The first table below looks at the demand for Java EE skills 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 EE over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Application Development category 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE)
Rank 93 96 90
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -6
Contract jobs citing Java EE 2 7 12
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.122% 0.312% 0.634%
As % of the Application Development category 0.518% 1.301% 2.548%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 4 12
Average daily rate £250 £325 £475
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-23.07% -31.57%
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £450
% change year-on-year
- -22.22%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 0
Average hourly rate £57.50 - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £43.50 - £42.50
All Application Development
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
386 538 471
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 23.64% 24.00% 24.89%
Number of daily rates quoted 197 293 255
Average daily rate £300 £300 £318
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -5.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £218 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £425 £400 £425
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 14 22
Average hourly rate £28.50 £17.50 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+62.85% -4.10%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £25.00 £12.50 £11.63
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.00 £40.00 £25.30
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
Java EE
England

Java EE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Java EE Jobs Demand Trend

Java EE
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Java EE Daily Rate Trend

Java EE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Java EE Hourly Rate Trend

Java EE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java EE within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Coventry - 1 - -
Java EE
England

Java EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Java EE 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 EE.

1 7 (77.78%) Java
2 6 (66.67%) J2EE
3 5 (55.56%) Agile Software Development
3 5 (55.56%) TDD
4 4 (44.44%) WebSphere
5 3 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
5 3 (33.33%) Kanban
5 3 (33.33%) Scrum
5 3 (33.33%) Extreme Programming
5 3 (33.33%) LDAP
5 3 (33.33%) Open Source
5 3 (33.33%) BDD
6 2 (22.22%) Jenkins
6 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
6 2 (22.22%) LAN
6 2 (22.22%) WAN
6 2 (22.22%) VPN
6 2 (22.22%) Linux
6 2 (22.22%) Apache
6 2 (22.22%) Tomcat
6 2 (22.22%) Project Management
6 2 (22.22%) SAN
6 2 (22.22%) SAML
6 2 (22.22%) Internet
6 2 (22.22%) C
6 2 (22.22%) C#
6 2 (22.22%) T-SQL
6 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
6 2 (22.22%) WebLogic
6 2 (22.22%) Struts

Java EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Java EE 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 EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 6 (66.67%) J2EE
2 4 (44.44%) WebSphere
3 2 (22.22%) SAML
3 2 (22.22%) Struts
3 2 (22.22%) Hibernate
3 2 (22.22%) WPF
4 1 (11.11%) JSTL
4 1 (11.11%) Java EE 5
4 1 (11.11%) JPA
4 1 (11.11%) EJB 3.0
4 1 (11.11%) JSF
4 1 (11.11%) JTA
4 1 (11.11%) Web Services
4 1 (11.11%) EJB
4 1 (11.11%) Servlets
4 1 (11.11%) .NET
4 1 (11.11%) JMX
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Apache
1 2 (22.22%) Tomcat
1 2 (22.22%) WebLogic
2 1 (11.11%) SAP Portal
2 1 (11.11%) SAP EP
Business Applications
1 2 (22.22%) ENOVIA
Communications & Networking
1 3 (33.33%) LDAP
2 2 (22.22%) LAN
2 2 (22.22%) WAN
2 2 (22.22%) VPN
2 2 (22.22%) SAN
2 2 (22.22%) Internet
2 2 (22.22%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 1 (11.11%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 2 (22.22%) Jenkins
1 2 (22.22%) TeamCity
2 1 (11.11%) Selenium
2 1 (11.11%) FitNesse
2 1 (11.11%) ProC
2 1 (11.11%) JBehave
2 1 (11.11%) NWDI
2 1 (11.11%) NWDS
2 1 (11.11%) Cucumber
Job Titles
1 7 (77.78%) Developer
2 5 (55.56%) Java Developer
3 3 (33.33%) Agile Java Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Architect
4 2 (22.22%) J2EE Developer
4 2 (22.22%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 1 (11.11%) C Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Infrastructure Architect
5 1 (11.11%) SAP Developer
5 1 (11.11%) Solutions Architect
Miscellaneous
1 3 (33.33%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
1 2 (22.22%) Windows
2 1 (11.11%) AIX
2 1 (11.11%) Solaris
2 1 (11.11%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (55.56%) Agile Software Development
1 5 (55.56%) TDD
2 3 (33.33%) Continuous Integration
2 3 (33.33%) Kanban
2 3 (33.33%) Scrum
2 3 (33.33%) Extreme Programming
2 3 (33.33%) BDD
3 2 (22.22%) Data Modelling
3 2 (22.22%) Project Management
3 2 (22.22%) Pair Programming
3 2 (22.22%) Zachman Framework
3 2 (22.22%) TOGAF
3 2 (22.22%) Data Analysis
3 2 (22.22%) PLM
3 2 (22.22%) Enterprise Architecture
3 2 (22.22%) Refactoring
4 1 (11.11%) UML
4 1 (11.11%) OOA/OOD
4 1 (11.11%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 7 (77.78%) Java
2 2 (22.22%) C
2 2 (22.22%) C#
2 2 (22.22%) T-SQL
2 2 (22.22%) Scala
3 1 (11.11%) VB.NET
3 1 (11.11%) C++
3 1 (11.11%) Shell Script
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) SAP
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle