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The table below looks at the demand for Swing (Java) skills within the East of England region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Swing over the 3 months to 10 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSwing (Java)
Location
3 months to
10 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank253244
Rank change on same period last yearDown-9
Matching permanent IT job ads2150
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.012 %0.022 %
As % of the category below0.477 %1.013 %
Salaries quoted1648
Average minimum salary£32,625£35,800
Average salary£36,469£40,300
% change on same period last year-9.50 %
Average maximum salary£40,313£44,800
UK excluding London average salary£37,353£37,934
% change on same period last year-1.53 %
East of England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
East of England
Matching permanent IT job ads44014938
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.548 %2.125 %
Salaries quoted38654311
Average minimum salary£34,624£35,042
Average salary£37,773£38,503
% change on same period last year-1.89 %
Average maximum salary£40,923£41,964
UK excluding London average salary£35,990£36,664
% change on same period last year-1.83 %
Swing EnglandSwing
England

Swing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 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 Demand Trend

Swing
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Swing across the East of England region over the 3 months to 10 October 2008.

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 10 October 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
CambridgeshireUp+89£43,900+7.86 %
EssexUp+57£31,071-36.02 %
BedfordshireNew entry-4£36,000-
HertfordshireDown-71£38,500+0.04 %
Swing EnglandSwing
England

Swing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

174 (100.00 %)Java
238 (51.35 %)Oracle
333 (44.59 %)OO
432 (43.24 %)SQL
526 (35.14 %)PL/SQL
618 (24.32 %)Struts
716 (21.62 %)XML
716 (21.62 %)J2SE
814 (18.92 %)Servlets
913 (17.57 %)JSP
913 (17.57 %)J2EE
913 (17.57 %)Games
1011 (14.86 %)Linux
1110 (13.51 %)JBoss
1110 (13.51 %)Back Office
129 (12.16 %)UNIX
129 (12.16 %)HTML
129 (12.16 %)JUnit
138 (10.81 %)JavaScript
138 (10.81 %)UML
138 (10.81 %)EJB
138 (10.81 %)Apache
138 (10.81 %)Spring
138 (10.81 %)Hibernate
147 (9.459 %)CSS
156 (8.108 %)PHP
156 (8.108 %)Oracle 9i
156 (8.108 %)OOD
156 (8.108 %)Eclipse
156 (8.108 %)Oracle 10g

Swing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 10 October 2008, 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.

East of England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
118 (24.32 %)Struts
216 (21.62 %)XML
216 (21.62 %)J2SE
314 (18.92 %)Servlets
413 (17.57 %)JSP
413 (17.57 %)J2EE
59 (12.16 %)HTML
68 (10.81 %)EJB
68 (10.81 %)Hibernate
68 (10.81 %)Spring
77 (9.459 %)CSS
85 (6.757 %)JavaBeans
85 (6.757 %)XSLT
85 (6.757 %)WebServices
94 (5.405 %)OpenGL
94 (5.405 %)DirectX
94 (5.405 %)AWT
94 (5.405 %)SWT
102 (2.703 %)WebSphere
102 (2.703 %)JDBC
East of England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
110 (13.51 %)JBoss
28 (10.81 %)Apache
34 (5.405 %)Tomcat
42 (2.703 %)WebLogic
51 (1.351 %)CMS
East of England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
13 (4.054 %)Quicktime
East of England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
15 (6.757 %)Internet
22 (2.703 %)3G
22 (2.703 %)SSL
31 (1.351 %)2G
31 (1.351 %)GSM
31 (1.351 %)3GPP
31 (1.351 %)VoIP
East of England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16 (8.108 %)Oracle 9i
16 (8.108 %)Oracle 10g
24 (5.405 %)SQL Server
32 (2.703 %)DB2
41 (1.351 %)PostgreSQL
East of England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
19 (12.16 %)JUnit
26 (8.108 %)Eclipse
33 (4.054 %)Ant
42 (2.703 %)StarTeam
51 (1.351 %)JMeter
East of England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
113 (17.57 %)Games
210 (13.51 %)Back Office
36 (8.108 %)Telecoms
36 (8.108 %)Online Games
45 (6.757 %)Retail
53 (4.054 %)Animation
53 (4.054 %)Construction
61 (1.351 %)Avionics
61 (1.351 %)Automotive
East of England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
164 (86.49 %)Developer
260 (81.08 %)Java Developer
326 (35.14 %)Java Swing Developer
415 (20.27 %)Software Engineer
510 (13.51 %)Java Software Engineer
66 (8.108 %)J2EE Developer
66 (8.108 %)Java Programmer
66 (8.108 %)Senior Developer
66 (8.108 %)Programmer
66 (8.108 %)Software Developer
66 (8.108 %)Java Software Developer
66 (8.108 %)Java/J2EE Developer
75 (6.757 %)J2EE Software Engineer
84 (5.405 %)Oracle Developer
93 (4.054 %)Senior Software Engineer
93 (4.054 %)Senior Java Developer
102 (2.703 %)JSP Developer
102 (2.703 %)C++ Software Engineer
111 (1.351 %)UNIX Engineer
111 (1.351 %)Software Development Engineer
East of England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (8.108 %)Multithreading
23 (4.054 %)Physics
23 (4.054 %)Computer Science
32 (2.703 %)Fat Client
32 (2.703 %)Client/Server
32 (2.703 %)Thin Client
East of England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
111 (14.86 %)Linux
29 (12.16 %)UNIX
35 (6.757 %)Windows
41 (1.351 %)Mac OS X
41 (1.351 %)Debian
East of England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
133 (44.59 %)OO
28 (10.81 %)UML
36 (8.108 %)OOD
44 (5.405 %)OOP
53 (4.054 %)Logistics
53 (4.054 %)Business Analysis
62 (2.703 %)Technical Architecture
62 (2.703 %)Agile Software Development
62 (2.703 %)OOA/OOD
62 (2.703 %)Validation
71 (1.351 %)Extreme Programming
71 (1.351 %)Project Management
71 (1.351 %)E-Commerce
71 (1.351 %)V-Model
71 (1.351 %)Requirements Analysis
East of England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
174 (100.00 %)Java
232 (43.24 %)SQL
326 (35.14 %)PL/SQL
48 (10.81 %)JavaScript
56 (8.108 %)PHP
64 (5.405 %)C++
71 (1.351 %)C
71 (1.351 %)VB
71 (1.351 %)VBA
71 (1.351 %)VB6
East of England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (5.405 %)Sun Certification
23 (4.054 %)Degree
31 (1.351 %)SAP Certification
East of England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (1.351 %)QA
East of England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
138 (51.35 %)Oracle
24 (5.405 %)Sun
32 (2.703 %)Borland
32 (2.703 %)IBM
41 (1.351 %)Microsoft
41 (1.351 %)SAP