The first table below looks at the demand for J2ME 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 J2ME over the 3 months to 24 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 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME)
Rank 223 226 241
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +15
Contract jobs citing J2ME 1 13 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.013% 0.128% 0.116%
As % of the Application Development category 0.053% 0.572% 0.441%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 8 10
Average daily rate £375 £300 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+25.00% -7.69%
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+45.45% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £32.50
All Application Development
South East
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1895 2272 2721
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 24.31% 22.39% 26.23%
Number of daily rates quoted 1005 1122 1263
Average daily rate £350 £330 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% +1.53%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £240 £240
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £450 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 122 103 197
Average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £38.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.89%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £17.50 £29.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £43.50 £41.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
J2ME
England

J2ME
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing J2ME across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South East J2ME Jobs Demand Trend

J2ME
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2ME across the South East region.

South East J2ME Daily Rate Trend

J2ME
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2ME across the South East region.

South East J2ME Hourly Rate Trend

J2ME
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2ME within the South East region over the 3 months to 24 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
Surrey - 1 £375 -
J2ME
England

J2ME
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing J2ME 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 J2ME.

1 2 (100.00%) Flash
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) PHP
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
2 1 (50.00%) J2EE
2 1 (50.00%) MySQL
2 1 (50.00%) Oracle
2 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) JDBC
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) Windows
2 1 (50.00%) Linux
2 1 (50.00%) Apache
2 1 (50.00%) N-Tier
2 1 (50.00%) GSM
2 1 (50.00%) SMS
2 1 (50.00%) WAP
2 1 (50.00%) Windows CE
2 1 (50.00%) Mapinfo
2 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
2 1 (50.00%) RTCP
2 1 (50.00%) RTP
2 1 (50.00%) SyncML
2 1 (50.00%) RFID
2 1 (50.00%) GIS

J2ME
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing J2ME 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 J2ME. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (100.00%) Flash
1 2 (100.00%) HTML
2 1 (50.00%) J2EE
2 1 (50.00%) CSS
2 1 (50.00%) JDBC
2 1 (50.00%) XML
2 1 (50.00%) WAP
2 1 (50.00%) SyncML
2 1 (50.00%) JNI
2 1 (50.00%) WebSphere
2 1 (50.00%) Java ME
2 1 (50.00%) KML
2 1 (50.00%) REST
Application Platforms
1 1 (50.00%) WebLogic
1 1 (50.00%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (50.00%) GSM
1 1 (50.00%) SMS
1 1 (50.00%) RTCP
1 1 (50.00%) RTP
1 1 (50.00%) RFID
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (50.00%) MySQL
1 1 (50.00%) GIS
General
1 1 (50.00%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 1 (50.00%) Developer
1 1 (50.00%) Technical Leader
1 1 (50.00%) Android Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (50.00%) N-Tier
1 1 (50.00%) Device Driver
1 1 (50.00%) Smartphone
1 1 (50.00%) Computer Science
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 1 (50.00%) Windows
1 1 (50.00%) Linux
1 1 (50.00%) Windows CE
1 1 (50.00%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (50.00%) Configuration Management
1 1 (50.00%) E-business
1 1 (50.00%) Use Case
1 1 (50.00%) Unit Testing
1 1 (50.00%) Web Application Development
1 1 (50.00%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 1 (50.00%) Java
2 1 (50.00%) C
2 1 (50.00%) C++
2 1 (50.00%) PHP
2 1 (50.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 1 (50.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (50.00%) JTAG
Vendors
1 1 (50.00%) Oracle
1 1 (50.00%) Mapinfo
1 1 (50.00%) ESRI
1 1 (50.00%) Perforce