Slough J2EE Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) skills within the Slough 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.

Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
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Rank	25	27
Rank change on same period last year	+2
Matching contract IT job ads	17	9
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.023 %	0.009 %
As % of the category below	18.09 %	12.50 %
Daily rates quoted	5	1
Average minimum daily rate	£310	£300
Average daily rate	£323	£300
% change on same period last year	+7.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£335	£300
UK excluding London average daily rate	£379	£369
% change on same period last year	+2.67 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	1
Average minimum hourly rate	£41.60	£38.00
Average hourly rate	£43.30	£38.50
% change on same period last year	+12.46 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£45.00	£39.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£39.38	£38.17
% change on same period last year	+3.17 %
Application Development Slough
Matching contract IT job ads	94	72
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.125 %	0.073 %
Daily rates quoted	21	14
Average minimum daily rate	£264	£300
Average daily rate	£279	£310
% change on same period last year	-10.12 %
Average maximum daily rate	£293	£321
UK excluding London average daily rate	£340	£336
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted	26	30
Average minimum hourly rate	£37.98	£41.47
Average hourly rate	£39.12	£42.24
% change on same period last year	-7.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.26	£43.01
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£32.78	£33.23
% change on same period last year	-1.32 %
J2EE Berkshire

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 Slough region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

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

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

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

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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.

1 19 (90.48 %) Java 2 18 (85.71 %) Struts 3 16 (76.19 %) JSP 3 16 (76.19 %) Spring 4 11 (52.38 %) Internet 5 10 (47.62 %) Servlets 6 9 (42.86 %) Hibernate 6 9 (42.86 %) Extranet 6 9 (42.86 %) SQL 7 7 (33.33 %) AJAX 7 7 (33.33 %) SQL Server 2005 7 7 (33.33 %) WebSphere 7 7 (33.33 %) SQL Server 8 6 (28.57 %) DB2 8 6 (28.57 %) WebSphere Application Server

8 6 (28.57 %) DB2 UDB 9 4 (19.05 %) XML 10 3 (14.29 %) IBM 10 3 (14.29 %) SOAP 10 3 (14.29 %) WebServices 10 3 (14.29 %) IIS 10 3 (14.29 %) Windows 10 3 (14.29 %) Web Development 11 2 (9.524 %) Java EE 11 2 (9.524 %) Degree 11 2 (9.524 %) Security Cleared 11 2 (9.524 %) Telecoms 11 2 (9.524 %) JDBC 11 2 (9.524 %) SQL Server 7 11 2 (9.524 %) Project Management

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Slough 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.

Application Development 1 18 (85.71 %) Struts 2 16 (76.19 %) JSP 2 16 (76.19 %) Spring 3 10 (47.62 %) Servlets 4 9 (42.86 %) Hibernate 5 7 (33.33 %) AJAX 5 7 (33.33 %) WebSphere 6 4 (19.05 %) XML 7 3 (14.29 %) SOAP 7 3 (14.29 %) WebServices 8 2 (9.524 %) Java EE 8 2 (9.524 %) JDBC 9 1 (4.762 %) WebWork 9 1 (4.762 %) XSD 9 1 (4.762 %) JMS 9 1 (4.762 %) WAP 9 1 (4.762 %) WSDL	Application Platforms 1 6 (28.57 %) WebSphere Application Server 2 3 (14.29 %) IIS 3 1 (4.762 %) WebLogic
Communications & Networking 1 11 (52.38 %) Internet 2 9 (42.86 %) Extranet 3 1 (4.762 %) 3G 3 1 (4.762 %) Wi-Fi 3 1 (4.762 %) Wireless 3 1 (4.762 %) SSH 3 1 (4.762 %) GPRS 3 1 (4.762 %) FTP 3 1 (4.762 %) HTTP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 7 (33.33 %) SQL Server 1 7 (33.33 %) SQL Server 2005 2 6 (28.57 %) DB2 UDB 2 6 (28.57 %) DB2 3 2 (9.524 %) SQL Server 7
General 1 2 (9.524 %) Telecoms 2 1 (4.762 %) Automotive 2 1 (4.762 %) Police	Job Titles 1 17 (80.95 %) Developer 2 10 (47.62 %) Java Developer 3 8 (38.10 %) J2EE Developer 4 3 (14.29 %) Java/J2EE Developer 4 3 (14.29 %) Lead Developer 4 3 (14.29 %) Project Leader 5 2 (9.524 %) Applications Developer 5 2 (9.524 %) Software Developer 5 2 (9.524 %) J2EE Applications Developer 5 2 (9.524 %) Team Leader 5 2 (9.524 %) Java Team Leader 6 1 (4.762 %) Applications Architect 6 1 (4.762 %) Architect 6 1 (4.762 %) Technical Architect 6 1 (4.762 %) Senior Developer
Miscellaneous 1 1 (4.762 %) N-Tier 1 1 (4.762 %) Clustering	Operating Systems 1 3 (14.29 %) Windows
Processes & Methodologies 1 3 (14.29 %) Web Development 2 2 (9.524 %) Project Management 2 2 (9.524 %) Security Cleared 3 1 (4.762 %) BPEL 3 1 (4.762 %) Network Load Balancing 3 1 (4.762 %) Use Case 3 1 (4.762 %) UML 3 1 (4.762 %) OOA/OOD 3 1 (4.762 %) OO 3 1 (4.762 %) SOA	Programming Languages 1 19 (90.48 %) Java 2 9 (42.86 %) SQL 3 1 (4.762 %) JavaScript
Qualifications 1 2 (9.524 %) Degree	Vendors 1 3 (14.29 %) IBM 2 1 (4.762 %) Microsoft 2 1 (4.762 %) BEA