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This section looks at the demand for the J2EE Developer role in IT contracts within the Merseyside 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 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 J2EE Developer
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank3545
Rank change on same period last yearUp+10
Matching contract IT job ads12
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.001 %0.002 %
As % of the category below0.281 %0.474 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£300
Average daily rate-£325
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£372£347
% change on same period last year+7.29 %
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£45.50£38.11
% change on same period last year+19.39 %
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads356422
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.470 %0.420 %
Daily rates quoted102134
Average minimum daily rate£324£295
Average daily rate£340£311
% change on same period last year+9.47 %
Average maximum daily rate£357£327
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£354
% change on same period last year+0.32 %
Hourly rates quoted4755
Average minimum hourly rate£18.66£19.90
Average hourly rate£20.60£21.66
% change on same period last year-4.88 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.55£23.42
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.60£25.69
% change on same period last year-8.13 %
J2EE Developer North WestJ2EE Developer
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.

J2EE Developer
Demand Trend

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

Merseyside 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 Merseyside region.

Merseyside J2EE Developer Daily Rate Trend

J2EE Developer
Top 25 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

15 (100.00 %)J2EE
23 (60.00 %)WebSphere
23 (60.00 %)Java
32 (40.00 %)Java EE
32 (40.00 %)Log4j
32 (40.00 %)Tomcat
32 (40.00 %)Validation
32 (40.00 %)Migration
32 (40.00 %)Oracle
32 (40.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
41 (20.00 %)EJB
41 (20.00 %)JDBC
41 (20.00 %)JSP
41 (20.00 %)Struts
41 (20.00 %)WebServices
41 (20.00 %)XML
41 (20.00 %)JBoss
41 (20.00 %)Games
41 (20.00 %)MVC
41 (20.00 %)JMS
41 (20.00 %)Hibernate
41 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
41 (20.00 %)Spring
41 (20.00 %)Spring MVC
41 (20.00 %)Online Games

J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside 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.

Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (100.00 %)J2EE
23 (60.00 %)WebSphere
32 (40.00 %)Java EE
41 (20.00 %)EJB
41 (20.00 %)JDBC
41 (20.00 %)JSP
41 (20.00 %)Struts
41 (20.00 %)WebServices
41 (20.00 %)XML
41 (20.00 %)MVC
41 (20.00 %)JMS
41 (20.00 %)Hibernate
41 (20.00 %)Spring
41 (20.00 %)Spring MVC
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (40.00 %)Tomcat
12 (40.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
21 (20.00 %)JBoss
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (40.00 %)Log4j
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11 (20.00 %)Games
11 (20.00 %)Online Games
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (40.00 %)Validation
12 (40.00 %)Migration
21 (20.00 %)Agile Software Development
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
13 (60.00 %)Java
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (40.00 %)Oracle