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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Developer
Rank 34 24 19
Rank change year-on-year
-10 -5
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 36 21 35
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 5.705% 5.866% 8.929%
As % of the Job Titles category 6.000% 6.213% 9.115%
Number of salaries quoted 36 20 34
Average salary £37,500 £32,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.38% -18.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £19,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £52,500 £46,700
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Job Titles
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
600 338 384
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 95.09% 94.41% 97.96%
Number of salaries quoted 495 304 362
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £41,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -15.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £24,000 £32,000
10% offered a salary of more than £53,850 £65,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java Developer
West Midlands

Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Java Developer Salary Trend

Java Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Coventry Java Developer Salary Histogram

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 58 (100.00%) Java
2 37 (63.79%) SQL
3 35 (60.34%) J2EE
4 33 (56.90%) Spring
5 31 (53.45%) Struts
6 26 (44.83%) XML
7 25 (43.10%) Enterprise Software
8 23 (39.66%) EJB
9 22 (37.93%) Apache
10 19 (32.76%) Sun
11 17 (29.31%) SCJA
11 17 (29.31%) SCJP
11 17 (29.31%) SCJD
11 17 (29.31%) Sun Certification
11 17 (29.31%) Servlets
12 16 (27.59%) SCWCD
13 15 (25.86%) JUnit
13 15 (25.86%) JavaScript
14 13 (22.41%) XSLT
15 12 (20.69%) OOA/OOD
15 12 (20.69%) Hibernate
15 12 (20.69%) JSP
15 12 (20.69%) OOD
15 12 (20.69%) Computer Science
16 11 (18.97%) Scrum
16 11 (18.97%) TDD
17 10 (17.24%) Agile Software Development
17 10 (17.24%) Software Engineering
18 9 (15.52%) SOAP
18 9 (15.52%) OO

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Coventry 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 35 (60.34%) J2EE
2 33 (56.90%) Spring
3 31 (53.45%) Struts
4 26 (44.83%) XML
5 23 (39.66%) EJB
6 17 (29.31%) Servlets
7 13 (22.41%) XSLT
8 12 (20.69%) Hibernate
8 12 (20.69%) JSP
9 9 (15.52%) SOAP
9 9 (15.52%) HTML
9 9 (15.52%) CSS
10 7 (12.07%) J2SE
10 7 (12.07%) WebSphere
11 6 (10.34%) Swing
12 5 (8.621%) AWT
13 4 (6.897%) HTML5
13 4 (6.897%) jQuery
13 4 (6.897%) JMS
13 4 (6.897%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 22 (37.93%) Apache
2 5 (8.621%) Tomcat
3 3 (5.172%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (1.724%) NetWeaver
4 1 (1.724%) SharePoint
4 1 (1.724%) SAP Portal
Communications & Networking
1 4 (6.897%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (6.897%) DB2
2 1 (1.724%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.724%) CouchDB
2 1 (1.724%) MongoDB
2 1 (1.724%) Redis
Development Applications
1 15 (25.86%) JUnit
2 7 (12.07%) Eclipse
3 4 (6.897%) Maven
3 4 (6.897%) Ant
4 3 (5.172%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
4 3 (5.172%) EasyMock
4 3 (5.172%) JIRA
4 3 (5.172%) Hudson
4 3 (5.172%) Jenkins
4 3 (5.172%) Cucumber
5 1 (1.724%) Xcode
General
1 5 (8.621%) Retail
1 5 (8.621%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 25 (43.10%) Enterprise Software
2 12 (20.69%) Computer Science
3 4 (6.897%) Mobile App
3 4 (6.897%) iSeries
4 1 (1.724%) Blackberry
4 1 (1.724%) Open Source
4 1 (1.724%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 8 (13.79%) Linux
2 5 (8.621%) Windows
3 4 (6.897%) Solaris
3 4 (6.897%) UNIX
4 1 (1.724%) Android
4 1 (1.724%) Windows Phone 7
4 1 (1.724%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (20.69%) OOA/OOD
1 12 (20.69%) OOD
2 11 (18.97%) Scrum
2 11 (18.97%) TDD
3 10 (17.24%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (17.24%) Software Engineering
4 9 (15.52%) OO
5 7 (12.07%) UML
6 6 (10.34%) Web Development
7 5 (8.621%) Waterfall
8 4 (6.897%) Continuous Improvement
9 3 (5.172%) RAD
9 3 (5.172%) OWASP
9 3 (5.172%) BDD
10 2 (3.448%) Data Management
11 1 (1.724%) Unit Testing
11 1 (1.724%) Integration Testing
11 1 (1.724%) Continuous Integration
11 1 (1.724%) Product Management
11 1 (1.724%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 58 (100.00%) Java
2 37 (63.79%) SQL
3 15 (25.86%) JavaScript
4 3 (5.172%) PL/SQL
4 3 (5.172%) Objective-C
5 1 (1.724%) C#
5 1 (1.724%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 17 (29.31%) SCJA
1 17 (29.31%) SCJP
1 17 (29.31%) SCJD
1 17 (29.31%) Sun Certification
2 16 (27.59%) SCWCD
3 6 (10.34%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.448%) QA
Vendors
1 19 (32.76%) Sun
2 8 (13.79%) Oracle
3 1 (1.724%) Microsoft
3 1 (1.724%) Sybase
3 1 (1.724%) SAP