £9.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £82.50 £35.00 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Java Software Developer
North West

Java Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Java Software Developer across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Manchester Java Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Java Software Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Java Software Developer across the Manchester region.

Manchester Java Software Developer Daily Rate Trend

Java Software Developer
Top 29 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region that cited Java Software 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 Java Software Developer in their job title.

1 3 (100.00%) Java
1 3 (100.00%) ESB
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Web Development
2 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (66.67%) HP
2 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
2 2 (66.67%) J2EE
2 2 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (66.67%) JUnit
2 2 (66.67%) SOAP
2 2 (66.67%) Web Services
2 2 (66.67%) XML
2 2 (66.67%) XSD
2 2 (66.67%) XSLT
2 2 (66.67%) UNIX
2 2 (66.67%) AIX
2 2 (66.67%) Solaris
2 2 (66.67%) OOA/OOD
2 2 (66.67%) OO
2 2 (66.67%) JMS
2 2 (66.67%) SOA
3 1 (33.33%) SonicMQ
3 1 (33.33%) Middleware
3 1 (33.33%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
3 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software

Java Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Manchester region that cited Java Software 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 Java Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (66.67%) J2EE
1 2 (66.67%) SOAP
1 2 (66.67%) Web Services
1 2 (66.67%) XML
1 2 (66.67%) XSD
1 2 (66.67%) XSLT
1 2 (66.67%) JMS
2 1 (33.33%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 3 (100.00%) ESB
2 1 (33.33%) SonicMQ
2 1 (33.33%) WebSphere MQ
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 2 (66.67%) JUnit
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) UNIX
1 2 (66.67%) AIX
1 2 (66.67%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (66.67%) Unit Testing
1 2 (66.67%) Web Development
1 2 (66.67%) Regression Testing
1 2 (66.67%) OOA/OOD
1 2 (66.67%) OO
1 2 (66.67%) SOA
2 1 (33.33%) Waterfall
Programming Languages
1 3 (100.00%) Java
2 2 (66.67%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 2 (66.67%) HP
1 2 (66.67%) Oracle