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The table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT jobs within the Cheshire region compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. 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 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Java Developer
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank6386
Rank change on same period last yearUp+23
Matching permanent IT job ads8653
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.050 %0.023 %
As % of the category below3.238 %1.794 %
Salaries quoted8145
Average minimum salary£31,966£36,200
Average salary£35,983£38,833
% change on same period last year-7.34 %
Average maximum salary£40,000£41,467
UK excluding London average salary£37,934£37,651
% change on same period last year+0.75 %
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads26562955
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled1.537 %1.272 %
Salaries quoted24222644
Average minimum salary£31,326£31,659
Average salary£34,318£34,196
% change on same period last year+0.35 %
Average maximum salary£37,309£36,733
UK excluding London average salary£38,208£39,261
% change on same period last year-2.68 %
Java Developer North WestJava Developer
North West

Java Developer
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Java Developer across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire Java Developer Demand Trend

Java Developer
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Java Developer Salary Trend

Java Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java Developer across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

Cheshire Java Developer Salary Histogram

Java Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WarringtonUp+621£36,929+16.31 %
RuncornDown-915£34,433-25.90 %
ChesterUp+1514£33,909+4.33 %
WilmslowNew entry-4£29,375-
NorthwichNew entry-3£41,167-
KnutsfordNew entry-3£40,500-
MacclesfieldDown-193£44,000-
CreweNew entry-1£32,500-
NantwichUp+61£37,500+17.18 %
Java Developer North WestJava Developer
North West

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1223 (100.00 %)Java
2168 (75.34 %)J2EE
390 (40.36 %)Oracle
486 (38.57 %)SQL
571 (31.84 %)JSP
659 (26.46 %)Hibernate
752 (23.32 %)EJB
850 (22.42 %)XML
945 (20.18 %)Servlets
1040 (17.94 %)HTML
1040 (17.94 %)PL/SQL
1137 (16.59 %)Degree
1234 (15.25 %)Struts
1234 (15.25 %)Finance
1333 (14.80 %)SQL Server
1333 (14.80 %)JBoss
1432 (14.35 %)Spring
1530 (13.45 %)WebLogic
1628 (12.56 %)JDBC
1628 (12.56 %)Tomcat
1727 (12.11 %)J2ME
1727 (12.11 %)UNIX
1826 (11.66 %)BEA
1925 (11.21 %)UML
2023 (10.31 %)WebServices
2023 (10.31 %)Unit Testing
2023 (10.31 %)DV Cleared
2023 (10.31 %)Security Cleared
2121 (9.417 %)WebSphere
2121 (9.417 %)JavaScript

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1168 (75.34 %)J2EE
271 (31.84 %)JSP
359 (26.46 %)Hibernate
452 (23.32 %)EJB
550 (22.42 %)XML
645 (20.18 %)Servlets
740 (17.94 %)HTML
834 (15.25 %)Struts
932 (14.35 %)Spring
1028 (12.56 %)JDBC
1127 (12.11 %)J2ME
1223 (10.31 %)WebServices
1321 (9.417 %)WebSphere
1419 (8.520 %).NET
1513 (5.830 %)CSS
1513 (5.830 %)SOAP
1513 (5.830 %)XSL
1612 (5.381 %)JSF
1711 (4.933 %).NET Framework
1810 (4.484 %)J2SE
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
133 (14.80 %)JBoss
230 (13.45 %)WebLogic
328 (12.56 %)Tomcat
47 (3.139 %)WebSphere Application Server
54 (1.794 %)WebSphere MQ
63 (1.345 %)Oracle Application Server
71 (0.448 %)TIBCO EMS
71 (0.448 %)GlassFish
71 (0.448 %)Resin
71 (0.448 %)WPS
71 (0.448 %)Tuxedo
71 (0.448 %)Apache
Cheshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (2.691 %)CA Clarity
25 (2.242 %)MS Visio
31 (0.448 %)MS Excel
Cheshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
13 (1.345 %)Oracle Applications
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (8.072 %)Internet
213 (5.830 %)HTTP
32 (0.897 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.448 %)SMS
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
133 (14.80 %)SQL Server
216 (7.175 %)Oracle 9i
314 (6.278 %)Oracle 10g
314 (6.278 %)Oracle 8/8i
412 (5.381 %)RDBMS
59 (4.036 %)MySQL
61 (0.448 %)Oracle Reports
Cheshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
114 (6.278 %)Eclipse
27 (3.139 %)Subversion
36 (2.691 %)JUnit
45 (2.242 %)Ant
53 (1.345 %)JIRA
62 (0.897 %)JDeveloper
71 (0.448 %)WebLogic Workshop
71 (0.448 %)Oracle Forms
Cheshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
134 (15.25 %)Finance
219 (8.520 %)Education
317 (7.623 %)Pensions
412 (5.381 %)Health
511 (4.933 %)Banking
67 (3.139 %)Publishing
75 (2.242 %)Telecoms
75 (2.242 %)Retail
83 (1.345 %)Insurance
92 (0.897 %)Manufacturing
92 (0.897 %)Government
92 (0.897 %)Pharmaceutical
101 (0.448 %)Financial Institution
101 (0.448 %)Multimedia
101 (0.448 %)Retail Banking
101 (0.448 %)Marketing
101 (0.448 %)Online Gambling
Cheshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
115 (6.726 %)Computer Science
213 (5.830 %)IVR
34 (1.794 %)DTV
43 (1.345 %)Blackberry
43 (1.345 %)Speech Recognition
52 (0.897 %)Client/Server
61 (0.448 %)PDA
61 (0.448 %)Mathematics
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
127 (12.11 %)UNIX
213 (5.830 %)Windows
37 (3.139 %)Linux
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
125 (11.21 %)UML
223 (10.31 %)Unit Testing
223 (10.31 %)DV Cleared
223 (10.31 %)Security Cleared
317 (7.623 %)OO
411 (4.933 %)Agile Software Development
510 (4.484 %)E-Commerce
65 (2.242 %)Software Engineering
74 (1.794 %)Web Development
74 (1.794 %)Refactoring
74 (1.794 %)RUP
83 (1.345 %)E-business
83 (1.345 %)Validation
83 (1.345 %)Business Analysis
83 (1.345 %)Enterprise Architecture
83 (1.345 %)Integration Testing
83 (1.345 %)Project Planning
83 (1.345 %)Technical Architecture
92 (0.897 %)Requirements Analysis
92 (0.897 %)Identity Management
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1223 (100.00 %)Java
286 (38.57 %)SQL
340 (17.94 %)PL/SQL
421 (9.417 %)JavaScript
518 (8.072 %)C#
67 (3.139 %)C++
73 (1.345 %)XPath
82 (0.897 %)Embedded C++
82 (0.897 %)DHTML
91 (0.448 %)VBScript
91 (0.448 %)VB
91 (0.448 %)VBA
91 (0.448 %)C
Cheshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
137 (16.59 %)Degree
22 (0.897 %)HND
22 (0.897 %)PhD
Cheshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
112 (5.381 %)QA
Cheshire IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.448 %)AquaLogic
Cheshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.897 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
Cheshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
190 (40.36 %)Oracle
226 (11.66 %)BEA
39 (4.036 %)IBM
48 (3.587 %)Microsoft
48 (3.587 %)SAP
52 (0.897 %)Perforce
61 (0.448 %)Siebel
61 (0.448 %)TIBCO
61 (0.448 %)ATG
61 (0.448 %)Adobe
61 (0.448 %)Macromedia
61 (0.448 %)Sun