The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 17 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 Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 11 12 7
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -5
Permanent jobs citing Java 254 231 290
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 14.53% 13.18% 16.10%
As % of the Programming Languages category 21.49% 23.17% 26.22%
Number of salaries quoted 219 194 259
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,900 £28,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,500 £47,500 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1182 997 1106
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 67.62% 56.87% 61.41%
Number of salaries quoted 1064 919 922
Average salary £35,500 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.42% +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £26,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
South West

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Bristol Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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.

1 198 (41.34%) Degree
2 146 (30.48%) JavaScript
2 146 (30.48%) SQL
3 145 (30.27%) Computer Science
4 136 (28.39%) J2EE
5 127 (26.51%) Oracle
6 102 (21.29%) XML
7 100 (20.88%) C#
8 95 (19.83%) Agile Software Development
9 89 (18.58%) OO
10 87 (18.16%) Spring
11 81 (16.91%) Eclipse
12 76 (15.87%) MySQL
13 70 (14.61%) PHP
14 67 (13.99%) SQL Server
14 67 (13.99%) .NET
15 65 (13.57%) Finance
16 64 (13.36%) Software Engineering
17 63 (13.15%) C++
18 61 (12.73%) Java EE
19 60 (12.53%) HTML
20 57 (11.90%) JUnit
21 56 (11.69%) Web Development
22 55 (11.48%) CSS
23 54 (11.27%) jQuery
23 54 (11.27%) Android
24 53 (11.06%) JSON
24 53 (11.06%) Web Services
25 52 (10.86%) Scrum
26 46 (9.603%) Digital Media

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol 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
1 136 (28.39%) J2EE
2 102 (21.29%) XML
3 87 (18.16%) Spring
4 67 (13.99%) .NET
5 61 (12.73%) Java EE
6 60 (12.53%) HTML
7 55 (11.48%) CSS
8 54 (11.27%) jQuery
9 53 (11.06%) JSON
9 53 (11.06%) Web Services
10 40 (8.351%) REST
11 34 (7.098%) Hibernate
12 31 (6.472%) HTML5
13 29 (6.054%) JSP
14 25 (5.219%) Ajax
14 25 (5.219%) WebSphere
15 24 (5.010%) KnockoutJS
16 23 (4.802%) JMS
17 22 (4.593%) SOAP
17 22 (4.593%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 37 (7.724%) Apache
2 29 (6.054%) WebLogic
3 17 (3.549%) Tomcat
4 11 (2.296%) WebSphere MQ
5 9 (1.879%) SharePoint
6 8 (1.670%) Windows Azure
7 7 (1.461%) Google App Engine
8 6 (1.253%) GlassFish
9 5 (1.044%) CMS
9 5 (1.044%) WordPress
9 5 (1.044%) Magento
9 5 (1.044%) Umbraco
10 4 (0.835%) Mule
10 4 (0.835%) ESB
10 4 (0.835%) Apache Solr
10 4 (0.835%) SAS
11 2 (0.418%) ArcGIS
11 2 (0.418%) Oracle Spatial
12 1 (0.209%) Jetty
12 1 (0.209%) Amazon EC2
Applications
1 19 (3.967%) MS Excel
2 5 (1.044%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.209%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 7 (1.461%) Dynamics AX
2 6 (1.253%) Dynamics CRM
3 3 (0.626%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 10 (2.088%) HTTP
2 7 (1.461%) Internet
3 6 (1.253%) SSL
4 3 (0.626%) SSH
5 1 (0.209%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.209%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 76 (15.87%) MySQL
2 67 (13.99%) SQL Server
3 32 (6.681%) RDBMS
4 17 (3.549%) Big Data
5 12 (2.505%) Oracle 8/8i
6 8 (1.670%) SQL Server 2008
7 7 (1.461%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.461%) SQL Server Reporting Services
8 5 (1.044%) Oracle 11g
9 4 (0.835%) MarkLogic
9 4 (0.835%) Pentaho
9 4 (0.835%) DataStage
10 3 (0.626%) MongoDB
10 3 (0.626%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.626%) NoSQL
11 2 (0.418%) HBase
11 2 (0.418%) GIS
11 2 (0.418%) JasperReports
11 2 (0.418%) SQL Server 2005
12 1 (0.209%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 81 (16.91%) Eclipse
2 57 (11.90%) JUnit
3 45 (9.395%) Subversion
4 19 (3.967%) Maven
5 13 (2.714%) Ant
6 12 (2.505%) Eclipse RCP
7 11 (2.296%) Visual Studio
8 7 (1.461%) Selenium
8 7 (1.461%) NetBeans
9 6 (1.253%) jMock
9 6 (1.253%) EasyMock
9 6 (1.253%) VSS/SourceSafe
10 5 (1.044%) WebDriver
11 4 (0.835%) NUnit
11 4 (0.835%) Hudson
11 4 (0.835%) Oracle Forms
11 4 (0.835%) QuickTest Pro
11 4 (0.835%) JMeter
11 4 (0.835%) LabVIEW
11 4 (0.835%) Git (software)
General
1 65 (13.57%) Finance
2 30 (6.263%) Telecoms
3 16 (3.340%) Marketing
4 13 (2.714%) Games
5 11 (2.296%) Manufacturing
6 10 (2.088%) Aerospace
6 10 (2.088%) Banking
6 10 (2.088%) Retail
7 9 (1.879%) Back Office
8 8 (1.670%) Military
9 7 (1.461%) Financial Institution
9 7 (1.461%) Advertising
10 6 (1.253%) Front Office
11 2 (0.418%) Legal
12 1 (0.209%) Publishing
12 1 (0.209%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 341 (71.19%) Developer
2 220 (45.93%) Java Developer
3 53 (11.06%) Software Engineer
4 51 (10.65%) Web Developer
5 43 (8.977%) Java Web Developer
6 42 (8.768%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 39 (8.142%) Software Developer
7 39 (8.142%) Senior Developer
8 35 (7.307%) Java Software Engineer
9 34 (7.098%) Graduate
10 31 (6.472%) Junior
11 30 (6.263%) J2EE Developer
11 30 (6.263%) Junior Developer
11 30 (6.263%) Android Developer
12 26 (5.428%) Junior Java Developer
13 24 (5.010%) Graduate Developer
14 23 (4.802%) Senior Java Developer
15 16 (3.340%) Development Manager
15 16 (3.340%) ScrumMaster
16 14 (2.923%) Graduate Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 145 (30.27%) Computer Science
2 46 (9.603%) Digital Media
3 45 (9.395%) Enterprise Software
4 26 (5.428%) Open Source
5 21 (4.384%) Machine Learning
6 20 (4.175%) Mobile App
7 12 (2.505%) iPhone
7 12 (2.505%) Web 2.0
8 11 (2.296%) iPad
9 10 (2.088%) N-Tier
10 7 (1.461%) Social Network
11 6 (1.253%) Blackberry
12 4 (0.835%) RIA
12 4 (0.835%) Data Integration
12 4 (0.835%) Visualisation
13 3 (0.626%) Management Information System
14 2 (0.418%) Mathematics
15 1 (0.209%) Inversion of Control
15 1 (0.209%) Smartphone
15 1 (0.209%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 54 (11.27%) Android
2 44 (9.186%) Windows
3 35 (7.307%) Linux
4 15 (3.132%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
4 15 (3.132%) Apple iOS
5 12 (2.505%) UNIX
6 9 (1.879%) Mac OS X
7 6 (1.253%) Windows 7
8 4 (0.835%) Windows CE
8 4 (0.835%) Windows Mobile
9 2 (0.418%) Windows Phone 8
9 2 (0.418%) Windows Phone
10 1 (0.209%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 95 (19.83%) Agile Software Development
2 89 (18.58%) OO
3 64 (13.36%) Software Engineering
4 56 (11.69%) Web Development
5 52 (10.86%) Scrum
6 40 (8.351%) Unit Testing
7 32 (6.681%) OOD
8 27 (5.637%) UML
9 26 (5.428%) Problem Management
10 23 (4.802%) Project Management
11 22 (4.593%) Data Management
12 21 (4.384%) TDD
13 18 (3.758%) SOA
14 17 (3.549%) MVC
15 15 (3.132%) Kanban
16 13 (2.714%) Content Management
16 13 (2.714%) OOP
16 13 (2.714%) Mobile Application Development
17 12 (2.505%) ERP
17 12 (2.505%) Logistics
Programming Languages
1 146 (30.48%) JavaScript
1 146 (30.48%) SQL
2 100 (20.88%) C#
3 70 (14.61%) PHP
4 63 (13.15%) C++
5 40 (8.351%) Perl
6 33 (6.889%) C
7 28 (5.846%) PL/SQL
8 19 (3.967%) Shell Script
9 16 (3.340%) Python
10 15 (3.132%) Objective-C
11 12 (2.505%) Ruby
12 10 (2.088%) Bash shell
13 8 (1.670%) VB
14 4 (0.835%) MATLAB
14 4 (0.835%) R
14 4 (0.835%) XPath
14 4 (0.835%) Lua
15 3 (0.626%) PowerShell
15 3 (0.626%) VBScript
Qualifications
1 198 (41.34%) Degree
2 23 (4.802%) PhD
3 21 (4.384%) Security Cleared
4 17 (3.549%) SC Cleared
5 3 (0.626%) ISEB
6 2 (0.418%) PRINCE2 Certification
7 1 (0.209%) Sun Certification
7 1 (0.209%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 36 (7.516%) QA
2 4 (0.835%) Sarbanes-Oxley
3 2 (0.418%) SLA
System Software
1 10 (2.088%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 6 (1.253%) Puppet
2 2 (0.418%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 127 (26.51%) Oracle
2 29 (6.054%) JBoss
3 28 (5.846%) Google
4 13 (2.714%) BEA
5 10 (2.088%) VMware
5 10 (2.088%) Facebook
5 10 (2.088%) Twitter
6 9 (1.879%) Red Hat
7 7 (1.461%) IBM
8 6 (1.253%) Zend
8 6 (1.253%) F5
8 6 (1.253%) ArcSight
9 5 (1.044%) Microsoft
10 3 (0.626%) Sybase
10 3 (0.626%) Salesforce.com
11 2 (0.418%) TIBCO
11 2 (0.418%) ESRI
11 2 (0.418%) HP
11 2 (0.418%) FatWire
11 2 (0.418%) Cognizant
Bristol, South West
They have recently won a number of exciting new projects and as a result they require a Java Developer to join their growing team... You must have proven...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Java/J2EE Engineers required to develop high quality software in a dynamic company in Bristol... Skills required for the successful Java Software Engineer: Java JavaScript RDMS SQL BSc...
ISL
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Junior Java Developer - Bristol - An excellent opportunity has arrived for a junior Java developer in a renowned leading technology company... You will have a degree in computer science...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 22,000 - 25,000
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Successful and growing software house based in the Bristol area have recently won a series of big orders for their popular and innovative software. As such they want...
QUANTICA
Salary: £20000 - £22000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Urgent! Graduate Java Developers (x6) - Bristol - Circa £22kSuccessful and growing software house based in the Bristol area have recently won a series of big orders for their popular...
Salary: £20000 - £22000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cribbs Causeway, Bristol, South West
Utilising the Agile Scrum approach, you will be delivering a wide range of functionality every 4 weeks into our core insurance system... Working with technologies such as C#, ...
Brightside Group
Salary: Up to £50,000
Posted: 19 May 2013
Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, South West
Key Skills:- Java web development experience.- Any Java application frameworks experience (e.g. Spring, Struts etc)- Any Java Web services experience (e.g. JSON, REST, SOAP)- Unit testing...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £30-40,000 + Great Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Key Skills: - Java web development experience... Spring, Struts etc) - Any Java Web services experience (e.g. JSON, REST, SOAP) - Unit testing experience (e.g. JUnit) - Knowledge of any...
Xist4 IT Recruitment
Salary: £30-40,000 + Great Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Java, J2EE, OOP, Spring, Hibernate, JSF, XML, SQL Commutable from Bristol, Bath, Newport, Chippenham, Swindon, Gloucester, Cheltenham, etc... Exposure to the following is advantageous but not essential:...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Junior, Developer, Programmer. Commutable from: Bristol, Bath, Chippenham, Weston-Super-Mare, Taunton, etc. A leading organisation in the Bristol/Bath area requires a number of Analyst/Programmers...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £22000 - £26000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, South West
You should have the right to work in the UK.Knowledge of any of these will be an advantage: -- Javascript/CSS/HTML5- IOS or Android native development- Server...
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The skills/ experience required for the role are as follows; You will be a University graduate with a BSc Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Physics or Similar...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
They have recently won a number of exciting projects and as a result they are looking for a very hands-on Java Developer to join the team.Experience...
Salary: £30000 - £50000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Bristol, South West
They have recently won a number of exciting projects and as a result they are looking for a very hands-on Java Developer to join the team.Experience...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Experience required It is essential that you have experience in developing enterprise scale applications using Java EE, in addition to experience in an OO environment. You must have...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £20000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Job title: Java DeveloperLocation: BristolStatus: PermanentStart date: ASAPSalary: Competitive plus annual bonus and excellent benefitsThe roleAn opportunity has arisen for a skilled Java Developer to join my market...
Salary: £20000.00 - £50000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 23 April 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Graduate, Junior, Developer, Development, C#, Agile, OO Commutable from: Bristol, Bath, Stroud, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Weston-Super-Mare, Chippenham, Swindon. A leading organisation based in the Bristol area...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits Package
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Our client is a leading mobile app development company... Ideal candidates will be familiar with Java, Android SDK, Eclipse IDE and XML. You will have 1+ year’s...
Edge Specialist Recruitment
Salary: Up to £35,000 per annum DOE
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Due to continued growth in their client base they are now seeking an additional Java J2EE Software Developer to join their Bristol based team and assist in the...
Novate IT
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Applicants must have strong experience of Java J2EE application development combined with exposure to SQL databases (MySQL, Oracle or SQL Server), web servers (Glassfish, Weblogic, JBOSS or similar)...
Novate IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Desirable, but not essential is experience in any of the following: - Integrating with RESTful web services layer - Agile (Scrum or XP) - Modern web technologies and frameworks such as...
Parham Consulting
Salary: From £30,000 to £38,000 per annum £30,000 - £38,000 plus full benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
A fantastic opportunity for a Junio java developer, looking to make his mark in a small yet growing company, has just come live. Due to the company`s...
Oho Group Ltd.
Salary: £25000 to £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Good knowledge of Java and object-orientated development. Knowledge of REST-based web services, XML and JSON data format... Experience in Web development technologies HTML, CSS, Javascript. Experience...
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Preferably familiar with C# or Java but we will consider any software development experience providing the candidate shows aptitude for learning new technologies... - Good degree - any degree from...
Maclean Moore Consulting
Salary: From £30,000 to £50,000 per annum + bonus + profit share + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol City Centre, South West
This role requires strong web development skills (HTML/CSS/JavaScript/AJAX/JSON) as well as related database skills (SQL Server/Transact SQL). Strong .NET experience would also be...
Teleperformance
Salary: Dependant on experience
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
The skills / experience required for the role are as follows; You will be a University graduate with a BSc/ MSc Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Physics or...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Exposure to the following technologies would be advantageous from the ideal candidate: - Databases and data stores such as SQL Server, Oracle or MySQL - Exposure with the API of...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 35,000 - 40,000
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Specific skills for the roles available are listed below: SSL Java and Open Systems Engineers: * Java; * PHP; * Windows/Linux; * Mobile Platforms -IOS/Android/WinMobile; * J2EE; * UML Design; * Hibernate; *...
Bluetownonline
Salary: £20000 - 50000 Per Annum + BENEFITS
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Any OOP such as .Net, C# or Java would be preferable. *Automated Testing with Selenium (MUST HAVE SELENIUM WEBDRIVER) *At least 7 years testing experience and test team...
People Source Consulting
Salary: £38000 - £45000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013