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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Oxford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 11 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category for the Oxford region.

 Java
Location
3 months to
11 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank12413
Rank change year-on-year
Down-8Up+9
Matching permanent IT job ads61105140
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford13.96 %18.72 %9.763 %
As % of the Programming Languages category22.02 %30.97 %17.39 %
Salaries quoted6089123
Average salary£30,000£27,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+9.090 %-15.38 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£22,500£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£45,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£37,500
Oxford IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Oxford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
277339805
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Oxford63.39 %60.43 %56.14 %
Salaries quoted245288743
Average salary£32,500£32,000£35,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.560 %-9.210 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£23,500£25,700
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£47,500£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
Java OxfordshireJava
Oxfordshire

Java
Demand Trend

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

Oxford 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 Oxford region.

Oxford Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Oxford region over the 3 months to 11 March 2010.

Oxford Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

170 (46.36 %)C++
249 (32.45 %)C#
348 (31.79 %)XML
447 (31.13 %)J2EE
537 (24.50 %)Degree
537 (24.50 %)Computer Science
634 (22.52 %)Project Management
729 (19.21 %).NET
828 (18.54 %)SQL
925 (16.56 %)Linux
1024 (15.89 %)Mathematics
1122 (14.57 %)Swing
1221 (13.91 %)JavaScript
1320 (13.25 %)SQL Server
1320 (13.25 %)Python
1419 (12.58 %)Spring
1518 (11.92 %)Physics
1518 (11.92 %)UML
1617 (11.26 %)Web Services
1617 (11.26 %)J2SE
1617 (11.26 %)Hibernate
1716 (10.60 %)HTML
1716 (10.60 %)AJAX
1815 (9.934 %)SQL Server 2005
1815 (9.934 %)Oracle
1815 (9.934 %)XHTML
1914 (9.272 %)C
2013 (8.609 %)MySQL
2013 (8.609 %)XSLT
2013 (8.609 %)JSP

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 11 March 2010, IT jobs across the Oxford 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.

Oxford IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
148 (31.79 %)XML
247 (31.13 %)J2EE
329 (19.21 %).NET
422 (14.57 %)Swing
519 (12.58 %)Spring
617 (11.26 %)Web Services
617 (11.26 %)J2SE
617 (11.26 %)Hibernate
716 (10.60 %)HTML
716 (10.60 %)AJAX
815 (9.934 %)XHTML
913 (8.609 %)XSLT
913 (8.609 %)JSP
1012 (7.947 %)EJB 3.0
1012 (7.947 %)Servlets
1012 (7.947 %)EJB
1012 (7.947 %)DHTML
1110 (6.623 %)ASP.NET
126 (3.974 %).NET Framework
135 (3.311 %)Flash
Oxford IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
15 (3.311 %)Apache
24 (2.649 %)Tomcat
33 (1.987 %)IIS
41 (0.662 %)Commerce Server
41 (0.662 %)SharePoint
41 (0.662 %)WebSphere Application Server
41 (0.662 %)Confluence
41 (0.662 %)Drupal
Oxford IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
11 (0.662 %)MATLAB
Oxford IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
13 (1.987 %)LDAP
22 (1.325 %)SAN
22 (1.325 %)Internet
31 (0.662 %)Intranet
31 (0.662 %)HTTP
Oxford IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
120 (13.25 %)SQL Server
215 (9.934 %)SQL Server 2005
313 (8.609 %)MySQL
43 (1.987 %)DTS
43 (1.987 %)PostgreSQL
43 (1.987 %)SQL Server 2000
52 (1.325 %)Oracle OLAP
52 (1.325 %)SQL Server Integration Services
52 (1.325 %)SQL Server 2008
52 (1.325 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
52 (1.325 %)OLAP
52 (1.325 %)Oracle 8/8i
61 (0.662 %)BusinessObjects
61 (0.662 %)RDBMS
61 (0.662 %)Crystal Reports
Oxford IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
15 (3.311 %)Eclipse
23 (1.987 %)Subversion
32 (1.325 %)VSS/SourceSafe
41 (0.662 %)JUnit
41 (0.662 %)JIRA
Oxford IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
113 (8.609 %)Finance
212 (7.947 %)Construction
35 (3.311 %)Education
43 (1.987 %)Publishing
43 (1.987 %)Marketing
52 (1.325 %)Pensions
52 (1.325 %)Electronics
52 (1.325 %)Health
61 (0.662 %)Government
Oxford IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
155 (36.42 %)Developer
229 (19.21 %)Consultant
326 (17.22 %)Technical Consultant
423 (15.23 %)Graduate
423 (15.23 %)Software Engineer
521 (13.91 %)Java Developer
620 (13.25 %)J2EE Developer
716 (10.60 %)Junior
815 (9.934 %)Project Manager
914 (9.272 %)Java Software Engineer
1013 (8.609 %)Team Leader
1013 (8.609 %)SQL Developer
1013 (8.609 %)Java Consultant
1013 (8.609 %)JavaScript Developer
1013 (8.609 %)XML Developer
1112 (7.947 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1211 (7.285 %)Graduate Developer
1211 (7.285 %)Development Team Leader
1310 (6.623 %)Junior Consultant
149 (5.960 %)Software Developer
Oxford IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
137 (24.50 %)Computer Science
224 (15.89 %)Mathematics
318 (11.92 %)Physics
48 (5.298 %)Open Source
52 (1.325 %)Beowulf
52 (1.325 %)Clustering
61 (0.662 %)Web 2.0
61 (0.662 %)Cloud Computing
Oxford IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
125 (16.56 %)Linux
210 (6.623 %)UNIX
39 (5.960 %)Red Hat Linux
43 (1.987 %)Windows
43 (1.987 %)Fedora
43 (1.987 %)Debian
Oxford IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
134 (22.52 %)Project Management
218 (11.92 %)UML
313 (8.609 %)Software Engineering
410 (6.623 %)OO
58 (5.298 %)Agile Software Development
67 (4.636 %)Scrum
67 (4.636 %)Web Development
76 (3.974 %)DSDM
85 (3.311 %)PRINCE2
94 (2.649 %)Test Scripting
94 (2.649 %)Manual Testing
94 (2.649 %)RDF
103 (1.987 %)E-Commerce
112 (1.325 %)Continuous Integration
112 (1.325 %)Data Migration
112 (1.325 %)Software Testing
112 (1.325 %)Automated Testing
112 (1.325 %)Data Analysis
112 (1.325 %)Migration
112 (1.325 %)Configuration Management
Oxford IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
170 (46.36 %)C++
249 (32.45 %)C#
328 (18.54 %)SQL
421 (13.91 %)JavaScript
520 (13.25 %)Python
614 (9.272 %)C
712 (7.947 %)Ruby
810 (6.623 %)Perl
96 (3.974 %)VB.NET
105 (3.311 %)Groovy
113 (1.987 %)PHP
113 (1.987 %)T-SQL
122 (1.325 %)Bash shell
131 (0.662 %)PowerHouse
131 (0.662 %)Haskell
131 (0.662 %)Erlang
Oxford IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
137 (24.50 %)Degree
25 (3.311 %)PhD
32 (1.325 %)MCTS
32 (1.325 %)MCDBA
32 (1.325 %)Microsoft Certification
32 (1.325 %)RHCE
Oxford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
18 (5.298 %)DICOM
24 (2.649 %)QA
Oxford IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (1.987 %)Samba
Oxford IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
115 (9.934 %)Oracle
212 (7.947 %)Microsoft
39 (5.960 %)Red Hat
41 (0.662 %)Adobe
41 (0.662 %)IBM
41 (0.662 %)JBoss
41 (0.662 %)SAP
41 (0.662 %)Business Objects
41 (0.662 %)Zend