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The table below looks at the demand for Java skills within the Coventry region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 6 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to
6 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank158
Rank change on same period last yearDown-7
Matching permanent IT job ads69128
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.040 %0.055 %
As % of the category below15.30 %30.12 %
Salaries quoted61115
Average minimum salary£34,967£33,574
Average salary£37,025£36,109
% change on same period last year+2.53 %
Average maximum salary£39,082£38,643
UK excluding London average salary£40,104£40,189
% change on same period last year-0.21 %
Coventry IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Coventry
Matching permanent IT job ads451425
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.259 %0.182 %
Salaries quoted398381
Average minimum salary£30,431£30,550
Average salary£32,597£32,700
% change on same period last year-0.31 %
Average maximum salary£34,762£34,851
UK excluding London average salary£35,483£35,764
% change on same period last year-0.78 %
Java West MidlandsJava
West Midlands

Java
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Java across the Coventry region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Coventry Java Demand Trend

Java
Salary Trend

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

Coventry Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Coventry region over the 3 months to 6 October 2008.

Coventry Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

157 (33.14 %)C++
256 (32.56 %)OO
349 (28.49 %)Degree
448 (27.91 %)SQL Server
543 (25.00 %)J2EE
642 (24.42 %)SQL
739 (22.67 %)HTML
838 (22.09 %)Finance
937 (21.51 %)UML
1036 (20.93 %)Windows
1133 (19.19 %)UNIX
1232 (18.60 %)PHP
1331 (18.02 %)Linux
1430 (17.44 %)JSP
1528 (16.28 %)Retail
1528 (16.28 %)XML
1627 (15.70 %)CSS
1627 (15.70 %)Oracle
1627 (15.70 %)Spring
1726 (15.12 %)OOA/OOD
1825 (14.53 %)MySQL
1924 (13.95 %)JavaScript
1924 (13.95 %)C
2022 (12.79 %)Pensions
2121 (12.21 %).NET
2220 (11.63 %)OOP
2220 (11.63 %)Internet
2319 (11.05 %)WebSphere
2418 (10.47 %)Agile Software Development
2418 (10.47 %)OOD

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Coventry IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
143 (25.00 %)J2EE
239 (22.67 %)HTML
330 (17.44 %)JSP
428 (16.28 %)XML
527 (15.70 %)Spring
527 (15.70 %)CSS
621 (12.21 %).NET
719 (11.05 %)WebSphere
817 (9.884 %)Servlets
914 (8.140 %)MVC
1012 (6.977 %)Hibernate
1111 (6.395 %)AJAX
1210 (5.814 %)Ruby on Rails
1210 (5.814 %)XSLT
1210 (5.814 %)Swing
138 (4.651 %)Fusebox
147 (4.070 %)ASP.NET
156 (3.488 %)JDBC
165 (2.907 %)Struts
174 (2.326 %)WebServices
Coventry IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
116 (9.302 %)Apache
212 (6.977 %)ColdFusion
37 (4.070 %)Tomcat
44 (2.326 %)CMS
53 (1.744 %)WebSphere Application Server
61 (0.581 %)JBoss
61 (0.581 %)SharePoint
61 (0.581 %)Commerce Server
Coventry IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
18 (4.651 %)MS Excel
18 (4.651 %)MS Visio
23 (1.744 %)Photoshop
32 (1.163 %)Adobe Illustrator
Coventry IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
11 (0.581 %)Retail-J
Coventry IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
120 (11.63 %)Internet
24 (2.326 %)TCP/IP
33 (1.744 %)Ethernet
33 (1.744 %)Intranet
42 (1.163 %)SDH
42 (1.163 %)X.25
42 (1.163 %)HTTP
51 (0.581 %)IPX
51 (0.581 %)IPX/SPX
51 (0.581 %)VPN
51 (0.581 %)DNS
51 (0.581 %)SAN
51 (0.581 %)Firewall
51 (0.581 %)Wireless
51 (0.581 %)DHCP
Coventry IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
148 (27.91 %)SQL Server
225 (14.53 %)MySQL
312 (6.977 %)RDBMS
410 (5.814 %)DB2
58 (4.651 %)Informix
65 (2.907 %)SQL Server 2005
74 (2.326 %)Oracle 8/8i
74 (2.326 %)SQL Server 2000
83 (1.744 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
83 (1.744 %)SQL Server 2008
92 (1.163 %)MS Access
101 (0.581 %)Oracle 10g
101 (0.581 %)Oracle 11g
Coventry IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (4.070 %)Flash
25 (2.907 %)Subversion
34 (2.326 %)JUnit
42 (1.163 %)ClearCase
42 (1.163 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
Coventry IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
138 (22.09 %)Finance
228 (16.28 %)Retail
322 (12.79 %)Pensions
414 (8.140 %)Marketing
513 (7.558 %)Health
513 (7.558 %)Financial Institution
65 (2.907 %)Telecoms
73 (1.744 %)Education
73 (1.744 %)Billing
82 (1.163 %)Construction
91 (0.581 %)Banking
91 (0.581 %)Multimedia
Coventry IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
198 (56.98 %)Developer
244 (25.58 %)Software Engineer
337 (21.51 %)Java Developer
429 (16.86 %)Java Software Engineer
525 (14.53 %)Senior Developer
620 (11.63 %)Web Developer
715 (8.721 %)Analyst
715 (8.721 %)Test Analyst
715 (8.721 %)Senior Software Engineer
715 (8.721 %)C++ Software Engineer
814 (8.140 %)J2EE Developer
814 (8.140 %)Software Developer
910 (5.814 %)Architect
109 (5.233 %)Technical Architect
109 (5.233 %)Senior Java Software Engineer
118 (4.651 %)Senior J2EE Developer
118 (4.651 %)Senior Java Developer
118 (4.651 %)Applications Developer
125 (2.907 %)Graduate
125 (2.907 %)Project Manager
Coventry IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
110 (5.814 %)Computer Science
25 (2.907 %)N-Tier
25 (2.907 %)Mainframe
34 (2.326 %)EPoS
42 (1.163 %)E-Learning
51 (0.581 %)VLE
Coventry IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
136 (20.93 %)Windows
233 (19.19 %)UNIX
331 (18.02 %)Linux
43 (1.744 %)Solaris
51 (0.581 %)HPUX
51 (0.581 %)FreeBSD
51 (0.581 %)Windows NT
51 (0.581 %)Windows XP
51 (0.581 %)Windows Server 2003
51 (0.581 %)Windows Vista
Coventry IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
156 (32.56 %)OO
237 (21.51 %)UML
326 (15.12 %)OOA/OOD
420 (11.63 %)OOP
518 (10.47 %)OOD
518 (10.47 %)Agile Software Development
616 (9.302 %)Software Testing
715 (8.721 %)Web Development
814 (8.140 %)RUP
912 (6.977 %)Validation
912 (6.977 %)Data Validation
108 (4.651 %)System Testing
108 (4.651 %)Integration Testing
114 (2.326 %)Content Management
114 (2.326 %)RAD
123 (1.744 %)PRINCE2
123 (1.744 %)Scrum
123 (1.744 %)Use Case
132 (1.163 %)Performance Testing
132 (1.163 %)Business Development
Coventry IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
157 (33.14 %)C++
242 (24.42 %)SQL
332 (18.60 %)PHP
424 (13.95 %)C
424 (13.95 %)JavaScript
516 (9.302 %)C#
610 (5.814 %)Perl
610 (5.814 %)Ruby
76 (3.488 %)PHP5
85 (2.907 %)VB
85 (2.907 %)VBA
94 (2.326 %)Python
103 (1.744 %)VB.NET
103 (1.744 %)Transact-SQL
103 (1.744 %)COBOL
103 (1.744 %)Delphi
103 (1.744 %)DHTML
112 (1.163 %)VBScript
112 (1.163 %)PL/SQL
112 (1.163 %)VB6
Coventry IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
149 (28.49 %)Degree
215 (8.721 %)ISEB
33 (1.744 %)Microsoft Certification
33 (1.744 %)MCAD
33 (1.744 %)MCSD
42 (1.163 %)MAPM
42 (1.163 %)PMP
42 (1.163 %)PMI Certification
51 (0.581 %)Sun Certification
Coventry IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
13 (1.744 %)QA
Coventry IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
14 (2.326 %)Samba
Coventry IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
127 (15.70 %)Oracle
216 (9.302 %)Microsoft
311 (6.395 %)Macromedia
46 (3.488 %)Ericsson
51 (0.581 %)FatWire
51 (0.581 %)Sun