The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Colchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 24 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Colchester region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 23 19 13
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -6
Permanent jobs citing Java 7 27 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 3.977% 14.84% 12.61%
As % of the Programming Languages category 5.072% 18.75% 20.69%
Number of salaries quoted 7 27 30
Average salary £38,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £43,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Colchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
138 144 145
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Colchester 78.41% 79.12% 60.92%
Number of salaries quoted 119 120 141
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £42,500 £46,100
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
Essex

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Java across the Colchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Colchester Java Jobs Demand Trend

Java
Salary Trend

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

Colchester Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Colchester region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Colchester Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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.

1 6 (66.67%) SQL
1 6 (66.67%) Oracle
1 6 (66.67%) Degree
1 6 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 5 (55.56%) PL/SQL
3 4 (44.44%) C#
3 4 (44.44%) Oracle 10g
3 4 (44.44%) Oracle 8/8i
3 4 (44.44%) Oracle 11g
4 3 (33.33%) Oracle APEX
4 3 (33.33%) Django
4 3 (33.33%) Python
4 3 (33.33%) CRM
4 3 (33.33%) ERP
4 3 (33.33%) HTML
4 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 3 (33.33%) PHP
4 3 (33.33%) ASP
4 3 (33.33%) CSS
5 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
5 2 (22.22%) Ant
5 2 (22.22%) WebLogic
5 2 (22.22%) J2EE
5 2 (22.22%) JMS
5 2 (22.22%) Data Mining
5 2 (22.22%) RDBMS
5 2 (22.22%) Project Management
5 2 (22.22%) E-Commerce
5 2 (22.22%) OOP
5 2 (22.22%) OO

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Colchester 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.

Application Development
1 3 (33.33%) Django
1 3 (33.33%) HTML
1 3 (33.33%) ASP
1 3 (33.33%) CSS
2 2 (22.22%) J2EE
2 2 (22.22%) JMS
2 2 (22.22%) Swing
2 2 (22.22%) Ajax
2 2 (22.22%) WebSphere
2 2 (22.22%) Hibernate
3 1 (11.11%) jQuery
3 1 (11.11%) XHTML
3 1 (11.11%) .NET
3 1 (11.11%) XML
3 1 (11.11%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) WebLogic
1 2 (22.22%) GlassFish
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) Oracle 10g
1 4 (44.44%) Oracle 8/8i
1 4 (44.44%) Oracle 11g
2 2 (22.22%) SQL Server
2 2 (22.22%) Data Mining
2 2 (22.22%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 3 (33.33%) Oracle APEX
2 2 (22.22%) Ant
2 2 (22.22%) Maven
General
1 2 (22.22%) Automotive
Job Titles
1 9 (100.00%) Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Software Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Database Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Oracle Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Oracle Database Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Database Developer
2 3 (33.33%) Senior Oracle Database Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Java Developer
4 1 (11.11%) C# .NET Developer
4 1 (11.11%) .NET Web Developer
4 1 (11.11%) .NET Developer
4 1 (11.11%) C# Developer
4 1 (11.11%) C# Web Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 6 (66.67%) Computer Science
2 1 (11.11%) Open Source
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) CRM
1 3 (33.33%) ERP
2 2 (22.22%) Project Management
2 2 (22.22%) E-Commerce
2 2 (22.22%) OOP
2 2 (22.22%) OO
2 2 (22.22%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (11.11%) OpenUP
3 1 (11.11%) Web Development
3 1 (11.11%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 6 (66.67%) SQL
2 5 (55.56%) PL/SQL
3 4 (44.44%) C#
4 3 (33.33%) Python
4 3 (33.33%) JavaScript
4 3 (33.33%) PHP
Qualifications
1 6 (66.67%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (66.67%) Oracle
2 2 (22.22%) JBoss