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This section looks at the demand for Swing (Java) skills within the London region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Swing over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSwing (Java)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank226164
Rank change on same period last yearDown-62
Matching permanent IT job ads6261337
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.337 %0.557 %
As % of the category below2.460 %3.872 %
Salaries quoted5351042
Average minimum salary£51,176£53,449
Average salary£57,548£59,233
% change on same period last year-2.84 %
Average maximum salary£63,920£65,017
UK excluding London average salary£36,187£36,428
% change on same period last year-0.66 %
London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
London
Matching permanent IT job ads2544934526
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled13.70 %14.39 %
Salaries quoted2204627494
Average minimum salary£43,026£45,101
Average salary£47,117£49,817
% change on same period last year-5.41 %
Average maximum salary£51,209£54,532
UK excluding London average salary£35,926£36,840
% change on same period last year-2.48 %
Swing EnglandSwing
England

Swing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Swing across the London region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

London Swing Demand Trend

Swing
Salary Trend

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

London Swing Salary Trend

Swing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Swing across the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

London Swing Salary Histogram

Swing
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Swing within the London region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
City of LondonDown-19251£53,996-14.60 %
Canary WharfDown-717£62,969-4.82 %
Docklands, LondonUp+2316£58,654-6.81 %
HammersmithUp+41£42,500+10.86 %
Swing EnglandSwing
England

Swing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the London region citing Swing 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 Swing.

11156 (100.00 %)Java
2631 (54.58 %)Finance
3473 (40.92 %)SQL
4410 (35.47 %)Banking
5383 (33.13 %)J2EE
6294 (25.43 %)Oracle
7285 (24.65 %)Front Office
8266 (23.01 %)J2SE
9263 (22.75 %)JDBC
10245 (21.19 %)JMS
11240 (20.76 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
11240 (20.76 %)Spring
12226 (19.55 %)XML
13221 (19.12 %)Hibernate
14216 (18.69 %)Investment Banking
15213 (18.43 %)OO
16193 (16.70 %)UNIX
17190 (16.44 %)Sybase
18179 (15.48 %)Derivative
19173 (14.97 %)JUnit
20165 (14.27 %)RDBMS
21163 (14.10 %)JSP
22155 (13.41 %)Degree
23151 (13.06 %)Linux
24147 (12.72 %)Ant
25143 (12.37 %)Agile Software Development
26128 (11.07 %)Servlets
27126 (10.90 %)EJB
28119 (10.29 %)Equities
29114 (9.862 %)C++

Swing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the London region citing Swing 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 Swing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

London IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1383 (33.13 %)J2EE
2266 (23.01 %)J2SE
3263 (22.75 %)JDBC
4245 (21.19 %)JMS
5240 (20.76 %)Spring
6226 (19.55 %)XML
7221 (19.12 %)Hibernate
8163 (14.10 %)JSP
9128 (11.07 %)Servlets
10126 (10.90 %)EJB
11100 (8.651 %)Struts
1288 (7.612 %)Java RMI
1376 (6.574 %)HTML
1458 (5.017 %)Middleware
1554 (4.671 %)CORBA
1653 (4.585 %)AJAX
1751 (4.412 %).NET
1844 (3.806 %)WebServices
1943 (3.720 %)AWT
2042 (3.633 %)WebSphere
London IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
157 (4.931 %)WebLogic
253 (4.585 %)JBoss
329 (2.509 %)SmartSockets
426 (2.249 %)Tomcat
517 (1.471 %)MQSeries
616 (1.384 %)TIBCO EMS
714 (1.211 %)WebSphere Application Server
714 (1.211 %)Oracle Application Server
811 (0.952 %)Rendezvous
811 (0.952 %)WebSphere MQ
910 (0.865 %)Apache
105 (0.433 %)ATG Dynamo
114 (0.346 %)BizTalk Server
123 (0.260 %)ESB
132 (0.173 %)SonicMQ
132 (0.173 %)ActiveMQ
132 (0.173 %)WebLogic Portal
132 (0.173 %)CMS
141 (0.087 %)IIS
London IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (0.519 %)MS Excel
22 (0.173 %)Spreadsheet
31 (0.087 %)MS Office
London IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
117 (1.471 %)RMDS
London IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
176 (6.574 %)Internet
27 (0.606 %)FTP
36 (0.519 %)TCP/IP
45 (0.433 %)SSL
54 (0.346 %)SAN
54 (0.346 %)Intranet
63 (0.260 %)HTTPS
63 (0.260 %)HTTP
63 (0.260 %)Broadband
72 (0.173 %)SMS
London IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1165 (14.27 %)RDBMS
239 (3.374 %)SQL Server
319 (1.644 %)MySQL
47 (0.606 %)DB2
55 (0.433 %)SQL Server 2000
64 (0.346 %)InterSystems Cache
64 (0.346 %)SQL Server 2005
64 (0.346 %)Oracle 8/8i
73 (0.260 %)Datawarehouse
73 (0.260 %)Crystal Reports
73 (0.260 %)Oracle 10g
73 (0.260 %)BusinessObjects
82 (0.173 %)Reference Data
82 (0.173 %)Oracle 9i
82 (0.173 %)MS Access
91 (0.087 %)Oracle Reports
91 (0.087 %)Oracle 11g
91 (0.087 %)SQLPlus
London IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1173 (14.97 %)JUnit
2147 (12.72 %)Ant
365 (5.623 %)Eclipse
424 (2.076 %)Flash
518 (1.557 %)Subversion
617 (1.471 %)VSS/SourceSafe
713 (1.125 %)Oracle Forms
713 (1.125 %)PVCS
811 (0.952 %)JIRA
98 (0.692 %)JBuilder
106 (0.519 %)Selenium
115 (0.433 %)ClearCase
123 (0.260 %)FitNesse
123 (0.260 %)QuickTest Pro
132 (0.173 %)NUnit
141 (0.087 %)ClearQuest
141 (0.087 %)TestDirector
141 (0.087 %)Visual Studio
London IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1631 (54.58 %)Finance
2410 (35.47 %)Banking
3285 (24.65 %)Front Office
4216 (18.69 %)Investment Banking
541 (3.547 %)Education
625 (2.163 %)Retail
722 (1.903 %)Health
820 (1.730 %)Insurance
919 (1.644 %)Financial Institution
1018 (1.557 %)Back Office
1115 (1.298 %)Games
1115 (1.298 %)Pensions
1212 (1.038 %)Advertising
1310 (0.865 %)Telecoms
1310 (0.865 %)Retail Banking
149 (0.779 %)Marketing
149 (0.779 %)Online Games
153 (0.260 %)Government
162 (0.173 %)Mobile Games
162 (0.173 %)Private Banking
London IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11009 (87.28 %)Developer
2878 (75.95 %)Java Developer
3462 (39.97 %)Java Swing Developer
4188 (16.26 %)Senior Developer
5158 (13.67 %)Senior Java Developer
6128 (11.07 %)Java/J2EE Developer
787 (7.526 %)J2EE Developer
860 (5.190 %)Analyst
957 (4.931 %)GUI Developer
1037 (3.201 %)Front Office Developer
1134 (2.941 %)Graduate
1231 (2.682 %)Analyst Developer
1329 (2.509 %)Team Leader
1329 (2.509 %)SQL Developer
1329 (2.509 %)Architect
1329 (2.509 %)Programmer
1329 (2.509 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
1424 (2.076 %)Lead Developer
1523 (1.990 %)Java Programmer
1622 (1.903 %)Java Analyst Developer
London IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1240 (20.76 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
2179 (15.48 %)Derivative
3119 (10.29 %)Equities
4114 (9.862 %)Multithreading
586 (7.439 %)Computer Science
668 (5.882 %)Fixed Income
757 (4.931 %)Spread Betting
847 (4.066 %)Grid Computing
939 (3.374 %)N-Tier
1037 (3.201 %)Client/Server
1136 (3.114 %)Contract for Difference
1234 (2.941 %)Credit Derivative
1330 (2.595 %)Mathematics
1414 (1.211 %)Physics
1513 (1.125 %)Statistics
1612 (1.038 %)Equity Derivative
1711 (0.952 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1810 (0.865 %)Hybrid Derivative
197 (0.606 %)Credit Risk
197 (0.606 %)Market Risk
London IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1193 (16.70 %)UNIX
2151 (13.06 %)Linux
380 (6.920 %)Windows
410 (0.865 %)Solaris
58 (0.692 %)Windows 2000
58 (0.692 %)Windows XP
67 (0.606 %)Windows NT
72 (0.173 %)Red Hat Linux
London IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1213 (18.43 %)OO
2143 (12.37 %)Agile Software Development
367 (5.796 %)UML
459 (5.104 %)E-Commerce
558 (5.017 %)Electronic Trading
649 (4.239 %)RUP
739 (3.374 %)Unit Testing
833 (2.855 %)OOA/OOD
931 (2.682 %)Algorithmic Trading
1029 (2.509 %)Data Modelling
1127 (2.336 %)Risk Management
1226 (2.249 %)Investment Management
1323 (1.990 %)Software Engineering
1418 (1.557 %)SOA
1418 (1.557 %)Automated Testing
1517 (1.471 %)Continuous Integration
1517 (1.471 %)EAI
1615 (1.298 %)OOP
1615 (1.298 %)TDD
1615 (1.298 %)Test Scripting
London IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11156 (100.00 %)Java
2473 (40.92 %)SQL
3114 (9.862 %)C++
468 (5.882 %)JavaScript
565 (5.623 %)C#
662 (5.363 %)PL/SQL
742 (3.633 %)DHTML
831 (2.682 %)Perl
929 (2.509 %)Shell Script
1023 (1.990 %)ActionScript
1120 (1.730 %)VB
1211 (0.952 %)VC++
1310 (0.865 %)Delphi
149 (0.779 %)C
156 (0.519 %)PHP
165 (0.433 %)Transact-SQL
174 (0.346 %)Smalltalk
183 (0.260 %)Korn
183 (0.260 %)Groovy
183 (0.260 %)Python
London IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1155 (13.41 %)Degree
21 (0.087 %)PhD
21 (0.087 %)Sun Certification
London IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11 (0.087 %)QA
London IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (0.433 %)AquaLogic
22 (0.173 %)Oracle RAC
31 (0.087 %)Xen
London IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
17 (0.606 %)AutoSys
25 (0.433 %)MOM
London IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1294 (25.43 %)Oracle
2190 (16.44 %)Sybase
340 (3.460 %)TIBCO
428 (2.422 %)BEA
519 (1.644 %)IBM
616 (1.384 %)Microsoft
616 (1.384 %)Perforce
715 (1.298 %)Tangosol
89 (0.779 %)webMethods
98 (0.692 %)Adobe
98 (0.692 %)Calypso
105 (0.433 %)ATG
114 (0.346 %)Google
123 (0.260 %)Portware
123 (0.260 %)Fidessa
123 (0.260 %)Business Objects
132 (0.173 %)Reuters
132 (0.173 %)Informatica
132 (0.173 %)Red Hat
132 (0.173 %)GigaSpaces