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The table below looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) skills within the Southend-on-Sea region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank95
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching contract IT job ads22
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.002 %
As % of the category below66.67 %50.00 %
Daily rates quoted12
Average minimum daily rate£300£400
Average daily rate£305£418
% change on same period last year-26.94 %
Average maximum daily rate£310£435
UK excluding London average daily rate£372£360
% change on same period last year+3.37 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£36.22£33.97
% change on same period last year+6.63 %
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Southend-on-Sea
Matching contract IT job ads34
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.005 %0.004 %
Daily rates quoted22
Average minimum daily rate£289£400
Average daily rate£311£420
% change on same period last year-26.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£332£440
UK excluding London average daily rate£327£334
% change on same period last year-2.10 %
Hourly rates quoted00
Average minimum hourly rate--
Average hourly rate--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.92£31.53
% change on same period last year-8.25 %
J2EE EssexJ2EE
Essex

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.

J2EE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Southend-on-Sea region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Southend-on-Sea J2EE Demand Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2EE across the Southend-on-Sea region.

Southend-on-Sea J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Southend-on-Sea region citing J2EE 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 J2EE.

114 (93.33 %)UML
213 (86.67 %)OO
311 (73.33 %)Government
48 (53.33 %)RUP
57 (46.67 %)UNIX
66 (40.00 %)WebLogic
66 (40.00 %)Servlets
66 (40.00 %)XML
75 (33.33 %)BEA
75 (33.33 %)Tuxedo
75 (33.33 %)E-Commerce
84 (26.67 %)E-business
84 (26.67 %)Enterprise Architecture
84 (26.67 %)N-Tier
84 (26.67 %)DSDM
93 (20.00 %)AIX
93 (20.00 %)Solaris
93 (20.00 %)EAI
93 (20.00 %)Data Modelling
93 (20.00 %)ETL
93 (20.00 %)Middleware
93 (20.00 %)Configuration Management
93 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
102 (13.33 %)BC Cleared
102 (13.33 %)JMS
102 (13.33 %)MQSeries
102 (13.33 %)RAD
102 (13.33 %)XSLT
102 (13.33 %)HTML
102 (13.33 %)Java

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Southend-on-Sea region citing J2EE 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 J2EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
16 (40.00 %)Servlets
16 (40.00 %)XML
23 (20.00 %)Middleware
32 (13.33 %)HTML
32 (13.33 %)XSLT
32 (13.33 %)JMS
41 (6.667 %)Struts
41 (6.667 %)MVC
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (40.00 %)WebLogic
25 (33.33 %)Tuxedo
32 (13.33 %)MQSeries
41 (6.667 %)Apache
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (20.00 %)ETL
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (6.667 %)PVCS
11 (6.667 %)VSS/SourceSafe
11 (6.667 %)Dreamweaver
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (73.33 %)Government
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (53.33 %)Architect
25 (33.33 %)Technical Analyst
25 (33.33 %)Analyst
25 (33.33 %)Systems Analyst
33 (20.00 %)IT Architect
42 (13.33 %)Java Web Developer
42 (13.33 %)Developer
42 (13.33 %)Technical Architect
42 (13.33 %)Web Developer
42 (13.33 %)Java Developer
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (26.67 %)N-Tier
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17 (46.67 %)UNIX
23 (20.00 %)AIX
23 (20.00 %)Solaris
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
114 (93.33 %)UML
213 (86.67 %)OO
38 (53.33 %)RUP
45 (33.33 %)E-Commerce
54 (26.67 %)DSDM
54 (26.67 %)E-business
54 (26.67 %)Enterprise Architecture
63 (20.00 %)Security Cleared
63 (20.00 %)EAI
63 (20.00 %)Data Modelling
63 (20.00 %)Configuration Management
72 (13.33 %)RAD
72 (13.33 %)BC Cleared
81 (6.667 %)Web Development
81 (6.667 %)Time Management
81 (6.667 %)Systems Analysis
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12 (13.33 %)Java
12 (13.33 %)Perl
21 (6.667 %)C
Southend-on-Sea IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (33.33 %)BEA
21 (6.667 %)Microsoft