The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 20 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 Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 20 18 11
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -7
Permanent jobs citing Java 43 63 55
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 8.940% 11.21% 14.75%
As % of the Programming Languages category 14.10% 18.31% 23.21%
Number of salaries quoted 34 62 50
Average salary £36,250 £31,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+15.07% -16.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,150 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,500 £38,500 £43,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
305 344 237
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 63.41% 61.21% 63.54%
Number of salaries quoted 280 326 214
Average salary £32,500 £30,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.55% -1.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £26,000 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £38,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
North West

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region.

Lancashire Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 20 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
Chorley +2 10 £27,000 -10.00%
Preston +3 9 £34,000 +7.93%
Blackburn -3 5 £40,000 +45.45%
Blackpool +3 2 £52,500 -
Skelmersdale +2 2 - -
Lancaster - 1 £35,000 -
Java
North West

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 40 (32.52%) J2EE
2 37 (30.08%) Web Services
3 36 (29.27%) HTML
4 33 (26.83%) C#
4 33 (26.83%) Mobile App
5 32 (26.02%) JavaScript
6 29 (23.58%) SQL
7 28 (22.76%) C++
7 28 (22.76%) XML
8 23 (18.70%) PHP
9 20 (16.26%) .NET
10 19 (15.45%) TDD
11 18 (14.63%) CSS
12 17 (13.82%) Oracle
12 17 (13.82%) Android
13 16 (13.01%) Spring
13 16 (13.01%) WebSphere
13 16 (13.01%) SOAP
13 16 (13.01%) OO
13 16 (13.01%) E-Commerce
14 15 (12.20%) Windows
14 15 (12.20%) OOD
14 15 (12.20%) JUnit
14 15 (12.20%) Retail
14 15 (12.20%) Agile Software Development
15 14 (11.38%) User Acceptance Testing
15 14 (11.38%) Finance
15 14 (11.38%) Hibernate
15 14 (11.38%) ERP
16 13 (10.57%) CRM

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 40 (32.52%) J2EE
2 37 (30.08%) Web Services
3 36 (29.27%) HTML
4 28 (22.76%) XML
5 20 (16.26%) .NET
6 18 (14.63%) CSS
7 16 (13.01%) SOAP
7 16 (13.01%) Spring
7 16 (13.01%) WebSphere
8 14 (11.38%) Hibernate
9 13 (10.57%) Ajax
10 12 (9.756%) HTML5
10 12 (9.756%) REST
11 11 (8.943%) soapUI
11 11 (8.943%) jQuery
12 10 (8.130%) Java EE
12 10 (8.130%) JSP
13 9 (7.317%) Servlets
13 9 (7.317%) EJB
13 9 (7.317%) Flash
Application Platforms
1 10 (8.130%) WebSphere Application Server
1 10 (8.130%) ESB
2 3 (2.439%) WebLogic
3 2 (1.626%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.626%) WebSphere MQ
4 1 (0.813%) SharePoint
Applications
1 7 (5.691%) MS Excel
2 1 (0.813%) MS PowerPoint
Business Applications
1 7 (5.691%) Dynamics GP
2 2 (1.626%) Oracle EBS R12
2 2 (1.626%) Oracle EBS
3 1 (0.813%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.813%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 13 (10.57%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (4.878%) SQL Server
2 5 (4.065%) Oracle Reports
2 5 (4.065%) Oracle 9i
2 5 (4.065%) Oracle 10g
2 5 (4.065%) Oracle 11g
3 2 (1.626%) MongoDB
3 2 (1.626%) MySQL
3 2 (1.626%) DB2
3 2 (1.626%) Crystal Reports
4 1 (0.813%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 15 (12.20%) JUnit
2 13 (10.57%) Selenium
3 10 (8.130%) FitNesse
3 10 (8.130%) WATIR
4 7 (5.691%) Ant
4 7 (5.691%) Maven
5 5 (4.065%) Oracle APEX
5 5 (4.065%) Oracle Forms
5 5 (4.065%) Eclipse
6 3 (2.439%) Xcode
6 3 (2.439%) WebDriver
7 2 (1.626%) Jasmine
8 1 (0.813%) Jenkins
8 1 (0.813%) Atlassian Bamboo
8 1 (0.813%) Subversion
8 1 (0.813%) Visual Studio
General
1 15 (12.20%) Retail
2 14 (11.38%) Finance
3 6 (4.878%) Automotive
3 6 (4.878%) Games
4 3 (2.439%) Publishing
4 3 (2.439%) Marketing
4 3 (2.439%) Back Office
5 2 (1.626%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.813%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 79 (64.23%) Developer
2 36 (29.27%) Java Developer
3 18 (14.63%) Analyst
3 18 (14.63%) Senior Developer
4 13 (10.57%) Consultant
4 13 (10.57%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 11 (8.943%) Mobile Developer
5 11 (8.943%) Test Consultant
6 10 (8.130%) Senior Java Developer
7 9 (7.317%) Salesforce.com Developer
7 9 (7.317%) Oracle Developer
7 9 (7.317%) Applications Developer
7 9 (7.317%) Test Analyst
8 8 (6.504%) Web Developer
8 8 (6.504%) Mobile Applications Developer
8 8 (6.504%) Java Web Developer
9 7 (5.691%) Development Manager
10 6 (4.878%) Software Developer
10 6 (4.878%) J2EE Developer
10 6 (4.878%) Android Developer
Miscellaneous
1 33 (26.83%) Mobile App
2 13 (10.57%) Blackberry
3 10 (8.130%) Computer Science
4 7 (5.691%) Open Source
5 4 (3.252%) N-Tier
6 3 (2.439%) Enterprise Software
7 2 (1.626%) EPoS
7 2 (1.626%) Social Network
8 1 (0.813%) iPhone
8 1 (0.813%) iPad
8 1 (0.813%) New Media
Operating Systems
1 17 (13.82%) Android
2 15 (12.20%) Windows
3 11 (8.943%) Apple iOS
4 10 (8.130%) Windows Phone
5 8 (6.504%) Linux
6 5 (4.065%) UNIX
7 2 (1.626%) Windows XP
7 2 (1.626%) Windows 7
8 1 (0.813%) BlackBerry OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 19 (15.45%) TDD
2 16 (13.01%) OO
2 16 (13.01%) E-Commerce
3 15 (12.20%) OOD
3 15 (12.20%) Agile Software Development
4 14 (11.38%) ERP
4 14 (11.38%) User Acceptance Testing
5 13 (10.57%) CRM
6 12 (9.756%) SOA
6 12 (9.756%) Unit Testing
7 10 (8.130%) Waterfall
7 10 (8.130%) RAD
7 10 (8.130%) System Testing
8 9 (7.317%) OOA/OOD
9 8 (6.504%) UML
9 8 (6.504%) Scrum
9 8 (6.504%) Continuous Improvement
10 7 (5.691%) Software Architecture
11 6 (4.878%) Mobile Application Development
11 6 (4.878%) Web Development
Programming Languages
1 33 (26.83%) C#
2 32 (26.02%) JavaScript
3 29 (23.58%) SQL
4 28 (22.76%) C++
5 23 (18.70%) PHP
6 12 (9.756%) Python
6 12 (9.756%) Ruby
7 11 (8.943%) C
8 10 (8.130%) Objective-C
9 9 (7.317%) ActionScript 3.0
9 9 (7.317%) ActionScript
10 5 (4.065%) PL/SQL
11 4 (3.252%) Groovy
12 2 (1.626%) Delphi
12 2 (1.626%) VB
13 1 (0.813%) VB.NET
13 1 (0.813%) PowerShell
13 1 (0.813%) VB6
Qualifications
1 11 (8.943%) Degree
2 8 (6.504%) ISEB
3 1 (0.813%) ISTQB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 11 (8.943%) QA
2 2 (1.626%) SLA
Vendors
1 17 (13.82%) Oracle
2 11 (8.943%) Symbian
3 9 (7.317%) Salesforce.com
4 7 (5.691%) Microsoft
5 5 (4.065%) Endeca
6 4 (3.252%) HP
6 4 (3.252%) Nokia
7 3 (2.439%) IBM
8 1 (0.813%) SAP
8 1 (0.813%) JD Edwards
8 1 (0.813%) Google
Preston, Lancashire
Java Developer ( Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Spring )... You will need solid knowledge of Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SOAP, Spring/Hibernate framework and XML. Exposure to Eclipse, Tomcat, UNIX...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + DOE
Posted: 16 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
Graduate JAVA Developer, Java, developer, development, services, programmer, coding, life-cycle Do you want to be part of a successful business which would allow you to achieve your...
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
passion for Java development. some commercial Java programming experience... Basic qualifications for the successful Graduate Java Developer: Bachelors or Masters Degree. Computer Engineering or Computer Science degree or...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
Are you an experienced Software Developer with strong skills in Java or C++ or C# or Object Oriented Design or Delphi?... What skills make you the right candidate...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £26000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Preston, North West
What skills make you the right candidate for this Software Developer (Java / C++/ C# / Delphi / Object Oriented) opportunity? Solid proven commercial Java / C# / C++ / Delphi / Object Oriented development...
Salary: £20000 - £26000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 14 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
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
Preston, North West
C++, developer, programmer, graduate, software, Preston / 18 - 22K Have you recently graduated or are your studies coming to an end this year? If your answer is YES and...
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
C++, developer, programmer, graduate, software, Preston / 18 - 22K... If your answer is YES and if you have strong academic C++ development experience, then it's time you get...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Chorley, North West
Preston Software test analyst (ideally working on manually testing .NET or Java and SQL based applications) sought by this leading product based software development organisationWorking on testing server...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £23000 - £30000 per annum
Posted: 11 May 2013
Newton-Le-Willows, North West
This is an outstanding opportunity for a strong graduate in in Computer Science or Computing (or related degree) or somebody who has strong commercial experience.For the Graduate /...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Excellent Training
Posted: 18 May 2013
Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside
You will be involved in many different projects using different skills and languages, so this will offer an excellent opportunity for development as our client use Java, C# ...
Bluefire Consulting
Salary: £22000 - £28000 per annum + Excellent Training
Posted: 17 May 2013