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This section looks at the demand for Java skills within the North West 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.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank1613
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads10621282
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.561 %0.525 %
As % of the category below19.87 %21.49 %
Salaries quoted8881070
Average minimum salary£33,362£36,705
Average salary£37,207£40,862
% change on same period last year-8.94 %
Average maximum salary£41,053£45,019
UK excluding London average salary£39,182£39,582
% change on same period last year-1.00 %
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
North West
Matching permanent IT job ads53445965
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled2.821 %2.443 %
Salaries quoted45095134
Average minimum salary£29,476£30,142
Average salary£32,258£32,890
% change on same period last year-1.92 %
Average maximum salary£35,041£35,638
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
Java EnglandJava
England

Java
Demand Trend

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

North West 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 North West region.

North West Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

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

North West Java Salary Histogram

Java
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the North West 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.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
ManchesterDown-1530£37,001-10.19 %
CheshireUp+5357£38,501-0.56 %
MerseysideUp+43109£35,734+11.23 %
LancashireDown-3247£33,050-21.65 %
CumbriaUp+64£23,750-44.44 %
Java EnglandJava
England

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

11122 (48.03 %)J2EE
2799 (34.20 %)Oracle
3717 (30.69 %)XML
4692 (29.62 %)SQL
5556 (23.80 %).NET
6500 (21.40 %)JSP
7408 (17.47 %)HTML
8405 (17.34 %)C#
9349 (14.94 %)Degree
10348 (14.90 %)EJB
11312 (13.36 %)Spring
12309 (13.23 %)WebServices
13302 (12.93 %)SQL Server
14298 (12.76 %)OO
15297 (12.71 %)Finance
16292 (12.50 %)UML
17286 (12.24 %)JavaScript
18272 (11.64 %)Servlets
19271 (11.60 %)C++
20264 (11.30 %)UNIX
21261 (11.17 %)Hibernate
22245 (10.49 %)Struts
23235 (10.06 %)Linux
24227 (9.717 %)WebSphere
25223 (9.546 %)CSS
26209 (8.947 %)JBoss
27201 (8.604 %)JDBC
28199 (8.519 %)Internet
29198 (8.476 %)Windows
30196 (8.390 %)Tomcat

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

North West IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11122 (48.03 %)J2EE
2717 (30.69 %)XML
3556 (23.80 %).NET
4500 (21.40 %)JSP
5408 (17.47 %)HTML
6348 (14.90 %)EJB
7312 (13.36 %)Spring
8309 (13.23 %)WebServices
9272 (11.64 %)Servlets
10261 (11.17 %)Hibernate
11245 (10.49 %)Struts
12227 (9.717 %)WebSphere
13223 (9.546 %)CSS
14201 (8.604 %)JDBC
15174 (7.449 %)ASP.NET
16143 (6.122 %)AJAX
17135 (5.779 %)SOAP
18118 (5.051 %)ASP
18118 (5.051 %)XSLT
19102 (4.366 %)J2ME
North West IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1209 (8.947 %)JBoss
2196 (8.390 %)Tomcat
391 (3.896 %)WebLogic
470 (2.997 %)Apache
561 (2.611 %)WebSphere Application Server
657 (2.440 %)Lotus Notes
746 (1.969 %)Lotus Domino
843 (1.841 %)IIS
933 (1.413 %)SharePoint
1031 (1.327 %)Oracle Application Server
1129 (1.241 %)ColdFusion
1223 (0.985 %)CICS
1320 (0.856 %)WebSphere MQ
1419 (0.813 %)Oracle Workflow
1516 (0.685 %)Oracle 9iAS
1615 (0.642 %)NetWeaver
1713 (0.557 %)CMS
1713 (0.557 %)WebLogic Portal
1810 (0.428 %)SAS
1810 (0.428 %)SharePoint Server 2007
North West IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
190 (3.853 %)MS Excel
210 (0.428 %)MS Visio
39 (0.385 %)Photoshop
48 (0.342 %)MS Office
48 (0.342 %)CA Clarity
54 (0.171 %)Adobe Illustrator
63 (0.128 %)MS PowerPoint
72 (0.086 %)MS Project
81 (0.043 %)PrintSoft PReS
81 (0.043 %)ImageReady
81 (0.043 %)Fireworks
North West IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
150 (2.140 %)Oracle Applications
217 (0.728 %)Oracle 11i
313 (0.557 %)Oracle EBS
411 (0.471 %)Pivotal CRM
510 (0.428 %)Axapta
69 (0.385 %)Dynamics AX
74 (0.171 %)MAXIMO
74 (0.171 %)SoftGrid
81 (0.043 %)SAP MDM
81 (0.043 %)Navision
81 (0.043 %)Oracle ERP
81 (0.043 %)SAP Retail
81 (0.043 %)SAP Oil and Gas
North West IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1199 (8.519 %)Internet
298 (4.195 %)HTTP
349 (2.098 %)TCP/IP
428 (1.199 %)Intranet
521 (0.899 %)GPRS
616 (0.685 %)Wireless
714 (0.599 %)GSM
89 (0.385 %)FTP
97 (0.300 %)Bluetooth
97 (0.300 %)Wi-Fi
106 (0.257 %)3G
115 (0.214 %)SSL
124 (0.171 %)Extranet
124 (0.171 %)2G
132 (0.086 %)SMS
132 (0.086 %)VoIP
141 (0.043 %)WLAN
141 (0.043 %)POP3
141 (0.043 %)SMTP
141 (0.043 %)LAN
North West IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1302 (12.93 %)SQL Server
2150 (6.421 %)Oracle 9i
3147 (6.293 %)Oracle 10g
4122 (5.223 %)MySQL
5121 (5.180 %)RDBMS
695 (4.067 %)DB2
778 (3.339 %)Oracle 8/8i
877 (3.296 %)Oracle Reports
937 (1.584 %)SQL Server 2005
1033 (1.413 %)SQL Server 2000
1123 (0.985 %)SQLPlus
1217 (0.728 %)ETL
1315 (0.642 %)Datawarehouse
1315 (0.642 %)Oracle Discoverer
1414 (0.599 %)Crystal Reports
1511 (0.471 %)BusinessObjects
169 (0.385 %)GIS
177 (0.300 %)TOAD
177 (0.300 %)Informix
185 (0.214 %)Oracle OWB
North West IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1157 (6.721 %)Eclipse
2112 (4.795 %)Ant
369 (2.954 %)JUnit
468 (2.911 %)Oracle Forms
561 (2.611 %)JDeveloper
646 (1.969 %)Visual Studio
737 (1.584 %)Flash
825 (1.070 %)Subversion
920 (0.856 %)Rational Rose
1014 (0.599 %)Oracle APEX
1110 (0.428 %)ClearCase
129 (0.385 %)JBuilder
129 (0.385 %)MorphX
129 (0.385 %)ClearQuest
138 (0.342 %)PowerBuilder
138 (0.342 %)VSS/SourceSafe
138 (0.342 %)Dreamweaver
144 (0.171 %)WinRunner
144 (0.171 %)LoadRunner
144 (0.171 %)Synon
North West IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1297 (12.71 %)Finance
2141 (6.036 %)Pensions
385 (3.639 %)Insurance
475 (3.211 %)Banking
573 (3.125 %)Health
671 (3.039 %)Education
765 (2.783 %)Government
861 (2.611 %)Retail
949 (2.098 %)Telecoms
1045 (1.926 %)Marketing
1130 (1.284 %)Publishing
1226 (1.113 %)Multimedia
1323 (0.985 %)Games
1421 (0.899 %)Financial Institution
1514 (0.599 %)Local Government
1613 (0.557 %)Electronics
1711 (0.471 %)Pharmaceutical
1810 (0.428 %)Manufacturing
199 (0.385 %)Automotive
199 (0.385 %)Billing
North West IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11390 (59.50 %)Developer
2830 (35.53 %)Java Developer
3365 (15.63 %)Java/J2EE Developer
4304 (13.01 %)J2EE Developer
5240 (10.27 %)Senior Developer
6196 (8.390 %)Analyst
7187 (8.005 %)Architect
8174 (7.449 %)Senior Java Developer
9141 (6.036 %)Software Developer
10102 (4.366 %)Software Engineer
11101 (4.324 %)Programmer
1298 (4.195 %)Web Developer
1382 (3.510 %).NET Developer
1480 (3.425 %)Oracle Developer
1578 (3.339 %)Consultant
1578 (3.339 %)Project Manager
1578 (3.339 %)Team Leader
1677 (3.296 %)Senior J2EE Developer
1774 (3.168 %)Junior
1870 (2.997 %)Applications Developer
North West IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
163 (2.697 %)Computer Science
245 (1.926 %)Management Information System
331 (1.327 %)Client/Server
420 (0.856 %)Blackberry
518 (0.771 %)IVR
617 (0.728 %)W3C
715 (0.642 %)Handset
814 (0.599 %)Mainframe
814 (0.599 %)Artificial Intelligence
913 (0.557 %)N-Tier
1012 (0.514 %)Pocket PC
1111 (0.471 %)Mathematics
1210 (0.428 %)Web 2.0
139 (0.385 %)Device Driver
139 (0.385 %)Data Integration
148 (0.342 %)DTV
157 (0.300 %)AS400
166 (0.257 %)Speech Recognition
166 (0.257 %)Social Network
174 (0.171 %)APACS
North West IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1264 (11.30 %)UNIX
2235 (10.06 %)Linux
3198 (8.476 %)Windows
436 (1.541 %)AIX
525 (1.070 %)Solaris
615 (0.642 %)Symbian OS
711 (0.471 %)Windows 2000
711 (0.471 %)Windows NT
88 (0.342 %)Windows Mobile
97 (0.300 %)HPUX
104 (0.171 %)Windows XP
104 (0.171 %)SUSE
104 (0.171 %)MVS
113 (0.128 %)Windows CE
113 (0.128 %)Debian
122 (0.086 %)Palm OS
122 (0.086 %)Mac OS X
131 (0.043 %)Windows Server 2003
131 (0.043 %)Fedora
131 (0.043 %)Nucleus RTOS
North West IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1298 (12.76 %)OO
2292 (12.50 %)UML
3190 (8.134 %)Web Development
4132 (5.651 %)E-Commerce
598 (4.195 %)Security Cleared
685 (3.639 %)PRINCE2
685 (3.639 %)Project Management
776 (3.253 %)CRM
872 (3.082 %)Unit Testing
963 (2.697 %)Agile Software Development
963 (2.697 %)Systems Analysis
1057 (2.440 %)OOD
1151 (2.183 %)SOA
1151 (2.183 %)Stakeholder Management
1248 (2.055 %)RUP
1345 (1.926 %)Software Engineering
1442 (1.798 %)Workflow
1442 (1.798 %)ERP
1539 (1.670 %)DV Cleared
1638 (1.627 %)Software Testing
North West IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1692 (29.62 %)SQL
2405 (17.34 %)C#
3286 (12.24 %)JavaScript
4271 (11.60 %)C++
5182 (7.791 %)PL/SQL
6181 (7.748 %)VB
7142 (6.079 %)C
8129 (5.522 %)PHP
9128 (5.479 %)VB.NET
1067 (2.868 %)Perl
1146 (1.969 %)VB6
1237 (1.584 %)XPath
1335 (1.498 %)Ruby
1428 (1.199 %)Python
1428 (1.199 %)COBOL
1527 (1.156 %)VC++
1626 (1.113 %)LotusScript
1723 (0.985 %)Shell Script
1822 (0.942 %)Delphi
1920 (0.856 %)DHTML
North West IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1349 (14.94 %)Degree
252 (2.226 %)Sun Certification
329 (1.241 %)HND
422 (0.942 %)Oracle Certification
515 (0.642 %)PRINCE2 Certification
69 (0.385 %)Microsoft Certification
69 (0.385 %)ISEB
76 (0.257 %)PMP
76 (0.257 %)PMI Certification
76 (0.257 %)PRINCE2 Practitioner
85 (0.214 %)OCP
94 (0.171 %)MCP
94 (0.171 %)ITIL Certification
103 (0.128 %)SCJA
103 (0.128 %)SCJP
103 (0.128 %)ISTQB
103 (0.128 %)MCAD
112 (0.086 %)GNVQ
121 (0.043 %)MCSD
121 (0.043 %)Cisco Certification
North West IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1118 (5.051 %)QA
29 (0.385 %)ISO9001
37 (0.300 %)TickIT
45 (0.214 %)SLA
51 (0.043 %)Basel II
North West IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
111 (0.471 %)AquaLogic
26 (0.257 %)Oracle RAC
35 (0.214 %)Active Directory
35 (0.214 %)Nmap
43 (0.128 %)Oracle RMAN
North West IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
15 (0.214 %)Nessus
24 (0.171 %)Tivoli
24 (0.171 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
North West IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1799 (34.20 %)Oracle
2172 (7.363 %)Microsoft
384 (3.596 %)IBM
459 (2.526 %)Lotus
558 (2.483 %)Sun
651 (2.183 %)BEA
740 (1.712 %)SAP
835 (1.498 %)Symbian
929 (1.241 %)webMethods
1025 (1.070 %)Adobe
1118 (0.771 %)Siebel
1211 (0.471 %)Business Objects
1211 (0.471 %)JD Edwards
1310 (0.428 %)Red Hat
149 (0.385 %)Manugistics
149 (0.385 %)Chordiant
149 (0.385 %)Macromedia
156 (0.257 %)MKS
164 (0.171 %)ATG
164 (0.171 %)Perforce
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