Java Contracts in Oxford
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Hourly Rate Trend Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxford 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 Oxford 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 31 15 8
Rank change year-on-year
-16 -7
Contract jobs citing Java 5 25 16
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 2.262% 7.225% 10.13%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.197% 19.08% 23.53%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 12 10
Average daily rate £320 £380 £308
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.78% +23.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
- -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 0
Average hourly rate - £16.61 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Oxford
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 61 131 68
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxford 27.60% 37.86% 43.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 27 87 41
Average daily rate £325 £350 £315
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-7.14% +11.11%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £225 £183
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £500 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 9 1
Average hourly rate - £30.00 £18.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +62.16%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Java
Oxfordshire

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Oxford Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 7 (46.67%) Spring
2 6 (40.00%) XML
2 6 (40.00%) J2EE
3 4 (26.67%) MySQL
3 4 (26.67%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (20.00%) TDD
4 3 (20.00%) Web Design
4 3 (20.00%) HOOD
4 3 (20.00%) Publishing
4 3 (20.00%) Hibernate
4 3 (20.00%) Objective-C
4 3 (20.00%) Web Services
4 3 (20.00%) JSON
4 3 (20.00%) SQLite
4 3 (20.00%) JPA
4 3 (20.00%) BDD
4 3 (20.00%) Apple iOS
4 3 (20.00%) iOS SDK
4 3 (20.00%) Android
4 3 (20.00%) Git (software)
4 3 (20.00%) HTML5
5 2 (13.33%) Kanban
5 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
5 2 (13.33%) jQuery
5 2 (13.33%) Salesforce.com
5 2 (13.33%) OOP
5 2 (13.33%) E-Commerce
5 2 (13.33%) HTML
5 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
5 2 (13.33%) Oracle

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxford 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 7 (46.67%) Spring
2 6 (40.00%) XML
2 6 (40.00%) J2EE
3 3 (20.00%) Web Services
3 3 (20.00%) Hibernate
3 3 (20.00%) JSON
3 3 (20.00%) JPA
3 3 (20.00%) HTML5
3 3 (20.00%) iOS SDK
4 2 (13.33%) HTML
4 2 (13.33%) CSS
4 2 (13.33%) jQuery
5 1 (6.667%) Ajax
5 1 (6.667%) Backbone.js
5 1 (6.667%) Spring Batch
5 1 (6.667%) Spring Integration
5 1 (6.667%) Spring MVC
5 1 (6.667%) CodeIgniter
5 1 (6.667%) Spring Security
5 1 (6.667%) Grails
Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) WebLogic
1 2 (13.33%) CMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (26.67%) MySQL
2 3 (20.00%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Git (software)
2 1 (6.667%) Spring Roo
General
1 3 (20.00%) Publishing
2 1 (6.667%) Games
Job Titles
1 12 (80.00%) Developer
2 8 (53.33%) Java Developer
3 3 (20.00%) Project Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Technical Project Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Technical Manager
4 2 (13.33%) Mobile Developer
5 1 (6.667%) Android Developer
5 1 (6.667%) iOS Developer
5 1 (6.667%) PHP Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.667%) iPhone
2 1 (6.667%) iPad
2 1 (6.667%) Digital Media
2 1 (6.667%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 3 (20.00%) Android
1 3 (20.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) Agile Software Development
2 3 (20.00%) TDD
2 3 (20.00%) BDD
2 3 (20.00%) HOOD
2 3 (20.00%) Web Design
3 2 (13.33%) OOP
3 2 (13.33%) E-Commerce
3 2 (13.33%) MVC
3 2 (13.33%) Workflow
3 2 (13.33%) Kanban
4 1 (6.667%) Stakeholder Engagement
4 1 (6.667%) Software Engineering
4 1 (6.667%) Continuous Integration
4 1 (6.667%) Scrum
4 1 (6.667%) B2B
4 1 (6.667%) PRINCE2
Programming Languages
1 3 (20.00%) Objective-C
2 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
3 1 (6.667%) PHP
3 1 (6.667%) C
System Software
1 1 (6.667%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle
1 2 (13.33%) Salesforce.com
2 1 (6.667%) VMware
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