The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT contracts advertised for the Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent 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 12 12 -
Rank change year-on-year
0 -
Contract jobs citing Java 3 12 0
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 9.677% 17.65% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.67% 36.36% -
Number of daily rates quoted 3 12 0
Average daily rate £365 £325 -
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+12.30% -
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
Stoke-on-Trent
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
18 33 44
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Stoke-on-Trent 58.06% 48.53% 80.00%
Number of daily rates quoted 15 27 12
Average daily rate £330 £325 £250
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+1.53% +30.00%
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
Staffordshire

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Stoke-on-Trent 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 Stoke-on-Trent region.

Stoke-on-Trent Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Top 19 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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 5 (62.50%) E-Commerce
1 5 (62.50%) Eclipse
1 5 (62.50%) Objective-C
1 5 (62.50%) JSON
1 5 (62.50%) Android
1 5 (62.50%) iPhone
1 5 (62.50%) Apple iOS
1 5 (62.50%) iOS SDK
1 5 (62.50%) Mobile App
2 3 (37.50%) Change Control
2 3 (37.50%) Workflow
2 3 (37.50%) Shell Script
2 3 (37.50%) PL/SQL
2 3 (37.50%) SQL
2 3 (37.50%) Oracle
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle Forms
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
3 2 (25.00%) Oracle Workflow
4 1 (12.50%) Oracle Applications

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Stoke-on-Trent 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 5 (62.50%) JSON
1 5 (62.50%) iOS SDK
Application Platforms
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Workflow
Business Applications
1 1 (12.50%) Oracle Applications
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) Oracle Reports
Development Applications
1 5 (62.50%) Eclipse
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle Forms
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
2 5 (62.50%) Mobile Developer
3 3 (37.50%) Senior Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Applications Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Senior Applications Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Oracle Developer
5 1 (12.50%) Senior Oracle Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (62.50%) iPhone
1 5 (62.50%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 5 (62.50%) Android
1 5 (62.50%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (62.50%) E-Commerce
2 3 (37.50%) Change Control
2 3 (37.50%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 5 (62.50%) Objective-C
2 3 (37.50%) Shell Script
2 3 (37.50%) PL/SQL
2 3 (37.50%) SQL
Vendors
1 3 (37.50%) Oracle