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This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) skills within the Scotland region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank3318
Rank change on same period last yearDown-15
Matching contract IT job ads83198
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.111 %0.200 %
As % of the category below17.11 %24.63 %
Daily rates quoted1455
Average minimum daily rate£304£359
Average daily rate£319£376
% change on same period last year-15.13 %
Average maximum daily rate£334£393
UK excluding London average daily rate£379£369
% change on same period last year+2.67 %
Hourly rates quoted01
Average minimum hourly rate-£30.00
Average hourly rate-£32.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£35.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£39.38£38.17
% change on same period last year+3.17 %
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads485804
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.646 %0.813 %
Daily rates quoted96144
Average minimum daily rate£289£323
Average daily rate£310£337
% change on same period last year-7.98 %
Average maximum daily rate£331£351
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted1322
Average minimum hourly rate£27.36£24.92
Average hourly rate£30.20£27.47
% change on same period last year+9.93 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.04£30.02
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
J2EE UKJ2EE
UK

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.

J2EE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Scotland J2EE Demand Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2EE across the Scotland region.

Scotland J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2EE across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

Scotland J2EE Daily Rate Histogram

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Scotland region.

Scotland J2EE Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the Scotland 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
GlasgowDown-835£314-16.19 %
EdinburghDown-1328£276-28.61 %
West LothianDown-44£385-
J2EE UKJ2EE
UK

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing J2EE 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 J2EE.

1109 (72.19 %)Java
263 (41.72 %)Finance
351 (33.77 %)XML
448 (31.79 %)Spring
544 (29.14 %)Oracle
637 (24.50 %)SQL
736 (23.84 %)HTML
834 (22.52 %)Hibernate
933 (21.85 %)WebSphere
1029 (19.21 %)JavaScript
1029 (19.21 %)UNIX
1126 (17.22 %)JSP
1126 (17.22 %)AJAX
1223 (15.23 %).NET
1223 (15.23 %)Windows
1321 (13.91 %)Eclipse
1321 (13.91 %)SQL Server
1420 (13.25 %)C#
1420 (13.25 %)Struts
1519 (12.58 %)WebServices
1519 (12.58 %)ASP.NET
1617 (11.26 %)Visual Studio
1716 (10.60 %)Ant
1815 (9.934 %)EJB
1914 (9.272 %)Servlets
1914 (9.272 %)XSLT
1914 (9.272 %)Solaris
1914 (9.272 %)Sun
2013 (8.609 %)RDBMS
2013 (8.609 %)ClearCase

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland region citing J2EE 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 J2EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
151 (33.77 %)XML
248 (31.79 %)Spring
336 (23.84 %)HTML
434 (22.52 %)Hibernate
533 (21.85 %)WebSphere
626 (17.22 %)AJAX
626 (17.22 %)JSP
723 (15.23 %).NET
820 (13.25 %)Struts
919 (12.58 %)WebServices
919 (12.58 %)ASP.NET
1015 (9.934 %)EJB
1114 (9.272 %)Servlets
1114 (9.272 %)XSLT
1212 (7.947 %)JMS
1212 (7.947 %)Microsoft Enterprise Library
1311 (7.285 %)CSS
149 (5.960 %)Tapestry
158 (5.298 %)XHTML
158 (5.298 %)Adobe Flex
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (6.623 %)IBM HTTP Server
28 (5.298 %)IIS
37 (4.636 %)WebSphere Application Server
37 (4.636 %)Apache
46 (3.974 %)Tomcat
55 (3.311 %)JBoss
63 (1.987 %)WebLogic
63 (1.987 %)MQSeries
72 (1.325 %)Oracle HTTP Server
81 (0.662 %)CICS
81 (0.662 %)WebSphere MQ
81 (0.662 %)WebLogic Portal
81 (0.662 %)CMS
81 (0.662 %)ESB
81 (0.662 %)Oracle 9iAS
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (3.974 %)MS Excel
16 (3.974 %)MS Visio
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (1.325 %)Staffware
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
110 (6.623 %)HTTP
28 (5.298 %)Internet
35 (3.311 %)SAN
41 (0.662 %)Extranet
41 (0.662 %)LDAP
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (13.91 %)SQL Server
213 (8.609 %)RDBMS
39 (5.960 %)DB2
44 (2.649 %)Oracle 9i
44 (2.649 %)SQL Server Integration Services
53 (1.987 %)MS Access
62 (1.325 %)SQL Server 2000
62 (1.325 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
71 (0.662 %)DB2 UDB
71 (0.662 %)GIS
71 (0.662 %)Oracle 10g
71 (0.662 %)Datawarehouse
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
121 (13.91 %)Eclipse
217 (11.26 %)Visual Studio
316 (10.60 %)Ant
413 (8.609 %)JUnit
413 (8.609 %)ClearCase
54 (2.649 %)JDeveloper
54 (2.649 %)CruiseControl
63 (1.987 %)XMLSpy
72 (1.325 %)PowerBuilder
72 (1.325 %)ClearQuest
81 (0.662 %)JProbe
81 (0.662 %)Log4j
81 (0.662 %)Subversion
81 (0.662 %)Selenium
81 (0.662 %)LoadRunner
81 (0.662 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
81 (0.662 %)Flash
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
163 (41.72 %)Finance
212 (7.947 %)Banking
35 (3.311 %)Games
44 (2.649 %)Retail
44 (2.649 %)Retail Banking
53 (1.987 %)Pensions
53 (1.987 %)Financial Institution
61 (0.662 %)Telecoms
61 (0.662 %)Investment Banking
61 (0.662 %)Insurance
61 (0.662 %)Marketing
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
191 (60.26 %)Developer
267 (44.37 %)Java Developer
311 (7.285 %)Web Developer
311 (7.285 %)Architect
311 (7.285 %)Administrator
49 (5.960 %)Senior Developer
49 (5.960 %)Analyst
58 (5.298 %)J2EE Developer
58 (5.298 %)Java/J2EE Developer
67 (4.636 %)Java Analyst Programmer
67 (4.636 %)Java Programmer
67 (4.636 %)Analyst Programmer
67 (4.636 %)Programmer
76 (3.974 %)Enterprise Architect
76 (3.974 %)Senior Java Developer
76 (3.974 %)WebSphere Specialist
76 (3.974 %)Flex Developer
85 (3.311 %)WebSphere Administrator
85 (3.311 %)Capacity Planner
94 (2.649 %)Technical Architect
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (5.298 %)Clustering
26 (3.974 %)RIA
35 (3.311 %)AS400
44 (2.649 %)Derivative
53 (1.987 %)Interest Rate Derivative
53 (1.987 %)Mainframe
62 (1.325 %)Multithreading
71 (0.662 %)Data Integration
71 (0.662 %)Computer Science
71 (0.662 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
71 (0.662 %)Equities
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
129 (19.21 %)UNIX
223 (15.23 %)Windows
314 (9.272 %)Solaris
46 (3.974 %)AIX
46 (3.974 %)zOS
52 (1.325 %)Windows Server 2003
52 (1.325 %)Linux
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
110 (6.623 %)E-Commerce
29 (5.960 %)Workflow
29 (5.960 %)TDD
38 (5.298 %)UML
46 (3.974 %)Agile Software Development
55 (3.311 %)OO
55 (3.311 %)Extreme Programming
55 (3.311 %)Web Design
55 (3.311 %)SOA
55 (3.311 %)Pair Programming
64 (2.649 %)Enterprise Architecture
64 (2.649 %)RAD
64 (2.649 %)CRM
73 (1.987 %)OOA/OOD
73 (1.987 %)OOD
73 (1.987 %)Technical Architecture
73 (1.987 %)Web Development
82 (1.325 %)Document Management
82 (1.325 %)Load Balancing
82 (1.325 %)Use Case
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1109 (72.19 %)Java
237 (24.50 %)SQL
329 (19.21 %)JavaScript
420 (13.25 %)C#
59 (5.960 %)Transact-SQL
66 (3.974 %)VBA
75 (3.311 %)Ruby
75 (3.311 %)PL/SQL
84 (2.649 %)VB
93 (1.987 %)C++
102 (1.325 %)Perl
111 (0.662 %)COBOL
111 (0.662 %)C
111 (0.662 %)XPath
111 (0.662 %)Shell Script
111 (0.662 %)JCL
111 (0.662 %)VB6
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (1.987 %)Sun Certification
13 (1.987 %)Degree
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.662 %)AquaLogic
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (3.974 %)Tivoli
21 (0.662 %)OpenView
Scotland IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
144 (29.14 %)Oracle
214 (9.272 %)Sun
313 (8.609 %)Sybase
411 (7.285 %)IBM
58 (5.298 %)Adobe
67 (4.636 %)Microsoft
75 (3.311 %)EMC
75 (3.311 %)VERITAS
83 (1.987 %)HP
83 (1.987 %)Chordiant
92 (1.325 %)Cisco
101 (0.662 %)ESRI
101 (0.662 %)BEA
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