Yorkshire Java Contracts

This section looks at the demand for Java skills within the Yorkshire 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Andover Ascot Avon Aylesbury Barking Barnstaple Barrow-in-Furness Basildon Basingstoke Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Blackburn Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Brentwood Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Channel Islands Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chester Chesterfield City of London Clapham Corby Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Daventry Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Dover East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastbourne Eastleigh Edinburgh England Epsom Essex Exeter Falkirk Fareham Faringdon Farnborough Farnham Glamorgan Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Gosport Guildford Halifax Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Hemel Hempstead Hendon Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hull Isle of Man Jersey Kent Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewisham Lincoln Lincolnshire Linlithgow Liverpool Livingston London Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Nantwich Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Peel Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Preston Reading Redhill Rickmansworth Rochester Romford Salisbury Scotland Sheffield Shoreham-by-Sea 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 Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Telford Thames Valley Tring Twickenham 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 Winchester Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	20	10
Rank change on same period last year	-10
Matching contract IT job ads	206	323
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	0.272 %	0.322 %
As % of the category below	19.36 %	27.89 %
Daily rates quoted	42	80
Average minimum daily rate	£314	£343
Average daily rate	£338	£356
% change on same period last year	-5.04 %
Average maximum daily rate	£361	£368
UK excluding London average daily rate	£369	£353
% change on same period last year	+4.49 %
Hourly rates quoted	5	10
Average minimum hourly rate	£33.00	£26.00
Average hourly rate	£36.50	£26.00
% change on same period last year	+40.38 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£40.00	£26.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£37.45	£35.89
% change on same period last year	+4.33 %
Programming Languages Yorkshire
Matching contract IT job ads	1064	1158
As % of all UK contract IT job ads sampled	1.404 %	1.153 %
Daily rates quoted	190	171
Average minimum daily rate	£282	£307
Average daily rate	£301	£322
% change on same period last year	-6.42 %
Average maximum daily rate	£321	£338
UK excluding London average daily rate	£331	£335
% change on same period last year	-1.24 %
Hourly rates quoted	104	106
Average minimum hourly rate	£27.96	£28.82
Average hourly rate	£30.36	£30.24
% change on same period last year	+0.39 %
Average maximum hourly rate	£32.76	£31.66
UK excluding London average hourly rate	£33.47	£33.03
% change on same period last year	+1.31 %
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 Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 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 Yorkshire 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 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
West Yorkshire	-5	143	£334	-9.99 %
North Yorkshire	-6	20	£350	+4.08 %
South Yorkshire	-23	10	£316	-20.53 %
East Yorkshire	+1	3	-	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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.

1 150 (36.59 %) J2EE 2 141 (34.39 %) Oracle 3 100 (24.39 %) Finance 4 91 (22.20 %) XML 5 77 (18.78 %) Hibernate 6 76 (18.54 %) JSP 7 71 (17.32 %) Spring 8 59 (14.39 %) JUnit 9 57 (13.90 %) Banking 10 56 (13.66 %) SQL 11 55 (13.41 %) Eclipse 12 52 (12.68 %) Agile Software Development 13 48 (11.71 %) UML 14 45 (10.98 %) HTML 15 44 (10.73 %) WebSphere

16 38 (9.268 %) Struts 17 37 (9.024 %) UNIX 18 36 (8.780 %) IBM 19 34 (8.293 %) Security Cleared 20 33 (8.049 %) .NET 21 32 (7.805 %) E-Commerce 21 32 (7.805 %) Government 21 32 (7.805 %) Degree 22 30 (7.317 %) Financial Institution 23 29 (7.073 %) Oracle 8/8i 23 29 (7.073 %) JavaScript 23 29 (7.073 %) SC Cleared 24 28 (6.829 %) CSS 25 27 (6.585 %) Ant 25 27 (6.585 %) Internet

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT contractor jobs across the Yorkshire 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 1 150 (36.59 %) J2EE 2 91 (22.20 %) XML 3 77 (18.78 %) Hibernate 4 76 (18.54 %) JSP 5 71 (17.32 %) Spring 6 45 (10.98 %) HTML 7 44 (10.73 %) WebSphere 8 38 (9.268 %) Struts 9 33 (8.049 %) .NET 10 28 (6.829 %) CSS 11 17 (4.146 %) WebServices 12 16 (3.902 %) EJB 13 15 (3.659 %) Servlets 13 15 (3.659 %) Java EE 14 11 (2.683 %) JSF 14 11 (2.683 %) AJAX 15 10 (2.439 %) Swing 16 9 (2.195 %) JDBC 16 9 (2.195 %) JSTL 17 8 (1.951 %) JMS	Application Platforms 1 23 (5.610 %) JBoss 2 20 (4.878 %) Tomcat 3 19 (4.634 %) Apache 4 15 (3.659 %) ATG Dynamo 5 8 (1.951 %) WebLogic 6 7 (1.707 %) WebSphere Application Server 7 6 (1.463 %) WebSphere Message Broker 8 5 (1.220 %) IIS 8 5 (1.220 %) Lotus Notes 8 5 (1.220 %) MQSeries 9 4 (0.976 %) OpenCms 9 4 (0.976 %) TIBCO EMS 10 3 (0.732 %) CMS 10 3 (0.732 %) Commerce Server 10 3 (0.732 %) Lotus Domino 11 2 (0.488 %) Jetty 11 2 (0.488 %) WebSphere MQ 11 2 (0.488 %) NetWeaver 11 2 (0.488 %) MTS 11 2 (0.488 %) Site Server
Applications 1 7 (1.707 %) Photoshop 1 7 (1.707 %) MS Excel 2 5 (1.220 %) Fireworks 3 1 (0.244 %) MS Office 3 1 (0.244 %) CA Clarity 3 1 (0.244 %) Spreadsheet	Business Applications 1 3 (0.732 %) TIBCO iProcess 2 2 (0.488 %) BusinessWorks 3 1 (0.244 %) Oracle Applications 3 1 (0.244 %) Movex
Communications & Networking 1 27 (6.585 %) Internet 2 11 (2.683 %) HTTP 3 9 (2.195 %) LDAP 4 8 (1.951 %) Extranet 5 2 (0.488 %) Intranet 6 1 (0.244 %) Wireless 6 1 (0.244 %) SNMP 6 1 (0.244 %) TCP/IP	Database & Business Intelligence 1 29 (7.073 %) Oracle 8/8i 2 19 (4.634 %) SQL Server 3 17 (4.146 %) MySQL 4 13 (3.171 %) DataStage 5 11 (2.683 %) Oracle 10g 6 9 (2.195 %) Oracle 9i 7 8 (1.951 %) RDBMS 8 5 (1.220 %) ETL 9 4 (0.976 %) Datawarehouse 10 3 (0.732 %) DB2 11 2 (0.488 %) SQL Server 2005 11 2 (0.488 %) Oracle 11g 11 2 (0.488 %) SQL Server 2000 12 1 (0.244 %) Crystal Reports 12 1 (0.244 %) MS Access 12 1 (0.244 %) NonStop SQL 12 1 (0.244 %) InterSystems Cache
Development Applications 1 59 (14.39 %) JUnit 2 55 (13.41 %) Eclipse 3 27 (6.585 %) Ant 4 6 (1.463 %) Visual Studio 5 5 (1.220 %) Flash 5 5 (1.220 %) HttpUnit 6 4 (0.976 %) JDeveloper 7 3 (0.732 %) ClearCase 8 2 (0.488 %) Subversion 8 2 (0.488 %) CheckStyle 8 2 (0.488 %) TestDirector 9 1 (0.244 %) Log4j 9 1 (0.244 %) ClearQuest 9 1 (0.244 %) XMLSpy 9 1 (0.244 %) QuickTest Pro 9 1 (0.244 %) Dreamweaver 9 1 (0.244 %) Rational Rose 9 1 (0.244 %) JIRA 9 1 (0.244 %) StarTeam	General 1 100 (24.39 %) Finance 2 57 (13.90 %) Banking 3 32 (7.805 %) Government 4 30 (7.317 %) Financial Institution 5 8 (1.951 %) Telecoms 6 7 (1.707 %) Publishing 6 7 (1.707 %) Retail 7 6 (1.463 %) Auditing 8 5 (1.220 %) Legal 9 4 (0.976 %) Manufacturing 10 3 (0.732 %) Education 11 2 (0.488 %) Insurance 11 2 (0.488 %) Billing 11 2 (0.488 %) Pensions 11 2 (0.488 %) Marketing 11 2 (0.488 %) Games 12 1 (0.244 %) Multimedia 12 1 (0.244 %) Investment Banking
Job Titles 1 279 (68.05 %) Developer 2 181 (44.15 %) Java Developer 3 58 (14.15 %) J2EE Developer 4 48 (11.71 %) Java/J2EE Developer 5 34 (8.293 %) Analyst 6 26 (6.341 %) Architect 7 21 (5.122 %) Web Developer 8 20 (4.878 %) Project Manager 9 14 (3.415 %) Consultant 10 12 (2.927 %) Tester 10 12 (2.927 %) Business Analyst 10 12 (2.927 %) Senior Developer 10 12 (2.927 %) Lead Developer 11 11 (2.683 %) Solutions Architect 12 8 (1.951 %) WebSphere Developer 12 8 (1.951 %) Java Architect 12 8 (1.951 %) Java Swing Developer 12 8 (1.951 %) Test Analyst 13 7 (1.707 %) J2EE Architect 13 7 (1.707 %) Applications Architect	Miscellaneous 1 23 (5.610 %) Computer Science 2 18 (4.390 %) Multithreading 3 8 (1.951 %) Client/Server 4 5 (1.220 %) W3C 5 4 (0.976 %) N-Tier 5 4 (0.976 %) Smartcard 5 4 (0.976 %) Replication 6 3 (0.732 %) E-Learning 6 3 (0.732 %) RIA 7 2 (0.488 %) AS400 8 1 (0.244 %) Handset 8 1 (0.244 %) Blackberry 8 1 (0.244 %) Mainframe 8 1 (0.244 %) Wiki 8 1 (0.244 %) IBM Mainframe 8 1 (0.244 %) Tandem
Operating Systems 1 37 (9.024 %) UNIX 2 26 (6.341 %) Solaris 3 20 (4.878 %) Linux 4 19 (4.634 %) Windows 5 4 (0.976 %) Windows Server 2003 6 1 (0.244 %) SUSE 6 1 (0.244 %) Windows 2000 6 1 (0.244 %) Windows XP 6 1 (0.244 %) Windows Vista 6 1 (0.244 %) Windows Server 2008 6 1 (0.244 %) Windows 2000 Server 6 1 (0.244 %) Red Hat Linux	Processes & Methodologies 1 52 (12.68 %) Agile Software Development 2 48 (11.71 %) UML 3 34 (8.293 %) Security Cleared 4 32 (7.805 %) E-Commerce 5 29 (7.073 %) SC Cleared 6 24 (5.854 %) OO 7 23 (5.610 %) RAD 8 22 (5.366 %) SOA 9 17 (4.146 %) Scrum 10 14 (3.415 %) Content Management 10 14 (3.415 %) RUP 11 13 (3.171 %) Unit Testing 12 11 (2.683 %) Project Management 12 11 (2.683 %) Software Engineering 13 10 (2.439 %) Test Scripting 14 9 (2.195 %) Manual Testing 14 9 (2.195 %) Business Analysis 15 8 (1.951 %) Automated Testing 15 8 (1.951 %) TDD 15 8 (1.951 %) Web Development
Programming Languages 1 56 (13.66 %) SQL 2 29 (7.073 %) JavaScript 3 19 (4.634 %) C++ 4 12 (2.927 %) C 4 12 (2.927 %) Shell Script 5 9 (2.195 %) C# 5 9 (2.195 %) PL/SQL 6 7 (1.707 %) PHP 7 6 (1.463 %) VC++ 7 6 (1.463 %) Perl 8 4 (0.976 %) XPath 8 4 (0.976 %) DHTML 8 4 (0.976 %) VB 9 2 (0.488 %) VB6 9 2 (0.488 %) ActionScript 10 1 (0.244 %) LotusScript 10 1 (0.244 %) VBA 10 1 (0.244 %) VB.NET 10 1 (0.244 %) Transact-SQL 10 1 (0.244 %) VBScript	Qualifications 1 32 (7.805 %) Degree 2 13 (3.171 %) Sun Certification 3 7 (1.707 %) ISEB 4 2 (0.488 %) Microsoft Certification 4 2 (0.488 %) MCSE 5 1 (0.244 %) PRINCE2 Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 5 (1.220 %) QA	System Software 1 3 (0.732 %) Active Directory 2 1 (0.244 %) Microsoft Virtual Server 2 1 (0.244 %) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management 1 1 (0.244 %) TIBCO Hawk	Vendors 1 141 (34.39 %) Oracle 2 36 (8.780 %) IBM 3 21 (5.122 %) Microsoft 4 19 (4.634 %) Sun 4 19 (4.634 %) ATG 5 8 (1.951 %) Perforce 6 5 (1.220 %) TIBCO 6 5 (1.220 %) Lotus 7 4 (0.976 %) BEA 8 3 (0.732 %) Stellent 8 3 (0.732 %) SAP 8 3 (0.732 %) HP 9 2 (0.488 %) Cisco 9 2 (0.488 %) webMethods 10 1 (0.244 %) Hummingbird 10 1 (0.244 %) VMware 10 1 (0.244 %) Open Text 10 1 (0.244 %) Vignette 10 1 (0.244 %) Sybase 10 1 (0.244 %) Red Hat