Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leicestershire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Leicestershire region.

 Java
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank93436
Rank change year-on-year
Up+25Up+2
Matching permanent IT job ads583363
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire12.69 %6.613 %4.957 %
As % of the Programming Languages category21.17 %10.19 %9.859 %
Salaries quoted533055
Average salary£45,000£35,000£25,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+28.57 %+40.00 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£37,500£27,250£22,200
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£47,750£51,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£37,500
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Leicestershire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
274324639
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leicestershire59.96 %64.93 %50.28 %
Salaries quoted248294521
Average salary£32,500£32,000£30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.560 %+6.660 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£24,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£37,500£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
Java East MidlandsJava
East Midlands

Java
Demand Trend

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

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region.

Leicestershire Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Leicestershire 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 Leicestershire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LeicesterUp+617£37,500+10.24 %
Java East MidlandsJava
East Midlands

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

174 (64.35 %)J2EE
258 (50.43 %)Spring
350 (43.48 %)UML
445 (39.13 %)Hibernate
537 (32.17 %)WebSphere
537 (32.17 %)HTML
636 (31.30 %)JSP
734 (29.57 %)JUnit
822 (19.13 %)Java EE
822 (19.13 %)TDD
921 (18.26 %)AJAX
921 (18.26 %)Perl
921 (18.26 %)Dojo
921 (18.26 %)jQuery
1020 (17.39 %)Performance Testing
1020 (17.39 %)Spring MVC
1020 (17.39 %)AOP
1020 (17.39 %)Maven
1020 (17.39 %)MVC
1119 (16.52 %)Subversion
1218 (15.65 %)DOC1
1218 (15.65 %)RAD
1317 (14.78 %)OOA/OOD
1317 (14.78 %)Eclipse
1415 (13.04 %)Domain-Driven Design
1513 (11.30 %)OO
1513 (11.30 %)Open Source
1513 (11.30 %)WebSphere Portal
1513 (11.30 %)Spring Web Flow
1612 (10.43 %)RUP

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Leicestershire 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.

Leicestershire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
174 (64.35 %)J2EE
258 (50.43 %)Spring
345 (39.13 %)Hibernate
437 (32.17 %)WebSphere
437 (32.17 %)HTML
536 (31.30 %)JSP
622 (19.13 %)Java EE
721 (18.26 %)AJAX
721 (18.26 %)Dojo
721 (18.26 %)jQuery
820 (17.39 %)Spring MVC
913 (11.30 %)Spring Web Flow
103 (2.609 %).NET
103 (2.609 %)CSS
112 (1.739 %)XML
112 (1.739 %)SAP PI
121 (0.870 %)XSLT
121 (0.870 %)Swing
121 (0.870 %)XHTML
121 (0.870 %)JDBC
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
113 (11.30 %)WebSphere Portal
211 (9.565 %)ESB
34 (3.478 %)WebLogic
42 (1.739 %)Lotus Domino
42 (1.739 %)Exstream Dialogue
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
118 (15.65 %)DOC1
22 (1.739 %)MS Office
31 (0.870 %)MS Excel
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (1.739 %)Exstream
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (1.739 %)LDAP
12 (1.739 %)SMTP
12 (1.739 %)TCP/IP
21 (0.870 %)VPN
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
13 (2.609 %)GIS
22 (1.739 %)Datawarehouse
31 (0.870 %)MySQL
31 (0.870 %)SQL Server
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
134 (29.57 %)JUnit
220 (17.39 %)Maven
319 (16.52 %)Subversion
417 (14.78 %)Eclipse
51 (0.870 %)Rational Rose
Leicestershire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
14 (3.478 %)Construction
21 (0.870 %)Banking
21 (0.870 %)Retail
21 (0.870 %)Finance
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
168 (59.13 %)Developer
241 (35.65 %)Java Developer
329 (25.22 %)Architect
421 (18.26 %)Java/J2EE Developer
520 (17.39 %)Technical Architect
614 (12.17 %)J2EE Developer
710 (8.696 %)Java Architect
710 (8.696 %)Designer
89 (7.826 %)Analyst
95 (4.348 %)Programmer
104 (3.478 %)Analyst Programmer
104 (3.478 %)Software Engineer
104 (3.478 %)Solutions Architect
104 (3.478 %)Solutions Designer
104 (3.478 %)Technical Solutions Architect
113 (2.609 %)Senior Analyst
113 (2.609 %)Senior Developer
113 (2.609 %)Software Developer
122 (1.739 %)Junior
122 (1.739 %)DBA
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
113 (11.30 %)Open Source
22 (1.739 %)Management Information System
22 (1.739 %)Clustering
31 (0.870 %)German Language
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
14 (3.478 %)Windows
23 (2.609 %)Linux
32 (1.739 %)Windows Server 2003
32 (1.739 %)Windows 2000 Server
41 (0.870 %)UNIX
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
150 (43.48 %)UML
222 (19.13 %)TDD
320 (17.39 %)MVC
320 (17.39 %)AOP
320 (17.39 %)Performance Testing
418 (15.65 %)RAD
517 (14.78 %)OOA/OOD
615 (13.04 %)Domain-Driven Design
713 (11.30 %)OO
812 (10.43 %)RUP
911 (9.565 %)SOA
1010 (8.696 %)Logistics
114 (3.478 %)Quality Management
123 (2.609 %)B2B
123 (2.609 %)Enterprise Architecture
123 (2.609 %)Agile Software Development
132 (1.739 %)Technical Architecture
132 (1.739 %)Web Development
132 (1.739 %)Identity Management
132 (1.739 %)Systems Analysis
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
121 (18.26 %)Perl
27 (6.087 %)SQL
35 (4.348 %)JavaScript
44 (3.478 %)C++
53 (2.609 %)C
53 (2.609 %)C#
62 (1.739 %)PHP
62 (1.739 %)LotusScript
62 (1.739 %)Formula Language
62 (1.739 %)PHP5
71 (0.870 %)PL/SQL
71 (0.870 %)ActionScript
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
14 (3.478 %)Degree
Leicestershire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
14 (3.478 %)Teradata
22 (1.739 %)Intel
22 (1.739 %)Lotus
22 (1.739 %)Oracle
22 (1.739 %)SAP
22 (1.739 %)Cognos
31 (0.870 %)Cisco