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.
| Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 74 | 63 | 54 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -11 | -9 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 1306 | 1730 | 1565 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 2.207 % | 2.819 % | 2.842 % |
| As % of the Application Development category | 8.612 % | 10.24 % | 10.14 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 720 | 968 | 779 |
| Average daily rate | £400 | £425 | £420 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £288 | £300 | £275 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £543 | £575 | £575 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £365 | £360 | £325 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 18 | 68 | 26 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | £42.50 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £31.70 | £26.00 | £19.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.00 | £51.00 | £46.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.50 | £42.50 | £28.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category | 15165 | 16901 | 15437 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 25.62 % | 27.54 % | 28.04 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 8916 | 9814 | 8183 |
| Average daily rate | £350 | £400 | £365 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £250 | £225 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £550 | £600 | £575 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £325 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 380 | 573 | 441 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | £36.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £15.00 | £19.00 | £16.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £42.50 | £47.50 | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.00 | £36.50 | £28.50 |
| % change year-on-year | |
