Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Java 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 Java over the 3 months to 18 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the East of England region.

 Java
Location
3 months to
18 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank131014
Rank change year-on-year
Down-3Up+4
Matching permanent IT job ads5857551408
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England9.915 %11.72 %10.85 %
As % of the Programming Languages category19.68 %22.53 %21.48 %
Salaries quoted5186281144
Average salary£35,000£37,500£38,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.660 %-1.960 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£25,325£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,750£56,350£52,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£37,500
East of England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
297333516556
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England50.39 %52.00 %50.53 %
Salaries quoted259529165540
Average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£50,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
Java EnglandJava
England

Java
Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the East of England region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010.

East of England Java Salary Histogram

Java
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the East of England region over the 3 months to 18 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeshireDown-7273£30,500-12.85 %
HertfordshireDown-1167£37,500-6.25 %
SuffolkUp+157£38,750-18.42 %
NorfolkUp+2550£32,500-1.51 %
EssexNo change034£40,000-11.11 %
BedfordshireUp+15£24,000-23.80 %
Java EnglandJava
England

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

1432 (34.10 %)C++
2399 (31.49 %)Degree
3377 (29.76 %)J2EE
4350 (27.62 %)SQL
5320 (25.26 %)Oracle
6261 (20.60 %)C#
7253 (19.97 %).NET
8231 (18.23 %)JavaScript
9230 (18.15 %)C
9230 (18.15 %)XML
10221 (17.44 %)OO
11200 (15.79 %)HTML
12190 (15.00 %)Linux
13168 (13.26 %)Computer Science
14159 (12.55 %)UNIX
15154 (12.15 %)Hibernate
16148 (11.68 %)Spring
16148 (11.68 %)PHP
16148 (11.68 %)Mathematics
17146 (11.52 %)Windows
18142 (11.21 %)AJAX
19138 (10.89 %)SQL Server
20125 (9.866 %)E-Commerce
21121 (9.550 %)JSP
22120 (9.471 %)CSS
23119 (9.392 %)MySQL
24115 (9.077 %)Finance
25112 (8.840 %)Web Services
26111 (8.761 %)UML
27108 (8.524 %)Apache

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 March 2010, IT jobs across the East of England 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.

East of England IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1377 (29.76 %)J2EE
2253 (19.97 %).NET
3230 (18.15 %)XML
4200 (15.79 %)HTML
5154 (12.15 %)Hibernate
6148 (11.68 %)Spring
7142 (11.21 %)AJAX
8121 (9.550 %)JSP
9120 (9.471 %)CSS
10112 (8.840 %)Web Services
1196 (7.577 %)Struts
1287 (6.867 %)Servlets
1383 (6.551 %)EJB
1462 (4.893 %)JSF
1558 (4.578 %)JMS
1652 (4.104 %)Flash
1750 (3.946 %)JDBC
1847 (3.710 %)Swing
1945 (3.552 %)XHTML
2043 (3.394 %)WebSphere
East of England IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1108 (8.524 %)Apache
2100 (7.893 %)Tomcat
352 (4.104 %)WebLogic
449 (3.867 %)IIS
541 (3.236 %)CMS
635 (2.762 %)Oracle Workflow
724 (1.894 %)SharePoint
821 (1.657 %)ESB
918 (1.421 %)LiveLink
1015 (1.184 %)ColdFusion
1112 (0.947 %)AquaLogic
1210 (0.789 %)WebSphere Application Server
138 (0.631 %)WebSphere Process Server
145 (0.395 %)MQSeries
145 (0.395 %)Oracle 10gAS
154 (0.316 %)Oracle Application Server
154 (0.316 %)Smallworld
163 (0.237 %)WebLogic Portal
163 (0.237 %)Oracle 9iAS
172 (0.158 %)Force.com
East of England IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
125 (1.973 %)MS Excel
218 (1.421 %)MS Visio
312 (0.947 %)Photoshop
411 (0.868 %)Adobe Illustrator
56 (0.474 %)MATLAB
64 (0.316 %)S-PLUS
72 (0.158 %)CA Clarity
72 (0.158 %)Fireworks
72 (0.158 %)FrameMaker
81 (0.079 %)MS Project
81 (0.079 %)MS Office
81 (0.079 %)Simulink
81 (0.079 %)MS PowerPoint
East of England IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
127 (2.131 %)Google Analytics
25 (0.395 %)Oracle EBS
25 (0.395 %)Oracle HRMS
25 (0.395 %)Oracle EBS R12
33 (0.237 %)Maximo
33 (0.237 %)Oracle 11i
42 (0.158 %)Oracle Financials
51 (0.079 %)GoldMine
51 (0.079 %)AWD
51 (0.079 %)LiquidOffice
East of England IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
183 (6.551 %)Internet
234 (2.684 %)HTTP
323 (1.815 %)Broadband
422 (1.736 %)SMTP
519 (1.500 %)Wireless
617 (1.342 %)Intranet
716 (1.263 %)SMS
812 (0.947 %)TCP/IP
96 (0.474 %)NFC
96 (0.474 %)SAN
105 (0.395 %)Firewall
105 (0.395 %)GPRS
105 (0.395 %)GSM
114 (0.316 %)RFID
114 (0.316 %)PSTN
114 (0.316 %)VoIP
123 (0.237 %)ZigBee
123 (0.237 %)LTE
132 (0.158 %)Asterisk PBX
132 (0.158 %)Softswitch
East of England IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1138 (10.89 %)SQL Server
2119 (9.392 %)MySQL
348 (3.788 %)Oracle 11g
434 (2.684 %)Oracle 10g
526 (2.052 %)RDBMS
625 (1.973 %)Oracle Reports
724 (1.894 %)DB2
818 (1.421 %)SQL Server 2005
915 (1.184 %)ETL
1013 (1.026 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
1013 (1.026 %)PostgreSQL
1111 (0.868 %)Datawarehouse
1111 (0.868 %)Oracle 8/8i
1210 (0.789 %)GIS
137 (0.552 %)SQL Server 2008
146 (0.474 %)Oracle Discoverer
155 (0.395 %)Data Mining
164 (0.316 %)Oracle OWB
172 (0.158 %)BusinessObjects
172 (0.158 %)Crystal Reports
East of England IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
196 (7.577 %)Eclipse
260 (4.736 %)JUnit
331 (2.447 %)Ant
426 (2.052 %)Oracle Forms
525 (1.973 %)Maven
624 (1.894 %)Subversion
723 (1.815 %)JDeveloper
822 (1.736 %)CheckStyle
918 (1.421 %)Visual Studio
1015 (1.184 %)Selenium
1111 (0.868 %)Oracle APEX
128 (0.631 %)JBuilder
128 (0.631 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
136 (0.474 %)Xcode
145 (0.395 %)TestComplete
154 (0.316 %)ProC
163 (0.237 %)LoadRunner
163 (0.237 %)WATIR
163 (0.237 %)WatiN
172 (0.158 %)JIRA
East of England IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1115 (9.077 %)Finance
285 (6.709 %)Pensions
372 (5.683 %)Retail
467 (5.288 %)Education
554 (4.262 %)Health
652 (4.104 %)Games
743 (3.394 %)Insurance
830 (2.368 %)3D Graphics
929 (2.289 %)Electric
929 (2.289 %)Government
1028 (2.210 %)Advertising
1125 (1.973 %)Online Games
1223 (1.815 %)Manufacturing
1223 (1.815 %)Telecoms
1322 (1.736 %)Interactive Media
1421 (1.657 %)Aerospace
1520 (1.579 %)Marketing
1618 (1.421 %)Banking
1717 (1.342 %)Electronics
1813 (1.026 %)Automotive
East of England IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1776 (61.25 %)Developer
2387 (30.54 %)Java Developer
3182 (14.36 %)Software Developer
4168 (13.26 %)Software Engineer
5159 (12.55 %)Graduate
694 (7.419 %)Java/J2EE Developer
790 (7.103 %)Web Developer
889 (7.024 %)Graduate Developer
987 (6.867 %)Java Software Developer
1084 (6.630 %)Programmer
1177 (6.077 %)J2EE Developer
1270 (5.525 %)Architect
1369 (5.446 %)Senior Developer
1467 (5.288 %)C++ Developer
1561 (4.815 %)C++/Java Developer
1653 (4.183 %)Java Software Engineer
1751 (4.025 %)Junior
1849 (3.867 %)Analyst
1849 (3.867 %)Java Programmer
1941 (3.236 %)Oracle Developer
East of England IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1168 (13.26 %)Computer Science
2148 (11.68 %)Mathematics
373 (5.762 %)Physics
454 (4.262 %)iPhone
542 (3.315 %)Client/Server
638 (2.999 %)Open Source
725 (1.973 %)Social Network
823 (1.815 %)N-Tier
823 (1.815 %)Firmware
921 (1.657 %)Blackberry
1011 (0.868 %)Multithreading
1110 (0.789 %)Management Information System
1110 (0.789 %)Smartcard
128 (0.631 %)Web 2.0
128 (0.631 %)German Language
128 (0.631 %)W3C
137 (0.552 %)Handset
137 (0.552 %)French Language
137 (0.552 %)PaaS
146 (0.474 %)iSeries
East of England IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1190 (15.00 %)Linux
2159 (12.55 %)UNIX
3146 (11.52 %)Windows
460 (4.736 %)Solaris
529 (2.289 %)AIX
628 (2.210 %)Android
722 (1.736 %)Windows Mobile
817 (1.342 %)Windows CE
916 (1.263 %)Mac OS X
108 (0.631 %)Red Hat Linux
116 (0.474 %)Windows XP
125 (0.395 %)Windows 2000
134 (0.316 %)VxWorks
143 (0.237 %)Debian
152 (0.158 %)Mac OS
152 (0.158 %)Windows Server 2003
161 (0.079 %)HPUX
161 (0.079 %)Windows Vista
161 (0.079 %)Embedded Linux
East of England IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1221 (17.44 %)OO
2125 (9.866 %)E-Commerce
3111 (8.761 %)UML
491 (7.182 %)Agile Software Development
581 (6.393 %)Software Engineering
663 (4.972 %)SOA
760 (4.736 %)Project Management
857 (4.499 %)Unit Testing
954 (4.262 %)MVC
1048 (3.788 %)OOP
1147 (3.710 %)Web Development
1242 (3.315 %)SEO
1242 (3.315 %)Workflow
1336 (2.841 %)Pay per click
1432 (2.526 %)Content Management
1531 (2.447 %)OOD
1630 (2.368 %)Software Architecture
1728 (2.210 %)BPEL
1826 (2.052 %)Use Case
1925 (1.973 %)Six Sigma
East of England IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1432 (34.10 %)C++
2350 (27.62 %)SQL
3261 (20.60 %)C#
4231 (18.23 %)JavaScript
5230 (18.15 %)C
6148 (11.68 %)PHP
762 (4.893 %)Perl
848 (3.788 %)Python
947 (3.710 %)PL/SQL
1042 (3.315 %)Objective-C
1042 (3.315 %)VB.NET
1132 (2.526 %)Ruby
1225 (1.973 %)VC++
1225 (1.973 %)Delphi
1320 (1.579 %)Assembly Language
1419 (1.500 %)Embedded C
1512 (0.947 %)Bash shell
1611 (0.868 %)AWK
1710 (0.789 %)VB
187 (0.552 %)Embedded C++
East of England IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1399 (31.49 %)Degree
265 (5.130 %)Security Cleared
336 (2.841 %)PhD
425 (1.973 %)SC Cleared
510 (0.789 %)DV Cleared
68 (0.631 %)IBM Certification
74 (0.316 %)PRINCE2 Certification
83 (0.237 %)Postgraduate
83 (0.237 %)ISEB
83 (0.237 %)PMP
83 (0.237 %)PMI Certification
83 (0.237 %)APMP
92 (0.158 %)Microsoft Certification
92 (0.158 %)A+ Certification
92 (0.158 %)ITIL Certification
92 (0.158 %)MCAD
92 (0.158 %)MCSD
101 (0.079 %)MBA
East of England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
130 (2.368 %)QA
23 (0.237 %)SLA
32 (0.158 %)ISO9001
41 (0.079 %)TickIT
41 (0.079 %)ISO12207
East of England IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
14 (0.316 %)Oracle RMAN
East of England IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (0.316 %)Data Guard
14 (0.316 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
14 (0.316 %)Nagios
14 (0.316 %)Tivoli
22 (0.158 %)HP Quality Center
31 (0.079 %)MSI
East of England IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1320 (25.26 %)Oracle
295 (7.498 %)JBoss
358 (4.578 %)Microsoft
435 (2.762 %)Google
533 (2.605 %)Symbian
626 (2.052 %)Sybase
626 (2.052 %)IBM
725 (1.973 %)SAP
820 (1.579 %)Open Text
820 (1.579 %)BEA
917 (1.342 %)Sun
108 (0.631 %)Red Hat
116 (0.474 %)Apple
125 (0.395 %)TIBCO
133 (0.237 %)webMethods
133 (0.237 %)Wall Street Systems
142 (0.158 %)Pega
142 (0.158 %)Zend
142 (0.158 %)Pegasystems
142 (0.158 %)Remedy