Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Manchester region.

 Java
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank172413
Rank change year-on-year
Up+7Down-11
Matching permanent IT job ads265212553
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester9.829 %7.820 %9.712 %
As % of the Programming Languages category17.68 %14.40 %23.57 %
Salaries quoted238188438
Average salary£38,250£35,000£34,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.280 %+2.940 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£56,500£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£37,500
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
149914722346
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester55.60 %54.30 %41.20 %
Salaries quoted137512491960
Average salary£30,000£29,000£31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.440 %-7.930 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£21,500£22,500£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£42,500£48,500£42,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
Java North WestJava
North West

Java
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Java across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Manchester Java Demand Trend

Java
Salary Trend

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

Manchester Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Manchester Java Salary Histogram

Java
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Manchester region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
SalfordUp+1222£38,750+72.22 %
StockportUp+128£24,500-10.90 %
WiganUp+62£45,000+38.46 %
AltrinchamDown-172£27,500-29.93 %
OldhamNew entry-1£17,000-
Java North WestJava
North West

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

1172 (39.91 %)Oracle
2152 (35.27 %)J2EE
3108 (25.06 %)MySQL
4103 (23.90 %)UML
599 (22.97 %)Degree
698 (22.74 %)OO
784 (19.49 %)JBoss
882 (19.03 %)XML
977 (17.87 %).NET
1076 (17.63 %)C#
1175 (17.40 %)SQL Server
1272 (16.71 %)SQL
1370 (16.24 %)JSP
1462 (14.39 %)Struts
1462 (14.39 %)JavaScript
1560 (13.92 %)Hibernate
1560 (13.92 %)HTML
1659 (13.69 %)C
1659 (13.69 %)PHP
1755 (12.76 %)C++
1853 (12.30 %)Spring
1950 (11.60 %)Windows
2049 (11.37 %)VB
2049 (11.37 %)Project Management
2147 (10.90 %)Web Development
2246 (10.67 %)Linux
2343 (9.977 %)UNIX
2343 (9.977 %)JUnit
2442 (9.745 %)JMS
2442 (9.745 %)AJAX

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Manchester 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.

Manchester IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1152 (35.27 %)J2EE
282 (19.03 %)XML
377 (17.87 %).NET
470 (16.24 %)JSP
562 (14.39 %)Struts
660 (13.92 %)HTML
660 (13.92 %)Hibernate
753 (12.30 %)Spring
842 (9.745 %)AJAX
842 (9.745 %)JMS
939 (9.049 %)WebSphere
1037 (8.585 %)CSS
1132 (7.425 %)Java EE
1227 (6.265 %)jQuery
1323 (5.336 %)Servlets
1323 (5.336 %)Web Services
1420 (4.640 %)EJB
1518 (4.176 %)SAP XI
1617 (3.944 %)JDBC
1715 (3.480 %)ASP.NET
Manchester IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
117 (3.944 %)Tomcat
214 (3.248 %)WebSphere Application Server
214 (3.248 %)WebLogic
311 (2.552 %)Apache
49 (2.088 %)JCAPS
58 (1.856 %)Lotus Notes
58 (1.856 %)Lotus Domino
66 (1.392 %)NetWeaver
66 (1.392 %)CMS
75 (1.160 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
75 (1.160 %)SAP Portal
75 (1.160 %)Mule
84 (0.928 %)GlassFish
93 (0.696 %)AquaLogic
102 (0.464 %)ESB
102 (0.464 %)WebSphere Message Broker
102 (0.464 %)SharePoint
111 (0.232 %)MS Exchange
111 (0.232 %)JRun
111 (0.232 %)IIS
Manchester IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (2.088 %)MS Project
25 (1.160 %)MS Visio
34 (0.928 %)MS Office
43 (0.696 %)Photoshop
52 (0.464 %)MS Excel
61 (0.232 %)CA Clarity
Manchester IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
112 (2.784 %)HTTP
112 (2.784 %)SMPP
23 (0.696 %)TCP/IP
23 (0.696 %)SAN
31 (0.232 %)Internet
31 (0.232 %)Wireless
Manchester IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1108 (25.06 %)MySQL
275 (17.40 %)SQL Server
314 (3.248 %)RDBMS
412 (2.784 %)Datawarehouse
59 (2.088 %)MS Access
67 (1.624 %)DB2
76 (1.392 %)Oracle 10g
81 (0.232 %)SAP BW
81 (0.232 %)GIS
81 (0.232 %)Microsoft Analysis Services
81 (0.232 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
81 (0.232 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.232 %)Oracle Reports
81 (0.232 %)TOAD
Manchester IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
143 (9.977 %)JUnit
216 (3.712 %)ProC
314 (3.248 %)Eclipse
314 (3.248 %)Ant
47 (1.624 %)NUnit
55 (1.160 %)PVCS
55 (1.160 %)VSS/SourceSafe
64 (0.928 %)Visual Studio
64 (0.928 %)Subversion
73 (0.696 %)Xcode
82 (0.464 %)CppUnit
82 (0.464 %)csUnit
82 (0.464 %)ClearCase
82 (0.464 %)ClearQuest
91 (0.232 %)Dreamweaver
91 (0.232 %)MyEclipse
91 (0.232 %)Selenium
91 (0.232 %)FitNesse
Manchester IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
130 (6.961 %)Education
228 (6.497 %)Publishing
228 (6.497 %)Marketing
320 (4.640 %)Retail
418 (4.176 %)Finance
59 (2.088 %)Multimedia
68 (1.856 %)Pensions
68 (1.856 %)Financial Institution
68 (1.856 %)Health
77 (1.624 %)Telecoms
86 (1.392 %)Insurance
94 (0.928 %)Government
103 (0.696 %)Banking
112 (0.464 %)Games
112 (0.464 %)Pharmaceutical
121 (0.232 %)Manufacturing
121 (0.232 %)Music
121 (0.232 %)Music Industry
Manchester IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1258 (59.86 %)Developer
2132 (30.63 %)Java Developer
369 (16.01 %)Java/J2EE Developer
461 (14.15 %)J2EE Developer
548 (11.14 %)Analyst
646 (10.67 %)Team Leader
733 (7.657 %)Software Engineer
831 (7.193 %)Web Developer
831 (7.193 %)Development Team Leader
831 (7.193 %)PHP Developer
928 (6.497 %)Senior Developer
1026 (6.032 %)Consultant
1026 (6.032 %)Developer Analyst
1125 (5.800 %)Software Team Leader
1223 (5.336 %)J2EE Software Engineer
1223 (5.336 %)Graduate
1322 (5.104 %)Software Developer
1322 (5.104 %)Architect
1421 (4.872 %)Software Development Team Leader
1517 (3.944 %)Senior Java Developer
Manchester IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
130 (6.961 %)Handset
223 (5.336 %)iPhone
318 (4.176 %)Blackberry
413 (3.016 %)Open Source
512 (2.784 %)Smartphone
68 (1.856 %)NHS
75 (1.160 %)FMCG
84 (0.928 %)Computer Science
93 (0.696 %)AS400
102 (0.464 %)N-Tier
102 (0.464 %)Life Science
102 (0.464 %)Data Integration
111 (0.232 %)Web 2.0
111 (0.232 %)Google App Engine
111 (0.232 %)Pocket PC
111 (0.232 %)SCADA
111 (0.232 %)Informatics
111 (0.232 %)Mathematics
111 (0.232 %)Physics
Manchester IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
150 (11.60 %)Windows
246 (10.67 %)Linux
343 (9.977 %)UNIX
419 (4.408 %)Android
56 (1.392 %)Windows Mobile
65 (1.160 %)Windows XP
65 (1.160 %)Windows Server 2003
65 (1.160 %)Mac OS
74 (0.928 %)Windows 2000 Server
74 (0.928 %)Windows NT
74 (0.928 %)AIX
74 (0.928 %)Solaris
83 (0.696 %)Oracle Enterprise Linux
91 (0.232 %)Red Hat Linux
Manchester IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1103 (23.90 %)UML
298 (22.74 %)OO
349 (11.37 %)Project Management
447 (10.90 %)Web Development
531 (7.193 %)SOA
531 (7.193 %)E-Commerce
630 (6.961 %)CRM
729 (6.729 %)Agile Software Development
729 (6.729 %)Content Management
826 (6.032 %)Unit Testing
922 (5.104 %)OOP
1011 (2.552 %)E-business
1011 (2.552 %)Data Management
1110 (2.320 %)Scrum
1110 (2.320 %)OOA/OOD
128 (1.856 %)MVC
128 (1.856 %)Project Planning
137 (1.624 %)Technical Architecture
137 (1.624 %)Release Management
137 (1.624 %)Configuration Management
Manchester IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
176 (17.63 %)C#
272 (16.71 %)SQL
362 (14.39 %)JavaScript
459 (13.69 %)PHP
459 (13.69 %)C
555 (12.76 %)C++
649 (11.37 %)VB
712 (2.784 %)ABAP
811 (2.552 %)Objective-C
910 (2.320 %)Shell Script
108 (1.856 %)LotusScript
116 (1.392 %)Ruby
125 (1.160 %)VB.NET
134 (0.928 %)Perl
143 (0.696 %)RPG
143 (0.696 %)Python
152 (0.464 %)ActionScript
152 (0.464 %)VB6
161 (0.232 %)Apex Code
161 (0.232 %)VBScript
Manchester IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
199 (22.97 %)Degree
229 (6.729 %)Sun Certification
36 (1.392 %)Security Cleared
44 (0.928 %)SAP Certification
53 (0.696 %)Microsoft Certification
62 (0.464 %)ISEB
62 (0.464 %)SC Cleared
62 (0.464 %)DV Cleared
62 (0.464 %)MCP
62 (0.464 %)MCSE
71 (0.232 %)PhD
71 (0.232 %)HND
71 (0.232 %)SCJP
71 (0.232 %)MCTS
71 (0.232 %)ISTQB
71 (0.232 %)SCJA
Manchester IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
115 (3.480 %)QA
22 (0.464 %)HL7
31 (0.232 %)SLA
Manchester IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
15 (1.160 %)BlackBerry Internet Service
21 (0.232 %)Active Directory
Manchester IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.696 %)Data Guard
Manchester IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1172 (39.91 %)Oracle
284 (19.49 %)JBoss
328 (6.497 %)Microsoft
426 (6.032 %)Sun
518 (4.176 %)SAP
613 (3.016 %)Symbian
79 (2.088 %)Apple
88 (1.856 %)Lotus
88 (1.856 %)Endeca
97 (1.624 %)SEEBURGER
97 (1.624 %)Sybase
105 (1.160 %)HP
113 (0.696 %)Nokia
113 (0.696 %)Interwoven
122 (0.464 %)Google
122 (0.464 %)FatWire
122 (0.464 %)Open Text
131 (0.232 %)RedDot
131 (0.232 %)VMware
131 (0.232 %)Red Hat