The first table below looks at the demand for Swing 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 Swing over the 3 months to 22 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 Application Development category for the East of England region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Swing (Java)
Rank 244 174 217
Rank change year-on-year
-70 +43
Permanent jobs citing Swing 21 101 48
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.253% 1.139% 0.511%
As % of the Application Development category 0.618% 2.412% 1.183%
Number of salaries quoted 20 77 45
Average salary £35,000 £45,000 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-22.22% +21.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £29,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,250 £57,500 £46,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £45,000 £38,250
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +17.64%
All Application Development
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
3398 4187 4059
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 40.97% 47.24% 43.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3068 3565 3540
Average salary £38,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.00% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Swing
England

Swing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England Swing Jobs Demand Trend

Swing
Salary Trend

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

East of England Swing Salary Trend

Swing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Swing across the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

East of England Swing Salary Histogram

Swing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Swing within the East of England region over the 3 months to 22 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 +11 18 £35,000 -17.64%
Cambridgeshire -8 3 £33,000 -16.98%
Swing
England

Swing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing Swing 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 Swing.

1 51 (100.00%) Java
2 42 (82.35%) SQL
3 39 (76.47%) Oracle
4 27 (52.94%) Degree
5 25 (49.02%) J2EE
6 24 (47.06%) SQL Server
6 24 (47.06%) Computer Science
7 22 (43.14%) MySQL
8 20 (39.22%) Perl
8 20 (39.22%) Python
9 19 (37.25%) Web Services
9 19 (37.25%) XML
10 18 (35.29%) WebSphere
11 17 (33.33%) Spring
11 17 (33.33%) Hibernate
11 17 (33.33%) PHP
12 16 (31.37%) JavaScript
12 16 (31.37%) Tomcat
13 15 (29.41%) Struts
13 15 (29.41%) Agile Software Development
13 15 (29.41%) Maven
14 14 (27.45%) JBoss
14 14 (27.45%) Windows
14 14 (27.45%) XSLT
14 14 (27.45%) JSP
14 14 (27.45%) Servlets
14 14 (27.45%) Unit Testing
15 13 (25.49%) WebLogic
16 12 (23.53%) Retail
16 12 (23.53%) HTML

Swing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England region citing Swing 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 Swing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 25 (49.02%) J2EE
2 19 (37.25%) Web Services
2 19 (37.25%) XML
3 18 (35.29%) WebSphere
4 17 (33.33%) Spring
4 17 (33.33%) Hibernate
5 15 (29.41%) Struts
6 14 (27.45%) XSLT
6 14 (27.45%) JSP
6 14 (27.45%) Servlets
7 12 (23.53%) HTML
8 10 (19.61%) JDBC
9 9 (17.65%) CSS
10 8 (15.69%) XML Schema
11 7 (13.73%) JMS
12 6 (11.76%) Castor
12 6 (11.76%) JiBX
12 6 (11.76%) XMLBeans
12 6 (11.76%) AWT
12 6 (11.76%) JAXB
Application Platforms
1 16 (31.37%) Tomcat
2 13 (25.49%) WebLogic
3 6 (11.76%) Oracle Workflow
3 6 (11.76%) Apache
4 5 (9.804%) GlassFish
5 4 (7.843%) RabbitMQ
6 1 (1.961%) JRun
Applications
1 3 (5.882%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (1.961%) Retail-J
Communications & Networking
1 3 (5.882%) HTTP
2 1 (1.961%) Internet
2 1 (1.961%) TCP/IP
2 1 (1.961%) UPnP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 24 (47.06%) SQL Server
2 22 (43.14%) MySQL
3 5 (9.804%) Oracle 8/8i
4 4 (7.843%) RDBMS
4 4 (7.843%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 15 (29.41%) Maven
2 11 (21.57%) Ant
3 10 (19.61%) Subversion
4 8 (15.69%) Eclipse
5 5 (9.804%) JUnit
6 4 (7.843%) Git (software)
7 1 (1.961%) StarTeam
7 1 (1.961%) JIRA
7 1 (1.961%) Automake
7 1 (1.961%) GCC
General
1 12 (23.53%) Retail
2 5 (9.804%) Automotive
3 2 (3.922%) Advertising
3 2 (3.922%) Pharmaceutical
4 1 (1.961%) Music
4 1 (1.961%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 44 (86.27%) Developer
2 43 (84.31%) Java Developer
3 13 (25.49%) Senior Java Developer
3 13 (25.49%) Senior Developer
4 9 (17.65%) Junior
4 9 (17.65%) Junior Java Developer
4 9 (17.65%) Junior Developer
5 5 (9.804%) Java Swing Developer
6 3 (5.882%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 3 (5.882%) Systems Engineer
7 2 (3.922%) Programmer
7 2 (3.922%) J2EE Developer
7 2 (3.922%) Java Programmer
7 2 (3.922%) Senior J2EE Developer
8 1 (1.961%) Graduate
8 1 (1.961%) Software Developer
8 1 (1.961%) Web Programmer
8 1 (1.961%) Java Web Developer
8 1 (1.961%) Java Software Developer
8 1 (1.961%) Junior Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 24 (47.06%) Computer Science
2 11 (21.57%) Visualisation
3 7 (13.73%) Open Source
4 6 (11.76%) Informatics
5 3 (5.882%) EPoS
5 3 (5.882%) Mobile App
6 2 (3.922%) Mathematics
7 1 (1.961%) Client/Server
7 1 (1.961%) Web 2.0
7 1 (1.961%) Chemistry
7 1 (1.961%) Biotechnology
Operating Systems
1 14 (27.45%) Windows
2 11 (21.57%) Linux
3 4 (7.843%) Android
3 4 (7.843%) Apple iOS
4 3 (5.882%) UNIX
5 1 (1.961%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (29.41%) Agile Software Development
2 14 (27.45%) Unit Testing
3 11 (21.57%) MVC
3 11 (21.57%) Data Analysis
4 10 (19.61%) Web Development
5 7 (13.73%) OO
5 7 (13.73%) TDD
5 7 (13.73%) Multithreading
6 6 (11.76%) Workflow
6 6 (11.76%) ERP
6 6 (11.76%) CRM
6 6 (11.76%) SOA
6 6 (11.76%) UML
7 5 (9.804%) OOP
7 5 (9.804%) E-Commerce
8 4 (7.843%) Web Application Development
8 4 (7.843%) Information Management
8 4 (7.843%) Project Management
9 3 (5.882%) Mobile Application Development
9 3 (5.882%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 51 (100.00%) Java
2 42 (82.35%) SQL
3 20 (39.22%) Perl
3 20 (39.22%) Python
4 17 (33.33%) PHP
5 16 (31.37%) JavaScript
6 5 (9.804%) PL/SQL
7 4 (7.843%) Ruby
7 4 (7.843%) Lisp
7 4 (7.843%) C#
8 2 (3.922%) C++
9 1 (1.961%) C
9 1 (1.961%) Shell Script
9 1 (1.961%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 27 (52.94%) Degree
2 4 (7.843%) PhD
2 4 (7.843%) Sun Certification
3 1 (1.961%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (3.922%) QA
2 1 (1.961%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 4 (7.843%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 39 (76.47%) Oracle
2 14 (27.45%) JBoss
3 4 (7.843%) VMware
3 4 (7.843%) Sun
4 1 (1.961%) Borland
Hertfordshire
A leading soft warehouse providing enterprise level software to various FTSE 100 companies are seeking a Java developer to join their highly experience and growing team of 15...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 per annum + Competitive Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Hertfordshire
Junior Java developer | 27k + competitive benefits | Hertfordshire. A leading soft warehouse providing enterprise level software to various FTSE 100 companies are seeking a Junior Java developer to join...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £27000 per annum + Competitive Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Hertfordshire, South East
The company develops business intelligence software for clients in the pharmaceutical and engineering industries and are well established with a good reputation. We are currently working with them...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Hertford, South East
Java, J2ee, Developer, Web, Senior, ApplicationI am looking for two talented Senior Developers with a strong Java/J2EE background to work for a rapidly expanding company who specialise...
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Peterborough, Cambridgeshire
Develop solutions using several core technologies like Java, J2EE, EJB, JSP, Oracle, SQL, HTML, and XML... Keywords: Java Software Developer Senior Java Software Developer, UI Java Developer, Java...
Go IT Recruitment Ltd
Salary: From £40,000 to £50,000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Hertfordshire
You will need strong core skills in Java, JDBC, JSP, SQL, MVC framework, Web Services, team leading and design... Core skills and experience - Strong Java programming skills including...
Computer People
Salary: £50000.00 - £60000.00 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Hertfordshire
Core skills and experience *Strong Java programming skills including the use of Java 1.5+ language features *Database Development on MSSQL, Oracle or MySQL using SQL and JDBC *...
Computer People
Salary: £55000.00 - £60000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013