The first table below looks at the demand for J2EE skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stockport region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Application Development category for the Stockport 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
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Rank 4 8 7
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -1
Contract jobs citing J2EE 4 1 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stockport 40.00% 4.167% 4.762%
As % of the Application Development category 44.44% 20.00% 12.50%
Number of daily rates quoted 3 1 0
Average daily rate £350 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -
UK excluding London average daily rate £365 £363 £350
% change year-on-year
+0.68% +3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 1
Average hourly rate £40.00 - £32.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+7.69% -23.52%
All Application Development
Stockport
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
9 5 8
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stockport 90.00% 20.83% 38.10%
Number of daily rates quoted 8 3 4
Average daily rate £315 £315 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +26.00%
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 1 1
Average hourly rate £40.00 £36.50 £32.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+9.58% +12.30%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £31.50 £35.70
% change year-on-year
+11.11% -11.76%
J2EE
Manchester

J2EE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Stockport region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Stockport J2EE Jobs Demand Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2EE across the Stockport region.

Stockport J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the Stockport region.

Stockport J2EE Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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.

1 10 (100.00%) Java
2 6 (60.00%) Adobe
2 6 (60.00%) Adobe CQ
3 4 (40.00%) Gradle
3 4 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (40.00%) MVC
3 4 (40.00%) Hibernate
3 4 (40.00%) Spring
3 4 (40.00%) ESB
3 4 (40.00%) Spring MVC
3 4 (40.00%) jQuery
3 4 (40.00%) Shell Script
3 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
3 4 (40.00%) SQL
3 4 (40.00%) Oracle
3 4 (40.00%) Linux
3 4 (40.00%) JBoss
3 4 (40.00%) SOA
4 3 (30.00%) Pair Programming

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stockport 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.

Application Development
1 4 (40.00%) Hibernate
1 4 (40.00%) Spring
1 4 (40.00%) Spring MVC
1 4 (40.00%) jQuery
Application Platforms
1 6 (60.00%) Adobe CQ
2 4 (40.00%) ESB
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) Gradle
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (60.00%) Programmer
3 4 (40.00%) Java Developer
4 3 (30.00%) Senior Developer
4 3 (30.00%) Senior Java Developer
Operating Systems
1 4 (40.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (40.00%) MVC
1 4 (40.00%) SOA
2 3 (30.00%) Pair Programming
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (40.00%) Shell Script
2 4 (40.00%) JavaScript
2 4 (40.00%) SQL
Vendors
1 6 (60.00%) Adobe
2 4 (40.00%) Oracle
2 4 (40.00%) JBoss
Stockport, North West
My client has an urgent project requirement for a 3 month contract, which is likely to extend, for a Java developer with Spring MVC, Hibernate and Agile methodology...
Real Staffing
Rate: £300 - £330 per day
Posted: 23 May 2013