The first table below looks at the demand for Swing skills in IT jobs advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Swing 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 of the Application Development category for the Hertfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Swing (Java)
Rank 121 139 162
Rank change year-on-year
+18 +23
Permanent jobs citing Swing 19 11 4
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.771% 0.437% 0.119%
As % of the Application Development category 2.227% 1.026% 0.349%
Number of salaries quoted 18 11 4
Average salary £35,000 £42,500 £33,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-17.64% +25.92%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £29,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £50,000 £35,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £45,000 £38,500
% change year-on-year
-16.66% +16.88%
All Application Development
Hertfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
853 1072 1145
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 34.60% 42.56% 33.95%
Number of salaries quoted 712 882 970
Average salary £42,000 £42,500 £42,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.17% +1.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £28,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £58,350 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Swing
East of England

Swing
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire Swing Jobs Demand Trend

Swing
Salary Trend

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

Hertfordshire Swing Salary Trend

Swing
Salary Histogram

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

Hertfordshire Swing Salary Histogram

Swing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Swing 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
Bishop's Stortford - 3 £22,500 -
Hertford -16 1 £50,000 +122.22%
Swing
East of England

Swing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Swing 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 Swing.

1 30 (100.00%) Java
2 25 (83.33%) SQL
3 24 (80.00%) Oracle
4 18 (60.00%) SQL Server
5 17 (56.67%) MySQL
5 17 (56.67%) Degree
6 16 (53.33%) Computer Science
6 16 (53.33%) PHP
7 14 (46.67%) Perl
7 14 (46.67%) Web Services
7 14 (46.67%) Python
8 13 (43.33%) Windows
9 12 (40.00%) XML
10 11 (36.67%) Retail
10 11 (36.67%) Data Analysis
11 10 (33.33%) Web Development
11 10 (33.33%) J2EE
11 10 (33.33%) JDBC
11 10 (33.33%) JSP
12 9 (30.00%) Visualisation
13 8 (26.67%) Spring
13 8 (26.67%) WebSphere
13 8 (26.67%) Unit Testing
13 8 (26.67%) Multithreading
13 8 (26.67%) Servlets
13 8 (26.67%) JavaScript
13 8 (26.67%) XSLT
13 8 (26.67%) WebLogic
13 8 (26.67%) JBoss
13 8 (26.67%) Struts

Swing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing Swing 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 Swing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (46.67%) Web Services
2 12 (40.00%) XML
3 10 (33.33%) J2EE
3 10 (33.33%) JDBC
3 10 (33.33%) JSP
4 8 (26.67%) Spring
4 8 (26.67%) WebSphere
4 8 (26.67%) Servlets
4 8 (26.67%) XSLT
4 8 (26.67%) Struts
4 8 (26.67%) XML Schema
5 6 (20.00%) Hibernate
5 6 (20.00%) JAXB
5 6 (20.00%) Castor
5 6 (20.00%) JiBX
5 6 (20.00%) XMLBeans
6 4 (13.33%) HTML
7 3 (10.00%) J2SE
8 2 (6.667%) Cocoa
8 2 (6.667%) LAMP
Application Platforms
1 8 (26.67%) WebLogic
1 8 (26.67%) Tomcat
2 6 (20.00%) Oracle Workflow
3 2 (6.667%) Apache
Applications
1 3 (10.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Retail-J
Communications & Networking
1 2 (6.667%) TCP/IP
1 2 (6.667%) UPnP
2 1 (3.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 18 (60.00%) SQL Server
2 17 (56.67%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 6 (20.00%) Eclipse
1 6 (20.00%) Ant
1 6 (20.00%) Maven
1 6 (20.00%) Subversion
2 2 (6.667%) Automake
2 2 (6.667%) GCC
General
1 11 (36.67%) Retail
2 2 (6.667%) Pharmaceutical
2 2 (6.667%) Music
2 2 (6.667%) Multimedia
3 1 (3.333%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 24 (80.00%) Developer
2 23 (76.67%) Java Developer
3 8 (26.67%) Junior
3 8 (26.67%) Senior Developer
3 8 (26.67%) Junior Developer
3 8 (26.67%) Junior Java Developer
3 8 (26.67%) Senior Java Developer
4 5 (16.67%) Java Swing Developer
5 3 (10.00%) Systems Engineer
6 2 (6.667%) Senior J2EE Developer
6 2 (6.667%) Engineering Manager
6 2 (6.667%) J2EE Developer
6 2 (6.667%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 1 (3.333%) Software Manager
7 1 (3.333%) Graduate
7 1 (3.333%) Senior Systems Engineer
7 1 (3.333%) Team Leader
7 1 (3.333%) Java Team Leader
7 1 (3.333%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 16 (53.33%) Computer Science
2 9 (30.00%) Visualisation
3 4 (13.33%) Mobile App
4 3 (10.00%) EPoS
5 2 (6.667%) Open Source
5 2 (6.667%) Informatics
5 2 (6.667%) Mathematics
6 1 (3.333%) Web 2.0
6 1 (3.333%) Chemistry
6 1 (3.333%) Biotechnology
6 1 (3.333%) Embedded Systems
Operating Systems
1 13 (43.33%) Windows
2 5 (16.67%) Apple iOS
2 5 (16.67%) Android
2 5 (16.67%) Linux
3 2 (6.667%) Embedded Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 11 (36.67%) Data Analysis
2 10 (33.33%) Web Development
3 8 (26.67%) Unit Testing
3 8 (26.67%) Multithreading
4 6 (20.00%) Workflow
4 6 (20.00%) MVC
4 6 (20.00%) CRM
4 6 (20.00%) ERP
4 6 (20.00%) SOA
5 5 (16.67%) Web Application Development
6 3 (10.00%) Mobile Application Development
6 3 (10.00%) Agile Software Development
7 2 (6.667%) Yourdon
7 2 (6.667%) UML
7 2 (6.667%) Software Engineering
8 1 (3.333%) Data Visualisation
8 1 (3.333%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 30 (100.00%) Java
2 25 (83.33%) SQL
3 16 (53.33%) PHP
4 14 (46.67%) Perl
4 14 (46.67%) Python
5 8 (26.67%) JavaScript
6 2 (6.667%) Objective-C
6 2 (6.667%) C
6 2 (6.667%) C++
Qualifications
1 17 (56.67%) Degree
2 3 (10.00%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.333%) PCI DSS
Vendors
1 24 (80.00%) Oracle
2 8 (26.67%) JBoss
3 3 (10.00%) Sun
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
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
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
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 - £60000.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013