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 |
| 3 months to
16 May 2012 | Same period 2011 | Same period 2010 |
| Rank | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Rank change year-on-year |
 -4 | -2 |
|
| Matching contract IT job ads | 5222 | 6652 | 6252 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 8.823 % | 10.84 % | 11.35 % |
| As % of the Programming Languages category | 25.59 % | 29.02 % | 30.26 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 3303 | 4013 | 3608 |
| Average daily rate | £430 | £475 | £500 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £290 | £300 | £300 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £600 | £650 | £625 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £350 | £363 | £320 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 98 | 192 | 96 |
| Average hourly rate | £32.50 | £37.75 | £33.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £18.13 | £25.00 | £19.60 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £40.30 | £47.50 | £41.00 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £32.50 | £37.50 | £31.75 |
| % change year-on-year | |
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Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category | 20410 | 22925 | 20661 |
| As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK | 34.48 % | 37.36 % | 37.52 % |
| Number of daily rates quoted | 12126 | 13248 | 10820 |
| Average daily rate | £375 | £413 | £425 |
| Average daily rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £250 | £260 | £235 |
| 10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than | £558 | £600 | £600 |
| UK excluding London average daily rate | £325 | £325 | £300 |
| % change year-on-year | |
| Number of hourly rates quoted | 698 | 916 | 770 |
| Average hourly rate | £34.00 | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| Average hourly rate % change year-on-year | |
| 90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £17.50 | £19.50 | £16.00 |
| 10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than | £45.00 | £45.00 | £42.50 |
| UK excluding London average hourly rate | £34.00 | £35.00 | £30.00 |
| % change year-on-year | |
