The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills 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 over the 3 months to 17 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 Programming Languages category for the 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 19 22 16
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -6
Contract jobs citing Java 127 139 136
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 6.691% 6.065% 7.485%
As % of the Programming Languages category 18.41% 18.39% 21.97%
Number of daily rates quoted 73 82 72
Average daily rate £275 £325 £320
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-15.38% +1.56%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £254 £228
10% offered a daily rate of more than £369 £425 £423
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £350 £363
% change year-on-year
- -3.44%
Number of hourly rates quoted 4 0 5
Average hourly rate £14.25 - £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £34.00 £32.50 £37.50
% change year-on-year
+4.61% -13.33%
All Programming Languages
Yorkshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
690 756 619
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Yorkshire 36.35% 32.98% 34.07%
Number of daily rates quoted 375 441 302
Average daily rate £290 £325 £300
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
-10.76% +8.33%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £225 £200 £205
10% offered a daily rate of more than £400 £409 £400
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 22 22 37
Average hourly rate £17.00 £21.75 £30.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
-21.83% -27.50%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £13.00 £12.00 £11.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £37.00 £42.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £35.00 £35.00
Java
England

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing Java across the Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Yorkshire Java Jobs Demand Trend

Java
Daily Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Java Daily Rate Trend

Java
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Yorkshire Java Daily Rate Histogram

Java
Hourly Rate Trend

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

Yorkshire Java Hourly Rate Trend

Java
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing Java across the Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Yorkshire Java Hourly Rate Histogram

Java
Contract Locations

The table below 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 17 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
West Yorkshire +5 97 £275 -15.38%
North Yorkshire +4 18 £350 +7.69%
South Yorkshire -20 6 £200 -50.00%
Java
England

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 115 (43.40%) Oracle
2 100 (37.74%) J2EE
3 68 (25.66%) Linux
4 67 (25.28%) SQL
5 59 (22.26%) Web Services
6 50 (18.87%) Apache
7 49 (18.49%) Perl
7 49 (18.49%) Hibernate
8 47 (17.74%) Spring
8 47 (17.74%) JavaScript
8 47 (17.74%) UNIX
9 45 (16.98%) PHP
10 44 (16.60%) Tomcat
10 44 (16.60%) Maven
11 43 (16.23%) MySQL
12 42 (15.85%) .NET
13 41 (15.47%) XML
13 41 (15.47%) ITIL
14 37 (13.96%) Bash shell
15 35 (13.21%) C++
16 34 (12.83%) Python
16 34 (12.83%) Agile Software Development
17 33 (12.45%) Client/Server
17 33 (12.45%) SOAP
18 32 (12.08%) WebLogic
19 30 (11.32%) Internet
19 30 (11.32%) Configuration Management
20 29 (10.94%) TDD
20 29 (10.94%) Amazon AWS
21 28 (10.57%) Amazon EC2

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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
1 100 (37.74%) J2EE
2 59 (22.26%) Web Services
3 49 (18.49%) Hibernate
4 47 (17.74%) Spring
5 42 (15.85%) .NET
6 41 (15.47%) XML
7 33 (12.45%) SOAP
8 28 (10.57%) Struts
8 28 (10.57%) CSS
9 27 (10.19%) JSP
10 26 (9.811%) WebSphere
11 24 (9.057%) HTML
11 24 (9.057%) Node.js
12 23 (8.679%) REST
13 20 (7.547%) jQuery
13 20 (7.547%) Java EE
14 19 (7.170%) HTML5
15 17 (6.415%) JMS
15 17 (6.415%) JDBC
16 15 (5.660%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 50 (18.87%) Apache
2 44 (16.60%) Tomcat
3 32 (12.08%) WebLogic
4 29 (10.94%) Amazon AWS
5 28 (10.57%) Amazon EC2
5 28 (10.57%) Amazon S3
5 28 (10.57%) Route 53
6 23 (8.679%) nginx
7 20 (7.547%) Adobe CQ
8 10 (3.774%) IIS
9 9 (3.396%) GlassFish
10 8 (3.019%) SAS
11 7 (2.642%) ESB
11 7 (2.642%) Apache Solr
12 6 (2.264%) MQSeries
12 6 (2.264%) SharePoint
12 6 (2.264%) WebSphere Application Server
13 5 (1.887%) IBM HTTP Server
13 5 (1.887%) CMS
13 5 (1.887%) Jetty
Applications
1 11 (4.151%) MS Office
2 5 (1.887%) MS Visio
3 2 (0.755%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 19 (7.170%) Oracle EBS
2 3 (1.132%) Oracle CRM
2 3 (1.132%) Oracle Applications
3 2 (0.755%) Oracle BPM
4 1 (0.377%) SiteCatalyst
4 1 (0.377%) SAP Oil and Gas
4 1 (0.377%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 30 (11.32%) Internet
2 25 (9.434%) DNS
3 19 (7.170%) SSL
3 19 (7.170%) HTTP
3 19 (7.170%) TCP/IP
4 16 (6.038%) DHCP
5 11 (4.151%) Intrusion Detection
6 5 (1.887%) FTP
7 3 (1.132%) LDAP
7 3 (1.132%) Firewall
8 2 (0.755%) Broadband
9 1 (0.377%) VPN
9 1 (0.377%) BIG-IP
9 1 (0.377%) Network Security
9 1 (0.377%) iSCSI
9 1 (0.377%) Cisco ASA
9 1 (0.377%) OpenLDAP
9 1 (0.377%) NAS
9 1 (0.377%) Unified Communications
9 1 (0.377%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 43 (16.23%) MySQL
2 28 (10.57%) MongoDB
2 28 (10.57%) Redis
2 28 (10.57%) Amazon RDS
3 17 (6.415%) Oracle 10g
4 13 (4.906%) RDBMS
5 11 (4.151%) Oracle Reports
6 8 (3.019%) SQL Server
7 6 (2.264%) DB2
7 6 (2.264%) Oracle 8/8i
8 5 (1.887%) Oracle 11g
9 4 (1.509%) Oracle BI EE
10 3 (1.132%) JasperReports
11 2 (0.755%) Oracle 9i
11 2 (0.755%) Data Warehouse
11 2 (0.755%) TOAD
11 2 (0.755%) GIS
11 2 (0.755%) Oracle OWB
12 1 (0.377%) SQL Server 2005
12 1 (0.377%) SQL Server Integration Services
Development Applications
1 44 (16.60%) Maven
2 26 (9.811%) Jenkins
3 25 (9.434%) Subversion
4 18 (6.792%) Oracle Forms
5 17 (6.415%) JUnit
5 17 (6.415%) Hudson
6 14 (5.283%) Eclipse
7 13 (4.906%) Git (software)
8 10 (3.774%) Ant
9 9 (3.396%) Selenium
10 7 (2.642%) JDeveloper
11 6 (2.264%) Introscope
11 6 (2.264%) CruiseControl
11 6 (2.264%) PHPUnit
12 5 (1.887%) FitNesse
13 3 (1.132%) jMock
13 3 (1.132%) Visual Studio
13 3 (1.132%) Log4j
13 3 (1.132%) Subclipse
13 3 (1.132%) Oracle APEX
General
1 28 (10.57%) Telecoms
2 15 (5.660%) Finance
3 13 (4.906%) Retail
4 8 (3.019%) Marketing
5 7 (2.642%) Banking
6 5 (1.887%) Games
7 3 (1.132%) Investment Banking
7 3 (1.132%) Manufacturing
8 1 (0.377%) Publishing
8 1 (0.377%) Automotive
8 1 (0.377%) Local Government
8 1 (0.377%) Retail Banking
8 1 (0.377%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 140 (52.83%) Developer
2 87 (32.83%) Java Developer
3 26 (9.811%) Analyst
4 20 (7.547%) Applications Support
5 18 (6.792%) Oracle Developer
6 17 (6.415%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 14 (5.283%) Support Analyst
8 10 (3.774%) Applications Specialist
9 9 (3.396%) Architect
9 9 (3.396%) Test Analyst
9 9 (3.396%) Software Engineer
9 9 (3.396%) Java Software Engineer
9 9 (3.396%) PHP Developer
9 9 (3.396%) Release Engineer
9 9 (3.396%) Configuration Engineer
9 9 (3.396%) Operations Engineer
10 8 (3.019%) Support Specialist
10 8 (3.019%) Applications Support Specialist
10 8 (3.019%) Administrator
11 7 (2.642%) Operations Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 33 (12.45%) Client/Server
2 18 (6.792%) Open Source
2 18 (6.792%) Enterprise Software
3 7 (2.642%) iPhone
4 5 (1.887%) Mobile App
4 5 (1.887%) N-Tier
5 4 (1.509%) Computer Science
6 3 (1.132%) NHS
6 3 (1.132%) Clustering
7 2 (0.755%) Management Information System
7 2 (0.755%) STB
7 2 (0.755%) Mathematics
7 2 (0.755%) Social Media
8 1 (0.377%) New Media
8 1 (0.377%) Online Games
8 1 (0.377%) Streaming Video
8 1 (0.377%) E-Learning
8 1 (0.377%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 68 (25.66%) Linux
2 47 (17.74%) UNIX
3 27 (10.19%) Windows
4 21 (7.925%) Solaris
5 13 (4.906%) Android
6 7 (2.642%) AIX
7 5 (1.887%) Apple iOS
8 4 (1.509%) Windows Server 2008
8 4 (1.509%) HPUX
9 2 (0.755%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.377%) CentOS
10 1 (0.377%) Windows XP
10 1 (0.377%) Debian
10 1 (0.377%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 41 (15.47%) ITIL
2 34 (12.83%) Agile Software Development
3 30 (11.32%) Configuration Management
4 29 (10.94%) TDD
5 27 (10.19%) Test Automation
6 24 (9.057%) Scrum
7 23 (8.679%) SOA
7 23 (8.679%) Kanban
8 22 (8.302%) Security Testing
9 19 (7.170%) Incident Management
10 18 (6.792%) E-Commerce
11 17 (6.415%) Unit Testing
12 16 (6.038%) Load Balancing
12 16 (6.038%) Capacity Management
13 14 (5.283%) BDD
14 13 (4.906%) Continuous Integration
15 12 (4.528%) OO
16 10 (3.774%) Project Management
16 10 (3.774%) Multithreading
16 10 (3.774%) CRM
Programming Languages
1 67 (25.28%) SQL
2 49 (18.49%) Perl
3 47 (17.74%) JavaScript
4 45 (16.98%) PHP
5 37 (13.96%) Bash shell
6 35 (13.21%) C++
7 34 (12.83%) Python
8 26 (9.811%) PL/SQL
9 25 (9.434%) Ruby
10 14 (5.283%) C#
11 10 (3.774%) Groovy
12 8 (3.019%) AWK
13 7 (2.642%) Shell Script
14 5 (1.887%) Jython
15 4 (1.509%) Objective-C
16 2 (0.755%) VB
16 2 (0.755%) Korn
16 2 (0.755%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
16 2 (0.755%) PHP5
17 1 (0.377%) BeanShell
Qualifications
1 19 (7.170%) Security Cleared
2 14 (5.283%) SC Cleared
3 6 (2.264%) Degree
4 5 (1.887%) ISTQB
4 5 (1.887%) ISEB
5 1 (0.377%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (3.774%) SLA
2 3 (1.132%) QA
System Software
1 4 (1.509%) VMware Infrastructure
2 3 (1.132%) vSphere
2 3 (1.132%) OpenSSO
3 2 (0.755%) VMware Server
4 1 (0.377%) VMware ESXi
4 1 (0.377%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 17 (6.415%) Puppet
2 9 (3.396%) CA Wily
3 6 (2.264%) Splunk
4 2 (0.755%) Sun Identity Manager
4 2 (0.755%) OpenView
4 2 (0.755%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.377%) Cacti
5 1 (0.377%) Nagios
Vendors
1 115 (43.40%) Oracle
2 25 (9.434%) JBoss
3 22 (8.302%) Percona
4 20 (7.547%) Adobe
5 17 (6.415%) hybris
6 10 (3.774%) Sun
6 10 (3.774%) IBM
7 8 (3.019%) Red Hat
8 7 (2.642%) Microsoft
9 5 (1.887%) HP
9 5 (1.887%) VMware
10 4 (1.509%) Terracotta
11 3 (1.132%) ATG
11 3 (1.132%) TIBCO
12 2 (0.755%) Juniper
12 2 (0.755%) Cisco
12 2 (0.755%) SAP
12 2 (0.755%) Endeca
13 1 (0.377%) Tangosol
13 1 (0.377%) Blue Coat
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