The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Northamptonshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 17 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Northamptonshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 6 14 5
Rank change year-on-year
+8 -9
Permanent jobs citing Java 127 80 143
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 19.24% 10.48% 17.57%
As % of the Programming Languages category 38.48% 23.26% 30.04%
Number of salaries quoted 123 76 134
Average salary £37,500 £35,750 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.89% -10.62%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £19,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £57,500 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Northamptonshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
330 344 476
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Northamptonshire 50.00% 45.09% 58.48%
Number of salaries quoted 303 320 432
Average salary £35,000 £32,500 £33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.69% -1.51%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £21,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £41,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
East Midlands

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Java across the Northamptonshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Northamptonshire Java Jobs Demand Trend

Java
Salary Trend

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

Northamptonshire Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Northamptonshire Java Salary Histogram

Java
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Northamptonshire region over the 3 months to 17 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
Northampton +11 91 £36,000 +10.76%
Towcester - 5 £37,500 -
Kettering - 2 £32,500 -
Corby -11 1 £40,000 -11.11%
Java
East Midlands

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 89 (40.09%) SQL
2 83 (37.39%) Scrum
3 69 (31.08%) Agile Software Development
4 65 (29.28%) Spring
5 64 (28.83%) JUnit
6 61 (27.48%) Tomcat
7 60 (27.03%) J2EE
8 57 (25.68%) JavaScript
9 55 (24.77%) .NET
10 52 (23.42%) C#
11 48 (21.62%) Oracle
12 46 (20.72%) JSP
13 45 (20.27%) OO
14 43 (19.37%) Java EE
15 39 (17.57%) OOD
15 39 (17.57%) MVC
16 38 (17.12%) JBoss
17 37 (16.67%) Apache
17 37 (16.67%) Web Services
18 36 (16.22%) OOP
19 34 (15.32%) Windows
20 32 (14.41%) Software Engineering
21 31 (13.96%) TDD
22 30 (13.51%) Spring MVC
22 30 (13.51%) Selenium
22 30 (13.51%) FitNesse
22 30 (13.51%) Struts
22 30 (13.51%) ASP.NET
22 30 (13.51%) MySQL
23 29 (13.06%) Linux

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Northamptonshire 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 65 (29.28%) Spring
2 60 (27.03%) J2EE
3 55 (24.77%) .NET
4 46 (20.72%) JSP
5 43 (19.37%) Java EE
6 37 (16.67%) Web Services
7 30 (13.51%) ASP.NET
7 30 (13.51%) Spring MVC
7 30 (13.51%) Struts
8 26 (11.71%) EJB
9 22 (9.910%) CSS
10 20 (9.009%) HTML
11 14 (6.306%) XML
12 12 (5.405%) Hibernate
13 11 (4.955%) Ajax
13 11 (4.955%) XHTML
14 9 (4.054%) JSF
15 8 (3.604%) Servlets
15 8 (3.604%) WPF
15 8 (3.604%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 61 (27.48%) Tomcat
2 37 (16.67%) Apache
3 10 (4.505%) OpenCms
3 10 (4.505%) Magento
4 4 (1.802%) CMS
5 2 (0.901%) OpenStack
6 1 (0.450%) WebSphere Portal
6 1 (0.450%) Papyrus
6 1 (0.450%) SharePoint
Applications
1 13 (5.856%) Google Apps
2 5 (2.252%) MS Excel
3 3 (1.351%) MS Office
4 2 (0.901%) Photoshop
Communications & Networking
1 20 (9.009%) LAN
2 14 (6.306%) Internet
3 13 (5.856%) WAN
4 8 (3.604%) BSS
5 6 (2.703%) VoIP
6 4 (1.802%) SAN
7 3 (1.351%) Intranet
8 2 (0.901%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 30 (13.51%) MySQL
2 22 (9.910%) SQL Server
3 9 (4.054%) SQL Server Reporting Services
4 7 (3.153%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 7 (3.153%) Crystal Reports
5 4 (1.802%) MongoDB
5 4 (1.802%) NoSQL
6 3 (1.351%) DB2
7 2 (0.901%) Oracle 8/8i
8 1 (0.450%) MS Access
Development Applications
1 64 (28.83%) JUnit
2 30 (13.51%) Selenium
2 30 (13.51%) FitNesse
3 27 (12.16%) Subversion
4 22 (9.910%) Maven
4 22 (9.910%) Ant
5 5 (2.252%) Git (software)
5 5 (2.252%) NetBeans
6 4 (1.802%) Xcode
7 2 (0.901%) Eclipse
7 2 (0.901%) QuickTest Pro
7 2 (0.901%) MSTest
7 2 (0.901%) MyEclipse
8 1 (0.450%) Visual Studio
General
1 22 (9.910%) Finance
2 15 (6.757%) Banking
3 7 (3.153%) Marketing
4 4 (1.802%) Electronics
5 2 (0.901%) Automotive
5 2 (0.901%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 108 (48.65%) Developer
2 83 (37.39%) Java Developer
3 46 (20.72%) Software Engineer
4 25 (11.26%) Java/J2EE Developer
5 24 (10.81%) Analyst
6 22 (9.910%) Support Analyst
6 22 (9.910%) Applications Support
7 20 (9.009%) Applications Support Analyst
8 18 (8.108%) Senior Software Engineer
8 18 (8.108%) Architect
9 17 (7.658%) Solutions Architect
9 17 (7.658%) J2EE Developer
10 13 (5.856%) Senior Developer
11 12 (5.405%) Java Architect
11 12 (5.405%) Senior Java Developer
12 11 (4.955%) Infrastructure Designer
12 11 (4.955%) Designer
12 11 (4.955%) Java Solutions Architect
13 10 (4.505%) Mobile Developer
14 9 (4.054%) J2EE Architect
Miscellaneous
1 29 (13.06%) Computer Science
2 22 (9.910%) Enterprise Software
3 16 (7.207%) Open Source
4 14 (6.306%) Mobile Banking
5 13 (5.856%) SaaS
5 13 (5.856%) IaaS
6 10 (4.505%) Mobile App
7 6 (2.703%) iPhone
8 4 (1.802%) Mathematics
9 3 (1.351%) Online Banking
9 3 (1.351%) Streaming Video
10 2 (0.901%) Smartcard
10 2 (0.901%) FMCG
10 2 (0.901%) New Media
11 1 (0.450%) Embedded Systems
11 1 (0.450%) Firmware
11 1 (0.450%) 3D Graphics
11 1 (0.450%) Artificial Intelligence
11 1 (0.450%) Neural Network
Operating Systems
1 34 (15.32%) Windows
2 29 (13.06%) Linux
3 20 (9.009%) Android
4 12 (5.405%) UNIX
5 4 (1.802%) Apple iOS
5 4 (1.802%) Windows Phone
6 2 (0.901%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (37.39%) Scrum
2 69 (31.08%) Agile Software Development
3 45 (20.27%) OO
4 39 (17.57%) OOD
4 39 (17.57%) MVC
5 36 (16.22%) OOP
6 32 (14.41%) Software Engineering
7 31 (13.96%) TDD
8 17 (7.658%) Web Development
9 16 (7.207%) SOA
9 16 (7.207%) E-Commerce
10 14 (6.306%) Project Management
11 12 (5.405%) UML
11 12 (5.405%) Information Management
12 11 (4.955%) Agile Project Management
13 8 (3.604%) PRINCE2
14 7 (3.153%) ERP
14 7 (3.153%) CRM
15 6 (2.703%) Unit Testing
15 6 (2.703%) Signal Processing
Programming Languages
1 89 (40.09%) SQL
2 57 (25.68%) JavaScript
3 52 (23.42%) C#
4 19 (8.559%) C++
5 17 (7.658%) C
6 11 (4.955%) PL/SQL
7 7 (3.153%) T-SQL
7 7 (3.153%) VBScript
8 6 (2.703%) Delphi
8 6 (2.703%) Python
8 6 (2.703%) Objective-C
9 4 (1.802%) XAML
9 4 (1.802%) VB.NET
10 3 (1.351%) ActionScript
10 3 (1.351%) Embedded C
10 3 (1.351%) Shell Script
10 3 (1.351%) PHP
11 1 (0.450%) VB
11 1 (0.450%) MATLAB
11 1 (0.450%) VBA
Qualifications
1 22 (9.910%) Degree
2 17 (7.658%) SCJA
2 17 (7.658%) SCJP
2 17 (7.658%) SCJD
2 17 (7.658%) Sun Certification
3 16 (7.207%) SCWCD
4 6 (2.703%) PMP
4 6 (2.703%) PMI Certification
4 6 (2.703%) Postgraduate
4 6 (2.703%) PhD
5 4 (1.802%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
6 1 (0.450%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.351%) ISO 9001
System Software
1 2 (0.901%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.450%) Hyper-V
Vendors
1 48 (21.62%) Oracle
2 38 (17.12%) JBoss
3 23 (10.36%) hybris
4 20 (9.009%) Sun
5 14 (6.306%) Cisco
6 13 (5.856%) Google
7 10 (4.505%) ATG
8 8 (3.604%) Microsoft
9 2 (0.901%) Adobe
9 2 (0.901%) Red Hat
9 2 (0.901%) VMware
10 1 (0.450%) FatWire
Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Northamptonshire Software company looking for a Java Web Developer with good solid java development experience, Java and server side code development JSP and Javascript servlets, Enterprise Java Beans,...
Salary: £30000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013
Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Our Northamptonshire based software client are seeking a junior Java developer to support, develop, maintain our clients software products and services. You will be degree qualified with knowledge...
Salary: £18000.00 - £23000.00 per annum + benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
You should have experience with at least some of the following technologies - Struts, Spring, Hibernate, Apache, EJB, XML and SQL or Oracle databases... Experience as a Java / J2EE...
IT Connections
Salary: £40,000 to £45,000
Posted: 17 May 2013
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire
The candidate will ideally have experience utilising web development skills in C# or Java, JavaScript, HTML and CSS ideally working on data driven line of business applications. Essential...
Oscar Associates (UK) Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £22000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Following our significant growth we are looking for an experienced Java Developer to join the team in our Northampton based Applications Centre... The successful candidate will possess extensive...
Retail Assist
Salary: attractive plus benefits
Posted: 10 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
A leader, planner and communicator with a good knowledge of OOP, OOD, Procedural programming and SQL, it's also important that you're up to speed with all...
Emponics Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + bonus+ health+ pension
Posted: 13 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
An excellent planner and communicator with a good knowledge of OOP, OOD, Procedural programming or SQL, it's also important that you have an understanding of Fitnesse, Selenium,...
Emponics Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + bonus + bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Northamptonshire
You will need a good understanding of 3rd line customer support, helpdesk support, SQL Server, HTML, Networking, IIS, Classic ASP or ASP.NET or Java and Application Support...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £24000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
Northamptonshire
You will need a good understanding of 3rd line customer support, helpdesk support, SQL Server, HTML, Networking, IIS, Classic ASP or ASP.NET or Java and Application Support...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £24000 - £28000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Solution Architect - Digital Technology, Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, Java, J2EE - This is an excellent opportunity to progress a challenging, varied & stable career working for our cutting edge Financial...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £50000.00 - £70000.00 per annum + Excellent package
Posted: 3 May 2013
Northamptonshire, East Midlands
Solution Architect - Digital Technology, Internet Banking, Mobile Banking, Java, J2EE - This is an excellent opportunity to progress a challenging, varied & stable career working for our cutting edge Financial...
Salary: £50000.00 - £70000 per annum + Excellent package
Posted: 26 April 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
Middleware Infrastructure Specialist - MQ - IBM Broker - Websphere Message Middleware Infrastructure Specialist required by my client a Tier 1 bank based in Northampton to act as a technical Middleware...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Northampton, Northamptonshire
certifications are desirable - Financial services experience would be an advantage but not essential , as is consulting experience, but any backgrounds will be considered - Experience working on mobile apps...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum + excellent banking bonus + flexible
Posted: 16 May 2013