The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Java 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 Senior Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 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
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Java Developer
Rank 83 90 92
Rank change year-on-year
+7 +2
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Java Developer 9 3 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 0.851% 0.224% 0.584%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.892% 0.234% 0.611%
Number of salaries quoted 6 3 9
Average salary £46,250 £42,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.82% +6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £36,500 £34,000
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £42,500 £51,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
All Job Titles
Edinburgh
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1009 1284 1472
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Edinburgh 95.46% 95.82% 95.46%
Number of salaries quoted 587 951 1062
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%
Senior Java Developer
Scotland

Senior Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Edinburgh Senior Java Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Java Developer
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh Senior Java Developer Salary Trend

Senior Java Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Java Developer across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Edinburgh Senior Java Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Senior Java 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 Senior Java Developer in their job title.

1 15 (100.00%) Java
2 9 (60.00%) Web Services
3 6 (40.00%) XML
3 6 (40.00%) Objective-C
3 6 (40.00%) Android
4 5 (33.33%) RESTful
4 5 (33.33%) JSON
4 5 (33.33%) Linux
4 5 (33.33%) Oracle
4 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
5 4 (26.67%) Eclipse
5 4 (26.67%) HTML5
6 3 (20.00%) CSS3
6 3 (20.00%) Cocoa Touch
6 3 (20.00%) Open Source
6 3 (20.00%) Multithreading
6 3 (20.00%) Product Management
6 3 (20.00%) OO
6 3 (20.00%) .NET
6 3 (20.00%) Windows
6 3 (20.00%) Visual Studio
6 3 (20.00%) ASP.NET
6 3 (20.00%) CSS
6 3 (20.00%) C++
6 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
6 3 (20.00%) Publishing
6 3 (20.00%) SQLite
6 3 (20.00%) Jython
6 3 (20.00%) Cocoa
6 3 (20.00%) Xcode

Senior Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Edinburgh region that cited Senior Java 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 Senior Java Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (60.00%) Web Services
2 6 (40.00%) XML
3 5 (33.33%) JSON
3 5 (33.33%) RESTful
4 4 (26.67%) HTML5
5 3 (20.00%) CSS3
5 3 (20.00%) Cocoa Touch
5 3 (20.00%) ASP.NET
5 3 (20.00%) CSS
5 3 (20.00%) .NET
5 3 (20.00%) Cocoa
6 2 (13.33%) Hibernate
6 2 (13.33%) JMS
6 2 (13.33%) iOS SDK
6 2 (13.33%) jQuery
6 2 (13.33%) WebSphere
7 1 (6.667%) Java SE
7 1 (6.667%) Struts2
7 1 (6.667%) WSDL
7 1 (6.667%) J2EE
Application Platforms
1 1 (6.667%) WebSphere Application Server
1 1 (6.667%) WebLogic
1 1 (6.667%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.667%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 3 (20.00%) SQLite
3 1 (6.667%) Oracle 8/8i
Development Applications
1 4 (26.67%) Eclipse
2 3 (20.00%) Xcode
2 3 (20.00%) Visual Studio
3 1 (6.667%) Ant
3 1 (6.667%) Subversion
3 1 (6.667%) Team Foundation Server
General
1 3 (20.00%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 3 (20.00%) Management Information System
1 3 (20.00%) Open Source
2 1 (6.667%) Mobile App
2 1 (6.667%) Blackberry
2 1 (6.667%) Mathematics
2 1 (6.667%) Computer Science
2 1 (6.667%) iPhone
2 1 (6.667%) Visualisation
Operating Systems
1 6 (40.00%) Android
2 5 (33.33%) Linux
3 3 (20.00%) Windows
4 2 (13.33%) Apple iOS
5 1 (6.667%) Windows Phone
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (20.00%) OO
1 3 (20.00%) Multithreading
1 3 (20.00%) Product Management
2 2 (13.33%) Web Development
3 1 (6.667%) Mobile Application Development
3 1 (6.667%) OOD
3 1 (6.667%) SOA
3 1 (6.667%) Configuration Management
3 1 (6.667%) Agile Software Development
3 1 (6.667%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 15 (100.00%) Java
2 6 (40.00%) Objective-C
3 3 (20.00%) Jython
3 3 (20.00%) C++
4 2 (13.33%) JavaScript
4 2 (13.33%) C
4 2 (13.33%) SQL
5 1 (6.667%) Python
5 1 (6.667%) C#
5 1 (6.667%) Perl
5 1 (6.667%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (13.33%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (33.33%) Oracle
2 1 (6.667%) Sun
Edinburgh, Midlothian
Extensive knowledge and proven experience in the following technologies is critical to the success: Java (Web development) JavaScript / AJAX/ JQuery. JBOSS / Apache / Linux. XML/XSLT. HTML/CSS. Oracle...
Sanderson
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
This role would suit a Senior Software Developer with 10+ years object oriented design and coding experience in Java or C++... You will need strong communication skills and...
IT Connections
Salary: £50,000 to £55,000
Posted: 14 May 2013