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The table below looks at the demand for Java skills within the Peterborough region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank2322
Rank change on same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads210
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.010 %
As % of the category below4.651 %17.24 %
Daily rates quoted01
Average minimum daily rate-£275
Average daily rate-£288
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate-£300
UK excluding London average daily rate£365£350
% change on same period last year+4.36 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£15.00
Average hourly rate-£16.25
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£17.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.48£33.04
% change on same period last year+7.37 %
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Peterborough
Matching contract IT job ads4358
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.061 %0.059 %
Daily rates quoted84
Average minimum daily rate£317£346
Average daily rate£328£360
% change on same period last year-8.90 %
Average maximum daily rate£340£375
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£334
% change on same period last year-2.98 %
Hourly rates quoted35
Average minimum hourly rate£23.33£31.43
Average hourly rate£25.83£31.79
% change on same period last year-18.72 %
Average maximum hourly rate£28.33£32.14
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.24£32.80
% change on same period last year-1.70 %
Java CambridgeshireJava
Cambridgeshire

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
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Java across the Peterborough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Peterborough Java Demand Trend

Java
Daily Rate Trend

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

Peterborough Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Peterborough Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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.

18 (72.73 %)J2EE
27 (63.64 %)JUnit
27 (63.64 %)Finance
27 (63.64 %)Hibernate
27 (63.64 %)Spring
34 (36.36 %)WebSphere
34 (36.36 %)Ant
43 (27.27 %)Struts
43 (27.27 %)Solaris
43 (27.27 %)UML
43 (27.27 %)Scrum
52 (18.18 %)Agile Software Development
52 (18.18 %)Oracle 9i
52 (18.18 %)Oracle 10g
52 (18.18 %)Apache
52 (18.18 %)RUP
52 (18.18 %)JMS
52 (18.18 %)Linux
52 (18.18 %)Windows 2000
52 (18.18 %)UNIX
52 (18.18 %)Windows
52 (18.18 %)HPUX
52 (18.18 %)XML
52 (18.18 %)JSP
52 (18.18 %)Oracle
52 (18.18 %)SQL
61 (9.091 %)VB
61 (9.091 %)VB.NET
61 (9.091 %).NET
61 (9.091 %)C

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Peterborough 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.

Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (72.73 %)J2EE
27 (63.64 %)Hibernate
27 (63.64 %)Spring
34 (36.36 %)WebSphere
43 (27.27 %)Struts
52 (18.18 %)XML
52 (18.18 %)JMS
52 (18.18 %)JSP
61 (9.091 %)Silverlight
61 (9.091 %)Acegi Security
61 (9.091 %)AJAX
61 (9.091 %)Cocoon
61 (9.091 %)XSLT
61 (9.091 %)ASP.NET
61 (9.091 %)CSS
61 (9.091 %)HTML
61 (9.091 %).NET
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12 (18.18 %)Apache
21 (9.091 %)Tomcat
21 (9.091 %)Commerce Server
21 (9.091 %)WebSphere Application Server
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (9.091 %)HTTP
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (18.18 %)Oracle 9i
12 (18.18 %)Oracle 10g
21 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2000
21 (9.091 %)IDOL
21 (9.091 %)SQL Server 2005
21 (9.091 %)DTS
21 (9.091 %)SQL Server
21 (9.091 %)DB2
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (63.64 %)JUnit
24 (36.36 %)Ant
31 (9.091 %)Visual Studio
31 (9.091 %)Eclipse
31 (9.091 %)IntelliJ
31 (9.091 %)CruiseControl
31 (9.091 %)Atlassian Bamboo
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17 (63.64 %)Finance
21 (9.091 %)Insurance
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (100.00 %)Developer
29 (81.82 %)Java Developer
34 (36.36 %)J2EE Developer
34 (36.36 %)Java/J2EE Developer
42 (18.18 %)WebSphere Developer
51 (9.091 %)Senior Java Developer
51 (9.091 %)Web Developer
51 (9.091 %)Senior Developer
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (27.27 %)Solaris
22 (18.18 %)Linux
22 (18.18 %)Windows 2000
22 (18.18 %)UNIX
22 (18.18 %)Windows
22 (18.18 %)HPUX
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (27.27 %)UML
13 (27.27 %)Scrum
22 (18.18 %)Agile Software Development
22 (18.18 %)RUP
31 (9.091 %)Continuous Integration
31 (9.091 %)OO
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (18.18 %)SQL
21 (9.091 %)VB
21 (9.091 %)VB.NET
21 (9.091 %)C
21 (9.091 %)C++
21 (9.091 %)Perl
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (9.091 %)Degree
Peterborough IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
12 (18.18 %)Oracle
21 (9.091 %)IBM