The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Birmingham region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 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 Job Titles advertised for the Birmingham region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Developer
Rank 82 83 47
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -36
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 31 14 43
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 1.860% 0.964% 3.295%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.962% 1.000% 3.432%
Number of salaries quoted 31 14 42
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +18.05%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,250 £31,950 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £71,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Job Titles
Birmingham
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1580 1400 1253
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Birmingham 94.78% 96.35% 96.02%
Number of salaries quoted 1325 1247 1089
Average salary £41,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.33% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,500 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java Developer
West Midlands

Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Java Developer across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Birmingham Java Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Java Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Java Developer across the Birmingham region.

Birmingham Java Developer Salary Trend

Java Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Birmingham Java Developer Salary Histogram

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Java Developer in their job title 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 with Java Developer in their job title.

1 57 (100.00%) Java
2 43 (75.44%) Hibernate
2 43 (75.44%) Spring
3 27 (47.37%) J2EE
4 26 (45.61%) Agile Software Development
5 25 (43.86%) Maven
5 25 (43.86%) Oracle
6 24 (42.11%) Subversion
6 24 (42.11%) Java EE
7 22 (38.60%) JMS
7 22 (38.60%) Eclipse
8 20 (35.09%) SQL Server
8 20 (35.09%) SQL Server 2005
9 19 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
10 15 (26.32%) OO
10 15 (26.32%) TDD
10 15 (26.32%) Tomcat
11 14 (24.56%) MVC
11 14 (24.56%) NoSQL
12 13 (22.81%) Multithreading
12 13 (22.81%) Scala
12 13 (22.81%) Computer Science
12 13 (22.81%) Selenium
12 13 (22.81%) Unit Testing
12 13 (22.81%) Degree
12 13 (22.81%) JasperReports
12 13 (22.81%) Oracle Reports
13 12 (21.05%) JBoss
13 12 (21.05%) SOAP
13 12 (21.05%) ActiveMQ

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Birmingham region that cited Java Developer in their job title 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 with Java Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 43 (75.44%) Hibernate
1 43 (75.44%) Spring
2 27 (47.37%) J2EE
3 24 (42.11%) Java EE
4 22 (38.60%) JMS
5 12 (21.05%) JMX
5 12 (21.05%) Spring MVC
5 12 (21.05%) Ajax
5 12 (21.05%) SOAP
6 6 (10.53%) Web Services
7 4 (7.018%) RESTful
7 4 (7.018%) REST
8 3 (5.263%) JPA
8 3 (5.263%) XML
8 3 (5.263%) JSP
8 3 (5.263%) EJB
9 2 (3.509%) CSS
9 2 (3.509%) HTML
9 2 (3.509%) .NET
9 2 (3.509%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 15 (26.32%) Tomcat
2 12 (21.05%) ActiveMQ
3 10 (17.54%) Alfresco
4 2 (3.509%) MQSeries
4 2 (3.509%) WebLogic
5 1 (1.754%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (5.263%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 20 (35.09%) SQL Server
1 20 (35.09%) SQL Server 2005
2 19 (33.33%) SQL Server 2008
3 14 (24.56%) NoSQL
4 13 (22.81%) JasperReports
4 13 (22.81%) Oracle Reports
5 11 (19.30%) MySQL
5 11 (19.30%) MongoDB
6 10 (17.54%) CouchDB
6 10 (17.54%) Jackrabbit
7 1 (1.754%) Oracle 10g
7 1 (1.754%) DB2
Development Applications
1 25 (43.86%) Maven
2 24 (42.11%) Subversion
3 22 (38.60%) Eclipse
4 13 (22.81%) Selenium
5 12 (21.05%) FitNesse
5 12 (21.05%) TeamCity
5 12 (21.05%) Apache Continuum
6 3 (5.263%) Hudson
7 2 (3.509%) JUnit
General
1 3 (5.263%) Games
2 1 (1.754%) Banking
2 1 (1.754%) Investment Banking
2 1 (1.754%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 13 (22.81%) Computer Science
2 10 (17.54%) Cloud Computing
2 10 (17.54%) Social Media
3 9 (15.79%) Firmware
4 1 (1.754%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 3 (5.263%) UNIX
2 2 (3.509%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 26 (45.61%) Agile Software Development
2 15 (26.32%) TDD
2 15 (26.32%) OO
3 14 (24.56%) MVC
4 13 (22.81%) Unit Testing
4 13 (22.81%) Multithreading
5 4 (7.018%) Customer Engagement
5 4 (7.018%) UML
5 4 (7.018%) RUP
6 2 (3.509%) Automated Testing
6 2 (3.509%) Software Testing
6 2 (3.509%) Test Scripting
7 1 (1.754%) Waterfall
7 1 (1.754%) Web Development
7 1 (1.754%) Release Management
7 1 (1.754%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 57 (100.00%) Java
2 13 (22.81%) Scala
3 10 (17.54%) Clojure
3 10 (17.54%) Ruby
3 10 (17.54%) Erlang
4 9 (15.79%) SQL
5 2 (3.509%) JavaScript
6 1 (1.754%) Perl
6 1 (1.754%) Shell Script
6 1 (1.754%) C#
Qualifications
1 13 (22.81%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.509%) QA
Vendors
1 25 (43.86%) Oracle
2 12 (21.05%) JBoss
3 1 (1.754%) BEA
3 1 (1.754%) webMethods
3 1 (1.754%) Sybase
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
This is an exciting opportunity to join a small agile development team... You will be challenged to deliver important improvements to mission critical systems in an agile environment.....
Spring Technology
Salary: £30000.00 - £34500.00 per annum + Plus benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Essential skills: Minimum of 2 years demonstrable experience of designing, developing, testing, deploying and supporting web-based software in open technologies and standards, including, but not limited to: ?...
Applause IT Innovation
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent pension + Holiday
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
You will be working on bespoke software solutions at the cutting edge of technology.Essential skills: Minimum of 2 years demonstrable experience of designing, developing, testing, deploying and...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Excellent pension + Holiday
Posted: 17 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
You will be required to have experience of Java including Hibernate, Ant, Spring and also knowledge of Tomcat, JavaScript, HTML, CSS and some exposure to fast paced agile...
Randstad Technologies
Salary: £28000 - £34000 per annum + Fantastic package
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
An junior Java Developer, ideally with knowledge of Java, XML and jQuery, is required by a leading IT business based near Birmingham... --- THE ROLE --- This is a fantastic...
CV Screen Ltd
Salary: Up to £30k plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Our prestigious client is looking for a solid Java J2EE Developer to be based in either Birmingham or London. You will have solid development experience within Java EE...
Jumar
Salary: From £38,000 to £42,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013