West Midlands Java Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Java skills within the West Midlands region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the contractor rates offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Altrincham Andover Ascot Avon Aylesbury Barking Barnstaple Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Bournemouth Bracknell Brentford Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Channel Islands Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield Chippenham City of London Conwy Corby Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover East Anglia East Grinstead East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Faringdon Farnborough Farnham Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Greenock Guildford Halifax Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hull Inverclyde Ipswich Isle of Man Jersey Kent Kingston Upon Thames Lancashire Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lewisham Lincoln Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston Llandudno London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Nantwich Newbury Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Peel Peterborough Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Rickmansworth Rochester Romford Scotland Sheffield Shoreham-by-Sea Shrewsbury Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southend-on-Sea Southwark St Ives Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Street Suffolk Sunderland Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Taunton Telford Thames Valley Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Woking Wokingham Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	22	15
Rank change on same period last year	-7
Matching contract IT job ads	157	229
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.209 %	0.232 %
As % of the category below	15.45 %	20.84 %
Daily rates quoted	31	52
Average minimum daily rate	£320	£315
Average daily rate	£346	£328
% change on same period last year	+5.50 %
Average maximum daily rate	£372	£341
UK excluding London average daily rate	£372	£356
% change on same period last year	+4.32 %
Hourly rates quoted	3	4
Average minimum hourly rate	£49.33	£13.75
Average hourly rate	£52.17	£15.50
% change on same period last year	+236.55 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£55.00	£17.25
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£36.97	£36.53
% change on same period last year	+1.20 %
Programming Languages West Midlands
Matching contract IT job ads	1016	1099
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.354 %	1.112 %
Daily rates quoted	205	207
Average minimum daily rate	£283	£291
Average daily rate	£306	£306
% change on same period last year	+0.15 %
Average maximum daily rate	£329	£320
UK excluding London average daily rate	£332	£334
% change on same period last year	-0.41 %
Hourly rates quoted	64	104
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.98	£25.14
Average hourly rate	£30.28	£27.18
% change on same period last year	+11.41 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.59	£29.22
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.38	£33.07
% change on same period last year	+0.95 %
Java 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.

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Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Java across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

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Daily Rate Trend

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

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Daily Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Hourly Rate Trend

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

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Hourly Rate Histogram

The chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Contract Locations

This section 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 25 July 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.

Location	Rank 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
Birmingham	-11	26	£322	-15.42 %
Shropshire	-9	19	£379	+51.42 %
Warwickshire	+5	16	-	-
Coventry	-16	9	£400	+20.75 %
Solihull	-3	5	-	-
Staffordshire	-7	3	£350	-
Herefordshire	+15	2	£250	-41.17 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1 146 (44.51 %) J2EE 2 96 (29.27 %) WebSphere 3 87 (26.52 %) Oracle 4 81 (24.70 %) XML 5 79 (24.09 %) SQL 6 69 (21.04 %) HTML 7 62 (18.90 %) JSP 8 58 (17.68 %) Spring 9 52 (15.85 %) UML 9 52 (15.85 %) OO 10 50 (15.24 %) WebServices 11 49 (14.94 %) JavaScript 12 45 (13.72 %) SOAP 12 45 (13.72 %) Hibernate 13 42 (12.80 %) Struts

13 42 (12.80 %) Linux 14 40 (12.20 %) SQL Server 15 36 (10.98 %) .NET 15 36 (10.98 %) Servlets 15 36 (10.98 %) EJB 16 31 (9.451 %) UNIX 17 27 (8.232 %) CSS 17 27 (8.232 %) JMS 18 25 (7.622 %) Solaris 19 23 (7.012 %) Windows 19 23 (7.012 %) WebLogic 19 23 (7.012 %) WebSphere Message Broker 20 22 (6.707 %) AJAX 20 22 (6.707 %) MQSeries 21 21 (6.402 %) Sun

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 1 146 (44.51 %) J2EE 2 96 (29.27 %) WebSphere 3 81 (24.70 %) XML 4 69 (21.04 %) HTML 5 62 (18.90 %) JSP 6 58 (17.68 %) Spring 7 50 (15.24 %) WebServices 8 45 (13.72 %) SOAP 8 45 (13.72 %) Hibernate 9 42 (12.80 %) Struts 10 36 (10.98 %) Servlets 10 36 (10.98 %) .NET 10 36 (10.98 %) EJB 11 27 (8.232 %) CSS 11 27 (8.232 %) JMS 12 22 (6.707 %) AJAX 13 12 (3.659 %) WBIMB 13 12 (3.659 %) Swing 14 11 (3.354 %) JSR 168 15 10 (3.049 %) JSF	Application Platforms 1 23 (7.012 %) WebLogic 1 23 (7.012 %) WebSphere Message Broker 2 22 (6.707 %) MQSeries 3 21 (6.402 %) Apache 4 17 (5.183 %) WebSphere MQ 5 13 (3.963 %) WebSphere Application Server 6 12 (3.659 %) Tomcat 6 12 (3.659 %) ESB 7 10 (3.049 %) Lotus Notes 8 9 (2.744 %) Lotus Domino 9 5 (1.524 %) IIS 10 4 (1.220 %) CMS 10 4 (1.220 %) MQSI 10 4 (1.220 %) WPS 11 3 (0.915 %) WebLogic Portal 11 3 (0.915 %) TeamSite 11 3 (0.915 %) CICS 11 3 (0.915 %) JBoss 11 3 (0.915 %) SharePoint 12 2 (0.610 %) NetWeaver
Applications 1 2 (0.610 %) MS Excel 2 1 (0.305 %) MS Visio 2 1 (0.305 %) CATIA 2 1 (0.305 %) Photoshop 2 1 (0.305 %) MS Office	Communications & Networking 1 16 (4.878 %) Intranet 2 11 (3.354 %) HTTP 3 9 (2.744 %) Internet 4 6 (1.829 %) LDAP 5 5 (1.524 %) VoIP 6 4 (1.220 %) SNMP 7 2 (0.610 %) FTP 7 2 (0.610 %) 3G 7 2 (0.610 %) HTTPS 7 2 (0.610 %) SSL 7 2 (0.610 %) SSH 8 1 (0.305 %) SS7 8 1 (0.305 %) Q.931 8 1 (0.305 %) 2G 8 1 (0.305 %) TETRA 8 1 (0.305 %) TCP/IP 8 1 (0.305 %) Broadband 8 1 (0.305 %) GPRS 8 1 (0.305 %) ISDN
Database & Business Intelligence 1 40 (12.20 %) SQL Server 2 17 (5.183 %) Oracle 10g 3 12 (3.659 %) Oracle 8/8i 4 10 (3.049 %) MySQL 5 7 (2.134 %) RDBMS 6 6 (1.829 %) DB2 6 6 (1.829 %) SQL Server 2000 7 5 (1.524 %) Informix 7 5 (1.524 %) Oracle 9i 7 5 (1.524 %) Datawarehouse 7 5 (1.524 %) SQL Server 2005 8 4 (1.220 %) EDRMS 8 4 (1.220 %) Crystal Reports 8 4 (1.220 %) ETL 8 4 (1.220 %) ObjectStore 8 4 (1.220 %) TOAD 8 4 (1.220 %) BusinessObjects 9 3 (0.915 %) OLAP 10 2 (0.610 %) SQLPlus 10 2 (0.610 %) PostgreSQL	Development Applications 1 15 (4.573 %) Ant 2 14 (4.268 %) Eclipse 3 12 (3.659 %) JUnit 4 10 (3.049 %) Visual Studio 4 10 (3.049 %) Rational Rose 5 8 (2.439 %) JDeveloper 6 6 (1.829 %) ClearQuest 7 5 (1.524 %) Subversion 8 3 (0.915 %) TestDirector 8 3 (0.915 %) LoadRunner 8 3 (0.915 %) Dreamweaver 8 3 (0.915 %) Flash 9 2 (0.610 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 9 2 (0.610 %) PVCS 9 2 (0.610 %) Oracle Forms 9 2 (0.610 %) WinRunner 9 2 (0.610 %) XMLSpy 9 2 (0.610 %) NUnit 10 1 (0.305 %) LSMW 10 1 (0.305 %) StarTeam
General 1 18 (5.488 %) Government 2 13 (3.963 %) Finance 3 11 (3.354 %) Telecoms 4 5 (1.524 %) Banking 4 5 (1.524 %) Retail 4 5 (1.524 %) Construction 5 4 (1.220 %) Insurance 5 4 (1.220 %) Pensions 5 4 (1.220 %) Advertising 6 3 (0.915 %) Back Office 7 2 (0.610 %) Financial Institution 8 1 (0.305 %) Pharmaceutical 8 1 (0.305 %) Home Office 8 1 (0.305 %) Automotive 8 1 (0.305 %) Retail Banking 8 1 (0.305 %) Marketing 8 1 (0.305 %) Online Gambling	Job Titles 1 214 (65.24 %) Developer 2 134 (40.85 %) Java Developer 3 42 (12.80 %) J2EE Developer 4 37 (11.28 %) Java/J2EE Developer 5 34 (10.37 %) WebSphere Developer 6 25 (7.622 %) Architect 7 23 (7.012 %) Analyst 8 15 (4.573 %) Consultant 9 14 (4.268 %) Technical Architect 10 13 (3.963 %) Java Architect 11 12 (3.659 %) J2EE Architect 11 12 (3.659 %) Team Leader 12 10 (3.049 %) Senior Developer 12 10 (3.049 %) Senior Java Developer 13 9 (2.744 %) Programmer 13 9 (2.744 %) Software Engineer 13 9 (2.744 %) Tester 14 8 (2.439 %) Web Developer 14 8 (2.439 %) .NET Developer 15 7 (2.134 %) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 9 (2.744 %) Replication 2 8 (2.439 %) Mainframe 2 8 (2.439 %) N-Tier 3 5 (1.524 %) Web 2.0 4 4 (1.220 %) AS400 4 4 (1.220 %) E-Learning 5 3 (0.915 %) IBM Mainframe 6 2 (0.610 %) Client/Server 6 2 (0.610 %) PDA 6 2 (0.610 %) Neural Network 6 2 (0.610 %) NHS 6 2 (0.610 %) W3C 7 1 (0.305 %) EPoS 7 1 (0.305 %) Taxonomies 7 1 (0.305 %) Spread Betting 7 1 (0.305 %) Computer Science 7 1 (0.305 %) Wiki 7 1 (0.305 %) Pocket PC	Operating Systems 1 42 (12.80 %) Linux 2 31 (9.451 %) UNIX 3 25 (7.622 %) Solaris 4 23 (7.012 %) Windows 5 14 (4.268 %) AIX 6 9 (2.744 %) zOS 7 8 (2.439 %) HPUX 8 6 (1.829 %) Windows NT 8 6 (1.829 %) SUSE 9 3 (0.915 %) Windows 2000 10 1 (0.305 %) VMS 10 1 (0.305 %) OpenVMS
Processes & Methodologies 1 52 (15.85 %) UML 1 52 (15.85 %) OO 2 21 (6.402 %) OOA/OOD 3 20 (6.098 %) Web Development 4 18 (5.488 %) RUP 4 18 (5.488 %) SOA 5 16 (4.878 %) Online Security 5 16 (4.878 %) Agile Software Development 6 15 (4.573 %) Unit Testing 7 12 (3.659 %) Security Cleared 7 12 (3.659 %) E-Commerce 8 9 (2.744 %) Workflow 8 9 (2.744 %) OOD 8 9 (2.744 %) Content Management 9 8 (2.439 %) Migration 10 5 (1.524 %) Identity Management 10 5 (1.524 %) Logistics 10 5 (1.524 %) EAI 10 5 (1.524 %) Business Intelligence 10 5 (1.524 %) DV Cleared	Programming Languages 1 79 (24.09 %) SQL 2 49 (14.94 %) JavaScript 3 18 (5.488 %) C# 3 18 (5.488 %) PL/SQL 4 17 (5.183 %) C++ 5 15 (4.573 %) C 6 8 (2.439 %) PHP 7 7 (2.134 %) Perl 7 7 (2.134 %) COBOL 7 7 (2.134 %) Python 7 7 (2.134 %) LotusScript 8 5 (1.524 %) VB 9 4 (1.220 %) ABAP 9 4 (1.220 %) XPath 9 4 (1.220 %) Jython 10 3 (0.915 %) JCL 10 3 (0.915 %) Korn 10 3 (0.915 %) XQuery 10 3 (0.915 %) PL/1 10 3 (0.915 %) Delphi
Qualifications 1 9 (2.744 %) Sun Certification 2 7 (2.134 %) Degree 3 6 (1.829 %) ISEB 4 3 (0.915 %) SCJA 4 3 (0.915 %) SCJP	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 8 (2.439 %) HL7 2 7 (2.134 %) WAI 3 5 (1.524 %) QA 4 1 (0.305 %) SLA
System Software 1 3 (0.915 %) NetBackup 2 2 (0.610 %) Samba 2 2 (0.610 %) AquaLogic 3 1 (0.305 %) Active Directory 3 1 (0.305 %) Oracle RMAN	Systems Management 1 1 (0.305 %) Tivoli 1 1 (0.305 %) Tivoli Monitoring 1 1 (0.305 %) CA SiteMinder
Vendors 1 87 (26.52 %) Oracle 2 21 (6.402 %) Sun 3 16 (4.878 %) IBM 4 15 (4.573 %) Red Hat 5 14 (4.268 %) SAP 6 10 (3.049 %) Microsoft 6 10 (3.049 %) Lotus 7 5 (1.524 %) Adobe 7 5 (1.524 %) HP 7 5 (1.524 %) VERITAS 8 4 (1.220 %) Business Objects 8 4 (1.220 %) BEA 8 4 (1.220 %) webMethods 9 3 (0.915 %) CA 9 3 (0.915 %) Borland 9 3 (0.915 %) FatWire 10 2 (0.610 %) Mercator 10 2 (0.610 %) Sybase 11 1 (0.305 %) Interwoven 11 1 (0.305 %) Kofax