The first table below looks at the demand for Java EE 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 Java EE 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 Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE)
Rank 175 222 203
Rank change year-on-year
+47 -19
Contract jobs citing Java EE 49 17 50
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East 0.629% 0.168% 0.482%
As % of the Application Development category 2.586% 0.748% 1.838%
Number of daily rates quoted 41 4 32
Average daily rate £350 £445 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-21.34% -1.11%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £450
% change year-on-year
- -22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £43.50 - £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.50 - £42.50
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%
Java EE
England

Java EE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South East Java EE Jobs Demand Trend

Java EE
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East Java EE Daily Rate Trend

Java EE
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java EE across the South East region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

South East Java EE Daily Rate Histogram

Java EE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East Java EE Hourly Rate Trend

Java EE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java EE 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
Hampshire - 35 £350 -
Oxfordshire +13 12 £320 -34.52%
Surrey +14 2 £575 +54.88%
Java EE
England

Java EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 77 (82.80%) Java
2 56 (60.22%) SQL Server
3 54 (58.06%) SQL
3 54 (58.06%) SOAP
4 53 (56.99%) Web Services
4 53 (56.99%) Spring
5 49 (52.69%) JavaScript
6 48 (51.61%) Hibernate
7 47 (50.54%) JPA
8 46 (49.46%) MVC
8 46 (49.46%) HTML
8 46 (49.46%) EJB
8 46 (49.46%) CSS
9 45 (48.39%) JAXB
9 45 (48.39%) Maven
9 45 (48.39%) Git (software)
9 45 (48.39%) REST
10 44 (47.31%) BDD
10 44 (47.31%) JMS
11 43 (46.24%) JTA
11 43 (46.24%) Web Development
11 43 (46.24%) JSON
11 43 (46.24%) Spring MVC
11 43 (46.24%) Spring Security
11 43 (46.24%) Spring Web Flow
12 41 (44.09%) JUnit
12 41 (44.09%) jQuery
13 38 (40.86%) UML
14 37 (39.78%) JSP
14 37 (39.78%) Software Architecture

Java EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 54 (58.06%) SOAP
2 53 (56.99%) Web Services
2 53 (56.99%) Spring
3 48 (51.61%) Hibernate
4 47 (50.54%) JPA
5 46 (49.46%) HTML
5 46 (49.46%) EJB
5 46 (49.46%) CSS
6 45 (48.39%) JAXB
6 45 (48.39%) REST
7 44 (47.31%) JMS
8 43 (46.24%) JTA
8 43 (46.24%) JSON
8 43 (46.24%) Spring MVC
8 43 (46.24%) Spring Security
8 43 (46.24%) Spring Web Flow
9 41 (44.09%) jQuery
10 37 (39.78%) JSP
11 30 (32.26%) Apache CXF
12 25 (26.88%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 35 (37.63%) BizTalk Server
2 15 (16.13%) Apache
3 13 (13.98%) Oracle Application Server
4 11 (11.83%) Oracle SOA Suite
5 10 (10.75%) ESB
5 10 (10.75%) Oracle HTTP Server
6 9 (9.677%) Tomcat
6 9 (9.677%) IIS
7 6 (6.452%) WebLogic
8 3 (3.226%) WebSphere Application Server
9 2 (2.151%) Windows Azure
10 1 (1.075%) Adobe CQ
10 1 (1.075%) SharePoint Server
10 1 (1.075%) Oracle 10gAS
10 1 (1.075%) Confluence
10 1 (1.075%) GlassFish
10 1 (1.075%) WebSphere Message Broker
10 1 (1.075%) SharePoint
10 1 (1.075%) CMS
10 1 (1.075%) WebSphere Process Server
Applications
1 9 (9.677%) MS Excel
2 5 (5.376%) MS PowerPoint
2 5 (5.376%) MS Visio
3 1 (1.075%) Spreadsheet
Business Applications
1 1 (1.075%) Oracle EBS R12
1 1 (1.075%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 11 (11.83%) Internet
2 10 (10.75%) HTTP
3 6 (6.452%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 56 (60.22%) SQL Server
2 36 (38.71%) SQL Server Integration Services
2 36 (38.71%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 16 (17.20%) NoSQL
4 13 (13.98%) Oracle 10g
5 8 (8.602%) SQL Server 2008
6 6 (6.452%) InterSystems Cache
6 6 (6.452%) Oracle Reports
6 6 (6.452%) Oracle Discoverer
7 3 (3.226%) DB2
8 2 (2.151%) MySQL
8 2 (2.151%) Oracle 11g
9 1 (1.075%) RDBMS
9 1 (1.075%) TOAD
9 1 (1.075%) Data Warehouse
9 1 (1.075%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 45 (48.39%) Maven
1 45 (48.39%) Git (software)
2 41 (44.09%) JUnit
3 36 (38.71%) Mockito
4 24 (25.81%) Selenium
5 13 (13.98%) JBehave
6 9 (9.677%) TeamCity
6 9 (9.677%) MSBuild
7 8 (8.602%) FitNesse
8 6 (6.452%) Oracle Forms
8 6 (6.452%) Jasmine
9 4 (4.301%) Log4j
9 4 (4.301%) Ant
10 2 (2.151%) Visual Studio
10 2 (2.151%) StarTeam
11 1 (1.075%) Rational Application Developer
11 1 (1.075%) Trac
11 1 (1.075%) TortoiseSVN
11 1 (1.075%) Eclipse
11 1 (1.075%) Bugzilla
General
1 11 (11.83%) Finance
2 4 (4.301%) Marketing
3 2 (2.151%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.075%) Military
4 1 (1.075%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 51 (54.84%) Developer
2 42 (45.16%) Java Developer
3 12 (12.90%) Architect
4 11 (11.83%) Technical Leader
5 10 (10.75%) Administrator
6 7 (7.527%) Software Architect
6 7 (7.527%) Solutions Architect
6 7 (7.527%) Release Manager
6 7 (7.527%) Build Manager
7 5 (5.376%) JavaScript Developer
7 5 (5.376%) Lead Developer
7 5 (5.376%) Author
7 5 (5.376%) Technical Author
8 4 (4.301%) Java Architect
8 4 (4.301%) Java Solutions Architect
9 3 (3.226%) Technical Developer
9 3 (3.226%) Java/J2EE Developer
9 3 (3.226%) Applications Architect
10 2 (2.151%) Analyst
10 2 (2.151%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (5.376%) Wiki
2 1 (1.075%) Digital Media
2 1 (1.075%) Social Network
2 1 (1.075%) Cloud Computing
2 1 (1.075%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 22 (23.66%) Windows
2 12 (12.90%) Solaris
2 12 (12.90%) UNIX
3 10 (10.75%) Windows Server 2003
4 9 (9.677%) Windows Server 2008
5 3 (3.226%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (49.46%) MVC
2 44 (47.31%) BDD
3 43 (46.24%) Web Development
4 38 (40.86%) UML
5 37 (39.78%) Software Architecture
6 32 (34.41%) Pair Programming
6 32 (34.41%) Continuous Integration
7 31 (33.33%) OOD
8 25 (26.88%) Agile Software Development
9 21 (22.58%) SOA
10 20 (21.51%) TDD
11 16 (17.20%) Dependency Injection
12 11 (11.83%) Scrum
13 10 (10.75%) Disaster Recovery
14 9 (9.677%) Test Scripting
15 7 (7.527%) Release Management
15 7 (7.527%) Test Automation
15 7 (7.527%) Software Engineering
16 5 (5.376%) Automated Testing
16 5 (5.376%) Risk Assessment
Programming Languages
1 77 (82.80%) Java
2 54 (58.06%) SQL
3 49 (52.69%) JavaScript
4 17 (18.28%) C#
5 9 (9.677%) PowerShell
6 2 (2.151%) Shell Script
6 2 (2.151%) Jython
6 2 (2.151%) C++
6 2 (2.151%) C
7 1 (1.075%) Bash shell
7 1 (1.075%) Python
Qualifications
1 10 (10.75%) SC Cleared
1 10 (10.75%) Security Cleared
2 1 (1.075%) ISTQB
2 1 (1.075%) ISEB
2 1 (1.075%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.151%) SLA
1 2 (2.151%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 6 (6.452%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (1.075%) Tivoli
1 1 (1.075%) Tivoli Identity Manager
Vendors
1 31 (33.33%) JBoss
2 19 (20.43%) Oracle
3 13 (13.98%) Twitter
4 3 (3.226%) IBM
4 3 (3.226%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.151%) Ab Initio
6 1 (1.075%) Fujitsu
6 1 (1.075%) Adobe
6 1 (1.075%) HP
6 1 (1.075%) FatWire
6 1 (1.075%) Serena
6 1 (1.075%) webMethods
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