Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Java RMI skills in IT contracts advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java RMI over the 3 months to 22 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkJava Remote Method Invocation (Java RMI)
Location
3 months to
22 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank458444539
Rank change year-on-year
Down-14Up+95
Matching contract IT job ads19267
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK0.039 %0.005 %0.082 %
As % of the Application Development category0.146 %0.023 %0.338 %
Daily rates quoted6129
Average daily rate£500£338£575
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+48.14 %-41.30 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£375£338£495
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£525£338£650
UK excluding London average daily rate£275£338£388
% change year-on-year
-18.51 %-12.90 %
Hourly rates quoted200
Average hourly rate£38.00--
UK excluding London average hourly rate£38.00--
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
12975880919822
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK26.70 %22.20 %24.17 %
Daily rates quoted663330866471
Average daily rate£375£350£363
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.140 %-3.440 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£225£220£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£500£550
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£300£325
% change year-on-year
--7.690 %
Hourly rates quoted4234961249
Average hourly rate£30.00£28.50£32.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+5.260 %-10.93 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£16.30£14.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£42.50£41.50£45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£28.50£27.50£32.50
% change year-on-year
+3.630 %-15.38 %

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 RMI
Demand Trend

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

Java RMI Demand Trend

Java RMI
Daily Rate Trend

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

Java RMI Daily Rate Trend

Java RMI
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java RMI within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010.

Java RMI Daily Rate Histogram

Java RMI
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Java RMI Hourly Rate Trend

Java RMI
Top 8 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java RMI within the UK over the 3 months to 22 March 2010. 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
EnglandDown-2119£500+48.14 %
LondonNew entry-16£500-
City of LondonNew entry-6£525-
South EastNew entry-3£275-
HampshireNew entry-2--
BasingstokeNew entry-2--
SurreyNew entry-1£275-
GuildfordNew entry-1£275-

Java RMI
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Java RMI 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 Java RMI.

131 (93.94 %)Java
214 (42.42 %)J2SE
313 (39.39 %)Swing
313 (39.39 %)XML
412 (36.36 %)Linux
412 (36.36 %)SQL
511 (33.33 %)OO
511 (33.33 %)Eclipse
511 (33.33 %)Banking
610 (30.30 %)JDBC
79 (27.27 %)Perl
79 (27.27 %)J2EE
79 (27.27 %)JMS
88 (24.24 %)Front Office
88 (24.24 %)UNIX
88 (24.24 %)Investment Banking
97 (21.21 %)Hibernate
97 (21.21 %)Multithreading
97 (21.21 %)Sybase
97 (21.21 %)Middleware
106 (18.18 %)Oracle
106 (18.18 %)Fixed Income
106 (18.18 %)Finance
115 (15.15 %)Education
115 (15.15 %)Subversion
115 (15.15 %)Unit Testing
115 (15.15 %)Degree
115 (15.15 %)Computer Science
115 (15.15 %)MySQL
115 (15.15 %)Windows

Java RMI
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 March 2010, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Java RMI 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 Java RMI. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
114 (42.42 %)J2SE
213 (39.39 %)Swing
213 (39.39 %)XML
310 (30.30 %)JDBC
49 (27.27 %)J2EE
49 (27.27 %)JMS
57 (21.21 %)Hibernate
57 (21.21 %)Middleware
65 (15.15 %)SOAP
74 (12.12 %)Web Services
83 (9.091 %)SWT
83 (9.091 %)FIX Protocol
83 (9.091 %).NET
83 (9.091 %)EJB
92 (6.061 %)JavaBeans
92 (6.061 %)CSS
92 (6.061 %)HTML
92 (6.061 %)Java EE
101 (3.030 %)Spring
101 (3.030 %)JSF
IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
12 (6.061 %)Rendezvous
21 (3.030 %)TIBCO EMS
21 (3.030 %)ESB
21 (3.030 %)AquaLogic
21 (3.030 %)WebLogic
21 (3.030 %)IIS
21 (3.030 %)MQSeries
21 (3.030 %)WebLogic Portal
21 (3.030 %)MS Exchange
IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (12.12 %)Quicktime
21 (3.030 %)MATLAB
IT Contractor Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (9.091 %)RMDS
21 (3.030 %)Oracle BPM
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
15 (15.15 %)MySQL
23 (9.091 %)RDBMS
32 (6.061 %)SQL Server
41 (3.030 %)Oracle 9i
IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
111 (33.33 %)Eclipse
25 (15.15 %)Subversion
34 (12.12 %)JUnit
43 (9.091 %)Log4j
52 (6.061 %)CruiseControl
61 (3.030 %)NUnit
61 (3.030 %)FitNesse
IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
111 (33.33 %)Banking
28 (24.24 %)Front Office
28 (24.24 %)Investment Banking
36 (18.18 %)Finance
45 (15.15 %)Education
53 (9.091 %)Insurance
61 (3.030 %)Government
61 (3.030 %)Police
61 (3.030 %)Back Office
IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
125 (75.76 %)Developer
223 (69.70 %)Java Developer
37 (21.21 %)Java Swing Developer
43 (9.091 %)Credit Risk Developer
52 (6.061 %)Software Developer
52 (6.061 %)Java Software Developer
52 (6.061 %)Calypso Developer
61 (3.030 %)Credit Analyst
61 (3.030 %)Java Programmer
61 (3.030 %)Senior Java Developer
61 (3.030 %)J2EE Developer
61 (3.030 %)Java Software Engineer
61 (3.030 %)Technical Manager
61 (3.030 %)Java Analyst Programmer
61 (3.030 %)Performance Tester
61 (3.030 %)Test Leader
61 (3.030 %)Middleware Developer
61 (3.030 %)Java/J2EE Developer
61 (3.030 %)Java Web Developer
61 (3.030 %)Project Manager
IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
17 (21.21 %)Multithreading
26 (18.18 %)Fixed Income
35 (15.15 %)Computer Science
44 (12.12 %)Derivative
44 (12.12 %)Credit Derivative
53 (9.091 %)Credit Risk
62 (6.061 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
62 (6.061 %)Equities
71 (3.030 %)Market Risk
71 (3.030 %)Life Science
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
112 (36.36 %)Linux
28 (24.24 %)UNIX
35 (15.15 %)Windows
44 (12.12 %)Solaris
52 (6.061 %)Red Hat Linux
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
111 (33.33 %)OO
25 (15.15 %)Unit Testing
25 (15.15 %)OOD
25 (15.15 %)SOA
34 (12.12 %)Investment Management
34 (12.12 %)Agile Software Development
43 (9.091 %)Time Management
43 (9.091 %)Electronic Trading
52 (6.061 %)TDD
52 (6.061 %)Pair Programming
61 (3.030 %)Unified Process
61 (3.030 %)Software Engineering
61 (3.030 %)OpenUP
61 (3.030 %)RUP
61 (3.030 %)UML
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
131 (93.94 %)Java
212 (36.36 %)SQL
39 (27.27 %)Perl
44 (12.12 %)C#
53 (9.091 %)Groovy
53 (9.091 %)Korn
53 (9.091 %)VBA
53 (9.091 %)Tcl
53 (9.091 %)C-shell
53 (9.091 %)Bash shell
62 (6.061 %)JavaScript
71 (3.030 %)C++
71 (3.030 %)Shell Script
IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (15.15 %)Degree
21 (3.030 %)SC Cleared
21 (3.030 %)Security Cleared
IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
17 (21.21 %)Sybase
26 (18.18 %)Oracle
34 (12.12 %)TIBCO
43 (9.091 %)Calypso
52 (6.061 %)Red Hat
52 (6.061 %)BEA
52 (6.061 %)Microsoft
52 (6.061 %)JBoss
61 (3.030 %)GigaSpaces
61 (3.030 %)DataSynapse
61 (3.030 %)Sun
61 (3.030 %)ILOG
61 (3.030 %)IBM