The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the South Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 22 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 of the Programming Languages category for the South Yorkshire 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 25 7 5
Rank change year-on-year
-18 -2
Contract jobs citing Java 7 32 38
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 2.682% 11.99% 13.19%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.333% 27.12% 30.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 18 25
Average daily rate £200 £388 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-48.38% +21.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £110 £211 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £256 £533 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
- -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 4
Average hourly rate - - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
South Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
84 118 124
As % of all contract IT jobs located in South Yorkshire 32.18% 44.19% 43.06%
Number of daily rates quoted 48 62 71
Average daily rate £280 £293 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-4.27% -2.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £170 £135 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £500 £450
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 4 13
Average hourly rate £25.75 £23.00 £40.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+11.95% -43.20%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £12.70 £22.20 £30.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £26.60 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
Java
Yorkshire

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Yorkshire region.

South Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

South Yorkshire 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 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 22 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
Sheffield -10 7 £200 -46.66%
Java
Yorkshire

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

1 14 (37.84%) Hibernate
1 14 (37.84%) Agile Software Development
1 14 (37.84%) Spring
1 14 (37.84%) J2EE
2 12 (32.43%) Struts
3 11 (29.73%) ITIL
4 10 (27.03%) Linux
4 10 (27.03%) TDD
5 8 (21.62%) UNIX
5 8 (21.62%) JavaScript
6 7 (18.92%) CSS
6 7 (18.92%) JSP
6 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
7 6 (16.22%) HTML
7 6 (16.22%) MySQL
7 6 (16.22%) Eclipse
7 6 (16.22%) SLA
8 5 (13.51%) Oracle 8/8i
8 5 (13.51%) Oracle
8 5 (13.51%) XML
8 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
8 5 (13.51%) Jenkins
9 4 (10.81%) Struts2
9 4 (10.81%) Liferay
9 4 (10.81%) Subversion
9 4 (10.81%) Selenium
9 4 (10.81%) FitNesse
9 4 (10.81%) Alfresco
9 4 (10.81%) Maven
9 4 (10.81%) Windows

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 14 (37.84%) Hibernate
1 14 (37.84%) Spring
1 14 (37.84%) J2EE
2 12 (32.43%) Struts
3 7 (18.92%) CSS
3 7 (18.92%) JSP
4 6 (16.22%) HTML
5 5 (13.51%) XML
6 4 (10.81%) Struts2
6 4 (10.81%) .NET
7 2 (5.405%) SPML
7 2 (5.405%) Symfony
7 2 (5.405%) Spring MVC
7 2 (5.405%) JDBC
7 2 (5.405%) HTML5
8 1 (2.703%) CSS3
8 1 (2.703%) KnockoutJS
8 1 (2.703%) XSL
8 1 (2.703%) XSLT
8 1 (2.703%) SOAP
Application Platforms
1 4 (10.81%) Liferay
1 4 (10.81%) Alfresco
2 3 (8.108%) IIS
2 3 (8.108%) Tomcat
3 2 (5.405%) GlassFish
3 2 (5.405%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (5.405%) Apache
4 1 (2.703%) BizTalk Server
4 1 (2.703%) Confluence
Applications
1 1 (2.703%) MS Office
1 1 (2.703%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.405%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (16.22%) MySQL
2 5 (13.51%) Oracle 8/8i
3 2 (5.405%) Oracle 9i
3 2 (5.405%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (2.703%) SQL Server
4 1 (2.703%) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications
1 6 (16.22%) Eclipse
2 5 (13.51%) Jenkins
3 4 (10.81%) Subversion
3 4 (10.81%) Selenium
3 4 (10.81%) FitNesse
3 4 (10.81%) Maven
3 4 (10.81%) JUnit
4 2 (5.405%) NetBeans
4 2 (5.405%) PHPUnit
5 1 (2.703%) Visual Studio
5 1 (2.703%) JIRA
5 1 (2.703%) Git (software)
General
1 2 (5.405%) Banking
1 2 (5.405%) Finance
2 1 (2.703%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.703%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 24 (64.86%) Developer
2 16 (43.24%) Java Developer
3 8 (21.62%) Applications Support
4 7 (18.92%) Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Support Analyst
5 4 (10.81%) Applications Support Analyst
6 2 (5.405%) Mobile Developer
6 2 (5.405%) PHP Developer
6 2 (5.405%) Business Analyst
6 2 (5.405%) Web Developer
6 2 (5.405%) Android Developer
7 1 (2.703%) Architect
7 1 (2.703%) Applications Consultant
7 1 (2.703%) Support Consultant
7 1 (2.703%) Consultant
7 1 (2.703%) Software Architect
7 1 (2.703%) Applications Developer
7 1 (2.703%) Test Analyst
7 1 (2.703%) Support Engineer
7 1 (2.703%) .NET Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (5.405%) Management Information System
2 1 (2.703%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.703%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 10 (27.03%) Linux
2 8 (21.62%) UNIX
3 4 (10.81%) Windows
4 3 (8.108%) Android
5 1 (2.703%) Apple iOS
5 1 (2.703%) Windows XP
5 1 (2.703%) Ubuntu
5 1 (2.703%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (37.84%) Agile Software Development
2 11 (29.73%) ITIL
3 10 (27.03%) TDD
4 2 (5.405%) Requirements Analysis
4 2 (5.405%) Web Design
4 2 (5.405%) Workflow
4 2 (5.405%) Identity Management
4 2 (5.405%) MVC
4 2 (5.405%) Configuration Management
4 2 (5.405%) OOP
4 2 (5.405%) OO
4 2 (5.405%) Software Architecture
5 1 (2.703%) Web Application Development
5 1 (2.703%) RAD
5 1 (2.703%) PRINCE2
5 1 (2.703%) CRM
5 1 (2.703%) Service Management
5 1 (2.703%) Migration
5 1 (2.703%) Scrum
5 1 (2.703%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 8 (21.62%) JavaScript
2 4 (10.81%) PHP
3 2 (5.405%) SQL
4 1 (2.703%) T-SQL
4 1 (2.703%) VB.NET
4 1 (2.703%) C#
4 1 (2.703%) XPath
4 1 (2.703%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 7 (18.92%) Security Cleared
2 5 (13.51%) SC Cleared
3 1 (2.703%) ISEB
3 1 (2.703%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (16.22%) SLA
Systems Management
1 2 (5.405%) Sun Identity Manager
2 1 (2.703%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 5 (13.51%) Oracle
2 2 (5.405%) Sun
3 1 (2.703%) JBoss
3 1 (2.703%) HP
3 1 (2.703%) Microsoft
3 1 (2.703%) Lagan
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