Middlesex J2SE Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) skills within the Middlesex 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
Location Berkshire Bristol Buckinghamshire Canary Wharf City of London Docklands, London East Midlands East Yorkshire Eastleigh England Glasgow Hampshire Hull Kent London Manchester Middlesex Midlands North West Nottingham Nottinghamshire Portsmouth Scotland South East South West Surrey UK Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
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Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	0
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.000 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.000 %
Daily rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum daily rate	-	-
Average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	-
UK excluding London average daily rate	£341	£297
% change on same period last year	+14.74 %
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.86	£44.09
% change on same period last year	-14.13 %
Application Development Middlesex
Matching contract IT job ads	67	104
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.088 %	0.104 %
Daily rates quoted	14	38
Average minimum daily rate	£342	£284
Average daily rate	£368	£290
% change on same period last year	+26.72 %
Average maximum daily rate	£393	£297
UK excluding London average daily rate	£338	£337
% change on same period last year	+0.55 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£48.00	£20.94
Average hourly rate	£48.00	£23.26
% change on same period last year	+106.32 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£48.00	£25.59
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.72	£33.29
% change on same period last year	-1.69 %
J2SE South East

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 Middlesex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.