The first table below looks at the demand for J2EE skills in IT contracts advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 20 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 Yorkshire 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
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Rank 63 57 51
Rank change year-on-year
-6 -6
Contract jobs citing J2EE 31 35 22
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 2.445% 2.160% 2.018%
As % of the Application Development category 8.333% 9.485% 9.735%
Number of daily rates quoted 14 19 14
Average daily rate £255 £350 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-27.14% +9.37%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £300 £286
10% offered a daily rate of more than £318 £375 £325
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £365 £360
% change year-on-year
-4.10% +1.38%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 2
Average hourly rate - - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £32.75 £32.50 £42.50
% change year-on-year
+0.76% -23.52%
All Application Development
West Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
372 369 226
As % of all contract IT jobs located in West Yorkshire 29.34% 22.78% 20.73%
Number of daily rates quoted 218 217 119
Average daily rate £300 £300 £275
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- +9.09%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £238 £212 £225
10% offered a daily rate of more than £413 £380 £375
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 8 3
Average hourly rate £33.00 £17.00 £42.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+94.11% -60.00%
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
J2EE
Yorkshire

J2EE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing J2EE across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Yorkshire J2EE Jobs Demand Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire J2EE Daily Rate Trend

J2EE
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing J2EE across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

West Yorkshire J2EE Daily Rate Histogram

J2EE
Hourly Rate Trend

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

West Yorkshire J2EE Hourly Rate Trend

J2EE
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Leeds +4 29 £250 -28.57%
Bradford +4 2 £285 -
J2EE
Yorkshire

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing J2EE 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 J2EE.

1 63 (88.73%) Java
2 29 (40.85%) Oracle
3 27 (38.03%) Hibernate
4 25 (35.21%) SQL
5 24 (33.80%) Spring
6 22 (30.99%) TDD
6 22 (30.99%) JavaScript
7 21 (29.58%) UNIX
7 21 (29.58%) Web Services
7 21 (29.58%) Apache
8 19 (26.76%) Tomcat
9 18 (25.35%) Linux
9 18 (25.35%) Perl
9 18 (25.35%) Scrum
10 17 (23.94%) Agile Software Development
10 17 (23.94%) Windows
10 17 (23.94%) Struts
10 17 (23.94%) jQuery
11 16 (22.54%) Maven
12 15 (21.13%) SOA
12 15 (21.13%) Adobe
12 15 (21.13%) Adobe CQ
13 14 (19.72%) BDD
13 14 (19.72%) HTML5
13 14 (19.72%) Jenkins
14 13 (18.31%) SOAP
15 12 (16.90%) PHP
15 12 (16.90%) MySQL
15 12 (16.90%) Client/Server
15 12 (16.90%) Internet

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the West Yorkshire region citing J2EE 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 J2EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (38.03%) Hibernate
2 24 (33.80%) Spring
3 21 (29.58%) Web Services
4 17 (23.94%) Struts
4 17 (23.94%) jQuery
5 14 (19.72%) HTML5
6 13 (18.31%) SOAP
7 12 (16.90%) REST
7 12 (16.90%) WebSphere
8 11 (15.49%) JSP
9 10 (14.08%) CSS
9 10 (14.08%) XML
9 10 (14.08%) Java EE
10 9 (12.68%) CSS3
11 7 (9.859%) Node.js
11 7 (9.859%) Ajax
12 6 (8.451%) Middleware
12 6 (8.451%) JDBC
12 6 (8.451%) .NET
12 6 (8.451%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 21 (29.58%) Apache
2 19 (26.76%) Tomcat
3 15 (21.13%) Adobe CQ
4 12 (16.90%) Route 53
4 12 (16.90%) Amazon EC2
4 12 (16.90%) Amazon S3
4 12 (16.90%) Amazon AWS
5 7 (9.859%) WebSphere Application Server
5 7 (9.859%) nginx
5 7 (9.859%) Apache Solr
6 6 (8.451%) WebLogic
6 6 (8.451%) IBM HTTP Server
7 4 (5.634%) MQSeries
7 4 (5.634%) IIS
8 3 (4.225%) Oracle Application Server
9 2 (2.817%) Oracle Spatial
10 1 (1.408%) ESB
10 1 (1.408%) Oracle BPEL
10 1 (1.408%) Magento
10 1 (1.408%) CMS
Applications
1 4 (5.634%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 12 (16.90%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (1.408%) SAP Oil and Gas
2 1 (1.408%) Oracle Retail
Communications & Networking
1 12 (16.90%) Internet
2 11 (15.49%) HTTP
3 10 (14.08%) DNS
4 4 (5.634%) FTP
5 1 (1.408%) TCP/IP
5 1 (1.408%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (16.90%) MySQL
1 12 (16.90%) MongoDB
1 12 (16.90%) Redis
1 12 (16.90%) Amazon RDS
2 6 (8.451%) DB2
3 5 (7.042%) SQL Server
4 3 (4.225%) RDBMS
4 3 (4.225%) Oracle Reports
4 3 (4.225%) Oracle 11g
5 2 (2.817%) Oracle BI EE
5 2 (2.817%) GIS
5 2 (2.817%) TOAD
6 1 (1.408%) SQL Server Integration Services
6 1 (1.408%) Oracle 8/8i
6 1 (1.408%) Oracle 9i
6 1 (1.408%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 16 (22.54%) Maven
2 14 (19.72%) Jenkins
3 12 (16.90%) Git (software)
4 6 (8.451%) JUnit
5 5 (7.042%) Introscope
6 4 (5.634%) Hudson
7 3 (4.225%) Subversion
7 3 (4.225%) PHPUnit
7 3 (4.225%) Oracle Forms
8 1 (1.408%) Eclipse
8 1 (1.408%) JDeveloper
8 1 (1.408%) Visual Studio
General
1 10 (14.08%) Telecoms
2 9 (12.68%) Finance
3 6 (8.451%) Retail
4 4 (5.634%) Games
5 1 (1.408%) Electronics
5 1 (1.408%) Manufacturing
5 1 (1.408%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 49 (69.01%) Developer
2 42 (59.15%) Java Developer
3 14 (19.72%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 8 (11.27%) Support Analyst
4 8 (11.27%) Analyst
5 4 (5.634%) Applications Support
5 4 (5.634%) J2EE Developer
5 4 (5.634%) Operations Analyst
5 4 (5.634%) Operations Support Analyst
6 3 (4.225%) PHP Developer
6 3 (4.225%) Applications Support Analyst
7 2 (2.817%) Oracle Developer
7 2 (2.817%) Oracle Consultant
7 2 (2.817%) Web Support Analyst
7 2 (2.817%) Oracle Technical Consultant
7 2 (2.817%) Web Analyst
7 2 (2.817%) Technical Consultant
7 2 (2.817%) Administrator
7 2 (2.817%) Architect
7 2 (2.817%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (16.90%) Client/Server
2 4 (5.634%) Open Source
3 2 (2.817%) Mathematics
4 1 (1.408%) N-Tier
4 1 (1.408%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 21 (29.58%) UNIX
2 18 (25.35%) Linux
3 17 (23.94%) Windows
4 9 (12.68%) Solaris
5 4 (5.634%) AIX
6 3 (4.225%) Windows Server 2008
7 1 (1.408%) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (30.99%) TDD
2 18 (25.35%) Scrum
3 17 (23.94%) Agile Software Development
4 15 (21.13%) SOA
5 14 (19.72%) BDD
6 12 (16.90%) Security Testing
7 7 (9.859%) Software Engineering
7 7 (9.859%) Kanban
7 7 (9.859%) Test Automation
8 4 (5.634%) Unit Testing
8 4 (5.634%) ITIL
8 4 (5.634%) Regression Testing
9 3 (4.225%) RUP
9 3 (4.225%) DSDM
9 3 (4.225%) ETL
9 3 (4.225%) OOD
9 3 (4.225%) Content Management
9 3 (4.225%) Multithreading
10 2 (2.817%) System Testing
10 2 (2.817%) Performance Management
Programming Languages
1 63 (88.73%) Java
2 25 (35.21%) SQL
3 22 (30.99%) JavaScript
4 18 (25.35%) Perl
5 12 (16.90%) PHP
6 11 (15.49%) Bash shell
7 10 (14.08%) C++
8 7 (9.859%) Python
8 7 (9.859%) Ruby
9 6 (8.451%) Shell Script
9 6 (8.451%) PL/SQL
10 4 (5.634%) Groovy
11 1 (1.408%) XQuery
11 1 (1.408%) C#
Qualifications
1 3 (4.225%) SC Cleared
1 3 (4.225%) Security Cleared
2 2 (2.817%) Degree
3 1 (1.408%) ITIL Certification
System Software
1 1 (1.408%) Oracle RMAN
1 1 (1.408%) Oracle RAC
1 1 (1.408%) OpenSSO
Systems Management
1 5 (7.042%) CA Wily
1 5 (7.042%) Splunk
2 1 (1.408%) MOM
Vendors
1 29 (40.85%) Oracle
2 15 (21.13%) Adobe
3 12 (16.90%) hybris
3 12 (16.90%) Percona
4 9 (12.68%) JBoss
5 8 (11.27%) IBM
6 4 (5.634%) Microsoft
6 4 (5.634%) Red Hat
6 4 (5.634%) Terracotta
7 1 (1.408%) Twitter
7 1 (1.408%) SAP
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The ideal candidate will have experience of: - Developing iOS and Android apps - Strong OO design and programming skills - Objective C and Java (J2EE/J2ME) or C and C++.
Rullion IT Plus
Posted: 14 May 2013