| Java |
| 3 months to
12 Mar 2010 | Same period 2009 | Same period 2008 |
| Rank | 17 | 26 | 16 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 +9 |  -10 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 440 | 314 | 961 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East | 6.090 % | 4.073 % | 6.426 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 19.84 % | 16.41 % | 19.87 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 169 | 105 | 223 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £350 | £375 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £213 | £268 | £275 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £425 | £485 | £500 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £325 | £359 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 21 | 12 | 63 |
| Average hourly rate | £36.00 | £32.50 | £37.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £22.50 | £15.20 | £27.50 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.00 | £37.00 | £44.10 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £30.00 | £33.20 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
|
|
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 2218 | 1914 | 4837 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South East | 30.70 % | 24.83 % | 32.34 % |
| Daily rates quoted | 778 | 564 | 1041 |
| Average daily rate | £320 | £313 | £325 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £203 | £225 | £235 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £425 | £450 | £450 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £300 | £300 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Hourly rates quoted | 226 | 213 | 542 |
| Average hourly rate | £35.00 | £33.00 | £36.50 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £17.60 | £13.45 | £20.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £42.50 | £42.50 | £45.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £28.50 | £31.50 | £35.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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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.
The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Java across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.
