The first table below looks at the demand for Groovy skills in IT jobs advertised for the East of England region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Groovy 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Groovy
Rank 247 255 262
Rank change year-on-year
+8 +7
Permanent jobs citing Groovy 17 12 16
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.206% 0.138% 0.168%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.363% 0.220% 0.293%
Number of salaries quoted 15 6 7
Average salary £42,500 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.97% +4.00%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +8.10%
All Programming Languages
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4682 5456 5452
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 56.65% 62.71% 57.14%
Number of salaries quoted 4182 4594 4788
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Groovy
England

Groovy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Groovy Jobs Demand Trend

Groovy
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Groovy across the East of England region.

East of England Groovy Salary Trend

Groovy
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Groovy across the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England Groovy Salary Histogram

Groovy
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Groovy within the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hertfordshire +14 10 £42,500 -
Suffolk - 4 £32,500 -
Cambridgeshire +9 3 £37,500 -3.84%
Groovy
England

Groovy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing Groovy 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 Groovy.

1 24 (92.31%) Java
2 19 (73.08%) Spring
3 16 (61.54%) Hibernate
4 14 (53.85%) J2EE
5 11 (42.31%) JavaScript
5 11 (42.31%) SQL
5 11 (42.31%) XML
6 10 (38.46%) Scrum
7 9 (34.62%) Grails
7 9 (34.62%) MongoDB
8 8 (30.77%) JSP
9 7 (26.92%) UNIX
9 7 (26.92%) JUnit
10 6 (23.08%) TDD
10 6 (23.08%) Web Services
10 6 (23.08%) BDD
11 5 (19.23%) Scala
11 5 (19.23%) JDBC
11 5 (19.23%) MySQL
11 5 (19.23%) SQL Server
11 5 (19.23%) MS Excel
11 5 (19.23%) Linux
11 5 (19.23%) Ext JS
12 4 (15.38%) jQuery
12 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
12 4 (15.38%) QA
12 4 (15.38%) Billing
12 4 (15.38%) Degree
12 4 (15.38%) ESB
12 4 (15.38%) Finance

Groovy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing Groovy 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 Groovy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 19 (73.08%) Spring
2 16 (61.54%) Hibernate
3 14 (53.85%) J2EE
4 11 (42.31%) XML
5 9 (34.62%) Grails
6 8 (30.77%) JSP
7 6 (23.08%) Web Services
8 5 (19.23%) JDBC
8 5 (19.23%) Ext JS
9 4 (15.38%) jQuery
9 4 (15.38%) JMS
9 4 (15.38%) SOAP
10 3 (11.54%) soapUI
10 3 (11.54%) Apache CXF
10 3 (11.54%) XSD
10 3 (11.54%) WSDL
10 3 (11.54%) JAXB
10 3 (11.54%) Middleware
10 3 (11.54%) Ajax
10 3 (11.54%) JAX-WS
Application Platforms
1 4 (15.38%) ESB
2 3 (11.54%) Mule
Applications
1 5 (19.23%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (34.62%) MongoDB
2 5 (19.23%) MySQL
2 5 (19.23%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (26.92%) JUnit
2 4 (15.38%) Eclipse
3 3 (11.54%) IntelliJ
3 3 (11.54%) JMeter
3 3 (11.54%) Maven
4 2 (7.692%) Selenium
4 2 (7.692%) Ant
4 2 (7.692%) Git (software)
General
1 4 (15.38%) Billing
1 4 (15.38%) Finance
1 4 (15.38%) Back Office
2 2 (7.692%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 18 (69.23%) Java Developer
1 18 (69.23%) Developer
2 7 (26.92%) Senior Java Developer
2 7 (26.92%) Senior Developer
3 3 (11.54%) Java Development Manager
3 3 (11.54%) Development Manager
4 2 (7.692%) Lead Java Developer
4 2 (7.692%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 2 (7.692%) Lead Developer
4 2 (7.692%) QA Tester
4 2 (7.692%) QA Engineer
4 2 (7.692%) Tester
5 1 (3.846%) Software Engineer
5 1 (3.846%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 4 (15.38%) Computer Science
1 4 (15.38%) Enterprise Software
2 2 (7.692%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 7 (26.92%) UNIX
2 5 (19.23%) Linux
3 2 (7.692%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (38.46%) Scrum
2 6 (23.08%) TDD
2 6 (23.08%) BDD
3 4 (15.38%) MVC
3 4 (15.38%) SOA
3 4 (15.38%) Automation Testing
4 2 (7.692%) Test Scripting
4 2 (7.692%) Software Testing
4 2 (7.692%) Test Automation
4 2 (7.692%) Customer Engagement
5 1 (3.846%) Software Architecture
5 1 (3.846%) E-Commerce
5 1 (3.846%) UML
5 1 (3.846%) OO
5 1 (3.846%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 24 (92.31%) Java
2 11 (42.31%) JavaScript
2 11 (42.31%) SQL
3 5 (19.23%) Scala
4 1 (3.846%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 4 (15.38%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 4 (15.38%) QA
Vendors
1 2 (7.692%) Thunderhead
2 1 (3.846%) JBoss