North West J2EE Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) skills within the North West region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Location Andover Ascot Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Borehamwood Bracknell Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Cardiff Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Cleveland Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Croydon Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dundee East Anglia East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Edinburgh England Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Feltham Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucestershire Guildford Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Hull Kent Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewisham Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Reading Rickmansworth Salford Scotland Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Albans St Ives Staffordshire Staines Stirling Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warrington Warwickshire Watford Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wiltshire Worthing York Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	72	32
Rank change on same period last year	-40
Matching contract IT job ads	59	170
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.082 %	0.171 %
As % of the category below	6.727 %	16.87 %
Daily rates quoted	13	49
Average minimum daily rate	£302	£349
Average daily rate	£326	£370
% change on same period last year	-11.82 %
Average maximum daily rate	£350	£390
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£358
% change on same period last year	+5.96 %
Hourly rates quoted	2	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£32.50	£27.00
Average hourly rate	£35.00	£28.13
% change on same period last year	+24.44 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£37.50	£29.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£38.19	£35.95
% change on same period last year	+6.23 %
Application Development North West
Matching contract IT job ads	877	1008
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.225 %	1.013 %
Daily rates quoted	158	151
Average minimum daily rate	£291	£309
Average daily rate	£308	£332
% change on same period last year	-7.31 %
Average maximum daily rate	£325	£355
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£333
% change on same period last year	-0.71 %
Hourly rates quoted	83	86
Average minimum hourly rate	£25.23	£25.80
Average hourly rate	£28.10	£28.15
% change on same period last year	-0.16 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£30.97	£30.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£31.32	£32.24
% change on same period last year	-2.87 %
J2EE 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.

J2EE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2EE across the North West region.

J2EE
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2EE across the North West region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the North West region.

J2EE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the North West region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Contract IT Job Ads	Average Daily Rate Last 3 Months	Average Daily Rate % Change on Same Period Last Year
Manchester	-16	25	£240	-26.15 %
Cheshire	-2	20	£369	+8.62 %
Merseyside	-14	3	£450	+15.04 %
Lancashire	-19	2	-	-

J2EE England

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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.

1 154 (84.62 %) Java 2 83 (45.60 %) Oracle 3 67 (36.81 %) XML 4 47 (25.82 %) Hibernate 5 45 (24.73 %) SQL 6 44 (24.18 %) HTML 7 41 (22.53 %) JSP 7 41 (22.53 %) WebSphere 8 38 (20.88 %) Spring 9 37 (20.33 %) WebServices 9 37 (20.33 %) UML 10 29 (15.93 %) Struts 11 28 (15.38 %) PL/SQL 11 28 (15.38 %) CSS 11 28 (15.38 %) Eclipse

12 26 (14.29 %) OO 13 25 (13.74 %) JavaScript 14 24 (13.19 %) UNIX 15 23 (12.64 %) JDBC 15 23 (12.64 %) Finance 16 20 (10.99 %) Servlets 17 19 (10.44 %) EJB 17 19 (10.44 %) SOA 18 17 (9.341 %) WebSphere Application Server 18 17 (9.341 %) JBoss 18 17 (9.341 %) E-Commerce 19 16 (8.791 %) Oracle 10g 20 15 (8.242 %) Microsoft 20 15 (8.242 %) Tomcat 21 14 (7.692 %) Ant

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the North West 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 67 (36.81 %) XML 2 47 (25.82 %) Hibernate 3 44 (24.18 %) HTML 4 41 (22.53 %) JSP 4 41 (22.53 %) WebSphere 5 38 (20.88 %) Spring 6 37 (20.33 %) WebServices 7 29 (15.93 %) Struts 8 28 (15.38 %) CSS 9 23 (12.64 %) JDBC 10 20 (10.99 %) Servlets 11 19 (10.44 %) EJB 12 13 (7.143 %) SOAP 13 11 (6.044 %) AJAX 14 10 (5.495 %) Swing 15 8 (4.396 %) .NET 15 8 (4.396 %) Middleware 16 7 (3.846 %) WSDL 16 7 (3.846 %) JAX-RPC 16 7 (3.846 %) J2ME	Application Platforms 1 17 (9.341 %) WebSphere Application Server 1 17 (9.341 %) JBoss 2 15 (8.242 %) Tomcat 3 12 (6.593 %) WebLogic 4 4 (2.198 %) Apache 5 3 (1.648 %) WebLogic Portal 5 3 (1.648 %) Jetty 6 2 (1.099 %) CICS 7 1 (0.549 %) NetWeaver 7 1 (0.549 %) JRun 7 1 (0.549 %) IIS 7 1 (0.549 %) CMS 7 1 (0.549 %) Oracle BPEL
Applications 1 9 (4.945 %) MS Office 2 7 (3.846 %) MS Excel	Business Applications 1 2 (1.099 %) SAP R/3 2 1 (0.549 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 12 (6.593 %) Internet 2 9 (4.945 %) LDAP 3 6 (3.297 %) HTTP 4 3 (1.648 %) Intranet 4 3 (1.648 %) BIG-IP 5 2 (1.099 %) SSH 5 2 (1.099 %) SSL 5 2 (1.099 %) SMS 6 1 (0.549 %) BSS	Database & Business Intelligence 1 16 (8.791 %) Oracle 10g 2 12 (6.593 %) RDBMS 3 8 (4.396 %) MySQL 4 7 (3.846 %) Oracle 9i 5 6 (3.297 %) SQL Server 6 4 (2.198 %) Oracle Reports 7 3 (1.648 %) SQL Server 2005 8 2 (1.099 %) Oracle Discoverer 9 1 (0.549 %) Oracle 8/8i 9 1 (0.549 %) DB2 9 1 (0.549 %) SAP BW 9 1 (0.549 %) SQL Server 2000 9 1 (0.549 %) PostgreSQL
Development Applications 1 28 (15.38 %) Eclipse 2 14 (7.692 %) Ant 3 11 (6.044 %) JUnit 4 6 (3.297 %) WinRunner 4 6 (3.297 %) Log4j 5 5 (2.747 %) Oracle Forms 6 4 (2.198 %) Bugzilla 7 3 (1.648 %) Subversion 7 3 (1.648 %) LoadRunner 8 2 (1.099 %) Oracle APEX 8 2 (1.099 %) QuickTest Pro 9 1 (0.549 %) TestDirector 9 1 (0.549 %) Visual Studio 9 1 (0.549 %) JDeveloper 9 1 (0.549 %) QARun 9 1 (0.549 %) WebLogic Workshop 9 1 (0.549 %) HttpUnit 9 1 (0.549 %) JIRA	General 1 23 (12.64 %) Finance 2 11 (6.044 %) Government 3 10 (5.495 %) Banking 3 10 (5.495 %) Insurance 4 9 (4.945 %) Telecoms 5 6 (3.297 %) Retail 6 4 (2.198 %) Back Office 7 3 (1.648 %) Pharmaceutical 7 3 (1.648 %) Advertising 7 3 (1.648 %) Retail Banking 8 2 (1.099 %) Publishing 8 2 (1.099 %) Automotive 8 2 (1.099 %) Education 8 2 (1.099 %) Auditing 8 2 (1.099 %) Military 9 1 (0.549 %) Online Games 9 1 (0.549 %) Health 9 1 (0.549 %) Manufacturing 9 1 (0.549 %) Financial Institution 9 1 (0.549 %) Games
Job Titles 1 135 (74.18 %) Developer 2 112 (61.54 %) Java Developer 3 56 (30.77 %) J2EE Developer 4 55 (30.22 %) Java/J2EE Developer 5 15 (8.242 %) Senior Developer 6 11 (6.044 %) Analyst 6 11 (6.044 %) Architect 6 11 (6.044 %) Senior Java Developer 7 9 (4.945 %) Test Analyst 8 8 (4.396 %) Software Engineer 8 8 (4.396 %) Consultant 8 8 (4.396 %) Programmer 8 8 (4.396 %) Java Programmer 9 6 (3.297 %) Senior J2EE Developer 10 5 (2.747 %) Technical Architect 10 5 (2.747 %) Web Developer 10 5 (2.747 %) Java Architect 11 4 (2.198 %) Software Developer 11 4 (2.198 %) Lead Developer 12 3 (1.648 %) C# Developer	Miscellaneous 1 3 (1.648 %) Clustering 1 3 (1.648 %) RIA 2 2 (1.099 %) Client/Server 2 2 (1.099 %) Replication 3 1 (0.549 %) Web 2.0 3 1 (0.549 %) Mathematics
Operating Systems 1 24 (13.19 %) UNIX 2 13 (7.143 %) Windows 3 3 (1.648 %) AIX 3 3 (1.648 %) Linux 4 2 (1.099 %) Windows Mobile 5 1 (0.549 %) Windows CE 5 1 (0.549 %) Windows Server 2003	Processes & Methodologies 1 37 (20.33 %) UML 2 26 (14.29 %) OO 3 19 (10.44 %) SOA 4 17 (9.341 %) E-Commerce 5 13 (7.143 %) Security Cleared 6 11 (6.044 %) OOD 7 10 (5.495 %) Agile Software Development 8 9 (4.945 %) Unit Testing 9 7 (3.846 %) Automated Testing 9 7 (3.846 %) Migration 9 7 (3.846 %) RUP 10 6 (3.297 %) User Acceptance Testing 11 5 (2.747 %) Validation 11 5 (2.747 %) e-GIF 12 4 (2.198 %) CRM 12 4 (2.198 %) PRINCE2 12 4 (2.198 %) Scrum 12 4 (2.198 %) Content Management 12 4 (2.198 %) TDD 12 4 (2.198 %) WFM
Programming Languages 1 154 (84.62 %) Java 2 45 (24.73 %) SQL 3 28 (15.38 %) PL/SQL 4 25 (13.74 %) JavaScript 5 8 (4.396 %) C# 6 7 (3.846 %) C++ 7 4 (2.198 %) Shell Script 8 3 (1.648 %) Perl 9 2 (1.099 %) C 9 2 (1.099 %) Jython 9 2 (1.099 %) Ruby 9 2 (1.099 %) Korn 10 1 (0.549 %) VC++ 10 1 (0.549 %) DHTML 10 1 (0.549 %) PHP	Qualifications 1 7 (3.846 %) Degree 2 3 (1.648 %) ISEB 3 2 (1.099 %) Sun Certification 3 2 (1.099 %) ISTQB 4 1 (0.549 %) SAP Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 11 (6.044 %) QA 2 3 (1.648 %) WCAG 2 3 (1.648 %) WAI	Systems Management 1 1 (0.549 %) Legato
Vendors 1 83 (45.60 %) Oracle 2 15 (8.242 %) Microsoft 3 8 (4.396 %) SAP 4 7 (3.846 %) ILOG 5 6 (3.297 %) VMware 5 6 (3.297 %) Sun 6 4 (2.198 %) BEA 7 3 (1.648 %) Vignette 8 2 (1.099 %) IBM 9 1 (0.549 %) Interwoven 9 1 (0.549 %) Chordiant 9 1 (0.549 %) Endeca