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Java Contracts in the West Midlands
 
Demand Trend Daily Rate Trend Daily Rate Histogram Hourly Rate Trend Job Locations Related Skills
Browse 42 Java job vacancies in the West Midlands

The first table below looks at the demand for Java 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 over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Programming Languages 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
18 Jun 2013		 Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 57 17 20
Rank change year-on-year
-40 +3
Contract jobs citing Java 43 149 116
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 2.525% 6.573% 6.007%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.398% 20.30% 17.34%
Number of daily rates quoted 26 86 55
Average daily rate £378 £338 £338
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+11.85% -
90% offered a daily rate of more than £255 £260 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £565 £500 £475
UK excluding London average daily rate £370 £350 £350
% change year-on-year
+5.71% -
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 3 2
Average hourly rate £15.31 £37.50 £20.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-59.17% +85.18%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £37.50 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+15.38% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category		 512 734 669
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 30.06% 32.38% 34.65%
Number of daily rates quoted 258 389 341
Average daily rate £325 £325 £325
90% offered a daily rate of more than £215 £218 £235
10% offered a daily rate of more than £450 £425 £420
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 16 29 26
Average hourly rate £31.00 £32.50 £25.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-4.61% +30.00%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.31 £14.20 £15.50
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £37.50 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Java
England

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Java Jobs Demand Trend

Java
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

West Midlands Java Daily Rate Histogram

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Midlands Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 18 June 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		 Find
Job
Vacancies
Birmingham -16 13 £388 +29.16% 15
Shropshire -9 8 £565 +13.00% 2
Staffordshire +3 7 £365 +10.60% 2
Warwickshire -19 3 £337 +22.63% 6
Coventry -13 1 - - 7
Worcestershire - 1 £350 - 1
Solihull - - - -
Walsall - - - -
West Bromwich - - - -
Java
England

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Java 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.

1 61 (45.19%) SQL
2 41 (30.37%) J2EE
3 37 (27.41%) Oracle
4 32 (23.70%) XML
5 29 (21.48%) UNIX
6 25 (18.52%) CSS
6 25 (18.52%) .NET
6 25 (18.52%) HTML
7 24 (17.78%) Web Services
8 21 (15.56%) JavaScript
9 19 (14.07%) PL/SQL
9 19 (14.07%) Spring
9 19 (14.07%) jQuery
10 16 (11.85%) SAP
10 16 (11.85%) Windows
11 14 (10.37%) Retail
11 14 (10.37%) SOA
11 14 (10.37%) WebSphere
12 13 (9.630%) UML
12 13 (9.630%) Agile Software Development
13 12 (8.889%) Hibernate
13 12 (8.889%) OO
13 12 (8.889%) Tomcat
13 12 (8.889%) JSP
14 11 (8.148%) WebLogic
15 10 (7.407%) TDD
15 10 (7.407%) E-Commerce
16 9 (6.667%) IBM
16 9 (6.667%) Microsoft
16 9 (6.667%) Shell Script

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region citing Java 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. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 41 (30.37%) J2EE
2 32 (23.70%) XML
3 25 (18.52%) HTML
3 25 (18.52%) .NET
3 25 (18.52%) CSS
4 24 (17.78%) Web Services
5 19 (14.07%) Spring
5 19 (14.07%) jQuery
6 14 (10.37%) WebSphere
7 12 (8.889%) JSP
7 12 (8.889%) Hibernate
8 9 (6.667%) HTML5
9 7 (5.185%) JSTL
10 6 (4.444%) Flash
11 5 (3.704%) ASP.NET
11 5 (3.704%) Java EE
12 4 (2.963%) XSLT
13 3 (2.222%) JMS
13 3 (2.222%) XML Schema
13 3 (2.222%) WebSphere MQ
Application Platforms
1 12 (8.889%) Tomcat
2 11 (8.148%) WebLogic
3 8 (5.926%) CMS
4 6 (4.444%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 6 (4.444%) Apache
5 5 (3.704%) BizTalk Server
5 5 (3.704%) ESB
6 4 (2.963%) Adobe CQ
6 4 (2.963%) NetWeaver
7 3 (2.222%) WebSphere Application Server
7 3 (2.222%) IIS
7 3 (2.222%) Umbraco
7 3 (2.222%) SAP EP
7 3 (2.222%) SAP Portal
8 2 (1.481%) WebSphere Process Server
8 2 (1.481%) Oracle Workflow
8 2 (1.481%) IBM HTTP Server
9 1 (0.741%) Sitecore CMS
9 1 (0.741%) WebSphere Portal
9 1 (0.741%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (5.185%) MS Excel
2 2 (1.481%) MS Project
3 1 (0.741%) MS Office
3 1 (0.741%) MS PowerPoint
3 1 (0.741%) Office 365
3 1 (0.741%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (1.481%) Dynamics AX
2 1 (0.741%) Cognos Business Intelligence
2 1 (0.741%) Oracle EBS R12
2 1 (0.741%) Oracle Financials
2 1 (0.741%) Oracle Applications
2 1 (0.741%) ENOVIA
2 1 (0.741%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.185%) Internet
2 5 (3.704%) HTTP
3 2 (1.481%) FTP
3 2 (1.481%) LDAP
3 2 (1.481%) TCP/IP
4 1 (0.741%) DNS
4 1 (0.741%) HTTPS
4 1 (0.741%) SSL
4 1 (0.741%) IPv6
4 1 (0.741%) LAN
4 1 (0.741%) WAN
4 1 (0.741%) SMTP
4 1 (0.741%) RIP
4 1 (0.741%) SNMP
4 1 (0.741%) Wireless
4 1 (0.741%) Reverse Proxy
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (6.667%) SQL Server
2 7 (5.185%) Oracle Reports
3 4 (2.963%) DB2
3 4 (2.963%) GIS
3 4 (2.963%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (2.222%) Business Intelligence Development Studio
5 2 (1.481%) SQL Server Reporting Services
5 2 (1.481%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.741%) Oracle 10g
6 1 (0.741%) BusinessObjects
6 1 (0.741%) Data Warehouse
6 1 (0.741%) TOAD
6 1 (0.741%) Oracle Discoverer
6 1 (0.741%) MySQL
6 1 (0.741%) Oracle OWB
6 1 (0.741%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 8 (5.926%) Eclipse
2 7 (5.185%) Subversion
2 7 (5.185%) Maven
3 6 (4.444%) Ant
4 3 (2.222%) Oracle Forms
4 3 (2.222%) NWDI
4 3 (2.222%) NWDS
5 2 (1.481%) ClearCase
5 2 (1.481%) Visual Studio
5 2 (1.481%) TeamCity
5 2 (1.481%) ClearQuest
5 2 (1.481%) Jenkins
6 1 (0.741%) Git (software)
6 1 (0.741%) JBehave
6 1 (0.741%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
6 1 (0.741%) JDeveloper
6 1 (0.741%) LoadRunner
6 1 (0.741%) ProC
6 1 (0.741%) Cucumber
6 1 (0.741%) PhoneGap
General
1 14 (10.37%) Retail
2 5 (3.704%) Games
3 4 (2.963%) Finance
4 3 (2.222%) Telecoms
4 3 (2.222%) Manufacturing
5 2 (1.481%) Banking
5 2 (1.481%) Automotive
5 2 (1.481%) Local Government
6 1 (0.741%) General Ledger
6 1 (0.741%) Back Office
6 1 (0.741%) Advertising
6 1 (0.741%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 74 (54.81%) Developer
2 35 (25.93%) Java Developer
3 24 (17.78%) Analyst
4 18 (13.33%) Architect
5 15 (11.11%) Consultant
6 13 (9.630%) Web Developer
6 13 (9.630%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 11 (8.148%) Java Web Developer
8 9 (6.667%) Test Analyst
9 8 (5.926%) J2EE Developer
10 7 (5.185%) Support Analyst
10 7 (5.185%) Senior Developer
11 6 (4.444%) Lead Architect
12 5 (3.704%) Java Architect
12 5 (3.704%) Android Developer
12 5 (3.704%) SAP Consultant
12 5 (3.704%) SQL Developer
12 5 (3.704%) WebSphere Developer
13 4 (2.963%) ActionScript Developer
13 4 (2.963%) Flash Developer
Miscellaneous
1 7 (5.185%) Open Source
2 3 (2.222%) Blackberry
3 2 (1.481%) Management Information System
3 2 (1.481%) Handset
3 2 (1.481%) Computer Science
3 2 (1.481%) Statistics
4 1 (0.741%) Animation
4 1 (0.741%) SaaS
4 1 (0.741%) New Media
4 1 (0.741%) Mobile App
4 1 (0.741%) Enterprise Software
4 1 (0.741%) iPhone
4 1 (0.741%) DataPower
4 1 (0.741%) Cloud Computing
4 1 (0.741%) Replication
4 1 (0.741%) Clustering
4 1 (0.741%) E-Learning
4 1 (0.741%) PDA
Operating Systems
1 29 (21.48%) UNIX
2 16 (11.85%) Windows
3 8 (5.926%) Android
4 7 (5.185%) Apple iOS
5 5 (3.704%) Linux
6 2 (1.481%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 2 (1.481%) Solaris
7 1 (0.741%) Windows Phone
7 1 (0.741%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.741%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (0.741%) Windows XP
7 1 (0.741%) Windows Server 2003
7 1 (0.741%) AIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (10.37%) SOA
2 13 (9.630%) UML
2 13 (9.630%) Agile Software Development
3 12 (8.889%) OO
4 10 (7.407%) E-Commerce
4 10 (7.407%) TDD
5 9 (6.667%) OOA/OOD
5 9 (6.667%) Waterfall
6 8 (5.926%) Test Scripting
7 6 (4.444%) OOP
8 5 (3.704%) Workflow
8 5 (3.704%) Scrum
8 5 (3.704%) Test Strategy
9 4 (2.963%) Change Control
9 4 (2.963%) Software Testing
9 4 (2.963%) Use Case
9 4 (2.963%) OOD
9 4 (2.963%) CRM
9 4 (2.963%) Project Management
10 3 (2.222%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 61 (45.19%) SQL
2 21 (15.56%) JavaScript
3 19 (14.07%) PL/SQL
4 9 (6.667%) C#
4 9 (6.667%) Shell Script
5 5 (3.704%) VB
6 4 (2.963%) ActionScript
6 4 (2.963%) Objective-C
6 4 (2.963%) ActionScript 3.0
7 3 (2.222%) VB.NET
7 3 (2.222%) ABAP
7 3 (2.222%) T-SQL
7 3 (2.222%) C
8 2 (1.481%) PHP
8 2 (1.481%) C++
8 2 (1.481%) COBOL
9 1 (0.741%) Perl
9 1 (0.741%) VBA
9 1 (0.741%) VC++
9 1 (0.741%) Jython
Qualifications
1 6 (4.444%) ISEB
2 2 (1.481%) ISTQB
2 2 (1.481%) Security Cleared
3 1 (0.741%) Degree
3 1 (0.741%) BC Cleared
3 1 (0.741%) DV Cleared
3 1 (0.741%) OCP
3 1 (0.741%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (0.741%) ISEB Practitioner
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (4.444%) QA
System Software
1 2 (1.481%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.741%) Active Directory
2 1 (0.741%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 1 (0.741%) Tivoli
1 1 (0.741%) Tivoli Identity Manager
1 1 (0.741%) Nagios
1 1 (0.741%) Norton AntiVirus
1 1 (0.741%) Data Guard
Vendors
1 37 (27.41%) Oracle
2 16 (11.85%) SAP
3 9 (6.667%) IBM
3 9 (6.667%) Microsoft
3 9 (6.667%) Pega
4 7 (5.185%) webMethods
5 4 (2.963%) Alterian
5 4 (2.963%) Facebook
6 3 (2.222%) Sencha
7 2 (1.481%) VMware
7 2 (1.481%) Adobe
7 2 (1.481%) Sybase
7 2 (1.481%) Business Objects
7 2 (1.481%) Citrix
7 2 (1.481%) Red Hat
7 2 (1.481%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.741%) CheckPoint
8 1 (0.741%) Salesforce.com
8 1 (0.741%) BEA
8 1 (0.741%) Informatica
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