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This section looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT contracts within the Scotland region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT job ads that have cited Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 4 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Java Developer
Location
3 months to 4 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank4337
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads69114
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.091 %0.121 %
As % of the category below2.805 %3.397 %
Daily rates quoted1531
Average minimum daily rate£303£331
Average daily rate£316£347
% change on same period last year-9.18 %
Average maximum daily rate£328£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£374£341
% change on same period last year+9.65 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.65£40.25
% change on same period last year-3.97 %
Job Titles ScotlandJob Titles
Scotland
Matching contract IT job ads24603356
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.244 %3.560 %
Daily rates quoted520638
Average minimum daily rate£305£307
Average daily rate£328£322
% change on same period last year+1.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£350£337
UK excluding London average daily rate£361£352
% change on same period last year+2.55 %
Hourly rates quoted159214
Average minimum hourly rate£18.75£18.40
Average hourly rate£20.37£19.54
% change on same period last year+4.26 %
Average maximum hourly rate£22.00£20.68
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.28£26.07
% change on same period last year-10.69 %
Java Developer UKJava Developer
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.

Java Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Java Developer across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Java Developer Daily Rate Trend

Java Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java Developer across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 4 July 2008.

Scotland Java Developer Daily Rate Histogram

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 Scotland region.

Scotland 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 job ads citing Java Developer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 4 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-935£318-4.90 %
EdinburghUp+1622£275-31.25 %
FalkirkNew entry-1--
Java Developer UKJava Developer
UK

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

1153 (100.00 %)Java
268 (44.44 %)J2EE
363 (41.18 %)XML
460 (39.22 %)Spring
554 (35.29 %)Finance
650 (32.68 %)SQL
741 (26.80 %)Hibernate
838 (24.84 %)Unix
932 (20.92 %)JSP
1029 (18.95 %)Oracle
1125 (16.34 %)Struts
1125 (16.34 %)Eclipse
1222 (14.38 %)WebSphere
1320 (13.07 %)Sybase
1419 (12.42 %)WebServices
1419 (12.42 %)HTML
1419 (12.42 %)XSLT
1518 (11.76 %)JavaScript
1518 (11.76 %)Banking
1614 (9.150 %)AJAX
1713 (8.497 %)EJB
1812 (7.843 %)Tomcat
1812 (7.843 %)JMS
1812 (7.843 %)Tapestry
1812 (7.843 %)Agile Software Development
1911 (7.190 %)OO
1911 (7.190 %)JUnit
2010 (6.536 %)JBoss
2010 (6.536 %)RDBMS
2010 (6.536 %)Adobe

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 4 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Scotland 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.

Application Development
168 (44.44 %)J2EE
263 (41.18 %)XML
360 (39.22 %)Spring
441 (26.80 %)Hibernate
532 (20.92 %)JSP
625 (16.34 %)Struts
722 (14.38 %)WebSphere
819 (12.42 %)WebServices
819 (12.42 %)XSLT
819 (12.42 %)HTML
914 (9.150 %)AJAX
1013 (8.497 %)EJB
1112 (7.843 %)Tapestry
1112 (7.843 %)JMS
1210 (6.536 %)Adobe Flex
137 (4.575 %)SWT
146 (3.922 %)WSDL
146 (3.922 %)CSS
146 (3.922 %)Servlets
155 (3.268 %)SOAP
Application Platforms
112 (7.843 %)Tomcat
210 (6.536 %)JBoss
37 (4.575 %)MQSeries
46 (3.922 %)Apache
55 (3.268 %)WebSphere Application Server
63 (1.961 %)WebSphere MQ
72 (1.307 %)WebLogic
72 (1.307 %)ESB
81 (0.654 %)Mule
81 (0.654 %)WebLogic Portal
81 (0.654 %)CMS
81 (0.654 %)SharePoint
Communications & Networking
17 (4.575 %)Internet
21 (0.654 %)Extranet
21 (0.654 %)Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
110 (6.536 %)RDBMS
27 (4.575 %)DB2
35 (3.268 %)SQL Server
43 (1.961 %)Oracle 10g
51 (0.654 %)SQL Server 7
51 (0.654 %)MySQL
51 (0.654 %)Oracle Reports
51 (0.654 %)Oracle 9i
Development Applications
125 (16.34 %)Eclipse
211 (7.190 %)JUnit
39 (5.882 %)ClearCase
48 (5.229 %)Ant
53 (1.961 %)XMLSpy
62 (1.307 %)JDeveloper
62 (1.307 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
62 (1.307 %)CruiseControl
71 (0.654 %)Subversion
71 (0.654 %)Selenium
71 (0.654 %)Oracle Forms
71 (0.654 %)JMeter
71 (0.654 %)Log4j
General
154 (35.29 %)Finance
218 (11.76 %)Banking
36 (3.922 %)Investment Banking
45 (3.268 %)Games
53 (1.961 %)Telecoms
53 (1.961 %)Financial Institution
62 (1.307 %)Education
62 (1.307 %)Insurance
62 (1.307 %)Pensions
71 (0.654 %)Retail Banking
71 (0.654 %)Retail
71 (0.654 %)Government
71 (0.654 %)Health
71 (0.654 %)Manufacturing
71 (0.654 %)Front Office
Miscellaneous
17 (4.575 %)Derivative
25 (3.268 %)RIA
34 (2.614 %)Interest Rate Derivative
34 (2.614 %)Fixed Income
34 (2.614 %)Equities
42 (1.307 %)Asset Management
42 (1.307 %)Mainframe
51 (0.654 %)Client/Server
51 (0.654 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
51 (0.654 %)Computer Science
51 (0.654 %)Multithreading
Operating Systems
138 (24.84 %)Unix
25 (3.268 %)Linux
32 (1.307 %)Windows
32 (1.307 %)Solaris
41 (0.654 %)zOS
Processes & Methodologies
112 (7.843 %)Agile Software Development
211 (7.190 %)OO
310 (6.536 %)TDD
49 (5.882 %)Workflow
57 (4.575 %)Web Design
66 (3.922 %)RAD
66 (3.922 %)UML
75 (3.268 %)SOA
75 (3.268 %)Extreme Programming
75 (3.268 %)Web Development
84 (2.614 %)OOD
84 (2.614 %)Pair Programming
93 (1.961 %)Data Modelling
93 (1.961 %)Use Case
102 (1.307 %)Unit Testing
102 (1.307 %)Wealth Management
102 (1.307 %)Project Management
102 (1.307 %)Document Management
102 (1.307 %)Workflow Management
111 (0.654 %)Process Management
Programming Languages
1153 (100.00 %)Java
250 (32.68 %)SQL
318 (11.76 %)JavaScript
45 (3.268 %)C++
45 (3.268 %)Transact-SQL
45 (3.268 %)VB
54 (2.614 %)Ruby
63 (1.961 %)XPath
63 (1.961 %)XQuery
72 (1.307 %)Groovy
72 (1.307 %)ActionScript
72 (1.307 %)C
72 (1.307 %)C#
72 (1.307 %)Perl
72 (1.307 %)PL/SQL
81 (0.654 %)COBOL
81 (0.654 %)Python
81 (0.654 %)Shell Script
81 (0.654 %)VB6
Qualifications
13 (1.961 %)Degree
22 (1.307 %)Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.654 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
13 (1.961 %)AquaLogic
Vendors
129 (18.95 %)Oracle
220 (13.07 %)Sybase
310 (6.536 %)Adobe
43 (1.961 %)TIBCO
52 (1.307 %)Sun
52 (1.307 %)BEA
61 (0.654 %)RedDot
61 (0.654 %)Vignette
61 (0.654 %)IBM
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