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This section looks at the demand for Java skills within the Birmingham region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 23 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to 23 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1915
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads221220
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.116 %0.090 %
As % of the category below17.88 %21.61 %
Salaries quoted206185
Average minimum salary£36,527£34,276
Average salary£39,540£37,413
% change on same period last year+5.68 %
Average maximum salary£42,554£40,550
UK excluding London average salary£39,209£39,553
% change on same period last year-0.87 %
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Birmingham
Matching permanent IT job ads12361018
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.650 %0.418 %
Salaries quoted1114887
Average minimum salary£30,912£30,654
Average salary£33,814£33,477
% change on same period last year+1.00 %
Average maximum salary£36,716£36,299
UK excluding London average salary£35,188£35,551
% change on same period last year-1.01 %
Java West MidlandsJava
West Midlands

Java
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Java across the Birmingham region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Birmingham Java Demand Trend

Java
Salary Trend

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

Birmingham Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Birmingham region over the 3 months to 23 July 2008.

Birmingham Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 July 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

1224 (44.71 %)J2EE
2185 (36.93 %)Oracle
3177 (35.33 %)SQL
4164 (32.73 %)XML
5117 (23.35 %)HTML
6107 (21.36 %).NET
7102 (20.36 %)JSP
894 (18.76 %)SQL Server
973 (14.57 %)UNIX
1069 (13.77 %)Struts
1166 (13.17 %)Finance
1264 (12.77 %)UML
1359 (11.78 %)ASP
1359 (11.78 %)PL/SQL
1457 (11.38 %)SAP
1457 (11.38 %)Spring
1556 (11.18 %)WebSphere
1655 (10.98 %)Hibernate
1752 (10.38 %)JavaScript
1851 (10.18 %)Perl
1950 (9.980 %)Windows
2049 (9.780 %)OO
2049 (9.780 %)Servlets
2049 (9.780 %)SharePoint
2148 (9.581 %)ASP.NET
2246 (9.182 %)SOA
2344 (8.782 %)WebServices
2443 (8.583 %)VB.NET
2540 (7.984 %)Tomcat
2639 (7.784 %)RUP

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 July 2008, IT jobs across the Birmingham 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.

Birmingham IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1224 (44.71 %)J2EE
2164 (32.73 %)XML
3117 (23.35 %)HTML
4107 (21.36 %).NET
5102 (20.36 %)JSP
669 (13.77 %)Struts
759 (11.78 %)ASP
857 (11.38 %)Spring
956 (11.18 %)WebSphere
1055 (10.98 %)Hibernate
1149 (9.780 %)Servlets
1248 (9.581 %)ASP.NET
1344 (8.782 %)WebServices
1433 (6.587 %)XSLT
1532 (6.387 %)EJB
1624 (4.790 %)AJAX
1720 (3.992 %)ODBC
1720 (3.992 %)JDBC
1818 (3.593 %)SAP XI
1917 (3.393 %)SAP Business Workflow
Birmingham IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
149 (9.780 %)SharePoint
240 (7.984 %)Tomcat
335 (6.986 %)CMS
432 (6.387 %)IIS
525 (4.990 %)WebLogic
621 (4.192 %)Oracle Workflow
720 (3.992 %)Apache
818 (3.593 %)NetWeaver
912 (2.395 %)WebSphere Application Server
912 (2.395 %)Oracle Application Server
1011 (2.196 %)JBoss
1011 (2.196 %)MQSeries
1110 (1.996 %)TeamSite
127 (1.397 %)SAP EP
135 (0.998 %)Documentum
143 (0.599 %)OpenEdge
143 (0.599 %)Tamino
152 (0.399 %)BizTalk Server
152 (0.399 %)ESB
152 (0.399 %)SAP Web AS
Birmingham IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
120 (3.992 %)MS Excel
29 (1.796 %)MS Office
31 (0.200 %)Photoshop
31 (0.200 %)Fireworks
31 (0.200 %)MS PowerPoint
31 (0.200 %)ArcView
Birmingham IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
116 (3.194 %)SAP CRM
214 (2.794 %)Oracle Financials
214 (2.794 %)Oracle Applications
36 (1.198 %)Misys Equation
45 (0.998 %)Oracle EBS
45 (0.998 %)Oracle 11i
45 (0.998 %)SAP HR
54 (0.798 %)SAP R/3
63 (0.599 %)Oracle HRMS
63 (0.599 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
72 (0.399 %)SAP CO
72 (0.399 %)SAP FI
72 (0.399 %)Oracle Payroll
72 (0.399 %)SAP FI/CO
81 (0.200 %)MAXIMO
81 (0.200 %)Retail-J
Birmingham IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
131 (6.188 %)Internet
28 (1.597 %)LDAP
28 (1.597 %)TCP/IP
35 (0.998 %)VoIP
44 (0.798 %)HTTPS
53 (0.599 %)Intranet
53 (0.599 %)HTTP
62 (0.399 %)SNMP
62 (0.399 %)ATM
62 (0.399 %)DSL
62 (0.399 %)Megaco
62 (0.399 %)Firewall
62 (0.399 %)Ethernet
71 (0.200 %)Extranet
71 (0.200 %)3G
71 (0.200 %)ASN.1
71 (0.200 %)SSH
71 (0.200 %)VPN
71 (0.200 %)Broadband
71 (0.200 %)LAN
Birmingham IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
194 (18.76 %)SQL Server
235 (6.986 %)Oracle 10g
323 (4.591 %)Oracle Reports
422 (4.391 %)Oracle 8/8i
518 (3.593 %)DB2
518 (3.593 %)RDBMS
615 (2.994 %)SQL Server 7
711 (2.196 %)SQL Server 2005
810 (1.996 %)SQL Server 2000
810 (1.996 %)Oracle 9i
99 (1.796 %)MySQL
108 (1.597 %)SAP BI
117 (1.397 %)GIS
125 (0.998 %)Informix
125 (0.998 %)Oracle Discoverer
125 (0.998 %)SQLPlus
125 (0.998 %)BusinessObjects
134 (0.798 %)Datawarehouse
134 (0.798 %)DTS
134 (0.798 %)OLAP
Birmingham IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
116 (3.194 %)Oracle Forms
211 (2.196 %)JDeveloper
39 (1.796 %)OpenDeploy
48 (1.597 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
56 (1.198 %)Eclipse
56 (1.198 %)WinRunner
56 (1.198 %)Rational Robot
63 (0.599 %)TestDirector
63 (0.599 %)ProC
63 (0.599 %)Subversion
63 (0.599 %)Oracle APEX
72 (0.399 %)LSMW
72 (0.399 %)Ant
72 (0.399 %)JUnit
72 (0.399 %)Visual Studio
81 (0.200 %)VSS/SourceSafe
81 (0.200 %)Dreamweaver
81 (0.200 %)Flash
81 (0.200 %)PowerBuilder
81 (0.200 %)Log4j
Birmingham IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
166 (13.17 %)Finance
219 (3.792 %)Pensions
318 (3.593 %)Telecoms
318 (3.593 %)Government
415 (2.994 %)Banking
510 (1.996 %)Law
69 (1.796 %)Construction
69 (1.796 %)Back Office
78 (1.597 %)Health
78 (1.597 %)Manufacturing
78 (1.597 %)Retail
87 (1.397 %)Online Banking
96 (1.198 %)Games
104 (0.798 %)Marketing
104 (0.798 %)Billing
113 (0.599 %)Home Office
113 (0.599 %)Education
113 (0.599 %)Retail Banking
122 (0.399 %)Automotive
122 (0.399 %)Legal
Birmingham IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1247 (49.30 %)Developer
2141 (28.14 %)Java Developer
383 (16.57 %)Analyst
459 (11.78 %)Architect
553 (10.58 %)Senior Developer
649 (9.780 %)Consultant
743 (8.583 %)J2EE Developer
743 (8.583 %)Senior Java Developer
836 (7.186 %)Java/J2EE Developer
935 (6.986 %)Programmer
935 (6.986 %)Technical Architect
1034 (6.786 %)Web Developer
1130 (5.988 %)Analyst Programmer
1227 (5.389 %)Support Analyst
1326 (5.190 %)Oracle Developer
1422 (4.391 %)SAP Consultant
1422 (4.391 %)Java Architect
1520 (3.992 %)ABAP Developer
1520 (3.992 %)SAP Developer
1618 (3.593 %)Senior J2EE Developer
Birmingham IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
15 (0.998 %)German Language
24 (0.798 %)French Language
33 (0.599 %)Computer Science
33 (0.599 %)N-Tier
42 (0.399 %)Management Information System
42 (0.399 %)Mathematics
42 (0.399 %)Multithreading
51 (0.200 %)AS400
51 (0.200 %)NHS
51 (0.200 %)Mainframe
Birmingham IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
173 (14.57 %)UNIX
250 (9.980 %)Windows
330 (5.988 %)Linux
413 (2.595 %)Solaris
54 (0.798 %)Windows 2000
62 (0.399 %)AIX
71 (0.200 %)Windows NT
Birmingham IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
164 (12.77 %)UML
249 (9.780 %)OO
346 (9.182 %)SOA
439 (7.784 %)RUP
439 (7.784 %)Workflow
538 (7.585 %)CRM
631 (6.188 %)Content Management
727 (5.389 %)Web Development
824 (4.790 %)PRINCE2
824 (4.790 %)E-business
922 (4.391 %)Project Management
1020 (3.992 %)Business Intelligence
1118 (3.593 %)DSDM
1118 (3.593 %)Agile Software Development
1217 (3.393 %)Security Cleared
1316 (3.194 %)Stakeholder Management
1316 (3.194 %)OOD
1413 (2.595 %)Migration
1413 (2.595 %)Software Engineering
1512 (2.395 %)Data Migration
Birmingham IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1177 (35.33 %)SQL
259 (11.78 %)PL/SQL
352 (10.38 %)JavaScript
451 (10.18 %)Perl
543 (8.583 %)VB.NET
639 (7.784 %)C
639 (7.784 %)C++
737 (7.385 %)ABAP
835 (6.986 %)C#
921 (4.192 %)VB
109 (1.796 %)PHP
109 (1.796 %)Delphi
117 (1.397 %)VBA
117 (1.397 %)Shell Script
117 (1.397 %)VB6
125 (0.998 %)Pascal
133 (0.599 %)DHTML
141 (0.200 %)COBOL
141 (0.200 %)Python
141 (0.200 %)Tcl
Birmingham IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
131 (6.188 %)Degree
210 (1.996 %)Sun Certification
32 (0.399 %)PMP
32 (0.399 %)PMI Certification
32 (0.399 %)SCJD
32 (0.399 %)MAPM
41 (0.200 %)MCP
41 (0.200 %)HND
41 (0.200 %)Microsoft Certification
41 (0.200 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Birmingham IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (2.794 %)SLA
210 (1.996 %)QA
34 (0.798 %)WAI
Birmingham IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (0.998 %)Active Directory
15 (0.998 %)AquaLogic
Birmingham IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1185 (36.93 %)Oracle
257 (11.38 %)SAP
333 (6.587 %)Microsoft
428 (5.589 %)Interwoven
526 (5.190 %)Sun
624 (4.790 %)IBM
722 (4.391 %)FatWire
88 (1.597 %)Red Hat
88 (1.597 %)webMethods
88 (1.597 %)BEA
97 (1.397 %)Lotus
106 (1.198 %)Misys
115 (0.998 %)Manugistics
115 (0.998 %)Business Objects
115 (0.998 %)Siebel
115 (0.998 %)Borland
115 (0.998 %)JD Edwards
124 (0.798 %)Remedy
124 (0.798 %)Redback
133 (0.599 %)Progress
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