The first table below looks at the demand for the Java/J2EE Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java/J2EE Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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 Job Titles advertised for the South West 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java J2EE Developer
Rank 108 129 108
Rank change year-on-year
+21 -21
Contract jobs requiring a Java/J2EE Developer 7 10 9
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 0.342% 0.302% 0.321%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.363% 0.324% 0.340%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 4 1
Average daily rate £440 £395 £375
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.39% +5.33%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £330 £338
% change year-on-year
-3.03% -2.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.50 £45.00
% change year-on-year
- -27.77%
All Job Titles
South West
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1930 3082 2645
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the South West 94.24% 93.00% 94.43%
Number of daily rates quoted 1158 1838 1307
Average daily rate £350 £375 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £223 £228 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £500 £500 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 138 193 247
Average hourly rate £15.40 £23.88 £21.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-35.49% +13.69%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £12.50 £12.29
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £42.50 £37.50 £38.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Java/J2EE Developer
England

Java/J2EE Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

South West Java/J2EE Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Java/J2EE Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer across the South West region.

South West Java/J2EE Developer Daily Rate Trend

Java/J2EE Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer across the South West region.

South West Java/J2EE Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Java/J2EE Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer within the South West region over the 3 months to 17 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
Gloucestershire +32 5 £440 -
Somerset - 2 £301 -
Java/J2EE Developer
England

Java/J2EE Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Java/J2EE Developer in their job title 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 with Java/J2EE Developer in their job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Java
1 15 (100.00%) J2EE
2 9 (60.00%) Spring
3 7 (46.67%) Java EE
3 7 (46.67%) Oracle
3 7 (46.67%) Web Services
4 6 (40.00%) Hibernate
5 5 (33.33%) CSS
5 5 (33.33%) HTML
5 5 (33.33%) JSP
6 4 (26.67%) DV Cleared
6 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
6 4 (26.67%) UML
7 3 (20.00%) XML
7 3 (20.00%) SQL
7 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
7 3 (20.00%) Swing
7 3 (20.00%) J2SE
7 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce
7 3 (20.00%) Eclipse
7 3 (20.00%) WebSphere
8 2 (13.33%) Web Development
8 2 (13.33%) Spring MVC
8 2 (13.33%) Cryptography
8 2 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (13.33%) JPA
8 2 (13.33%) RESTful
8 2 (13.33%) HP Quality Center
8 2 (13.33%) Oracle 11g
8 2 (13.33%) jQuery

Java/J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the South West region that cited Java/J2EE Developer in their job title 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 with Java/J2EE Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (100.00%) J2EE
2 9 (60.00%) Spring
3 7 (46.67%) Java EE
3 7 (46.67%) Web Services
4 6 (40.00%) Hibernate
5 5 (33.33%) CSS
5 5 (33.33%) HTML
5 5 (33.33%) JSP
6 3 (20.00%) XML
6 3 (20.00%) Swing
6 3 (20.00%) J2SE
6 3 (20.00%) WebSphere
7 2 (13.33%) Spring MVC
7 2 (13.33%) JAXB
7 2 (13.33%) XSD
7 2 (13.33%) jQuery
7 2 (13.33%) JAX-WS
7 2 (13.33%) JPA
7 2 (13.33%) RESTful
7 2 (13.33%) Spring Integration
Application Platforms
1 2 (13.33%) Apache
1 2 (13.33%) Tomcat
2 1 (6.667%) GlassFish
2 1 (6.667%) WebSphere Application Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle 10g
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 3 (20.00%) Eclipse
2 2 (13.33%) Ant
3 1 (6.667%) JUnit
3 1 (6.667%) Spring Roo
General
1 2 (13.33%) Back Office
1 2 (13.33%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (13.33%) Mainframe
1 2 (13.33%) Cryptography
Operating Systems
1 1 (6.667%) UNIX
1 1 (6.667%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (26.67%) UML
2 3 (20.00%) E-Commerce
3 2 (13.33%) MVC
3 2 (13.33%) Web Development
3 2 (13.33%) Unit Testing
3 2 (13.33%) System Testing
3 2 (13.33%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (13.33%) Web Application Development
4 1 (6.667%) TDD
4 1 (6.667%) Software Architecture
4 1 (6.667%) Validation
4 1 (6.667%) Scrum
4 1 (6.667%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (20.00%) JavaScript
2 3 (20.00%) SQL
3 1 (6.667%) Groovy
3 1 (6.667%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) DV Cleared
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
System Software
1 2 (13.33%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (13.33%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 7 (46.67%) Oracle
2 2 (13.33%) IBM
Gloucestershire, South West
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