The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Developer
Rank 61 40 31
Rank change year-on-year
-21 -9
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 69 106 118
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 3.868% 5.295% 7.041%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.040% 5.538% 7.478%
Number of salaries quoted 66 94 110
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -2.59%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,500 £25,000 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £46,100
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1708 1914 1578
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.74% 95.60% 94.15%
Number of salaries quoted 1355 1680 1344
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java Developer
North West

Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total 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 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire Java Developer Salary Trend

Java Developer
Salary Histogram

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

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 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Chester -17 24 £35,000 -12.50%
Crewe +3 6 £47,500 +35.71%
Warrington -12 4 £35,000 -
Knutsford - 4 £31,250 -
Macclesfield - 2 £35,000 -
Northwich - 1 £35,000 -
Java Developer
North West

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

1 166 (100.00%) Java
2 85 (51.20%) J2EE
3 83 (50.00%) Spring
4 68 (40.96%) SQL
5 67 (40.36%) JavaScript
6 63 (37.95%) HTML
7 62 (37.35%) Hibernate
8 61 (36.75%) Web Services
9 60 (36.14%) Oracle
10 51 (30.72%) CSS
11 50 (30.12%) XML
12 45 (27.11%) Agile Software Development
13 43 (25.90%) JSP
13 43 (25.90%) Java EE
14 41 (24.70%) Ajax
15 36 (21.69%) PL/SQL
15 36 (21.69%) Unit Testing
16 35 (21.08%) JUnit
16 35 (21.08%) Struts
17 34 (20.48%) Servlets
18 32 (19.28%) MVC
18 32 (19.28%) Finance
19 31 (18.67%) TDD
19 31 (18.67%) Linux
20 30 (18.07%) Apache
21 29 (17.47%) SOAP
22 28 (16.87%) WSDL
23 27 (16.27%) Ant
23 27 (16.27%) jQuery
23 27 (16.27%) WebSphere

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 85 (51.20%) J2EE
2 83 (50.00%) Spring
3 63 (37.95%) HTML
4 62 (37.35%) Hibernate
5 61 (36.75%) Web Services
6 51 (30.72%) CSS
7 50 (30.12%) XML
8 43 (25.90%) JSP
8 43 (25.90%) Java EE
9 41 (24.70%) Ajax
10 35 (21.08%) Struts
11 34 (20.48%) Servlets
12 29 (17.47%) SOAP
13 28 (16.87%) WSDL
14 27 (16.27%) jQuery
14 27 (16.27%) WebSphere
15 24 (14.46%) JDBC
16 21 (12.65%) JAX-RPC
16 21 (12.65%) JSF
16 21 (12.65%) Apache Axis
Application Platforms
1 30 (18.07%) Apache
2 26 (15.66%) Tomcat
3 10 (6.024%) WebLogic
4 5 (3.012%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (0.602%) ESB
5 1 (0.602%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 11 (6.627%) Wireshark
1 11 (6.627%) TCP/IP
2 10 (6.024%) HTTP
3 6 (3.614%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (4.819%) SQL Server
2 5 (3.012%) Oracle 10g
2 5 (3.012%) MySQL
2 5 (3.012%) DB2
3 3 (1.807%) RDBMS
4 1 (0.602%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 35 (21.08%) JUnit
2 27 (16.27%) Ant
3 22 (13.25%) Eclipse
4 12 (7.229%) Subversion
5 8 (4.819%) Maven
5 8 (4.819%) Git (software)
5 8 (4.819%) JIRA
6 6 (3.614%) Synon
7 4 (2.410%) Mockito
8 2 (1.205%) ClearCase
9 1 (0.602%) IntelliJ
General
1 32 (19.28%) Finance
2 21 (12.65%) Legal
3 10 (6.024%) Pharmaceutical
4 5 (3.012%) Banking
5 3 (1.807%) Publishing
5 3 (1.807%) Law
5 3 (1.807%) Retail
6 2 (1.205%) Automotive
6 2 (1.205%) Financial Institution
6 2 (1.205%) Retail Banking
7 1 (0.602%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.602%) Multimedia
Miscellaneous
1 12 (7.229%) Open Source
2 11 (6.627%) Web 2.0
3 9 (5.422%) iSeries
4 6 (3.614%) Grid Computing
4 6 (3.614%) Ontologies
4 6 (3.614%) Derivative
5 5 (3.012%) Life Science
5 5 (3.012%) LIMS
6 2 (1.205%) Cryptography
6 2 (1.205%) PKI
6 2 (1.205%) Computer Science
7 1 (0.602%) New Media
7 1 (0.602%) Mobile App
7 1 (0.602%) Mathematics
7 1 (0.602%) IBM Mainframe
7 1 (0.602%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.602%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 31 (18.67%) Linux
2 19 (11.45%) UNIX
3 10 (6.024%) Windows
4 1 (0.602%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (27.11%) Agile Software Development
2 36 (21.69%) Unit Testing
3 32 (19.28%) MVC
4 31 (18.67%) TDD
5 21 (12.65%) Software Engineering
5 21 (12.65%) System Testing
6 19 (11.45%) Data Management
6 19 (11.45%) Scrum
7 18 (10.84%) E-Commerce
8 12 (7.229%) Pair Programming
9 11 (6.627%) Image Processing
9 11 (6.627%) Web Application Development
9 11 (6.627%) Workflow
9 11 (6.627%) Project Management
10 9 (5.422%) OO
11 8 (4.819%) ITIL
12 7 (4.217%) Multithreading
13 6 (3.614%) Bioinformatics
13 6 (3.614%) Integration Testing
14 5 (3.012%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 166 (100.00%) Java
2 68 (40.96%) SQL
3 67 (40.36%) JavaScript
4 36 (21.69%) PL/SQL
5 13 (7.831%) Python
6 12 (7.229%) C++
7 11 (6.627%) C
8 10 (6.024%) XPath
9 9 (5.422%) RPG
10 7 (4.217%) PHP
11 6 (3.614%) VB
11 6 (3.614%) VBA
11 6 (3.614%) Perl
11 6 (3.614%) MATLAB
11 6 (3.614%) R
11 6 (3.614%) RPG/400
11 6 (3.614%) RPG IV
12 5 (3.012%) Ruby
13 2 (1.205%) Shell Script
13 2 (1.205%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 9 (5.422%) Degree
2 8 (4.819%) PhD
3 2 (1.205%) SCJP
3 2 (1.205%) Security Cleared
3 2 (1.205%) SCJA
4 1 (0.602%) Sun Certification
4 1 (0.602%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 60 (36.14%) Oracle
2 23 (13.86%) IBM
3 12 (7.229%) JBoss
4 6 (3.614%) JD Edwards
5 4 (2.410%) hybris
6 3 (1.807%) Endeca
6 3 (1.807%) ATG
7 2 (1.205%) Chordiant
7 2 (1.205%) Twitter
8 1 (0.602%) Sybase
8 1 (0.602%) Microsoft
Chester, Cheshire
Junior Java Developer - Wirral - Java J2EE -£30k- URGENT. Java - SQL - J2EE - Wirral - £30k - Urgent - Java J2EE Spring Hibernate A junior java developer is required by a leading software...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £30000 per annum + Package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Wilmslow, Manchester, North West, UK
This combined with our tailored mentoring scheme provides every employee with the opportunity to maximise their personal and professional development.Who are we looking for?We are looking...
Mobica Limited
Salary: £25,000 - £50,000 per year
Posted: 23 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
The right applicant will be operating as a vital team member producing software to a high level of quality. All systems are built across highly transactional and low...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Chester, North West
Due to continual massive success the company are looking to continue to grow the team and take on strong java developers who will be training and support where...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
Due to continual massive success the company are looking to continue to grow the team and take on strong java developers who will be training and support where...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Chester, North West
Key Skills: - Java / J2EE- Spring- Agile- Javascript / JQuery- Web Service Desirable Skills: - GIT and JIRA- Struts- Hibernate- Oracle- Eclipse- Tomcat The role itself: * Design and development of new...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £46000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Java J2EE Developer (Spring MVC,JSP, HTML)... Deploying the company’s software products onto clients systems and ongoing support & maintenance of software products implemented at clients The key...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 - 45,00 + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013
Chester, North West
Senior Java Developer -Chester- £40,000 - £45,000 - fantastic benefits package and pension scheme A strong java J2EE developer is required to join a market leader within the...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cheshire
Ideally you will have experience of most of the following: * Java (Java EE preferred) * Experience in web service development using JAXRPC, WSDL, SOAP, Apache AXIS, Websphere * Experience of...
Hatstand Limited
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + BONUS,LIFE INSURANCE,PENSION
Posted: 21 May 2013
Cheshire
Ideally you will have experience of most of the following: * Java (Java EE) and JSF * Experience in web service development using JAXRPC, WSDL, SOAP, Apache AXIS, Websphere * Experience...
Hatstand Limited
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + BONUS,LIFE INSURANCE,PENSION
Posted: 21 May 2013
Crewe, Cheshire
Essential Skills: - JAVA 1.6+ with a thorough knowledge of Spring and JUnit - An interest in the development of complex and high performing trading and settlement systems. - Knowledge...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 - 45,000 + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013