The first table below looks at the demand for Swing skills in IT jobs advertised for the North West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Swing over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the North West region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Swing (Java)
Rank 242 243 209
Rank change year-on-year
+1 -34
Permanent jobs citing Swing 4 8 21
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 0.055% 0.109% 0.299%
As % of the Application Development category 0.113% 0.222% 0.677%
Number of salaries quoted 1 8 21
Average salary £40,000 £26,250 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+52.38% -30.00%
UK excluding London average salary £38,250 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-15.00% +20.00%
All Application Development
North West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
3547 3608 3104
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the North West 48.50% 49.29% 44.25%
Number of salaries quoted 3163 3309 2834
Average salary £34,000 £34,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +1.49%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
Swing
England

Swing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Swing across the North West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

North West Swing Jobs Demand Trend

Swing
Salary Trend

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

North West Swing Salary Trend

Swing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Swing within the North West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
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Job
Vacancies
Manchester -10 4 £40,000 +60.00%
Swing
England

Swing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Swing 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 Swing.

1 31 (100.00%) Java
2 27 (87.10%) Spring
3 22 (70.97%) Hibernate
3 22 (70.97%) SQL
4 17 (54.84%) Oracle
5 16 (51.61%) Degree
6 15 (48.39%) Agile Software Development
7 12 (38.71%) SQL Server
7 12 (38.71%) Linux
7 12 (38.71%) TDD
8 11 (35.48%) Maven
8 11 (35.48%) Shell Script
9 10 (32.26%) Telecoms
10 9 (29.03%) J2EE
11 7 (22.58%) CSS
11 7 (22.58%) Scrum
11 7 (22.58%) HTML
11 7 (22.58%) jQuery
12 6 (19.35%) Communications Security
12 6 (19.35%) Twitter
12 6 (19.35%) PostGIS
12 6 (19.35%) Gradle
12 6 (19.35%) Information Management
12 6 (19.35%) Oracle 8/8i
12 6 (19.35%) Management Information System
13 5 (16.13%) Oracle 10g
13 5 (16.13%) Finance
13 5 (16.13%) HND
13 5 (16.13%) UNIX
13 5 (16.13%) EJB

Swing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the North West region citing Swing 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 Swing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 27 (87.10%) Spring
2 22 (70.97%) Hibernate
3 9 (29.03%) J2EE
4 7 (22.58%) CSS
4 7 (22.58%) HTML
4 7 (22.58%) jQuery
5 6 (19.35%) PostGIS
6 5 (16.13%) EJB
6 5 (16.13%) Web Services
6 5 (16.13%) EJB 3.0
7 4 (12.90%) Google Maps API
8 2 (6.452%) FreeMarker
8 2 (6.452%) Ajax
9 1 (3.226%) Java EE
9 1 (3.226%) XML
9 1 (3.226%) JDBC
9 1 (3.226%) JSP
9 1 (3.226%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 1 (3.226%) Tomcat
Database & Business Intelligence
1 12 (38.71%) SQL Server
2 6 (19.35%) Oracle 8/8i
3 5 (16.13%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 11 (35.48%) Maven
2 6 (19.35%) Gradle
3 5 (16.13%) JIRA
General
1 10 (32.26%) Telecoms
2 5 (16.13%) Finance
2 5 (16.13%) Retail
Job Titles
1 31 (100.00%) Developer
2 24 (77.42%) Java Developer
3 15 (48.39%) Senior Java Developer
3 15 (48.39%) Senior Developer
4 13 (41.94%) Software Developer
5 6 (19.35%) Java Software Developer
5 6 (19.35%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 2 (6.452%) Senior Software Developer
6 2 (6.452%) Senior Java Software Developer
7 1 (3.226%) Junior Java Software Developer
7 1 (3.226%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
7 1 (3.226%) Junior Software Developer
7 1 (3.226%) Junior Java Developer
7 1 (3.226%) J2EE Developer
7 1 (3.226%) Junior Developer
7 1 (3.226%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 6 (19.35%) Management Information System
2 4 (12.90%) Social Media
3 1 (3.226%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 12 (38.71%) Linux
2 5 (16.13%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 15 (48.39%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (38.71%) TDD
3 7 (22.58%) Scrum
4 6 (19.35%) Communications Security
4 6 (19.35%) Information Management
5 5 (16.13%) Use Case
5 5 (16.13%) BDD
6 4 (12.90%) E-Commerce
7 1 (3.226%) Continuous Improvement
Programming Languages
1 31 (100.00%) Java
2 22 (70.97%) SQL
3 11 (35.48%) Shell Script
4 1 (3.226%) JavaScript
Qualifications
1 16 (51.61%) Degree
2 5 (16.13%) HND
Vendors
1 17 (54.84%) Oracle
2 6 (19.35%) Twitter
3 4 (12.90%) Google
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