The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Ipswich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 17 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 Ipswich region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 8 11 12
Rank change year-on-year
+3 +1
Permanent jobs citing Java 61 39 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 19.49% 15.42% 19.53%
As % of the Programming Languages category 30.81% 27.46% 28.57%
Number of salaries quoted 61 31 58
Average salary £32,500 £33,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.51% -17.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £55,000 £56,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Ipswich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
198 142 203
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Ipswich 63.26% 56.13% 68.35%
Number of salaries quoted 192 131 189
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,000 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £44,250
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
Suffolk

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Ipswich 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 Ipswich region.

Ipswich Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Ipswich region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Ipswich Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 42 (42.86%) JavaScript
2 33 (33.67%) J2EE
3 31 (31.63%) TDD
4 30 (30.61%) Spring
4 30 (30.61%) Web Services
5 29 (29.59%) Windows
6 27 (27.55%) Linux
6 27 (27.55%) Games
7 26 (26.53%) Ajax
7 26 (26.53%) XML
7 26 (26.53%) C#
8 25 (25.51%) HTML
8 25 (25.51%) jQuery
9 23 (23.47%) SOAP
10 22 (22.45%) UML
10 22 (22.45%) Agile Software Development
10 22 (22.45%) Finance
10 22 (22.45%) Computer Science
10 22 (22.45%) Degree
11 21 (21.43%) JBoss
12 20 (20.41%) Tomcat
12 20 (20.41%) CSS
12 20 (20.41%) Online Games
12 20 (20.41%) REST
13 19 (19.39%) .NET
14 18 (18.37%) JSON
15 17 (17.35%) Mobile App
15 17 (17.35%) SQL
16 16 (16.33%) Hibernate
16 16 (16.33%) Android

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Ipswich 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 33 (33.67%) J2EE
2 30 (30.61%) Web Services
2 30 (30.61%) Spring
3 26 (26.53%) XML
3 26 (26.53%) Ajax
4 25 (25.51%) jQuery
4 25 (25.51%) HTML
5 23 (23.47%) SOAP
6 20 (20.41%) CSS
6 20 (20.41%) REST
7 19 (19.39%) .NET
8 18 (18.37%) JSON
9 16 (16.33%) Hibernate
10 9 (9.184%) JSF
11 7 (7.143%) HTML5
12 6 (6.122%) GWT
13 5 (5.102%) CSS3
14 4 (4.082%) Tapestry
14 4 (4.082%) EJB
14 4 (4.082%) DHTML
Application Platforms
1 20 (20.41%) Tomcat
2 6 (6.122%) Apache
3 5 (5.102%) WebLogic
4 1 (1.020%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 6 (6.122%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 6 (6.122%) HTTP
2 3 (3.061%) Network Security
3 1 (1.020%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (12.24%) SQL Server
2 10 (10.20%) Oracle 10g
3 9 (9.184%) Big Data
4 6 (6.122%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 6 (6.122%) Oracle 8/8i
4 6 (6.122%) SQL Server 2008
5 4 (4.082%) Oracle 11g
6 2 (2.041%) MySQL
7 1 (1.020%) Hadoop
7 1 (1.020%) MongoDB
7 1 (1.020%) NoSQL
7 1 (1.020%) RDBMS
7 1 (1.020%) DB2
Development Applications
1 10 (10.20%) Eclipse
2 2 (2.041%) Xcode
2 2 (2.041%) Subversion
2 2 (2.041%) Selenium
2 2 (2.041%) SpecFlow
2 2 (2.041%) Ant
3 1 (1.020%) Maven
General
1 27 (27.55%) Games
2 22 (22.45%) Finance
3 7 (7.143%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.020%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 77 (78.57%) Developer
2 45 (45.92%) Software Developer
3 37 (37.76%) Java Developer
4 17 (17.35%) Java Software Developer
5 10 (10.20%) Graduate
5 10 (10.20%) Senior Developer
6 8 (8.163%) Senior Java Developer
7 7 (7.143%) Graduate Software Developer
7 7 (7.143%) Graduate Developer
7 7 (7.143%) Java/J2EE Developer
8 6 (6.122%) Graduate Java Developer
8 6 (6.122%) Junior Developer
8 6 (6.122%) Support Analyst
8 6 (6.122%) Project Manager
8 6 (6.122%) Analyst
8 6 (6.122%) Junior
9 5 (5.102%) Consultant
9 5 (5.102%) Applications Support
9 5 (5.102%) C++ Developer
9 5 (5.102%) Applications Support Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 22 (22.45%) Computer Science
2 20 (20.41%) Online Games
3 17 (17.35%) Mobile App
4 9 (9.184%) Speech Recognition
5 4 (4.082%) Device Driver
6 3 (3.061%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (2.041%) Mobile Games
7 2 (2.041%) Data Protection Act
7 2 (2.041%) iPhone
8 1 (1.020%) Cloud Computing
8 1 (1.020%) SaaS
8 1 (1.020%) Social Media
8 1 (1.020%) Mathematics
8 1 (1.020%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 29 (29.59%) Windows
2 27 (27.55%) Linux
3 16 (16.33%) Android
4 8 (8.163%) UNIX
5 7 (7.143%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (6.122%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (6.122%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 3 (3.061%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 31 (31.63%) TDD
2 22 (22.45%) Agile Software Development
2 22 (22.45%) UML
3 15 (15.31%) OO
4 9 (9.184%) Software Engineering
4 9 (9.184%) Analytics
5 8 (8.163%) Rapid Prototyping
5 8 (8.163%) SOA
6 7 (7.143%) ITIL
7 6 (6.122%) PRINCE2
7 6 (6.122%) Scrum
8 4 (4.082%) Continuous Integration
9 2 (2.041%) Data Protection
9 2 (2.041%) Web Development
9 2 (2.041%) Unit Testing
9 2 (2.041%) Automated Testing
9 2 (2.041%) Game Development
9 2 (2.041%) Cyber Security
9 2 (2.041%) Business Intelligence
10 1 (1.020%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 42 (42.86%) JavaScript
2 26 (26.53%) C#
3 17 (17.35%) SQL
4 14 (14.29%) ActionScript
4 14 (14.29%) ActionScript 3.0
5 12 (12.24%) ActionScript 2.0
6 9 (9.184%) C++
7 5 (5.102%) Perl
7 5 (5.102%) C
7 5 (5.102%) Python
8 4 (4.082%) PL/SQL
9 3 (3.061%) Objective-C
9 3 (3.061%) PowerShell
10 2 (2.041%) VB
10 2 (2.041%) VB.NET
11 1 (1.020%) PHP
11 1 (1.020%) Scala
11 1 (1.020%) Bash shell
11 1 (1.020%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 22 (22.45%) Degree
2 6 (6.122%) Security Cleared
3 4 (4.082%) PRINCE2 Certification
4 3 (3.061%) OCP
4 3 (3.061%) Oracle Certification
5 2 (2.041%) DV Cleared
6 1 (1.020%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (1.020%) RHCE
6 1 (1.020%) PMP
6 1 (1.020%) CCSA
6 1 (1.020%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
6 1 (1.020%) MCTS
6 1 (1.020%) MCP
6 1 (1.020%) CCNP
6 1 (1.020%) CCNA
6 1 (1.020%) Cisco Certification
6 1 (1.020%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (1.020%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (1.020%) Hyper-V
1 1 (1.020%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 1 (1.020%) Puppet
Vendors
1 21 (21.43%) JBoss
2 13 (13.27%) Oracle
3 9 (9.184%) Microsoft
4 3 (3.061%) BEA
5 1 (1.020%) Red Hat
5 1 (1.020%) CheckPoint
5 1 (1.020%) Salesforce.com
5 1 (1.020%) VMware
5 1 (1.020%) Citrix
5 1 (1.020%) Cisco
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