The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stevenage region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 23 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 Stevenage 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
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 4 13 19
Rank change year-on-year
+9 +6
Contract jobs citing Java 13 2 5
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stevenage 37.14% 3.279% 6.024%
As % of the Programming Languages category 59.09% 6.667% 7.692%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 0 0
Average daily rate - - -
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
- -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 3
Average hourly rate - - £37.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Stevenage
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
22 30 65
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stevenage 62.86% 49.18% 78.31%
Number of daily rates quoted 5 5 3
Average daily rate £269 £310 £280
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-13.30% +10.71%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £270
10% offered a daily rate of more than £368 £350 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 14 32
Average hourly rate £40.50 £37.50 £37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+8.00% +1.35%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Java
Hertfordshire

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage 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 Stevenage region.

Stevenage Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Top 9 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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 13 (100.00%) Symantec
1 13 (100.00%) Telecoms
1 13 (100.00%) XML
1 13 (100.00%) JBoss
1 13 (100.00%) Android
2 11 (84.62%) 3G
2 11 (84.62%) Streaming Video
2 11 (84.62%) Subversion
2 11 (84.62%) IPTV

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stevenage 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 13 (100.00%) XML
Communications & Networking
1 11 (84.62%) 3G
Development Applications
1 11 (84.62%) Subversion
General
1 13 (100.00%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 13 (100.00%) Developer
1 13 (100.00%) Android Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (84.62%) Streaming Video
1 11 (84.62%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 13 (100.00%) Android
Vendors
1 13 (100.00%) Symantec
1 13 (100.00%) JBoss
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
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