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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bath region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Bath region.

 Java
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank559
Rank change year-on-year
No change0Up+4
Matching permanent IT job ads7415761
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath26.33 %26.12 %12.42 %
As % of the Programming Languages category39.78 %36.01 %20.13 %
Salaries quoted7315055
Average salary£39,000£37,000£33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.400 %+10.44 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£29,850£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£37,100
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£37,500
Bath IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Bath
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
186436303
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bath66.19 %72.55 %61.71 %
Salaries quoted184392268
Average salary£35,000£36,000£31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.770 %+16.12 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£23,100
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£41,600£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
Java SomersetJava
Somerset

Java
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Java across the Bath region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Bath Java Demand Trend

Java
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Java across the Bath region.

Bath Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Bath region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Bath Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Bath 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Java.

1108 (73.47 %).NET
2105 (71.43 %)C#
396 (65.31 %)ASP.NET
477 (52.38 %)SQL
553 (36.05 %)J2EE
647 (31.97 %)C++
736 (24.49 %)VB.NET
828 (19.05 %)Oracle
828 (19.05 %)Java EE
926 (17.69 %)Pensions
926 (17.69 %)Mathematics
926 (17.69 %)Java SE
926 (17.69 %)Finance
1024 (16.33 %)UNIX
1123 (15.65 %)Banking
1222 (14.97 %)Degree
1321 (14.29 %)Windows
1419 (12.93 %)Insurance
1517 (11.56 %)Spring
1616 (10.88 %)XML
1715 (10.20 %)SQL Server
1814 (9.524 %)WinForms
1913 (8.844 %)JSF
1913 (8.844 %)ITIL
2012 (8.163 %)Linux
2012 (8.163 %)Open Source
2111 (7.483 %)Hibernate
2210 (6.803 %)OO
2210 (6.803 %)Web Services
2210 (6.803 %)Microsoft

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Bath 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 IT job ads sampled that cited Java. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Bath IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1108 (73.47 %).NET
296 (65.31 %)ASP.NET
353 (36.05 %)J2EE
428 (19.05 %)Java EE
526 (17.69 %)Java SE
617 (11.56 %)Spring
716 (10.88 %)XML
814 (9.524 %)WinForms
913 (8.844 %)JSF
1011 (7.483 %)Hibernate
1110 (6.803 %)Web Services
129 (6.122 %)JSP
136 (4.082 %)Struts
136 (4.082 %)XSLT
145 (3.401 %)XHTML
145 (3.401 %)HTML
145 (3.401 %)CSS
154 (2.721 %)ArcObjects
154 (2.721 %)JPA
162 (1.361 %)Ext JS
Bath IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (5.442 %)WebLogic
25 (3.401 %)Apache
34 (2.721 %)ArcGIS
42 (1.361 %)Tomcat
Bath IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (2.721 %)SSL
Bath IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
115 (10.20 %)SQL Server
28 (5.442 %)MySQL
36 (4.082 %)PostgreSQL
45 (3.401 %)RDBMS
54 (2.721 %)GIS
Bath IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
12 (1.361 %)Eclipse
21 (0.680 %)Visual Studio
Bath IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
126 (17.69 %)Finance
126 (17.69 %)Pensions
223 (15.65 %)Banking
319 (12.93 %)Insurance
410 (6.803 %)Back Office
57 (4.762 %)Health
65 (3.401 %)Retail
65 (3.401 %)Investment Banking
65 (3.401 %)Telecoms
72 (1.361 %)Government
81 (0.680 %)Aerospace
Bath IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
195 (64.63 %)Developer
264 (43.54 %)Software Engineer
353 (36.05 %)Java Developer
353 (36.05 %)Software Developer
424 (16.33 %)C# Software Engineer
424 (16.33 %).NET Software Engineer
523 (15.65 %)Java Software Developer
621 (14.29 %)Java Software Engineer
720 (13.61 %)Architect
720 (13.61 %)Technical Architect
720 (13.61 %)Technical Developer
817 (11.56 %).NET Developer
915 (10.20 %)C# Developer
1010 (6.803 %)Applications Developer
1010 (6.803 %)ASP.NET Developer
1010 (6.803 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
118 (5.442 %)Applications Support
126 (4.082 %)C# Software Developer
135 (3.401 %)XML Developer
135 (3.401 %)Support Analyst
Bath IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
126 (17.69 %)Mathematics
212 (8.163 %)Open Source
39 (6.122 %)Computer Science
44 (2.721 %)N-Tier
53 (2.041 %)Physics
Bath IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
124 (16.33 %)UNIX
221 (14.29 %)Windows
312 (8.163 %)Linux
Bath IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
113 (8.844 %)ITIL
210 (6.803 %)OO
210 (6.803 %)Regression Testing
36 (4.082 %)UML
45 (3.401 %)E-Commerce
45 (3.401 %)Release Management
45 (3.401 %)Integration Testing
54 (2.721 %)Content Management
54 (2.721 %)Software Engineering
54 (2.721 %)Service Management
54 (2.721 %)Workflow
54 (2.721 %)RAD
54 (2.721 %)RUP
62 (1.361 %)TDD
71 (0.680 %)SysML
71 (0.680 %)Web Development
71 (0.680 %)Agile Software Development
Bath IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1105 (71.43 %)C#
277 (52.38 %)SQL
347 (31.97 %)C++
436 (24.49 %)VB.NET
59 (6.122 %)JavaScript
65 (3.401 %)Perl
74 (2.721 %)PHP
74 (2.721 %)Embedded C++
81 (0.680 %)T-SQL
81 (0.680 %)VBScript
81 (0.680 %)Delphi
81 (0.680 %)C
Bath IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
122 (14.97 %)Degree
27 (4.762 %)PhD
36 (4.082 %)Microsoft Certification
36 (4.082 %)MCP
44 (2.721 %)Security Cleared
Bath IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
128 (19.05 %)Oracle
210 (6.803 %)Microsoft
32 (1.361 %)JBoss
41 (0.680 %)Sybase