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This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) skills within the Northern Ireland 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank2624
Rank change on same period last yearDown-2
Matching contract IT job ads65
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.005 %
As % of the category below13.04 %17.86 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£400£400
Average daily rate£400£550
% change on same period last year-27.27 %
Average maximum daily rate£400£700
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£369
% change on same period last year+2.67 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.38£38.17
% change on same period last year+3.17 %
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Northern Ireland
Matching contract IT job ads4628
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.061 %0.028 %
Daily rates quoted116
Average minimum daily rate£320£342
Average daily rate£332£431
% change on same period last year-23.09 %
Average maximum daily rate£343£521
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted23
Average minimum hourly rate£29.33£18.71
Average hourly rate£31.00£21.57
% change on same period last year+43.70 %
Average maximum hourly rate£32.67£24.43
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
J2EE UKJ2EE
UK

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 Northern Ireland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Northern Ireland J2EE Demand Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Northern Ireland J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Northern Ireland J2EE Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the Northern Ireland region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

LocationRank 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
County AntrimDown-83£400-27.27 %
J2EE UKJ2EE
UK

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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.

110 (100.00 %)Java
23 (30.00 %)Spring
23 (30.00 %)TIBCO
23 (30.00 %)WebLogic
23 (30.00 %)Oracle
23 (30.00 %)Struts
23 (30.00 %)UNIX
32 (20.00 %).NET
32 (20.00 %)JSP
32 (20.00 %)SQL Server
32 (20.00 %)Sybase
32 (20.00 %)BusinessWorks
32 (20.00 %)BEA
32 (20.00 %)Finance
32 (20.00 %)Shell Script
32 (20.00 %)Banking
32 (20.00 %)WebSphere
41 (10.00 %)QA
41 (10.00 %)Spring MVC
41 (10.00 %)Adobe Flex
41 (10.00 %)jQuery
41 (10.00 %)Migration
41 (10.00 %)Hibernate
41 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
41 (10.00 %)Investment Banking
41 (10.00 %)Insurance
41 (10.00 %)Oracle Application Server
41 (10.00 %)SQL Server 7
41 (10.00 %)MVC
41 (10.00 %)DB2

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Northern Ireland 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.

Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
13 (30.00 %)Struts
13 (30.00 %)Spring
22 (20.00 %)WebSphere
22 (20.00 %).NET
22 (20.00 %)JSP
31 (10.00 %)CSS
31 (10.00 %)Spring MVC
31 (10.00 %)Adobe Flex
31 (10.00 %)jQuery
31 (10.00 %)XML
31 (10.00 %)MVC
31 (10.00 %)Hibernate
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (30.00 %)WebLogic
21 (10.00 %)Tomcat
21 (10.00 %)Documentum
21 (10.00 %)Oracle Application Server
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (20.00 %)BusinessWorks
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (20.00 %)SQL Server
21 (10.00 %)DB2
21 (10.00 %)Oracle 8/8i
21 (10.00 %)SQL Server 7
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (10.00 %)Ant
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (20.00 %)Finance
12 (20.00 %)Banking
21 (10.00 %)Investment Banking
21 (10.00 %)Insurance
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (80.00 %)Developer
27 (70.00 %)Java Developer
34 (40.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
41 (10.00 %)Software Developer
41 (10.00 %)J2EE Developer
41 (10.00 %)WebSphere Developer
41 (10.00 %)Analyst
41 (10.00 %)Applications Specialist
41 (10.00 %)Analyst Programmer
41 (10.00 %)Programmer
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (30.00 %)UNIX
21 (10.00 %)Linux
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
11 (10.00 %)RAD
11 (10.00 %)Migration
11 (10.00 %)Agile Software Development
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110 (100.00 %)Java
22 (20.00 %)Shell Script
31 (10.00 %)JavaScript
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (10.00 %)QA
Northern Ireland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (30.00 %)Oracle
13 (30.00 %)TIBCO
22 (20.00 %)BEA
22 (20.00 %)Sybase
31 (10.00 %)IBM
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