The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stirling region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java over the 3 months to 24 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 Stirling 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 8 9 14
Rank change year-on-year
+1 +5
Contract jobs citing Java 20 5 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 17.86% 12.82% 8.434%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.33% 26.32% 31.82%
Number of daily rates quoted 12 4 4
Average daily rate £462 £250 £563
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+84.90% -55.55%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £354 £250 £455
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £250 £618
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £360
% change year-on-year
- -2.77%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £33.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+3.07% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Stirling
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
60 19 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stirling 53.57% 48.72% 26.51%
Number of daily rates quoted 34 13 13
Average daily rate £401 £275 £450
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+45.63% -38.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £275 £194 £400
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £438 £525
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £34.50 £35.00
% change year-on-year
+1.44% -1.42%
Java
Scotland

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stirling 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 Stirling region.

Stirling 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 Stirling region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Stirling Java Daily Rate Histogram

Java
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Stirling region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Stirlingshire - 4 £475 -
Java
Scotland

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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 11 (44.00%) Oracle
1 11 (44.00%) XML
1 11 (44.00%) Banking
2 10 (40.00%) SQL
3 9 (36.00%) Linux
3 9 (36.00%) Web Services
4 8 (32.00%) PHP
4 8 (32.00%) Spring
5 7 (28.00%) Web Application Development
5 7 (28.00%) ActionScript
5 7 (28.00%) Sybase
5 7 (28.00%) Flash
5 7 (28.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 6 (24.00%) Hibernate
6 6 (24.00%) Scrum
6 6 (24.00%) Investment Banking
7 5 (20.00%) Interactive Media
7 5 (20.00%) Interactive TV
7 5 (20.00%) IPTV
7 5 (20.00%) WebSphere
7 5 (20.00%) Java SE
7 5 (20.00%) Finance
7 5 (20.00%) Games
7 5 (20.00%) UNIX
8 4 (16.00%) Tomcat
8 4 (16.00%) J2EE
8 4 (16.00%) JSP
8 4 (16.00%) SQL Server
8 4 (16.00%) Java EE
9 3 (12.00%) SQL Server 2005

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stirling 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 11 (44.00%) XML
2 9 (36.00%) Web Services
3 8 (32.00%) Spring
4 7 (28.00%) Flash
5 6 (24.00%) Hibernate
6 5 (20.00%) WebSphere
6 5 (20.00%) Java SE
7 4 (16.00%) J2EE
7 4 (16.00%) JSP
7 4 (16.00%) Java EE
8 3 (12.00%) JMS
8 3 (12.00%) HTML
8 3 (12.00%) CSS
8 3 (12.00%) JDBC
8 3 (12.00%) Struts
8 3 (12.00%) XSLT
9 2 (8.000%) Ajax
10 1 (4.000%) Ruby on Rails
10 1 (4.000%) .NET Framework
10 1 (4.000%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 4 (16.00%) Tomcat
2 1 (4.000%) WebSphere MQ
2 1 (4.000%) Documentum
2 1 (4.000%) WebLogic
Applications
1 1 (4.000%) Fireworks
1 1 (4.000%) Photoshop
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (16.00%) SQL Server
2 3 (12.00%) SQL Server 2005
2 3 (12.00%) Oracle 11g
2 3 (12.00%) SQL Server 2000
2 3 (12.00%) Oracle 10g
3 1 (4.000%) MongoDB
3 1 (4.000%) TOAD
3 1 (4.000%) RDBMS
3 1 (4.000%) SQLPlus
3 1 (4.000%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 2 (8.000%) Eclipse
2 1 (4.000%) Firebug
2 1 (4.000%) Rational Application Developer
2 1 (4.000%) JUnit
2 1 (4.000%) ClearCase
General
1 11 (44.00%) Banking
2 6 (24.00%) Investment Banking
3 5 (20.00%) Interactive Media
3 5 (20.00%) Finance
3 5 (20.00%) Games
4 1 (4.000%) Front Office
Job Titles
1 25 (100.00%) Developer
2 12 (48.00%) Java Developer
3 10 (40.00%) Senior Developer
4 6 (24.00%) UI Developer
4 6 (24.00%) Senior UI Developer
4 6 (24.00%) UI Programmer
5 5 (20.00%) Interactive Developer
5 5 (20.00%) Senior Interactive Developer
5 5 (20.00%) Senior Software Developer
5 5 (20.00%) Software Developer
6 4 (16.00%) Senior Java Developer
7 2 (8.000%) Developer Analyst
7 2 (8.000%) Analyst
8 1 (4.000%) Documentum Developer
8 1 (4.000%) RAD Developer
8 1 (4.000%) Ruby on Rails Developer
8 1 (4.000%) Front-End Developer
8 1 (4.000%) Database Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (28.00%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 5 (20.00%) Interactive TV
2 5 (20.00%) IPTV
Operating Systems
1 9 (36.00%) Linux
2 5 (20.00%) UNIX
3 2 (8.000%) Windows
4 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2008
4 1 (4.000%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (28.00%) Web Application Development
2 6 (24.00%) Scrum
3 3 (12.00%) Unit Testing
3 3 (12.00%) RAD
4 2 (8.000%) Agile Software Development
4 2 (8.000%) MVC
4 2 (8.000%) Multithreading
4 2 (8.000%) Business Analysis
5 1 (4.000%) Business Development
5 1 (4.000%) TDD
5 1 (4.000%) OOD
5 1 (4.000%) UML
5 1 (4.000%) OOA/OOD
5 1 (4.000%) OO
Programming Languages
1 10 (40.00%) SQL
2 8 (32.00%) PHP
3 7 (28.00%) ActionScript
4 2 (8.000%) PL/SQL
5 1 (4.000%) Ruby
5 1 (4.000%) ActionScript 3.0
5 1 (4.000%) Shell Script
5 1 (4.000%) JavaScript
5 1 (4.000%) Perl
5 1 (4.000%) Python
System Software
1 1 (4.000%) MetaFrame
Systems Management
1 1 (4.000%) Control-M
Vendors
1 11 (44.00%) Oracle
2 7 (28.00%) Sybase
3 1 (4.000%) MKS
3 1 (4.000%) IBM
3 1 (4.000%) Murex
3 1 (4.000%) Citrix
3 1 (4.000%) TIBCO
3 1 (4.000%) JBoss