The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Belfast region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 19 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 Belfast region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 13 15 2
Rank change year-on-year
+2 -13
Permanent jobs citing Java 28 23 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 13.46% 13.77% 29.26%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.95% 24.73% 50.93%
Number of salaries quoted 21 11 31
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% +8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £30,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Belfast
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
122 93 108
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Belfast 58.65% 55.69% 57.45%
Number of salaries quoted 95 56 70
Average salary £42,500 £37,500 £34,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+13.33% +8.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,000 £25,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £40,500 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
County Antrim

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Belfast 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 Belfast region.

Belfast Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Belfast region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Belfast Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 43 (46.24%) UNIX
2 37 (39.78%) Degree
3 35 (37.63%) C
3 35 (37.63%) SQL
3 35 (37.63%) Linux
4 33 (35.48%) C++
5 29 (31.18%) Computer Science
6 27 (29.03%) Agile Software Development
7 22 (23.66%) J2EE
7 22 (23.66%) Web Services
7 22 (23.66%) Tomcat
7 22 (23.66%) QA
8 21 (22.58%) Spring
9 20 (21.51%) Software Engineering
10 18 (19.35%) OO
11 17 (18.28%) Middleware
12 16 (17.20%) Servlets
13 15 (16.13%) XML
13 15 (16.13%) JavaScript
14 14 (15.05%) JSON
14 14 (15.05%) Open Source
14 14 (15.05%) Video on Demand
15 13 (13.98%) Apache
15 13 (13.98%) PostgreSQL
16 12 (12.90%) Finance
16 12 (12.90%) Unit Testing
16 12 (12.90%) Multithreading
17 11 (11.83%) XMPP
17 11 (11.83%) WebLogic
18 10 (10.75%) HTML

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Belfast 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 22 (23.66%) J2EE
1 22 (23.66%) Web Services
2 21 (22.58%) Spring
3 17 (18.28%) Middleware
4 16 (17.20%) Servlets
5 15 (16.13%) XML
6 14 (15.05%) JSON
7 11 (11.83%) XMPP
8 10 (10.75%) HTML
9 9 (9.677%) CSS
10 8 (8.602%) JSP
10 8 (8.602%) WebSphere
10 8 (8.602%) HTML5
11 7 (7.527%) Hibernate
12 6 (6.452%) .NET
12 6 (6.452%) Spring MVC
12 6 (6.452%) jQuery
13 4 (4.301%) Struts
13 4 (4.301%) Swing
14 3 (3.226%) Ajax
Application Platforms
1 22 (23.66%) Tomcat
2 13 (13.98%) Apache
3 11 (11.83%) WebLogic
4 2 (2.151%) Force.com
5 1 (1.075%) GlassFish
Applications
1 1 (1.075%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.075%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 3 (3.226%) Internet
2 2 (2.151%) Broadband
3 1 (1.075%) VoIP
3 1 (1.075%) HTTP
3 1 (1.075%) TCP/IP
3 1 (1.075%) Intranet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (13.98%) PostgreSQL
2 3 (3.226%) RDBMS
2 3 (3.226%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.151%) KDB
3 2 (2.151%) DB2
3 2 (2.151%) OLAP
4 1 (1.075%) Redis
4 1 (1.075%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.075%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.075%) CouchDB
4 1 (1.075%) SQL Server 2008
4 1 (1.075%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 10 (10.75%) Selenium
2 4 (4.301%) Maven
3 3 (3.226%) Ant
3 3 (3.226%) JIRA
3 3 (3.226%) Jenkins
4 2 (2.151%) Gradle
4 2 (2.151%) Git (software)
4 2 (2.151%) Subversion
4 2 (2.151%) JUnit
5 1 (1.075%) ClearCase
5 1 (1.075%) Build Forge
5 1 (1.075%) Atlassian Bamboo
General
1 12 (12.90%) Finance
2 7 (7.527%) Telecoms
3 5 (5.376%) Marketing
3 5 (5.376%) Banking
4 4 (4.301%) Games
5 2 (2.151%) Investment Banking
Job Titles
1 38 (40.86%) Developer
2 26 (27.96%) Java Developer
3 13 (13.98%) Software Engineer
3 13 (13.98%) Senior Developer
4 10 (10.75%) Senior Java Developer
5 7 (7.527%) Java Software Engineer
5 7 (7.527%) Applications Support
5 7 (7.527%) Software Architect
5 7 (7.527%) Architect
6 6 (6.452%) Tester
6 6 (6.452%) Automated Tester
7 5 (5.376%) Java Engineer
7 5 (5.376%) Software Developer
7 5 (5.376%) C++ Developer
8 4 (4.301%) Senior Software Developer
8 4 (4.301%) Server Engineer
8 4 (4.301%) Junior
9 3 (3.226%) C++/Java Developer
9 3 (3.226%) J2EE Software Engineer
10 2 (2.151%) Salesforce.com Developer
Miscellaneous
1 29 (31.18%) Computer Science
2 14 (15.05%) Open Source
2 14 (15.05%) Video on Demand
3 8 (8.602%) Derivative
4 3 (3.226%) Equities
4 3 (3.226%) Life Science
4 3 (3.226%) RIA
5 2 (2.151%) Wiki
5 2 (2.151%) Mainframe
6 1 (1.075%) DTV
6 1 (1.075%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 1 (1.075%) E-Learning
6 1 (1.075%) STB
6 1 (1.075%) SaaS
6 1 (1.075%) Reference Data
6 1 (1.075%) Cloud Computing
6 1 (1.075%) Blog
6 1 (1.075%) Social Network
6 1 (1.075%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 43 (46.24%) UNIX
2 35 (37.63%) Linux
3 1 (1.075%) Windows
3 1 (1.075%) Apple iOS
3 1 (1.075%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 27 (29.03%) Agile Software Development
2 20 (21.51%) Software Engineering
3 18 (19.35%) OO
4 12 (12.90%) Unit Testing
4 12 (12.90%) Multithreading
5 7 (7.527%) Computer Architecture
5 7 (7.527%) MVC
6 6 (6.452%) Software Testing
6 6 (6.452%) Electronic Trading
6 6 (6.452%) Integration Testing
7 5 (5.376%) Continuous Integration
8 3 (3.226%) TDD
8 3 (3.226%) Use Case
9 2 (2.151%) Automation Testing
9 2 (2.151%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (2.151%) Configuration Management
9 2 (2.151%) E-Commerce
9 2 (2.151%) Data Modelling
9 2 (2.151%) SOA
10 1 (1.075%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 35 (37.63%) C
1 35 (37.63%) SQL
2 33 (35.48%) C++
3 15 (16.13%) JavaScript
4 8 (8.602%) C#
5 6 (6.452%) Python
6 5 (5.376%) Perl
7 3 (3.226%) Shell Script
7 3 (3.226%) Ruby
7 3 (3.226%) Groovy
8 2 (2.151%) Apex Code
8 2 (2.151%) JCL
8 2 (2.151%) PHP
8 2 (2.151%) COBOL
9 1 (1.075%) Objective-C
9 1 (1.075%) Bash shell
9 1 (1.075%) Scala
Qualifications
1 37 (39.78%) Degree
2 1 (1.075%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 22 (23.66%) QA
2 1 (1.075%) HL7
Systems Management
1 2 (2.151%) Puppet
2 1 (1.075%) YUM
Vendors
1 9 (9.677%) Oracle
2 3 (3.226%) JBoss
3 2 (2.151%) IBM
3 2 (2.151%) Microsoft
3 2 (2.151%) Salesforce.com
4 1 (1.075%) TIBCO
4 1 (1.075%) BEA
4 1 (1.075%) Red Hat
4 1 (1.075%) Sybase
4 1 (1.075%) AccuRev
4 1 (1.075%) DevExpress
4 1 (1.075%) Syncfusion
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