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This section looks at the demand for Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) skills within the South East region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited JDBC over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava Database Connectivity (JDBC)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank202236
Rank change on same period last yearUp+34
Matching contract IT job ads4659
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.061 %0.060 %
As % of the category below1.652 %1.405 %
Daily rates quoted1024
Average minimum daily rate£325£277
Average daily rate£360£303
% change on same period last year+18.81 %
Average maximum daily rate£395£329
UK excluding London average daily rate£375£334
% change on same period last year+12.26 %
Hourly rates quoted23
Average minimum hourly rate£40.00£23.67
Average hourly rate£42.50£30.83
% change on same period last year+37.83 %
Average maximum hourly rate£45.00£38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£47.00£29.93
% change on same period last year+57.04 %
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
South East
Matching contract IT job ads27854200
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.712 %4.249 %
Daily rates quoted6831044
Average minimum daily rate£310£310
Average daily rate£328£328
% change on same period last year+0.28 %
Average maximum daily rate£347£345
UK excluding London average daily rate£340£336
% change on same period last year+1.20 %
Hourly rates quoted253429
Average minimum hourly rate£32.19£34.39
Average hourly rate£34.14£36.86
% change on same period last year-7.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate£36.08£39.33
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.78£33.23
% change on same period last year-1.32 %
JDBC EnglandJDBC
England

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

JDBC
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing JDBC across the South East region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South East JDBC Demand Trend

JDBC
Daily Rate Trend

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

South East JDBC Daily Rate Trend

JDBC
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JDBC across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East JDBC Daily Rate Histogram

JDBC
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South East JDBC Hourly Rate Trend

JDBC
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing JDBC across the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

South East JDBC Hourly Rate Histogram

JDBC
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing JDBC within the South East region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
HampshireUp+4428£438+45.83 %
BerkshireUp+146£288-11.87 %
BuckinghamshireUp+165£400-
KentNew entry-2£325-
OxfordshireNew entry-2£313-
SurreyDown-251--
JDBC EnglandJDBC
England

JDBC
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing JDBC 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 JDBC.

167 (88.16 %)Java
257 (75.00 %)J2EE
346 (60.53 %)WebSphere
435 (46.05 %)JSP
534 (44.74 %)UNIX
534 (44.74 %)WebServices
627 (35.53 %)SAP
725 (32.89 %)BusinessObjects
725 (32.89 %)Servlets
725 (32.89 %)Business Objects
823 (30.26 %)IBM
921 (27.63 %)EJB
1020 (26.32 %)Hibernate
1119 (25.00 %)SQL
1218 (23.68 %)Oracle
1218 (23.68 %)Struts
1317 (22.37 %)XML
1414 (18.42 %)JMS
1414 (18.42 %)HTML
1513 (17.11 %)Spring
1611 (14.47 %)WebLogic
1710 (13.16 %)WebSphere Application Server
1710 (13.16 %)WebSphere MQ
189 (11.84 %)DB2
189 (11.84 %)JavaScript
198 (10.53 %)UML
198 (10.53 %)Retail
207 (9.211 %)JBoss
207 (9.211 %)Windows
207 (9.211 %)Degree

JDBC
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South East region citing JDBC 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 JDBC. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
157 (75.00 %)J2EE
246 (60.53 %)WebSphere
335 (46.05 %)JSP
434 (44.74 %)WebServices
525 (32.89 %)Servlets
621 (27.63 %)EJB
720 (26.32 %)Hibernate
818 (23.68 %)Struts
917 (22.37 %)XML
1014 (18.42 %)HTML
1014 (18.42 %)JMS
1113 (17.11 %)Spring
126 (7.895 %)JSF
126 (7.895 %)MVC
126 (7.895 %)JavaBeans
126 (7.895 %)JNI
135 (6.579 %)SOAP
144 (5.263 %).NET
144 (5.263 %)CSS
144 (5.263 %)XSL
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
111 (14.47 %)WebLogic
210 (13.16 %)WebSphere MQ
210 (13.16 %)WebSphere Application Server
37 (9.211 %)JBoss
45 (6.579 %)Tomcat
45 (6.579 %)MQSeries
54 (5.263 %)IIS
63 (3.947 %)Apache
72 (2.632 %)Oracle Application Server
81 (1.316 %)Exchange Server 5.5
81 (1.316 %)WPS
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (6.579 %)Internet
24 (5.263 %)HTTP
32 (2.632 %)TCP/IP
32 (2.632 %)LDAP
41 (1.316 %)VoIP
41 (1.316 %)FTP
41 (1.316 %)Wireless
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
125 (32.89 %)BusinessObjects
29 (11.84 %)DB2
35 (6.579 %)DB2 UDB
44 (5.263 %)SQL Server
44 (5.263 %)SQL Server 7
44 (5.263 %)SQL Server 2005
53 (3.947 %)Oracle 9i
53 (3.947 %)Oracle 10g
62 (2.632 %)RDBMS
62 (2.632 %)MySQL
71 (1.316 %)Oracle 8/8i
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (7.895 %)JUnit
24 (5.263 %)Eclipse
33 (3.947 %)Ant
41 (1.316 %)VSS/SourceSafe
South East IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (10.53 %)Retail
25 (6.579 %)Finance
32 (2.632 %)Construction
32 (2.632 %)Government
32 (2.632 %)Insurance
32 (2.632 %)Telecoms
41 (1.316 %)Home Office
41 (1.316 %)Banking
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
163 (82.89 %)Developer
227 (35.53 %)Java Developer
227 (35.53 %)WebSphere Developer
313 (17.11 %)Java/J2EE Developer
313 (17.11 %)J2EE Developer
43 (3.947 %)Analyst
43 (3.947 %)Software Engineer
43 (3.947 %)Senior Developer
43 (3.947 %)Senior Java Developer
52 (2.632 %)J2EE Software Engineer
52 (2.632 %)J2EE Applications Developer
52 (2.632 %)Senior J2EE Developer
52 (2.632 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
52 (2.632 %)Applications Developer
52 (2.632 %)Senior Software Engineer
52 (2.632 %)Support Analyst
52 (2.632 %)Project Leader
61 (1.316 %)Analyst Developer
61 (1.316 %)J2EE Architect
61 (1.316 %)Java Programmer
South East IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (2.632 %)Clustering
21 (1.316 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
21 (1.316 %)Replication
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
134 (44.74 %)UNIX
27 (9.211 %)Windows
34 (5.263 %)Linux
42 (2.632 %)SUSE
42 (2.632 %)AIX
42 (2.632 %)Solaris
51 (1.316 %)Windows NT
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
18 (10.53 %)UML
26 (7.895 %)OO
35 (6.579 %)E-Commerce
44 (5.263 %)SOA
44 (5.263 %)Continuous Integration
53 (3.947 %)Web Development
62 (2.632 %)Load Balancing
62 (2.632 %)Project Management
62 (2.632 %)PRINCE2
62 (2.632 %)SC Cleared
62 (2.632 %)Security Cleared
62 (2.632 %)OOD
62 (2.632 %)Software Engineering
71 (1.316 %)ITIL
71 (1.316 %)EAI
71 (1.316 %)Data Modelling
71 (1.316 %)RAD
71 (1.316 %)SSADM
71 (1.316 %)Migration
71 (1.316 %)BPEL
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
167 (88.16 %)Java
219 (25.00 %)SQL
39 (11.84 %)JavaScript
45 (6.579 %)C
54 (5.263 %)PL/SQL
62 (2.632 %)Perl
71 (1.316 %)XQuery
71 (1.316 %)XPath
South East IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17 (9.211 %)Degree
21 (1.316 %)PRINCE2 Certification
South East IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.316 %)ISO9001
11 (1.316 %)TickIT
11 (1.316 %)QA
South East IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
12 (2.632 %)AquaLogic
South East IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
127 (35.53 %)SAP
225 (32.89 %)Business Objects
323 (30.26 %)IBM
418 (23.68 %)Oracle
54 (5.263 %)BEA
62 (2.632 %)Red Hat
71 (1.316 %)Siebel
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