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The table below looks at the demand for Java skills within the South Yorkshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank3616
Rank change on same period last yearDown-20
Matching contract IT job ads841
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.011 %0.040 %
As % of the category below7.477 %25.95 %
Daily rates quoted35
Average minimum daily rate£300£386
Average daily rate£333£410
% change on same period last year-18.69 %
Average maximum daily rate£367£434
UK excluding London average daily rate£364£353
% change on same period last year+3.04 %
Hourly rates quoted010
Average minimum hourly rate-£21.50
Average hourly rate-£21.50
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£21.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.51£34.62
% change on same period last year+5.45 %
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
South Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads107158
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.145 %0.156 %
Daily rates quoted2325
Average minimum daily rate£296£275
Average daily rate£314£288
% change on same period last year+9.14 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£301
UK excluding London average daily rate£329£336
% change on same period last year-1.86 %
Hourly rates quoted2321
Average minimum hourly rate£29.83£23.56
Average hourly rate£32.06£25.72
% change on same period last year+24.63 %
Average maximum hourly rate£34.28£27.89
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.30£32.93
% change on same period last year+1.13 %
Java YorkshireJava
Yorkshire

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.

Java
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Java across the South Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

South Yorkshire Java Demand Trend

Java
Daily Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the South Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

South Yorkshire Java Daily Rate Histogram

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

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

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 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
SheffieldDown-126£325-10.95 %
Java YorkshireJava
Yorkshire

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

128 (45.16 %)J2EE
222 (35.48 %)Eclipse
321 (33.87 %)Finance
418 (29.03 %)Financial Institution
418 (29.03 %)IBM
517 (27.42 %)RAD
517 (27.42 %)Struts
517 (27.42 %)Banking
616 (25.81 %)XML
715 (24.19 %)Spring
813 (20.97 %)Hibernate
912 (19.35 %)JBoss
912 (19.35 %)Oracle
1011 (17.74 %)CSS
1011 (17.74 %)JSP
1110 (16.13 %)JUnit
1110 (16.13 %)HTML
128 (12.90 %)UML
137 (11.29 %)Internet
137 (11.29 %)Tomcat
137 (11.29 %)JSTL
146 (9.677 %)AJAX
146 (9.677 %)Content Management
146 (9.677 %)Linux
146 (9.677 %)RSS
155 (8.065 %)Apache
155 (8.065 %)JavaScript
155 (8.065 %)SQL
155 (8.065 %)Lucene
155 (8.065 %)HttpUnit

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT contractor jobs across the South Yorkshire 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.

South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
128 (45.16 %)J2EE
217 (27.42 %)Struts
316 (25.81 %)XML
415 (24.19 %)Spring
513 (20.97 %)Hibernate
611 (17.74 %)CSS
611 (17.74 %)JSP
710 (16.13 %)HTML
87 (11.29 %)JSTL
96 (9.677 %)AJAX
96 (9.677 %)RSS
105 (8.065 %)Lucene
114 (6.452 %).NET
123 (4.839 %)EJB
132 (3.226 %)MVC
132 (3.226 %)XSLT
132 (3.226 %)XHTML
132 (3.226 %)SOAP
132 (3.226 %)WebServices
132 (3.226 %)JSF
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
112 (19.35 %)JBoss
27 (11.29 %)Tomcat
35 (8.065 %)Apache
42 (3.226 %)Lotus Notes
42 (3.226 %)Lotus Domino
51 (1.613 %)WebLogic
51 (1.613 %)Oracle Application Server
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (1.613 %)Photoshop
11 (1.613 %)MS Office
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (1.613 %)Movex
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (11.29 %)Internet
23 (4.839 %)LDAP
32 (3.226 %)HTTP
41 (1.613 %)Intranet
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (3.226 %)MySQL
12 (3.226 %)Oracle 9i
12 (3.226 %)Oracle 10g
21 (1.613 %)InterSystems Cache
21 (1.613 %)SQL Server
21 (1.613 %)Oracle 8/8i
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
122 (35.48 %)Eclipse
210 (16.13 %)JUnit
35 (8.065 %)HttpUnit
43 (4.839 %)Ant
51 (1.613 %)JIRA
51 (1.613 %)Flash
51 (1.613 %)JDeveloper
51 (1.613 %)TestDirector
51 (1.613 %)ClearQuest
51 (1.613 %)Subversion
51 (1.613 %)CheckStyle
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
121 (33.87 %)Finance
218 (29.03 %)Financial Institution
317 (27.42 %)Banking
44 (6.452 %)Government
52 (3.226 %)Education
61 (1.613 %)Manufacturing
61 (1.613 %)Publishing
61 (1.613 %)Insurance
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
145 (72.58 %)Developer
219 (30.65 %)Java Developer
39 (14.52 %)Web Developer
47 (11.29 %)J2EE Developer
55 (8.065 %)Java Web Developer
55 (8.065 %)Java/J2EE Developer
64 (6.452 %)Analyst
72 (3.226 %)Consultant
72 (3.226 %)Analyst Programmer
72 (3.226 %)Programmer
72 (3.226 %)Applications Support
72 (3.226 %)Oracle Developer
72 (3.226 %)Lead Developer
72 (3.226 %)Services Delivery Manager
72 (3.226 %)Service Manager
72 (3.226 %)Delivery Manager
81 (1.613 %)Domino Developer
81 (1.613 %)Oracle Portal Developer
81 (1.613 %)PHP Web Developer
81 (1.613 %)Linux Support
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (3.226 %)E-Learning
12 (3.226 %)RIA
21 (1.613 %)IBM Mainframe
21 (1.613 %)Mainframe
21 (1.613 %)AS400
21 (1.613 %)Replication
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (9.677 %)Linux
23 (4.839 %)UNIX
23 (4.839 %)Solaris
31 (1.613 %)Windows
31 (1.613 %)Red Hat Linux
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
117 (27.42 %)RAD
28 (12.90 %)UML
36 (9.677 %)Content Management
44 (6.452 %)Identity Management
52 (3.226 %)Load Balancing
52 (3.226 %)Problem Management
52 (3.226 %)ITIL
52 (3.226 %)Service Delivery
52 (3.226 %)RUP
61 (1.613 %)ERP
61 (1.613 %)SOA
61 (1.613 %)OOA/OOD
61 (1.613 %)Use Case
61 (1.613 %)Web Testing
61 (1.613 %)SC Cleared
61 (1.613 %)Security Cleared
61 (1.613 %)TDD
61 (1.613 %)Web Development
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
15 (8.065 %)JavaScript
15 (8.065 %)SQL
24 (6.452 %)PL/SQL
32 (3.226 %)DHTML
41 (1.613 %)Perl
41 (1.613 %)PHP
41 (1.613 %)ActionScript
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (1.613 %)Sun Certification
11 (1.613 %)Degree
South Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
118 (29.03 %)IBM
212 (19.35 %)Oracle
32 (3.226 %)Microsoft
32 (3.226 %)Lotus
41 (1.613 %)Red Hat
41 (1.613 %)Stellent
41 (1.613 %)Sun