The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Job Titles advertised for the London region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Programmer
Rank 469 504 549
Rank change year-on-year
+35 +45
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Programmer 137 138 93
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.315% 0.257% 0.158%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.337% 0.274% 0.169%
Number of salaries quoted 124 128 79
Average salary £55,000 £50,000 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.00% -9.09%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £33,550 £34,300
10% offered a salary of more than £76,750 £71,500 £84,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,250 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.91% +4.66%
All Job Titles
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
40671 50354 54941
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 93.40% 93.93% 93.57%
Number of salaries quoted 34205 43701 46341
Average salary £50,000 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £31,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £75,000 £80,000 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java Programmer
England

Java Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Java Programmer across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

London Java Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Java Programmer
Salary Trend

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

London Java Programmer Salary Trend

Java Programmer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java Programmer across the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

London Java Programmer Salary Histogram

Java Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Programmer within the London region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of London +15 29 £65,000 +20.93%
Java Programmer
England

Java Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Java Programmer in their job title 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 with Java Programmer in their job title.

1 238 (100.00%) Java
2 115 (48.32%) Spring
3 94 (39.50%) Multithreading
4 91 (38.24%) JavaScript
5 83 (34.87%) Hibernate
6 75 (31.51%) SQL
7 70 (29.41%) XML
8 68 (28.57%) TDD
9 62 (26.05%) OO
10 58 (24.37%) UNIX
10 58 (24.37%) Linux
11 52 (21.85%) Finance
12 48 (20.17%) CSS
13 47 (19.75%) JSP
14 46 (19.33%) Oracle
15 45 (18.91%) J2EE
16 42 (17.65%) BDD
17 41 (17.23%) Front Office
18 40 (16.81%) Web Services
18 40 (16.81%) Agile Software Development
19 38 (15.97%) HTML
20 35 (14.71%) Pair Programming
20 35 (14.71%) Continuous Integration
20 35 (14.71%) JBoss
21 34 (14.29%) Apache
21 34 (14.29%) Tomcat
22 33 (13.87%) Scala
23 32 (13.45%) Struts
24 30 (12.61%) RESTful
25 27 (11.34%) JDBC

Java Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region that cited Java Programmer in their job title 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 with Java Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 115 (48.32%) Spring
2 83 (34.87%) Hibernate
3 70 (29.41%) XML
4 48 (20.17%) CSS
5 47 (19.75%) JSP
6 45 (18.91%) J2EE
7 40 (16.81%) Web Services
8 38 (15.97%) HTML
9 32 (13.45%) Struts
10 30 (12.61%) RESTful
11 27 (11.34%) JDBC
12 25 (10.50%) Ajax
13 24 (10.08%) JMS
14 21 (8.824%) Swing
15 20 (8.403%) jQuery
16 18 (7.563%) JSTL
16 18 (7.563%) XHTML
17 17 (7.143%) XSLT
17 17 (7.143%) Java EE
18 16 (6.723%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 34 (14.29%) Apache
1 34 (14.29%) Tomcat
2 8 (3.361%) MQSeries
3 5 (2.101%) CMS
3 5 (2.101%) Apache Solr
4 4 (1.681%) ESB
5 3 (1.261%) WebLogic
6 1 (0.420%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (0.420%) Oracle Workflow
6 1 (0.420%) Liferay
6 1 (0.420%) TIBCO EMS
6 1 (0.420%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 9 (3.782%) MS Excel
2 2 (0.840%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 3 (1.261%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (0.420%) ION MarketView
Communications & Networking
1 23 (9.664%) HTTP
2 2 (0.840%) AMQP
2 2 (0.840%) Internet
2 2 (0.840%) Broadband
3 1 (0.420%) SSL
3 1 (0.420%) Kerberos
3 1 (0.420%) SNMP
3 1 (0.420%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 25 (10.50%) Apache Cassandra
2 22 (9.244%) SQL Server
3 21 (8.824%) MySQL
4 18 (7.563%) RDBMS
5 9 (3.782%) SQL Server 2008
6 8 (3.361%) MarkLogic
7 7 (2.941%) PostgreSQL
8 5 (2.101%) Big Data
9 4 (1.681%) Oracle Reports
9 4 (1.681%) Oracle 8/8i
10 3 (1.261%) NoSQL
10 3 (1.261%) Informix
11 1 (0.420%) MongoDB
11 1 (0.420%) DB2
11 1 (0.420%) KDB
11 1 (0.420%) JasperReports
Development Applications
1 22 (9.244%) Maven
2 16 (6.723%) Ant
2 16 (6.723%) JUnit
3 15 (6.303%) Eclipse
4 13 (5.462%) Hudson
5 8 (3.361%) JIRA
5 8 (3.361%) Subversion
5 8 (3.361%) Jenkins
6 2 (0.840%) Selenium
6 2 (0.840%) PowerBuilder
7 1 (0.420%) Mockito
General
1 52 (21.85%) Finance
2 41 (17.23%) Front Office
3 24 (10.08%) Publishing
4 18 (7.563%) Banking
5 13 (5.462%) Games
6 8 (3.361%) Retail
6 8 (3.361%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.420%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.420%) Law
7 1 (0.420%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 15 (6.303%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 13 (5.462%) RIA
3 12 (5.042%) Hedge funds
4 10 (4.202%) Open Source
5 9 (3.782%) Semantic Web
5 9 (3.782%) Computer Science
5 9 (3.782%) Derivative
6 8 (3.361%) Online Games
6 8 (3.361%) Equities
6 8 (3.361%) Fixed Income
7 4 (1.681%) Mathematics
7 4 (1.681%) Statistics
8 3 (1.261%) Digital Media
8 3 (1.261%) Blog
8 3 (1.261%) Cloud Computing
9 2 (0.840%) iPhone
9 2 (0.840%) Client/Server
9 2 (0.840%) New Media
10 1 (0.420%) Social Gaming
10 1 (0.420%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 58 (24.37%) UNIX
1 58 (24.37%) Linux
2 12 (5.042%) Windows
3 8 (3.361%) Solaris
4 3 (1.261%) Android
5 1 (0.420%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 94 (39.50%) Multithreading
2 68 (28.57%) TDD
3 62 (26.05%) OO
4 42 (17.65%) BDD
5 40 (16.81%) Agile Software Development
6 35 (14.71%) Pair Programming
6 35 (14.71%) Continuous Integration
7 22 (9.244%) Software Engineering
8 18 (7.563%) MVC
9 13 (5.462%) E-Commerce
10 12 (5.042%) Scrum
11 11 (4.622%) Data Analysis
12 10 (4.202%) Unit Testing
13 9 (3.782%) SOA
13 9 (3.782%) Web Development
14 8 (3.361%) Data Modelling
15 7 (2.941%) Algorithmic Trading
16 6 (2.521%) Risk Management
17 5 (2.101%) Web Application Development
17 5 (2.101%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 238 (100.00%) Java
2 91 (38.24%) JavaScript
3 75 (31.51%) SQL
4 33 (13.87%) Scala
5 24 (10.08%) Shell Script
6 13 (5.462%) VB
7 12 (5.042%) VBA
8 9 (3.782%) XQuery
8 9 (3.782%) T-SQL
8 9 (3.782%) C#
9 8 (3.361%) XPath
10 6 (2.521%) C++
10 6 (2.521%) Clojure
11 5 (2.101%) C
11 5 (2.101%) Groovy
12 4 (1.681%) Python
12 4 (1.681%) Perl
13 3 (1.261%) Haskell
13 3 (1.261%) Erlang
13 3 (1.261%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 20 (8.403%) Degree
2 6 (2.521%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.261%) QA
System Software
1 8 (3.361%) Squid
Vendors
1 46 (19.33%) Oracle
2 35 (14.71%) JBoss
3 16 (6.723%) Sybase
4 13 (5.462%) Adobe
5 12 (5.042%) Reuters
6 9 (3.782%) Microsoft
7 8 (3.361%) Bloomberg
7 8 (3.361%) Perforce
8 6 (2.521%) TIBCO
9 5 (2.101%) hybris
9 5 (2.101%) ATG
10 3 (1.261%) Demandware
11 2 (0.840%) IBM
12 1 (0.420%) ION Trading
12 1 (0.420%) DataSynapse
London
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. In addition, to the usual technical responsibilities the client is...
TRG
Salary: 50000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Java Developer required in South West Central London! I am working closely with a B2C household name, who are looking to hire a motivated Java developer... We are...
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013
City, London
Developer, Core Java, threading, strategy, MQ Series, UNIX, Spring, Linux, front office, trading This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate core Java developer in an already established...
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £80000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 19 May 2013
London
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery... Essential Experience: * 5+ years Java experience * Spring * RESTFul web services *...
TRG
Salary: £50000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
London
Pioneering financial services online start-up based in Central London is seeking a skilled Java developer... As a Senior Java Developer you will work closely with stakeholders to...
Client Server
Salary: £50k to £60k + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
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Client Server
Salary: £50k to £60k + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
London
As a highly skilled Java Developer you will be part of a small focused project team which is responsible for innovation and development of new product strategies. The...
TRG
Salary: 65000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
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TRG
Salary: 55000 Per Annum Excellent benefits & bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery... Essential Experience: * Server side Java * Experience delivering large (6-9...
TRG
Salary: £55000 Per Annum Excellent benefits & bonus
Posted: 19 May 2013
London
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery... Essential Experience: * Strong Agile experience (TDD, Unit Testing) * RESTful web...
TRG
Salary: £65000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
London
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. In addition, to the usual technical responsibilities the client is...
TRG
Salary: 60000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
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Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £80000 per annum + bonus+pension+benifits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery... Essential Experience: * 7+ years Java development experience * 2+ years technical...
TRG
Salary: £60000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
London
Opportunity for a passionate and intelligent Java Developer to work on Greenfield Big Data projects at a start-up software house that is pushing the boundaries of technical...
Client Server
Salary: £45k to £60k + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
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Aston Carter
Salary: £60000 - £95000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 19 May 2013