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The table below looks at the demand for Java skills within the Bedford region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 3 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to
3 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank2416
Rank change on same period last yearDown-8
Matching permanent IT job ads1819
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.009 %
As % of the category below10.34 %17.43 %
Salaries quoted1817
Average minimum salary£32,889£20,412
Average salary£36,389£25,088
% change on same period last year+45.04 %
Average maximum salary£39,889£29,765
UK excluding London average salary£40,243£40,696
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Bedford
Matching permanent IT job ads174109
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.117 %0.049 %
Salaries quoted171101
Average minimum salary£30,946£29,351
Average salary£33,812£32,618
% change on same period last year+3.65 %
Average maximum salary£36,677£35,884
UK excluding London average salary£35,736£35,967
% change on same period last year-0.64 %
Java BedfordshireJava
Bedfordshire

Java
Demand Trend

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

Bedford 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 Bedford region.

Bedford Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 3 December 2008.

Bedford Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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.

114 (51.85 %)C++
211 (40.74 %)UNIX
211 (40.74 %)OO
39 (33.33 %)Linux
48 (29.63 %)XML
48 (29.63 %)J2EE
57 (25.93 %)C#
57 (25.93 %)Logistics
66 (22.22 %)C
75 (18.52 %)WebServices
75 (18.52 %)Oracle
75 (18.52 %)SQL
75 (18.52 %)Swing
84 (14.81 %)HTML
84 (14.81 %)MATLAB
93 (11.11 %)GIS
93 (11.11 %)Microsoft
93 (11.11 %)EJB
93 (11.11 %)JSP
93 (11.11 %)Oracle Reports
93 (11.11 %)Oracle Spatial
93 (11.11 %)Security Cleared
102 (7.407 %)Degree
102 (7.407 %)Oracle 11g
102 (7.407 %)Software Engineering
102 (7.407 %)J2SE
102 (7.407 %)Windows
102 (7.407 %)OOP
102 (7.407 %)CORBA
102 (7.407 %).NET

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 December 2008, IT jobs across the Bedford 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.

Bedford IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
18 (29.63 %)J2EE
18 (29.63 %)XML
25 (18.52 %)WebServices
25 (18.52 %)Swing
34 (14.81 %)HTML
43 (11.11 %)EJB
43 (11.11 %)JSP
52 (7.407 %)CSS
52 (7.407 %).NET
52 (7.407 %)J2SE
52 (7.407 %)Struts
52 (7.407 %)CORBA
52 (7.407 %)NetBeans
61 (3.704 %)WinForms
61 (3.704 %)WebSphere
61 (3.704 %)WSDL
61 (3.704 %)OpenGL
61 (3.704 %)XHTML
61 (3.704 %)COM
61 (3.704 %)SOAP
Bedford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (11.11 %)Oracle Spatial
21 (3.704 %)Apache
Bedford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (14.81 %)MATLAB
21 (3.704 %)MS Excel
Bedford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12 (7.407 %)Broadband
21 (3.704 %)TCP/IP
Bedford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (11.11 %)Oracle Reports
13 (11.11 %)GIS
22 (7.407 %)Oracle 11g
22 (7.407 %)RDBMS
22 (7.407 %)Oracle 10g
31 (3.704 %)DB2
Bedford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (3.704 %)ClearCase
Bedford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
12 (7.407 %)Finance
21 (3.704 %)Government
Bedford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
18 (29.63 %)Software Engineer
18 (29.63 %)Developer
26 (22.22 %)Support Engineer
26 (22.22 %)Java Developer
35 (18.52 %)C++ Software Engineer
44 (14.81 %)Customer Support Engineer
44 (14.81 %)Java Software Engineer
44 (14.81 %)Customer Engineer
44 (14.81 %)Senior Developer
53 (11.11 %)Senior Java Developer
53 (11.11 %)Java/J2EE Developer
62 (7.407 %)C Software Engineer
62 (7.407 %)Java Programmer
62 (7.407 %)UNIX Engineer
62 (7.407 %)Helpdesk Engineer
62 (7.407 %)DBA
62 (7.407 %)Helpdesk Support
62 (7.407 %)Programmer
62 (7.407 %)Senior Software Engineer
62 (7.407 %)Oracle DBA
Bedford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.704 %)Mathematics
11 (3.704 %)Physics
11 (3.704 %)Computer Science
Bedford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (40.74 %)UNIX
29 (33.33 %)Linux
32 (7.407 %)Windows
Bedford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
111 (40.74 %)OO
27 (25.93 %)Logistics
33 (11.11 %)Security Cleared
42 (7.407 %)OOP
42 (7.407 %)Software Engineering
51 (3.704 %)CRM
51 (3.704 %)Configuration Management
51 (3.704 %)Project Management
Bedford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
114 (51.85 %)C++
27 (25.93 %)C#
36 (22.22 %)C
45 (18.52 %)SQL
52 (7.407 %)Shell Script
61 (3.704 %)VB
61 (3.704 %)PHP
Bedford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12 (7.407 %)Degree
Bedford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
15 (18.52 %)Oracle
23 (11.11 %)Microsoft
31 (3.704 %)Actuate
31 (3.704 %)Mapinfo
31 (3.704 %)Amdocs
31 (3.704 %)Google