The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Letchworth region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java 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 Programming Languages category for the Letchworth region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 9 7 6
Rank change year-on-year
-2 -1
Permanent jobs citing Java 18 2 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Letchworth 29.03% 10.53% 6.250%
As % of the Programming Languages category 33.96% 14.29% 14.29%
Number of salaries quoted 18 1 1
Average salary £25,000 £29,000 £22,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-13.79% +28.88%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Letchworth
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
53 14 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Letchworth 85.48% 73.68% 43.75%
Number of salaries quoted 52 13 7
Average salary £28,000 £29,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.44% -35.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £22,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £47,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
Hertfordshire

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Letchworth 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 Letchworth region.

Letchworth Java Salary Trend

Java
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Letchworth 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 18 (75.00%) C#
2 17 (70.83%) Finance
3 12 (50.00%) Google
3 12 (50.00%) Blog
3 12 (50.00%) Open Source
3 12 (50.00%) PHP
3 12 (50.00%) .NET
3 12 (50.00%) Visual Studio
3 12 (50.00%) ASP.NET
3 12 (50.00%) MS Excel
3 12 (50.00%) Microsoft
4 11 (45.83%) Tomcat
4 11 (45.83%) SQL
5 10 (41.67%) JDE OneWorld
6 7 (29.17%) HTML
6 7 (29.17%) JavaScript
6 7 (29.17%) JUnit
6 7 (29.17%) XML
6 7 (29.17%) Eclipse
6 7 (29.17%) Degree
6 7 (29.17%) Computer Science
7 5 (20.83%) Oracle
7 5 (20.83%) SQL Server

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Letchworth 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 12 (50.00%) .NET
1 12 (50.00%) ASP.NET
2 7 (29.17%) HTML
2 7 (29.17%) XML
Application Platforms
1 11 (45.83%) Tomcat
Applications
1 12 (50.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 10 (41.67%) JDE OneWorld
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (20.83%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 12 (50.00%) Visual Studio
2 7 (29.17%) JUnit
2 7 (29.17%) Eclipse
General
1 17 (70.83%) Finance
Job Titles
1 24 (100.00%) Developer
2 17 (70.83%) Junior Developer
2 17 (70.83%) Junior
3 7 (29.17%) Software Developer
4 5 (20.83%) Junior Software Developer
4 5 (20.83%) Java Developer
5 1 (4.167%) Graduate
5 1 (4.167%) Graduate Software Developer
5 1 (4.167%) Graduate Developer
Miscellaneous
1 12 (50.00%) Blog
1 12 (50.00%) Open Source
2 7 (29.17%) Computer Science
Programming Languages
1 18 (75.00%) C#
2 12 (50.00%) PHP
3 11 (45.83%) SQL
4 7 (29.17%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 7 (29.17%) Degree
Vendors
1 12 (50.00%) Google
1 12 (50.00%) Microsoft
2 5 (20.83%) Oracle
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Posted: 19 May 2013