The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Edinburgh region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 20 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 Programming Languages category for the Edinburgh region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 10 9 6
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Java 172 178 251
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 16.21% 13.13% 16.47%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.97% 26.25% 39.28%
Number of salaries quoted 106 150 198
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,750 £27,500 £29,850
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £45,000 £48,250
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
574 678 639
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 54.10% 50.00% 41.93%
Number of salaries quoted 347 521 461
Average salary £40,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.28% -
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £46,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
Scotland

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Java Jobs Demand Trend

Java
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

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

Edinburgh Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

1 144 (36.36%) SQL
2 130 (32.83%) Oracle
3 128 (32.32%) Finance
4 114 (28.79%) Linux
5 102 (25.76%) C#
6 100 (25.25%) XML
7 99 (25.00%) Degree
8 95 (23.99%) JavaScript
9 85 (21.46%) HTML
10 81 (20.45%) Web Services
11 75 (18.94%) J2EE
12 73 (18.43%) Apache
13 72 (18.18%) CSS
14 71 (17.93%) .NET
15 65 (16.41%) Hibernate
15 65 (16.41%) Agile Software Development
16 63 (15.91%) Software Engineering
16 63 (15.91%) PL/SQL
17 60 (15.15%) TDD
18 59 (14.90%) Perl
19 57 (14.39%) JBoss
20 56 (14.14%) Ajax
21 55 (13.89%) Spring
21 55 (13.89%) OO
22 54 (13.64%) Python
23 53 (13.38%) jQuery
24 52 (13.13%) SQL Server
25 51 (12.88%) RDBMS
25 51 (12.88%) Banking
26 50 (12.63%) JSP

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Application Development
1 100 (25.25%) XML
2 85 (21.46%) HTML
3 81 (20.45%) Web Services
4 75 (18.94%) J2EE
5 72 (18.18%) CSS
6 71 (17.93%) .NET
7 65 (16.41%) Hibernate
8 56 (14.14%) Ajax
9 55 (13.89%) Spring
10 53 (13.38%) jQuery
11 50 (12.63%) JSP
12 49 (12.37%) Servlets
13 40 (10.10%) XSLT
14 38 (9.596%) JSF
15 37 (9.343%) SOAP
16 30 (7.576%) WebSphere
17 27 (6.818%) ASP.NET
18 25 (6.313%) Java EE
19 22 (5.556%) HTML5
20 19 (4.798%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 73 (18.43%) Apache
2 42 (10.61%) Tomcat
3 24 (6.061%) Amazon EC2
4 14 (3.535%) ESB
5 13 (3.283%) WebSphere Application Server
6 9 (2.273%) Drupal
7 7 (1.768%) BizTalk Server
7 7 (1.768%) CMS
8 6 (1.515%) IIS
8 6 (1.515%) MQSeries
8 6 (1.515%) Apache Solr
9 5 (1.263%) Amazon AWS
9 5 (1.263%) Confluence
9 5 (1.263%) SharePoint
10 4 (1.010%) WebLogic
10 4 (1.010%) WebSphere Portal
11 3 (0.758%) TeamSite
11 3 (0.758%) Force.com
12 2 (0.505%) Liferay
12 2 (0.505%) Mule
Applications
1 13 (3.283%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.010%) MS Office
3 1 (0.253%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (1.768%) assyst
2 2 (0.505%) Oracle BPM
2 2 (0.505%) BusinessWorks
3 1 (0.253%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.253%) Tridion
Communications & Networking
1 44 (11.11%) Internet
2 6 (1.515%) HTTP
2 6 (1.515%) TCP/IP
2 6 (1.515%) DNS
3 5 (1.263%) Network Security
4 4 (1.010%) DHCP
5 2 (0.505%) Firewall
5 2 (0.505%) Wireshark
5 2 (0.505%) HTTPS
5 2 (0.505%) SSL
Database & Business Intelligence
1 52 (13.13%) SQL Server
2 51 (12.88%) RDBMS
3 40 (10.10%) MySQL
4 20 (5.051%) DB2
5 11 (2.778%) SQL Server 2005
6 8 (2.020%) PostgreSQL
7 7 (1.768%) PowerCenter
7 7 (1.768%) Hadoop
7 7 (1.768%) NoSQL
7 7 (1.768%) Redis
8 5 (1.263%) Oracle 8/8i
8 5 (1.263%) Oracle 11g
9 4 (1.010%) Informix
10 3 (0.758%) Oracle 10g
10 3 (0.758%) SQLite
11 2 (0.505%) Big Data
11 2 (0.505%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.505%) Data Mining
11 2 (0.505%) TOAD
12 1 (0.253%) OLTP
Development Applications
1 31 (7.828%) Eclipse
2 28 (7.071%) Subversion
3 25 (6.313%) Ant
4 23 (5.808%) JUnit
4 23 (5.808%) Selenium
5 19 (4.798%) Jenkins
6 18 (4.545%) Maven
7 12 (3.030%) JIRA
7 12 (3.030%) CruiseControl
7 12 (3.030%) Git (software)
8 7 (1.768%) PhoneGap
8 7 (1.768%) Appcelerator Titanium
8 7 (1.768%) QuickTest Pro
9 5 (1.263%) LoadRunner
9 5 (1.263%) Hudson
9 5 (1.263%) Oracle APEX
10 4 (1.010%) Fiddler
10 4 (1.010%) Canoo WebTest
10 4 (1.010%) PowerBuilder
10 4 (1.010%) Log4j
General
1 128 (32.32%) Finance
2 51 (12.88%) Banking
3 35 (8.838%) Games
4 12 (3.030%) French Language
4 12 (3.030%) German Language
5 9 (2.273%) Front Office
6 8 (2.020%) Investment Banking
7 7 (1.768%) Telecoms
8 5 (1.263%) Advertising
9 4 (1.010%) Back Office
10 3 (0.758%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.758%) Publishing
11 1 (0.253%) Legal
11 1 (0.253%) Retail Banking
11 1 (0.253%) Marketing
11 1 (0.253%) Retail
11 1 (0.253%) Multimedia
11 1 (0.253%) Billing
Job Titles
1 200 (50.51%) Developer
2 109 (27.53%) Java Developer
3 74 (18.69%) Software Engineer
4 42 (10.61%) Senior Developer
5 39 (9.848%) Software Developer
6 37 (9.343%) Analyst
7 33 (8.333%) Architect
8 24 (6.061%) Java Software Engineer
9 16 (4.040%) Senior Java Developer
9 16 (4.040%) Java Architect
10 15 (3.788%) Java/J2EE Developer
11 14 (3.535%) Technical Analyst
11 14 (3.535%) Systems Analyst
11 14 (3.535%) Web Developer
12 13 (3.283%) Senior Software Engineer
13 12 (3.030%) Senior Analyst
14 11 (2.778%) Graduate
14 11 (2.778%) Consultant
15 10 (2.525%) Technical Architect
15 10 (2.525%) Test Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 43 (10.86%) Computer Science
2 19 (4.798%) Mathematics
3 16 (4.040%) Open Source
4 12 (3.030%) Enterprise Software
5 9 (2.273%) Mobile App
5 9 (2.273%) Grid Computing
6 7 (1.768%) Physics
6 7 (1.768%) Derivative
7 6 (1.515%) Fixed Income
8 5 (1.263%) Replication
9 4 (1.010%) Equities
10 3 (0.758%) Web 2.0
10 3 (0.758%) Exotic Derivative
10 3 (0.758%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
10 3 (0.758%) Blackberry
10 3 (0.758%) Mainframe
10 3 (0.758%) Management Information System
10 3 (0.758%) iPhone
11 2 (0.505%) Hedge funds
11 2 (0.505%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 114 (28.79%) Linux
2 35 (8.838%) UNIX
3 25 (6.313%) Android
4 21 (5.303%) Windows
5 14 (3.535%) Apple iOS
6 5 (1.263%) Solaris
7 3 (0.758%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
8 2 (0.505%) Oracle Linux
8 2 (0.505%) Windows Phone
9 1 (0.253%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 65 (16.41%) Agile Software Development
2 63 (15.91%) Software Engineering
3 60 (15.15%) TDD
4 55 (13.89%) OO
5 47 (11.87%) Continuous Integration
6 33 (8.333%) MVC
7 32 (8.081%) SOA
8 28 (7.071%) UML
8 28 (7.071%) Scrum
8 28 (7.071%) BPMN
9 27 (6.818%) Web Development
10 23 (5.808%) Unit Testing
11 22 (5.556%) Business Analysis
12 20 (5.051%) OOD
13 19 (4.798%) Project Management
14 13 (3.283%) Workflow
15 12 (3.030%) Test Scripting
16 11 (2.778%) Web Testing
16 11 (2.778%) Requirements Analysis
17 10 (2.525%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 144 (36.36%) SQL
2 102 (25.76%) C#
3 95 (23.99%) JavaScript
4 63 (15.91%) PL/SQL
5 59 (14.90%) Perl
6 54 (13.64%) Python
7 48 (12.12%) C++
8 47 (11.87%) PHP
9 15 (3.788%) Ruby
10 13 (3.283%) Korn
10 13 (3.283%) Bash shell
11 11 (2.778%) Objective-C
12 10 (2.525%) VB.NET
13 9 (2.273%) C
14 5 (1.263%) Scala
15 3 (0.758%) Apex Code
15 3 (0.758%) VBA
15 3 (0.758%) Jython
15 3 (0.758%) Groovy
15 3 (0.758%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 99 (25.00%) Degree
2 15 (3.788%) PhD
3 10 (2.525%) Sun Certification
4 6 (1.515%) ISEB
5 5 (1.263%) SC Cleared
5 5 (1.263%) Security Cleared
6 4 (1.010%) Oracle Certification
7 1 (0.253%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (7.071%) QA
2 1 (0.253%) SLA
System Software
1 4 (1.010%) Active Directory
1 4 (1.010%) Oracle RAC
2 2 (0.505%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.505%) Oracle RMAN
2 2 (0.505%) Nmap
3 1 (0.253%) Squid
3 1 (0.253%) Samba
3 1 (0.253%) Sendmail
Systems Management
1 18 (4.545%) Puppet
2 7 (1.768%) Nagios
2 7 (1.768%) Munin
3 4 (1.010%) MIIS
3 4 (1.010%) Oracle Identity Manager
4 2 (0.505%) Data Guard
5 1 (0.253%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 130 (32.83%) Oracle
2 57 (14.39%) JBoss
3 19 (4.798%) Microsoft
4 14 (3.535%) IBM
5 10 (2.525%) Sybase
6 7 (1.768%) Informatica
6 7 (1.768%) Salesforce.com
7 6 (1.515%) Google
8 5 (1.263%) Razor Risk
9 4 (1.010%) Pega
9 4 (1.010%) Canoo
9 4 (1.010%) HP
10 3 (0.758%) Alterian
11 2 (0.505%) Talend
11 2 (0.505%) Dell
11 2 (0.505%) BMC
11 2 (0.505%) TIBCO
11 2 (0.505%) webMethods
11 2 (0.505%) Open Text
11 2 (0.505%) VMware
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