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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SpringSource Spring Framework
Rank 60 48 43
Rank change year-on-year
-12 -5
Permanent jobs citing Spring 3 16 10
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 0.617% 2.914% 2.597%
As % of the Application Development category 1.095% 5.594% 4.464%
Number of salaries quoted 3 16 7
Average salary £34,000 £31,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.93% -
UK excluding London average salary £41,861 £43,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-3.76% +2.35%
All Application Development
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
274 286 224
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 56.38% 52.09% 58.18%
Number of salaries quoted 255 271 203
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% +1.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Spring
North West

Spring
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Lancashire Spring Jobs Demand Trend

Spring
Salary Trend

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

Lancashire Spring Salary Trend

Spring
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Spring 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
Preston -3 3 £34,000 +7.93%
Spring
North West

Spring
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire region citing Spring 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 Spring.

1 16 (100.00%) Java
2 12 (75.00%) J2EE
3 11 (68.75%) Web Services
4 9 (56.25%) JUnit
5 8 (50.00%) Hibernate
6 7 (43.75%) Finance
6 7 (43.75%) TDD
6 7 (43.75%) Maven
6 7 (43.75%) Ant
6 7 (43.75%) SQL
7 5 (31.25%) JavaScript
8 4 (25.00%) HTML
8 4 (25.00%) OO
8 4 (25.00%) ESB
8 4 (25.00%) Groovy
9 3 (18.75%) ISEB
9 3 (18.75%) Middleware
9 3 (18.75%) Java EE
9 3 (18.75%) Ajax
9 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
9 3 (18.75%) OOD
9 3 (18.75%) EJB
9 3 (18.75%) CSS
10 2 (12.50%) JSP
10 2 (12.50%) Oracle
10 2 (12.50%) Tomcat
10 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
10 2 (12.50%) E-Commerce
10 2 (12.50%) XML
10 2 (12.50%) Struts

Spring
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 12 (75.00%) J2EE
2 11 (68.75%) Web Services
3 8 (50.00%) Hibernate
4 4 (25.00%) HTML
5 3 (18.75%) Middleware
5 3 (18.75%) Java EE
5 3 (18.75%) Ajax
5 3 (18.75%) EJB
5 3 (18.75%) CSS
6 2 (12.50%) JSP
6 2 (12.50%) XML
6 2 (12.50%) Struts
6 2 (12.50%) jQuery
6 2 (12.50%) HTML5
7 1 (6.250%) JSF
7 1 (6.250%) Struts2
7 1 (6.250%) JSTL
7 1 (6.250%) Swing
7 1 (6.250%) SVG
7 1 (6.250%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (25.00%) ESB
2 2 (12.50%) Tomcat
Applications
1 2 (12.50%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (6.250%) SQL Server
1 1 (6.250%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (56.25%) JUnit
2 7 (43.75%) Maven
2 7 (43.75%) Ant
3 1 (6.250%) Subversion
3 1 (6.250%) Eclipse
General
1 7 (43.75%) Finance
2 2 (12.50%) Publishing
3 1 (6.250%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 8 (50.00%) Developer
1 8 (50.00%) Java Developer
2 7 (43.75%) Analyst
3 4 (25.00%) J2EE Analyst Programmer
3 4 (25.00%) Java Analyst Programmer
3 4 (25.00%) Java Programmer
3 4 (25.00%) Analyst Programmer
3 4 (25.00%) Programmer
4 3 (18.75%) J2EE Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Senior J2EE Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Senior Java Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 3 (18.75%) Test Analyst
4 3 (18.75%) Senior Developer
5 1 (6.250%) Java Software Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Software Engineer
5 1 (6.250%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (12.50%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 2 (12.50%) Linux
2 1 (6.250%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (43.75%) TDD
2 4 (25.00%) OO
3 3 (18.75%) Software Testing
3 3 (18.75%) OOD
4 2 (12.50%) E-Commerce
5 1 (6.250%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (6.250%) Continuous Improvement
5 1 (6.250%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) Java
2 7 (43.75%) SQL
3 5 (31.25%) JavaScript
4 4 (25.00%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 3 (18.75%) ISEB
2 1 (6.250%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (12.50%) Oracle
1 2 (12.50%) Microsoft
2 1 (6.250%) IBM
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, 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
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: 21 May 2013