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This section looks at the demand for Java skills within the Leicester 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank5215
Rank change on same period last yearDown-37
Matching permanent IT job ads1559
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.008 %0.025 %
As % of the category below4.615 %19.67 %
Salaries quoted1141
Average minimum salary£18,000£30,427
Average salary£21,000£33,125
% change on same period last year-36.60 %
Average maximum salary£24,000£35,823
UK excluding London average salary£39,496£39,968
% change on same period last year-1.18 %
Leicester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Leicester
Matching permanent IT job ads325300
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.175 %0.125 %
Salaries quoted307250
Average minimum salary£28,474£29,425
Average salary£31,024£31,183
% change on same period last year-0.51 %
Average maximum salary£33,573£32,941
UK excluding London average salary£35,245£35,645
% change on same period last year-1.11 %
Java LeicestershireJava
Leicestershire

Java
Demand Trend

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

Leicester 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 Leicester region.

Leicester Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Leicester region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

Leicester Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Leicester 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.

117 (53.13 %)SQL
210 (31.25 %)Finance
210 (31.25 %)MySQL
39 (28.13 %)C++
39 (28.13 %)SAP
48 (25.00 %)Pegasus
48 (25.00 %)Sage
48 (25.00 %)iSOFT
48 (25.00 %)Manufacturing
48 (25.00 %)Kerridge
48 (25.00 %)COBOL
57 (21.88 %)J2EE
57 (21.88 %)Insurance
66 (18.75 %)MS Office
66 (18.75 %)Linux
66 (18.75 %)Tomcat
66 (18.75 %)Active Directory
66 (18.75 %)Retail
75 (15.63 %)Red Hat
75 (15.63 %)JSP
75 (15.63 %)SQL Server
75 (15.63 %)Crystal Reports
75 (15.63 %)Time Management
75 (15.63 %)CentOS
75 (15.63 %)Red Hat Linux
75 (15.63 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
75 (15.63 %)Pensions
84 (12.50 %)VB
84 (12.50 %)XML
93 (9.375 %)Servlets

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Leicester 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.

Leicester IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
17 (21.88 %)J2EE
25 (15.63 %)JSP
34 (12.50 %)XML
43 (9.375 %)Servlets
52 (6.250 %)JDBC
52 (6.250 %)XSLT
52 (6.250 %)HTML
61 (3.125 %).NET
61 (3.125 %)ASP.NET
61 (3.125 %)CSS
61 (3.125 %)Spring
61 (3.125 %)WebSphere
61 (3.125 %)WebServices
Leicester IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (18.75 %)Tomcat
21 (3.125 %)IIS
21 (3.125 %)Apache
Leicester IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (18.75 %)MS Office
21 (3.125 %)MS Excel
Leicester IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11 (3.125 %)Internet
Leicester IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (31.25 %)MySQL
25 (15.63 %)SQL Server
25 (15.63 %)Crystal Reports
31 (3.125 %)DTS
31 (3.125 %)InterBase
31 (3.125 %)SQL Server 2005
31 (3.125 %)SQLite
Leicester IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (3.125 %)Visual Studio
11 (3.125 %)VSS/SourceSafe
Leicester IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110 (31.25 %)Finance
28 (25.00 %)Manufacturing
37 (21.88 %)Insurance
46 (18.75 %)Retail
55 (15.63 %)Pensions
61 (3.125 %)Marketing
61 (3.125 %)Interactive Media
Leicester IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115 (46.88 %)Analyst
29 (28.13 %)Support Analyst
38 (25.00 %)Developer
38 (25.00 %)IT Support Analyst
46 (18.75 %)Java Developer
55 (15.63 %)Systems Administrator
55 (15.63 %)DBA
55 (15.63 %)Java/J2EE Developer
55 (15.63 %)Administrator
63 (9.375 %)Service Desk Analyst
63 (9.375 %)Software Engineer
63 (9.375 %)Support Technician
63 (9.375 %)Service Analyst
63 (9.375 %)2nd Line Support
72 (6.250 %)J2EE Developer
72 (6.250 %)Helpdesk Analyst
72 (6.250 %)Java Software Engineer
72 (6.250 %)J2EE Software Engineer
81 (3.125 %)Software Support Engineer
81 (3.125 %)Development Support Engineer
Leicester IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11 (3.125 %)EPoS
11 (3.125 %)Mathematics
Leicester IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (18.75 %)Linux
25 (15.63 %)CentOS
25 (15.63 %)Red Hat Linux
25 (15.63 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
32 (6.250 %)Windows
41 (3.125 %)Windows XP
Leicester IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15 (15.63 %)Time Management
21 (3.125 %)OOP
21 (3.125 %)OO
21 (3.125 %)Unit Testing
Leicester IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
117 (53.13 %)SQL
29 (28.13 %)C++
38 (25.00 %)COBOL
44 (12.50 %)VB
52 (6.250 %)C#
61 (3.125 %)VB.NET
61 (3.125 %)Transact-SQL
61 (3.125 %)Delphi
61 (3.125 %)JavaScript
Leicester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (3.125 %)SLA
Leicester IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
16 (18.75 %)Active Directory
Leicester IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
19 (28.13 %)SAP
28 (25.00 %)Pegasus
28 (25.00 %)Sage
28 (25.00 %)iSOFT
28 (25.00 %)Kerridge
35 (15.63 %)Red Hat
41 (3.125 %)Oracle