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This section looks at the demand for Java skills within the Leeds region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 29 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to
29 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank106
Rank change on same period last yearDown-4
Matching permanent IT job ads396728
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.216 %0.306 %
As % of the category below24.29 %35.70 %
Salaries quoted355604
Average minimum salary£35,752£36,500
Average salary£38,701£39,764
% change on same period last year-2.67 %
Average maximum salary£41,651£43,028
UK excluding London average salary£39,488£39,979
% change on same period last year-1.22 %
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Leeds
Matching permanent IT job ads16302039
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.890 %0.856 %
Salaries quoted14481686
Average minimum salary£30,671£31,095
Average salary£33,025£33,378
% change on same period last year-1.05 %
Average maximum salary£35,379£35,661
UK excluding London average salary£35,257£35,638
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Java West YorkshireJava
West Yorkshire

Java
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Java across the Leeds region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Leeds Java Demand Trend

Java
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Java across the Leeds region.

Leeds Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 29 August 2008.

Leeds Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

1463 (55.85 %)J2EE
2305 (36.79 %)Oracle
3246 (29.67 %).NET
4242 (29.19 %)SQL
5222 (26.78 %)XML
6207 (24.97 %)JSP
7157 (18.94 %)SQL Server
7157 (18.94 %)Hibernate
8144 (17.37 %)Spring
9132 (15.92 %)Servlets
10129 (15.56 %)Apache
11127 (15.32 %)UNIX
12126 (15.20 %)Degree
13118 (14.23 %)Finance
14116 (13.99 %)Linux
15111 (13.39 %)OO
16109 (13.15 %)Project Management
17107 (12.91 %)C++
18105 (12.67 %)HTML
19103 (12.42 %)EJB
19103 (12.42 %)WebSphere
20101 (12.18 %)C#
2197 (11.70 %)Telecoms
2294 (11.34 %)MySQL
2386 (10.37 %)PHP
2484 (10.13 %)WebLogic
2576 (9.168 %)JavaScript
2576 (9.168 %)CSS
2576 (9.168 %)Computer Science
2672 (8.685 %)Struts

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 29 August 2008, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1463 (55.85 %)J2EE
2246 (29.67 %).NET
3222 (26.78 %)XML
4207 (24.97 %)JSP
5157 (18.94 %)Hibernate
6144 (17.37 %)Spring
7132 (15.92 %)Servlets
8105 (12.67 %)HTML
9103 (12.42 %)EJB
9103 (12.42 %)WebSphere
1076 (9.168 %)CSS
1172 (8.685 %)Struts
1248 (5.790 %)ASP.NET
1347 (5.669 %)JDBC
1347 (5.669 %)JSF
1443 (5.187 %)AJAX
1542 (5.066 %)JMS
1640 (4.825 %)XHTML
1640 (4.825 %)WebServices
1739 (4.704 %)WAP
Leeds IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1129 (15.56 %)Apache
284 (10.13 %)WebLogic
354 (6.514 %)Tomcat
449 (5.911 %)JBoss
530 (3.619 %)CMS
623 (2.774 %)MQSeries
722 (2.654 %)BizTalk Server
819 (2.292 %)Documentum
917 (2.051 %)WebLogic Portal
1014 (1.689 %)TeamSite
1014 (1.689 %)Content Management Server
1113 (1.568 %)SharePoint
1210 (1.206 %)ESB
138 (0.965 %)WebSphere Application Server
147 (0.844 %)IIS
155 (0.603 %)Alfresco
163 (0.362 %)SharePoint Server 2007
172 (0.241 %)Oracle Workflow
181 (0.121 %)Oracle Application Server
181 (0.121 %)NetWeaver
Leeds IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
129 (3.498 %)MS Excel
29 (1.086 %)MS Visio
38 (0.965 %)MS Project
38 (0.965 %)MS Office
43 (0.362 %)CA Clarity
52 (0.241 %)QuarkXPress
52 (0.241 %)InDesign
Leeds IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.483 %)Movex
21 (0.121 %)Oracle EBS
Leeds IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
140 (4.825 %)SMS
237 (4.463 %)Internet
332 (3.860 %)DNS
428 (3.378 %)Intranet
520 (2.413 %)TCP/IP
619 (2.292 %)Firewall
619 (2.292 %)VLAN
713 (1.568 %)FTP
86 (0.724 %)Broadband
95 (0.603 %)VPN
95 (0.603 %)Extranet
104 (0.483 %)3G
112 (0.241 %)IP Telephony
121 (0.121 %)Cisco IOS
121 (0.121 %)Cisco PIX
121 (0.121 %)Wireless
121 (0.121 %)SMTP
Leeds IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1157 (18.94 %)SQL Server
294 (11.34 %)MySQL
353 (6.393 %)DB2
445 (5.428 %)RDBMS
522 (2.654 %)Oracle 10g
618 (2.171 %)Oracle 9i
716 (1.930 %)Oracle Reports
716 (1.930 %)PostgreSQL
716 (1.930 %)ETL
812 (1.448 %)SQL Server 2005
812 (1.448 %)Oracle 8/8i
97 (0.844 %)Datawarehouse
97 (0.844 %)SQL Server 2000
106 (0.724 %)MS Access
111 (0.121 %)Informix
111 (0.121 %)Data Mart
111 (0.121 %)Oracle 11g
Leeds IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
138 (4.584 %)Ant
138 (4.584 %)Oracle Forms
222 (2.654 %)JUnit
319 (2.292 %)Eclipse
418 (2.171 %)Subversion
512 (1.448 %)Flash
67 (0.844 %)JDeveloper
74 (0.483 %)TestDirector
81 (0.121 %)QuickTest Pro
81 (0.121 %)LoadRunner
81 (0.121 %)ProC
81 (0.121 %)NUnit
81 (0.121 %)ClearCase
81 (0.121 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Leeds IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1118 (14.23 %)Finance
297 (11.70 %)Telecoms
370 (8.444 %)Pensions
454 (6.514 %)Banking
454 (6.514 %)Health
528 (3.378 %)Retail
627 (3.257 %)Education
722 (2.654 %)Marketing
820 (2.413 %)Investment Banking
820 (2.413 %)Law
919 (2.292 %)Insurance
1016 (1.930 %)Billing
1111 (1.327 %)Multimedia
1111 (1.327 %)Publishing
128 (0.965 %)Financial Institution
128 (0.965 %)Graphic Design
137 (0.844 %)Government
145 (0.603 %)Games
145 (0.603 %)Legal
145 (0.603 %)Online Banking
Leeds IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1542 (65.38 %)Developer
2288 (34.74 %)Java Developer
3143 (17.25 %)Java/J2EE Developer
4129 (15.56 %)J2EE Developer
596 (11.58 %)Senior Developer
677 (9.288 %)Software Developer
768 (8.203 %)Project Manager
863 (7.600 %)Architect
950 (6.031 %)Analyst
1048 (5.790 %)Software Engineer
1141 (4.946 %)Web Developer
1239 (4.704 %)Graduate
1338 (4.584 %)Senior Java Developer
1433 (3.981 %)Graduate Developer
1531 (3.739 %)Senior J2EE Developer
1630 (3.619 %)Vignette Developer
1728 (3.378 %)Administrator
1827 (3.257 %)J2EE Architect
1926 (3.136 %)Development Manager
2025 (3.016 %)Technical Architect
Leeds IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
176 (9.168 %)Computer Science
231 (3.739 %)N-Tier
317 (2.051 %)IVR
416 (1.930 %)Client/Server
515 (1.809 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
515 (1.809 %)Derivative
515 (1.809 %)Equities
613 (1.568 %)Web 2.0
712 (1.448 %)W3C
810 (1.206 %)Social Network
99 (1.086 %)Mainframe
108 (0.965 %)Management Information System
108 (0.965 %)Blog
116 (0.724 %)Mathematics
125 (0.603 %)DTV
133 (0.362 %)E-Learning
142 (0.241 %)Streaming Video
142 (0.241 %)CMDB
151 (0.121 %)RIA
151 (0.121 %)PDA
Leeds IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1127 (15.32 %)UNIX
2116 (13.99 %)Linux
330 (3.619 %)Windows
428 (3.378 %)Solaris
517 (2.051 %)Red Hat Linux
66 (0.724 %)CentOS
66 (0.724 %)Debian
66 (0.724 %)Fedora
66 (0.724 %)Ubuntu
75 (0.603 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
84 (0.483 %)AIX
93 (0.362 %)Embedded Linux
102 (0.241 %)HPUX
102 (0.241 %)Windows NT
102 (0.241 %)Windows XP
111 (0.121 %)Windows Server 2003
111 (0.121 %)Windows 2000
Leeds IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1111 (13.39 %)OO
2109 (13.15 %)Project Management
368 (8.203 %)Content Management
464 (7.720 %)E-Commerce
559 (7.117 %)UML
653 (6.393 %)Software Engineering
747 (5.669 %)Agile Software Development
844 (5.308 %)Web Development
931 (3.739 %)Technical Architecture
1028 (3.378 %)RUP
1126 (3.136 %)ITIL
1126 (3.136 %)SOA
1223 (2.774 %)OOA/OOD
1322 (2.654 %)Stakeholder Management
1421 (2.533 %)Scrum
1519 (2.292 %)Load Balancing
1615 (1.809 %)Migration
1714 (1.689 %)OOP
1714 (1.689 %)Systems Analysis
1813 (1.568 %)Service Delivery
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1242 (29.19 %)SQL
2107 (12.91 %)C++
3101 (12.18 %)C#
486 (10.37 %)PHP
576 (9.168 %)JavaScript
657 (6.876 %)VB
734 (4.101 %)PL/SQL
830 (3.619 %)Ruby
929 (3.498 %)Perl
1024 (2.895 %)Python
1122 (2.654 %)VB.NET
1221 (2.533 %)C
1313 (1.568 %)VB6
1411 (1.327 %)Delphi
1510 (1.206 %)Shell Script
167 (0.844 %)VC++
176 (0.724 %)VBA
185 (0.603 %)RPG
185 (0.603 %)Jython
194 (0.483 %)Embedded C
Leeds IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1126 (15.20 %)Degree
28 (0.965 %)Sun Certification
37 (0.844 %)ISEB
46 (0.724 %)Microsoft Certification
46 (0.724 %)MCSD
55 (0.603 %)PRINCE2 Certification
63 (0.362 %)ITIL Certification
72 (0.241 %)CISSP
72 (0.241 %)Cisco Certification
72 (0.241 %)CCNP
72 (0.241 %)CCNA
72 (0.241 %)CCDA
81 (0.121 %)HND
Leeds IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
114 (1.689 %)QA
210 (1.206 %)WAI
34 (0.483 %)SLA
Leeds IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
112 (1.448 %)Oracle RAC
27 (0.844 %)Oracle RMAN
33 (0.362 %)NDS
41 (0.121 %)VMware Infrastructure
Leeds IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1305 (36.79 %)Oracle
252 (6.273 %)Microsoft
347 (5.669 %)Vignette
436 (4.343 %)IBM
530 (3.619 %)BEA
622 (2.654 %)TIBCO
721 (2.533 %)Sun
817 (2.051 %)Red Hat
817 (2.051 %)SAP
915 (1.809 %)Interwoven
915 (1.809 %)Avaya
108 (0.965 %)FileNet
108 (0.965 %)Stellent
117 (0.844 %)Sybase
126 (0.724 %)Quark
135 (0.603 %)Adobe
144 (0.483 %)Cognos
144 (0.483 %)Apple
144 (0.483 %)ATG
153 (0.362 %)webMethods