The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 13 5 18
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +13
Permanent jobs citing Java 333 440 350
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 14.11% 17.18% 9.626%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.70% 30.30% 20.76%
Number of salaries quoted 243 326 298
Average salary £45,500 £45,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.11% +5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £28,200 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £62,500 £64,300 £61,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
1202 1452 1686
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 50.93% 56.70% 46.37%
Number of salaries quoted 955 1188 1437
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £28,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
East of England

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Hertfordshire Java Salary Histogram

Java
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Watford -9 41 £35,000 -18.60% 1
Hertford +1 39 £50,000 +28.20% 1
St Albans 0 36 £45,000 +11.11% 1
Stevenage -8 24 £45,000 +12.50% 1
Hemel Hempstead +17 23 £45,000 -23.40% 2
Welwyn Garden City -9 20 £50,000 +5.26% 5
Letchworth +6 19 £25,000 +16.27% 1
Rickmansworth -2 18 £54,500 +9.00% 2
Borehamwood 0 11 £32,500 +47.72%
Hitchin +5 9 £52,500 +16.66% 2
Bishop's Stortford +5 4 £22,500 -47.05%
Tring - 4 £42,500 -
Potters Bar - 3 £65,000 - 1
Kings Langley +8 1 £57,500 +64.28%
Java
East of England

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

1 323 (43.71%) Oracle
2 289 (39.11%) SQL
3 280 (37.89%) J2EE
4 238 (32.21%) JavaScript
5 209 (28.28%) Finance
6 189 (25.58%) XML
7 175 (23.68%) Retail
8 171 (23.14%) JSP
9 170 (23.00%) Linux
10 168 (22.73%) HTML
11 151 (20.43%) Degree
12 149 (20.16%) Spring
12 149 (20.16%) E-Commerce
13 148 (20.03%) CSS
14 146 (19.76%) SQL Server
15 142 (19.22%) Web Services
16 141 (19.08%) UNIX
17 139 (18.81%) Windows
18 124 (16.78%) WebSphere
19 122 (16.51%) Hibernate
19 122 (16.51%) Tomcat
20 115 (15.56%) Servlets
21 112 (15.16%) Agile Software Development
22 106 (14.34%) .NET
23 105 (14.21%) C++
24 101 (13.67%) HTTP
25 99 (13.40%) IBM
26 97 (13.13%) WebLogic
26 97 (13.13%) JBoss
27 92 (12.45%) C#

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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
1 280 (37.89%) J2EE
2 189 (25.58%) XML
3 171 (23.14%) JSP
4 168 (22.73%) HTML
5 149 (20.16%) Spring
6 148 (20.03%) CSS
7 142 (19.22%) Web Services
8 124 (16.78%) WebSphere
9 122 (16.51%) Hibernate
10 115 (15.56%) Servlets
11 106 (14.34%) .NET
12 88 (11.91%) Struts
13 85 (11.50%) JDBC
14 74 (10.01%) Ajax
15 71 (9.608%) jQuery
16 65 (8.796%) Middleware
17 55 (7.442%) XSLT
18 52 (7.037%) XHTML
19 51 (6.901%) REST
20 44 (5.954%) ASP.NET
Application Platforms
1 122 (16.51%) Tomcat
2 97 (13.13%) WebLogic
3 66 (8.931%) Apache
4 63 (8.525%) WebSphere Application Server
5 44 (5.954%) IIS
6 26 (3.518%) Oracle Workflow
7 22 (2.977%) MQSeries
8 17 (2.300%) ESB
8 17 (2.300%) CMS
9 16 (2.165%) Oracle HTTP Server
10 15 (2.030%) IBM HTTP Server
11 5 (0.677%) Gentran
11 5 (0.677%) Windows Azure
11 5 (0.677%) Sonic ESB
12 4 (0.541%) Confluence
12 4 (0.541%) SharePoint
13 3 (0.406%) Oracle Application Server
13 3 (0.406%) SAS
13 3 (0.406%) Jetty
14 2 (0.271%) Magento
Applications
1 68 (9.202%) MS Excel
2 15 (2.030%) MS Office
3 5 (0.677%) MS Project
4 4 (0.541%) Photoshop
5 2 (0.271%) MS PowerPoint
6 1 (0.135%) SPSS
6 1 (0.135%) Fireworks
Business Applications
1 21 (2.842%) BASE24
2 14 (1.894%) Tridion
3 10 (1.353%) JDE OneWorld
3 10 (1.353%) Taleo
4 9 (1.218%) SAP BPC
5 6 (0.812%) SAP GRC
6 4 (0.541%) SAP R/3
7 1 (0.135%) Oracle Applications
7 1 (0.135%) Remedy ITSM
7 1 (0.135%) Dynamics CRM
7 1 (0.135%) Dynamics AX
7 1 (0.135%) SAP Oil and Gas
7 1 (0.135%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 101 (13.67%) HTTP
2 58 (7.848%) Internet
3 37 (5.007%) TCP/IP
4 23 (3.112%) HTTPS
5 19 (2.571%) DNS
6 16 (2.165%) Firewall
7 10 (1.353%) FTP
7 10 (1.353%) SNMP
8 9 (1.218%) SMPP
9 8 (1.083%) ATM
9 8 (1.083%) DHCP
9 8 (1.083%) Intranet
10 7 (0.947%) Wi-Fi
10 7 (0.947%) Broadband
11 3 (0.406%) UPnP
11 3 (0.406%) SAN
12 1 (0.135%) Wireless
12 1 (0.135%) LAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 146 (19.76%) SQL Server
2 83 (11.23%) DB2
3 63 (8.525%) MySQL
4 22 (2.977%) Oracle 10g
5 21 (2.842%) NoSQL
6 16 (2.165%) Oracle 8/8i
7 15 (2.030%) Oracle 11g
8 13 (1.759%) PostgreSQL
9 12 (1.624%) RDBMS
10 11 (1.488%) Apache Cassandra
11 10 (1.353%) Big Data
11 10 (1.353%) SQL Server 2005
12 9 (1.218%) SAP BW
13 7 (0.947%) OLTP
13 7 (0.947%) Oracle Reports
13 7 (0.947%) MongoDB
13 7 (0.947%) SQL Server 2008
14 6 (0.812%) DbVisualizer
14 6 (0.812%) OLAP
14 6 (0.812%) Oracle OLAP
Development Applications
1 92 (12.45%) Eclipse
2 74 (10.01%) Ant
3 60 (8.119%) Maven
4 50 (6.766%) Subversion
5 33 (4.465%) JUnit
6 22 (2.977%) QuickTest Pro
7 21 (2.842%) Jenkins
8 16 (2.165%) Visual Studio
9 14 (1.894%) Rational Application Developer
10 11 (1.488%) JIRA
11 9 (1.218%) LoadRunner
11 9 (1.218%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
12 8 (1.083%) NetBeans
13 7 (0.947%) Selenium
14 6 (0.812%) Atlassian Bamboo
14 6 (0.812%) JMeter
14 6 (0.812%) FitNesse
14 6 (0.812%) LabVIEW
15 5 (0.677%) ClearQuest
15 5 (0.677%) Rhino Mocks
General
1 209 (28.28%) Finance
2 175 (23.68%) Retail
3 43 (5.819%) Games
4 37 (5.007%) Manufacturing
5 28 (3.789%) Telecoms
6 17 (2.300%) Banking
7 15 (2.030%) Automotive
7 15 (2.030%) Pharmaceutical
8 9 (1.218%) Marketing
8 9 (1.218%) Online Betting
9 7 (0.947%) Advertising
10 6 (0.812%) Retail Banking
10 6 (0.812%) Aerospace
11 5 (0.677%) Multimedia
11 5 (0.677%) Japanese Language
11 5 (0.677%) Electronics
12 4 (0.541%) Back Office
13 3 (0.406%) Legal
13 3 (0.406%) French Language
14 2 (0.271%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 350 (47.36%) Developer
2 203 (27.47%) Java Developer
3 74 (10.01%) Senior Developer
4 69 (9.337%) Analyst
5 60 (8.119%) Senior Java Developer
6 58 (7.848%) Software Developer
7 54 (7.307%) Junior
8 52 (7.037%) Architect
9 45 (6.089%) Web Developer
10 44 (5.954%) Software Engineer
10 44 (5.954%) Tester
11 42 (5.683%) Junior Developer
12 35 (4.736%) Administrator
13 34 (4.601%) Programmer
14 32 (4.330%) Consultant
14 32 (4.330%) Java/J2EE Developer
15 29 (3.924%) Solutions Architect
16 22 (2.977%) Test Engineer
17 21 (2.842%) Senior Tester
18 20 (2.706%) J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 78 (10.55%) Computer Science
2 39 (5.277%) Mobile App
3 19 (2.571%) Visualisation
4 18 (2.436%) Mathematics
5 17 (2.300%) Open Source
6 15 (2.030%) Blog
6 15 (2.030%) Management Information System
7 13 (1.759%) CAN bus
8 12 (1.624%) PKI
9 11 (1.488%) Chemistry
9 11 (1.488%) Handset
9 11 (1.488%) SWIFT
9 11 (1.488%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (1.353%) Online Games
11 9 (1.218%) Firmware
12 8 (1.083%) W3C
12 8 (1.083%) EPoS
13 7 (0.947%) SaaS
13 7 (0.947%) FMCG
14 5 (0.677%) Informatics
Operating Systems
1 170 (23.00%) Linux
2 141 (19.08%) UNIX
3 139 (18.81%) Windows
4 60 (8.119%) Solaris
5 43 (5.819%) AIX
6 37 (5.007%) Android
7 36 (4.871%) Apple iOS
8 14 (1.894%) Mac OS X
9 12 (1.624%) Embedded Linux
10 9 (1.218%) VxWorks
11 7 (0.947%) Windows CE
12 4 (0.541%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
13 3 (0.406%) bada
14 2 (0.271%) CentOS
15 1 (0.135%) Debian
15 1 (0.135%) Fedora
15 1 (0.135%) zOS
15 1 (0.135%) VMS
15 1 (0.135%) Windows 7
15 1 (0.135%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 149 (20.16%) E-Commerce
2 112 (15.16%) Agile Software Development
3 91 (12.31%) MVC
4 83 (11.23%) Web Development
5 66 (8.931%) TDD
6 59 (7.984%) SOA
7 56 (7.578%) Multithreading
8 53 (7.172%) Scrum
9 49 (6.631%) OO
10 44 (5.954%) CRM
11 43 (5.819%) UML
12 41 (5.548%) Content Management
12 41 (5.548%) Project Management
13 39 (5.277%) ERP
14 36 (4.871%) ITIL
15 33 (4.465%) Web Application Development
16 29 (3.924%) Software Engineering
17 28 (3.789%) Integration Testing
18 27 (3.654%) Workflow
19 26 (3.518%) Service Delivery
Programming Languages
1 289 (39.11%) SQL
2 238 (32.21%) JavaScript
3 105 (14.21%) C++
4 92 (12.45%) C#
5 81 (10.96%) C
6 74 (10.01%) PL/SQL
6 74 (10.01%) Python
7 63 (8.525%) PHP
8 60 (8.119%) Perl
9 41 (5.548%) VB
10 36 (4.871%) Shell Script
11 28 (3.789%) VB.NET
12 19 (2.571%) Delphi
13 15 (2.030%) Bash shell
14 14 (1.894%) WebLogic Scripting Tool
15 12 (1.624%) Scala
15 12 (1.624%) Ruby
16 11 (1.488%) Embedded C
16 11 (1.488%) Groovy
17 10 (1.353%) ABAP
Qualifications
1 151 (20.43%) Degree
2 17 (2.300%) Sun Certification
3 10 (1.353%) PhD
4 8 (1.083%) ISEB
5 7 (0.947%) Security Cleared
6 6 (0.812%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (0.541%) SC Cleared
8 3 (0.406%) ISTQB
9 2 (0.271%) CTC Cleared
10 1 (0.135%) CISM
10 1 (0.135%) CISSP
10 1 (0.135%) PRINCE2 Certification
10 1 (0.135%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 50 (6.766%) QA
2 18 (2.436%) SLA
3 4 (0.541%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.135%) ISO 8583
4 1 (0.135%) WCAG
4 1 (0.135%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 1 (0.135%) ISO 9000
4 1 (0.135%) PCI DSS
System Software
1 11 (1.488%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
2 4 (0.541%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.135%) Xen
3 1 (0.135%) Squid
3 1 (0.135%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 24 (3.248%) Tivoli
2 13 (1.759%) Netcool
2 13 (1.759%) Netcool/OMNIbus
2 13 (1.759%) Control-M
3 10 (1.353%) HP Quality Center
4 5 (0.677%) Tivoli Monitoring
5 3 (0.406%) Tivoli Storage Manager
5 3 (0.406%) Puppet
6 2 (0.271%) ServiceCenter
7 1 (0.135%) ZABBIX
7 1 (0.135%) Ganglia
Vendors
1 323 (43.71%) Oracle
2 99 (13.40%) IBM
3 97 (13.13%) JBoss
4 66 (8.931%) Microsoft
5 36 (4.871%) Sun
6 28 (3.789%) HP
7 19 (2.571%) SAP
8 14 (1.894%) Google
9 11 (1.488%) BMC
10 10 (1.353%) hybris
10 10 (1.353%) ATG
11 6 (0.812%) Demandware
11 6 (0.812%) Progress
11 6 (0.812%) Thunderhead
12 5 (0.677%) Salesforce.com
12 5 (0.677%) TIBCO
12 5 (0.677%) Cisco
13 4 (0.541%) Atlassian
13 4 (0.541%) Business Objects
13 4 (0.541%) Red Hat
Letchworth Garden City, Hertfordshire
A Java Developer is required to join a FTSE100 organisation working with a team of 13 Java developers on the delivery of finance software, bespoke web applications and...
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Pension, Bonus
Posted: 15 June 2013
Hatfield, Hertfordshire
Java Developer - Latest Technologies / Greenfield Projects - Blue chip An excellent opportunity for high calibre Java Developers to secure a position within a thriving organisation based in central Hatfield,...
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £35000 - £55000 per annum + be-shares,health,pension+more
Posted: 16 June 2013
Hertfordshire
Java Developer, Software Developer, Graduate This is an exciting opportunity to work for an international global informatics solution and service provider as a Graduate Java Developer. Our client...
Sanderson
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 10 June 2013
Welwyn Garden City, Herts
Title: Application Developer (Developer, Programmer) Location: Welwyn Garden City, Herts Key Skills: Developer, programmer, agile, BPM, Java, HTML5, CSS, REST, JSP, XML, .NET, SQL Tesco has built its...
Tesco
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 7 June 2013
Hertfordshire, South East
You will be responsible for the development of their FX web trading tool... This is a PERMANENT position in North London Lead Developer - Hertfordshire - Java - £60,000-£65,...
Computer Futures
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 31 May 2013
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Green Thompson Consulting
Salary: From £40,000 to £45,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 14 June 2013
Hertfordshire, South East
TRG
Salary: 65000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 9 June 2013
Hertfordshire, South East
TRG
Salary: 60000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 5 June 2013
Potters Bar, Hertfordshire
TRG
Salary: £65000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 16 June 2013
Hertford, Hertfordshire
Circle Recruitment
Salary: £50000 - £55000 per annum + Depending on experience
Posted: 15 June 2013
Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire
Understanding Recruitment
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum + 20% bonus, Health and Pension
Posted: 16 June 2013
Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire
Reynolds Catering
Salary: From £30,000 to £33,000 per annum
Posted: 5 June 2013
Hitchin, Hertfordshire
IT Connections
Salary: £45,000 to £60,000
Posted: 14 June 2013
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
Davanti Solutions
Salary: From £30,000 to £32,000 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Welwyn Garden City, South East
Tesco.com
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 3 June 2013
Hertfordshire, South East
Tesco.com
Salary: Very Competitive
Posted: 3 June 2013
Rickmansworth, South East
Claremont Consulting
Salary: £55000 - £60000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013
Welwyn Garden City, South East
Tesco.com
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 3 June 2013
Hertfordshire, South East
Volt
Salary: £48000 - £50000 per annum + Total package £59,000
Posted: 14 June 2013
St. Albans, South East
Computer Futures
Salary: £60000 - £65000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 11 June 2013
Welwyn Garden City
Tesco
Salary: Competitive Salary with Excellent Benefits
Posted: 6 May 2013
Watford, Hertfordshire
IT Talent Solutions
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 13 June 2013
Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire
RDF Resources
Salary: £50000 per annum + £59,000 package
Posted: 14 June 2013
Stevenage, Hertfordshire
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40k - 50k + benefits
Posted: 18 June 2013