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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT contracts advertised for the Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Yorkshire region.

 Java Developer
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank446262
Rank change year-on-year
Up+18No change0
Matching contract IT job ads342174
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire2.230 %1.385 %2.103 %
As % of the Job Titles category2.434 %1.502 %2.246 %
Daily rates quoted181216
Average daily rate£300£300£300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
--0.080 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£273£275£273
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£324£324£350
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£313£350
% change year-on-year
+4.000 %-10.71 %
Hourly rates quoted000
Average hourly rate---
UK excluding London average hourly rate£33.50£32.50£39.25
% change year-on-year
+3.070 %-17.19 %
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
139713983295
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire91.61 %92.22 %93.63 %
Daily rates quoted554386740
Average daily rate£323£325£350
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-0.610 %-7.140 %
90% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£188£210£225
10% of contracts offered a daily rate of more than£455£470£475
UK excluding London average daily rate£325£338£350
% change year-on-year
-3.700 %-3.570 %
Hourly rates quoted127152352
Average hourly rate£15.00£20.50£22.50
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-26.82 %-8.880 %
90% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£8.50£10.79£11.00
10% of contracts offered a hourly rate of more than£25.50£30.50£32.55
UK excluding London average hourly rate£18.00£20.00£22.00
% change year-on-year
-10.00 %-9.090 %
Java Developer EnglandJava Developer
England

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.

Java Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of IT contractor jobs citing Java Developer across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Yorkshire Java Developer Demand Trend

Java Developer
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Java Developer Daily Rate Trend

Java Developer
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Java Developer Hourly Rate Trend

Java Developer
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank 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
South YorkshireUp+2120£283+2.72 %
West YorkshireDown-197£310+3.33 %
North YorkshireUp+33--
Java Developer EnglandJava Developer
England

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Java 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 Developer in their job title.

1131 (100.00 %)Java
263 (48.09 %)J2EE
356 (42.75 %)Eclipse
442 (32.06 %)Struts
442 (32.06 %)Hibernate
539 (29.77 %)JUnit
634 (25.95 %)Web Services
733 (25.19 %)Oracle
831 (23.66 %)Spring
929 (22.14 %)Ant
1028 (21.37 %)JSF
1126 (19.85 %)Subversion
1224 (18.32 %)SQL
1322 (16.79 %)C
1420 (15.27 %)Multithreading
1420 (15.27 %)WebLogic
1518 (13.74 %)JSP
1518 (13.74 %)Tomcat
1617 (12.98 %)Maven
1617 (12.98 %)XML
1617 (12.98 %)JavaScript
1617 (12.98 %)PL/SQL
1716 (12.21 %)Continuous Integration
1815 (11.45 %)EJB
1914 (10.69 %)C++
1914 (10.69 %)JAX-WS
1914 (10.69 %)Struts2
2013 (9.924 %)SWT
2013 (9.924 %)JBoss
2013 (9.924 %)Apache

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire region that cited Java 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
163 (48.09 %)J2EE
242 (32.06 %)Struts
242 (32.06 %)Hibernate
334 (25.95 %)Web Services
431 (23.66 %)Spring
528 (21.37 %)JSF
618 (13.74 %)JSP
717 (12.98 %)XML
815 (11.45 %)EJB
914 (10.69 %)JAX-WS
914 (10.69 %)Struts2
1013 (9.924 %)SWT
1110 (7.634 %)CSS
1110 (7.634 %)HTML
129 (6.870 %)Spring MVC
129 (6.870 %)Facelets
138 (6.107 %)jQuery
138 (6.107 %)Servlets
147 (5.344 %)AJAX
156 (4.580 %)Java EE
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
120 (15.27 %)WebLogic
218 (13.74 %)Tomcat
313 (9.924 %)Apache
48 (6.107 %)Liferay
57 (5.344 %)GlassFish
64 (3.053 %)WebLogic Portal
71 (0.763 %)Jetty
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
14 (3.053 %)MS Excel
21 (0.763 %)Photoshop
21 (0.763 %)Fireworks
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (2.290 %)LDAP
22 (1.527 %)Internet
31 (0.763 %)HTTPS
31 (0.763 %)SSL
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (4.580 %)SQL Server
22 (1.527 %)JasperReports
22 (1.527 %)Oracle 10g
22 (1.527 %)MySQL
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
156 (42.75 %)Eclipse
239 (29.77 %)JUnit
329 (22.14 %)Ant
426 (19.85 %)Subversion
517 (12.98 %)Maven
64 (3.053 %)Oracle Forms
73 (2.290 %)CheckStyle
73 (2.290 %)CruiseControl
81 (0.763 %)QuickTest Pro
81 (0.763 %)Dreamweaver
81 (0.763 %)Selenium
81 (0.763 %)FitNesse
81 (0.763 %)NUnit
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
13 (2.290 %)Pharmaceutical
22 (1.527 %)Finance
31 (0.763 %)Back Office
31 (0.763 %)Chemicals
31 (0.763 %)Education
31 (0.763 %)Health
31 (0.763 %)Telecoms
31 (0.763 %)Banking
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
120 (15.27 %)Multithreading
24 (3.053 %)Client/Server
33 (2.290 %)Open Source
42 (1.527 %)E-Learning
42 (1.527 %)N-Tier
51 (0.763 %)Blackberry
51 (0.763 %)SCORM
51 (0.763 %)Learning Management System
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (3.053 %)Linux
21 (0.763 %)Windows
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
116 (12.21 %)Continuous Integration
212 (9.160 %)Software Engineering
310 (7.634 %)MVC
310 (7.634 %)UML
48 (6.107 %)Unit Testing
57 (5.344 %)Agile Software Development
65 (3.817 %)Scrum
74 (3.053 %)Validation
74 (3.053 %)TDD
74 (3.053 %)Data Validation
74 (3.053 %)Requirements Analysis
82 (1.527 %)Content Management
82 (1.527 %)OOD
82 (1.527 %)E-Commerce
91 (0.763 %)RUP
91 (0.763 %)OO
91 (0.763 %)B2B
91 (0.763 %)Test Scripting
91 (0.763 %)Pair Programming
91 (0.763 %)Document Management
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1131 (100.00 %)Java
224 (18.32 %)SQL
322 (16.79 %)C
417 (12.98 %)JavaScript
417 (12.98 %)PL/SQL
514 (10.69 %)C++
63 (2.290 %)XPath
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
15 (3.817 %)Sun Certification
21 (0.763 %)Degree
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (6.870 %)QA
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.763 %)Sun Identity Manager
Yorkshire IT Contractor Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
133 (25.19 %)Oracle
213 (9.924 %)JBoss
38 (6.107 %)Sun
41 (0.763 %)HP
41 (0.763 %)Microsoft