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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Groovy
Rank 47 53 56
Rank change year-on-year
+6 +3
Permanent jobs citing Groovy 6 18 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 1.639% 3.557% 0.316%
As % of the Programming Languages category 2.715% 5.556% 0.541%
Number of salaries quoted 4 8 1
Average salary £50,000 £32,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+53.84% -13.33%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +8.10%
All Programming Languages
Liverpool
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
221 324 185
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Liverpool 60.38% 64.03% 58.54%
Number of salaries quoted 193 281 154
Average salary £33,014 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-11.96% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £42,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Groovy
Merseyside

Groovy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Liverpool Groovy Jobs Demand Trend

Groovy
Salary Trend

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

Liverpool Groovy Salary Trend

Groovy
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Liverpool region citing Groovy 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 Groovy.

1 8 (100.00%) Java
1 8 (100.00%) Open Source
2 6 (75.00%) Ruby
2 6 (75.00%) Python
2 6 (75.00%) C#
2 6 (75.00%) C++
2 6 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
2 6 (75.00%) Degree
3 4 (50.00%) ESB
3 4 (50.00%) Physics
3 4 (50.00%) Spring
3 4 (50.00%) Flash
3 4 (50.00%) Internet
3 4 (50.00%) Games
3 4 (50.00%) 3ds Max
3 4 (50.00%) Streaming Video
3 4 (50.00%) Hibernate
3 4 (50.00%) Photoshop
3 4 (50.00%) .NET
3 4 (50.00%) MVC
3 4 (50.00%) ZBrush
3 4 (50.00%) HTML5
4 2 (25.00%) Dependency Injection
4 2 (25.00%) AOP
4 2 (25.00%) Web Development
4 2 (25.00%) Finance
4 2 (25.00%) JUnit
4 2 (25.00%) JMS
4 2 (25.00%) SOA
4 2 (25.00%) EJB

Groovy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 4 (50.00%) Spring
1 4 (50.00%) Flash
1 4 (50.00%) Hibernate
1 4 (50.00%) .NET
1 4 (50.00%) HTML5
2 2 (25.00%) JMS
2 2 (25.00%) EJB
2 2 (25.00%) CSS
2 2 (25.00%) Struts
2 2 (25.00%) HTML
2 2 (25.00%) Spring Web Flow
2 2 (25.00%) GWT
2 2 (25.00%) EJB 3.0
2 2 (25.00%) Guice
Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) ESB
Applications
1 4 (50.00%) 3ds Max
1 4 (50.00%) Photoshop
1 4 (50.00%) ZBrush
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) Internet
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) JUnit
General
1 4 (50.00%) Games
2 2 (25.00%) Finance
Job Titles
1 8 (100.00%) Developer
2 6 (75.00%) Senior Developer
3 4 (50.00%) Games Developer
3 4 (50.00%) Java Developer
3 4 (50.00%) Senior Games Developer
4 2 (25.00%) Senior Java Developer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (100.00%) Open Source
2 4 (50.00%) Physics
2 4 (50.00%) Streaming Video
3 2 (25.00%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (25.00%) Windows
1 2 (25.00%) Linux
1 2 (25.00%) Mac OS
Processes & Methodologies
1 6 (75.00%) Agile Software Development
2 4 (50.00%) MVC
3 2 (25.00%) Dependency Injection
3 2 (25.00%) AOP
3 2 (25.00%) Web Development
3 2 (25.00%) SOA
3 2 (25.00%) Supply Chain Management
3 2 (25.00%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 8 (100.00%) Java
2 6 (75.00%) Ruby
2 6 (75.00%) Python
2 6 (75.00%) C#
2 6 (75.00%) C++
3 2 (25.00%) JavaScript
3 2 (25.00%) SQL
Qualifications
1 6 (75.00%) Degree
Vendors
1 2 (25.00%) JBoss
Liverpool, Merseyside
4+ years current experience in C# & .NET writing and debugging scripts in C# Video streaming over Internet (via HTML5 or Flash)... Knowledge of 3D Studio Max, ZBrush, Photoshop.
The Bridge Ltd
Salary: Up to £55,000 per annum plus Excellent Benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Liverpool, North West
4+ years Unity 3.x experience on commercial or open source projects 4+ years current experience in C# & .NET writing and debugging scripts in C# Video streaming over...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £55000.00 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013