The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs 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 Bedford region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 38 38 31
Rank change year-on-year
0 -7
Permanent jobs citing Java 12 3 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 4.762% 1.456% 4.706%
As % of the Programming Languages category 9.302% 2.913% 7.477%
Number of salaries quoted 12 3 8
Average salary £34,500 £24,500 £32,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+40.81% -25.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,500 £23,700
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £24,500 £47,050
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Bedford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
129 103 107
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedford 51.19% 50.00% 62.94%
Number of salaries quoted 125 97 106
Average salary £41,000 £37,500 £36,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.33% +2.73%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £52,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
Bedfordshire

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedford Java Jobs Demand Trend

Java
Salary Trend

This 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

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Bedford region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bedford Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

1 13 (72.22%) C#
2 11 (61.11%) Degree
3 10 (55.56%) Computer Science
3 10 (55.56%) Windows
4 8 (44.44%) Linux
4 8 (44.44%) Python
4 8 (44.44%) C++
4 8 (44.44%) C
4 8 (44.44%) VoIP
4 8 (44.44%) TCP/IP
4 8 (44.44%) SS7
4 8 (44.44%) IP Telephony
4 8 (44.44%) Software Engineering
5 6 (33.33%) TOGAF
5 6 (33.33%) ABAP
5 6 (33.33%) ERP
5 6 (33.33%) SAP
6 5 (27.78%) SQL
7 4 (22.22%) HTML
7 4 (22.22%) Web Development
8 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
8 3 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
8 3 (16.67%) ITIL
9 2 (11.11%) MVC
9 2 (11.11%) Web Design
9 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
9 2 (11.11%) MS Office
9 2 (11.11%) VSS/SourceSafe
9 2 (11.11%) CSS

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 4 (22.22%) HTML
2 2 (11.11%) .NET
2 2 (11.11%) CSS
2 2 (11.11%) jQuery
Applications
1 2 (11.11%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (5.556%) SAP ERP
Communications & Networking
1 8 (44.44%) VoIP
1 8 (44.44%) TCP/IP
1 8 (44.44%) SS7
1 8 (44.44%) IP Telephony
Database & Business Intelligence
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server
1 3 (16.67%) SQL Server Reporting Services
Development Applications
1 2 (11.11%) VSS/SourceSafe
Job Titles
1 10 (55.56%) Graduate
2 8 (44.44%) Support Engineer
2 8 (44.44%) Software Engineer
2 8 (44.44%) Software Support Engineer
2 8 (44.44%) C Software Engineer
3 5 (27.78%) Applications Architect
3 5 (27.78%) Architect
4 4 (22.22%) Developer
5 3 (16.67%) Senior Architect
6 2 (11.11%) Graduate Web Developer
6 2 (11.11%) Web Developer
6 2 (11.11%) Graduate Developer
7 1 (5.556%) Development Manager
7 1 (5.556%) SAP Development Manager
7 1 (5.556%) SAP Manager
Miscellaneous
1 10 (55.56%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 10 (55.56%) Windows
2 8 (44.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (44.44%) Software Engineering
2 6 (33.33%) ERP
2 6 (33.33%) TOGAF
3 4 (22.22%) Web Development
4 3 (16.67%) ITIL
5 2 (11.11%) MVC
5 2 (11.11%) Web Design
5 2 (11.11%) Time Management
Programming Languages
1 13 (72.22%) C#
2 8 (44.44%) C++
2 8 (44.44%) C
2 8 (44.44%) Python
3 6 (33.33%) ABAP
4 5 (27.78%) SQL
5 2 (11.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 11 (61.11%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (16.67%) Sarbanes-Oxley
Vendors
1 6 (33.33%) SAP
2 2 (11.11%) Microsoft
2 2 (11.11%) Oracle