The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Maidstone region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 17 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 Maidstone region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 19 17 22
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +5
Permanent jobs citing Java 4 4 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 4.938% 8.163% 6.481%
As % of the Programming Languages category 7.692% 11.11% 23.33%
Number of salaries quoted 4 3 7
Average salary £31,250 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.87% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,700 £29,200 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £34,250 £46,000 £57,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Maidstone
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
52 36 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Maidstone 64.20% 73.47% 27.78%
Number of salaries quoted 51 34 29
Average salary £37,500 £35,000 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.14% +27.27%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £25,000 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £48,000 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
Kent

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Maidstone 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 Maidstone region.

Maidstone Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Maidstone region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Maidstone Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 6 (66.67%) XML
1 6 (66.67%) Selenium
2 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
2 5 (55.56%) SQL
3 4 (44.44%) PHP
3 4 (44.44%) Linux
3 4 (44.44%) MySQL
4 3 (33.33%) ISEB
4 3 (33.33%) Apache
4 3 (33.33%) Python
4 3 (33.33%) ETL
4 3 (33.33%) HTML
4 3 (33.33%) Degree
4 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
4 3 (33.33%) System Testing
4 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
4 3 (33.33%) Retail
4 3 (33.33%) Ruby
4 3 (33.33%) ISTQB
4 3 (33.33%) PHPUnit
5 2 (22.22%) soapUI
5 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
5 2 (22.22%) Hibernate
5 2 (22.22%) Sahi
5 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
5 2 (22.22%) QA
5 2 (22.22%) VB
5 2 (22.22%) C#
5 2 (22.22%) Ant
5 2 (22.22%) SOAP

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Maidstone 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 6 (66.67%) XML
2 3 (33.33%) HTML
3 2 (22.22%) SOAP
3 2 (22.22%) Hibernate
3 2 (22.22%) soapUI
4 1 (11.11%) XHTML
4 1 (11.11%) Spring
4 1 (11.11%) Java SE
4 1 (11.11%) MDX
4 1 (11.11%) jQuery
4 1 (11.11%) Web Services
4 1 (11.11%) J2EE
4 1 (11.11%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 3 (33.33%) Apache
2 1 (11.11%) ColdFusion
2 1 (11.11%) GlassFish
Applications
1 1 (11.11%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 1 (11.11%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (44.44%) MySQL
2 1 (11.11%) Pentaho
Development Applications
1 6 (66.67%) Selenium
2 3 (33.33%) PHPUnit
3 2 (22.22%) Sahi
3 2 (22.22%) Ant
4 1 (11.11%) NetBeans
4 1 (11.11%) Maven
4 1 (11.11%) Git (software)
General
1 3 (33.33%) Retail
2 1 (11.11%) Marketing
2 1 (11.11%) Finance
Job Titles
1 4 (44.44%) Analyst
1 4 (44.44%) Test Analyst
2 3 (33.33%) Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Automation Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Java Developer
3 2 (22.22%) Junior
3 2 (22.22%) Software Engineer
3 2 (22.22%) Junior Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Junior Java Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Junior Web Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Java Web Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Java Software Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Software Test Analyst
4 1 (11.11%) Junior Java Web Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Automation Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Software Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Web Developer
4 1 (11.11%) Software Tester
4 1 (11.11%) Test Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (22.22%) Computer Science
2 1 (11.11%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 4 (44.44%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 3 (33.33%) ETL
1 3 (33.33%) Test Scripting
1 3 (33.33%) System Testing
1 3 (33.33%) Test Automation
2 2 (22.22%) Penetration Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Business Analysis
3 1 (11.11%) Software Testing
3 1 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Unit Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Web Testing
3 1 (11.11%) Business Intelligence
3 1 (11.11%) Migration
3 1 (11.11%) OO
3 1 (11.11%) RUP
3 1 (11.11%) Waterfall
3 1 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
3 1 (11.11%) Web Application Development
3 1 (11.11%) Automation Testing
Programming Languages
1 5 (55.56%) JavaScript
1 5 (55.56%) SQL
2 4 (44.44%) PHP
3 3 (33.33%) Python
3 3 (33.33%) Ruby
4 2 (22.22%) VB
4 2 (22.22%) C#
5 1 (11.11%) C++
5 1 (11.11%) Perl
Qualifications
1 3 (33.33%) ISEB
1 3 (33.33%) ISTQB
1 3 (33.33%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (22.22%) QA