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This section looks at the demand for Lucene skills within the 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 Lucene over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkLucene
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank796945
Rank change on same period last yearUp+149
Matching permanent IT job ads10145
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.054 %0.019 %
As % of the category below0.174 %0.063 %
Salaries quoted9545
Average minimum salary£41,733£40,956
Average salary£46,738£43,256
% change on same period last year+8.05 %
Average maximum salary£51,743£45,556
UK excluding London average salary£46,882£42,338
% change on same period last year+10.73 %
England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching permanent IT job ads5803371917
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled31.23 %29.98 %
Salaries quoted5025559400
Average minimum salary£37,047£38,806
Average salary£40,621£42,616
% change on same period last year-4.68 %
Average maximum salary£44,195£46,426
UK excluding London average salary£35,949£36,837
% change on same period last year-2.40 %
Lucene UKLucene
UK

Lucene
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Lucene across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

England Lucene Demand Trend

Lucene
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Lucene across the England region.

England Lucene Salary Trend

Lucene
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Lucene across the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

England Lucene Salary Histogram

Lucene
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lucene within the England region over the 3 months to 21 August 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
South EastUp+8976£48,069+8.22 %
LondonUp+8520£46,125+1.65 %
East of EnglandUp+232£23,500-25.39 %
North WestUp+82£30,000+9.09 %
West MidlandsNew entry-1£32,500-
Lucene UKLucene
UK

Lucene
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing Lucene 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 Lucene.

1115 (87.12 %)Java
2113 (85.61 %)Hibernate
3105 (79.55 %)Spring
485 (64.39 %)J2EE
552 (39.39 %)AJAX
651 (38.64 %)MySQL
651 (38.64 %)JSP
750 (37.88 %)XML
849 (37.12 %)JSF
947 (35.61 %)Content Management
1044 (33.33 %)Degree
1044 (33.33 %)JavaScript
1139 (29.55 %)CSS
1238 (28.79 %)HTML
1331 (23.48 %)JDBC
1331 (23.48 %)JBoss
1430 (22.73 %)Struts
1529 (21.97 %)EJB
1628 (21.21 %)SQL Server
1628 (21.21 %)DB2
1727 (20.45 %)Oracle
1727 (20.45 %)Java EE
1727 (20.45 %)Health
1826 (19.70 %)JSTL
1826 (19.70 %)RDBMS
1925 (18.94 %)E-Commerce
1925 (18.94 %)Linux
2024 (18.18 %)Education
2117 (12.88 %)Internet
2215 (11.36 %)OO

Lucene
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing Lucene 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 Lucene. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1113 (85.61 %)Hibernate
2105 (79.55 %)Spring
385 (64.39 %)J2EE
452 (39.39 %)AJAX
551 (38.64 %)JSP
650 (37.88 %)XML
749 (37.12 %)JSF
839 (29.55 %)CSS
938 (28.79 %)HTML
1031 (23.48 %)JDBC
1130 (22.73 %)Struts
1229 (21.97 %)EJB
1327 (20.45 %)Java EE
1426 (19.70 %)JSTL
1512 (9.091 %)Velocity
169 (6.818 %)Servlets
169 (6.818 %)WebServices
178 (6.061 %)JMS
178 (6.061 %)JAXB
178 (6.061 %)JSR 168
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
131 (23.48 %)JBoss
26 (4.545 %)Tomcat
34 (3.030 %)Apache
42 (1.515 %)Resin
51 (0.758 %)MS Exchange
51 (0.758 %)CMS
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11 (0.758 %)MS Excel
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
117 (12.88 %)Internet
23 (2.273 %)TCP/IP
23 (2.273 %)SMTP
32 (1.515 %)FTP
41 (0.758 %)LDAP
41 (0.758 %)Broadband
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
151 (38.64 %)MySQL
228 (21.21 %)SQL Server
228 (21.21 %)DB2
326 (19.70 %)RDBMS
42 (1.515 %)Text Mining
42 (1.515 %)Data Mining
51 (0.758 %)SQL Server 2005
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
17 (5.303 %)Eclipse
24 (3.030 %)Ant
24 (3.030 %)JUnit
33 (2.273 %)Subversion
42 (1.515 %)Flash
51 (0.758 %)Log4j
51 (0.758 %)NUnit
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
127 (20.45 %)Health
224 (18.18 %)Education
312 (9.091 %)Music
411 (8.333 %)Music Industry
52 (1.515 %)Publishing
52 (1.515 %)Games
61 (0.758 %)Multimedia
61 (0.758 %)Finance
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
187 (65.91 %)Developer
271 (53.79 %)Java Developer
322 (16.67 %)Senior Developer
420 (15.15 %)Architect
420 (15.15 %)J2EE Developer
516 (12.12 %)Java/J2EE Developer
615 (11.36 %)Technical Architect
714 (10.61 %)Java Architect
813 (9.848 %)Senior Java Developer
813 (9.848 %)Java Technical Architect
911 (8.333 %)Senior J2EE Developer
109 (6.818 %)Java Programmer
109 (6.818 %)Programmer
118 (6.061 %)Technical Team Leader
118 (6.061 %)Java Team Leader
118 (6.061 %)Team Leader
118 (6.061 %)Software Team Leader
127 (5.303 %)Software Developer
135 (3.788 %)Software Engineer
135 (3.788 %)Analyst
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
110 (7.576 %)Web 2.0
23 (2.273 %)Computer Science
32 (1.515 %)Mathematics
32 (1.515 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
41 (0.758 %)Management Information System
41 (0.758 %)E-Learning
41 (0.758 %)German Language
41 (0.758 %)Italian Language
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
125 (18.94 %)Linux
213 (9.848 %)UNIX
36 (4.545 %)Windows
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
147 (35.61 %)Content Management
225 (18.94 %)E-Commerce
315 (11.36 %)OO
44 (3.030 %)UML
44 (3.030 %)Web Development
53 (2.273 %)Unit Testing
53 (2.273 %)Agile Software Development
62 (1.515 %)Asset Management
62 (1.515 %)Scrum
62 (1.515 %)Information Security
71 (0.758 %)Service Delivery
71 (0.758 %)Information Management
71 (0.758 %)Software Engineering
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1115 (87.12 %)Java
244 (33.33 %)JavaScript
35 (3.788 %)Perl
35 (3.788 %)C
44 (3.030 %)C#
44 (3.030 %)SQL
52 (1.515 %)ActionScript
52 (1.515 %)C++
52 (1.515 %)DHTML
52 (1.515 %)PHP
61 (0.758 %)Erlang
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
144 (33.33 %)Degree
21 (0.758 %)CISSP
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.758 %)QA
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
11 (0.758 %)MIMEsweeper
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
127 (20.45 %)Oracle
24 (3.030 %)IBM
32 (1.515 %)Adobe
32 (1.515 %)Quark
41 (0.758 %)Clearswift
41 (0.758 %)BT
41 (0.758 %)Infragistics
41 (0.758 %)Google
41 (0.758 %)Dundas