The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Developer
Rank 60 39 62
Rank change year-on-year
-21 +23
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 88 124 119
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 3.570% 4.923% 3.528%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.806% 5.109% 3.780%
Number of salaries quoted 76 89 96
Average salary £45,000 £45,000 £45,000
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £32,500 £33,250
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £60,000 £61,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Job Titles
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2312 2427 3148
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 93.79% 96.35% 93.33%
Number of salaries quoted 1877 1966 2555
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +3.65%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £60,000 £59,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java Developer
East of England

Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Java Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Java Developer
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire Java Developer Salary Trend

Java Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java Developer across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Hertfordshire Java Developer Salary Histogram

Java Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Hertford +6 22 £50,000 +28.20%
St Albans +2 8 £45,000 +28.57%
Rickmansworth -11 7 £47,000 -6.00%
Watford -8 5 £56,250 +18.42%
Tring - 5 £42,500 -
Letchworth - 5 £28,000 -
Bishop's Stortford +6 3 £22,500 -47.05%
Stevenage +1 2 £35,000 -2.77%
Hitchin - 2 - -
Java Developer
East of England

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited 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 Java Developer in their job title.

1 209 (100.00%) Java
2 141 (67.46%) J2EE
3 123 (58.85%) SQL
4 113 (54.07%) Spring
5 112 (53.59%) JSP
6 107 (51.20%) Hibernate
7 105 (50.24%) Oracle
8 93 (44.50%) JavaScript
8 93 (44.50%) Web Services
9 83 (39.71%) Struts
10 78 (37.32%) SQL Server
11 77 (36.84%) XML
12 65 (31.10%) Tomcat
12 65 (31.10%) Degree
13 64 (30.62%) JDBC
14 63 (30.14%) Servlets
15 61 (29.19%) JBoss
16 46 (22.01%) MVC
16 46 (22.01%) Retail
16 46 (22.01%) CSS
17 44 (21.05%) HTML
18 43 (20.57%) Eclipse
18 43 (20.57%) Maven
19 42 (20.10%) Finance
19 42 (20.10%) XSLT
20 38 (18.18%) WebSphere
20 38 (18.18%) MySQL
21 34 (16.27%) Ajax
22 33 (15.79%) Web Development
23 32 (15.31%) PL/SQL

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region that cited 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 Java Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 141 (67.46%) J2EE
2 113 (54.07%) Spring
3 112 (53.59%) JSP
4 107 (51.20%) Hibernate
5 93 (44.50%) Web Services
6 83 (39.71%) Struts
7 77 (36.84%) XML
8 64 (30.62%) JDBC
9 63 (30.14%) Servlets
10 46 (22.01%) CSS
11 44 (21.05%) HTML
12 42 (20.10%) XSLT
13 38 (18.18%) WebSphere
14 34 (16.27%) Ajax
15 30 (14.35%) REST
16 28 (13.40%) EJB
17 27 (12.92%) XHTML
18 24 (11.48%) XML Schema
18 24 (11.48%) jQuery
19 23 (11.00%) Swing
Application Platforms
1 65 (31.10%) Tomcat
2 27 (12.92%) WebLogic
3 18 (8.612%) Oracle Workflow
4 12 (5.742%) WebSphere Application Server
5 7 (3.349%) Apache
6 5 (2.392%) ESB
7 1 (0.478%) WebLogic Portal
Applications
1 12 (5.742%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.478%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 1 (0.478%) Retail-J
Communications & Networking
1 8 (3.828%) Internet
2 7 (3.349%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 78 (37.32%) SQL Server
2 38 (18.18%) MySQL
3 15 (7.177%) DB2
4 10 (4.785%) MongoDB
5 9 (4.306%) Apache Cassandra
5 9 (4.306%) NoSQL
5 9 (4.306%) Big Data
6 3 (1.435%) Oracle 10g
6 3 (1.435%) RDBMS
7 2 (0.957%) TOAD
8 1 (0.478%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 43 (20.57%) Eclipse
1 43 (20.57%) Maven
2 30 (14.35%) JUnit
3 28 (13.40%) Subversion
4 24 (11.48%) Ant
5 10 (4.785%) Jenkins
6 9 (4.306%) Rational Application Developer
6 9 (4.306%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
7 4 (1.914%) NetBeans
8 2 (0.957%) Visual Studio
8 2 (0.957%) JIRA
9 1 (0.478%) Mercurial
9 1 (0.478%) Git (software)
9 1 (0.478%) Hudson
General
1 46 (22.01%) Retail
2 42 (20.10%) Finance
3 19 (9.091%) Games
4 9 (4.306%) Telecoms
5 8 (3.828%) Online Betting
6 6 (2.871%) Advertising
7 3 (1.435%) Marketing
7 3 (1.435%) Banking
8 2 (0.957%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (0.957%) Automotive
9 1 (0.478%) French Language
9 1 (0.478%) Legal
9 1 (0.478%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.478%) Electronics
Miscellaneous
1 27 (12.92%) Computer Science
2 17 (8.134%) Mobile App
3 10 (4.785%) Mathematics
4 8 (3.828%) Online Games
4 8 (3.828%) Visualisation
5 4 (1.914%) Enterprise Software
5 4 (1.914%) Web 2.0
5 4 (1.914%) SaaS
6 3 (1.435%) Digital Media
7 2 (0.957%) Informatics
7 2 (0.957%) Data Integration
8 1 (0.478%) Chemistry
8 1 (0.478%) Biotechnology
8 1 (0.478%) Robotics
8 1 (0.478%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 29 (13.88%) UNIX
2 20 (9.569%) Linux
3 15 (7.177%) Apple iOS
3 15 (7.177%) Android
4 11 (5.263%) Windows
5 1 (0.478%) AIX
5 1 (0.478%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (22.01%) MVC
2 33 (15.79%) Web Development
3 30 (14.35%) E-Commerce
4 29 (13.88%) Multithreading
5 28 (13.40%) SOA
6 26 (12.44%) Agile Software Development
7 23 (11.00%) TDD
8 20 (9.569%) OO
9 18 (8.612%) Workflow
9 18 (8.612%) CRM
9 18 (8.612%) ERP
10 17 (8.134%) Continuous Integration
10 17 (8.134%) Web Application Development
11 16 (7.656%) Scrum
12 13 (6.220%) Content Management
12 13 (6.220%) Mobile Application Development
13 10 (4.785%) Data Analysis
14 9 (4.306%) Unit Testing
14 9 (4.306%) RAD
15 8 (3.828%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 209 (100.00%) Java
2 123 (58.85%) SQL
3 93 (44.50%) JavaScript
4 32 (15.31%) PL/SQL
5 22 (10.53%) Perl
6 17 (8.134%) PHP
7 14 (6.699%) Python
8 10 (4.785%) Groovy
9 9 (4.306%) Bash shell
10 6 (2.871%) C
10 6 (2.871%) Scala
11 3 (1.435%) Apex Code
11 3 (1.435%) C#
12 2 (0.957%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.478%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 65 (31.10%) Degree
2 12 (5.742%) Sun Certification
3 2 (0.957%) SC Cleared
3 2 (0.957%) CTC Cleared
3 2 (0.957%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.478%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (3.828%) QA
2 1 (0.478%) PCI DSS
2 1 (0.478%) SLA
Vendors
1 105 (50.24%) Oracle
2 61 (29.19%) JBoss
3 12 (5.742%) Sun
3 12 (5.742%) IBM
4 3 (1.435%) Salesforce.com
4 3 (1.435%) BEA
5 2 (0.957%) Red Hat
6 1 (0.478%) Thunderhead
6 1 (0.478%) Microsoft
St. Albans, Hertfordshire
Skills Required: - Strong Java knowledge - Full Software Development Lifecycle - Strong JEE knowledge - XML - Linux / Windows Reporting to the Managing Director, you will be tasked with developing the absolute...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40k - 50k + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
St. Albans, Hertfordshire
The role will involve developing Java based e-commerce solutions, to support the product development process in line with the product roadmap for product maintenance and enhancements, supporting...
ISL
Salary: £40000.00 - £50000.00 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Hatfield, Hertfordshire
As an award winning and very innovative company we will give Java Developer the chance to work in a vibrant and intellectually challenging environment... We are looking for...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + be-shares,health,pension+more
Posted: 19 May 2013
Watford, Hertfordshire
An innovative software house at the forefront of technology is seeking bright, passionate Java Developers to work in a R&D environment on their highly technical platforms... As...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + bonus, benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Hertfordshire
A leading soft warehouse providing enterprise level software to various FTSE 100 companies are seeking a Java developer to join their highly experience and growing team of 15...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £35000 per annum + Competitive Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
You will have strong Java & SQL skills as well as JDBC, Struts, Jquery, Ajax, Json, HTMLand Linux system experience. The successful candidate will either have exposure to or...
Heales Medical
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum + performance incentive after 1yr
Posted: 30 April 2013
Hertfordshire
Senior Java Developer, required by a market leading retail brand based in Hertfordshire... The company requires a Senior Java Developer to join their systems development team and play...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + excellent package
Posted: 19 May 2013
Hertfordshire
You will be joining a team of developers on change projects on existing systems where the knowledge of JAVA / J2EE web application experience is needed. Essential experience needed :-...
Lorien Resourcing
Salary: £45000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
Hertfordshire
Junior Java developer | 27k + competitive benefits | Hertfordshire. A leading soft warehouse providing enterprise level software to various FTSE 100 companies are seeking a Junior Java developer to join...
North Point Recruitment
Salary: £27000 per annum + Competitive Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Hertfordshire, South East
The company develops business intelligence software for clients in the pharmaceutical and engineering industries and are well established with a good reputation. We are currently working with them...
DP Connect Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Hertford, South East
Java, J2ee, Developer, Web, Senior, ApplicationI am looking for two talented Senior Developers with a strong Java/J2EE background to work for a rapidly expanding company who specialise...
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Hertford, Hertfordshire
Working knowledge of XML, XML Schema and XSLT. Web Development - JSP, Servlets, JavaScript. Working knowledge of at least one J2EE container such as Tomcat, JBoss, Websphere or Weblogic.....
Parham Consulting
Salary: From £40,000 to £60,000 per annum £40,000 - £60,000 Depending on exper
Posted: 24 May 2013
Hertfordshire
Core skills and experience *Strong Java programming skills including the use of Java 1.5+ language features *Database Development on MSSQL, Oracle or MySQL using SQL and JDBC *...
Computer People
Salary: £55000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Excellent benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013