The first table below looks at the demand for the J2EE Applications Developer role in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited J2EE Applications Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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 Job Titles currently tracked.

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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
J2EE Application Developer
Rank 530 584 563
Rank change year-on-year
+54 -21
Contract jobs requiring a J2EE Applications Developer 4 2 23
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.008% 0.003% 0.038%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.009% 0.004% 0.041%
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 12
Average daily rate £357 - £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £315 - £375
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 8
Average hourly rate - - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £42.50
All Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
43445 54854 55821
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 92.19% 92.53% 92.74%
Number of daily rates quoted 24929 30221 30365
Average daily rate £400 £400 £425
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.88%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £240 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £575 £575 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 2155 2623 2895
Average hourly rate £18.50 £18.50 £20.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- -7.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £11.00 £11.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £41.50 £40.00 £41.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%

J2EE Applications Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE Applications Developer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

J2EE Applications Developer Jobs Demand Trend

J2EE Applications Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2EE Applications Developer within the UK.

J2EE Applications Developer Daily Rate Trend

J2EE Applications Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2EE Applications Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

J2EE Applications Developer Daily Rate Histogram

J2EE Applications Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2EE Applications Developer within the UK.

J2EE Applications Developer Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE Applications Developer
Top 6 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE Applications Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 22 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
England +58 4 £357 -
London +31 2 £475 -
South East - 2 £315 -
City of London - 2 £475 -
Hampshire - 2 £315 -
Winchester - 2 £315 -

J2EE Applications Developer
Top 22 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited J2EE Applications Developer in their job title 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 with J2EE Applications Developer in their job title.

1 7 (100.00%) J2EE
2 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
3 4 (57.14%) HTML
3 4 (57.14%) Java
4 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
4 3 (42.86%) Ant
4 3 (42.86%) JUnit
4 3 (42.86%) AppScan
4 3 (42.86%) Maven
4 3 (42.86%) Checkstyle
4 3 (42.86%) Hudson
4 3 (42.86%) FindBugs
4 3 (42.86%) Code Coverage
4 3 (42.86%) BC Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) Ajax
5 2 (28.57%) WebSphere
5 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
5 2 (28.57%) JSF
5 2 (28.57%) CSS
5 2 (28.57%) Oracle
5 2 (28.57%) Perl
5 2 (28.57%) SQL

J2EE Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited J2EE Applications Developer in their job title 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 with J2EE Applications Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 7 (100.00%) J2EE
2 4 (57.14%) HTML
3 2 (28.57%) Ajax
3 2 (28.57%) WebSphere
3 2 (28.57%) JSF
3 2 (28.57%) CSS
Development Applications
1 3 (42.86%) Ant
1 3 (42.86%) JUnit
1 3 (42.86%) AppScan
1 3 (42.86%) Maven
1 3 (42.86%) Checkstyle
1 3 (42.86%) Hudson
1 3 (42.86%) FindBugs
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (42.86%) Code Coverage
Programming Languages
1 4 (57.14%) Java
2 3 (42.86%) JavaScript
3 2 (28.57%) Perl
3 2 (28.57%) SQL
Qualifications
1 5 (71.43%) Security Cleared
2 3 (42.86%) BC Cleared
3 2 (28.57%) SC Cleared
Vendors
1 2 (28.57%) Oracle