The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Northampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java 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 Programming Languages category for the Northampton 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
Rank 16 21 20
Rank change year-on-year
+5 -1
Contract jobs citing Java 7 10 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 5.109% 4.237% 2.222%
As % of the Programming Languages category 36.84% 22.22% 17.39%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 6 4
Average daily rate £425 £475 £289
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.52% +64.50%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
- -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Northampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
19 45 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Northampton 13.87% 19.07% 12.78%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 32 13
Average daily rate £300 £313 £290
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.00% +7.75%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £135 £200 £141
10% offered a daily rate of more than £363 £475 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 3
Average hourly rate £16.25 - £19.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Java
Northamptonshire

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Northampton 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 Northampton region.

Northampton Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the Northampton region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Northampton Java Daily Rate Histogram

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northampton Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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 6 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 5 (50.00%) Marketing
3 3 (30.00%) Retail
3 3 (30.00%) C++
3 3 (30.00%) UNIX
3 3 (30.00%) Windows
3 3 (30.00%) Linux
3 3 (30.00%) Tomcat
4 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
4 2 (20.00%) UML
4 2 (20.00%) OO
4 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
4 2 (20.00%) PL/SQL
4 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 2 (20.00%) MS Office
4 2 (20.00%) Struts
4 2 (20.00%) Web Services
4 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
4 2 (20.00%) Scrum
4 2 (20.00%) ETL
4 2 (20.00%) Papyrus
4 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
4 2 (20.00%) Web Development
4 2 (20.00%) Degree
4 2 (20.00%) Shell Script
5 1 (10.00%) Project Management
5 1 (10.00%) WebSphere
5 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
5 1 (10.00%) Kanban

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Northampton 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 2 (20.00%) Struts
1 2 (20.00%) Web Services
2 1 (10.00%) Spring
2 1 (10.00%) JSF
2 1 (10.00%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) Tomcat
2 2 (20.00%) SharePoint
2 2 (20.00%) Papyrus
3 1 (10.00%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (20.00%) MS Office
2 1 (10.00%) MS Excel
2 1 (10.00%) Google Apps
Business Applications
1 1 (10.00%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 1 (10.00%) ATM
1 1 (10.00%) LAN
1 1 (10.00%) WAN
1 1 (10.00%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) MySQL
General
1 5 (50.00%) Marketing
2 3 (30.00%) Retail
3 2 (20.00%) Finance
4 1 (10.00%) Banking
Job Titles
1 6 (60.00%) Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst
2 2 (20.00%) Solutions Architect
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Java Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Analyst Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Senior Java Developer
2 2 (20.00%) Architect
3 1 (10.00%) Graduate
3 1 (10.00%) Graduate Developer
3 1 (10.00%) Infrastructure Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Designer
3 1 (10.00%) Agile Coach
Miscellaneous
1 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
1 1 (10.00%) EMV
1 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (10.00%) Open Source
1 1 (10.00%) SaaS
1 1 (10.00%) IaaS
Operating Systems
1 3 (30.00%) UNIX
1 3 (30.00%) Windows
1 3 (30.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (60.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (20.00%) Stakeholder Management
2 2 (20.00%) Scrum
2 2 (20.00%) UML
2 2 (20.00%) OO
2 2 (20.00%) ETL
2 2 (20.00%) Web Development
2 2 (20.00%) TOGAF
3 1 (10.00%) Requirements Analysis
3 1 (10.00%) Kanban
3 1 (10.00%) BDD
3 1 (10.00%) Agile Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) Project Management
3 1 (10.00%) SOA
3 1 (10.00%) TDD
3 1 (10.00%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 3 (30.00%) C++
2 2 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 2 (20.00%) PL/SQL
2 2 (20.00%) SQL
2 2 (20.00%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 2 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (10.00%) ISO 8583
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) Oracle
1 1 (10.00%) Cisco
1 1 (10.00%) Google
1 1 (10.00%) hybris