Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for Java 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 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 of the Programming Languages category.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank1213
Rank change on the same period last yearUp+1
Matching contract IT job ads28166290
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK8.198 %8.170 %
As % of the Programming Languages category24.68 %24.72 %
Daily rates quoted12102320
Average daily rate£425£475
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-10.52 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£268£300
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£600£625
UK excluding London average daily rate£320£360
% change on same period last year-11.11 %
Hourly rates quoted83146
Average hourly rate£30.00£37.00
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-18.91 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£18.20£30.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£40.00£47.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£37.00
% change on same period last year-18.91 %
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
UK
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1141125447
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the UK33.22 %33.05 %
Daily rates quoted45608324
Average daily rate£365£400
Average daily rate % change on the same period last year-8.750 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£215£250
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£550£575
UK excluding London average daily rate£300£330
% change on same period last year-9.090 %
Hourly rates quoted7631682
Average hourly rate£29.00£32.50
Average hourly rate % change on the same period last year-10.76 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£15.00£20.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£39.00£43.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate£30.00£34.50
% change on same period last year-13.04 %

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
Demand Trend

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

Java Demand Trend

Java
Daily Rate Trend

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

Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Daily Rate Histogram

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

Java Daily Rate Histogram

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Hourly Rate Histogram

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

Java Hourly Rate Histogram

Java
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 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+22664£425-10.52 %
LondonUp+31827£475-5.00 %
City of LondonDown-1662£475-7.31 %
South EastNo change0370£338-15.62 %
South WestUp+16116£325-13.33 %
HampshireNo change0112£350-10.60 %
East of EnglandDown-1399£300-20.00 %
BerkshireDown-396£330-17.50 %
North WestDown-687£300-14.28 %
ScotlandDown-585£260-22.96 %
YorkshireNo change060£300-11.43 %
SurreyDown-152£350-12.77 %
Docklands, LondonDown-741£475-20.83 %
West MidlandsDown-940£205-41.42 %
WalesUp+739£350-7.89 %
GloucestershireUp+2037£323-
CambridgeshireUp+537£275-25.17 %
ReadingDown-134£400+3.22 %
BristolNo change031£316-15.73 %
West YorkshireDown-630£293-13.97 %
South WalesUp+1528£313-10.71 %
CambridgeUp+828£275-31.25 %
GlasgowDown-527£219-32.61 %
CheshireUp+924£301-7.30 %
LeedsDown-423£293-10.00 %
South YorkshireUp+522£295-4.83 %
NorfolkUp+422£475+18.75 %
BuckinghamshireDown-222£324-19.12 %
North EastUp+2621£313-3.84 %
ManchesterDown-1021£375+6.99 %

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Java 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.

11592 (27.71 %)J2EE
21527 (26.58 %)Oracle
31433 (24.94 %)SQL
41337 (23.27 %)Banking
51252 (21.79 %)XML
61035 (18.02 %)UNIX
71026 (17.86 %)Investment Banking
8938 (16.33 %)Finance
9909 (15.82 %)Spring
10812 (14.13 %)C++
11729 (12.69 %)C#
12718 (12.50 %)Hibernate
13698 (12.15 %).NET
14654 (11.38 %)WebServices
15637 (11.09 %)JavaScript
15637 (11.09 %)Front Office
16631 (10.98 %)WebSphere
17618 (10.76 %)HTML
18588 (10.23 %)Derivative
19568 (9.887 %)JSP
20523 (9.104 %)Sybase
21505 (8.790 %)OO
22491 (8.547 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
23490 (8.529 %)Windows
24486 (8.460 %)Linux
25442 (7.694 %)SQL Server
26412 (7.171 %)Agile Software Development
27409 (7.119 %)UML
28408 (7.102 %)Security Cleared
29386 (6.719 %)SOA

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT contractor jobs within the UK citing Java 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11592 (27.71 %)J2EE
21252 (21.79 %)XML
3909 (15.82 %)Spring
4718 (12.50 %)Hibernate
5698 (12.15 %).NET
6654 (11.38 %)WebServices
7631 (10.98 %)WebSphere
8618 (10.76 %)HTML
9568 (9.887 %)JSP
10377 (6.562 %)AJAX
11372 (6.475 %)CSS
12349 (6.075 %)Struts
13290 (5.048 %)JMS
14281 (4.891 %)XSLT
15240 (4.178 %)Servlets
16227 (3.951 %)EJB
17211 (3.673 %)Middleware
18184 (3.203 %)Adobe Flex
19182 (3.168 %)SOAP
20173 (3.011 %)JSF
IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1374 (6.510 %)WebLogic
2286 (4.978 %)Apache
3267 (4.648 %)Tomcat
4162 (2.820 %)CMS
5146 (2.541 %)ESB
6144 (2.507 %)WebSphere Portal
7111 (1.932 %)WebSphere MQ
894 (1.636 %)WebSphere Application Server
987 (1.514 %)TIBCO EMS
1073 (1.271 %)WebSphere Message Broker
1162 (1.079 %)IIS
1162 (1.079 %)MQSeries
1256 (0.975 %)Rendezvous
1350 (0.870 %)Oracle Application Server
1441 (0.714 %)Documentum
1535 (0.609 %)ColdFusion
1634 (0.592 %)Liferay
1733 (0.574 %)Oracle Workflow
1832 (0.557 %)NetWeaver
1832 (0.557 %)WebLogic Portal
IT Contractor Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
195 (1.654 %)MS Excel
251 (0.888 %)MS Visio
343 (0.748 %)MS Office
434 (0.592 %)Photoshop
515 (0.261 %)MS Project
613 (0.226 %)MS PowerPoint
711 (0.191 %)Adobe Illustrator
88 (0.139 %)MATLAB
95 (0.087 %)Acrobat
95 (0.087 %)3ds Max
104 (0.070 %)Spreadsheet
113 (0.052 %)Adobe Premiere
113 (0.052 %)Fireworks
113 (0.052 %)Paint Shop Pro
121 (0.017 %)AutoCAD
121 (0.017 %)Shockwave
121 (0.017 %)Pro/ENGINEER
121 (0.017 %)DOC1
121 (0.017 %)InfoPath
121 (0.017 %)CA Clarity
IT Contractor Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
150 (0.870 %)BusinessWorks
229 (0.505 %)ION MarketView
328 (0.487 %)Oracle EBS
422 (0.383 %)Oracle Applications
520 (0.348 %)Endur
619 (0.331 %)MAXIMO
619 (0.331 %)TIBCO iProcess
715 (0.261 %)Summit
814 (0.244 %)RMDS
913 (0.226 %)Global One
1011 (0.191 %)FENICS FX
1011 (0.191 %)Loan IQ
119 (0.157 %)SAP CRM
119 (0.157 %)Murex MxG2000
119 (0.157 %)Oracle EBS R12
128 (0.139 %)Oracle 11i
137 (0.122 %)SAP HR
137 (0.122 %)Oracle iProcurement
146 (0.104 %)SAP ERP
146 (0.104 %)SAP SRM
IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1237 (4.125 %)Internet
2116 (2.019 %)LDAP
394 (1.636 %)HTTP
464 (1.114 %)Intranet
550 (0.870 %)TCP/IP
631 (0.540 %)Firewall
727 (0.470 %)SAN
826 (0.453 %)SSL
922 (0.383 %)DNS
1020 (0.348 %)FTP
1118 (0.313 %)Wireless
1216 (0.279 %)BSS
1313 (0.226 %)Extranet
1313 (0.226 %)Broadband
1313 (0.226 %)SMTP
1410 (0.174 %)WAN
1410 (0.174 %)ATM
159 (0.157 %)3G
159 (0.157 %)Ethernet
168 (0.139 %)LAN
IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1442 (7.694 %)SQL Server
2216 (3.760 %)MySQL
3189 (3.290 %)Oracle 10g
4188 (3.272 %)RDBMS
591 (1.584 %)DB2
688 (1.532 %)Oracle 8/8i
781 (1.410 %)ETL
880 (1.393 %)Oracle Reports
971 (1.236 %)Datawarehouse
1068 (1.184 %)BusinessObjects
1164 (1.114 %)Oracle 9i
1251 (0.888 %)SQL Server 2005
1350 (0.870 %)SQL Server 2000
1437 (0.644 %)GIS
1532 (0.557 %)Oracle Discoverer
1624 (0.418 %)SQLPlus
1624 (0.418 %)TOAD
1723 (0.400 %)Data Mart
1822 (0.383 %)PostgreSQL
1822 (0.383 %)MS Access
IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1287 (4.996 %)Eclipse
2239 (4.160 %)Ant
3233 (4.056 %)JUnit
4162 (2.820 %)ClearCase
5151 (2.628 %)Subversion
683 (1.445 %)Selenium
764 (1.114 %)ClearQuest
863 (1.097 %)Oracle Forms
957 (0.992 %)FitNesse
1055 (0.957 %)JCAPS
1143 (0.748 %)LoadRunner
1235 (0.609 %)JDeveloper
1235 (0.609 %)CruiseControl
1331 (0.540 %)QuickTest Pro
1430 (0.522 %)JIRA
1525 (0.435 %)TestDirector
1525 (0.435 %)Dreamweaver
1525 (0.435 %)Visual Studio
1624 (0.418 %)NUnit
1719 (0.331 %)PVCS
IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
11337 (23.27 %)Banking
21026 (17.86 %)Investment Banking
3938 (16.33 %)Finance
4637 (11.09 %)Front Office
5199 (3.464 %)Government
6177 (3.081 %)Telecoms
7123 (2.141 %)Back Office
893 (1.619 %)Insurance
985 (1.480 %)Retail
1070 (1.218 %)Games
1167 (1.166 %)Education
1249 (0.853 %)Financial Institution
1348 (0.836 %)Billing
1446 (0.801 %)Publishing
1535 (0.609 %)Health
1632 (0.557 %)Pharmaceutical
1727 (0.470 %)Marketing
1818 (0.313 %)Police
1818 (0.313 %)Construction
1917 (0.296 %)Multimedia
IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
13517 (61.22 %)Developer
21877 (32.67 %)Java Developer
3525 (9.138 %)Analyst
4342 (5.953 %)Architect
5331 (5.762 %)Senior Developer
6277 (4.822 %)J2EE Developer
7240 (4.178 %)Java/J2EE Developer
8227 (3.951 %)Consultant
9200 (3.481 %)Programmer
10189 (3.290 %)Senior Java Developer
11187 (3.255 %)C++ Developer
12178 (3.098 %)C# Developer
13155 (2.698 %)Project Manager
14144 (2.507 %)Web Developer
15129 (2.245 %)Software Engineer
16119 (2.071 %)Analyst Programmer
16119 (2.071 %)WebSphere Developer
17111 (1.932 %)C++/Java Developer
18105 (1.828 %)Business Analyst
18105 (1.828 %)Tester
IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1588 (10.23 %)Derivative
2491 (8.547 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
3278 (4.839 %)Fixed Income
4222 (3.864 %)Equities
5221 (3.847 %)Multithreading
6127 (2.211 %)Credit Derivative
7109 (1.897 %)Credit Risk
889 (1.549 %)Equity Derivative
980 (1.393 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1077 (1.340 %)Computer Science
1172 (1.253 %)Grid Computing
1268 (1.184 %)Market Risk
1365 (1.131 %)Mainframe
1462 (1.079 %)N-Tier
1560 (1.044 %)Client/Server
1648 (0.836 %)Web 2.0
1735 (0.609 %)iPhone
1830 (0.522 %)Mathematics
1929 (0.505 %)NHS
2027 (0.470 %)RIA
IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
11035 (18.02 %)UNIX
2490 (8.529 %)Windows
3486 (8.460 %)Linux
4231 (4.021 %)Solaris
5107 (1.862 %)Windows Server 2003
663 (1.097 %)Windows XP
746 (0.801 %)Red Hat Linux
837 (0.644 %)AIX
930 (0.522 %)Windows NT
1022 (0.383 %)Windows 2000
1121 (0.366 %)Android
1211 (0.191 %)Windows Server 2008
139 (0.157 %)Windows Vista
148 (0.139 %)Windows Mobile
148 (0.139 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
148 (0.139 %)HPUX
157 (0.122 %)zOS
166 (0.104 %)Embedded Linux
175 (0.087 %)SUSE
175 (0.087 %)Ubuntu
IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1505 (8.790 %)OO
2412 (7.171 %)Agile Software Development
3409 (7.119 %)UML
4386 (6.719 %)SOA
5260 (4.526 %)E-Commerce
6225 (3.916 %)TDD
7219 (3.812 %)Scrum
8206 (3.586 %)Web Development
9190 (3.307 %)Content Management
10176 (3.064 %)Workflow
11163 (2.837 %)Project Management
12156 (2.715 %)Unit Testing
13143 (2.489 %)Migration
14141 (2.454 %)RUP
15138 (2.402 %)Electronic Trading
16108 (1.880 %)CRM
17107 (1.862 %)RAD
18104 (1.810 %)Test Scripting
19102 (1.775 %)Continuous Integration
2097 (1.688 %)Configuration Management
IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11433 (24.94 %)SQL
2812 (14.13 %)C++
3729 (12.69 %)C#
4637 (11.09 %)JavaScript
5314 (5.466 %)Perl
6299 (5.205 %)PL/SQL
7229 (3.986 %)C
8204 (3.551 %)PHP
9153 (2.663 %)VB
10132 (2.298 %)Shell Script
1195 (1.654 %)Python
1287 (1.514 %)T-SQL
1371 (1.236 %)Ruby
1469 (1.201 %)ActionScript
1565 (1.131 %)ABAP
1654 (0.940 %)VB.NET
1752 (0.905 %)XPath
1851 (0.888 %)VBA
1943 (0.748 %)VB6
2035 (0.609 %)COBOL
IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1408 (7.102 %)Security Cleared
2271 (4.717 %)SC Cleared
3202 (3.516 %)Degree
450 (0.870 %)ISEB
549 (0.853 %)DV Cleared
636 (0.627 %)Sun Certification
721 (0.366 %)PRINCE2 Certification
820 (0.348 %)CTC Cleared
913 (0.226 %)IBM Certification
1011 (0.191 %)PMI Certification
1110 (0.174 %)ISTQB
1110 (0.174 %)BC Cleared
129 (0.157 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
138 (0.139 %)Microsoft Certification
147 (0.122 %)ISEB Practitioner
156 (0.104 %)CISA
156 (0.104 %)CISM
156 (0.104 %)CISSP
165 (0.087 %)Oracle Certification
174 (0.070 %)RHCE
IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1109 (1.897 %)QA
223 (0.400 %)HL7
310 (0.174 %)SLA
310 (0.174 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
310 (0.174 %)ISO27001
47 (0.122 %)COBIT
47 (0.122 %)ISO17799
56 (0.104 %)RosettaNet
64 (0.070 %)PCI DSS
73 (0.052 %)HMG Infosec
82 (0.035 %)Basel II
82 (0.035 %)MiFID
82 (0.035 %)WAI
91 (0.017 %)ISO9000
91 (0.017 %)JTAG
IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
170 (1.218 %)AquaLogic
229 (0.505 %)Active Directory
319 (0.331 %)Oracle RAC
416 (0.279 %)VMware Infrastructure
56 (0.104 %)Oracle RMAN
65 (0.087 %)Orbix
72 (0.035 %)Terminal Server
72 (0.035 %)ISA Server
72 (0.035 %)NetBackup
72 (0.035 %)Postfix
72 (0.035 %)Squid
81 (0.017 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
81 (0.017 %)Veritas Volume Manager
81 (0.017 %)Veritas File System
81 (0.017 %)SRDF
81 (0.017 %)MSMQ
81 (0.017 %)Artix
81 (0.017 %)VMware ESX
IT Contractor Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
158 (1.010 %)CA SiteMinder
240 (0.696 %)Tivoli
337 (0.644 %)Netcool
433 (0.574 %)AutoSys
529 (0.505 %)Sun Identity Manager
621 (0.366 %)Netcool/Webtop
718 (0.313 %)TIBCO Hawk
718 (0.313 %)Tivoli Monitoring
815 (0.261 %)OpenView
914 (0.244 %)Netcool/OMNIbus
1012 (0.209 %)CONTROL-M
1012 (0.209 %)OVSD
1012 (0.209 %)Netcool/Proviso
119 (0.157 %)Data Guard
119 (0.157 %)MIIS
123 (0.052 %)Nagios
123 (0.052 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
123 (0.052 %)Unicenter
123 (0.052 %)OVOW
132 (0.035 %)EMC Navisphere
IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
11527 (26.58 %)Oracle
2523 (9.104 %)Sybase
3255 (4.439 %)IBM
4240 (4.178 %)JBoss
5216 (3.760 %)TIBCO
6214 (3.725 %)Microsoft
7168 (2.924 %)Murex
8130 (2.263 %)Sun
9129 (2.245 %)Adobe
10112 (1.950 %)Pega
11111 (1.932 %)SAP
12110 (1.915 %)DataSynapse
1397 (1.688 %)BEA
1481 (1.410 %)Calypso
1568 (1.184 %)Business Objects
1662 (1.079 %)Informatica
1760 (1.044 %)Bloomberg
1857 (0.992 %)Red Hat
1948 (0.836 %)ATG
2047 (0.818 %)Reuters