The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Developer
Rank 24 - 31
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 10 0 6
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 5.464% - 2.871%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.952% - 3.000%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 0 5
Average daily rate £325 - £210
UK excluding London average daily rate £360 £335 £330
% change year-on-year
+7.46% +1.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £38.50 £36.25 £41.00
% change year-on-year
+6.20% -11.58%
All Job Titles
Somerset
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
168 168 200
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Somerset 91.80% 97.11% 95.69%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 90 96
Average daily rate £275 £350 £285
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.42% +22.80%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £175 £230 £230
10% offered a daily rate of more than £423 £429 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 19 12 21
Average hourly rate £14.00 £22.69 £15.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-38.29% +51.26%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £9.85 £10.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £40.00 £27.50 £27.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £19.94
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -9.72%
Java Developer
South West

Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Java Developer across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Somerset Java Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Somerset Java Developer Daily Rate Trend

Java Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java Developer across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Somerset Java Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Somerset Java Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Java Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Bath - 1 £200 - 2
Bridgwater - 1 £301 -
Weston-super-Mare - - - -
Java Developer
South West

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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.

1 12 (100.00%) Java
2 9 (75.00%) HTML
2 9 (75.00%) Spring
3 8 (66.67%) CSS
4 7 (58.33%) MVC
4 7 (58.33%) TDD
5 6 (50.00%) ASP.NET
5 6 (50.00%) C#
5 6 (50.00%) .NET
5 6 (50.00%) J2EE
5 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
5 6 (50.00%) SQL
6 5 (41.67%) ASP
6 5 (41.67%) Web Services
6 5 (41.67%) Retail
6 5 (41.67%) Spring MVC
6 5 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
7 4 (33.33%) Scrum
7 4 (33.33%) Web Development
7 4 (33.33%) JUnit
7 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
8 3 (25.00%) Oracle
8 3 (25.00%) JSP
8 3 (25.00%) Eclipse
8 3 (25.00%) Microsoft
8 3 (25.00%) Hibernate
9 2 (16.67%) Web Application Development
9 2 (16.67%) Cryptography
9 2 (16.67%) Java EE
9 2 (16.67%) Oracle RAC

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Somerset 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
1 9 (75.00%) HTML
1 9 (75.00%) Spring
2 8 (66.67%) CSS
3 6 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 6 (50.00%) .NET
3 6 (50.00%) J2EE
4 5 (41.67%) ASP
4 5 (41.67%) Web Services
4 5 (41.67%) Spring MVC
5 3 (25.00%) JSP
5 3 (25.00%) Hibernate
6 2 (16.67%) Java EE
6 2 (16.67%) jQuery
7 1 (8.333%) Servlets
7 1 (8.333%) XML
7 1 (8.333%) Ajax
7 1 (8.333%) Apache Flex
7 1 (8.333%) iOS SDK
Application Platforms
1 2 (16.67%) Apache
1 2 (16.67%) Tomcat
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (16.67%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (8.333%) MySQL
3 1 (8.333%) DB2
Development Applications
1 4 (33.33%) JUnit
2 3 (25.00%) Eclipse
3 2 (16.67%) Ant
4 1 (8.333%) Maven
General
1 5 (41.67%) Retail
2 1 (8.333%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (16.67%) Cryptography
2 1 (8.333%) iPad
2 1 (8.333%) iPhone
2 1 (8.333%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) UNIX
1 1 (8.333%) Linux
1 1 (8.333%) Android
1 1 (8.333%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) MVC
1 7 (58.33%) TDD
2 5 (41.67%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (33.33%) Scrum
3 4 (33.33%) Web Development
4 2 (16.67%) Web Application Development
4 2 (16.67%) System Testing
4 2 (16.67%) Product Management
5 1 (8.333%) Pair Programming
5 1 (8.333%) Automated Testing
5 1 (8.333%) Extreme Programming
5 1 (8.333%) BDD
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) Java
2 6 (50.00%) C#
2 6 (50.00%) JavaScript
2 6 (50.00%) SQL
3 2 (16.67%) VB
4 1 (8.333%) VB.NET
4 1 (8.333%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 1 (8.333%) Degree
System Software
1 2 (16.67%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (16.67%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Oracle
1 3 (25.00%) Microsoft