The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Java Developer 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 Senior Java Developer 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
Senior Java Developer
Rank 222 149 136
Rank change year-on-year
-73 -13
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Java Developer 32 98 99
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.444% 1.383% 1.463%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.464% 1.442% 1.531%
Number of salaries quoted 24 82 97
Average salary £43,250 £38,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.33% -3.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £41,500 £35,000 £33,800
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-5.26% +5.55%
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%
Senior Java Developer
England

Senior Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

North West Senior Java Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Java Developer
Salary Trend

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

North West Senior Java Developer Salary Trend

Senior Java Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Java Developer across the North West region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

North West Senior Java Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Java Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Java Developer 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
Manchester -21 24 £43,250 +10.19%
Merseyside -11 5 £41,500 +3.75%
Cheshire -10 3 £45,000 +20.00%
Senior Java Developer
England

Senior Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 117 (100.00%) Java
2 90 (76.92%) Spring
3 70 (59.83%) Hibernate
4 61 (52.14%) SQL
4 61 (52.14%) J2EE
5 55 (47.01%) Agile Software Development
6 49 (41.88%) JavaScript
7 38 (32.48%) JSP
8 36 (30.77%) Oracle
9 32 (27.35%) HTML
10 31 (26.50%) E-Commerce
11 30 (25.64%) Ajax
12 28 (23.93%) Linux
12 28 (23.93%) jQuery
13 26 (22.22%) Degree
14 25 (21.37%) TDD
15 22 (18.80%) MVC
16 21 (17.95%) OO
16 21 (17.95%) Swing
16 21 (17.95%) MySQL
17 20 (17.09%) CSS
17 20 (17.09%) Web Services
17 20 (17.09%) Scrum
17 20 (17.09%) Web Application Development
18 18 (15.38%) Struts
18 18 (15.38%) JUnit
19 17 (14.53%) Eclipse
19 17 (14.53%) Java EE
20 16 (13.68%) Tomcat
20 16 (13.68%) Servlets

Senior Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 90 (76.92%) Spring
2 70 (59.83%) Hibernate
3 61 (52.14%) J2EE
4 38 (32.48%) JSP
5 32 (27.35%) HTML
6 30 (25.64%) Ajax
7 28 (23.93%) jQuery
8 21 (17.95%) Swing
9 20 (17.09%) CSS
9 20 (17.09%) Web Services
10 18 (15.38%) Struts
11 17 (14.53%) Java EE
12 16 (13.68%) Servlets
12 16 (13.68%) EJB
13 15 (12.82%) XML
13 15 (12.82%) Spring MVC
14 11 (9.402%) SOAP
15 10 (8.547%) Apache Flex
16 9 (7.692%) JPA
16 9 (7.692%) EJB 3.0
Application Platforms
1 16 (13.68%) Tomcat
2 5 (4.274%) Apache
3 4 (3.419%) WebSphere Application Server
4 3 (2.564%) ESB
5 2 (1.709%) Apache Solr
5 2 (1.709%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 7 (5.983%) Internet
2 2 (1.709%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (17.95%) MySQL
2 7 (5.983%) SQL Server
3 5 (4.274%) Oracle 10g
4 3 (2.564%) Oracle 8/8i
5 2 (1.709%) DB2
6 1 (0.855%) PostgreSQL
6 1 (0.855%) RDBMS
6 1 (0.855%) Redis
Development Applications
1 18 (15.38%) JUnit
2 17 (14.53%) Eclipse
3 10 (8.547%) Maven
3 10 (8.547%) NetBeans
4 9 (7.692%) Ant
5 7 (5.983%) Subversion
6 6 (5.128%) Synon
7 5 (4.274%) JIRA
8 3 (2.564%) Gradle
9 2 (1.709%) JBuilder
General
1 14 (11.97%) Retail
2 8 (6.838%) Finance
3 6 (5.128%) Telecoms
4 4 (3.419%) Automotive
5 3 (2.564%) Publishing
6 2 (1.709%) Back Office
7 1 (0.855%) Marketing
Miscellaneous
1 15 (12.82%) Enterprise Software
2 13 (11.11%) Open Source
3 6 (5.128%) iSeries
3 6 (5.128%) Derivative
4 5 (4.274%) Computer Science
5 3 (2.564%) Management Information System
5 3 (2.564%) Social Media
5 3 (2.564%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.709%) Smartcard
6 2 (1.709%) EPoS
7 1 (0.855%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 28 (23.93%) Linux
2 9 (7.692%) UNIX
2 9 (7.692%) Android
2 9 (7.692%) Apple iOS
3 2 (1.709%) Mac OS
3 2 (1.709%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (47.01%) Agile Software Development
2 31 (26.50%) E-Commerce
3 25 (21.37%) TDD
4 22 (18.80%) MVC
5 21 (17.95%) OO
6 20 (17.09%) Scrum
6 20 (17.09%) Web Application Development
7 11 (9.402%) Unit Testing
8 9 (7.692%) BDD
9 8 (6.838%) Project Management
9 8 (6.838%) Pair Programming
10 6 (5.128%) Integration Testing
10 6 (5.128%) OOD
10 6 (5.128%) SOA
11 5 (4.274%) OOA/OOD
11 5 (4.274%) Use Case
12 4 (3.419%) Continuous Integration
12 4 (3.419%) Waterfall
13 3 (2.564%) Information Management
13 3 (2.564%) Dependency Injection
Programming Languages
1 117 (100.00%) Java
2 61 (52.14%) SQL
3 49 (41.88%) JavaScript
4 10 (8.547%) Shell Script
5 9 (7.692%) Python
6 6 (5.128%) RPG/400
6 6 (5.128%) RPG IV
6 6 (5.128%) VB
6 6 (5.128%) VBA
6 6 (5.128%) Perl
6 6 (5.128%) PHP
6 6 (5.128%) RPG
7 5 (4.274%) Groovy
8 2 (1.709%) C#
8 2 (1.709%) C++
8 2 (1.709%) Ruby
9 1 (0.855%) C
9 1 (0.855%) PL/SQL
9 1 (0.855%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 26 (22.22%) Degree
2 5 (4.274%) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (0.855%) QA
Vendors
1 36 (30.77%) Oracle
2 12 (10.26%) IBM
3 11 (9.402%) JBoss
4 6 (5.128%) JD Edwards
5 3 (2.564%) Endeca
5 3 (2.564%) Google
6 1 (0.855%) ION Trading
6 1 (0.855%) Microsoft
6 1 (0.855%) Chordiant
6 1 (0.855%) hybris
Manchester, North West
Rapidly expanding technology business in Central Manchester is looking to increase their development team by adding a Senior Java Developer. High levels of innovation and a very unique...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £38000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 4 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Skills Required: - Java, J2SE, J2EE - Javascript and/or J Query - Spring - Hibernate - Servlets - JBoss - SQL You will be: An experienced, highly technical and enthusiastic developer with strong Java...
Computer Futures
Salary: £38000 - £48000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Manchester, North West
Our award winning and technically advanced client is seeking talented Java developers (J2EE, Spring, MVC, Hibernate, SQL, CSS and XHTML) to join their fast growing team, working on...
Hudson
Salary: £40000 - £47000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Chester, North West
Due to continual massive success the company are looking to continue to grow the team and take on strong java developers who will be training and support where...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
Key Skills: - Java / J2EE- Spring- Agile- Javascript / JQuery- Web Service Desirable Skills: - GIT and JIRA- Struts- Hibernate- Oracle- Eclipse- Tomcat The role itself: * Design and development of new...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £46000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
Senior Java Developer -Chester- £40,000 - £45,000 - fantastic benefits package and pension scheme A strong java J2EE developer is required to join a market leader within the...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Stockport, North West
Senior Java / Web Developer -Stockport- £40,000 - £47,000 My international client is now urgently looking for an experienced Java software developer to join their team of highly...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £47000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013