The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Southampton 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Developer
Rank 28 30 23
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -7
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 7 2 4
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 2.341% 0.862% 2.210%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.465% 0.913% 2.299%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 1 0
Average daily rate £338 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+3.84% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £338 £350
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £36.25 £42.00
% change year-on-year
+7.58% -13.69%
All Job Titles
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
284 219 174
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 94.98% 94.40% 96.13%
Number of daily rates quoted 161 113 74
Average daily rate £325 £325 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £210 £250 £198
10% offered a daily rate of more than £545 £475 £501
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 56 52 30
Average hourly rate £14.00 £17.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-20.00% -12.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.50 £11.00 £9.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £27.50 £41.50 £36.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Java Developer
Hampshire

Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton Java Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Southampton Java Developer Daily Rate Trend

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Southampton Java Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region that cited Java 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 Developer in their job title.

1 10 (100.00%) Java
2 9 (90.00%) Spring
3 6 (60.00%) Hibernate
4 4 (40.00%) XML
5 3 (30.00%) JSP
5 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
5 3 (30.00%) Oracle
5 3 (30.00%) CSS
5 3 (30.00%) MVC
5 3 (30.00%) Tomcat
6 2 (20.00%) HTML
6 2 (20.00%) Apache
6 2 (20.00%) Log4j
6 2 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
6 2 (20.00%) JDBC
6 2 (20.00%) JUnit
6 2 (20.00%) WebLogic
6 2 (20.00%) SQL
6 2 (20.00%) J2EE
6 2 (20.00%) Servlets
6 2 (20.00%) SOAP
6 2 (20.00%) Web Services
6 2 (20.00%) UNIX
6 2 (20.00%) UML
6 2 (20.00%) Spring MVC
6 2 (20.00%) FitNesse
6 2 (20.00%) JPA
6 2 (20.00%) Java EE
6 2 (20.00%) Mobile App
7 1 (10.00%) Windows Azure

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton region that cited Java 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (90.00%) Spring
2 6 (60.00%) Hibernate
3 4 (40.00%) XML
4 3 (30.00%) JSP
4 3 (30.00%) CSS
5 2 (20.00%) HTML
5 2 (20.00%) JDBC
5 2 (20.00%) J2EE
5 2 (20.00%) Servlets
5 2 (20.00%) SOAP
5 2 (20.00%) Web Services
5 2 (20.00%) Spring MVC
5 2 (20.00%) JPA
5 2 (20.00%) Java EE
6 1 (10.00%) Sass
6 1 (10.00%) jQuery
6 1 (10.00%) WebSphere
6 1 (10.00%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 3 (30.00%) Tomcat
2 2 (20.00%) Apache
2 2 (20.00%) WebLogic
3 1 (10.00%) Windows Azure
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (20.00%) Log4j
1 2 (20.00%) JUnit
1 2 (20.00%) FitNesse
General
1 1 (10.00%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 2 (20.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (10.00%) Digital Media
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (30.00%) MVC
2 2 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
2 2 (20.00%) UML
3 1 (10.00%) Load Testing
3 1 (10.00%) OOA/OOD
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (20.00%) SQL
4 1 (10.00%) Jython
4 1 (10.00%) Python
Vendors
1 3 (30.00%) Oracle
2 1 (10.00%) Microsoft
Southampton, South East
They require a Senior Java Developer with strong design skills to assist with a range of exciting development projects.Applicants must have proven experience as a Senior Java...
Novate IT
Rate: £350 - £380 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
They require a Senior Java Developer with strong design skills to assist with a range of exciting development projects. Applicants must have proven experience as a Senior Java...
Novate IT Ltd
Rate: £350 - £380 per day
Posted: 16 May 2013