The first table below looks at the demand for the J2EE Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited J2EE Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the West Midlands region.

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.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
J2EE Developer
Rank - 101 82
Contract jobs requiring a J2EE Developer 0 8 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.356% 0.645%
As % of the Job Titles category - 0.384% 0.696%
Number of daily rates quoted 0 2 4
Average daily rate - £328 £349
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.09%
UK excluding London average daily rate £317 £330 £349
% change year-on-year
-3.86% -5.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 1
Average hourly rate - - £25.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £40.00 £45.00
% change year-on-year
- -11.11%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1553 2082 1724
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 92.39% 92.66% 92.64%
Number of daily rates quoted 698 950 786
Average daily rate £325 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £218 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £463 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 170 142
Average hourly rate £20.00 £16.10 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+24.22% -10.55%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.00 £35.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
J2EE Developer
England

J2EE Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE Developer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands J2EE Developer Jobs Demand Trend

J2EE Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing J2EE Developer across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands J2EE Developer Daily Rate Trend

J2EE Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing J2EE Developer across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands J2EE Developer Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited J2EE Developer 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 J2EE Developer in their job title.

1 12 (100.00%) Java
1 12 (100.00%) J2EE
2 10 (83.33%) Spring
3 8 (66.67%) Hibernate
4 7 (58.33%) E-Commerce
5 6 (50.00%) Retail
6 4 (33.33%) Spring MVC
6 4 (33.33%) jQuery
6 4 (33.33%) MVC
6 4 (33.33%) CMS
6 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
6 4 (33.33%) HTML
6 4 (33.33%) CSS
6 4 (33.33%) JSP
7 3 (25.00%) Struts
7 3 (25.00%) HTML5
7 3 (25.00%) CSS3
7 3 (25.00%) TDD
7 3 (25.00%) Adobe CQ
7 3 (25.00%) Alterian
8 2 (16.67%) Content Management
8 2 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
8 2 (16.67%) WPF
8 2 (16.67%) Java EE
8 2 (16.67%) Scala
8 2 (16.67%) Web Services
8 2 (16.67%) C#
8 2 (16.67%) T-SQL
8 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
8 2 (16.67%) WebLogic

J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited J2EE Developer 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 J2EE Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (100.00%) J2EE
2 10 (83.33%) Spring
3 8 (66.67%) Hibernate
4 4 (33.33%) Spring MVC
4 4 (33.33%) jQuery
4 4 (33.33%) HTML
4 4 (33.33%) CSS
4 4 (33.33%) JSP
5 3 (25.00%) Struts
5 3 (25.00%) HTML5
5 3 (25.00%) CSS3
6 2 (16.67%) WPF
6 2 (16.67%) Java EE
6 2 (16.67%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 4 (33.33%) CMS
2 3 (25.00%) Adobe CQ
3 2 (16.67%) WebLogic
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (16.67%) SQL Server
General
1 6 (50.00%) Retail
Miscellaneous
1 1 (8.333%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 1 (8.333%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (58.33%) E-Commerce
2 4 (33.33%) MVC
3 3 (25.00%) TDD
4 2 (16.67%) Content Management
4 2 (16.67%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (8.333%) OO
Programming Languages
1 12 (100.00%) Java
2 4 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 2 (16.67%) Scala
3 2 (16.67%) C#
3 2 (16.67%) T-SQL
Vendors
1 3 (25.00%) Alterian
2 1 (8.333%) Adobe
2 1 (8.333%) FatWire
2 1 (8.333%) Facebook
West Midlands
You need to be an experienced developer with the following skill sets: - 5+ years Java/J2EE - Hibernate - JBoss - JavaScript - CSS - Oracle / MySQL Additional favourable skills: - Experience working for...
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Posted: 15 May 2013