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

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 20 31 26
Rank change year-on-year
+11 -5
Permanent jobs citing Java 27 4 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Macclesfield 14.36% 2.548% 6.161%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.65% 3.306% 7.471%
Number of salaries quoted 26 2 5
Average salary £34,500 £32,500 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.15% +3.17%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,500 £32,500 £29,100
10% offered a salary of more than £38,500 £32,500 £38,800
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Macclesfield
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
153 121 174
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Macclesfield 81.38% 77.07% 82.46%
Number of salaries quoted 149 94 129
Average salary £30,750 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.38% -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £22,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £70,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
Cheshire

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Macclesfield 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 Macclesfield region.

Macclesfield Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

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

Macclesfield Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Macclesfield 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 31 (79.49%) UNIX
2 30 (76.92%) Linux
3 24 (61.54%) C
4 18 (46.15%) Shell Script
5 17 (43.59%) Telecoms
5 17 (43.59%) Degree
6 12 (30.77%) HTTP
7 8 (20.51%) IMAP
7 8 (20.51%) Computer Science
7 8 (20.51%) QA
7 8 (20.51%) Handset
7 8 (20.51%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (20.51%) TCP/IP
7 8 (20.51%) LDAP
8 7 (17.95%) Web Services
8 7 (17.95%) Workflow
9 6 (15.38%) Bioinformatics
9 6 (15.38%) jBPM
9 6 (15.38%) Ontologies
9 6 (15.38%) MATLAB
9 6 (15.38%) Grid Computing
9 6 (15.38%) PhD
9 6 (15.38%) OO
9 6 (15.38%) Python
9 6 (15.38%) R
10 5 (12.82%) SMS
10 5 (12.82%) SMTP
10 5 (12.82%) Internet
11 3 (7.692%) Red Hat
11 3 (7.692%) Solaris

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Macclesfield 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 7 (17.95%) Web Services
2 6 (15.38%) jBPM
3 1 (2.564%) SOAP
3 1 (2.564%) .NET
3 1 (2.564%) Spring
3 1 (2.564%) JSF
3 1 (2.564%) Java EE
3 1 (2.564%) ICEfaces
3 1 (2.564%) REST
3 1 (2.564%) JPA
Application Platforms
1 1 (2.564%) WebLogic
1 1 (2.564%) SharePoint
Communications & Networking
1 12 (30.77%) HTTP
2 8 (20.51%) IMAP
2 8 (20.51%) TCP/IP
2 8 (20.51%) LDAP
3 5 (12.82%) SMS
3 5 (12.82%) SMTP
3 5 (12.82%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (2.564%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 1 (2.564%) JUnit
1 1 (2.564%) Eclipse
1 1 (2.564%) Maven
1 1 (2.564%) StarTeam
1 1 (2.564%) JIRA
1 1 (2.564%) Git (software)
1 1 (2.564%) Mockito
General
1 17 (43.59%) Telecoms
2 8 (20.51%) Pharmaceutical
Job Titles
1 21 (53.85%) Support Engineer
2 13 (33.33%) Senior Support Engineer
3 12 (30.77%) Applications Support
4 9 (23.08%) Analyst
4 9 (23.08%) Support Analyst
4 9 (23.08%) Technical Support
4 9 (23.08%) Senior Technical Support
4 9 (23.08%) Technical Support Engineer
4 9 (23.08%) Technical Engineer
4 9 (23.08%) Senior Technical Support Engineer
4 9 (23.08%) Senior Technical Engineer
5 7 (17.95%) Java Developer
5 7 (17.95%) Developer
5 7 (17.95%) Applications Support Engineer
6 6 (15.38%) Java Software Developer
6 6 (15.38%) Software Developer
7 3 (7.692%) 3rd Line Support
7 3 (7.692%) Trainee
7 3 (7.692%) 3rd Line Support Analyst
7 3 (7.692%) 3rd Line Support Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 8 (20.51%) Computer Science
1 8 (20.51%) Handset
2 6 (15.38%) Ontologies
2 6 (15.38%) Grid Computing
3 1 (2.564%) LIMS
3 1 (2.564%) Life Science
Operating Systems
1 31 (79.49%) UNIX
2 30 (76.92%) Linux
3 3 (7.692%) Solaris
3 3 (7.692%) Fedora
3 3 (7.692%) Ubuntu
3 3 (7.692%) CentOS
3 3 (7.692%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (17.95%) Workflow
2 6 (15.38%) Bioinformatics
2 6 (15.38%) OO
3 3 (7.692%) Software Engineering
4 2 (5.128%) E-Commerce
5 1 (2.564%) ITIL
5 1 (2.564%) Agile Software Development
5 1 (2.564%) Product Management
5 1 (2.564%) User Acceptance Testing
5 1 (2.564%) Performance Testing
Programming Languages
1 24 (61.54%) C
2 18 (46.15%) Shell Script
3 6 (15.38%) MATLAB
3 6 (15.38%) Python
3 6 (15.38%) R
4 3 (7.692%) Bash shell
5 1 (2.564%) SQL
Qualifications
1 17 (43.59%) Degree
2 6 (15.38%) PhD
3 1 (2.564%) ITIL Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 8 (20.51%) QA
Vendors
1 3 (7.692%) Red Hat
2 2 (5.128%) Oracle
3 1 (2.564%) Remedy