Java Developer Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills

The first table below looks at the demand for the Java 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 Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Developer
Rank 79 54 62
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +8
Contract jobs requiring a Java Developer 16 51 32
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.969% 2.286% 1.689%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.048% 2.463% 1.822%
Number of daily rates quoted 9 24 16
Average daily rate £260 £295 £307
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-11.86% -3.75%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £338 £350
% change year-on-year
+3.70% -3.57%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 2 1
Average hourly rate - £35.75 £24.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
- +48.95%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £39.00 £36.25 £41.00
% change year-on-year
+7.58% -11.58%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category		 1526 2071 1756
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 92.43% 92.83% 92.66%
Number of daily rates quoted 684 944 803
Average daily rate £325 £325 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -3.70%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £209 £225 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £475 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 137 171 147
Average hourly rate £18.48 £16.50 £18.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.00% -8.33%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.25
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.50 £36.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.50 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-5.40% -7.50%
Java Developer
England

Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Java Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Java Developer Daily Rate Trend

Java Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java Developer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

West Midlands Java Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Java Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Java Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)		 Rank 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
Wolverhampton - 4 £275 -
Birmingham -10 2 - -
Staffordshire +14 1 - -
Shropshire 0 1 £350 -6.66%
Java Developer
England

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Java 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 Java Developer in their job title.

1 40 (100.00%) Java
2 27 (67.50%) J2EE
3 17 (42.50%) Spring
4 15 (37.50%) HTML
5 14 (35.00%) CSS
5 14 (35.00%) Hibernate
6 13 (32.50%) jQuery
7 11 (27.50%) TDD
8 10 (25.00%) JavaScript
9 9 (22.50%) Tomcat
10 8 (20.00%) JSP
10 8 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
11 7 (17.50%) Eclipse
11 7 (17.50%) Maven
11 7 (17.50%) Subversion
12 6 (15.00%) JSTL
12 6 (15.00%) Open Source
12 6 (15.00%) Retail
12 6 (15.00%) Ant
12 6 (15.00%) SQL
12 6 (15.00%) Oracle
12 6 (15.00%) Apache
12 6 (15.00%) E-Commerce
13 5 (12.50%) OO
13 5 (12.50%) WebSphere
13 5 (12.50%) Java EE
13 5 (12.50%) QA
14 4 (10.00%) Apple iOS
14 4 (10.00%) Scrum
14 4 (10.00%) XML

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Java 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 Java Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (67.50%) J2EE
2 17 (42.50%) Spring
3 15 (37.50%) HTML
4 14 (35.00%) CSS
4 14 (35.00%) Hibernate
5 13 (32.50%) jQuery
6 8 (20.00%) JSP
7 6 (15.00%) JSTL
8 5 (12.50%) Java EE
8 5 (12.50%) WebSphere
9 4 (10.00%) XML
10 3 (7.500%) Struts
10 3 (7.500%) Web Services
10 3 (7.500%) .NET
10 3 (7.500%) ASP.NET
11 2 (5.000%) WPF
11 2 (5.000%) Grails
12 1 (2.500%) Spring MVC
12 1 (2.500%) RESTful
12 1 (2.500%) RichFaces
Application Platforms
1 9 (22.50%) Tomcat
2 6 (15.00%) Apache
3 3 (7.500%) WebLogic
3 3 (7.500%) CMS
4 2 (5.000%) Umbraco
4 2 (5.000%) Adobe CQ
5 1 (2.500%) WebSphere Application Server
Communications & Networking
1 2 (5.000%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (5.000%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.500%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 7 (17.50%) Eclipse
1 7 (17.50%) Subversion
1 7 (17.50%) Maven
2 6 (15.00%) Ant
3 2 (5.000%) Jenkins
3 2 (5.000%) TeamCity
4 1 (2.500%) JBehave
4 1 (2.500%) Cucumber
4 1 (2.500%) Selenium
4 1 (2.500%) FitNesse
General
1 6 (15.00%) Retail
2 1 (2.500%) Telecoms
2 1 (2.500%) Publishing
2 1 (2.500%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 6 (15.00%) Open Source
2 1 (2.500%) New Media
2 1 (2.500%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 4 (10.00%) UNIX
1 4 (10.00%) Apple iOS
2 1 (2.500%) Windows
2 1 (2.500%) Linux
2 1 (2.500%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (27.50%) TDD
2 8 (20.00%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (15.00%) E-Commerce
4 5 (12.50%) OO
5 4 (10.00%) OOD
5 4 (10.00%) Scrum
6 3 (7.500%) Extreme Programming
6 3 (7.500%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (7.500%) Kanban
6 3 (7.500%) Waterfall
6 3 (7.500%) BDD
7 2 (5.000%) Refactoring
7 2 (5.000%) Pair Programming
8 1 (2.500%) Software Engineering
8 1 (2.500%) Web Development
8 1 (2.500%) Dependency Injection
8 1 (2.500%) UML
8 1 (2.500%) MVC
8 1 (2.500%) RAD
8 1 (2.500%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 40 (100.00%) Java
2 10 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 6 (15.00%) SQL
4 3 (7.500%) C#
4 3 (7.500%) Scala
5 2 (5.000%) T-SQL
6 1 (2.500%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 2 (5.000%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.500%) Degree
2 1 (2.500%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.500%) DV Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (12.50%) QA
Vendors
1 6 (15.00%) Oracle
2 3 (7.500%) Facebook
3 2 (5.000%) ION Trading
3 2 (5.000%) Alterian
3 2 (5.000%) Adobe
3 2 (5.000%) Informatica
4 1 (2.500%) webMethods
4 1 (2.500%) JBoss
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