The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 11 10 7
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Java 75 48 59
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 11.89% 13.41% 15.05%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.60% 24.37% 36.88%
Number of salaries quoted 69 42 58
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £19,000 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £51,000 £55,000 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Coventry
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
282 197 160
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Coventry 44.69% 55.03% 40.82%
Number of salaries quoted 255 178 157
Average salary £37,500 £34,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.29% -9.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
West Midlands

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Coventry 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 Coventry region.

Coventry Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

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

Coventry Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

1 76 (52.41%) SQL
2 54 (37.24%) XML
3 46 (31.72%) J2EE
4 43 (29.66%) JavaScript
5 42 (28.97%) Linux
5 42 (28.97%) Apache
6 36 (24.83%) C#
6 36 (24.83%) .NET
7 34 (23.45%) CSS
8 33 (22.76%) Spring
9 32 (22.07%) Oracle
10 31 (21.38%) Struts
10 31 (21.38%) Web Services
11 29 (20.00%) C++
11 29 (20.00%) Microsoft
12 28 (19.31%) UNIX
13 27 (18.62%) EJB
13 27 (18.62%) SQL Server
14 26 (17.93%) Windows
15 25 (17.24%) ASP.NET
15 25 (17.24%) Degree
15 25 (17.24%) Enterprise Software
16 24 (16.55%) HTML
16 24 (16.55%) Scrum
16 24 (16.55%) Sun
16 24 (16.55%) SharePoint
17 23 (15.86%) Solaris
18 22 (15.17%) PHP
18 22 (15.17%) Computer Science
18 22 (15.17%) jQuery

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 54 (37.24%) XML
2 46 (31.72%) J2EE
3 36 (24.83%) .NET
4 34 (23.45%) CSS
5 33 (22.76%) Spring
6 31 (21.38%) Struts
6 31 (21.38%) Web Services
7 27 (18.62%) EJB
8 25 (17.24%) ASP.NET
9 24 (16.55%) HTML
10 22 (15.17%) jQuery
10 22 (15.17%) Ajax
11 18 (12.41%) XSLT
12 17 (11.72%) Servlets
13 14 (9.655%) DHTML
14 13 (8.966%) JSP
14 13 (8.966%) .NET Framework
15 12 (8.276%) Hibernate
16 11 (7.586%) XSL
16 11 (7.586%) COM
Application Platforms
1 42 (28.97%) Apache
2 24 (16.55%) SharePoint
3 17 (11.72%) Tomcat
4 11 (7.586%) BizTalk Server
5 9 (6.207%) NetWeaver
6 5 (3.448%) SAP Portal
7 3 (2.069%) WebSphere MQ
8 2 (1.379%) MSMQ
9 1 (0.690%) WebSphere Application Server
9 1 (0.690%) WebLogic
9 1 (0.690%) IIS
Applications
1 7 (4.828%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.690%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 11 (7.586%) SAP Business One
2 2 (1.379%) Cognos Business Intelligence
3 1 (0.690%) ENOVIA
Communications & Networking
1 6 (4.138%) VoIP
2 5 (3.448%) WAN
2 5 (3.448%) LAN
3 4 (2.759%) HTTP
4 2 (1.379%) NAS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 27 (18.62%) SQL Server
2 11 (7.586%) MySQL
3 9 (6.207%) DB2
4 2 (1.379%) Data Warehouse
4 2 (1.379%) SQL Server 2008
4 2 (1.379%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 2 (1.379%) Big Data
5 1 (0.690%) Redis
5 1 (0.690%) CouchDB
5 1 (0.690%) MongoDB
Development Applications
1 15 (10.34%) JUnit
2 8 (5.517%) Eclipse
2 8 (5.517%) Subversion
3 5 (3.448%) Xcode
4 4 (2.759%) Ant
4 4 (2.759%) Maven
5 3 (2.069%) Jenkins
5 3 (2.069%) Hudson
5 3 (2.069%) JIRA
5 3 (2.069%) Cucumber
5 3 (2.069%) EasyMock
5 3 (2.069%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
6 2 (1.379%) LoadRunner
7 1 (0.690%) Rational Rhapsody
7 1 (0.690%) ClearQuest
7 1 (0.690%) ClearCase
General
1 9 (6.207%) Finance
2 8 (5.517%) Retail
3 5 (3.448%) Telecoms
4 4 (2.759%) Legal
5 3 (2.069%) German Language
6 1 (0.690%) Billing
6 1 (0.690%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 101 (69.66%) Developer
2 58 (40.00%) Java Developer
3 28 (19.31%) Senior Developer
4 19 (13.10%) J2EE Developer
4 19 (13.10%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 17 (11.72%) .NET Developer
6 16 (11.03%) Senior Java Developer
7 15 (10.34%) Web Developer
7 15 (10.34%) .NET Web Developer
8 14 (9.655%) Graduate
9 13 (8.966%) Analyst
10 12 (8.276%) Applications Support
11 11 (7.586%) Support Analyst
12 10 (6.897%) Applications Support Analyst
13 9 (6.207%) Designer
13 9 (6.207%) Team Leader
14 8 (5.517%) Ruby Developer
15 7 (4.828%) Administrator
16 6 (4.138%) Software Engineer
16 6 (4.138%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 25 (17.24%) Enterprise Software
2 22 (15.17%) Computer Science
3 9 (6.207%) Open Source
4 6 (4.138%) Mobile App
5 5 (3.448%) Clustering
5 5 (3.448%) Blackberry
6 4 (2.759%) iSeries
6 4 (2.759%) Cryptography
7 3 (2.069%) Replication
8 2 (1.379%) N-Tier
8 2 (1.379%) Mathematics
9 1 (0.690%) Blog
9 1 (0.690%) iPhone
9 1 (0.690%) SaaS
9 1 (0.690%) EPoS
Operating Systems
1 42 (28.97%) Linux
2 28 (19.31%) UNIX
3 26 (17.93%) Windows
4 23 (15.86%) Solaris
5 11 (7.586%) OpenVMS
6 10 (6.897%) Android
7 9 (6.207%) Windows Phone
8 5 (3.448%) Windows Phone 7
9 4 (2.759%) Windows Phone 8
10 3 (2.069%) Apple iOS
11 1 (0.690%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 24 (16.55%) Scrum
2 18 (12.41%) Agile Software Development
2 18 (12.41%) OO
3 17 (11.72%) Web Development
4 16 (11.03%) OOD
5 15 (10.34%) TDD
6 12 (8.276%) OOA/OOD
7 11 (7.586%) ITIL
7 11 (7.586%) MVC
7 11 (7.586%) Software Engineering
8 9 (6.207%) UML
9 6 (4.138%) OOP
9 6 (4.138%) Signal Processing
10 5 (3.448%) Network Design
10 5 (3.448%) Waterfall
10 5 (3.448%) SOA
11 4 (2.759%) Business Intelligence
11 4 (2.759%) Technical Architecture
11 4 (2.759%) Continuous Improvement
12 3 (2.069%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 76 (52.41%) SQL
2 43 (29.66%) JavaScript
3 36 (24.83%) C#
4 29 (20.00%) C++
5 22 (15.17%) PHP
6 21 (14.48%) Python
7 19 (13.10%) VB
8 17 (11.72%) Delphi
9 11 (7.586%) Perl
9 11 (7.586%) XAML
10 9 (6.207%) ActionScript
11 8 (5.517%) Ruby
12 7 (4.828%) PL/SQL
13 6 (4.138%) VB.NET
13 6 (4.138%) C
13 6 (4.138%) Objective-C
14 5 (3.448%) ABAP
15 4 (2.759%) T-SQL
16 3 (2.069%) Shell Script
17 2 (1.379%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 25 (17.24%) Degree
2 17 (11.72%) Sun Certification
2 17 (11.72%) SCJP
2 17 (11.72%) SCJD
2 17 (11.72%) SCJA
3 16 (11.03%) SCWCD
4 6 (4.138%) PhD
4 6 (4.138%) Postgraduate
5 4 (2.759%) Security Cleared
6 2 (1.379%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 12 (8.276%) QA
System Software
1 5 (3.448%) VMware Infrastructure
1 5 (3.448%) Active Directory
2 3 (2.069%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (2.069%) Data Guard
2 2 (1.379%) SCCM
2 2 (1.379%) HP Quality Center
3 1 (0.690%) OpenView
Vendors
1 32 (22.07%) Oracle
2 29 (20.00%) Microsoft
3 24 (16.55%) Sun
4 21 (14.48%) SAP
5 6 (4.138%) Sybase
5 6 (4.138%) IBM
6 5 (3.448%) VMware
6 5 (3.448%) Citrix
7 4 (2.759%) Cognos
8 3 (2.069%) HP
9 2 (1.379%) Teradata
10 1 (0.690%) Google
10 1 (0.690%) Remedy
10 1 (0.690%) Business Objects
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Salary: £45000 per annum
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Posted: 22 May 2013
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Salary: £attractive
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Salary: attractive
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