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The table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT contracts within the Sheffield 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Java Developer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3143
Rank change on same period last yearUp+12
Matching contract IT job ads32
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.002 %
As % of the category below1.339 %0.484 %
Daily rates quoted10
Average minimum daily rate£250-
Average daily rate£275-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum daily rate£300-
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£334
% change on same period last year+5.90 %
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£37.16£37.33
% change on same period last year-0.46 %
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Sheffield
Matching contract IT job ads224413
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.315 %0.417 %
Daily rates quoted3882
Average minimum daily rate£305£275
Average daily rate£328£289
% change on same period last year+13.57 %
Average maximum daily rate£352£304
UK excluding London average daily rate£352£353
% change on same period last year-0.20 %
Hourly rates quoted7183
Average minimum hourly rate£26.57£24.43
Average hourly rate£27.23£25.85
% change on same period last year+5.34 %
Average maximum hourly rate£27.89£27.27
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.76£25.22
% change on same period last year-5.77 %
Java Developer South YorkshireJava Developer
South Yorkshire

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

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield 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 Sheffield region.

Sheffield Java Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

113 (100.00 %)Java
28 (61.54 %)J2EE
37 (53.85 %)Struts
37 (53.85 %)Hibernate
46 (46.15 %)XML
55 (38.46 %)CSS
55 (38.46 %)Oracle
55 (38.46 %)JUnit
55 (38.46 %)Spring
64 (30.77 %)HTML
73 (23.08 %)SQL
73 (23.08 %)JSP
73 (23.08 %)JBoss
73 (23.08 %)Lucene
82 (15.38 %)Content Management
82 (15.38 %)JSF
82 (15.38 %)AJAX
82 (15.38 %)JSTL
82 (15.38 %)HttpUnit
82 (15.38 %)Tomcat
82 (15.38 %)PL/SQL
82 (15.38 %)EJB
82 (15.38 %)Ant
82 (15.38 %)Education
82 (15.38 %)Oracle 9i
82 (15.38 %)Identity Management
82 (15.38 %)MVC
82 (15.38 %)RSS
82 (15.38 %)Eclipse
82 (15.38 %)HTTP

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (61.54 %)J2EE
27 (53.85 %)Struts
27 (53.85 %)Hibernate
36 (46.15 %)XML
45 (38.46 %)CSS
45 (38.46 %)Spring
54 (30.77 %)HTML
63 (23.08 %)Lucene
63 (23.08 %)JSP
72 (15.38 %)EJB
72 (15.38 %)RSS
72 (15.38 %)MVC
72 (15.38 %)JSF
72 (15.38 %)AJAX
72 (15.38 %)JSTL
81 (7.692 %)SOAP
81 (7.692 %)XSLT
81 (7.692 %)XHTML
81 (7.692 %)WebServices
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (23.08 %)JBoss
22 (15.38 %)Tomcat
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (15.38 %)HTTP
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (15.38 %)Oracle 9i
12 (15.38 %)Oracle 10g
21 (7.692 %)Oracle 8/8i
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
15 (38.46 %)JUnit
22 (15.38 %)Eclipse
22 (15.38 %)Ant
22 (15.38 %)HttpUnit
31 (7.692 %)JDeveloper
31 (7.692 %)Subversion
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (15.38 %)Education
21 (7.692 %)Finance
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (7.692 %)E-Learning
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12 (15.38 %)Identity Management
12 (15.38 %)Content Management
21 (7.692 %)Use Case
21 (7.692 %)UML
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113 (100.00 %)Java
23 (23.08 %)SQL
32 (15.38 %)PL/SQL
41 (7.692 %)JavaScript
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (7.692 %)Sun Certification
Sheffield IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (38.46 %)Oracle
21 (7.692 %)Sun