The first table below looks at the demand for J2EE skills in IT contracts advertised for the South East region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited J2EE 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 of the Application Development category for the South East 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 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Rank 109 83 53
Rank change year-on-year
-26 -30
Contract jobs citing J2EE 118 192 302
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 1.474% 1.921% 2.849%
As % of the Application Development category 6.002% 8.719% 10.94%
Number of daily rates quoted 72 97 142
Average daily rate £400 £343 £365
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+16.78% -6.16%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £320 £253 £288
10% offered a daily rate of more than £496 £497 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £363 £350
% change year-on-year
+0.68% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 3 1 35
Average hourly rate £50.00 £40.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -5.88%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -23.52%
All Application Development
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1966 2202 2760
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.55% 22.03% 26.04%
Number of daily rates quoted 1034 1092 1307
Average daily rate £350 £325 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £245 £235 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 105 105 184
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £20.00 £19.00 £26.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.00 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
J2EE
England

J2EE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South East 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 South East region.

South East 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 South East 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
Berkshire +11 50 £425 +27.81% 4
Hampshire -13 28 £350 -17.64% 1
Surrey -8 18 £320 -4.47% 8
Buckinghamshire -12 15 £400 +23.07% 3
West Sussex +3 4 £350 +4.47% 3
Middlesex +6 1 £450 +28.57%
Oxfordshire -10 1 - - 2
Sussex - - - -
East Sussex - - - - 1
Kent - - - - 2
Thames Valley - - - -
J2EE
England

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 191 (81.62%) Java
2 96 (41.03%) SQL
3 75 (32.05%) JavaScript
4 74 (31.62%) WebSphere
5 72 (30.77%) XML
6 70 (29.91%) HTML
7 68 (29.06%) Spring
8 65 (27.78%) CSS
9 63 (26.92%) JSP
10 57 (24.36%) EJB
10 57 (24.36%) Web Services
10 57 (24.36%) Oracle
11 55 (23.50%) Hibernate
12 53 (22.65%) JUnit
12 53 (22.65%) JMS
13 52 (22.22%) Ajax
14 48 (20.51%) E-Commerce
15 47 (20.09%) Retail
16 43 (18.38%) IBM
17 40 (17.09%) UML
18 34 (14.53%) JSTL
19 32 (13.68%) UNIX
20 31 (13.25%) JBoss
21 29 (12.39%) Apache
21 29 (12.39%) Windows
22 27 (11.54%) Finance
23 26 (11.11%) Tomcat
23 26 (11.11%) WebLogic
24 25 (10.68%) Maven
24 25 (10.68%) PL/SQL

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East 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 74 (31.62%) WebSphere
2 72 (30.77%) XML
3 70 (29.91%) HTML
4 68 (29.06%) Spring
5 65 (27.78%) CSS
6 63 (26.92%) JSP
7 57 (24.36%) EJB
7 57 (24.36%) Web Services
8 55 (23.50%) Hibernate
9 53 (22.65%) JMS
10 52 (22.22%) Ajax
11 34 (14.53%) JSTL
12 21 (8.974%) Struts
13 19 (8.120%) jQuery
13 19 (8.120%) REST
13 19 (8.120%) Servlets
13 19 (8.120%) .NET
14 17 (7.265%) Middleware
15 16 (6.838%) SOAP
15 16 (6.838%) Spring MVC
Application Platforms
1 29 (12.39%) Apache
2 26 (11.11%) Tomcat
2 26 (11.11%) WebLogic
3 15 (6.410%) ESB
4 14 (5.983%) WebSphere Application Server
5 10 (4.274%) IIS
6 8 (3.419%) IBM HTTP Server
7 6 (2.564%) FileNet
8 5 (2.137%) CMS
8 5 (2.137%) WebLogic Portal
8 5 (2.137%) BizTalk Server
8 5 (2.137%) SharePoint
9 4 (1.709%) Oracle HTTP Server
9 4 (1.709%) Liferay
10 3 (1.282%) Adobe CQ
10 3 (1.282%) Oracle Application Server
10 3 (1.282%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.855%) Commerce Server
11 2 (0.855%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.427%) Magento
Applications
1 5 (2.137%) MS Excel
2 3 (1.282%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.855%) MS Project
3 2 (0.855%) MS PowerPoint
4 1 (0.427%) Spreadsheet
4 1 (0.427%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 10 (4.274%) Oracle Retail
2 3 (1.282%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.427%) Oracle EBS R12
3 1 (0.427%) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking
1 17 (7.265%) HTTP
2 15 (6.410%) TCP/IP
3 8 (3.419%) LAN
4 7 (2.991%) SAN
5 6 (2.564%) Wireless
6 5 (2.137%) Internet
7 4 (1.709%) GSM
7 4 (1.709%) RTCP
7 4 (1.709%) RTP
8 2 (0.855%) UMTS
8 2 (0.855%) CDMA
8 2 (0.855%) GPRS
8 2 (0.855%) 3G
8 2 (0.855%) BSS
9 1 (0.427%) Intranet
9 1 (0.427%) HTTPS
9 1 (0.427%) SMTP
9 1 (0.427%) FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 23 (9.829%) SQL Server
2 15 (6.410%) DB2
3 9 (3.846%) Oracle 10g
4 7 (2.991%) Oracle 11g
4 7 (2.991%) Data Warehouse
5 5 (2.137%) NoSQL
5 5 (2.137%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 5 (2.137%) SQL Server Integration Services
5 5 (2.137%) GIS
5 5 (2.137%) MySQL
6 2 (0.855%) MS Access
6 2 (0.855%) SQL Server 2000
6 2 (0.855%) TOAD
6 2 (0.855%) Oracle 8/8i
6 2 (0.855%) Oracle 9i
7 1 (0.427%) PostgreSQL
7 1 (0.427%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 53 (22.65%) JUnit
2 25 (10.68%) Maven
3 14 (5.983%) Ant
3 14 (5.983%) Selenium
4 11 (4.701%) Eclipse
5 10 (4.274%) Git (software)
6 8 (3.419%) ClearCase
7 6 (2.564%) ClearQuest
7 6 (2.564%) CruiseControl
7 6 (2.564%) Subversion
7 6 (2.564%) Mockito
8 5 (2.137%) WebDriver
8 5 (2.137%) StarTeam
9 4 (1.709%) JIRA
9 4 (1.709%) Talend Open Studio
10 3 (1.282%) Jenkins
11 2 (0.855%) Oracle Forms
11 2 (0.855%) Visual Studio
11 2 (0.855%) jMock
11 2 (0.855%) Gradle
General
1 47 (20.09%) Retail
2 27 (11.54%) Finance
3 21 (8.974%) Telecoms
4 11 (4.701%) Banking
5 3 (1.282%) Billing
6 2 (0.855%) Back Office
6 2 (0.855%) Manufacturing
6 2 (0.855%) Advertising
7 1 (0.427%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.427%) Marketing
7 1 (0.427%) Games
7 1 (0.427%) Publishing
7 1 (0.427%) Electronics
7 1 (0.427%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 137 (58.55%) Developer
2 71 (30.34%) Java Developer
3 31 (13.25%) Architect
4 29 (12.39%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 26 (11.11%) WebSphere Developer
6 15 (6.410%) Consultant
7 13 (5.556%) J2EE Developer
7 13 (5.556%) Senior Developer
8 11 (4.701%) Senior Java Developer
9 10 (4.274%) Systems Developer
9 10 (4.274%) Solutions Architect
10 8 (3.419%) Development Manager
10 8 (3.419%) Lead Developer
10 8 (3.419%) Integration Specialist
11 7 (2.991%) Team Leader
11 7 (2.991%) Oracle Consultant
11 7 (2.991%) Java Team Leader
12 6 (2.564%) Applications Developer
12 6 (2.564%) Software Engineer
12 6 (2.564%) WebSphere Architect
Miscellaneous
1 9 (3.846%) Mobile App
2 8 (3.419%) Clustering
3 7 (2.991%) Open Source
4 5 (2.137%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.709%) N-Tier
5 4 (1.709%) Blackberry
5 4 (1.709%) Handset
5 4 (1.709%) iPhone
6 3 (1.282%) SaaS
6 3 (1.282%) Derivative
6 3 (1.282%) Data Integration
7 2 (0.855%) Client/Server
7 2 (0.855%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.855%) Semantic Web
8 1 (0.427%) Embedded Systems
8 1 (0.427%) PKI
8 1 (0.427%) Statistics
8 1 (0.427%) Data Conversion
8 1 (0.427%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (0.427%) E-Learning
Operating Systems
1 32 (13.68%) UNIX
2 29 (12.39%) Windows
3 15 (6.410%) Linux
4 12 (5.128%) Windows Server 2008
5 11 (4.701%) Windows Server 2003
6 9 (3.846%) Windows 7
7 6 (2.564%) Solaris
7 6 (2.564%) Android
8 5 (2.137%) AIX
9 3 (1.282%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.427%) Apple iOS
10 1 (0.427%) Windows NT
Processes & Methodologies
1 48 (20.51%) E-Commerce
2 40 (17.09%) UML
3 25 (10.68%) MVC
4 24 (10.26%) SOA
5 20 (8.547%) Software Testing
6 19 (8.120%) Agile Software Development
7 17 (7.265%) ETL
8 15 (6.410%) OO
8 15 (6.410%) RAD
8 15 (6.410%) TDD
9 14 (5.983%) ITIL
9 14 (5.983%) Web Development
10 13 (5.556%) Content Management
10 13 (5.556%) Software Architecture
11 12 (5.128%) Continuous Integration
12 11 (4.701%) Use Case
12 11 (4.701%) Workflow
13 10 (4.274%) Configuration Management
13 10 (4.274%) Automated Testing
13 10 (4.274%) Technical Architecture
Programming Languages
1 191 (81.62%) Java
2 96 (41.03%) SQL
3 75 (32.05%) JavaScript
4 25 (10.68%) PL/SQL
5 9 (3.846%) Shell Script
6 5 (2.137%) Perl
7 4 (1.709%) C
7 4 (1.709%) XPath
8 3 (1.282%) C#
9 2 (0.855%) Python
9 2 (0.855%) VBA
9 2 (0.855%) Jython
10 1 (0.427%) Bash shell
10 1 (0.427%) Groovy
10 1 (0.427%) Objective-C
10 1 (0.427%) T-SQL
10 1 (0.427%) C++
10 1 (0.427%) COBOL
10 1 (0.427%) PHP
Qualifications
1 19 (8.120%) Security Cleared
2 10 (4.274%) SC Cleared
3 4 (1.709%) Sun Certification
4 3 (1.282%) Degree
4 3 (1.282%) DV Cleared
5 2 (0.855%) CISSP
5 2 (0.855%) CISA
5 2 (0.855%) CISM
6 1 (0.427%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.427%) HNC
6 1 (0.427%) OCP
6 1 (0.427%) Oracle Certification
6 1 (0.427%) PRINCE2 Certification
6 1 (0.427%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (1.709%) SLA
2 3 (1.282%) Data Quality
3 2 (0.855%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (0.855%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 7 (2.991%) VMware ESXi
1 7 (2.991%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.855%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 6 (2.564%) Foglight
1 6 (2.564%) HP SIM
2 2 (0.855%) SCOM
3 1 (0.427%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.427%) MOM
3 1 (0.427%) Tivoli
3 1 (0.427%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
Vendors
1 57 (24.36%) Oracle
2 43 (18.38%) IBM
3 31 (13.25%) JBoss
4 11 (4.701%) Adobe
5 10 (4.274%) VMware
6 7 (2.991%) Microsoft
6 7 (2.991%) Sun
6 7 (2.991%) HP
7 5 (2.137%) ESRI
8 4 (1.709%) ATG
8 4 (1.709%) Google
8 4 (1.709%) Talend
9 3 (1.282%) hybris
9 3 (1.282%) Jaspersoft
9 3 (1.282%) ReadSoft
9 3 (1.282%) Red Hat
10 2 (0.855%) SAP
10 2 (0.855%) Cramer
10 2 (0.855%) Twitter
11 1 (0.427%) Serena
Camberley, Surrey
The Integration Specialist will be responsible for specifying application/technical architecture, functionalities with solution integration and dealt with projects using SOA, ESB, Web Services, JAVA and J2EE Technologies.
Quindell Plc - Metaskil
Rate: £good day rate available
Posted: 18 June 2013
Winchester, Hampshire
Assignment information: Contract owning country: United Kingdom Fulfillment organization: AMS Sector: Communications Industry: Telecommunications Hours per week: 40.0 Pay travel and lodging: No Open seat description: Telecom...
Engage PSG
Rate: £300 - £320 per day
Posted: 18 June 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
Solutions Architect required to provide Governance and technical support for a Websphere upgrade within large multinational business Websphere middleware and message bus are undergoing an upgrade with the...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £380.00 - £420.00 per day
Posted: 11 June 2013
Milton Keynes, Thames Valley
You will have at least five years' experience in a systems development management role and have to be able to demonstrate a background of experience gained from a...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £350.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 31 May 2013
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