The first table below looks at the demand for J2EE skills in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 23 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Somerset region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Rank 22 - 24
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing J2EE 9 0 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 5.172% - 6.897%
As % of the Application Development category 22.50% - 14.46%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 0 6
Average daily rate £325 - £218
90% offered a daily rate of more than £309 - £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £419 - £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £366 £360
% change year-on-year
-4.43% +1.73%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -23.52%
All Application Development
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
40 63 83
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 22.99% 37.28% 47.70%
Number of daily rates quoted 24 39 44
Average daily rate £320 £335 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.47% +21.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £260 £240 £210
10% offered a daily rate of more than £458 £410 £355
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 2
Average hourly rate £19.00 - £16.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
J2EE
South West

J2EE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Somerset J2EE Jobs Demand Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

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

Somerset J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2EE across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Somerset J2EE Daily Rate Histogram

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Somerset J2EE Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bridgwater - 2 £301 -
Taunton - 1 £465 -
Bath - 1 £350 -
J2EE
South West

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 8 (88.89%) Java
2 7 (77.78%) Spring
3 6 (66.67%) MVC
3 6 (66.67%) HTML
4 5 (55.56%) CSS
4 5 (55.56%) Scrum
5 4 (44.44%) TDD
5 4 (44.44%) Web Development
5 4 (44.44%) Spring MVC
5 4 (44.44%) ASP.NET
5 4 (44.44%) C#
5 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
5 4 (44.44%) SQL
5 4 (44.44%) .NET
6 3 (33.33%) Oracle
6 3 (33.33%) JSP
6 3 (33.33%) Eclipse
6 3 (33.33%) Web Services
6 3 (33.33%) Retail
6 3 (33.33%) Hibernate
6 3 (33.33%) jQuery
7 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (22.22%) Web Application Development
7 2 (22.22%) ASP
7 2 (22.22%) Cryptography
7 2 (22.22%) Oracle RAC
7 2 (22.22%) Oracle 11g
7 2 (22.22%) Java EE
7 2 (22.22%) System Testing
7 2 (22.22%) Product Management

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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 7 (77.78%) Spring
2 6 (66.67%) HTML
3 5 (55.56%) CSS
4 4 (44.44%) Spring MVC
4 4 (44.44%) ASP.NET
4 4 (44.44%) .NET
5 3 (33.33%) JSP
5 3 (33.33%) Web Services
5 3 (33.33%) Hibernate
5 3 (33.33%) jQuery
6 2 (22.22%) ASP
6 2 (22.22%) Java EE
7 1 (11.11%) SOAP
7 1 (11.11%) EJB
7 1 (11.11%) WSDL
7 1 (11.11%) XML
7 1 (11.11%) XSD
7 1 (11.11%) HTML5
7 1 (11.11%) REST
7 1 (11.11%) Apache Flex
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Apache
1 2 (22.22%) Tomcat
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle 11g
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle 10g
2 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) DB2
2 1 (11.11%) Informix
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Eclipse
2 2 (22.22%) Ant
3 1 (11.11%) JUnit
3 1 (11.11%) Maven
General
1 3 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 5 (55.56%) Developer
2 4 (44.44%) Java Developer
3 2 (22.22%) J2EE Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Java/J2EE Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Technical Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Web Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Architect
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (11.11%) C# Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Java Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) .NET Software Engineer
4 1 (11.11%) Java Web Developer
4 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
4 1 (11.11%) C# Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Flex Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Cryptography
2 1 (11.11%) Informatics
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (66.67%) MVC
2 5 (55.56%) Scrum
3 4 (44.44%) TDD
3 4 (44.44%) Web Development
4 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (22.22%) Web Application Development
4 2 (22.22%) System Testing
4 2 (22.22%) Product Management
4 2 (22.22%) E-Commerce
5 1 (11.11%) SOA
5 1 (11.11%) DSDM
5 1 (11.11%) UML
5 1 (11.11%) Software Architecture
5 1 (11.11%) Automated Testing
5 1 (11.11%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 8 (88.89%) Java
2 4 (44.44%) C#
2 4 (44.44%) JavaScript
2 4 (44.44%) SQL
3 2 (22.22%) VB
3 2 (22.22%) VB.NET
System Software
1 2 (22.22%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (22.22%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) Microsoft
3 1 (11.11%) Sybase
3 1 (11.11%) Fredhopper
3 1 (11.11%) ATG