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This section looks at the demand for Java skills within the Surrey region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank137
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching contract IT job ads141283
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.186 %0.282 %
As % of the category below17.96 %35.02 %
Daily rates quoted2998
Average minimum daily rate£361£317
Average daily rate£393£345
% change on same period last year+13.97 %
Average maximum daily rate£426£373
UK excluding London average daily rate£369£353
% change on same period last year+4.49 %
Hourly rates quoted413
Average minimum hourly rate£33.00£33.85
Average hourly rate£37.13£36.38
% change on same period last year+2.03 %
Average maximum hourly rate£41.25£38.92
UK excluding London average hourly rate£37.45£35.89
% change on same period last year+4.33 %
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Surrey
Matching contract IT job ads785808
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled1.036 %0.805 %
Daily rates quoted253278
Average minimum daily rate£280£312
Average daily rate£298£333
% change on same period last year-10.63 %
Average maximum daily rate£316£355
UK excluding London average daily rate£331£335
% change on same period last year-1.24 %
Hourly rates quoted7179
Average minimum hourly rate£32.62£31.21
Average hourly rate£35.22£33.17
% change on same period last year+6.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£37.82£35.13
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.47£33.03
% change on same period last year+1.31 %
Java South EastJava
South East

We calculate average IT contractor rates directly from the figures quoted and do not attempt to derive hourly rates from daily rates or vice versa.

Java
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Java across the Surrey region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Surrey Java Demand Trend

Java
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Java across the Surrey region.

Surrey Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Surrey Java Daily Rate Histogram

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Surrey Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Surrey Java Hourly Rate Histogram

Java
Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Surrey region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
GuildfordUp+1318£468+78.23 %
StainesNew entry-11--
CamberleyUp+18--
RedhillDown-54£288+7.74 %
EpsomDown-13£400-
FarnhamNew entry-2--
WokingDown-11--
Java South EastJava
South East

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

1151 (51.54 %)J2EE
299 (33.79 %)Oracle
374 (25.26 %)SQL
473 (24.91 %)XML
572 (24.57 %)Security Cleared
670 (23.89 %)Hibernate
765 (22.18 %)Spring
855 (18.77 %)WebServices
953 (18.09 %)JSP
1050 (17.06 %)Finance
1146 (15.70 %)SC Cleared
1243 (14.68 %)WebSphere
1342 (14.33 %)Struts
1440 (13.65 %)SOA
1538 (12.97 %)JSF
1637 (12.63 %)UML
1736 (12.29 %)PL/SQL
1736 (12.29 %)MVC
1834 (11.60 %)HTML
1932 (10.92 %)WebLogic
2029 (9.898 %)UNIX
2029 (9.898 %)SOAP
2029 (9.898 %)Eclipse
2127 (9.215 %)JUnit
2226 (8.874 %)C#
2226 (8.874 %)Government
2325 (8.532 %)JavaScript
2325 (8.532 %)RUP
2325 (8.532 %)Insurance
2424 (8.191 %)Spring MVC

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Surrey 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.

Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1151 (51.54 %)J2EE
273 (24.91 %)XML
370 (23.89 %)Hibernate
465 (22.18 %)Spring
555 (18.77 %)WebServices
653 (18.09 %)JSP
743 (14.68 %)WebSphere
842 (14.33 %)Struts
938 (12.97 %)JSF
1036 (12.29 %)MVC
1134 (11.60 %)HTML
1229 (9.898 %)SOAP
1324 (8.191 %)Spring MVC
1423 (7.850 %).NET
1521 (7.167 %)XSLT
1616 (5.461 %)Servlets
1713 (4.437 %)EJB
1713 (4.437 %)CSS
1713 (4.437 %)JSTL
1812 (4.096 %)AJAX
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
132 (10.92 %)WebLogic
217 (5.802 %)Tomcat
217 (5.802 %)ESB
316 (5.461 %)IIS
415 (5.119 %)WebSphere MQ
510 (3.413 %)Apache
69 (3.072 %)WebSphere Message Broker
69 (3.072 %)JBoss
75 (1.706 %)TIBCO EMS
75 (1.706 %)BizTalk Server
75 (1.706 %)Rendezvous
84 (1.365 %)WebSphere Application Server
84 (1.365 %)CMS
93 (1.024 %)SAP EP
102 (0.683 %)ColdFusion MX
102 (0.683 %)ColdFusion
102 (0.683 %)Oracle Application Server
102 (0.683 %)EPiServer
102 (0.683 %)Oracle 10gAS
111 (0.341 %)SharePoint Server 2007
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
15 (1.706 %)MS Excel
23 (1.024 %)MS Office
32 (0.683 %)MS Visio
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
15 (1.706 %)Sophis VALUE
24 (1.365 %)SAP CRM
32 (0.683 %)Oracle Applications
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
19 (3.072 %)LDAP
19 (3.072 %)Internet
27 (2.389 %)SSH
36 (2.048 %)SAN
36 (2.048 %)LAN
42 (0.683 %)HTTP
51 (0.341 %)ICMP
51 (0.341 %)Wireless
51 (0.341 %)TCP/IP
51 (0.341 %)Bluetooth
51 (0.341 %)SMTP
51 (0.341 %)FTP
51 (0.341 %)SSL
51 (0.341 %)HTTPS
51 (0.341 %)DNS
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (5.119 %)SQL Server
29 (3.072 %)Oracle 10g
36 (2.048 %)DB2
36 (2.048 %)BusinessObjects
45 (1.706 %)Oracle Reports
45 (1.706 %)MySQL
54 (1.365 %)BusinessObjects XI
63 (1.024 %)SQL Server 2000
63 (1.024 %)Oracle 9i
72 (0.683 %)Crystal Reports
72 (0.683 %)MS Access
72 (0.683 %)DB2 UDB
72 (0.683 %)SQL Server 2005
81 (0.341 %)SQLPlus
81 (0.341 %)Data Mining
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
129 (9.898 %)Eclipse
227 (9.215 %)JUnit
322 (7.509 %)ClearCase
415 (5.119 %)JDeveloper
513 (4.437 %)ClearQuest
69 (3.072 %)RequisitePro
78 (2.730 %)JMeter
87 (2.389 %)TestDirector
95 (1.706 %)Oracle Forms
104 (1.365 %)Ant
104 (1.365 %)Flash
104 (1.365 %)Subversion
113 (1.024 %)WebLogic Workshop
122 (0.683 %)Dreamweaver
131 (0.341 %)Selenium
131 (0.341 %)Telelogic Synergy
131 (0.341 %)Oracle APEX
131 (0.341 %)CruiseControl
131 (0.341 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
131 (0.341 %)PowerBuilder
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
150 (17.06 %)Finance
226 (8.874 %)Government
325 (8.532 %)Insurance
49 (3.072 %)Banking
56 (2.048 %)Investment Banking
56 (2.048 %)Retail
63 (1.024 %)Marketing
63 (1.024 %)Pensions
72 (0.683 %)Telecoms
72 (0.683 %)Education
72 (0.683 %)Pharmaceutical
72 (0.683 %)Games
81 (0.341 %)Online Games
81 (0.341 %)Music
81 (0.341 %)Retail Banking
81 (0.341 %)Home Office
81 (0.341 %)Health
81 (0.341 %)Automotive
81 (0.341 %)Electronics
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1187 (63.82 %)Developer
2145 (49.49 %)Java Developer
366 (22.53 %)J2EE Developer
456 (19.11 %)Java/J2EE Developer
529 (9.898 %)Analyst
616 (5.461 %)Tester
711 (3.754 %)Architect
810 (3.413 %)Systems Analyst
99 (3.072 %)Administrator
108 (2.730 %)Project Manager
117 (2.389 %)Functional Tester
126 (2.048 %)Web Developer
126 (2.048 %)Consultant
126 (2.048 %)Support Analyst
126 (2.048 %)Lead Developer
126 (2.048 %)Business Analyst
126 (2.048 %)Non-Functional Tester
135 (1.706 %)Java Swing Developer
135 (1.706 %)Lead Java Developer
135 (1.706 %)Senior Java Developer
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
17 (2.389 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
26 (2.048 %)Clustering
26 (2.048 %)Computer Science
35 (1.706 %)Fixed Income
43 (1.024 %)Web 2.0
52 (0.683 %)AS400
52 (0.683 %)Mainframe
52 (0.683 %)Handset
52 (0.683 %)Replication
52 (0.683 %)Derivative
52 (0.683 %)IBM Mainframe
52 (0.683 %)Semantic Web
52 (0.683 %)RIA
52 (0.683 %)Mathematics
61 (0.341 %)Mashup
61 (0.341 %)French Language
61 (0.341 %)Multithreading
61 (0.341 %)Streaming Media
61 (0.341 %)BBC
61 (0.341 %)Management Information System
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
129 (9.898 %)UNIX
222 (7.509 %)Windows
318 (6.143 %)Linux
413 (4.437 %)Windows Server 2003
59 (3.072 %)AIX
66 (2.048 %)Solaris
66 (2.048 %)Windows 2000 Server
74 (1.365 %)Red Hat Linux
81 (0.341 %)Windows XP
81 (0.341 %)MVS
81 (0.341 %)Windows 2000
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
172 (24.57 %)Security Cleared
246 (15.70 %)SC Cleared
340 (13.65 %)SOA
437 (12.63 %)UML
525 (8.532 %)RUP
622 (7.509 %)OO
713 (4.437 %)Project Management
713 (4.437 %)Agile Software Development
810 (3.413 %)Stakeholder Management
810 (3.413 %)OOA/OOD
810 (3.413 %)Business Analysis
99 (3.072 %)Unit Testing
99 (3.072 %)Requirements Management
99 (3.072 %)CRM
99 (3.072 %)Unified Process
107 (2.389 %)Integration Testing
107 (2.389 %)Test Scripting
107 (2.389 %)Web Development
107 (2.389 %)E-business
107 (2.389 %)OOD
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
174 (25.26 %)SQL
236 (12.29 %)PL/SQL
326 (8.874 %)C#
425 (8.532 %)JavaScript
514 (4.778 %)Perl
514 (4.778 %)C++
612 (4.096 %)Shell Script
612 (4.096 %)VB
77 (2.389 %)C
77 (2.389 %)VBScript
85 (1.706 %)Transact-SQL
94 (1.365 %)XPath
103 (1.024 %)PHP
111 (0.341 %)PHP5
111 (0.341 %)RPG
111 (0.341 %)VB.NET
111 (0.341 %)ABAP
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
112 (4.096 %)ISEB
28 (2.730 %)Degree
36 (2.048 %)MCSE
36 (2.048 %)MCSA
36 (2.048 %)Microsoft Certification
42 (0.683 %)Sun Certification
51 (0.341 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.341 %)QA
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
19 (3.072 %)Active Directory
26 (2.048 %)VMware ESX
26 (2.048 %)AquaLogic
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
16 (2.048 %)WSUS
22 (0.683 %)CONTROL-M
31 (0.341 %)BMC PATROL
31 (0.341 %)Tivoli
31 (0.341 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
Surrey IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
199 (33.79 %)Oracle
222 (7.509 %)IBM
315 (5.119 %)BEA
412 (4.096 %)Sun
412 (4.096 %)Siebel
510 (3.413 %)TIBCO
510 (3.413 %)Microsoft
510 (3.413 %)SAP
66 (2.048 %)Business Objects
66 (2.048 %)Sybase
66 (2.048 %)VMware
66 (2.048 %)Sophis
74 (1.365 %)Red Hat
83 (1.024 %)salesforce.com
83 (1.024 %)Adobe
92 (0.683 %)Intel
101 (0.341 %)Endeca
101 (0.341 %)Perforce
101 (0.341 %)Percussion
101 (0.341 %)Telelogic