Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Java Persistence API (JPA) skills within the Berkshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited JPA over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava Persistence API (JPA)
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank237283
Rank change on same period last yearUp+46
Matching permanent IT job ads33
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.001 %
As % of the category below0.110 %0.081 %
Salaries quoted33
Average minimum salary£29,000£26,667
Average salary£31,500£30,833
% change on same period last year+2.16 %
Average maximum salary£34,000£35,000
UK excluding London average salary£31,758£33,500
% change on same period last year-5.20 %
Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Berkshire
Matching permanent IT job ads27313702
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.762 %1.657 %
Salaries quoted23973129
Average minimum salary£37,422£37,302
Average salary£41,144£40,928
% change on same period last year+0.52 %
Average maximum salary£44,866£44,554
UK excluding London average salary£36,010£36,558
% change on same period last year-1.49 %
JPA South EastJPA
South East

JPA
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing JPA across the Berkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Berkshire JPA Demand Trend

JPA
Salary Trend

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

Berkshire JPA Salary Trend

JPA
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing JPA across the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008.

Berkshire JPA Salary Histogram

JPA
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JPA within the Berkshire region over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
NewburyDown-102£24,750-19.72 %
ReadingNew entry-1£45,000-
JPA South EastJPA
South East

JPA
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing JPA 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 JPA.

14 (100.00 %)Java
14 (100.00 %)EJB
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)JSF
14 (100.00 %)Java EE
23 (75.00 %)Test Scripting
23 (75.00 %)HTML
23 (75.00 %)Software Engineering
23 (75.00 %)GIS
23 (75.00 %)Hibernate
23 (75.00 %)XSD
23 (75.00 %)XSLT
23 (75.00 %)RDBMS
23 (75.00 %)CSS
23 (75.00 %)JSP
23 (75.00 %)Servlets
23 (75.00 %)Struts
23 (75.00 %)WebServices
23 (75.00 %)JavaScript
23 (75.00 %)SQL
23 (75.00 %)SQL Server
31 (25.00 %)Spring
31 (25.00 %)EJB 3.0

JPA
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs across the Berkshire region citing JPA 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 JPA. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Berkshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
14 (100.00 %)EJB
14 (100.00 %)XML
14 (100.00 %)JSF
14 (100.00 %)Java EE
23 (75.00 %)HTML
23 (75.00 %)XSD
23 (75.00 %)XSLT
23 (75.00 %)Hibernate
23 (75.00 %)CSS
23 (75.00 %)JSP
23 (75.00 %)Servlets
23 (75.00 %)Struts
23 (75.00 %)WebServices
31 (25.00 %)Spring
31 (25.00 %)EJB 3.0
Berkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (75.00 %)SQL Server
13 (75.00 %)RDBMS
13 (75.00 %)GIS
Berkshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (100.00 %)Developer
14 (100.00 %)Java Developer
23 (75.00 %)Graduate
31 (25.00 %)Java Consultant
31 (25.00 %)Lead Java Developer
31 (25.00 %)Consultant
31 (25.00 %)Lead Developer
Berkshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (75.00 %)Software Engineering
13 (75.00 %)Test Scripting
Berkshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14 (100.00 %)Java
23 (75.00 %)JavaScript
23 (75.00 %)SQL