The first table below looks at the demand for J2ME skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited J2ME 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 Application Development category.

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 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME)
Rank 503 499 447
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -52
Contract jobs citing J2ME 26 85 137
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 0.056% 0.146% 0.224%
As % of the Application Development category 0.205% 0.573% 0.815%
Number of daily rates quoted 7 53 73
Average daily rate £375 £340 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+10.29% +13.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £365 £265 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £435 £424 £410
UK excluding London average daily rate £400 £275 £300
% change year-on-year
+45.45% -8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 3 11
Average hourly rate - £42.50 £35.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +21.42%
UK excluding London average hourly rate - - £32.50
All Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12670 14829 16814
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK 27.31% 25.43% 27.54%
Number of daily rates quoted 7931 8681 9832
Average daily rate £375 £350 £393
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -10.82%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 364 388 570
Average hourly rate £35.00 £32.50 £36.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+7.69% -9.72%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £41.00 £47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%

J2ME
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing J2ME within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

J2ME Jobs Demand Trend

J2ME
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2ME within the UK.

J2ME Daily Rate Trend

J2ME
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2ME within the UK.

J2ME Hourly Rate Trend

J2ME
Top 18 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2ME within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 -24 14 £375 +8.69%
London -6 9 £375 +1.35%
Scotland - 8 £450 -
Glasgow - 8 £450 -
City of London +9 4 £400 -3.03%
West Midlands +8 2 £425 +70.00%
Birmingham - 2 £425 -
Belfast - 2 - -
County Antrim - 2 - -
Northern Ireland - 2 - -
North West +14 1 - -
South East +3 1 £375 +25.00%
Tyne and Wear - 1 £350 -
North East - 1 £350 -
Surrey - 1 £375 -
Staines - 1 £375 -
Newcastle upon Tyne - 1 £350 -
Manchester - 1 - -

J2ME
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing J2ME 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 J2ME.

1 51 (77.27%) Android
2 41 (62.12%) Java
3 22 (33.33%) Blackberry
4 21 (31.82%) JavaScript
5 19 (28.79%) OOP
6 18 (27.27%) Windows
6 18 (27.27%) Agile Software Development
7 16 (24.24%) iPhone
7 16 (24.24%) HTML5
8 15 (22.73%) PhoneGap
8 15 (22.73%) Appcelerator Titanium
8 15 (22.73%) XML
9 14 (21.21%) Apple iOS
10 13 (19.70%) Windows Mobile
11 10 (15.15%) Handset
11 10 (15.15%) J2EE
12 9 (13.64%) MySQL
12 9 (13.64%) Social Network
12 9 (13.64%) Mobile App
13 8 (12.12%) New Media
13 8 (12.12%) Google
13 8 (12.12%) C
13 8 (12.12%) OO
14 7 (10.61%) J2SE
14 7 (10.61%) C++
14 7 (10.61%) Java EE
14 7 (10.61%) JSON
14 7 (10.61%) Unit Testing
14 7 (10.61%) Enterprise Software
15 6 (9.091%) Continuous Integration

J2ME
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing J2ME 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 J2ME. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 16 (24.24%) HTML5
2 15 (22.73%) XML
3 10 (15.15%) J2EE
4 7 (10.61%) J2SE
4 7 (10.61%) Java EE
4 7 (10.61%) JSON
5 6 (9.091%) RESTful
5 6 (9.091%) jQuery
5 6 (9.091%) Hibernate
5 6 (9.091%) Spring
6 5 (7.576%) JMS
6 5 (7.576%) JPA
7 4 (6.061%) REST
8 3 (4.545%) HTML
8 3 (4.545%) Web Services
9 2 (3.030%) iOS SDK
9 2 (3.030%) BREW
9 2 (3.030%) SOAP
9 2 (3.030%) CSS
9 2 (3.030%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 5 (7.576%) GlassFish
2 1 (1.515%) Apache
2 1 (1.515%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 1 (1.515%) Internet
1 1 (1.515%) RTCP
1 1 (1.515%) RTP
1 1 (1.515%) RFID
1 1 (1.515%) Wireless
1 1 (1.515%) GSM
1 1 (1.515%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (13.64%) MySQL
2 5 (7.576%) GIS
2 5 (7.576%) PostgreSQL
3 4 (6.061%) SQLite
Development Applications
1 15 (22.73%) PhoneGap
1 15 (22.73%) Appcelerator Titanium
2 6 (9.091%) Git (software)
3 5 (7.576%) Maven
3 5 (7.576%) CruiseControl
3 5 (7.576%) WATIR
3 5 (7.576%) Selenium
3 5 (7.576%) RSpec
3 5 (7.576%) JIRA
3 5 (7.576%) Jenkins
3 5 (7.576%) Hudson
3 5 (7.576%) Cucumber
4 3 (4.545%) Eclipse
4 3 (4.545%) Xcode
5 2 (3.030%) Subversion
6 1 (1.515%) JUnit
General
1 3 (4.545%) Banking
2 2 (3.030%) Telecoms
2 2 (3.030%) Finance
2 2 (3.030%) Games
3 1 (1.515%) Electronics
3 1 (1.515%) Retail Banking
3 1 (1.515%) Marketing
3 1 (1.515%) Automotive
3 1 (1.515%) Retail
Job Titles
1 57 (86.36%) Developer
2 25 (37.88%) Android Developer
3 17 (25.76%) Mobile Developer
4 8 (12.12%) Senior Developer
5 6 (9.091%) Blackberry Developer
6 5 (7.576%) Software Developer
6 5 (7.576%) Build Engineer
7 4 (6.061%) Applications Developer
7 4 (6.061%) Programmer
8 3 (4.545%) DevOps Engineer
8 3 (4.545%) Front-End Developer
9 2 (3.030%) Java Developer
9 2 (3.030%) Mobile Applications Developer
9 2 (3.030%) Architect
10 1 (1.515%) Technical Architect
10 1 (1.515%) Solutions Architect
10 1 (1.515%) Lead Developer
10 1 (1.515%) UI Developer
10 1 (1.515%) JavaScript Developer
10 1 (1.515%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 22 (33.33%) Blackberry
2 16 (24.24%) iPhone
3 10 (15.15%) Handset
4 9 (13.64%) Social Network
4 9 (13.64%) Mobile App
5 8 (12.12%) New Media
6 7 (10.61%) Enterprise Software
7 3 (4.545%) PDA
7 3 (4.545%) Digital Media
8 2 (3.030%) Social Media
8 2 (3.030%) Mobile Banking
8 2 (3.030%) Mobile Games
8 2 (3.030%) Online Games
9 1 (1.515%) N-Tier
9 1 (1.515%) Smartphone
9 1 (1.515%) Computer Science
9 1 (1.515%) Animation
9 1 (1.515%) Device Driver
9 1 (1.515%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 51 (77.27%) Android
2 18 (27.27%) Windows
3 14 (21.21%) Apple iOS
4 13 (19.70%) Windows Mobile
5 5 (7.576%) UNIX
6 4 (6.061%) BlackBerry OS
7 1 (1.515%) Windows CE
7 1 (1.515%) Linux
7 1 (1.515%) Windows Phone
7 1 (1.515%) Windows Phone 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (28.79%) OOP
2 18 (27.27%) Agile Software Development
3 8 (12.12%) OO
4 7 (10.61%) Unit Testing
5 6 (9.091%) Continuous Integration
5 6 (9.091%) MVC
6 5 (7.576%) DSDM
6 5 (7.576%) SOA
6 5 (7.576%) Software Engineering
6 5 (7.576%) TDD
6 5 (7.576%) Scrum
6 5 (7.576%) Extreme Programming
6 5 (7.576%) Workflow
6 5 (7.576%) Dependency Injection
7 3 (4.545%) Mobile Application Development
8 1 (1.515%) Mobile Commerce
8 1 (1.515%) CAD
8 1 (1.515%) Configuration Management
8 1 (1.515%) E-business
8 1 (1.515%) E-Commerce
Programming Languages
1 41 (62.12%) Java
2 21 (31.82%) JavaScript
3 8 (12.12%) C
4 7 (10.61%) C++
5 5 (7.576%) Ruby
6 3 (4.545%) SQL
7 2 (3.030%) PHP
8 1 (1.515%) VC++
8 1 (1.515%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 1 (1.515%) Security Cleared
1 1 (1.515%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.515%) JTAG
Systems Management
1 5 (7.576%) Puppet
Vendors
1 8 (12.12%) Google
2 5 (7.576%) Red Hat
2 5 (7.576%) JBoss
3 2 (3.030%) Symbian
4 1 (1.515%) Mapinfo
4 1 (1.515%) ESRI
4 1 (1.515%) Oracle
4 1 (1.515%) Sybase
4 1 (1.515%) Perforce
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