North East J2SE Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) skills within the North East 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 25 July 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 of England East Yorkshire England Glasgow Hampshire Hertfordshire Hull London Midlands North East Nottingham Nottinghamshire Portsmouth Scotland South East South West Thames Valley UK Watford Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	-	73
Rank change on same period last year	-
Matching contract IT job ads	0	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.000 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.000 %	0.422 %
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	£355	£290
% change on same period last year	+22.26 %
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	£37.96	£47.81
% change on same period last year	-20.59 %
Application Development North East
Matching contract IT job ads	175	237
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.233 %	0.240 %
Daily rates quoted	17	31
Average minimum daily rate	£304	£328
Average daily rate	£322	£339
% change on same period last year	-5.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£340	£350
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	33	26
Average minimum hourly rate	£30.90	£30.59
Average hourly rate	£34.10	£32.58
% change on same period last year	+4.64 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.30	£34.57
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.78	£33.23
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
J2SE England

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

J2SE
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2SE across the North East region.

J2SE
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2SE across the North East region.