The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 20 June 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 Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 50 14 14
Rank change year-on-year
-36 0
Permanent jobs citing Java 44 102 99
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 4.044% 11.66% 10.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.20% 23.94% 23.24%
Number of salaries quoted 41 75 95
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £39,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -5.06%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £33,700 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £59,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
393 426 426
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 36.12% 48.69% 45.03%
Number of salaries quoted 366 368 408
Average salary £40,000 £41,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.43% +9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £48,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
East of England

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bedfordshire 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 Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Bedfordshire Java Salary Histogram

Java
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 20 June 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
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Luton -29 15 £27,500 -26.66% 5
Dunstable -6 9 £38,750 +17.42% 1
Bedford -9 5 £30,000 -14.28% 4
Java
East of England

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 40 (40.82%) Oracle
2 34 (34.69%) SQL
3 31 (31.63%) Degree
4 29 (29.59%) JavaScript
5 27 (27.55%) XML
6 26 (26.53%) HTML
7 25 (25.51%) Selenium
8 24 (24.49%) C#
8 24 (24.49%) Windows
9 18 (18.37%) TDD
9 18 (18.37%) .NET
10 17 (17.35%) Python
10 17 (17.35%) MVC
10 17 (17.35%) WebDriver
11 16 (16.33%) Web Development
11 16 (16.33%) Finance
11 16 (16.33%) VB
11 16 (16.33%) ITIL
11 16 (16.33%) ASP
12 15 (15.31%) ASP.NET
12 15 (15.31%) BDD
12 15 (15.31%) ASP.NET MVC
13 14 (14.29%) Agile Testing
13 14 (14.29%) Scrum
13 14 (14.29%) E-Commerce
14 13 (13.27%) Linux
14 13 (13.27%) Computer Science
15 10 (10.20%) TCP/IP
15 10 (10.20%) .NET Framework
15 10 (10.20%) Software Engineering

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire 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 27 (27.55%) XML
2 26 (26.53%) HTML
3 18 (18.37%) .NET
4 16 (16.33%) ASP
5 15 (15.31%) ASP.NET
5 15 (15.31%) ASP.NET MVC
6 10 (10.20%) .NET Framework
7 9 (9.184%) jQuery
7 9 (9.184%) J2EE
8 8 (8.163%) CSS
9 7 (7.143%) Web Services
9 7 (7.143%) XSL
10 6 (6.122%) XSLT
10 6 (6.122%) RESTful
11 5 (5.102%) JSON
11 5 (5.102%) Ajax
11 5 (5.102%) JSP
12 4 (4.082%) Hibernate
12 4 (4.082%) Middleware
12 4 (4.082%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 5 (5.102%) WebLogic
2 3 (3.061%) MQSeries
3 2 (2.041%) Apache
3 2 (2.041%) SharePoint Server
4 1 (1.020%) Windows Azure
4 1 (1.020%) WebSphere Message Broker
4 1 (1.020%) Papyrus
Applications
1 2 (2.041%) MS Excel
2 1 (1.020%) PrintSoft PReS
2 1 (1.020%) DOC1
Business Applications
1 2 (2.041%) BASE24
1 2 (2.041%) SAP ERP
2 1 (1.020%) Exstream
Communications & Networking
1 10 (10.20%) TCP/IP
2 8 (8.163%) SS7
2 8 (8.163%) VoIP
2 8 (8.163%) IP Telephony
3 1 (1.020%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.122%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.082%) RDBMS
2 4 (4.082%) Oracle 10g
2 4 (4.082%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 3 (3.061%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (2.041%) Oracle OWB
4 2 (2.041%) Oracle Reports
4 2 (2.041%) Oracle 11g
4 2 (2.041%) SQL Server 2008
5 1 (1.020%) SQL Server 2012
5 1 (1.020%) BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
5 1 (1.020%) SQL Server 2005
5 1 (1.020%) Crystal Reports
Development Applications
1 25 (25.51%) Selenium
2 17 (17.35%) WebDriver
3 9 (9.184%) Cucumber
4 7 (7.143%) WATIR
5 6 (6.122%) Git (software)
6 3 (3.061%) SpecFlow
7 1 (1.020%) Hudson
7 1 (1.020%) Jenkins
7 1 (1.020%) Maven
7 1 (1.020%) QuickTest Pro
7 1 (1.020%) LoadRunner
7 1 (1.020%) Ant
7 1 (1.020%) JUnit
7 1 (1.020%) JMeter
General
1 16 (16.33%) Finance
2 6 (6.122%) Legal
3 3 (3.061%) Banking
4 2 (2.041%) Back Office
4 2 (2.041%) French Language
Job Titles
1 33 (33.67%) Analyst
2 28 (28.57%) Graduate
3 21 (21.43%) Applications Support
4 19 (19.39%) Support Analyst
5 15 (15.31%) Developer
6 14 (14.29%) Test Analyst
7 13 (13.27%) Test Engineer
8 12 (12.24%) Technical Support
9 10 (10.20%) Technical Analyst
9 10 (10.20%) Technical Support Analyst
9 10 (10.20%) Graduate Support Analyst
10 9 (9.184%) Agile Test Analyst
10 9 (9.184%) Applications Support Analyst
10 9 (9.184%) Support Engineer
10 9 (9.184%) Architect
10 9 (9.184%) Software Engineer
11 8 (8.163%) Team Leader
11 8 (8.163%) C Software Engineer
11 8 (8.163%) Software Support Engineer
12 7 (7.143%) Support Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 13 (13.27%) Computer Science
2 9 (9.184%) Mobile App
2 9 (9.184%) Enterprise Software
3 5 (5.102%) Client/Server
4 2 (2.041%) Management Information System
4 2 (2.041%) N-Tier
4 2 (2.041%) SaaS
4 2 (2.041%) SWIFT
5 1 (1.020%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 24 (24.49%) Windows
2 13 (13.27%) Linux
3 8 (8.163%) UNIX
4 2 (2.041%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 18 (18.37%) TDD
2 17 (17.35%) MVC
3 16 (16.33%) Web Development
3 16 (16.33%) ITIL
4 15 (15.31%) BDD
5 14 (14.29%) Agile Testing
5 14 (14.29%) Scrum
5 14 (14.29%) E-Commerce
6 10 (10.20%) Software Engineering
7 9 (9.184%) Software Testing
8 8 (8.163%) ERP
8 8 (8.163%) Test Scripting
8 8 (8.163%) TOGAF
9 4 (4.082%) Agile Software Development
9 4 (4.082%) Knowledge Management
9 4 (4.082%) Performance Management
9 4 (4.082%) User Acceptance Testing
9 4 (4.082%) Web Application Development
10 2 (2.041%) Web Design
10 2 (2.041%) Service Management
Programming Languages
1 34 (34.69%) SQL
2 29 (29.59%) JavaScript
3 24 (24.49%) C#
4 17 (17.35%) Python
5 16 (16.33%) VB
6 9 (9.184%) Ruby
6 9 (9.184%) C++
7 8 (8.163%) C
7 8 (8.163%) ABAP
8 3 (3.061%) PL/SQL
9 2 (2.041%) Shell Script
9 2 (2.041%) Korn
9 2 (2.041%) Bash shell
10 1 (1.020%) Erlang
10 1 (1.020%) PHP
Qualifications
1 31 (31.63%) Degree
2 8 (8.163%) ISEB
2 8 (8.163%) ISTQB
3 1 (1.020%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (6.122%) SLA
2 5 (5.102%) QA
3 4 (4.082%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 2 (2.041%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1 2 (2.041%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 2 (2.041%) Tivoli
1 2 (2.041%) ServiceCenter
Vendors
1 40 (40.82%) Oracle
2 8 (8.163%) SAP
3 4 (4.082%) IBM
4 3 (3.061%) HP
4 3 (3.061%) Microsoft
5 2 (2.041%) JBoss
5 2 (2.041%) BEA
6 1 (1.020%) Business Objects
Luton, Bedfordshire
You should ideally be working in an Application Support environment (or Software / Bespoke Support environment) with experience in Oracle or SQL databases and Java . Skills such as JavaScript,...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
Our client requires a web developer to join their Digital Marketing team. The Digital Marketing team, supports, develops and manages many of our clients key online websites and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
In order to carry out this role effectively you will be using Oracle, SQL and Java; so experience with this is a must, alongside exposure to VB, ASP,...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
Luton, South East
Software Support Team Lead (Java / Oracle) - to 45kOur client, a global solutions company is looking to bring on board a Software Support Team Lead with strong Java and...
OPUS
Salary: GBP40000 to GBP45000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Bedford, South East
As part of the IT Graduate Programme, you can expect to be exposed to and gain experience in the following: * C# 3 and 4 * SQL Server 2008 and...
Capita Resourcing
Salary: £23000.00 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
Ashdown IT
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + pension, healthcare & bonus
Posted: 14 June 2013
Luton, Bedfordshire
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + bonus, pension, health
Posted: 18 June 2013
Luton, South East
GSA Techsource
Salary: GBP450000 to GBP550000 per annum + Benefits: + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £40000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 10 June 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £55000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
Streamline IT Recruitment
Salary: £55000 - £70000 per annum
Posted: 12 June 2013
Dunstable, Bedfordshire
RDF Resources
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits upto £44,000
Posted: 19 June 2013
Bedford, South East
OPUS
Salary: GBP30000 per annum + Benefits: Bonus
Posted: 4 June 2013
Bedford, Bedfordshire
MAPP Ltd - IT & Business Management Recruitment Specialists
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum c£50,000 + Good Benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £55000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 28 May 2013
Bedfordshire, South East
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £55000 per annum + Bonus, Pension, Healthcare
Posted: 4 June 2013