The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Developer
Rank 54 45 17
Rank change year-on-year
-9 -28
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 9 19 39
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 1.852% 3.461% 10.13%
As % of the Job Titles category 1.969% 3.654% 10.43%
Number of salaries quoted 9 19 37
Average salary £34,000 £33,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.03% -12.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,600 £27,000 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £37,100 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Job Titles
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
457 520 374
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 94.03% 94.72% 97.14%
Number of salaries quoted 408 475 319
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% -3.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £21,500 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £42,900 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java Developer
North West

Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Java Developer Salary Trend

Java Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire 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
Blackburn -3 4 £40,000 +21.21%
Preston - 4 £33,250 -
Chorley -5 1 £27,000 -14.28%
Java Developer
North West

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 36 (100.00%) Java
2 25 (69.44%) JavaScript
2 25 (69.44%) J2EE
3 24 (66.67%) HTML
4 15 (41.67%) Web Services
5 14 (38.89%) CSS
6 13 (36.11%) WebSphere
7 12 (33.33%) E-Commerce
8 11 (30.56%) Agile Software Development
9 10 (27.78%) ESB
9 10 (27.78%) SOA
9 10 (27.78%) WebSphere Application Server
10 9 (25.00%) JUnit
10 9 (25.00%) XML
10 9 (25.00%) OOA/OOD
10 9 (25.00%) Degree
10 9 (25.00%) Retail
11 8 (22.22%) Spring
11 8 (22.22%) TDD
11 8 (22.22%) EJB
11 8 (22.22%) Hibernate
12 7 (19.44%) OOD
12 7 (19.44%) jQuery
13 6 (16.67%) Web Development
13 6 (16.67%) Ajax
13 6 (16.67%) Oracle
13 6 (16.67%) OO
13 6 (16.67%) JSP
14 5 (13.89%) SQL Server
14 5 (13.89%) Java EE

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 25 (69.44%) J2EE
2 24 (66.67%) HTML
3 15 (41.67%) Web Services
4 14 (38.89%) CSS
5 13 (36.11%) WebSphere
6 9 (25.00%) XML
7 8 (22.22%) Spring
7 8 (22.22%) EJB
7 8 (22.22%) Hibernate
8 7 (19.44%) jQuery
9 6 (16.67%) Ajax
9 6 (16.67%) JSP
10 5 (13.89%) Java EE
10 5 (13.89%) JSF
11 3 (8.333%) Middleware
11 3 (8.333%) Servlets
11 3 (8.333%) HTML5
11 3 (8.333%) JPA
11 3 (8.333%) Guice
12 2 (5.556%) Qt
Application Platforms
1 10 (27.78%) ESB
1 10 (27.78%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (5.556%) Tomcat
3 1 (2.778%) WebSphere MQ
3 1 (2.778%) SharePoint
3 1 (2.778%) WebLogic
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (13.89%) SQL Server
2 1 (2.778%) RDBMS
2 1 (2.778%) DB2
Development Applications
1 9 (25.00%) JUnit
2 3 (8.333%) Ant
2 3 (8.333%) Maven
3 2 (5.556%) Eclipse
General
1 9 (25.00%) Retail
2 3 (8.333%) Finance
2 3 (8.333%) Publishing
2 3 (8.333%) Marketing
3 1 (2.778%) Games
3 1 (2.778%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 5 (13.89%) Mobile App
2 4 (11.11%) Open Source
3 3 (8.333%) Enterprise Software
3 3 (8.333%) Computer Science
4 2 (5.556%) Blackberry
Operating Systems
1 4 (11.11%) Linux
2 3 (8.333%) UNIX
3 2 (5.556%) Android
3 2 (5.556%) Windows Phone
3 2 (5.556%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 12 (33.33%) E-Commerce
2 11 (30.56%) Agile Software Development
3 10 (27.78%) SOA
4 9 (25.00%) OOA/OOD
5 8 (22.22%) TDD
6 7 (19.44%) OOD
7 6 (16.67%) Web Development
7 6 (16.67%) OO
8 4 (11.11%) MVC
9 2 (5.556%) UML
9 2 (5.556%) Scrum
10 1 (2.778%) Extreme Programming
10 1 (2.778%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (2.778%) Manual Testing
10 1 (2.778%) Test Automation
Programming Languages
1 36 (100.00%) Java
2 25 (69.44%) JavaScript
3 3 (8.333%) SQL
3 3 (8.333%) C#
3 3 (8.333%) C++
4 2 (5.556%) ActionScript 3.0
4 2 (5.556%) ActionScript
Qualifications
1 9 (25.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (16.67%) Oracle
2 3 (8.333%) IBM
2 3 (8.333%) Endeca
3 2 (5.556%) Symbian
4 1 (2.778%) Microsoft
Preston, North West
Java Software Developer - E-Commerce -Preston- £32,000 - £40,000 A strong Java developer is required to join and ECommerce company based inPreston. Having just moved into brand...
Computer Futures
Salary: £32000 - £42000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
passion for Java development... considerable commercial Java programming experience... excellent coding and object oriented design skills. Basic qualifications for the successful Java Developer: Bachelors or Masters Degree. Computer...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £30000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Preston, North West
Java Software Developer - E-Commerce - Preston - £32,000 - £40,000 The Role: Due to outstanding success and profitable growth my client is looking to take on an additional...
Computer Futures
Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Preston, North West
Java Developer -Lancashire- £32,000 - £38,000 My client is seeking a skilled Java Developer to join there expanding team inPreston. Their software house company has a fantastic...
Computer Futures
Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside
Key Responsibilities Include: To perform hands-on coding in Java, JavaScript and with the Android SDK... TDD and continuous integration... Required Experience: A solid understanding of object orientated...
Trader Media Group Ltd
Salary: From £28,000 to £35,000 per annum plus bonus and great benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside
They’re comfortable mixing enterprise technology, like Endeca Search or JPA, with best-of-breed open source libraries, like Guice or jQuery... Technologies: Java based core & web technologies (...
Trader Media Group Ltd
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum plus bonus and great benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Blackburn, North West
You will also have an excellent understanding of OOA/D, and ideally have worked with Agile methodologies and possibly Websphere (Websphere Application Server, MQ or Websphere commerce) although...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 6 May 2013