The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills 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 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 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 11 18 6
Rank change year-on-year
+7 -12
Contract jobs citing Java 27 13 24
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 8.970% 5.508% 13.04%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.00% 21.31% 36.92%
Number of daily rates quoted 20 11 13
Average daily rate £353 £325 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+8.46% -27.77%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £299 £300 £163
10% offered a daily rate of more than £508 £450 £560
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
- -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 2 0 3
Average hourly rate £33.25 - £42.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Southampton
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
90 61 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Southampton 29.90% 25.85% 35.33%
Number of daily rates quoted 50 30 21
Average daily rate £308 £300 £293
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+2.50% +2.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £200 £266 £188
10% offered a daily rate of more than £405 £400 £523
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 14 10 10
Average hourly rate £37.50 £37.00 £42.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+1.35% -11.90%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.00 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
Java
Hampshire

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton 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 Southampton region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the Southampton region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Southampton Java Hourly Rate Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 20 (43.48%) Oracle
2 15 (32.61%) Spring
3 13 (28.26%) JavaScript
3 13 (28.26%) XML
4 11 (23.91%) UNIX
4 11 (23.91%) Hibernate
5 10 (21.74%) Agile Software Development
5 10 (21.74%) Continuous Integration
5 10 (21.74%) Tomcat
6 9 (19.57%) SQL
6 9 (19.57%) TDD
7 8 (17.39%) FitNesse
7 8 (17.39%) Java EE
8 7 (15.22%) MVC
8 7 (15.22%) BizTalk Server
8 7 (15.22%) Apache
9 6 (13.04%) Web Services
9 6 (13.04%) PL/SQL
9 6 (13.04%) MySQL
9 6 (13.04%) Retail
9 6 (13.04%) Degree
9 6 (13.04%) Selenium
10 5 (10.87%) Kindle
10 5 (10.87%) Jasmine
10 5 (10.87%) Automated Testing
10 5 (10.87%) Android
10 5 (10.87%) Windows Server 2008
10 5 (10.87%) SOAP
10 5 (10.87%) Windows
10 5 (10.87%) Oracle 8/8i

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Southampton 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 15 (32.61%) Spring
2 13 (28.26%) XML
3 11 (23.91%) Hibernate
4 8 (17.39%) Java EE
5 6 (13.04%) Web Services
6 5 (10.87%) SOAP
6 5 (10.87%) CSS
6 5 (10.87%) JDBC
7 4 (8.696%) JMS
7 4 (8.696%) JSP
7 4 (8.696%) HTML
7 4 (8.696%) J2EE
7 4 (8.696%) JPA
7 4 (8.696%) JSON
7 4 (8.696%) REST
8 3 (6.522%) .NET
8 3 (6.522%) Servlets
9 2 (4.348%) EDI
9 2 (4.348%) Middleware
9 2 (4.348%) SAP PI
Application Platforms
1 10 (21.74%) Tomcat
2 7 (15.22%) BizTalk Server
2 7 (15.22%) Apache
3 3 (6.522%) Windows Azure
3 3 (6.522%) ActiveMQ
3 3 (6.522%) WebLogic
4 1 (2.174%) Magento
4 1 (2.174%) TeamSite
Business Applications
1 1 (2.174%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 2 (4.348%) HTTP
2 1 (2.174%) DVB
2 1 (2.174%) Intranet
2 1 (2.174%) Internet
2 1 (2.174%) TCP/IP
2 1 (2.174%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (13.04%) MySQL
2 5 (10.87%) Oracle 8/8i
2 5 (10.87%) SQL Server
2 5 (10.87%) RDBMS
3 1 (2.174%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 8 (17.39%) FitNesse
2 6 (13.04%) Selenium
3 5 (10.87%) Jasmine
4 4 (8.696%) JUnit
5 3 (6.522%) Log4j
6 1 (2.174%) Cucumber
6 1 (2.174%) Git (software)
6 1 (2.174%) Maven
6 1 (2.174%) Xcode
6 1 (2.174%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 6 (13.04%) Retail
2 4 (8.696%) Telecoms
3 1 (2.174%) Manufacturing
3 1 (2.174%) Games
Job Titles
1 28 (60.87%) Developer
2 10 (21.74%) Java Developer
3 5 (10.87%) JavaScript Developer
3 5 (10.87%) Systems Developer
4 4 (8.696%) Architect
4 4 (8.696%) Delivery Manager
4 4 (8.696%) Development Manager
4 4 (8.696%) Software Engineer
4 4 (8.696%) Android Developer
5 2 (4.348%) Analyst
5 2 (4.348%) Senior Developer
5 2 (4.348%) Applications Architect
5 2 (4.348%) BizTalk Specialist
6 1 (2.174%) SAP PI Developer
6 1 (2.174%) Senior Architect
6 1 (2.174%) Agile Test Analyst
6 1 (2.174%) Agile Java Developer
6 1 (2.174%) Agile Business Analyst
6 1 (2.174%) iOS Developer
6 1 (2.174%) Data Migration Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 5 (10.87%) Kindle
2 3 (6.522%) Mobile App
2 3 (6.522%) Digital Media
3 2 (4.348%) Client/Server
3 2 (4.348%) SaaS
4 1 (2.174%) Open Source
4 1 (2.174%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (2.174%) Computer Science
4 1 (2.174%) Mobile Games
4 1 (2.174%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 11 (23.91%) UNIX
2 5 (10.87%) Android
2 5 (10.87%) Windows Server 2008
2 5 (10.87%) Windows
2 5 (10.87%) Windows Server 2003
3 2 (4.348%) Linux
4 1 (2.174%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (21.74%) Agile Software Development
1 10 (21.74%) Continuous Integration
2 9 (19.57%) TDD
3 7 (15.22%) MVC
4 5 (10.87%) Automated Testing
4 5 (10.87%) SOA
5 4 (8.696%) OO
5 4 (8.696%) Programme Management
5 4 (8.696%) Scrum
6 3 (6.522%) Test Automation
6 3 (6.522%) Multithreading
6 3 (6.522%) UML
7 2 (4.348%) OOA/OOD
7 2 (4.348%) ERP
8 1 (2.174%) Waterfall
8 1 (2.174%) BDD
8 1 (2.174%) ATDD
8 1 (2.174%) Refactoring
8 1 (2.174%) Use Case
8 1 (2.174%) Load Testing
Programming Languages
1 13 (28.26%) JavaScript
2 9 (19.57%) SQL
3 6 (13.04%) PL/SQL
4 4 (8.696%) Python
5 3 (6.522%) PHP
6 1 (2.174%) XPath
6 1 (2.174%) Jython
6 1 (2.174%) Shell Script
6 1 (2.174%) SAPscript
6 1 (2.174%) C
6 1 (2.174%) C++
6 1 (2.174%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 6 (13.04%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (10.87%) ISO 9001
Systems Management
1 1 (2.174%) HP Quality Center
1 1 (2.174%) Nagios
Vendors
1 20 (43.48%) Oracle
2 3 (6.522%) SAP
3 2 (4.348%) Microsoft
4 1 (2.174%) Facebook
4 1 (2.174%) Twitter
4 1 (2.174%) ATG
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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...
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Rate: £350 - £380 per day
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