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The table looks at the demand for the Java 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 Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 Java Developer
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank4443
Rank change on the same period last yearDown-1
Matching contract IT job ads9532444
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK2.774 %3.174 %
As % of the Job Titles category3.123 %3.504 %
Daily rates quoted471930
Average daily rate£450£500
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-10.00 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£300£325
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£575£650
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£359
% change on same period last year-10.80 %
Hourly rates quoted1924
Average hourly rate£30.00£40.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-25.00 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£20.00£31.75
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£38.00£46.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£40.00
% change on same period last year-25.00 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesAll Job Titles
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3051169739
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK88.82 %90.58 %
Daily rates quoted1179222223
Average daily rate£375£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-6.250 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£205£230
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£600
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£350
% change on same period last year-7.140 %
Hourly rates quoted23755970
Average hourly rate£19.50£20.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-2.500 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£10.25£11.25
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£35.00£40.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£19.50£20.00
% change on same period last year-2.500 %

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 Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Java Developer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Java Developer Demand Trend

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Java Developer Daily Rate Trend

Java Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Java Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Java Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009.

Java Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Java Developer
Top 30 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
EnglandUp+1927£450-10.00 %
LondonDown-3695£500-4.76 %
City of LondonDown-3284£475-9.52 %
South EastDown-1895£323-24.11 %
South WestUp+3741£356-8.06 %
YorkshireUp+730£288-7.25 %
BerkshireDown-1125£320-22.42 %
North WestDown-2321£309-11.91 %
East of EnglandDown-2519£300-20.00 %
HampshireUp+1318£310-1.58 %
GloucestershireUp+917£425-
SurreyDown-217£400-8.04 %
South YorkshireUp+2315£290-3.49 %
West YorkshireDown-414£280-17.64 %
ScotlandDown-414£240-25.15 %
Docklands, LondonDown-1513£425-32.00 %
North EastUp+3112£320-12.98 %
ReadingUp+1712£315+1.61 %
LeedsUp+112£275-11.29 %
BristolUp+149£363-9.37 %
KentUp+278£275-
Tyne and WearUp+248£253-27.85 %
West SussexUp+198£310-17.33 %
WalesUp+157£350-10.25 %
CambridgeshireUp+17£320-17.41 %
GlasgowNo change07£240-25.15 %
Milton KeynesUp+246£360+15.20 %
South WalesUp+206£350-
BedfordshireUp+196£200-57.89 %
DevonUp+186£350+55.55 %

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Java 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 Java Developer in their job title.

11877 (100.00 %)Java
2646 (34.42 %)J2EE
3585 (31.17 %)Spring
4573 (30.53 %)Banking
5490 (26.11 %)Hibernate
6487 (25.95 %)Oracle
7477 (25.41 %)SQL
8452 (24.08 %)XML
9440 (23.44 %)Investment Banking
10366 (19.50 %)Front Office
11322 (17.16 %)UNIX
12284 (15.13 %)Finance
13277 (14.76 %)Sybase
14274 (14.60 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
15268 (14.28 %)Derivative
16252 (13.43 %)JSP
17229 (12.20 %)WebServices
18220 (11.72 %)Struts
19218 (11.61 %)JavaScript
20206 (10.97 %)OO
21186 (9.909 %)C++
21186 (9.909 %)HTML
22176 (9.377 %)Linux
23172 (9.164 %)Agile Software Development
23172 (9.164 %)Multithreading
24166 (8.844 %)AJAX
25159 (8.471 %)Fixed Income
26155 (8.258 %)WebSphere
27154 (8.205 %)C#
28148 (7.885 %)Eclipse

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Java 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 Java Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1646 (34.42 %)J2EE
2585 (31.17 %)Spring
3490 (26.11 %)Hibernate
4452 (24.08 %)XML
5252 (13.43 %)JSP
6229 (12.20 %)WebServices
7220 (11.72 %)Struts
8186 (9.909 %)HTML
9166 (8.844 %)AJAX
10155 (8.258 %)WebSphere
11147 (7.832 %)JMS
12132 (7.032 %)Swing
13129 (6.873 %)EJB
14120 (6.393 %)XSLT
15113 (6.020 %)Servlets
16108 (5.754 %)J2SE
17105 (5.594 %)CSS
1891 (4.848 %).NET
1987 (4.635 %)JDBC
2075 (3.996 %)JSF
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1140 (7.459 %)WebLogic
2129 (6.873 %)Tomcat
379 (4.209 %)Apache
438 (2.025 %)CMS
531 (1.652 %)MQSeries
531 (1.652 %)ESB
626 (1.385 %)Liferay
725 (1.332 %)Rendezvous
824 (1.279 %)WebSphere MQ
918 (0.959 %)TIBCO EMS
1017 (0.906 %)WebSphere Application Server
1114 (0.746 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1213 (0.693 %)ActiveMQ
1312 (0.639 %)WMQI
1411 (0.586 %)WebLogic Portal
159 (0.479 %)Documentum
168 (0.426 %)MTS
177 (0.373 %)ColdFusion
177 (0.373 %)OpenCms
177 (0.373 %)Mule
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
110 (0.533 %)MS Excel
26 (0.320 %)Photoshop
33 (0.160 %)MS Office
33 (0.160 %)MS Visio
42 (0.107 %)3ds Max
42 (0.107 %)MS PowerPoint
42 (0.107 %)Spreadsheet
51 (0.053 %)Shockwave
51 (0.053 %)Fireworks
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
116 (0.852 %)BusinessWorks
211 (0.586 %)Global One
38 (0.426 %)ION MarketView
46 (0.320 %)RMDS
55 (0.266 %)FENICS FX
64 (0.213 %)Summit
72 (0.107 %)SAP R/3
72 (0.107 %)Staffware
72 (0.107 %)Oracle Applications
72 (0.107 %)Retail-J
72 (0.107 %)SAP HR
72 (0.107 %)TIBCO iProcess
81 (0.053 %)JDE EnterpriseOne
81 (0.053 %)Temenos Globus
81 (0.053 %)Oracle 11i
81 (0.053 %)Murex MxG2000
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
143 (2.291 %)Internet
218 (0.959 %)LDAP
313 (0.693 %)TCP/IP
412 (0.639 %)Intranet
511 (0.586 %)HTTP
67 (0.373 %)X.500
76 (0.320 %)Wireless
84 (0.213 %)Q.931
84 (0.213 %)SS7
92 (0.107 %)Firewall
92 (0.107 %)FTP
92 (0.107 %)SSL
92 (0.107 %)Bluetooth
101 (0.053 %)Broadband
101 (0.053 %)Ethernet
101 (0.053 %)RFID
101 (0.053 %)Parlay
101 (0.053 %)Extranet
101 (0.053 %)DVB
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
193 (4.955 %)RDBMS
283 (4.422 %)SQL Server
359 (3.143 %)MySQL
449 (2.611 %)Oracle 10g
529 (1.545 %)Oracle 8/8i
622 (1.172 %)Oracle 9i
721 (1.119 %)ETL
813 (0.693 %)DB2
99 (0.479 %)Datawarehouse
99 (0.479 %)BusinessObjects
108 (0.426 %)SQL Server 2000
108 (0.426 %)SQLPlus
108 (0.426 %)Pentaho
117 (0.373 %)Reference Data
117 (0.373 %)GIS
117 (0.373 %)Oracle Reports
126 (0.320 %)Sybase ASE
126 (0.320 %)PostgreSQL
134 (0.213 %)JasperReports
134 (0.213 %)SQL Server 2005
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1148 (7.885 %)Eclipse
2128 (6.819 %)JUnit
3115 (6.127 %)Ant
477 (4.102 %)Subversion
576 (4.049 %)ClearCase
620 (1.066 %)Selenium
716 (0.852 %)FitNesse
815 (0.799 %)ClearQuest
913 (0.693 %)Oracle Forms
913 (0.693 %)JIRA
913 (0.693 %)JCAPS
1011 (0.586 %)IntelliJ
1011 (0.586 %)CruiseControl
1110 (0.533 %)Log4j
129 (0.479 %)jMock
129 (0.479 %)JDeveloper
138 (0.426 %)PVCS
138 (0.426 %)NUnit
146 (0.320 %)Atlassian Bamboo
146 (0.320 %)CheckStyle
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1573 (30.53 %)Banking
2440 (23.44 %)Investment Banking
3366 (19.50 %)Front Office
4284 (15.13 %)Finance
544 (2.344 %)Back Office
643 (2.291 %)Government
732 (1.705 %)Telecoms
831 (1.652 %)Games
922 (1.172 %)Retail
1021 (1.119 %)Education
1120 (1.066 %)Publishing
1217 (0.906 %)Insurance
1310 (0.533 %)Pharmaceutical
1310 (0.533 %)Financial Institution
1310 (0.533 %)Online Games
147 (0.373 %)Construction
156 (0.320 %)Marketing
165 (0.266 %)Billing
165 (0.266 %)Home Office
165 (0.266 %)Health
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1274 (14.60 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
2268 (14.28 %)Derivative
3172 (9.164 %)Multithreading
4159 (8.471 %)Fixed Income
581 (4.315 %)Equities
669 (3.676 %)Credit Derivative
768 (3.623 %)Credit Risk
847 (2.504 %)Equity Derivative
938 (2.025 %)Market Risk
1036 (1.918 %)Grid Computing
1125 (1.332 %)Web 2.0
1220 (1.066 %)Computer Science
1317 (0.906 %)Contract for Difference
1416 (0.852 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1515 (0.799 %)NHS
1611 (0.586 %)N-Tier
179 (0.479 %)Spread Betting
187 (0.373 %)PDA
187 (0.373 %)Client/Server
196 (0.320 %)Mathematics
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1322 (17.16 %)UNIX
2176 (9.377 %)Linux
386 (4.582 %)Windows
449 (2.611 %)Solaris
519 (1.012 %)Windows XP
611 (0.586 %)Windows NT
77 (0.373 %)Red Hat Linux
85 (0.266 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
85 (0.266 %)Android
85 (0.266 %)Ubuntu
94 (0.213 %)Windows Mobile
102 (0.107 %)Windows 2000
111 (0.053 %)AIX
111 (0.053 %)Windows Vista
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1206 (10.97 %)OO
2172 (9.164 %)Agile Software Development
3130 (6.926 %)E-Commerce
4119 (6.340 %)UML
5103 (5.487 %)TDD
696 (5.115 %)Electronic Trading
786 (4.582 %)Scrum
862 (3.303 %)SOA
955 (2.930 %)Algorithmic Trading
1054 (2.877 %)Unit Testing
1153 (2.824 %)OOD
1251 (2.717 %)OOA/OOD
1347 (2.504 %)Web Development
1445 (2.397 %)RUP
1539 (2.078 %)Continuous Integration
1638 (2.025 %)Content Management
1731 (1.652 %)Migration
1830 (1.598 %)Risk Management
1925 (1.332 %)Configuration Management
2022 (1.172 %)Monte Carlo Method
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11877 (100.00 %)Java
2477 (25.41 %)SQL
3218 (11.61 %)JavaScript
4186 (9.909 %)C++
5154 (8.205 %)C#
684 (4.475 %)PL/SQL
772 (3.836 %)Perl
843 (2.291 %)C
942 (2.238 %)Shell Script
1025 (1.332 %)Python
1123 (1.225 %)Groovy
1222 (1.172 %)XQuery
1321 (1.119 %)T-SQL
1419 (1.012 %)PHP
1515 (0.799 %)ActionScript
1611 (0.586 %)Ruby
1710 (0.533 %)XPath
188 (0.426 %)VBA
197 (0.373 %)VB
205 (0.266 %)Korn
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
188 (4.688 %)Security Cleared
262 (3.303 %)Degree
353 (2.824 %)SC Cleared
423 (1.225 %)Sun Certification
521 (1.119 %)DV Cleared
62 (0.107 %)CTC Cleared
71 (0.053 %)SCJP
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
110 (0.533 %)QA
110 (0.533 %)HL7
22 (0.107 %)WAI
31 (0.053 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
31 (0.053 %)Basel II
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
115 (0.799 %)AquaLogic
210 (0.533 %)Oracle RAC
32 (0.107 %)VMware Infrastructure
41 (0.053 %)MSMQ
41 (0.053 %)Active Directory
41 (0.053 %)Artix
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
115 (0.799 %)AutoSys
212 (0.639 %)CA SiteMinder
310 (0.533 %)Sun Identity Manager
49 (0.479 %)TIBCO Hawk
57 (0.373 %)OpenView
64 (0.213 %)Tivoli
64 (0.213 %)OVSD
72 (0.107 %)CONTROL-M
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
1487 (25.95 %)Oracle
2277 (14.76 %)Sybase
3132 (7.032 %)JBoss
468 (3.623 %)DataSynapse
558 (3.090 %)TIBCO
647 (2.504 %)Sun
745 (2.397 %)Adobe
839 (2.078 %)Calypso
930 (1.598 %)IBM
1029 (1.545 %)Bloomberg
1126 (1.385 %)Microsoft
1126 (1.385 %)BEA
1223 (1.225 %)Tangosol
1318 (0.959 %)Informatica
1417 (0.906 %)eSpeed
1516 (0.852 %)Murex
1615 (0.799 %)Reuters
1714 (0.746 %)Actuate
1714 (0.746 %)Caplin
1812 (0.639 %)Tradeweb