The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Newcastle upon Tyne region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 23 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 Programming Languages category for the Newcastle upon Tyne 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 21 14 4
Rank change year-on-year
-7 -10
Contract jobs citing Java 7 19 29
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 4.545% 7.170% 14.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.21% 19.59% 34.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 13 16
Average daily rate £270 £275 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-1.81% -5.98%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £261 £250 £263
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £537 £363
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
- -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Newcastle upon Tyne
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
33 97 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newcastle upon Tyne 21.43% 36.60% 40.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 22 55 38
Average daily rate £288 £304 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.34% +1.25%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £240 £232 £268
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £550 £377
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 6 0
Average hourly rate £42.50 £42.50 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Java
Tyne and Wear

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Java across the Newcastle upon Tyne region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Newcastle upon Tyne Java Jobs Demand Trend

Java
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Java across the Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Java across the Newcastle upon Tyne region.

Newcastle upon Tyne Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne region citing Java 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 Java.

1 5 (38.46%) Red Hat
1 5 (38.46%) Linux
1 5 (38.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (30.77%) UNIX
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle
2 4 (30.77%) WebLogic
3 3 (23.08%) SQL
3 3 (23.08%) Web Services
3 3 (23.08%) XML
3 3 (23.08%) JBoss
3 3 (23.08%) LDAP
3 3 (23.08%) WebSphere
4 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing
4 2 (15.38%) Android
4 2 (15.38%) Change Control
4 2 (15.38%) FileNet
4 2 (15.38%) Workflow
4 2 (15.38%) Informatica
4 2 (15.38%) Configuration Management
4 2 (15.38%) Siebel
4 2 (15.38%) SSL
4 2 (15.38%) IBM
4 2 (15.38%) Sun
4 2 (15.38%) HP
4 2 (15.38%) Apache
4 2 (15.38%) AIX
4 2 (15.38%) UML
4 2 (15.38%) J2EE

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newcastle upon Tyne region citing Java 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 Java. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (23.08%) Web Services
1 3 (23.08%) XML
1 3 (23.08%) WebSphere
2 2 (15.38%) J2EE
2 2 (15.38%) HTML
3 1 (7.692%) JSP
3 1 (7.692%) Struts
3 1 (7.692%) .NET
3 1 (7.692%) Flash
3 1 (7.692%) J2ME
3 1 (7.692%) Middleware
3 1 (7.692%) Hibernate
3 1 (7.692%) Spring
3 1 (7.692%) JSF
3 1 (7.692%) Java EE
3 1 (7.692%) JSON
3 1 (7.692%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 4 (30.77%) WebLogic
2 2 (15.38%) FileNet
2 2 (15.38%) Apache
2 2 (15.38%) WebSphere Application Server
3 1 (7.692%) Lotus Domino
3 1 (7.692%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (7.692%) WebLogic Portal
3 1 (7.692%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 1 (7.692%) MS Office
1 1 (7.692%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 3 (23.08%) LDAP
2 2 (15.38%) SSL
3 1 (7.692%) SAN
3 1 (7.692%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (7.692%) MySQL
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 1 (7.692%) JUnit
1 1 (7.692%) LoadRunner
1 1 (7.692%) Git (software)
1 1 (7.692%) Rational Performance Tester
1 1 (7.692%) Maven
Job Titles
1 8 (61.54%) Developer
2 3 (23.08%) Java Developer
3 2 (15.38%) UNIX Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Build Engineer
3 2 (15.38%) Android Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Project Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Software Engineer
4 1 (7.692%) C# Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Flash Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Domino Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Test Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Web Developer
4 1 (7.692%) Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Systems Administrator
4 1 (7.692%) Senior Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Programmer
4 1 (7.692%) Technical Consultant
4 1 (7.692%) Administrator
4 1 (7.692%) Testing Manager
4 1 (7.692%) Flex Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.692%) Thin Client
1 1 (7.692%) Digital Media
1 1 (7.692%) Enterprise Software
1 1 (7.692%) Social Network
1 1 (7.692%) Fat Client
Operating Systems
1 5 (38.46%) Linux
1 5 (38.46%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (30.77%) UNIX
3 2 (15.38%) Android
3 2 (15.38%) AIX
4 1 (7.692%) HPUX
4 1 (7.692%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (15.38%) Agile Software Development
1 2 (15.38%) User Acceptance Testing
1 2 (15.38%) Unit Testing
1 2 (15.38%) Change Control
1 2 (15.38%) Workflow
1 2 (15.38%) Configuration Management
1 2 (15.38%) UML
2 1 (7.692%) OOP
2 1 (7.692%) OO
2 1 (7.692%) SOA
2 1 (7.692%) Regression Testing
2 1 (7.692%) MVC
2 1 (7.692%) Risk Management
2 1 (7.692%) Capacity Management
2 1 (7.692%) System Testing
2 1 (7.692%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 3 (23.08%) SQL
2 2 (15.38%) Perl
3 1 (7.692%) PL/SQL
3 1 (7.692%) JavaScript
3 1 (7.692%) LotusScript
3 1 (7.692%) Formula Language
3 1 (7.692%) C#
Qualifications
1 1 (7.692%) SC Cleared
1 1 (7.692%) Security Cleared
1 1 (7.692%) Degree
System Software
1 1 (7.692%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (7.692%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (38.46%) Red Hat
2 4 (30.77%) Oracle
3 3 (23.08%) JBoss
4 2 (15.38%) Informatica
4 2 (15.38%) Siebel
4 2 (15.38%) IBM
4 2 (15.38%) Sun
4 2 (15.38%) HP
4 2 (15.38%) Business Objects
5 1 (7.692%) Cisco
5 1 (7.692%) Lotus
5 1 (7.692%) Google
5 1 (7.692%) Axway
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