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This section looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT contracts across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Java Developer in their job title over the last 3 months to 12 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Java Developer
Location
3 months to 12 May 2008Same period last year
Rank3434
Rank change on same period last yearNo change0
Matching contract IT job ads28433530
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled3.572 %3.967 %
As % of the category below3.919 %4.343 %
Daily rates quoted11261399
Average minimum daily rate£460£428
Average daily rate£495£454
% change on same period last year+9.03 %
Average maximum daily rate£531£481
UK excluding London average daily rate£393£348
% change on same period last year+12.67 %
Hourly rates quoted22118
Average minimum hourly rate£34.91£37.41
Average hourly rate£36.84£38.80
% change on same period last year-5.05 %
Average maximum hourly rate£38.77£40.20
UK excluding London average hourly rate£35.29£38.63
% change on same period last year-8.65 %
Job Titles UKJob Titles
UK
Matching contract IT job ads7254281284
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled91.15 %91.34 %
Daily rates quoted2278822841
Average minimum daily rate£385£392
Average daily rate£412£417
% change on same period last year-1.34 %
Average maximum daily rate£439£443
UK excluding London average daily rate£364£353
% change on same period last year+3.06 %
Hourly rates quoted62006548
Average minimum hourly rate£22.26£23.57
Average hourly rate£23.98£25.03
% change on same period last year-4.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate£25.71£26.49
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.62£24.98
% change on same period last year-5.45 %

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 Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of contract IT jobs ads citing Java Developer across 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 contract IT jobs ads citing Java Developer across 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 across the UK over the past 3 months.

Java Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs ads citing Java Developer across 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 across the UK over the past 3 months.

Java Developer Hourly Rate Histogram

Java Developer
Top 30 Contract Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-22727£500+9.35 %
2LondonDown-41733£533+9.80 %
3City of LondonDown-1607£533+4.02 %
4South EastDown-2361£443+26.96 %
5East of EnglandUp+17186£389+7.86 %
6Docklands, LondonUp+5139£630+22.71 %
7North WestUp+14118£375+20.71 %
8SurreyUp+3499£423+9.38 %
9South WestDown-2389£359-0.26 %
10HertfordshireUp+3288£414+17.16 %
11BerkshireUp+1383£378+9.37 %
12ScotlandUp+878£386+17.14 %
13YorkshireUp+1677£299-2.51 %
14West MidlandsUp+1470£335+0.96 %
15East MidlandsNo change064£328+1.48 %
15CambridgeshireUp+1364£369+13.85 %
16ManchesterUp+1952£367-
16GlasgowUp+252£363+10.73 %
17West YorkshireUp+750£295-4.74 %
18Home CountiesUp+1037£555-
19HampshireDown-5036£342-3.36 %
20BuckinghamshireUp+1332£436+6.52 %
21LeedsUp+731£296-15.51 %
22PeterboroughDown-430£377+17.67 %
23CheshireDown-2326£343+18.22 %
23MidlandsDown-1126£341-0.84 %
24ReadingUp+1925£396+13.89 %
25CambridgeUp+1124£450-
25Canary WharfUp+424£572+24.77 %
26CoventryUp+421£283-16.04 %

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Java Developer also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Java Developer.

15862 (100.00 %)Java
22643 (45.09 %)J2EE
31851 (31.58 %)Spring
41787 (30.48 %)Oracle
51743 (29.73 %)Hibernate
61592 (27.16 %)SQL
71531 (26.12 %)XML
81454 (24.80 %)Banking
91301 (22.19 %)Finance
101097 (18.71 %)JSP
11991 (16.91 %)Investment Banking
12948 (16.17 %)Struts
13897 (15.30 %)OO
14887 (15.13 %)Derivative
15879 (14.99 %)Unix
16828 (14.12 %)Front Office
17758 (12.93 %)Eclipse
18677 (11.55 %)HTML
19654 (11.16 %)Sybase
20638 (10.88 %)UML
21626 (10.68 %)WebSphere
22623 (10.63 %)Linux
23621 (10.59 %)WebServices
24619 (10.56 %)JUnit
25593 (10.12 %)WebLogic
26584 (9.962 %)JavaScript
27503 (8.581 %)C++
28500 (8.530 %)EJB
29497 (8.478 %)Swing
30462 (7.881 %)Servlets

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months contract IT jobs across the UK citing Java Developer also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Java Developer. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
12643 (45.09 %)J2EE
21851 (31.58 %)Spring
31743 (29.73 %)Hibernate
41531 (26.12 %)XML
51097 (18.71 %)JSP
6948 (16.17 %)Struts
7677 (11.55 %)HTML
8626 (10.68 %)WebSphere
9621 (10.59 %)WebServices
10500 (8.530 %)EJB
11497 (8.478 %)Swing
12462 (7.881 %)Servlets
13409 (6.977 %)JMS
14404 (6.892 %)JDBC
15337 (5.749 %)AJAX
16317 (5.408 %)XSLT
17315 (5.374 %)CSS
18280 (4.777 %)J2SE
19277 (4.725 %)JSF
20263 (4.487 %).NET
Application Platforms
1593 (10.12 %)WebLogic
2352 (6.005 %)JBoss
2352 (6.005 %)Tomcat
3245 (4.179 %)Apache
4108 (1.842 %)WebSphere Application Server
5105 (1.791 %)MQSeries
667 (1.143 %)Rendezvous
762 (1.058 %)WebSphere MQ
855 (0.938 %)Oracle Application Server
954 (0.921 %)CMS
1053 (0.904 %)ESB
1150 (0.853 %)WebLogic Portal
1249 (0.836 %)TIBCO EMS
1335 (0.597 %)IIS
1425 (0.426 %)SmartSockets
1521 (0.358 %)Oracle 10gAS
1619 (0.324 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1717 (0.290 %)WPS
1815 (0.256 %)ATG Dynamo
1914 (0.239 %)MTS
Applications
131 (0.529 %)MS Office
229 (0.495 %)MS Excel
315 (0.256 %)Photoshop
412 (0.205 %)MS Visio
511 (0.188 %)MS Project
68 (0.136 %)Quicktime
72 (0.034 %)CA Clarity
81 (0.017 %)MATLAB
81 (0.017 %)Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
160 (1.024 %)Summit
219 (0.324 %)MarketView
318 (0.307 %)Murex MxG2000
48 (0.136 %)Loan IQ
57 (0.119 %)Remedy ITSM
57 (0.119 %)RMDS
66 (0.102 %)Oracle EBS
66 (0.102 %)FLEXCUBE
75 (0.085 %)Oracle 11i
75 (0.085 %)Fidessa
84 (0.068 %)BusinessWorks
93 (0.051 %)Oracle Applications
93 (0.051 %)Advent Geneva
102 (0.034 %)TIBCO iProcess
102 (0.034 %)Adaptiv
102 (0.034 %)SAP HR
111 (0.017 %)SAP SD
111 (0.017 %)Oracle Financials
111 (0.017 %)Staffware
111 (0.017 %)Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1103 (1.757 %)Internet
244 (0.751 %)HTTP
336 (0.614 %)LDAP
434 (0.580 %)TCP/IP
513 (0.222 %)Extranet
513 (0.222 %)Intranet
610 (0.171 %)Wireless
77 (0.119 %)FTP
86 (0.102 %)Broadband
86 (0.102 %)SMS
95 (0.085 %)SSH
95 (0.085 %)HTTPS
95 (0.085 %)SSL
95 (0.085 %)X.509
104 (0.068 %)SS7
104 (0.068 %)ISDN
113 (0.051 %)DNS
113 (0.051 %)UMTS
113 (0.051 %)VoIP
113 (0.051 %)GPRS
Database & Business Intelligence
1259 (4.418 %)RDBMS
2250 (4.265 %)SQL Server
3207 (3.531 %)DB2
4184 (3.139 %)Oracle 10g
5162 (2.764 %)MySQL
6119 (2.030 %)Oracle 8/8i
772 (1.228 %)Oracle 9i
822 (0.375 %)Datawarehouse
822 (0.375 %)Reference Data
916 (0.273 %)Oracle Reports
1015 (0.256 %)GIS
1112 (0.205 %)DB2 UDB
1211 (0.188 %)PostgreSQL
1211 (0.188 %)Informix
1310 (0.171 %)SQL Server 2005
148 (0.136 %)Oracle 11g
157 (0.119 %)Crystal Reports
166 (0.102 %)MS Access
166 (0.102 %)JasperReports
166 (0.102 %)SQLPlus
Development Applications
1758 (12.93 %)Eclipse
2619 (10.56 %)JUnit
3419 (7.148 %)Ant
4116 (1.979 %)Subversion
597 (1.655 %)ClearCase
664 (1.092 %)Log4j
741 (0.699 %)ClearQuest
839 (0.665 %)CruiseControl
937 (0.631 %)JDeveloper
1031 (0.529 %)JIRA
1129 (0.495 %)Rational Rose
1228 (0.478 %)Atlassian Bamboo
1327 (0.461 %)IntelliJ
1424 (0.409 %)VSS/SourceSafe
1522 (0.375 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1621 (0.358 %)Oracle Forms
1621 (0.358 %)PowerBuilder
1718 (0.307 %)FitNesse
1817 (0.290 %)PVCS
1916 (0.273 %)Flash
General
11454 (24.80 %)Banking
21301 (22.19 %)Finance
3991 (16.91 %)Investment Banking
4828 (14.12 %)Front Office
5252 (4.299 %)Back Office
6168 (2.866 %)Government
7154 (2.627 %)Telecoms
8151 (2.576 %)Retail
9125 (2.132 %)Insurance
1087 (1.484 %)Financial Institution
1157 (0.972 %)Games
1252 (0.887 %)Retail Banking
1333 (0.563 %)Education
1426 (0.444 %)Marketing
1525 (0.426 %)Pensions
1615 (0.256 %)Multimedia
1714 (0.239 %)Billing
1714 (0.239 %)Pharmaceutical
1811 (0.188 %)Health
1811 (0.188 %)Publishing
Miscellaneous
1887 (15.13 %)Derivative
2363 (6.192 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
3257 (4.384 %)Equities
4252 (4.299 %)Fixed Income
5243 (4.145 %)Multithreading
6214 (3.651 %)Equity Derivative
7187 (3.190 %)Credit Derivative
8135 (2.303 %)Credit Risk
994 (1.604 %)Computer Science
1072 (1.228 %)Asset Management
1167 (1.143 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1259 (1.006 %)Grid Computing
1344 (0.751 %)Market Risk
1441 (0.699 %)N-Tier
1535 (0.597 %)Client/Server
1628 (0.478 %)Handset
1726 (0.444 %)Mathematics
1824 (0.409 %)Web 2.0
1916 (0.273 %)Exotic Derivative
2015 (0.256 %)Contract for Difference
Operating Systems
1879 (14.99 %)Unix
2623 (10.63 %)Linux
3218 (3.719 %)Windows
4162 (2.764 %)Solaris
535 (0.597 %)Windows NT
633 (0.563 %)HPUX
716 (0.273 %)AIX
89 (0.154 %)Windows 2000
97 (0.119 %)Windows Mobile
105 (0.085 %)Windows XP
113 (0.051 %)zOS
113 (0.051 %)Windows Server 2003
122 (0.034 %)Symbian OS
131 (0.017 %)SUSE
131 (0.017 %)MVS
Processes & Methodologies
1897 (15.30 %)OO
2638 (10.88 %)UML
3462 (7.881 %)Agile Software Development
4257 (4.384 %)E-Commerce
5248 (4.231 %)SOA
6203 (3.463 %)TDD
7194 (3.309 %)MVC
8192 (3.275 %)Unit Testing
9151 (2.576 %)OOD
10150 (2.559 %)Risk Management
11146 (2.491 %)Web Development
12144 (2.456 %)RAD
13118 (2.013 %)Continuous Integration
14115 (1.962 %)OOA/OOD
15107 (1.825 %)RUP
16105 (1.791 %)Scrum
1791 (1.552 %)Migration
1869 (1.177 %)Data Modelling
1968 (1.160 %)Workflow
2055 (0.938 %)Electronic Trading
Programming Languages
15862 (100.00 %)Java
21592 (27.16 %)SQL
3584 (9.962 %)JavaScript
4503 (8.581 %)C++
5396 (6.755 %)PL/SQL
6389 (6.636 %)C#
7238 (4.060 %)Perl
8125 (2.132 %)Shell Script
9111 (1.894 %)C
1075 (1.279 %)DHTML
1168 (1.160 %)Transact-SQL
1260 (1.024 %)PHP
1354 (0.921 %)Python
1444 (0.751 %)VBA
1536 (0.614 %)Ruby
1624 (0.409 %)XPath
1624 (0.409 %)Delphi
1717 (0.290 %)VBScript
1717 (0.290 %)VB
1814 (0.239 %)ActionScript
Qualifications
1258 (4.401 %)Degree
269 (1.177 %)Sun Certification
35 (0.085 %)SCJD
43 (0.051 %)SCWCD
52 (0.034 %)PhD
61 (0.017 %)Microsoft Certification
61 (0.017 %)Oracle Certification
61 (0.017 %)SCJP
61 (0.017 %)HND
61 (0.017 %)SCJA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
144 (0.751 %)QA
29 (0.154 %)HL7
29 (0.154 %)WAI
36 (0.102 %)SLA
43 (0.051 %)Basel II
43 (0.051 %)MiFID
43 (0.051 %)ISO9001
51 (0.017 %)DICOM
51 (0.017 %)IAS 39
51 (0.017 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
132 (0.546 %)AquaLogic
27 (0.119 %)Orbix
33 (0.051 %)Active Directory
42 (0.034 %)ClearTrust
42 (0.034 %)MSMQ
51 (0.017 %)NFS
51 (0.017 %)Oracle RAC
Systems Management
136 (0.614 %)MOM
216 (0.273 %)AutoSys
37 (0.119 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.017 %)Netcool
41 (0.017 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
41 (0.017 %)OpenView
41 (0.017 %)Tivoli
Vendors
11787 (30.48 %)Oracle
2654 (11.16 %)Sybase
3249 (4.248 %)Calypso
4213 (3.634 %)BEA
5207 (3.531 %)TIBCO
6142 (2.422 %)IBM
795 (1.621 %)Sun
883 (1.416 %)Murex
976 (1.296 %)Microsoft
1047 (0.802 %)Tangosol
1138 (0.648 %)ATG
1138 (0.648 %)ILOG
1232 (0.546 %)DataSynapse
1327 (0.461 %)Red Hat
1423 (0.392 %)Bloomberg
1521 (0.358 %)Adobe
1620 (0.341 %)webMethods
1719 (0.324 %)SeeBeyond
1818 (0.307 %)Mercator
1916 (0.273 %)SAP
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