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The table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT contracts within the Oxford region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Java Developer
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank31-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching contract IT job ads60
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.000 %
As % of the category below2.214 %0.000 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£300-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350-
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£330
% change on same period last year+6.79 %
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£37.69£37.68
% change on same period last year+0.04 %
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Oxford
Matching contract IT job ads271279
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.366 %0.275 %
Daily rates quoted8455
Average minimum daily rate£299£340
Average daily rate£319£365
% change on same period last year-12.77 %
Average maximum daily rate£338£390
UK excluding London average daily rate£355£355
% change on same period last year-0.15 %
Hourly rates quoted4457
Average minimum hourly rate£16.68£22.02
Average hourly rate£17.84£23.75
% change on same period last year-24.87 %
Average maximum hourly rate£19.00£25.48
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.85£25.69
% change on same period last year-7.14 %
Java Developer OxfordshireJava Developer
Oxfordshire

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.

Java Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Java Developer across the Oxford region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Oxford Java Developer Demand Trend

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Java Developer across the Oxford region.

Oxford Java Developer Daily Rate Trend

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxford Java Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region that cited Java Developer in their job title 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 with Java Developer in their job title.

18 (100.00 %)Java
25 (62.50 %)Spring
34 (50.00 %)Hibernate
34 (50.00 %)CSS
34 (50.00 %)JavaScript
34 (50.00 %)HTML
34 (50.00 %)J2EE
43 (37.50 %)OO
52 (25.00 %)Lucene
52 (25.00 %)XML
52 (25.00 %)Construction
52 (25.00 %)script.aculo.us
52 (25.00 %)C#
52 (25.00 %).NET
61 (12.50 %)Oracle
61 (12.50 %)WebLogic
61 (12.50 %)IIS
61 (12.50 %)EJB
61 (12.50 %)JBoss
61 (12.50 %)Python
61 (12.50 %)Eclipse
61 (12.50 %)BEA
61 (12.50 %)DataStage
61 (12.50 %)Middleware
61 (12.50 %)Servlets
61 (12.50 %)Struts
61 (12.50 %)Mathematics
61 (12.50 %)Physics
61 (12.50 %)Chemistry
61 (12.50 %)Computer Science

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford region that cited Java Developer in their job title 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 with Java Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15 (62.50 %)Spring
24 (50.00 %)Hibernate
24 (50.00 %)HTML
24 (50.00 %)J2EE
24 (50.00 %)CSS
32 (25.00 %)XML
32 (25.00 %).NET
32 (25.00 %)Lucene
32 (25.00 %)script.aculo.us
41 (12.50 %)EJB
41 (12.50 %)Middleware
41 (12.50 %)Servlets
41 (12.50 %)Struts
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (12.50 %)WebLogic
11 (12.50 %)IIS
11 (12.50 %)JBoss
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (12.50 %)DataStage
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (12.50 %)Eclipse
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (25.00 %)Construction
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (12.50 %)Mathematics
11 (12.50 %)Physics
11 (12.50 %)Chemistry
11 (12.50 %)Computer Science
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (37.50 %)OO
21 (12.50 %)Scrum
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18 (100.00 %)Java
24 (50.00 %)JavaScript
32 (25.00 %)C#
41 (12.50 %)Python
41 (12.50 %)Jython
Oxford IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11 (12.50 %)Oracle
11 (12.50 %)BEA