The first table below looks at the demand for J2EE skills in IT contracts advertised for the Milton Keynes region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Application Development category for the Milton Keynes 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Rank 48 54 50
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -4
Contract jobs citing J2EE 4 9 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 0.780% 1.238% 1.340%
As % of the Application Development category 3.333% 6.923% 7.143%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 5 2
Average daily rate £600 £343 £313
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+75.18% +9.60%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £365 £360
% change year-on-year
-4.10% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.50 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
- -23.52%
All Application Development
Milton Keynes
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
120 130 112
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Milton Keynes 23.39% 17.88% 18.76%
Number of daily rates quoted 78 60 52
Average daily rate £375 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -7.69%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £288 £259 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £375 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 6
Average hourly rate £20.00 £35.00 £21.94
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-42.85% +59.52%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
J2EE
Buckinghamshire

J2EE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Milton Keynes region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Milton Keynes J2EE Jobs Demand Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Milton Keynes J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

1 16 (84.21%) Java
2 10 (52.63%) Ajax
3 9 (47.37%) Use Case
3 9 (47.37%) OOA/OOD
4 8 (42.11%) Software Architecture
5 7 (36.84%) Dojo
5 7 (36.84%) OO
5 7 (36.84%) XML
5 7 (36.84%) JavaScript
5 7 (36.84%) CSS
5 7 (36.84%) Spring
6 6 (31.58%) Hibernate
6 6 (31.58%) JMS
6 6 (31.58%) HTTP
6 6 (31.58%) TCP/IP
6 6 (31.58%) JDBC
6 6 (31.58%) JSP
6 6 (31.58%) Servlets
6 6 (31.58%) Ant
6 6 (31.58%) DHTML
6 6 (31.58%) Struts
6 6 (31.58%) WebSphere
7 5 (26.32%) JSON
7 5 (26.32%) Open Source
7 5 (26.32%) XSL
7 5 (26.32%) JBoss
7 5 (26.32%) UML
7 5 (26.32%) Finance
8 4 (21.05%) Retail
8 4 (21.05%) IBM

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Milton Keynes 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.

Application Development
1 10 (52.63%) Ajax
2 7 (36.84%) Dojo
2 7 (36.84%) CSS
2 7 (36.84%) XML
2 7 (36.84%) Spring
3 6 (31.58%) Hibernate
3 6 (31.58%) JMS
3 6 (31.58%) JDBC
3 6 (31.58%) JSP
3 6 (31.58%) Servlets
3 6 (31.58%) DHTML
3 6 (31.58%) Struts
3 6 (31.58%) WebSphere
4 5 (26.32%) JSON
4 5 (26.32%) XSL
5 3 (15.79%) Web Services
6 2 (10.53%) HTML
7 1 (5.263%) EJB
7 1 (5.263%) SOAP
7 1 (5.263%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 2 (10.53%) WebLogic
1 2 (10.53%) Commerce Server
2 1 (5.263%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (5.263%) Tomcat
2 1 (5.263%) WebSphere Application Server
Communications & Networking
1 6 (31.58%) HTTP
1 6 (31.58%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (5.263%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 6 (31.58%) Ant
2 2 (10.53%) Eclipse
2 2 (10.53%) Maven
3 1 (5.263%) ClearQuest
3 1 (5.263%) JUnit
3 1 (5.263%) ClearCase
General
1 5 (26.32%) Finance
2 4 (21.05%) Retail
2 4 (21.05%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 14 (73.68%) Developer
2 5 (26.32%) Java Developer
2 5 (26.32%) JavaScript Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Architect
3 3 (15.79%) J2EE Developer
3 3 (15.79%) Solutions Architect
3 3 (15.79%) Senior Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Applications Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Senior J2EE Developer
4 2 (10.53%) Senior Java Developer
4 2 (10.53%) WebSphere Consultant
4 2 (10.53%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 1 (5.263%) WebSphere Architect
5 1 (5.263%) 1st Line Support
5 1 (5.263%) Applications Support
5 1 (5.263%) Lead Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (26.32%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (10.53%) UNIX
1 2 (10.53%) Linux
2 1 (5.263%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 1 (5.263%) AIX
2 1 (5.263%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (47.37%) OOA/OOD
1 9 (47.37%) Use Case
2 8 (42.11%) Software Architecture
3 7 (36.84%) OO
4 5 (26.32%) UML
5 4 (21.05%) E-Commerce
6 3 (15.79%) Analytics
6 3 (15.79%) SEO
6 3 (15.79%) Web Analytics
7 1 (5.263%) Refactoring
7 1 (5.263%) Zachman Framework
7 1 (5.263%) TOGAF
7 1 (5.263%) Product Marketing
7 1 (5.263%) SOA
7 1 (5.263%) B2C
7 1 (5.263%) E-business
7 1 (5.263%) RAD
7 1 (5.263%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 16 (84.21%) Java
2 7 (36.84%) JavaScript
3 2 (10.53%) SQL
4 1 (5.263%) T-SQL
4 1 (5.263%) PL/SQL
4 1 (5.263%) C
Qualifications
1 2 (10.53%) Security Cleared
2 1 (5.263%) Degree
2 1 (5.263%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 5 (26.32%) JBoss
2 4 (21.05%) IBM
3 1 (5.263%) Microsoft
3 1 (5.263%) Sun
3 1 (5.263%) Red Hat
3 1 (5.263%) ATG
3 1 (5.263%) Oracle