The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Newport region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 24 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 Newport 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 10 16 4
Rank change year-on-year
+6 -12
Contract jobs citing Java 5 2 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newport 9.259% 2.353% 20.00%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.41% 10.53% 63.16%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 1 4
Average daily rate £381 £600 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-36.45% +106.89%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £329 £600 £223
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £600 £315
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
- -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Newport
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
17 19 19
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Newport 31.48% 22.35% 31.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 8
Average daily rate £400 £325 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+23.07% +1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £325 £142 £265
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £429 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 6
Average hourly rate - - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Java
South Wales

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Newport 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 Newport region.

Newport 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 Newport region.

Newport Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newport 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 18 (78.26%) Oracle
2 16 (69.57%) WebLogic
2 16 (69.57%) ClearCase
2 16 (69.57%) ClearQuest
3 14 (60.87%) XML
3 14 (60.87%) Security Cleared
4 13 (56.52%) PL/SQL
4 13 (56.52%) SQL
5 12 (52.17%) XSLT
6 11 (47.83%) Eclipse
7 10 (43.48%) Spring
7 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
7 10 (43.48%) Liferay
8 9 (39.13%) JSF
8 9 (39.13%) Maven
8 9 (39.13%) XSD
9 8 (34.78%) DOM
9 8 (34.78%) UML
9 8 (34.78%) J2EE
9 8 (34.78%) JAXP
9 8 (34.78%) SAX
9 8 (34.78%) XPath
10 7 (30.43%) IBM
11 6 (26.09%) Hibernate
11 6 (26.09%) Agile Software Development
11 6 (26.09%) Ant
11 6 (26.09%) CSS
11 6 (26.09%) Oracle 11g
12 5 (21.74%) Release Management
12 5 (21.74%) WebLogic Scripting Tool

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Newport 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 14 (60.87%) XML
2 12 (52.17%) XSLT
3 10 (43.48%) Spring
4 9 (39.13%) JSF
4 9 (39.13%) XSD
5 8 (34.78%) DOM
5 8 (34.78%) J2EE
5 8 (34.78%) JAXP
5 8 (34.78%) SAX
6 6 (26.09%) Hibernate
6 6 (26.09%) CSS
7 4 (17.39%) Web Services
7 4 (17.39%) Java EE
7 4 (17.39%) JPA
8 3 (13.04%) Spring Batch
9 2 (8.696%) EJB
9 2 (8.696%) .NET
10 1 (4.348%) WCF
10 1 (4.348%) WPF
10 1 (4.348%) Apache FOP
Application Platforms
1 16 (69.57%) WebLogic
2 10 (43.48%) Liferay
3 5 (21.74%) WebLogic Portal
4 3 (13.04%) SAS
5 2 (8.696%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (4.348%) Apache
Business Applications
1 2 (8.696%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (8.696%) Oracle 11i
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (26.09%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (17.39%) RDBMS
3 2 (8.696%) Oracle Reports
4 1 (4.348%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (4.348%) SQL Server
4 1 (4.348%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 16 (69.57%) ClearCase
1 16 (69.57%) ClearQuest
2 11 (47.83%) Eclipse
3 9 (39.13%) Maven
4 6 (26.09%) Ant
5 3 (13.04%) Rational Functional Tester
6 2 (8.696%) Oracle Forms
7 1 (4.348%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 2 (8.696%) Finance
1 2 (8.696%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 13 (56.52%) Developer
2 10 (43.48%) Java Developer
3 5 (21.74%) Release Engineer
4 3 (13.04%) Analyst
4 3 (13.04%) Test Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Tester
5 2 (8.696%) Administrator
5 2 (8.696%) Automation Test Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Automation Analyst
5 2 (8.696%) Functional Tester
5 2 (8.696%) Designer
6 1 (4.348%) Automation Tester
6 1 (4.348%) Lead Java Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Functional Test Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) SAP Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Functional Analyst
6 1 (4.348%) Oracle Developer
6 1 (4.348%) .NET Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Oracle Financials Developer
6 1 (4.348%) Lead Developer
Operating Systems
1 2 (8.696%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (34.78%) UML
2 6 (26.09%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (21.74%) Release Management
3 5 (21.74%) Configuration Management
4 4 (17.39%) Scrum
5 3 (13.04%) Test Scripting
5 3 (13.04%) Test Automation
6 2 (8.696%) Workflow
6 2 (8.696%) Automation Testing
7 1 (4.348%) Use Case
7 1 (4.348%) OOA/OOD
7 1 (4.348%) OOD
7 1 (4.348%) TDD
7 1 (4.348%) Regression Testing
7 1 (4.348%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 13 (56.52%) PL/SQL
1 13 (56.52%) SQL
2 8 (34.78%) XPath
3 5 (21.74%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
4 1 (4.348%) VB.NET
4 1 (4.348%) C#
Qualifications
1 14 (60.87%) Security Cleared
2 10 (43.48%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 18 (78.26%) Oracle
2 7 (30.43%) IBM
3 1 (4.348%) SAP