The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Software Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java Software Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
20 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Software Developer
Rank 91 88 94
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +6
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Software Developer 4 5 5
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.335% 0.387% 0.306%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.348% 0.405% 0.322%
Number of salaries quoted 4 5 5
Average salary £52,500 £45,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+16.66% +34.32%
UK excluding London average salary £35,000 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-12.50% +6.66%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1150 1235 1555
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 96.31% 95.66% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 695 872 1145
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,600 £26,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-1.29% +2.66%
Java Software Developer
Scotland

Java Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Java Software Developer across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Edinburgh Java Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Java Software Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Java Software Developer across the Edinburgh region.

Edinburgh Java Software Developer Salary Trend

Java Software Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java Software Developer across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 20 June 2013.

Edinburgh Java Software Developer Salary Histogram

Java Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Java Software Developer in their job title 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 with Java Software Developer in their job title.

1 9 (100.00%) Java
2 7 (77.78%) Degree
3 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
3 4 (44.44%) Agile Software Development
3 4 (44.44%) Software Engineering
3 4 (44.44%) OOD
3 4 (44.44%) OO
4 3 (33.33%) C++
4 3 (33.33%) PHP
4 3 (33.33%) Hibernate
4 3 (33.33%) TDD
4 3 (33.33%) Mathematics
4 3 (33.33%) Visualisation
5 2 (22.22%) Amazon EC2
5 2 (22.22%) Spring
5 2 (22.22%) Java EE
5 2 (22.22%) Swing
5 2 (22.22%) Python
5 2 (22.22%) Internet
5 2 (22.22%) Linux
5 2 (22.22%) Games
5 2 (22.22%) SQL
5 2 (22.22%) J2EE
5 2 (22.22%) JSP
6 1 (11.11%) Servlets
6 1 (11.11%) Windows
6 1 (11.11%) Apache
6 1 (11.11%) HTML
6 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
6 1 (11.11%) MySQL

Java Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 June 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Java Software Developer in their job title 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 with Java Software Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 3 (33.33%) Hibernate
2 2 (22.22%) Spring
2 2 (22.22%) Java EE
2 2 (22.22%) Swing
2 2 (22.22%) J2EE
2 2 (22.22%) JSP
3 1 (11.11%) Servlets
3 1 (11.11%) HTML
3 1 (11.11%) CSS
3 1 (11.11%) JMS
3 1 (11.11%) jQuery
3 1 (11.11%) Spring MVC
3 1 (11.11%) Spring Web Flow
Application Platforms
1 2 (22.22%) Amazon EC2
2 1 (11.11%) Apache
2 1 (11.11%) Tomcat
Communications & Networking
1 2 (22.22%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (11.11%) MySQL
1 1 (11.11%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (11.11%) Ant
1 1 (11.11%) CruiseControl
1 1 (11.11%) Subversion
General
1 2 (22.22%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 4 (44.44%) Computer Science
2 3 (33.33%) Mathematics
2 3 (33.33%) Visualisation
3 1 (11.11%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 2 (22.22%) Linux
2 1 (11.11%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (44.44%) Agile Software Development
1 4 (44.44%) Software Engineering
1 4 (44.44%) OOD
1 4 (44.44%) OO
2 3 (33.33%) TDD
3 1 (11.11%) MVC
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Integration
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 9 (100.00%) Java
2 3 (33.33%) C++
2 3 (33.33%) PHP
3 2 (22.22%) Python
3 2 (22.22%) SQL
4 1 (11.11%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (77.78%) Degree
Vendors
1 1 (11.11%) Oracle