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This section looks at the demand for Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) 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 SWT over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkStandard Widget Toolkit (SWT)
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank861727
Rank change on same period last yearDown-134
Matching permanent IT job ads37259
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.020 %0.109 %
As % of the category below0.065 %0.363 %
Salaries quoted25243
Average minimum salary£40,200£56,198
Average salary£43,860£61,500
% change on same period last year-28.68 %
Average maximum salary£47,520£66,802
UK excluding London average salary£35,094£42,225
% change on same period last year-16.88 %
England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching permanent IT job ads5729271325
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled31.28 %29.95 %
Salaries quoted4967758920
Average minimum salary£37,027£38,785
Average salary£40,617£42,616
% change on same period last year-4.69 %
Average maximum salary£44,207£46,448
UK excluding London average salary£35,939£36,846
% change on same period last year-2.45 %
SWT UKSWT
UK

SWT
Demand Trend

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

England SWT Demand Trend

SWT
Salary Trend

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

England SWT Salary Trend

SWT
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing SWT across the England region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

England SWT Salary Histogram

SWT
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing SWT within the England region over the 3 months to 29 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
LondonDown-12918£59,444-5.86 %
South EastUp+4612£34,667-19.71 %
North WestNew entry-3£27,500-
East of EnglandUp+163£37,750-3.20 %
YorkshireNew entry-1£42,500-
SWT UKSWT
UK

SWT
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing SWT 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 SWT.

1139 (95.21 %)Java
2123 (84.25 %)Eclipse
361 (41.78 %)Spring
449 (33.56 %)J2EE
546 (31.51 %)Hibernate
642 (28.77 %)Banking
736 (24.66 %)OO
831 (21.23 %)Agile Software Development
930 (20.55 %)Workflow
930 (20.55 %)Derivative
1028 (19.18 %)Swing
1127 (18.49 %)XML
1225 (17.12 %)Requirements Analysis
1324 (16.44 %)JSP
1423 (15.75 %)Oracle
1423 (15.75 %)Linux
1423 (15.75 %)JMS
1522 (15.07 %)Tomcat
1621 (14.38 %)MySQL
1621 (14.38 %)C#
1621 (14.38 %).NET
1720 (13.70 %)SQL
1818 (12.33 %)Microsoft
1818 (12.33 %)Finance
1818 (12.33 %)Games
1818 (12.33 %).NET Framework
1917 (11.64 %)DB2
1917 (11.64 %)UNIX
2016 (10.96 %)JMX
2115 (10.27 %)Equities

SWT
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the England region citing SWT 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 SWT. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
161 (41.78 %)Spring
249 (33.56 %)J2EE
346 (31.51 %)Hibernate
428 (19.18 %)Swing
527 (18.49 %)XML
624 (16.44 %)JSP
723 (15.75 %)JMS
821 (14.38 %).NET
918 (12.33 %).NET Framework
1016 (10.96 %)JMX
118 (5.479 %)JDBC
127 (4.795 %)EJB
136 (4.110 %)Servlets
136 (4.110 %)XSLT
136 (4.110 %)J2SE
145 (3.425 %)JavaBeans
145 (3.425 %)Middleware
145 (3.425 %)AJAX
145 (3.425 %)JNDI
154 (2.740 %)XML Messaging
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
122 (15.07 %)Tomcat
27 (4.795 %)JBoss
31 (0.685 %)Lotus Notes
31 (0.685 %)Lotus Domino
31 (0.685 %)Rendezvous
31 (0.685 %)WebLogic
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (2.740 %)Photoshop
14 (2.740 %)MS Excel
21 (0.685 %)ImageReady
21 (0.685 %)MS Office
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
14 (2.740 %)LDAP
14 (2.740 %)SMTP
14 (2.740 %)SNMP
14 (2.740 %)Internet
14 (2.740 %)X.400
14 (2.740 %)X.500
14 (2.740 %)X.509
14 (2.740 %)IMAP
21 (0.685 %)Firewall
21 (0.685 %)SSL
21 (0.685 %)HTTP
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
121 (14.38 %)MySQL
217 (11.64 %)DB2
36 (4.110 %)SQL Server
41 (0.685 %)Oracle Reports
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1123 (84.25 %)Eclipse
29 (6.164 %)Ant
29 (6.164 %)JUnit
32 (1.370 %)CruiseControl
32 (1.370 %)Subversion
41 (0.685 %)JIRA
41 (0.685 %)Visual Studio
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
142 (28.77 %)Banking
218 (12.33 %)Finance
218 (12.33 %)Games
310 (6.849 %)Investment Banking
48 (5.479 %)Front Office
57 (4.795 %)Marketing
65 (3.425 %)Telecoms
71 (0.685 %)Military
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1116 (79.45 %)Developer
275 (51.37 %)Java Developer
329 (19.86 %)Senior Developer
418 (12.33 %)Senior Java Developer
515 (10.27 %)C# Developer
611 (7.534 %)Applications Developer
611 (7.534 %)Senior Applications Developer
611 (7.534 %)Java Swing Developer
710 (6.849 %)Development Manager
89 (6.164 %)Java/J2EE Developer
96 (4.110 %)Software Engineer
105 (3.425 %)GUI Developer
114 (2.740 %)Senior Software Engineer
123 (2.055 %)Java Software Engineer
132 (1.370 %)QA Tester
132 (1.370 %)QA Engineer
132 (1.370 %)Lead Java Developer
132 (1.370 %)Senior Java Software Engineer
132 (1.370 %)UI Designer
132 (1.370 %)Lead Developer
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
130 (20.55 %)Derivative
215 (10.27 %)Equities
310 (6.849 %)Exotic Derivative
47 (4.795 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
55 (3.425 %)Interest Rate Derivative
55 (3.425 %)Equity Derivative
55 (3.425 %)Fixed Income
64 (2.740 %)PKI
72 (1.370 %)Multithreading
81 (0.685 %)Management Information System
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
123 (15.75 %)Linux
217 (11.64 %)UNIX
315 (10.27 %)Windows
44 (2.740 %)HPUX
44 (2.740 %)Solaris
44 (2.740 %)Mac OS X
53 (2.055 %)Symbian OS
53 (2.055 %)Windows Mobile
62 (1.370 %)Windows XP
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
136 (24.66 %)OO
231 (21.23 %)Agile Software Development
330 (20.55 %)Workflow
425 (17.12 %)Requirements Analysis
59 (6.164 %)TDD
68 (5.479 %)Asset Management
76 (4.110 %)Scrum
84 (2.740 %)UML
84 (2.740 %)CAD
84 (2.740 %)Software Engineering
93 (2.055 %)Algorithmic Trading
93 (2.055 %)Continuous Integration
93 (2.055 %)Configuration Management
102 (1.370 %)Stress Testing
111 (0.685 %)Time Management
111 (0.685 %)Project Management
111 (0.685 %)Change Management
111 (0.685 %)Risk Management
111 (0.685 %)ITIL
111 (0.685 %)OOD
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1139 (95.21 %)Java
221 (14.38 %)C#
320 (13.70 %)SQL
415 (10.27 %)C++
511 (7.534 %)JavaScript
69 (6.164 %)C
77 (4.795 %)Perl
84 (2.740 %)Tcl
84 (2.740 %)Shell Script
93 (2.055 %)PL/SQL
101 (0.685 %)Python
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
110 (6.849 %)Degree
25 (3.425 %)Sun Certification
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
12 (1.370 %)QA
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
11 (0.685 %)Active Directory
11 (0.685 %)Xen
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
123 (15.75 %)Oracle
218 (12.33 %)Microsoft
36 (4.110 %)TIBCO
45 (3.425 %)Sybase
45 (3.425 %)Sun
53 (2.055 %)Symbian
61 (0.685 %)Novell
61 (0.685 %)Lotus