The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Staines region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 17 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 Staines 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 11 13 23
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +10
Contract jobs citing Java 12 9 14
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staines 8.759% 6.122% 5.761%
As % of the Programming Languages category 19.67% 18.37% 42.42%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 1 1
Average daily rate £375 £360 £550
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+4.16% -34.54%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
- -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 1 1
Average hourly rate - £41.50 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +3.75%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Staines
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
61 49 33
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Staines 44.53% 33.33% 13.58%
Number of daily rates quoted 13 14 6
Average daily rate £375 £400 £350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-6.25% +14.28%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £125 £300 £275
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £425 £463
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 6 3 1
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.37% -20.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Java
Surrey

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Staines 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 Staines region.

Staines Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Staines Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staines 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 12 (54.55%) Linux
2 11 (50.00%) Android
3 10 (45.45%) Oracle
4 7 (31.82%) CSS
5 6 (27.27%) UNIX
5 6 (27.27%) SAP
5 6 (27.27%) SQL
6 5 (22.73%) C
6 5 (22.73%) C++
6 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
6 5 (22.73%) UML
6 5 (22.73%) OO
6 5 (22.73%) Data Modelling
6 5 (22.73%) OOD
6 5 (22.73%) Adobe
6 5 (22.73%) Electronics
6 5 (22.73%) CMS
6 5 (22.73%) Open Source
6 5 (22.73%) Computer Science
6 5 (22.73%) Degree
6 5 (22.73%) Adobe CQ
7 4 (18.18%) Embedded Software Development
7 4 (18.18%) Mathematics
7 4 (18.18%) 3D Graphics
7 4 (18.18%) OpenGL
7 4 (18.18%) Middleware
7 4 (18.18%) Configuration Management
7 4 (18.18%) Content Management
7 4 (18.18%) Spring
7 4 (18.18%) Software Testing

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Staines 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 7 (31.82%) CSS
2 4 (18.18%) XHTML
2 4 (18.18%) OpenGL
2 4 (18.18%) Middleware
2 4 (18.18%) Spring
3 3 (13.64%) HTML
3 3 (13.64%) Web Services
4 2 (9.091%) J2EE
4 2 (9.091%) EJB
4 2 (9.091%) SAP Basis
4 2 (9.091%) jQuery
4 2 (9.091%) EJB 3.0
5 1 (4.545%) Qt
5 1 (4.545%) REST
5 1 (4.545%) OpenGL ES
5 1 (4.545%) JNI
5 1 (4.545%) Java ME
5 1 (4.545%) J2ME
5 1 (4.545%) XML
5 1 (4.545%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 5 (22.73%) CMS
1 5 (22.73%) Adobe CQ
2 4 (18.18%) WebLogic
2 4 (18.18%) Tomcat
3 3 (13.64%) Apache
3 3 (13.64%) Amazon AWS
3 3 (13.64%) OpenStack
4 2 (9.091%) NetWeaver
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (13.64%) NoSQL
2 2 (9.091%) SQL Server
2 2 (9.091%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (4.545%) MySQL
General
1 5 (22.73%) Electronics
2 3 (13.64%) Telecoms
2 3 (13.64%) Manufacturing
3 2 (9.091%) Billing
3 2 (9.091%) Marketing
4 1 (4.545%) Games
Job Titles
1 9 (40.91%) Developer
2 7 (31.82%) Android Developer
3 4 (18.18%) Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Support Analyst
4 3 (13.64%) Applications Support
4 3 (13.64%) Administrator
4 3 (13.64%) Java Developer
4 3 (13.64%) Applications Support Analyst
5 2 (9.091%) SAP Basis Consultant
5 2 (9.091%) SAP Consultant
5 2 (9.091%) Consultant
5 2 (9.091%) Systems Administrator
5 2 (9.091%) Linux Administrator
5 2 (9.091%) Development Engineer
5 2 (9.091%) Senior Developer
6 1 (4.545%) Java Mobile Developer
6 1 (4.545%) iOS Developer
6 1 (4.545%) Tools Developer
6 1 (4.545%) Mobile Applications Developer
6 1 (4.545%) Mobile Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (22.73%) Computer Science
1 5 (22.73%) Open Source
2 4 (18.18%) 3D Graphics
2 4 (18.18%) Mathematics
3 3 (13.64%) SaaS
3 3 (13.64%) IaaS
4 2 (9.091%) Mobile App
4 2 (9.091%) Smartphone
4 2 (9.091%) Smart Meter
5 1 (4.545%) Animation
Operating Systems
1 12 (54.55%) Linux
2 11 (50.00%) Android
3 6 (27.27%) UNIX
4 3 (13.64%) CentOS
5 2 (9.091%) Windows
6 1 (4.545%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (22.73%) Data Modelling
1 5 (22.73%) OOD
1 5 (22.73%) UML
1 5 (22.73%) OO
2 4 (18.18%) Embedded Software Development
2 4 (18.18%) Configuration Management
2 4 (18.18%) Content Management
2 4 (18.18%) Software Testing
3 3 (13.64%) ERP
3 3 (13.64%) Continuous Integration
4 2 (9.091%) Data Migration
4 2 (9.091%) E-Commerce
4 2 (9.091%) Project Planning
4 2 (9.091%) Migration
5 1 (4.545%) Scrum
5 1 (4.545%) TDD
5 1 (4.545%) Use Case
5 1 (4.545%) Web Application Development
5 1 (4.545%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 6 (27.27%) SQL
2 5 (22.73%) C
2 5 (22.73%) C++
2 5 (22.73%) JavaScript
3 4 (18.18%) PHP
4 2 (9.091%) ABAP
5 1 (4.545%) Objective-C
5 1 (4.545%) GLSL
Qualifications
1 5 (22.73%) Degree
Vendors
1 10 (45.45%) Oracle
2 6 (27.27%) SAP
3 5 (22.73%) Adobe
4 3 (13.64%) Red Hat
5 2 (9.091%) JBoss
6 1 (4.545%) Perforce