Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for the J2EE Developer role in IT contracts within the West Midlands region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 J2EE Developer
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank9794
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching contract IT job ads1933
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled0.030 %0.035 %
As % of the category below0.736 %0.971 %
Daily rates quoted45
Average minimum daily rate£375£260
Average daily rate£400£272
% change on same period last year+47.05 %
Average maximum daily rate£425£284
UK excluding London average daily rate£377£333
% change on same period last year+13.25 %
Hourly rates quoted02
Average minimum hourly rate-£24.50
Average hourly rate-£27.00
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum hourly rate-£29.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate£40.90£38.64
% change on same period last year+5.84 %
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads25803397
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled4.064 %3.640 %
Daily rates quoted685735
Average minimum daily rate£323£321
Average daily rate£345£342
% change on same period last year+0.73 %
Average maximum daily rate£366£363
UK excluding London average daily rate£353£351
% change on same period last year+0.72 %
Hourly rates quoted364588
Average minimum hourly rate£21.26£20.27
Average hourly rate£22.55£21.96
% change on same period last year+2.68 %
Average maximum hourly rate£23.84£23.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate£23.37£24.42
% change on same period last year-4.31 %
J2EE Developer EnglandJ2EE Developer
England

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.

J2EE Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

J2EE Developer
Daily Rate Trend

The 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
Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2EE Developer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

West Midlands J2EE Developer Daily Rate Histogram

J2EE Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

The 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
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE Developer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 21 November 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.

LocationRank 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
CoventryUp+86--
BirminghamUp+192£425+6.25 %
HerefordshireNew entry-1--
StaffordshireNew entry-1--
WarwickshireUp+161--
ShropshireUp+31£325-
J2EE Developer EnglandJ2EE Developer
England

J2EE Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

146 (100.00 %)J2EE
242 (91.30 %)Java
325 (54.35 %)Hibernate
325 (54.35 %)Spring
420 (43.48 %)XML
516 (34.78 %)OO
615 (32.61 %)AJAX
714 (30.43 %)UML
813 (28.26 %)Struts
813 (28.26 %)Oracle
813 (28.26 %)SQL
912 (26.09 %)EJB
912 (26.09 %)JMS
1011 (23.91 %)WebSphere
1110 (21.74 %)JSP
128 (17.39 %)PL/SQL
128 (17.39 %)OOA/OOD
137 (15.22 %)Servlets
137 (15.22 %)WebSphere Application Server
137 (15.22 %)HTML
146 (13.04 %)JavaScript
146 (13.04 %)Ant
146 (13.04 %)JDBC
146 (13.04 %)Eclipse
155 (10.87 %)JAXB
155 (10.87 %)EAI
155 (10.87 %)XSLT
155 (10.87 %)JUnit
155 (10.87 %)Web Development
155 (10.87 %)Performance Testing

J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, 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.

West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
146 (100.00 %)J2EE
225 (54.35 %)Hibernate
225 (54.35 %)Spring
320 (43.48 %)XML
415 (32.61 %)AJAX
513 (28.26 %)Struts
612 (26.09 %)EJB
612 (26.09 %)JMS
711 (23.91 %)WebSphere
810 (21.74 %)JSP
97 (15.22 %)Servlets
97 (15.22 %)HTML
106 (13.04 %)JDBC
115 (10.87 %)JAXB
115 (10.87 %)XSLT
124 (8.696 %)CSS
124 (8.696 %)SOAP
132 (4.348 %)WebServices
132 (4.348 %).NET
132 (4.348 %)Swing
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (15.22 %)WebSphere Application Server
23 (6.522 %)Tomcat
32 (4.348 %)WebSphere MQ
32 (4.348 %)WebLogic
41 (2.174 %)Apache
41 (2.174 %)CMS
41 (2.174 %)WPS
41 (2.174 %)Oracle Application Server
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (6.522 %)Intranet
21 (2.174 %)HTTP
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (6.522 %)SQL Server
13 (6.522 %)Oracle 8/8i
13 (6.522 %)Oracle 10g
22 (4.348 %)DB2
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
16 (13.04 %)Ant
16 (13.04 %)Eclipse
25 (10.87 %)JUnit
31 (2.174 %)JDeveloper
31 (2.174 %)JMeter
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (10.87 %)Marketing
23 (6.522 %)Retail
32 (4.348 %)Finance
41 (2.174 %)Insurance
41 (2.174 %)Pensions
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12 (4.348 %)Spread Betting
12 (4.348 %)DataPower
21 (2.174 %)W3C
21 (2.174 %)Web 2.0
21 (2.174 %)PDA
21 (2.174 %)Computer Science
21 (2.174 %)Wiki
21 (2.174 %)Multithreading
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (4.348 %)Linux
21 (2.174 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (2.174 %)Windows
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
116 (34.78 %)OO
214 (30.43 %)UML
38 (17.39 %)OOA/OOD
45 (10.87 %)EAI
45 (10.87 %)Web Development
45 (10.87 %)Performance Testing
54 (8.696 %)Unit Testing
54 (8.696 %)E-Commerce
54 (8.696 %)Agile Software Development
63 (6.522 %)RUP
72 (4.348 %)Resource Management
72 (4.348 %)TDD
72 (4.348 %)Content Management
72 (4.348 %)RAD
81 (2.174 %)OOD
81 (2.174 %)SOA
81 (2.174 %)Regression Testing
81 (2.174 %)Identity Management
81 (2.174 %)Migration
81 (2.174 %)BPEL
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
142 (91.30 %)Java
213 (28.26 %)SQL
38 (17.39 %)PL/SQL
46 (13.04 %)JavaScript
53 (6.522 %)DHTML
61 (2.174 %)XPath
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
13 (6.522 %)SCJP
13 (6.522 %)SCJA
22 (4.348 %)Degree
31 (2.174 %)Sun Certification
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (2.174 %)WAI
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
13 (6.522 %)AquaLogic
West Midlands IT Contractor Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (28.26 %)Oracle
23 (6.522 %)BEA
23 (6.522 %)Mercator
32 (4.348 %)webMethods
41 (2.174 %)Red Hat
41 (2.174 %)Sun