The first table below looks at the demand for the Java/J2EE 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/J2EE Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 22 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
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java J2EE Developer
Rank 93 95 92
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -3
Contract jobs requiring a Java/J2EE Developer 6 15 7
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.358% 0.656% 0.379%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.388% 0.709% 0.411%
Number of daily rates quoted 6 8 3
Average daily rate £260 £275 £345
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-5.45% -20.28%
UK excluding London average daily rate £320 £328 £338
% change year-on-year
-2.29% -2.96%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate - £32.50 £44.00
% change year-on-year
- -26.13%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1548 2117 1704
As % of all contract IT jobs located in the West Midlands 92.31% 92.65% 92.21%
Number of daily rates quoted 702 962 776
Average daily rate £325 £325 £330
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -1.51%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £212 £218 £200
10% offered a daily rate of more than £475 £457 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £350
Number of hourly rates quoted 132 165 145
Average hourly rate £19.50 £15.56 £18.25
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+25.32% -14.73%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £10.00 £10.00 £10.99
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.80 £33.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £17.50 £18.00 £20.00
% change year-on-year
-2.77% -10.00%
Java/J2EE Developer
England

Java/J2EE Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Java/J2EE Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Java/J2EE Developer
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Java/J2EE Developer Daily Rate Trend

Java/J2EE Developer
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

West Midlands Java/J2EE Developer Daily Rate Histogram

Java/J2EE Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Java/J2EE Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Java/J2EE Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Java/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 Java/J2EE Developer in their job title.

1 14 (100.00%) Java
1 14 (100.00%) J2EE
2 9 (64.29%) Hibernate
3 7 (50.00%) Spring
4 6 (42.86%) Retail
4 6 (42.86%) Tomcat
4 6 (42.86%) E-Commerce
4 6 (42.86%) JSP
5 5 (35.71%) CSS
5 5 (35.71%) Eclipse
5 5 (35.71%) Ant
5 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
5 5 (35.71%) HTML
5 5 (35.71%) Subversion
5 5 (35.71%) Apache
5 5 (35.71%) Maven
5 5 (35.71%) JSTL
5 5 (35.71%) QA
5 5 (35.71%) jQuery
6 3 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
6 3 (21.43%) WebLogic
7 2 (14.29%) Struts
7 2 (14.29%) C#
7 2 (14.29%) T-SQL
7 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
7 2 (14.29%) TDD
7 2 (14.29%) Java EE
7 2 (14.29%) WPF
7 2 (14.29%) Scala
8 1 (7.143%) DV Cleared

Java/J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Java/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 Java/J2EE Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (100.00%) J2EE
2 9 (64.29%) Hibernate
3 7 (50.00%) Spring
4 6 (42.86%) JSP
5 5 (35.71%) CSS
5 5 (35.71%) HTML
5 5 (35.71%) JSTL
5 5 (35.71%) jQuery
6 2 (14.29%) Struts
6 2 (14.29%) Java EE
6 2 (14.29%) WPF
7 1 (7.143%) WebSphere
7 1 (7.143%) XML
Application Platforms
1 6 (42.86%) Tomcat
2 5 (35.71%) Apache
3 3 (21.43%) WebLogic
4 1 (7.143%) WebSphere Application Server
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (14.29%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (35.71%) Eclipse
1 5 (35.71%) Ant
1 5 (35.71%) Subversion
1 5 (35.71%) Maven
General
1 6 (42.86%) Retail
2 1 (7.143%) Banking
2 1 (7.143%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 1 (7.143%) Computer Science
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (42.86%) E-Commerce
2 3 (21.43%) Agile Software Development
3 2 (14.29%) TDD
Programming Languages
1 14 (100.00%) Java
2 5 (35.71%) JavaScript
3 2 (14.29%) C#
3 2 (14.29%) T-SQL
3 2 (14.29%) Scala
Qualifications
1 1 (7.143%) DV Cleared
1 1 (7.143%) Security Cleared
1 1 (7.143%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (35.71%) QA
West Midlands
You need to be an experienced developer with the following skill sets: - 5+ years Java/J2EE - Hibernate - JBoss - JavaScript - CSS - Oracle / MySQL Additional favourable skills: - Experience working for...
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Rate: £330 - £350 per day + DOE
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Midlands
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Rate: £300 - £350 per day + DOE
Posted: 15 May 2013
West Midlands
The ideal candidate will have experience of working in the communications industry Key Skills Required: * Java * J2EE * Google Web Toolkit * Spring * Hibernate * HTML5 * CSS3 Desirable Skill * Knowledge of...
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Rate: £300 - £350 per day + Negotiable
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