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The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Bristol region.

 Java
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank1176
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Down-1
Matching permanent IT job ads172277377
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol12.24 %15.52 %12.85 %
As % of the Programming Languages category19.86 %25.89 %25.86 %
Salaries quoted146221319
Average salary£27,500£35,000£36,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.42 %-2.770 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£39,000£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£37,500
Bristol IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
86610701458
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol61.64 %59.94 %49.69 %
Salaries quoted7808851273
Average salary£32,500£35,000£31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.140 %+11.11 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£26,500£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£41,500£42,500£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
Java South WestJava
South West

Java
Demand Trend

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

Bristol 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 Bristol region.

Bristol Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Bristol Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

1142 (40.46 %)J2EE
2135 (38.46 %)SQL
3132 (37.61 %)HTML
4109 (31.05 %)CSS
589 (25.36 %)JavaScript
679 (22.51 %)Hibernate
777 (21.94 %)Spring
876 (21.65 %)XML
960 (17.09 %)JSP
1058 (16.52 %)XHTML
1155 (15.67 %)Degree
1254 (15.38 %)C++
1353 (15.10 %)Eclipse
1451 (14.53 %)Oracle
1547 (13.39 %)MySQL
1645 (12.82 %)GWT
1744 (12.54 %)Google
1843 (12.25 %)Linux
1940 (11.40 %)C
2039 (11.11 %)Servlets
2136 (10.26 %)Web Services
2235 (9.972 %)Struts
2334 (9.687 %).NET
2433 (9.402 %)PHP
2532 (9.117 %)OO
2631 (8.832 %)SQL Server
2730 (8.547 %)Computer Science
2829 (8.262 %)Subversion
2829 (8.262 %)Agile Software Development
2829 (8.262 %)UNIX

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Bristol IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1142 (40.46 %)J2EE
2132 (37.61 %)HTML
3109 (31.05 %)CSS
479 (22.51 %)Hibernate
577 (21.94 %)Spring
676 (21.65 %)XML
760 (17.09 %)JSP
858 (16.52 %)XHTML
945 (12.82 %)GWT
1039 (11.11 %)Servlets
1136 (10.26 %)Web Services
1235 (9.972 %)Struts
1334 (9.687 %).NET
1425 (7.123 %)AJAX
1522 (6.268 %)JDBC
1615 (4.274 %)ASP
1714 (3.989 %)JSF
1714 (3.989 %)jQuery
1813 (3.704 %)J2ME
1912 (3.419 %)ASP.NET
Bristol IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
123 (6.553 %)Tomcat
29 (2.564 %)WebLogic
36 (1.709 %)Apache
36 (1.709 %)SharePoint
45 (1.425 %)Apache Solr
53 (0.855 %)CMS
61 (0.285 %)ActiveMQ
61 (0.285 %)Joomla!
61 (0.285 %)WebSphere MQ
Bristol IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (2.564 %)MATLAB
22 (0.570 %)Photoshop
31 (0.285 %)GIMP
Bristol IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (1.425 %)Maximo
22 (0.570 %)Pivotal CRM
Bristol IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
115 (4.274 %)Internet
23 (0.855 %)DNS
23 (0.855 %)SAN
23 (0.855 %)NAS
32 (0.570 %)Network Security
32 (0.570 %)Intranet
41 (0.285 %)3G
41 (0.285 %)GPRS
41 (0.285 %)GSM
41 (0.285 %)PSTN
41 (0.285 %)3GPP
41 (0.285 %)BT 21CN
Bristol IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
147 (13.39 %)MySQL
231 (8.832 %)SQL Server
327 (7.692 %)DB2
419 (5.413 %)RDBMS
57 (1.994 %)SQL Server 2000
66 (1.709 %)SQLPlus
75 (1.425 %)PostgreSQL
82 (0.570 %)SQL Server 2005
82 (0.570 %)MS Access
91 (0.285 %)SQL Server 2008
91 (0.285 %)GIS
91 (0.285 %)BusinessObjects
91 (0.285 %)Crystal Reports
91 (0.285 %)Oracle Reports
91 (0.285 %)Oracle 8/8i
Bristol IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
153 (15.10 %)Eclipse
229 (8.262 %)Subversion
316 (4.558 %)Maven
413 (3.704 %)JUnit
413 (3.704 %)LoadRunner
512 (3.419 %)WinRunner
611 (3.134 %)Ant
79 (2.564 %)CruiseControl
87 (1.994 %)Bugzilla
91 (0.285 %)TestDirector
91 (0.285 %)QuickTest Pro
Bristol IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
124 (6.838 %)Finance
218 (5.128 %)Government
317 (4.843 %)Pensions
414 (3.989 %)Telecoms
58 (2.279 %)Retail
66 (1.709 %)Military
75 (1.425 %)Education
84 (1.140 %)Aerospace
84 (1.140 %)Marketing
93 (0.855 %)Graphic Design
93 (0.855 %)Automotive
93 (0.855 %)Banking
93 (0.855 %)Advertising
93 (0.855 %)Billing
102 (0.570 %)Manufacturing
111 (0.285 %)Insurance
111 (0.285 %)Multimedia
111 (0.285 %)Financial Institution
111 (0.285 %)Electric
111 (0.285 %)Health
Bristol IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1212 (60.40 %)Developer
2135 (38.46 %)Java Developer
373 (20.80 %)Software Engineer
459 (16.81 %)Web Developer
538 (10.83 %)Support Engineer
538 (10.83 %)Java Web Developer
630 (8.547 %)Software Support Engineer
726 (7.407 %)Applications Developer
818 (5.128 %)Analyst
913 (3.704 %)Junior
913 (3.704 %)Programmer
1012 (3.419 %)Consultant
1012 (3.419 %)Designer
1111 (3.134 %)Senior Developer
129 (2.564 %)Software Developer
129 (2.564 %)Database Developer
129 (2.564 %)Junior Developer
138 (2.279 %)Graduate
138 (2.279 %)Test Analyst
138 (2.279 %)Applications Support
Bristol IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
130 (8.547 %)Computer Science
219 (5.413 %)Open Source
313 (3.704 %)Mathematics
410 (2.849 %)Blog
59 (2.564 %)Wiki
59 (2.564 %)SCADA
68 (2.279 %)Physics
75 (1.425 %)Semantic Web
84 (1.140 %)iPhone
84 (1.140 %)Blackberry
93 (0.855 %)Client/Server
101 (0.285 %)Web 2.0
101 (0.285 %)Taxonomies
101 (0.285 %)Ontologies
101 (0.285 %)Social Network
101 (0.285 %)FMCG
Bristol IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
143 (12.25 %)Linux
229 (8.262 %)UNIX
311 (3.134 %)Windows
410 (2.849 %)Red Hat Linux
55 (1.425 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
55 (1.425 %)CentOS
64 (1.140 %)Android
64 (1.140 %)Mac OS
73 (0.855 %)Windows 2000
73 (0.855 %)Windows XP
73 (0.855 %)VxWorks
73 (0.855 %)Windows Vista
Bristol IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
132 (9.117 %)OO
229 (8.262 %)Agile Software Development
326 (7.407 %)Scrum
422 (6.268 %)UML
518 (5.128 %)Web Development
617 (4.843 %)SOA
716 (4.558 %)Unit Testing
814 (3.989 %)PRINCE2
913 (3.704 %)RDF
913 (3.704 %)PRINCE
913 (3.704 %)TDD
913 (3.704 %)OOD
913 (3.704 %)Test Management
1012 (3.419 %)Web Testing
1012 (3.419 %)Software Engineering
1111 (3.134 %)DSDM
1210 (2.849 %)Continuous Integration
138 (2.279 %)Data Migration
138 (2.279 %)Product Management
138 (2.279 %)Migration
Bristol IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1135 (38.46 %)SQL
289 (25.36 %)JavaScript
354 (15.38 %)C++
440 (11.40 %)C
533 (9.402 %)PHP
628 (7.977 %)Perl
724 (6.838 %)VB
821 (5.983 %)C#
917 (4.843 %)VB.NET
1014 (3.989 %)Python
119 (2.564 %)Embedded C++
128 (2.279 %)VBA
136 (1.709 %)T-SQL
136 (1.709 %)Embedded C
145 (1.425 %)PL/SQL
154 (1.140 %)SPARQL
154 (1.140 %)Shell Script
163 (0.855 %)VB6
172 (0.570 %)SQR
181 (0.285 %)Ada
Bristol IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
155 (15.67 %)Degree
221 (5.983 %)Security Cleared
314 (3.989 %)ISEB
413 (3.704 %)ISEB Practitioner
512 (3.419 %)ISTQB
67 (1.994 %)SC Cleared
67 (1.994 %)DV Cleared
75 (1.425 %)PhD
84 (1.140 %)ITIL Certification
91 (0.285 %)Microsoft Certification
91 (0.285 %)PRINCE2 Certification
91 (0.285 %)BC Cleared
Bristol IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
113 (3.704 %)QA
21 (0.285 %)SLA
Bristol IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.285 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
Bristol IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
151 (14.53 %)Oracle
244 (12.54 %)Google
316 (4.558 %)JBoss
412 (3.419 %)HP
510 (2.849 %)Red Hat
64 (1.140 %)Sun
64 (1.140 %)Chordiant
64 (1.140 %)Symbian
64 (1.140 %)SAP
72 (0.570 %)Microsoft
72 (0.570 %)ATG
72 (0.570 %)BEA
72 (0.570 %)Actuate
81 (0.285 %)Business Objects
81 (0.285 %)IBM