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This section looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT contracts within the Oxfordshire 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Java Developer
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4638
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching contract IT job ads1216
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.016 %
As % of the category below1.852 %2.640 %
Daily rates quoted19
Average minimum daily rate£250£278
Average daily rate£300£300
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£350£322
UK excluding London average daily rate£359£337
% change on same period last year+6.51 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£35.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.73£39.33
% change on same period last year-4.06 %
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Oxfordshire
Matching contract IT job ads648606
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.864 %0.613 %
Daily rates quoted128119
Average minimum daily rate£293£311
Average daily rate£317£335
% change on same period last year-5.53 %
Average maximum daily rate£341£359
UK excluding London average daily rate£357£353
% change on same period last year+1.09 %
Hourly rates quoted144124
Average minimum hourly rate£18.70£20.16
Average hourly rate£20.33£21.65
% change on same period last year-6.06 %
Average maximum hourly rate£21.96£23.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.51£25.99
% change on same period last year-9.54 %
Java Developer South EastJava Developer
South East

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 Oxfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Java Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Java Developer
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the Oxfordshire 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
OxfordNo change05£300-7.69 %
FaringdonNew entry-1--
Java Developer South EastJava Developer
South East

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

118 (100.00 %)Java
212 (66.67 %)J2EE
39 (50.00 %)Hibernate
47 (38.89 %)Spring
54 (22.22 %)WebSphere
54 (22.22 %)JavaScript
54 (22.22 %)HTML
54 (22.22 %)XML
54 (22.22 %)OO
63 (16.67 %)JBoss
63 (16.67 %)Swing
63 (16.67 %)Struts
63 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
63 (16.67 %)C++
63 (16.67 %)Oracle
63 (16.67 %)SQL
63 (16.67 %)EJB
63 (16.67 %)CSS
63 (16.67 %)Finance
72 (11.11 %)Construction
72 (11.11 %)Lucene
72 (11.11 %)script.aculo.us
72 (11.11 %)EJB 3.0
72 (11.11 %)JSP
72 (11.11 %)Servlets
72 (11.11 %).NET
72 (11.11 %)WebLogic
72 (11.11 %)C#
72 (11.11 %)Perl
72 (11.11 %)Eclipse

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (66.67 %)J2EE
29 (50.00 %)Hibernate
37 (38.89 %)Spring
44 (22.22 %)WebSphere
44 (22.22 %)HTML
44 (22.22 %)XML
53 (16.67 %)Swing
53 (16.67 %)EJB
53 (16.67 %)CSS
53 (16.67 %)Struts
62 (11.11 %)script.aculo.us
62 (11.11 %)EJB 3.0
62 (11.11 %)Lucene
62 (11.11 %)JSP
62 (11.11 %)Servlets
62 (11.11 %).NET
71 (5.556 %)Middleware
71 (5.556 %)AJAX
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (16.67 %)JBoss
22 (11.11 %)WebLogic
31 (5.556 %)IIS
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (5.556 %)SQL Server
11 (5.556 %)RDBMS
11 (5.556 %)DataStage
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (11.11 %)Eclipse
21 (5.556 %)JUnit
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (16.67 %)Finance
22 (11.11 %)Construction
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (5.556 %)Mathematics
11 (5.556 %)Physics
11 (5.556 %)Chemistry
11 (5.556 %)Computer Science
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (22.22 %)OO
23 (16.67 %)E-Commerce
31 (5.556 %)OOD
31 (5.556 %)SOA
31 (5.556 %)Scrum
31 (5.556 %)Unit Testing
31 (5.556 %)OOA/OOD
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
118 (100.00 %)Java
24 (22.22 %)JavaScript
33 (16.67 %)C++
33 (16.67 %)SQL
42 (11.11 %)C#
42 (11.11 %)Perl
51 (5.556 %)Python
51 (5.556 %)Jython
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (5.556 %)AquaLogic
Oxfordshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (16.67 %)Oracle
21 (5.556 %)BEA
21 (5.556 %)Mercator
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