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

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE, JSE)
Rank 557 516 540
Rank change year-on-year
-41 +24
Permanent jobs citing Java SE 27 121 110
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 0.062% 0.226% 0.190%
As % of the Application Development category 0.153% 0.554% 0.479%
Number of salaries quoted 27 110 107
Average salary £57,500 £61,500 £55,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.50% +11.81%
90% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £38,000 £37,500
10% offered a salary of more than £105,000 £81,000 £88,500
UK excluding London average salary £32,500 £41,000 £30,500
% change year-on-year
-20.73% +34.42%
All Application Development
London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
17599 21837 22966
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in London 40.24% 40.71% 39.60%
Number of salaries quoted 15254 19449 20169
Average salary £50,000 £47,500 £50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.26% -5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £32,500 £33,250
10% offered a salary of more than £70,000 £75,000 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java SE
England

Java SE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

London Java SE Jobs Demand Trend

Java SE
Salary Trend

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

London Java SE Salary Trend

Java SE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java SE across the London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

London Java SE Salary Histogram

Java SE
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java SE within the London region over the 3 months to 24 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 -13 15 £45,000 -21.73%
Teddington - 1 £47,500 -
Java SE
England

Java SE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the London region citing Java SE 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 SE.

1 77 (98.72%) Java
2 44 (56.41%) Agile Software Development
3 39 (50.00%) Spring
4 33 (42.31%) Hibernate
5 27 (34.62%) Finance
5 27 (34.62%) TDD
5 27 (34.62%) OO
6 26 (33.33%) JavaScript
6 26 (33.33%) HTML
7 24 (30.77%) Multithreading
8 23 (29.49%) C#
9 21 (26.92%) C++
9 21 (26.92%) J2EE
9 21 (26.92%) Computer Science
10 19 (24.36%) BDD
10 19 (24.36%) Linux
10 19 (24.36%) JBoss
10 19 (24.36%) Banking
11 18 (23.08%) Degree
12 17 (21.79%) Java EE
12 17 (21.79%) Front Office
13 16 (20.51%) Oracle
14 15 (19.23%) .NET
14 15 (19.23%) Web Services
14 15 (19.23%) Android
15 14 (17.95%) Ext JS
15 14 (17.95%) CSS
15 14 (17.95%) Windows
15 14 (17.95%) Python
16 13 (16.67%) EJB

Java SE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 39 (50.00%) Spring
2 33 (42.31%) Hibernate
3 26 (33.33%) HTML
4 21 (26.92%) J2EE
5 17 (21.79%) Java EE
6 15 (19.23%) .NET
6 15 (19.23%) Web Services
7 14 (17.95%) Ext JS
7 14 (17.95%) CSS
8 13 (16.67%) EJB
8 13 (16.67%) Ajax
9 11 (14.10%) HTML5
10 10 (12.82%) JNI
11 9 (11.54%) J2SE
11 9 (11.54%) Swing
11 9 (11.54%) Struts
11 9 (11.54%) XML
11 9 (11.54%) .NET Framework
12 8 (10.26%) XMPP
13 7 (8.974%) XSL
Application Platforms
1 12 (15.38%) Tomcat
2 9 (11.54%) SharePoint
3 7 (8.974%) Apache
4 4 (5.128%) GemFire
5 3 (3.846%) Oracle Application Server
5 3 (3.846%) WebSphere Application Server
6 1 (1.282%) WebLogic
6 1 (1.282%) ESB
6 1 (1.282%) Mule
6 1 (1.282%) Amazon AWS
Applications
1 11 (14.10%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 2 (2.564%) RMDS
2 1 (1.282%) Murex MxG2000
Communications & Networking
1 10 (12.82%) VoIP
2 9 (11.54%) HTTP
2 9 (11.54%) GSM
3 8 (10.26%) RTP
4 1 (1.282%) Firewall
4 1 (1.282%) Wi-Fi
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (14.10%) SQL Server
2 9 (11.54%) SQL Server 2005
2 9 (11.54%) SQL Server 2008
2 9 (11.54%) Hadoop
3 8 (10.26%) Big Data
4 5 (6.410%) RDBMS
4 5 (6.410%) NoSQL
5 4 (5.128%) MongoDB
5 4 (5.128%) Apache Cassandra
6 3 (3.846%) PostgreSQL
7 2 (2.564%) MySQL
8 1 (1.282%) Sybase ASE
Development Applications
1 6 (7.692%) Subversion
2 5 (6.410%) JUnit
3 3 (3.846%) Bugzilla
3 3 (3.846%) Maven
3 3 (3.846%) JIRA
3 3 (3.846%) Selenium
3 3 (3.846%) Git (software)
4 2 (2.564%) Hamcrest
4 2 (2.564%) jMock
5 1 (1.282%) Cucumber
General
1 27 (34.62%) Finance
2 19 (24.36%) Banking
3 17 (21.79%) Front Office
4 12 (15.38%) Games
5 8 (10.26%) Investment Banking
5 8 (10.26%) Legal
6 2 (2.564%) Music
6 2 (2.564%) Telecoms
7 1 (1.282%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 72 (92.31%) Developer
2 41 (52.56%) Java Developer
3 12 (15.38%) Android Developer
4 11 (14.10%) Junior Developer
4 11 (14.10%) Junior
5 7 (8.974%) Software Engineer
5 7 (8.974%) Software Developer
5 7 (8.974%) Java Software Engineer
6 5 (6.410%) Java Programmer
6 5 (6.410%) Web Developer
6 5 (6.410%) Senior Developer
6 5 (6.410%) Programmer
6 5 (6.410%) Lead Developer
6 5 (6.410%) Java Web Developer
7 4 (5.128%) Web Engineer
7 4 (5.128%) Java Applications Developer
7 4 (5.128%) JavaScript Developer
7 4 (5.128%) Lead Java Developer
7 4 (5.128%) Web Programmer
7 4 (5.128%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 21 (26.92%) Computer Science
2 12 (15.38%) Hedge funds
3 9 (11.54%) Online Games
4 8 (10.26%) Open Source
5 7 (8.974%) Mobile App
6 6 (7.692%) Web 2.0
6 6 (7.692%) Equities
7 5 (6.410%) Handset
7 5 (6.410%) Mathematics
8 3 (3.846%) Blackberry
8 3 (3.846%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
8 3 (3.846%) Client/Server
8 3 (3.846%) Physics
9 2 (2.564%) iPhone
9 2 (2.564%) Smartphone
10 1 (1.282%) N-Tier
10 1 (1.282%) Chemistry
10 1 (1.282%) iPad
10 1 (1.282%) SaaS
Operating Systems
1 19 (24.36%) Linux
2 15 (19.23%) Android
3 14 (17.95%) Windows
4 10 (12.82%) UNIX
5 9 (11.54%) Windows Server 2003
5 9 (11.54%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (2.564%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 1 (1.282%) Windows Mobile
7 1 (1.282%) Apple iOS
7 1 (1.282%) CentOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 44 (56.41%) Agile Software Development
2 27 (34.62%) TDD
2 27 (34.62%) OO
3 24 (30.77%) Multithreading
4 19 (24.36%) BDD
5 13 (16.67%) Configuration Management
6 12 (15.38%) Unit Testing
7 11 (14.10%) UML
7 11 (14.10%) Algorithmic Trading
8 10 (12.82%) Release Management
8 10 (12.82%) Change Management
8 10 (12.82%) SOA
8 10 (12.82%) ETL
9 7 (8.974%) Scrum
9 7 (8.974%) System Testing
10 6 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
10 6 (7.692%) Data Management
11 5 (6.410%) Asset Management
11 5 (6.410%) OOD
12 4 (5.128%) Mobile Application Development
Programming Languages
1 77 (98.72%) Java
2 26 (33.33%) JavaScript
3 23 (29.49%) C#
4 21 (26.92%) C++
5 14 (17.95%) Python
6 11 (14.10%) SQL
7 10 (12.82%) C
8 9 (11.54%) Shell Script
9 7 (8.974%) Perl
9 7 (8.974%) Groovy
9 7 (8.974%) Scala
10 5 (6.410%) Ruby
11 4 (5.128%) Clojure
12 3 (3.846%) MATLAB
13 2 (2.564%) PHP
14 1 (1.282%) PL/SQL
14 1 (1.282%) XPath
Qualifications
1 18 (23.08%) Degree
2 10 (12.82%) PhD
3 2 (2.564%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (1.282%) OCP
4 1 (1.282%) OCA
4 1 (1.282%) Oracle Certification
4 1 (1.282%) Postgraduate
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (2.564%) SLA
2 1 (1.282%) QA
Systems Management
1 1 (1.282%) Dollar Universe
1 1 (1.282%) Zenoss
Vendors
1 19 (24.36%) JBoss
2 16 (20.51%) Oracle
3 11 (14.10%) Microsoft
4 4 (5.128%) DataSynapse
5 3 (3.846%) Sybase
5 3 (3.846%) Reuters
5 3 (3.846%) Bloomberg
5 3 (3.846%) Google
6 2 (2.564%) Kalahari
6 2 (2.564%) Caplin
6 2 (2.564%) IBM
7 1 (1.282%) Adobe
7 1 (1.282%) Murex
7 1 (1.282%) Ericsson
7 1 (1.282%) Informatica
7 1 (1.282%) Nokia
7 1 (1.282%) Capita
7 1 (1.282%) Zend
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