The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Programmer role in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 21 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 Job Titles advertised for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Programmer
Rank 247 236 223
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Programmer 7 9 9
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.097% 0.127% 0.133%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.102% 0.132% 0.139%
Number of salaries quoted 5 7 7
Average salary £40,500 £42,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.70% +21.42%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £38,500 £31,300
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,800 £39,100
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,250 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.91% +4.66%
All Job Titles
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
6890 6797 6466
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 95.52% 95.92% 95.52%
Number of salaries quoted 5851 6007 5715
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java Programmer
England

Java Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Java Programmer across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

North West Java Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Java Programmer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Java Programmer across the North West region.

North West Java Programmer Salary Trend

Java Programmer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Programmer within the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Cheshire +10 5 £40,500 -21.35%
Manchester -17 1 - -
Lancashire - 1 - -
Java Programmer
England

Java Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Java Programmer in their job title 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 with Java Programmer in their job title.

1 24 (100.00%) Java
2 14 (58.33%) SQL
3 12 (50.00%) J2EE
4 11 (45.83%) Spring
5 10 (41.67%) Ant
6 9 (37.50%) JavaScript
6 9 (37.50%) XML
7 8 (33.33%) JSP
7 8 (33.33%) Web Services
7 8 (33.33%) Unit Testing
8 7 (29.17%) HTML
8 7 (29.17%) Python
8 7 (29.17%) WSDL
9 6 (25.00%) IBM
9 6 (25.00%) Synon
9 6 (25.00%) JD Edwards
9 6 (25.00%) Internet
9 6 (25.00%) RPG
9 6 (25.00%) VB
9 6 (25.00%) VBA
9 6 (25.00%) Perl
9 6 (25.00%) PHP
9 6 (25.00%) JUnit
9 6 (25.00%) Derivative
9 6 (25.00%) RPG/400
9 6 (25.00%) RPG IV
9 6 (25.00%) iSeries
9 6 (25.00%) Integration Testing
9 6 (25.00%) Apache Flex
10 5 (20.83%) Hibernate

Java Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the North West region that cited Java Programmer in their job title 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 with Java Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 12 (50.00%) J2EE
2 11 (45.83%) Spring
3 9 (37.50%) XML
4 8 (33.33%) JSP
4 8 (33.33%) Web Services
5 7 (29.17%) HTML
5 7 (29.17%) WSDL
6 6 (25.00%) Apache Flex
7 5 (20.83%) Hibernate
8 3 (12.50%) SOAP
8 3 (12.50%) WebSphere
9 2 (8.333%) Ajax
9 2 (8.333%) Struts
9 2 (8.333%) Guice
9 2 (8.333%) Struts2
9 2 (8.333%) Stripes Framework
9 2 (8.333%) FreeMarker
9 2 (8.333%) jQuery
9 2 (8.333%) Spring MVC
10 1 (4.167%) CSS
Application Platforms
1 3 (12.50%) WebSphere Application Server
2 2 (8.333%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 6 (25.00%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (8.333%) DB2
2 1 (4.167%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 10 (41.67%) Ant
2 6 (25.00%) Synon
2 6 (25.00%) JUnit
3 4 (16.67%) Maven
4 1 (4.167%) Eclipse
General
1 4 (16.67%) Finance
2 1 (4.167%) Pharmaceutical
2 1 (4.167%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 6 (25.00%) Derivative
1 6 (25.00%) iSeries
2 1 (4.167%) Chemistry
2 1 (4.167%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 1 (4.167%) UNIX
1 1 (4.167%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 8 (33.33%) Unit Testing
2 6 (25.00%) Integration Testing
3 4 (16.67%) TDD
4 2 (8.333%) Software Testing
4 2 (8.333%) OO
4 2 (8.333%) Dependency Injection
4 2 (8.333%) Test Scripting
5 1 (4.167%) E-Commerce
5 1 (4.167%) UML
5 1 (4.167%) Scrum
5 1 (4.167%) Workflow
Programming Languages
1 24 (100.00%) Java
2 14 (58.33%) SQL
3 9 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 7 (29.17%) Python
5 6 (25.00%) RPG
5 6 (25.00%) VB
5 6 (25.00%) VBA
5 6 (25.00%) Perl
5 6 (25.00%) PHP
5 6 (25.00%) RPG/400
5 6 (25.00%) RPG IV
6 4 (16.67%) Groovy
7 2 (8.333%) PL/SQL
8 1 (4.167%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 3 (12.50%) Degree
Vendors
1 6 (25.00%) IBM
1 6 (25.00%) JD Edwards
2 4 (16.67%) Oracle
3 2 (8.333%) JBoss
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