The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cambridge 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 21 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 Cambridge region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Developer
Rank 63 43 54
Rank change year-on-year
-20 +11
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 61 111 85
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 3.278% 5.544% 3.957%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.439% 5.760% 4.189%
Number of salaries quoted 58 101 73
Average salary £41,000 £42,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.52% +21.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £33,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £41,400
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Job Titles
Cambridge
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1774 1927 2029
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cambridge 95.33% 96.25% 94.46%
Number of salaries quoted 1572 1639 1849
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,150 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java Developer
Cambridgeshire

Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cambridge 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 Cambridge region.

Cambridge Java Developer Salary Trend

Java Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java Developer across the Cambridge region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Cambridge Java Developer Salary Histogram

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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.

1 112 (100.00%) Java
2 63 (56.25%) Apache
3 56 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
4 50 (44.64%) SQL
5 48 (42.86%) Spring
6 39 (34.82%) Tomcat
7 36 (32.14%) TDD
8 34 (30.36%) Hibernate
9 32 (28.57%) Oracle
10 31 (27.68%) J2EE
10 31 (27.68%) MVC
11 27 (24.11%) Spring MVC
12 26 (23.21%) MySQL
13 21 (18.75%) UNIX
14 20 (17.86%) Web Services
15 19 (16.96%) Web Development
16 18 (16.07%) Finance
16 18 (16.07%) XML
16 18 (16.07%) JDBC
16 18 (16.07%) Continuous Integration
17 17 (15.18%) Degree
18 16 (14.29%) Linux
18 16 (14.29%) REST
19 14 (12.50%) Java EE
19 14 (12.50%) Eclipse
19 14 (12.50%) SOAP
20 12 (10.71%) JavaScript
20 12 (10.71%) Python
20 12 (10.71%) Unit Testing
21 11 (9.821%) Scrum

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cambridge 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 48 (42.86%) Spring
2 34 (30.36%) Hibernate
3 31 (27.68%) J2EE
4 27 (24.11%) Spring MVC
5 20 (17.86%) Web Services
6 18 (16.07%) XML
6 18 (16.07%) JDBC
7 16 (14.29%) REST
8 14 (12.50%) Java EE
8 14 (12.50%) SOAP
9 10 (8.929%) JSON
10 9 (8.036%) CSS
11 8 (7.143%) .NET
11 8 (7.143%) JSP
12 7 (6.250%) WSE
12 7 (6.250%) Swing
13 6 (5.357%) Servlets
13 6 (5.357%) DOM
13 6 (5.357%) XSLT
13 6 (5.357%) GWT
Application Platforms
1 63 (56.25%) Apache
2 39 (34.82%) Tomcat
3 6 (5.357%) WebLogic
4 4 (3.571%) RabbitMQ
5 2 (1.786%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (1.786%) Amazon AWS
5 2 (1.786%) Confluence
5 2 (1.786%) nginx
6 1 (0.893%) Jetty
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.250%) SSL
1 7 (6.250%) X.509
2 2 (1.786%) SMS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (23.21%) MySQL
2 6 (5.357%) TOAD
3 5 (4.464%) Data Mining
4 4 (3.571%) Oracle 8/8i
5 3 (2.679%) HBase
5 3 (2.679%) Hadoop
5 3 (2.679%) Big Data
5 3 (2.679%) Text Mining
6 2 (1.786%) Data Warehouse
6 2 (1.786%) SQL Server
6 2 (1.786%) Amazon RDS
6 2 (1.786%) MongoDB
7 1 (0.893%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 14 (12.50%) Eclipse
2 10 (8.929%) Subversion
2 10 (8.929%) Maven
3 4 (3.571%) IntelliJ
3 4 (3.571%) Git (software)
4 2 (1.786%) JIRA
4 2 (1.786%) FishEye
4 2 (1.786%) Atlassian Bamboo
5 1 (0.893%) GitHub
5 1 (0.893%) JUnit
General
1 18 (16.07%) Finance
2 8 (7.143%) Automotive
3 3 (2.679%) Advertising
4 2 (1.786%) Telecoms
4 2 (1.786%) Legal
5 1 (0.893%) Banking
Miscellaneous
1 8 (7.143%) Computer Science
2 6 (5.357%) Mathematics
3 4 (3.571%) Physics
3 4 (3.571%) Informatics
4 3 (2.679%) Machine Learning
5 2 (1.786%) Blackberry
5 2 (1.786%) Statistics
5 2 (1.786%) Psychology
5 2 (1.786%) Mobile App
5 2 (1.786%) Enterprise Software
5 2 (1.786%) Visualisation
5 2 (1.786%) Data Extraction
6 1 (0.893%) Open Source
6 1 (0.893%) Clustering
6 1 (0.893%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 21 (18.75%) UNIX
2 16 (14.29%) Linux
3 8 (7.143%) Windows
4 7 (6.250%) Android
5 4 (3.571%) Solaris
6 3 (2.679%) Apple iOS
7 2 (1.786%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 56 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 36 (32.14%) TDD
3 31 (27.68%) MVC
4 19 (16.96%) Web Development
5 18 (16.07%) Continuous Integration
6 12 (10.71%) Unit Testing
7 11 (9.821%) Scrum
8 7 (6.250%) Pair Programming
8 7 (6.250%) BDD
9 6 (5.357%) OOP
9 6 (5.357%) Supply Chain Management
10 4 (3.571%) Refactoring
10 4 (3.571%) Information Management
11 3 (2.679%) Analytics
11 3 (2.679%) Content Management
11 3 (2.679%) Automated Testing
11 3 (2.679%) OO
12 2 (1.786%) Business Intelligence
12 2 (1.786%) OOD
12 2 (1.786%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 112 (100.00%) Java
2 50 (44.64%) SQL
3 12 (10.71%) JavaScript
3 12 (10.71%) Python
4 10 (8.929%) C#
5 7 (6.250%) PL/SQL
5 7 (6.250%) Perl
6 6 (5.357%) C++
6 6 (5.357%) Ruby
7 5 (4.464%) C
8 4 (3.571%) Lisp
9 3 (2.679%) Scala
9 3 (2.679%) PHP
10 1 (0.893%) Bash shell
10 1 (0.893%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 17 (15.18%) Degree
2 7 (6.250%) PhD
System Software
1 4 (3.571%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 1 (0.893%) Puppet
Vendors
1 32 (28.57%) Oracle
2 6 (5.357%) BEA
3 4 (3.571%) VMware
4 3 (2.679%) Twitter
5 2 (1.786%) Atlassian
5 2 (1.786%) Facebook
6 1 (0.893%) Google
6 1 (0.893%) Salesforce.com
Cambridge, East Anglia
Job Role: Java Developer / J2EE Software EngineerLocation: CambridgeSalary: £50k to £65k + bonus + benefits Java Developer / J2EE Software Engineer (Web J2EE Spring Hibernate Tomcat). Established start-up software house...
Client Server
Salary: £50k to £65k + bonus + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
As a highly skilled Java Developer you will be part of a small focused project team which is responsible for innovation and development of new product strategies. The...
TRG
Salary: 40000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
You'll be degree educated and be comfortable working with Java ideally in a web environment, additional skills with C++, CSS, HTML, Javascript would also be really useful.....
Edgar Cowen
Salary: £22500 - £27500 per annum + Great Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013