Merseyside Java Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Java skills within the Merseyside region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Alderley Edge Aldershot Altrincham Ascot Avon Aylesbury Barking Barnstaple Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Bellshill Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Brentwood Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Bury Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Carlisle Channel Islands Chatham Cheadle Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chessington Chester Chippenham Chorley Cirencester City of London Clapham Colchester Corby Cornwall County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Doncaster Dorchester Dorset Dover Droitwich Dundee Dunfermline Dunstable Ealing East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham Elland Enfield England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Faversham Feltham Fife Folkestone Gateshead Gerrards Cross Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Gosport Guildford Gwynedd Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harlow Harrogate Harrow Hayes Hebden Bridge Hemel Hempstead Henley-on-Thames Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horley Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Humberside Hungerford Huntingdon Ipswich Isle of Man Isle of Wight Jersey Kent Kettering Kingston Upon Thames Knaresborough Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Lothian Loughborough Luton M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Malton Malvern Manchester Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Lanarkshire North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Northumbria Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oldham Orpington Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Perth and Kinross Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romsey Rotherham Royston Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southam Southampton Southwark St Albans St Helens St Ives Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stamford Stevenage Stirling Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stowmarket Street Studley Suffolk Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Teddington Tewkesbury Thames Valley Thatcham Torquay Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Wallingford Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Wells Welwyn Garden City Wembley West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wetherby Weybridge Weymouth Whyteleafe Widnes Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Winchester Windsor Wirral Witham Witney Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Wrexham Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 25 Jul 2008	Same period last year
Rank	17	60
Rank change on same period last year	+43
Matching permanent IT job ads	109	29
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.058 %	0.012 %
As % of the category below	16.39 %	5.545 %
Salaries quoted	92	24
Average minimum salary	£32,415	£28,958
Average salary	£35,734	£32,125
% change on same period last year	+11.23 %
Average maximum salary	£39,053	£35,292
UK excluding London average salary	£39,182	£39,582
% change on same period last year	-1.00 %
Programming Languages Merseyside
Matching permanent IT job ads	665	523
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.351 %	0.214 %
Salaries quoted	562	433
Average minimum salary	£28,586	£27,913
Average salary	£30,957	£30,440
% change on same period last year	+1.69 %
Average maximum salary	£33,329	£32,967
UK excluding London average salary	£35,180	£35,575
% change on same period last year	-1.10 %
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Demand Trend

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

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Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

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Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Merseyside region over the 3 months to 25 July 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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Liverpool	+23	78	£36,190	+11.98 %
Wirral	-	8	£27,750	-
St Helens	0	2	£39,500	+31.66 %

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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.

1 145 (56.20 %) J2EE 2 139 (53.88 %) SQL 3 129 (50.00 %) Oracle 4 114 (44.19 %) XML 5 107 (41.47 %) JSP 6 74 (28.68 %) WebServices 7 67 (25.97 %) Struts 8 61 (23.64 %) HTML 9 59 (22.87 %) Servlets 10 56 (21.71 %) JavaScript 11 55 (21.32 %) RDBMS 12 53 (20.54 %) Ant 13 51 (19.77 %) .NET 13 51 (19.77 %) Degree 14 50 (19.38 %) Spring

15 45 (17.44 %) EJB 16 44 (17.05 %) C# 17 41 (15.89 %) SQL Server 18 38 (14.73 %) Pensions 19 37 (14.34 %) Security Cleared 20 34 (13.18 %) VB 20 34 (13.18 %) CSS 21 31 (12.02 %) Tomcat 21 31 (12.02 %) Hibernate 22 30 (11.63 %) Finance 23 29 (11.24 %) PL/SQL 24 28 (10.85 %) C++ 25 27 (10.47 %) JDeveloper 26 26 (10.08 %) UML 27 24 (9.302 %) UNIX

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the Merseyside 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 1 145 (56.20 %) J2EE 2 114 (44.19 %) XML 3 107 (41.47 %) JSP 4 74 (28.68 %) WebServices 5 67 (25.97 %) Struts 6 61 (23.64 %) HTML 7 59 (22.87 %) Servlets 8 51 (19.77 %) .NET 9 50 (19.38 %) Spring 10 45 (17.44 %) EJB 11 34 (13.18 %) CSS 12 31 (12.02 %) Hibernate 13 20 (7.752 %) JSF 13 20 (7.752 %) JDBC 14 16 (6.202 %) WebSphere 15 15 (5.814 %) XHTML 16 12 (4.651 %) Ruby on Rails 16 12 (4.651 %) SOAP 17 10 (3.876 %) XSLT 18 9 (3.488 %) AJAX	Application Platforms 1 31 (12.02 %) Tomcat 2 20 (7.752 %) JBoss 3 10 (3.876 %) Apache 4 8 (3.101 %) Oracle Workflow 5 7 (2.713 %) SharePoint 6 5 (1.938 %) Lotus Domino 6 5 (1.938 %) WebLogic 6 5 (1.938 %) Oracle Application Server 7 4 (1.550 %) WebSphere Application Server 8 3 (1.163 %) Lotus Notes 9 2 (0.775 %) Oracle 9iAS 9 2 (0.775 %) iPlanet 10 1 (0.388 %) ArcGIS 10 1 (0.388 %) ArcIMS 10 1 (0.388 %) Zope 10 1 (0.388 %) Plone 10 1 (0.388 %) ArcSDE 10 1 (0.388 %) ESB 10 1 (0.388 %) Oracle BPEL 10 1 (0.388 %) SharePoint Server 2007
Applications 1 2 (0.775 %) CA Clarity	Business Applications 1 5 (1.938 %) Oracle 11i 1 5 (1.938 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 8 (3.101 %) Internet 2 6 (2.326 %) HTTP 3 5 (1.938 %) Intranet 4 4 (1.550 %) GPRS 5 3 (1.163 %) Bluetooth 5 3 (1.163 %) Wi-Fi 5 3 (1.163 %) Wireless 6 1 (0.388 %) Extranet 6 1 (0.388 %) 3G	Database & Business Intelligence 1 55 (21.32 %) RDBMS 2 41 (15.89 %) SQL Server 3 24 (9.302 %) Oracle 9i 4 20 (7.752 %) MySQL 5 17 (6.589 %) Oracle 10g 6 11 (4.264 %) Oracle 8/8i 7 9 (3.488 %) Oracle Reports 8 6 (2.326 %) DB2 9 5 (1.938 %) Crystal Reports 9 5 (1.938 %) BusinessObjects 10 2 (0.775 %) Database Marketing 11 1 (0.388 %) Oracle Discoverer 11 1 (0.388 %) GIS 11 1 (0.388 %) PostgreSQL
Development Applications 1 53 (20.54 %) Ant 2 27 (10.47 %) JDeveloper 3 16 (6.202 %) Eclipse 4 8 (3.101 %) JUnit 5 7 (2.713 %) Flash 6 6 (2.326 %) Oracle Forms 7 4 (1.550 %) VSS/SourceSafe 7 4 (1.550 %) PowerBuilder 8 3 (1.163 %) JIRA 9 2 (0.775 %) Visual Studio 10 1 (0.388 %) Oracle APEX	General 1 38 (14.73 %) Pensions 2 30 (11.63 %) Finance 3 20 (7.752 %) Government 4 18 (6.977 %) Marketing 5 12 (4.651 %) Health 6 7 (2.713 %) Education 6 7 (2.713 %) Local Government 6 7 (2.713 %) Games 7 6 (2.326 %) Multimedia 7 6 (2.326 %) Insurance 7 6 (2.326 %) Pharmaceutical 8 5 (1.938 %) Banking 9 3 (1.163 %) Publishing 10 1 (0.388 %) Retail 10 1 (0.388 %) Front Office 10 1 (0.388 %) Automotive 10 1 (0.388 %) Electric 10 1 (0.388 %) Manufacturing
Job Titles 1 148 (57.36 %) Developer 2 103 (39.92 %) Java Developer 3 59 (22.87 %) Senior Developer 4 51 (19.77 %) Java/J2EE Developer 5 50 (19.38 %) Senior Java Developer 6 43 (16.67 %) J2EE Developer 7 35 (13.57 %) Analyst 8 32 (12.40 %) Architect 9 29 (11.24 %) Business Analyst 9 29 (11.24 %) Business Systems Analyst 9 29 (11.24 %) Systems Analyst 10 23 (8.915 %) Applications Developer 11 21 (8.140 %) Java Applications Developer 12 20 (7.752 %) Senior J2EE Developer 13 18 (6.977 %) Senior Java/J2EE Developer 13 18 (6.977 %) Junior 14 15 (5.814 %) Team Leader 15 11 (4.264 %) Senior Applications Developer 15 11 (4.264 %) Java Team Leader 15 11 (4.264 %) Web Developer	Miscellaneous 1 18 (6.977 %) Management Information System 2 8 (3.101 %) Computer Science 3 4 (1.550 %) W3C 4 3 (1.163 %) Web 2.0 5 1 (0.388 %) PDA 5 1 (0.388 %) Derivative 5 1 (0.388 %) Robotics 5 1 (0.388 %) AS400 5 1 (0.388 %) Fixed Income 5 1 (0.388 %) Credit Derivative 5 1 (0.388 %) N-Tier 5 1 (0.388 %) Social Network
Operating Systems 1 24 (9.302 %) UNIX 2 21 (8.140 %) Linux 3 5 (1.938 %) Windows 4 2 (0.775 %) Mac OS X 5 1 (0.388 %) Windows Mobile 5 1 (0.388 %) Solaris	Processes & Methodologies 1 37 (14.34 %) Security Cleared 2 26 (10.08 %) UML 3 22 (8.527 %) SC Cleared 4 19 (7.364 %) Workflow 5 14 (5.426 %) SOA 6 13 (5.039 %) Web Development 7 12 (4.651 %) OO 8 11 (4.264 %) OOA/OOD 9 10 (3.876 %) CRM 9 10 (3.876 %) Process Management 9 10 (3.876 %) BC Cleared 10 9 (3.488 %) RUP 10 9 (3.488 %) OOD 11 7 (2.713 %) RAD 11 7 (2.713 %) SEO 11 7 (2.713 %) Search Engine Marketing 11 7 (2.713 %) Enterprise Architecture 12 6 (2.326 %) Unit Testing 12 6 (2.326 %) Release Management 12 6 (2.326 %) E-Commerce
Programming Languages 1 139 (53.88 %) SQL 2 56 (21.71 %) JavaScript 3 44 (17.05 %) C# 4 34 (13.18 %) VB 5 29 (11.24 %) PL/SQL 6 28 (10.85 %) C++ 7 19 (7.364 %) PHP 8 15 (5.814 %) C 9 12 (4.651 %) Ruby 10 8 (3.101 %) Perl 11 7 (2.713 %) VBScript 12 6 (2.326 %) Python 13 2 (0.775 %) VB6 13 2 (0.775 %) Delphi 14 1 (0.388 %) RPG 14 1 (0.388 %) PHP5 14 1 (0.388 %) PHP4	Qualifications 1 51 (19.77 %) Degree 2 5 (1.938 %) HND 3 3 (1.163 %) Sun Certification 4 1 (0.388 %) ITIL Certification 4 1 (0.388 %) OCP 4 1 (0.388 %) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 18 (6.977 %) QA	System Software 1 1 (0.388 %) Oracle RMAN 1 1 (0.388 %) Oracle RAC
Vendors 1 129 (50.00 %) Oracle 2 13 (5.039 %) IBM 3 7 (2.713 %) Adobe 4 6 (2.326 %) Macromedia 4 6 (2.326 %) Microsoft 5 5 (1.938 %) Business Objects 5 5 (1.938 %) Lotus 6 4 (1.550 %) Sun 7 3 (1.163 %) SAP 7 3 (1.163 %) Yahoo! 7 3 (1.163 %) Google 8 2 (0.775 %) Siebel 8 2 (0.775 %) Chordiant 9 1 (0.388 %) Autodesk 9 1 (0.388 %) ESRI