The first table below looks at the demand for Swing skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Swing over the 3 months to 18 June 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 Application Development category for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Swing (Java)
Rank 267 232 179
Rank change year-on-year
-35 -53
Permanent jobs citing Swing 52 84 168
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.428% 0.640% 1.061%
As % of the Application Development category 1.113% 1.661% 2.950%
Number of salaries quoted 46 78 154
Average salary £60,000 £70,000 £65,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.28% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £46,750 £31,450
10% offered a salary of more than £87,500 £106,000 £100,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,750 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-16.11% +20.00%
All Application Development
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
4672 5057 5695
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 38.42% 38.50% 35.98%
Number of salaries quoted 4098 4730 5235
Average salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £80,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
Swing
London

Swing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Swing across the City of London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

City of London Swing Jobs Demand Trend

Swing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Swing across the City of London region.

City of London Swing Salary Trend

Swing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Swing across the City of London region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

City of London Swing Salary Histogram

Swing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Swing 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 Swing.

1 81 (100.00%) Java
2 56 (69.14%) Spring
3 54 (66.67%) SQL
4 44 (54.32%) Front Office
4 44 (54.32%) Banking
5 41 (50.62%) Finance
6 34 (41.98%) OO
6 34 (41.98%) Fixed Income
6 34 (41.98%) Multithreading
7 27 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
8 26 (32.10%) Asset Management
8 26 (32.10%) Derivative
8 26 (32.10%) Portfolio Management
9 24 (29.63%) Investment Management
10 23 (28.40%) Oracle
10 23 (28.40%) Risk Management
11 22 (27.16%) Degree
11 22 (27.16%) Mathematics
12 20 (24.69%) C#
13 18 (22.22%) Hibernate
14 17 (20.99%) Computer Science
15 16 (19.75%) Investment Banking
15 16 (19.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
16 14 (17.28%) PL/SQL
17 12 (14.81%) Eclipse
17 12 (14.81%) TDD
18 11 (13.58%) Equities
18 11 (13.58%) JUnit
18 11 (13.58%) UNIX
19 10 (12.35%) OOP

Swing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the City of London region citing Swing 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 Swing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 56 (69.14%) Spring
2 18 (22.22%) Hibernate
3 9 (11.11%) Web Services
4 8 (9.877%) J2EE
4 8 (9.877%) JDBC
4 8 (9.877%) WebSphere
5 7 (8.642%) SOAP
5 7 (8.642%) XML
5 7 (8.642%) FIX Protocol
5 7 (8.642%) Apache Axis
5 7 (8.642%) REST
6 5 (6.173%) J2SE
6 5 (6.173%) HTML
7 4 (4.938%) CSS
7 4 (4.938%) Java SE
7 4 (4.938%) JNI
7 4 (4.938%) XMPP
8 3 (3.704%) SWT
9 2 (2.469%) JSP
9 2 (2.469%) AWT
Application Platforms
1 7 (8.642%) Apache
2 1 (1.235%) GlassFish
2 1 (1.235%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 4 (4.938%) GSM
1 4 (4.938%) VoIP
1 4 (4.938%) HTTP
1 4 (4.938%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (7.407%) Data Warehouse
2 1 (1.235%) RDBMS
2 1 (1.235%) NonStop SQL
2 1 (1.235%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (14.81%) Eclipse
2 11 (13.58%) JUnit
3 10 (12.35%) Ant
4 9 (11.11%) Maven
5 4 (4.938%) Subversion
6 3 (3.704%) Eclipse RCP
7 2 (2.469%) Log4j
8 1 (1.235%) JIRA
8 1 (1.235%) Git (software)
8 1 (1.235%) Hudson
General
1 44 (54.32%) Front Office
1 44 (54.32%) Banking
2 41 (50.62%) Finance
3 16 (19.75%) Investment Banking
4 10 (12.35%) Financial Institution
5 7 (8.642%) Legal
6 2 (2.469%) Interactive Media
7 1 (1.235%) Games
Job Titles
1 79 (97.53%) Developer
2 72 (88.89%) Java Developer
3 10 (12.35%) Java Swing Developer
4 9 (11.11%) Senior Developer
4 9 (11.11%) Portfolio Manager
5 8 (9.877%) Senior Java Developer
6 7 (8.642%) Front-End Developer
7 4 (4.938%) Android Developer
7 4 (4.938%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
7 4 (4.938%) Java/J2EE Developer
8 2 (2.469%) J2EE Developer
8 2 (2.469%) Software Engineer
8 2 (2.469%) ScrumMaster
8 2 (2.469%) Senior J2EE Developer
9 1 (1.235%) Junior
9 1 (1.235%) Front Office Developer
9 1 (1.235%) Java Software Engineer
9 1 (1.235%) Junior Developer
9 1 (1.235%) Junior Java Developer
9 1 (1.235%) Java Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 34 (41.98%) Fixed Income
2 26 (32.10%) Derivative
3 22 (27.16%) Mathematics
4 17 (20.99%) Computer Science
5 16 (19.75%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
6 11 (13.58%) Equities
7 2 (2.469%) Handset
7 2 (2.469%) Open Source
7 2 (2.469%) Video on Demand
7 2 (2.469%) Mobile App
8 1 (1.235%) Client/Server
8 1 (1.235%) Hedge funds
8 1 (1.235%) SWIFT
8 1 (1.235%) Equity Derivative
8 1 (1.235%) Tandem
8 1 (1.235%) Credit Derivative
Operating Systems
1 11 (13.58%) UNIX
2 4 (4.938%) Linux
2 4 (4.938%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (41.98%) OO
1 34 (41.98%) Multithreading
2 27 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
3 26 (32.10%) Asset Management
3 26 (32.10%) Portfolio Management
4 24 (29.63%) Investment Management
5 23 (28.40%) Risk Management
6 12 (14.81%) TDD
7 10 (12.35%) OOP
7 10 (12.35%) E-Commerce
8 9 (11.11%) Analytics
9 8 (9.877%) System Testing
10 7 (8.642%) Data Management
10 7 (8.642%) Unit Testing
11 6 (7.407%) Risk Analytics
12 5 (6.173%) Business Intelligence
12 5 (6.173%) Scrum
13 3 (3.704%) BDD
14 2 (2.469%) Pair Programming
14 2 (2.469%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 81 (100.00%) Java
2 54 (66.67%) SQL
3 20 (24.69%) C#
4 14 (17.28%) PL/SQL
5 8 (9.877%) Shell Script
6 5 (6.173%) Python
6 5 (6.173%) C++
7 4 (4.938%) JavaScript
7 4 (4.938%) C
8 2 (2.469%) Scala
9 1 (1.235%) VBA
9 1 (1.235%) COBOL
Qualifications
1 22 (27.16%) Degree
2 3 (3.704%) CFA
3 2 (2.469%) Sun Certification
3 2 (2.469%) SCJP
4 1 (1.235%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 23 (28.40%) Oracle
2 10 (12.35%) Sybase
3 2 (2.469%) JBoss
3 2 (2.469%) Sun
4 1 (1.235%) Calypso
4 1 (1.235%) HP
4 1 (1.235%) TIBCO
4 1 (1.235%) Perforce
City of London
Core Java Developer - Investment Bank - London - Permanent A leading Investment Bank based inLondonare looking for a permanent Java Developer to work on their trade capture systems within their...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £60000 - £100000 per annum
Posted: 30 May 2013
City, London
Java Swing Developer is required by this Tier 1 Investment Bank to join their Rates eTrading team... Front office investment banking experience (especially product knowledge of Rates/Risk...
McGregor Boyall
Salary: £75000 - £105000 per annum + Benefits and Bonus
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
Client Facing Java Developer (J2SE, Core Java, J2EE, C++, Oracle, Matlab, GUI, Swing) Capital Market Technology Consultancy - London City £40,000 to £70,000 + Benefits A market leading...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £40000 - £70000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
City, London
Developer, Java, Object Orientated Programming, Multi-threading, Design Patterns, Strong SQL, Messaging, Portfolio Management tools, Fixed Income, Asset Manager... Object Oriented Programming. Multi-threading. Familiarity with Spring, Swing,...
iKas International
Salary: £45000 - £75000 per annum + bonus + package
Posted: 17 June 2013
City, London
Java, C#, Spring, messaging, Swing, SQL, Developer, Portfolio Management, Liability driven investment, Fixed Income, Interest Rate swaps, Derivatives, Asset Manager... To be successful you must have strong Java,...
iKas International
Salary: £55000 - £80000 per annum + bonus + package
Posted: 17 June 2013
City of London
harringtonstarr
Salary: £40000 - £70000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
City, London
Harrington Starr
Salary: £40000 - £70000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
City of London
harringtonstarr
Salary: £40000 - £70000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013
City of London
harringtonstarr
Salary: £40000 - £70000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 15 June 2013
City, London
EarthStream Global
Salary: From £40,000 to £65,000 per annum + bonus + benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013