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The table below looks at the demand for Java skills within the Swindon 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 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank3334
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads1814
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.025 %0.014 %
As % of the category below15.65 %10.37 %
Daily rates quoted31
Average minimum daily rate£300£300
Average daily rate£310£350
% change on same period last year-11.42 %
Average maximum daily rate£320£400
UK excluding London average daily rate£366£351
% change on same period last year+4.20 %
Hourly rates quoted30
Average minimum hourly rate£28.33-
Average hourly rate£30.17-
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate£32.00-
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.38£33.04
% change on same period last year+7.08 %
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Swindon
Matching contract IT job ads115135
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.161 %0.136 %
Daily rates quoted2817
Average minimum daily rate£292£310
Average daily rate£310£325
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
Average maximum daily rate£327£340
UK excluding London average daily rate£324£335
% change on same period last year-3.10 %
Hourly rates quoted2020
Average minimum hourly rate£28.34£39.43
Average hourly rate£30.82£41.76
% change on same period last year-26.19 %
Average maximum hourly rate£33.30£44.09
UK excluding London average hourly rate£32.48£32.81
% change on same period last year-0.99 %
Java WiltshireJava
Wiltshire

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 Swindon region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon 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 Swindon region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Swindon 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 Swindon region.

Swindon 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 Swindon region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Swindon Java Hourly Rate Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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.

112 (48.00 %)J2EE
210 (40.00 %)JSP
38 (32.00 %)Oracle
46 (24.00 %)Finance
46 (24.00 %)SQL
55 (20.00 %)SOA
55 (20.00 %)Servlets
55 (20.00 %)XML
55 (20.00 %)Workflow
64 (16.00 %)WebSphere
64 (16.00 %)OO
64 (16.00 %)LDAP
73 (12.00 %)Lotus
73 (12.00 %)Tcl
73 (12.00 %)Lotus Notes
73 (12.00 %)Python
73 (12.00 %)Struts
73 (12.00 %)Oracle Reports
73 (12.00 %)UNIX
73 (12.00 %)Windows
73 (12.00 %)Perl
73 (12.00 %)PHP
73 (12.00 %)PL/SQL
73 (12.00 %)CSS
73 (12.00 %)JSTL
73 (12.00 %)Data Migration
73 (12.00 %)SC Cleared
73 (12.00 %)Security Cleared
73 (12.00 %)Web Development
73 (12.00 %)Wireless

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 October 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Swindon 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.

Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (48.00 %)J2EE
210 (40.00 %)JSP
35 (20.00 %)Servlets
35 (20.00 %)XML
44 (16.00 %)WebSphere
53 (12.00 %)JSTL
53 (12.00 %)CSS
53 (12.00 %)Struts
62 (8.000 %)Spring
62 (8.000 %)JSF
62 (8.000 %)JavaBeans
62 (8.000 %)JDBC
62 (8.000 %)HTML
62 (8.000 %)JPA
62 (8.000 %)Drools
71 (4.000 %).NET
71 (4.000 %)DOM
71 (4.000 %)XSLT
71 (4.000 %)XHTML
71 (4.000 %)SAX
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (12.00 %)Lotus Notes
13 (12.00 %)Oracle Workflow
22 (8.000 %)JBoss
31 (4.000 %)ESB
31 (4.000 %)WebSphere Application Server
31 (4.000 %)WebLogic
31 (4.000 %)Lotus Domino
31 (4.000 %)Apache
31 (4.000 %)Tomcat
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (4.000 %)MS Visio
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
12 (8.000 %)Oracle EBS
21 (4.000 %)Oracle ERP
21 (4.000 %)Oracle Applications
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (16.00 %)LDAP
23 (12.00 %)Wireless
32 (8.000 %)LAN
32 (8.000 %)WLAN
32 (8.000 %)TCP/IP
41 (4.000 %)Internet
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (12.00 %)Oracle Reports
22 (8.000 %)SQL Server
31 (4.000 %)MySQL
31 (4.000 %)SQL Server 2000
31 (4.000 %)SQL Server 2005
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (8.000 %)Ant
12 (8.000 %)Oracle Forms
12 (8.000 %)JDeveloper
12 (8.000 %)Log4j
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
16 (24.00 %)Finance
23 (12.00 %)Government
32 (8.000 %)Back Office
41 (4.000 %)Telecoms
41 (4.000 %)Front Office
41 (4.000 %)Banking
41 (4.000 %)Investment Banking
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
111 (44.00 %)Developer
28 (32.00 %)Java Developer
36 (24.00 %)Architect
44 (16.00 %)Technical Architect
53 (12.00 %)Web Developer
53 (12.00 %)Software Engineer
53 (12.00 %)Analyst
53 (12.00 %)WebSphere Developer
53 (12.00 %)Java Web Developer
62 (8.000 %)Java/J2EE Developer
62 (8.000 %)WebSphere Portal Developer
62 (8.000 %)Oracle Technical Consultant
62 (8.000 %)Developer Analyst
62 (8.000 %)Technical Designer
62 (8.000 %)Applications Architect
62 (8.000 %)Oracle Consultant
62 (8.000 %)J2EE Developer
62 (8.000 %)Consultant
62 (8.000 %)Solutions Architect
62 (8.000 %)Analyst Programmer
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (8.000 %)AS400
21 (4.000 %)Derivative
21 (4.000 %)Wiki
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13 (12.00 %)UNIX
13 (12.00 %)Windows
22 (8.000 %)Solaris
22 (8.000 %)Linux
31 (4.000 %)Windows 2000
31 (4.000 %)Windows Server 2003
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (20.00 %)SOA
15 (20.00 %)Workflow
24 (16.00 %)OO
33 (12.00 %)Migration
33 (12.00 %)Web Development
33 (12.00 %)Data Migration
33 (12.00 %)SC Cleared
33 (12.00 %)Security Cleared
42 (8.000 %)Software Engineering
51 (4.000 %)EDA
51 (4.000 %)User Acceptance Testing
51 (4.000 %)System Testing
51 (4.000 %)Scrum
51 (4.000 %)BPEL
51 (4.000 %)RUP
51 (4.000 %)ERP
51 (4.000 %)ITIL
51 (4.000 %)UML
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
16 (24.00 %)SQL
23 (12.00 %)Python
23 (12.00 %)Tcl
23 (12.00 %)Perl
23 (12.00 %)PHP
23 (12.00 %)PL/SQL
32 (8.000 %)JavaScript
41 (4.000 %)C
41 (4.000 %)C++
Swindon IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
18 (32.00 %)Oracle
23 (12.00 %)Lotus
31 (4.000 %)Cisco
31 (4.000 %)IBM
31 (4.000 %)BEA