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The table below looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) skills within the Merseyside region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank4326
Rank change on same period last yearDown-17
Matching contract IT job ads319
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.019 %
As % of the category below2.013 %20.00 %
Daily rates quoted213
Average minimum daily rate£450£356
Average daily rate£450£391
% change on same period last year+15.04 %
Average maximum daily rate£450£426
UK excluding London average daily rate£374£360
% change on same period last year+4.11 %
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£38.27£35.14
% change on same period last year+8.91 %
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Merseyside
Matching contract IT job ads14995
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.211 %0.096 %
Daily rates quoted4225
Average minimum daily rate£299£308
Average daily rate£312£337
% change on same period last year-7.40 %
Average maximum daily rate£325£366
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£333
% change on same period last year-1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted175
Average minimum hourly rate£26.63£29.77
Average hourly rate£29.91£32.15
% change on same period last year-6.96 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.19£34.52
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.93£31.98
% change on same period last year-3.29 %
J2EE North WestJ2EE
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
Demand Trend

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

Merseyside J2EE Demand Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Merseyside J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2EE across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Merseyside J2EE Daily Rate Histogram

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Merseyside J2EE Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
LiverpoolDown-143£450+9.60 %
J2EE North WestJ2EE
North West

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing J2EE 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 J2EE.

114 (93.33 %)Java
29 (60.00 %)Oracle
38 (53.33 %)SQL
38 (53.33 %)Spring
46 (40.00 %)JBoss
55 (33.33 %)WebServices
64 (26.67 %)XML
64 (26.67 %)UML
64 (26.67 %)Oracle 10g
64 (26.67 %)JUnit
64 (26.67 %)PL/SQL
64 (26.67 %)JSP
64 (26.67 %)Servlets
64 (26.67 %)Struts
64 (26.67 %)WebSphere
73 (20.00 %)Spring MVC
73 (20.00 %)Unit Testing
73 (20.00 %)BC Cleared
73 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
73 (20.00 %)Insurance
73 (20.00 %)MVC
73 (20.00 %)Finance
73 (20.00 %)CSS
73 (20.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
73 (20.00 %)Ant
73 (20.00 %)JavaScript
73 (20.00 %)HTML
73 (20.00 %)RDBMS
82 (13.33 %)Sun
82 (13.33 %)Sun Certification

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Merseyside region citing J2EE 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 J2EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (53.33 %)Spring
25 (33.33 %)WebServices
34 (26.67 %)XML
34 (26.67 %)JSP
34 (26.67 %)Servlets
34 (26.67 %)Struts
34 (26.67 %)WebSphere
43 (20.00 %)MVC
43 (20.00 %)Spring MVC
43 (20.00 %)HTML
43 (20.00 %)CSS
52 (13.33 %)EJB
52 (13.33 %)iBATIS
61 (6.667 %)Hibernate
61 (6.667 %)JDBC
61 (6.667 %)JMS
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (40.00 %)JBoss
23 (20.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (6.667 %)WebLogic
31 (6.667 %)Tomcat
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (26.67 %)Oracle 10g
23 (20.00 %)RDBMS
31 (6.667 %)MySQL
31 (6.667 %)Oracle 8/8i
31 (6.667 %)Oracle 9i
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
14 (26.67 %)JUnit
23 (20.00 %)Ant
32 (13.33 %)Log4j
41 (6.667 %)HttpUnit
41 (6.667 %)Eclipse
41 (6.667 %)WebLogic Workshop
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (20.00 %)Finance
13 (20.00 %)Insurance
22 (13.33 %)Government
22 (13.33 %)Banking
31 (6.667 %)Games
31 (6.667 %)Online Games
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (100.00 %)Developer
214 (93.33 %)Java Developer
34 (26.67 %)Senior Developer
34 (26.67 %)Senior Java Developer
43 (20.00 %)Technical Architect
43 (20.00 %)Architect
52 (13.33 %)Senior Technical Architect
52 (13.33 %)Applications Developer
52 (13.33 %)Senior Applications Developer
52 (13.33 %)Java Technical Architect
52 (13.33 %)Senior Java Technical Architect
52 (13.33 %)Java Applications Developer
52 (13.33 %)Java Architect
52 (13.33 %)Senior Java Architect
52 (13.33 %)Senior Java Applications Developer
61 (6.667 %)Java/J2EE Developer
61 (6.667 %)Lead Developer
61 (6.667 %)J2EE Developer
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (26.67 %)UML
23 (20.00 %)Unit Testing
23 (20.00 %)BC Cleared
23 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
32 (13.33 %)System Testing
32 (13.33 %)Migration
41 (6.667 %)Agile Software Development
41 (6.667 %)SC Cleared
41 (6.667 %)ITIL
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (93.33 %)Java
28 (53.33 %)SQL
34 (26.67 %)PL/SQL
43 (20.00 %)JavaScript
51 (6.667 %)Perl
51 (6.667 %)C#
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (13.33 %)Sun Certification
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (6.667 %)QA
Merseyside IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (60.00 %)Oracle
22 (13.33 %)Sun