The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Software Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Software Engineer
Rank 78 94 104
Rank change year-on-year
+16 +10
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Software Engineer 7 1 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.652% 0.073% 0.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.682% 0.076% 0.069%
Number of salaries quoted 3 1 1
Average salary £40,000 £38,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% +16.92%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1027 1312 1452
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 95.71% 95.56% 95.28%
Number of salaries quoted 596 960 1055
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java Software Engineer
Scotland

Java Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Java Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Java Software Engineer
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh Java Software Engineer Salary Trend

Java Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Java Software Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Java
2 14 (58.33%) Apache
3 12 (50.00%) Linux
4 11 (45.83%) Perl
5 10 (41.67%) SQL
5 10 (41.67%) Software Engineering
5 10 (41.67%) Internet
6 9 (37.50%) Servlets
7 8 (33.33%) Tomcat
8 7 (29.17%) JBoss
8 7 (29.17%) J2EE
8 7 (29.17%) Agile Software Development
9 6 (25.00%) SOAP
9 6 (25.00%) XML
10 5 (20.83%) RDBMS
10 5 (20.83%) Web Services
10 5 (20.83%) HTML
11 3 (12.50%) JSP
11 3 (12.50%) Android
12 2 (8.333%) Computer Science
12 2 (8.333%) Hibernate
12 2 (8.333%) Subversion
12 2 (8.333%) Spring
12 2 (8.333%) Oracle
12 2 (8.333%) Ant
12 2 (8.333%) Eclipse
12 2 (8.333%) J2ME
13 1 (4.167%) JMS
13 1 (4.167%) OOD
13 1 (4.167%) Windows

Java Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Java Software Engineer 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 Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (37.50%) Servlets
2 7 (29.17%) J2EE
3 6 (25.00%) SOAP
3 6 (25.00%) XML
4 5 (20.83%) Web Services
4 5 (20.83%) HTML
5 3 (12.50%) JSP
6 2 (8.333%) Hibernate
6 2 (8.333%) Spring
6 2 (8.333%) J2ME
7 1 (4.167%) JMS
7 1 (4.167%) JavaBeans
7 1 (4.167%) Swing
7 1 (4.167%) CSS
7 1 (4.167%) JDBC
7 1 (4.167%) .NET
7 1 (4.167%) JSF
7 1 (4.167%) Java EE
7 1 (4.167%) JBoss Seam
7 1 (4.167%) Facelets
Application Platforms
1 14 (58.33%) Apache
2 8 (33.33%) Tomcat
3 1 (4.167%) ActiveMQ
Communications & Networking
1 10 (41.67%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) RDBMS
2 1 (4.167%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (8.333%) Subversion
1 2 (8.333%) Ant
1 2 (8.333%) Eclipse
2 1 (4.167%) JUnit
2 1 (4.167%) Maven
2 1 (4.167%) CruiseControl
2 1 (4.167%) Selenium
2 1 (4.167%) Eclipse RCP
General
1 1 (4.167%) Finance
Miscellaneous
1 2 (8.333%) Computer Science
2 1 (4.167%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 12 (50.00%) Linux
2 3 (12.50%) Android
3 1 (4.167%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (41.67%) Software Engineering
2 7 (29.17%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (4.167%) OOD
3 1 (4.167%) UML
3 1 (4.167%) OO
3 1 (4.167%) Business Analysis
3 1 (4.167%) Scrum
3 1 (4.167%) Extreme Programming
3 1 (4.167%) TDD
3 1 (4.167%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) Java
2 11 (45.83%) Perl
3 10 (41.67%) SQL
4 1 (4.167%) PL/SQL
4 1 (4.167%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 1 (4.167%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (29.17%) JBoss
2 2 (8.333%) Oracle