The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bolton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 23 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Bolton region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 29 37 21
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -16
Permanent jobs citing Java 8 1 2
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 6.897% 0.746% 3.333%
As % of the Programming Languages category 8.696% 1.299% 4.545%
Number of salaries quoted 6 1 2
Average salary £27,500 £25,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -16.66%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Bolton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
92 77 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bolton 79.31% 57.46% 73.33%
Number of salaries quoted 83 76 43
Average salary £33,000 £35,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.71% +16.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £28,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
Manchester

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bolton 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 Bolton region.

Bolton Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Bolton region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Bolton Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 7 (70.00%) Web Services
2 6 (60.00%) C++
3 5 (50.00%) PHP
3 5 (50.00%) XML
3 5 (50.00%) Python
3 5 (50.00%) Mobile App
4 4 (40.00%) soapUI
4 4 (40.00%) REST
4 4 (40.00%) Waterfall
4 4 (40.00%) Ruby
4 4 (40.00%) QA
4 4 (40.00%) WATIR
4 4 (40.00%) Selenium
4 4 (40.00%) FitNesse
4 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
4 4 (40.00%) Unit Testing
4 4 (40.00%) System Testing
4 4 (40.00%) HTTP
4 4 (40.00%) RAD
4 4 (40.00%) SOAP
4 4 (40.00%) SQL
4 4 (40.00%) C
4 4 (40.00%) C#
5 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
6 2 (20.00%) Apple iOS
6 2 (20.00%) TDD
6 2 (20.00%) Android
6 2 (20.00%) RESTful
6 2 (20.00%) jQuery
6 2 (20.00%) Ajax

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bolton 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 7 (70.00%) Web Services
2 5 (50.00%) XML
3 4 (40.00%) soapUI
3 4 (40.00%) REST
3 4 (40.00%) SOAP
4 2 (20.00%) RESTful
4 2 (20.00%) jQuery
4 2 (20.00%) Ajax
4 2 (20.00%) CSS
4 2 (20.00%) Hibernate
5 1 (10.00%) Flash
5 1 (10.00%) JSP
5 1 (10.00%) Servlets
5 1 (10.00%) EJB
5 1 (10.00%) HTML
5 1 (10.00%) J2EE
5 1 (10.00%) WebSphere
5 1 (10.00%) Java EE
5 1 (10.00%) JSON
5 1 (10.00%) Spring
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) GlassFish
Communications & Networking
1 4 (40.00%) HTTP
2 2 (20.00%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (20.00%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 4 (40.00%) WATIR
1 4 (40.00%) Selenium
1 4 (40.00%) FitNesse
2 1 (10.00%) JUnit
General
1 1 (10.00%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 5 (50.00%) Developer
2 4 (40.00%) Consultant
2 4 (40.00%) Test Consultant
3 3 (30.00%) Java Developer
4 2 (20.00%) Mobile Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Development Manager
5 1 (10.00%) Graduate Developer
5 1 (10.00%) Graduate
5 1 (10.00%) Graduate Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 5 (50.00%) Mobile App
2 1 (10.00%) Client/Server
2 1 (10.00%) Computer Science
2 1 (10.00%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (20.00%) Apple iOS
1 2 (20.00%) Android
1 2 (20.00%) Windows Mobile
1 2 (20.00%) Windows
1 2 (20.00%) Windows CE
2 1 (10.00%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (40.00%) Waterfall
1 4 (40.00%) User Acceptance Testing
1 4 (40.00%) Unit Testing
1 4 (40.00%) System Testing
1 4 (40.00%) RAD
2 2 (20.00%) TDD
3 1 (10.00%) OO
3 1 (10.00%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 6 (60.00%) C++
2 5 (50.00%) PHP
2 5 (50.00%) Python
3 4 (40.00%) Ruby
3 4 (40.00%) SQL
3 4 (40.00%) C
3 4 (40.00%) C#
4 3 (30.00%) JavaScript
5 1 (10.00%) ActionScript
5 1 (10.00%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 1 (10.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (40.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (10.00%) IBM
Bolton, Lancashire
Passionate and experienced Windows CE/Windows Mobile developer wanted to come and work on an interesting and challenging internal product... You will have developed several commercial applications on...
Appliance Online
Salary: Competitive Salary - Negotiable dependant on Experience
Posted: 29 April 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
We need a passionate tester to own and grow the testing function in a friendly and focussed development team with multiple technologies in play including Java, RPG, Android,...
Appliance Online
Salary: Competitive Salary - Negotiable dependant on Experience
Posted: 7 May 2013
Bolton, North West
My client is seeking a passionate tester to own and grow the testing function, working closely within the development team where a variety of technologies will be utilised...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + pension, holiday
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bolton, Lancashire
My client is seeking a passionate tester to own and grow the testing function, working closely within the development team where a variety of technologies will be utilised...
Harvey Nash plc
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + pension, holiday
Posted: 22 May 2013