The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Oxfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 21 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 Oxfordshire 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 25 16 13
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -3
Contract jobs citing Java 26 47 49
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 5.882% 7.472% 10.89%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.69% 18.65% 25.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 18 27 27
Average daily rate £320 £350 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-8.57% +16.66%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £266 £253 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £350 £476 £380
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
- -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 0
Average hourly rate - £25.80 -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Oxfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
147 252 195
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Oxfordshire 33.26% 40.06% 43.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 70 132 106
Average daily rate £325 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £463 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 20 6
Average hourly rate £23.75 £27.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-13.63% -31.25%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Java
South East

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bicester - 8 £320 -
Oxford -13 6 £320 -12.32%
Abingdon - 1 - -
Java
South East

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 19 (43.18%) Oracle
2 17 (38.64%) SQL
3 16 (36.36%) Windows
4 15 (34.09%) Spring
5 14 (31.82%) HTML
5 14 (31.82%) JavaScript
6 13 (29.55%) J2EE
6 13 (29.55%) CSS
6 13 (29.55%) Java EE
7 12 (27.27%) jQuery
7 12 (27.27%) Oracle Application Server
7 12 (27.27%) Solaris
7 12 (27.27%) Apache
7 12 (27.27%) Oracle 10g
8 11 (25.00%) Oracle HTTP Server
8 11 (25.00%) HTTP
8 11 (25.00%) MVC
9 10 (22.73%) Disaster Recovery
9 10 (22.73%) Hibernate
9 10 (22.73%) Windows Server 2003
9 10 (22.73%) Internet
9 10 (22.73%) SOA
9 10 (22.73%) XML
9 10 (22.73%) MySQL
9 10 (22.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
10 9 (20.45%) OC4J
10 9 (20.45%) Agile Software Development
11 8 (18.18%) Web Services
11 8 (18.18%) SC Cleared
11 8 (18.18%) Security Cleared

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Oxfordshire 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 15 (34.09%) Spring
2 14 (31.82%) HTML
3 13 (29.55%) J2EE
3 13 (29.55%) CSS
3 13 (29.55%) Java EE
4 12 (27.27%) jQuery
5 10 (22.73%) Hibernate
5 10 (22.73%) XML
6 9 (20.45%) OC4J
7 8 (18.18%) Web Services
8 7 (15.91%) JPA
9 6 (13.64%) Ajax
10 5 (11.36%) Struts
10 5 (11.36%) JSP
10 5 (11.36%) Spring MVC
11 4 (9.091%) HTML5
11 4 (9.091%) iOS SDK
11 4 (9.091%) JSON
11 4 (9.091%) CodeIgniter
12 3 (6.818%) ASP
Application Platforms
1 12 (27.27%) Oracle Application Server
1 12 (27.27%) Apache
2 11 (25.00%) Oracle HTTP Server
3 10 (22.73%) Oracle SOA Suite
4 4 (9.091%) WebLogic
4 4 (9.091%) Tomcat
5 3 (6.818%) CMS
6 1 (2.273%) GlassFish
6 1 (2.273%) Force.com
Applications
1 1 (2.273%) MS Visio
1 1 (2.273%) MS Excel
1 1 (2.273%) MS Office
1 1 (2.273%) MS PowerPoint
Communications & Networking
1 11 (25.00%) HTTP
2 10 (22.73%) Internet
3 6 (13.64%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (27.27%) Oracle 10g
2 10 (22.73%) MySQL
3 6 (13.64%) InterSystems Cache
3 6 (13.64%) Oracle Reports
3 6 (13.64%) SQL Server
3 6 (13.64%) Oracle Discoverer
4 4 (9.091%) SQLite
5 2 (4.545%) JasperReports
5 2 (4.545%) Oracle 11g
6 1 (2.273%) TOAD
6 1 (2.273%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (2.273%) BusinessObjects XI
6 1 (2.273%) SQL Server Analysis Services
6 1 (2.273%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (2.273%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 7 (15.91%) Git (software)
2 6 (13.64%) Oracle Forms
3 4 (9.091%) Subversion
3 4 (9.091%) Maven
3 4 (9.091%) JUnit
3 4 (9.091%) Eclipse
4 2 (4.545%) Spring Roo
5 1 (2.273%) JIRA
5 1 (2.273%) Jenkins
5 1 (2.273%) Trac
5 1 (2.273%) TortoiseSVN
General
1 4 (9.091%) Finance
1 4 (9.091%) Publishing
2 1 (2.273%) Military
2 1 (2.273%) Games
2 1 (2.273%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 28 (63.64%) Developer
2 17 (38.64%) Java Developer
3 11 (25.00%) Administrator
4 4 (9.091%) PHP Developer
5 3 (6.818%) Project Manager
5 3 (6.818%) Report Developer
5 3 (6.818%) Java Programmer
5 3 (6.818%) Programmer
5 3 (6.818%) Mobile Developer
6 2 (4.545%) LAMP Developer
6 2 (4.545%) Technical Manager
6 2 (4.545%) Technical Project Manager
6 2 (4.545%) Analyst
7 1 (2.273%) Business Developer
7 1 (2.273%) Systems Administrator
7 1 (2.273%) Senior Developer
7 1 (2.273%) Process Analyst
7 1 (2.273%) Business Analyst
7 1 (2.273%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 1 (2.273%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.818%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.273%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.273%) Digital Media
2 1 (2.273%) New Media
2 1 (2.273%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (2.273%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (2.273%) iPhone
2 1 (2.273%) SaaS
2 1 (2.273%) iPad
Operating Systems
1 16 (36.36%) Windows
2 12 (27.27%) Solaris
3 10 (22.73%) Windows Server 2003
4 6 (13.64%) Linux
5 4 (9.091%) Android
5 4 (9.091%) Apple iOS
6 3 (6.818%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (25.00%) MVC
2 10 (22.73%) Disaster Recovery
2 10 (22.73%) SOA
3 9 (20.45%) Agile Software Development
4 7 (15.91%) TDD
5 5 (11.36%) Risk Assessment
5 5 (11.36%) Scrum
6 4 (9.091%) BDD
6 4 (9.091%) Web Design
6 4 (9.091%) OO
7 3 (6.818%) OOP
7 3 (6.818%) Unit Testing
7 3 (6.818%) HOOD
7 3 (6.818%) Workflow
8 2 (4.545%) Change Control
8 2 (4.545%) E-business
8 2 (4.545%) Software Engineering
8 2 (4.545%) Web Development
8 2 (4.545%) Continuous Integration
8 2 (4.545%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 17 (38.64%) SQL
2 14 (31.82%) JavaScript
3 4 (9.091%) Objective-C
3 4 (9.091%) PHP
4 3 (6.818%) C
5 1 (2.273%) C#
5 1 (2.273%) Apex Code
Qualifications
1 8 (18.18%) SC Cleared
1 8 (18.18%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.273%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.545%) Sarbanes-Oxley
1 2 (4.545%) SLA
System Software
1 6 (13.64%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (4.545%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 19 (43.18%) Oracle
2 3 (6.818%) Salesforce.com
2 3 (6.818%) JBoss
2 3 (6.818%) Jaspersoft
3 2 (4.545%) VMware
3 2 (4.545%) Business Objects
4 1 (2.273%) HP
4 1 (2.273%) Lagan