The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Home Counties region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 22 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 Programming Languages category for the Home Counties region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank - 6 20
Permanent jobs citing Java 0 12 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Home Counties - 15.38% 4.945%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 44.44% 47.37%
Number of salaries quoted 0 12 9
Average salary - £46,250 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +2.77%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Home Counties
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
3 27 19
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the Home Counties 16.67% 34.62% 10.44%
Number of salaries quoted 2 16 19
Average salary £70,000 £45,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+55.55% -
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
South East

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Home Counties 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 Home Counties region.

Home Counties Java Salary Trend

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) XML
1 2 (66.67%) UNIX
2 1 (33.33%) Solaris
2 1 (33.33%) Perl
2 1 (33.33%) PHP
2 1 (33.33%) SQL
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) J2EE
2 1 (33.33%) MySQL
2 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
2 1 (33.33%) Apache
2 1 (33.33%) Tomcat
2 1 (33.33%) MUMPS
2 1 (33.33%) VMS
2 1 (33.33%) ISEB
2 1 (33.33%) Change Management
2 1 (33.33%) CMS
2 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
2 1 (33.33%) Content Management
2 1 (33.33%) InterSystems Cache
2 1 (33.33%) Ajax
2 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
2 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
2 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
2 1 (33.33%) Degree
2 1 (33.33%) JSON
2 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
2 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
2 1 (33.33%) Escenic

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Home Counties 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 2 (66.67%) XML
2 1 (33.33%) .NET
2 1 (33.33%) J2EE
2 1 (33.33%) Ajax
2 1 (33.33%) JSON
Application Platforms
1 1 (33.33%) Apache
1 1 (33.33%) Tomcat
1 1 (33.33%) CMS
1 1 (33.33%) Escenic
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (33.33%) MySQL
1 1 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 1 (33.33%) InterSystems Cache
Job Titles
1 1 (33.33%) Developer
1 1 (33.33%) Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Test Analyst
1 1 (33.33%) Programmer
1 1 (33.33%) Applications Support
Miscellaneous
1 1 (33.33%) Mobile App
Operating Systems
1 2 (66.67%) Linux
1 2 (66.67%) UNIX
2 1 (33.33%) Solaris
2 1 (33.33%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (33.33%) Change Management
1 1 (33.33%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (33.33%) Content Management
1 1 (33.33%) Software Testing
1 1 (33.33%) Incident Management
1 1 (33.33%) Problem Management
1 1 (33.33%) Capacity Planning
Programming Languages
1 1 (33.33%) Perl
1 1 (33.33%) PHP
1 1 (33.33%) SQL
1 1 (33.33%) MUMPS
Qualifications
1 1 (33.33%) ISEB
1 1 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 1 (33.33%) Degree