The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 18 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 Programming Languages category for the South Wales 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
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 25 17 10
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -7
Contract jobs citing Java 11 25 51
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 3.056% 6.127% 11.70%
As % of the Programming Languages category 12.36% 19.84% 33.55%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 12 29
Average daily rate £275 £463 £325
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-40.54% +42.30%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £225 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+5.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 6
Average hourly rate - £27.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -35.29%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
South Wales
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
89 126 152
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Wales 24.72% 30.88% 34.86%
Number of daily rates quoted 69 73 80
Average daily rate £325 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £263 £200 £273
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 7 8
Average hourly rate £36.25 £22.50 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+61.11% -47.05%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Java
Wales

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Java across the South Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South Wales Java Jobs Demand Trend

Java
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Wales Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

South Wales Java Daily Rate Histogram

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Wales Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the South Wales region over the 3 months to 18 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
Cardiff +3 5 £269 -46.25% 2
Newport +1 3 £425 -5.55% 2
Torfaen - - - - 5
Bridgend - - - -
Caerphilly - - - - 1
Java
Wales

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Java 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.

1 29 (63.04%) Oracle
2 21 (45.65%) Security Cleared
3 20 (43.48%) WebLogic
4 19 (41.30%) SQL
5 17 (36.96%) XML
5 17 (36.96%) Liferay
6 16 (34.78%) ClearCase
6 16 (34.78%) ClearQuest
7 15 (32.61%) Spring
8 14 (30.43%) CSS
8 14 (30.43%) PL/SQL
8 14 (30.43%) J2EE
9 13 (28.26%) JSF
10 12 (26.09%) Agile Software Development
10 12 (26.09%) UML
10 12 (26.09%) IBM
11 11 (23.91%) Eclipse
11 11 (23.91%) XSD
11 11 (23.91%) XSLT
12 10 (21.74%) DOM
12 10 (21.74%) JAXP
12 10 (21.74%) SAX
12 10 (21.74%) WebLogic Portal
12 10 (21.74%) Hibernate
12 10 (21.74%) SC Cleared
12 10 (21.74%) XPath
13 8 (17.39%) Web Services
14 7 (15.22%) Maven
15 6 (13.04%) Oracle 11g
15 6 (13.04%) Release Management

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South Wales region citing Java 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 17 (36.96%) XML
2 15 (32.61%) Spring
3 14 (30.43%) J2EE
3 14 (30.43%) CSS
4 13 (28.26%) JSF
5 11 (23.91%) XSD
5 11 (23.91%) XSLT
6 10 (21.74%) DOM
6 10 (21.74%) JAXP
6 10 (21.74%) SAX
6 10 (21.74%) Hibernate
7 8 (17.39%) Web Services
8 6 (13.04%) .NET
9 4 (8.696%) HTML
10 3 (6.522%) Middleware
10 3 (6.522%) jQuery
10 3 (6.522%) Oracle Fusion
10 3 (6.522%) WebSphere
11 2 (4.348%) J2SE
11 2 (4.348%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 20 (43.48%) WebLogic
2 17 (36.96%) Liferay
3 10 (21.74%) WebLogic Portal
4 4 (8.696%) SAS
5 3 (6.522%) Apache
5 3 (6.522%) Oracle Workflow
6 2 (4.348%) WebSphere Application Server
6 2 (4.348%) FileNet
6 2 (4.348%) LiveLink
6 2 (4.348%) Oracle SOA Suite
7 1 (2.174%) Amazon AWS
7 1 (2.174%) ESB
7 1 (2.174%) Mule
7 1 (2.174%) WebSphere Transformation Extender
Business Applications
1 2 (4.348%) Oracle Financials
1 2 (4.348%) Oracle 11i
1 2 (4.348%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.348%) HTTP
2 1 (2.174%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.04%) Oracle 11g
2 4 (8.696%) SQL Server
3 3 (6.522%) Oracle Reports
3 3 (6.522%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (4.348%) Oracle ODI
5 1 (2.174%) Oracle Discoverer
5 1 (2.174%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 16 (34.78%) ClearCase
1 16 (34.78%) ClearQuest
2 11 (23.91%) Eclipse
3 7 (15.22%) Maven
4 6 (13.04%) Ant
5 5 (10.87%) Rational Functional Tester
6 3 (6.522%) Oracle Forms
7 2 (4.348%) Subversion
7 2 (4.348%) Jenkins
8 1 (2.174%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 6 (13.04%) Telecoms
2 4 (8.696%) Finance
3 2 (4.348%) Banking
3 2 (4.348%) General Ledger
Job Titles
1 23 (50.00%) Developer
2 14 (30.43%) Java Developer
3 6 (13.04%) Release Engineer
3 6 (13.04%) Analyst
4 5 (10.87%) Lead Java Developer
4 5 (10.87%) Lead Developer
5 4 (8.696%) Administrator
5 4 (8.696%) Tester
5 4 (8.696%) Test Analyst
5 4 (8.696%) Functional Tester
6 3 (6.522%) Consultant
7 2 (4.348%) Software Developer
7 2 (4.348%) Architect
7 2 (4.348%) Business Analyst
7 2 (4.348%) C++ Developer
7 2 (4.348%) Web Designer
7 2 (4.348%) Automation Test Analyst
7 2 (4.348%) Oracle Developer
7 2 (4.348%) Development Manager
7 2 (4.348%) C++ Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 1 (2.174%) Management Information System
1 1 (2.174%) Replication
1 1 (2.174%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.87%) Windows
2 1 (2.174%) Linux
2 1 (2.174%) Windows 7
2 1 (2.174%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (26.09%) UML
1 12 (26.09%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (13.04%) Release Management
2 6 (13.04%) Configuration Management
3 5 (10.87%) SOA
3 5 (10.87%) Test Automation
4 4 (8.696%) Test Scripting
5 3 (6.522%) Workflow
6 2 (4.348%) Scrum
6 2 (4.348%) PRINCE2
6 2 (4.348%) Regression Testing
6 2 (4.348%) Automation Testing
7 1 (2.174%) GAP Analysis
7 1 (2.174%) MVC
7 1 (2.174%) EAI
7 1 (2.174%) Time Management
7 1 (2.174%) TDD
7 1 (2.174%) TOGAF
7 1 (2.174%) Document Management
7 1 (2.174%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 19 (41.30%) SQL
2 14 (30.43%) PL/SQL
3 10 (21.74%) XPath
4 6 (13.04%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
5 3 (6.522%) JavaScript
6 2 (4.348%) C++
7 1 (2.174%) C#
7 1 (2.174%) Perl
7 1 (2.174%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 21 (45.65%) Security Cleared
2 10 (21.74%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (4.348%) QA
Vendors
1 29 (63.04%) Oracle
2 12 (26.09%) IBM
3 3 (6.522%) Adobe
4 2 (4.348%) ILOG
5 1 (2.174%) Mercator
5 1 (2.174%) SAP
5 1 (2.174%) JBoss
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