Senior J2EE Consultant Contracts

The table below looks at the demand for the Senior J2EE Consultant 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 Senior J2EE Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 15 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Senior J2EE Consultant
Location Buckinghamshire England London Milton Keynes South East UK	3 months to 15 Oct 2008	Same period last year
Rank	562	636
Rank change on same period last year	+74
Matching contract IT job ads	2	1
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.003 %	0.001 %
As % of the category below	0.003 %	0.001 %
Daily rates quoted	0	1
Average minimum daily rate	-	£350
Average daily rate	-	£400
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum daily rate	-	£450
UK excluding London average daily rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Hourly rates quoted	0	0
Average minimum hourly rate	-	-
Average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum hourly rate	-	-
UK excluding London average hourly rate	-	-
% change on same period last year	-
Job Titles UK
Matching contract IT job ads	62170	88312
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	88.60 %	91.33 %
Daily rates quoted	20074	26422
Average minimum daily rate	£371	£388
Average daily rate	£396	£413
% change on same period last year	-4.01 %
Average maximum daily rate	£422	£438
UK excluding London average daily rate	£354	£353
% change on same period last year	+0.11 %
Hourly rates quoted	5732	7812
Average minimum hourly rate	£22.72	£23.70
Average hourly rate	£24.20	£25.26
% change on same period last year	-4.17 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£25.69	£26.81
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£23.64	£25.03
% change on same period last year	-5.56 %

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.

Senior J2EE Consultant
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Senior J2EE Consultant within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Senior J2EE Consultant
Daily Rate Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Senior J2EE Consultant within the UK.

Senior J2EE Consultant
Top 5 Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Senior J2EE Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 15 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank 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
England	+92	2	-	-
London	+74	1	-	-
Milton Keynes	-	1	-	-
Buckinghamshire	-	1	-	-
South East	-	1	-	-

Senior J2EE Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior J2EE Consultant 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 Senior J2EE Consultant in their job title.

1 8 (100.00 %) Java 1 8 (100.00 %) J2EE 2 6 (75.00 %) OOA/OOD 2 6 (75.00 %) SQL Server 3 5 (62.50 %) WebServices 4 4 (50.00 %) XML 4 4 (50.00 %) Oracle 4 4 (50.00 %) Struts 4 4 (50.00 %) Ant 4 4 (50.00 %) SQL 5 3 (37.50 %) Validation 5 3 (37.50 %) Hibernate 5 3 (37.50 %) UML 5 3 (37.50 %) Middleware 5 3 (37.50 %) MySQL

5 3 (37.50 %) OLAP 5 3 (37.50 %) JBoss 5 3 (37.50 %) Swing 5 3 (37.50 %) OOD 5 3 (37.50 %) Spring 5 3 (37.50 %) JFC 5 3 (37.50 %) JRules 5 3 (37.50 %) SQL Server 2005 6 2 (25.00 %) SOA 6 2 (25.00 %) BEA 7 1 (12.50 %) WebLogic Portal 7 1 (12.50 %) OO 7 1 (12.50 %) Biometrics 7 1 (12.50 %) Workflow 7 1 (12.50 %) Government

Senior J2EE Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 15 October 2008, IT contractor jobs within the UK that cited Senior J2EE Consultant 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 Senior J2EE Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development 1 8 (100.00 %) J2EE 2 5 (62.50 %) WebServices 3 4 (50.00 %) XML 3 4 (50.00 %) Struts 4 3 (37.50 %) Swing 4 3 (37.50 %) Middleware 4 3 (37.50 %) Hibernate 4 3 (37.50 %) JRules 4 3 (37.50 %) Spring 4 3 (37.50 %) JFC	Application Platforms 1 3 (37.50 %) JBoss 2 1 (12.50 %) WebLogic Portal 2 1 (12.50 %) ESB 2 1 (12.50 %) WebLogic
Database & Business Intelligence 1 6 (75.00 %) SQL Server 2 3 (37.50 %) OLAP 2 3 (37.50 %) MySQL 2 3 (37.50 %) SQL Server 2005 3 1 (12.50 %) RDBMS	Development Applications 1 4 (50.00 %) Ant 2 1 (12.50 %) JUnit
General 1 1 (12.50 %) Government	Miscellaneous 1 1 (12.50 %) Biometrics
Operating Systems 1 1 (12.50 %) UNIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 6 (75.00 %) OOA/OOD 2 3 (37.50 %) OOD 2 3 (37.50 %) Validation 2 3 (37.50 %) UML 3 2 (25.00 %) SOA 4 1 (12.50 %) Workflow 4 1 (12.50 %) OO 4 1 (12.50 %) BPEL 4 1 (12.50 %) Web Development 4 1 (12.50 %) Unit Testing 4 1 (12.50 %) SC Cleared 4 1 (12.50 %) Security Cleared
Programming Languages 1 8 (100.00 %) Java 2 4 (50.00 %) SQL	Vendors 1 4 (50.00 %) Oracle 2 2 (25.00 %) BEA