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This section looks at the demand for Java skills within the Oxford 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
Rank811
Rank change on same period last yearUp+3
Matching permanent IT job ads237193
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.125 %0.079 %
As % of the category below25.48 %25.36 %
Salaries quoted219159
Average minimum salary£29,562£29,069
Average salary£33,084£32,053
% change on same period last year+3.21 %
Average maximum salary£36,606£35,038
UK excluding London average salary£39,182£39,582
% change on same period last year-1.00 %
Oxford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Oxford
Matching permanent IT job ads930761
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.491 %0.312 %
Salaries quoted868686
Average minimum salary£31,753£31,618
Average salary£35,543£34,441
% change on same period last year+3.19 %
Average maximum salary£39,333£37,264
UK excluding London average salary£35,180£35,575
% change on same period last year-1.10 %
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 25 July 2008.

Oxford Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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.

1157 (38.39 %)XML
2136 (33.25 %)Degree
3110 (26.89 %).NET
3110 (26.89 %)J2EE
4104 (25.43 %)OO
591 (22.25 %)C#
690 (22.00 %)SQL
779 (19.32 %)C++
872 (17.60 %)Linux
959 (14.43 %)SQL Server
1051 (12.47 %)XBRL
1146 (11.25 %)PhD
1240 (9.780 %)Hibernate
1240 (9.780 %)Computer Science
1339 (9.535 %)Spring
1339 (9.535 %)HTML
1437 (9.046 %)Finance
1536 (8.802 %)Tomcat
1634 (8.313 %)Perl
1634 (8.313 %)Oracle
1634 (8.313 %)XML Schema
1634 (8.313 %)Mathematics
1733 (8.068 %)Music
1733 (8.068 %)Agile Software Development
1831 (7.579 %)Music Industry
1929 (7.090 %)Eclipse
1929 (7.090 %)EJB
2028 (6.846 %)JavaScript
2028 (6.846 %)JBoss
2127 (6.601 %)Project Management

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, 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 DevelopmentApplication Development
1157 (38.39 %)XML
2110 (26.89 %).NET
2110 (26.89 %)J2EE
351 (12.47 %)XBRL
440 (9.780 %)Hibernate
539 (9.535 %)Spring
539 (9.535 %)HTML
634 (8.313 %)XML Schema
729 (7.090 %)EJB
823 (5.623 %)CSS
922 (5.379 %)JSP
1021 (5.134 %)ASP.NET
1120 (4.890 %)XHTML
1216 (3.912 %)EJB 3.0
1314 (3.423 %)Swing
1314 (3.423 %)JSF
1412 (2.934 %)WebServices
1412 (2.934 %)Lucene
1511 (2.689 %)AJAX
1610 (2.445 %)J2SE
Oxford IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
136 (8.802 %)Tomcat
228 (6.846 %)JBoss
315 (3.667 %)Lotus Notes
413 (3.178 %)Lotus Domino
57 (1.711 %)BizTalk Server
66 (1.467 %)SharePoint
73 (0.733 %)WebLogic
82 (0.489 %)QuickPlace
82 (0.489 %)NetWeaver
82 (0.489 %)MS Exchange
82 (0.489 %)Apache
91 (0.244 %)ColdFusion
91 (0.244 %)ColdFusion MX
Oxford IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
17 (1.711 %)MS Excel
23 (0.733 %)MS Visio
32 (0.489 %)MS Office
32 (0.489 %)CA Clarity
41 (0.244 %)Photoshop
41 (0.244 %)MATLAB
Oxford IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.978 %)Retail-J
23 (0.733 %)SAP SD
32 (0.489 %)SAP MDM
41 (0.244 %)SAP ERP
Oxford IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
118 (4.401 %)Intranet
211 (2.689 %)Extranet
36 (1.467 %)Internet
43 (0.733 %)FTP
52 (0.489 %)SAN
Oxford IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
159 (14.43 %)SQL Server
218 (4.401 %)MySQL
312 (2.934 %)SQL Server 2000
312 (2.934 %)SQL Server 2005
48 (1.956 %)RDBMS
51 (0.244 %)Oracle 10g
51 (0.244 %)BusinessObjects
51 (0.244 %)SQL Server 7
51 (0.244 %)DB2
51 (0.244 %)Crystal Reports
51 (0.244 %)Informix
51 (0.244 %)Oracle 8/8i
51 (0.244 %)Oracle 9i
51 (0.244 %)Datawarehouse
Oxford IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
129 (7.090 %)Eclipse
213 (3.178 %)JUnit
35 (1.222 %)Bugzilla
44 (0.978 %)Flash
53 (0.733 %)Subversion
62 (0.489 %)Ant
62 (0.489 %)QuickTest Pro
71 (0.244 %)InstallShield
Oxford IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
137 (9.046 %)Finance
233 (8.068 %)Music
331 (7.579 %)Music Industry
416 (3.912 %)Games
513 (3.178 %)Health
611 (2.689 %)Education
79 (2.200 %)Government
79 (2.200 %)Pharmaceutical
87 (1.711 %)Publishing
87 (1.711 %)Pensions
95 (1.222 %)Insurance
95 (1.222 %)Chemicals
104 (0.978 %)Retail
113 (0.733 %)Legal
113 (0.733 %)Marketing
113 (0.733 %)Graphic Design
122 (0.489 %)Law
131 (0.244 %)Financial Institution
131 (0.244 %)Telecoms
131 (0.244 %)Flash Games
Oxford IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1234 (57.21 %)Developer
2141 (34.47 %)Java Developer
375 (18.34 %)Graduate
456 (13.69 %)Software Developer
551 (12.47 %)Software Engineer
636 (8.802 %)Programmer
734 (8.313 %)Junior
832 (7.824 %)Analyst
931 (7.579 %)J2EE Developer
931 (7.579 %)Java Software Engineer
1028 (6.846 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1127 (6.601 %)Graduate Developer
1226 (6.357 %)Junior Developer
1325 (6.112 %)Support Analyst
1424 (5.868 %)Java Programmer
1520 (4.890 %)Java Software Developer
1619 (4.645 %).NET Developer
1717 (4.156 %)Web Developer
1816 (3.912 %)Project Manager
1914 (3.423 %)Consultant
Oxford IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
140 (9.780 %)Computer Science
234 (8.313 %)Mathematics
317 (4.156 %)Physics
410 (2.445 %)Chemistry
57 (1.711 %)Biology
65 (1.222 %)Handset
65 (1.222 %)PDA
74 (0.978 %)EPoS
83 (0.733 %)NHS
83 (0.733 %)Statistics
92 (0.489 %)Replication
92 (0.489 %)Management Information System
101 (0.244 %)BBC
101 (0.244 %)Thin Client
101 (0.244 %)Web 2.0
101 (0.244 %)Informatics
101 (0.244 %)Fat Client
101 (0.244 %)N-Tier
Oxford IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
172 (17.60 %)Linux
221 (5.134 %)UNIX
315 (3.667 %)Windows
48 (1.956 %)Windows Mobile
Oxford IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1104 (25.43 %)OO
233 (8.068 %)Agile Software Development
327 (6.601 %)Project Management
417 (4.156 %)Data Modelling
512 (2.934 %)Data Management
610 (2.445 %)Software Engineering
610 (2.445 %)E-Commerce
79 (2.200 %)UML
79 (2.200 %)Unit Testing
87 (1.711 %)Web Development
96 (1.467 %)TDD
105 (1.222 %)ERP
114 (0.978 %)OOP
114 (0.978 %)PRINCE2
114 (0.978 %)B2B
114 (0.978 %)Bioinformatics
114 (0.978 %)Security Testing
114 (0.978 %)Software Testing
123 (0.733 %)Risk Assessment
123 (0.733 %)Automated Testing
Oxford IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
191 (22.25 %)C#
290 (22.00 %)SQL
379 (19.32 %)C++
434 (8.313 %)Perl
528 (6.846 %)JavaScript
625 (6.112 %)VB
714 (3.423 %)VB.NET
714 (3.423 %)C
812 (2.934 %)Python
910 (2.445 %)PHP
910 (2.445 %)LotusScript
910 (2.445 %)Formula Language
108 (1.956 %)Delphi
117 (1.711 %)Ruby
123 (0.733 %)Shell Script
123 (0.733 %)PowerHouse
123 (0.733 %)Transact-SQL
132 (0.489 %)VBScript
132 (0.489 %)ABAP
132 (0.489 %)ActionScript
Oxford IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1136 (33.25 %)Degree
246 (11.25 %)PhD
36 (1.467 %)ISEB
45 (1.222 %)Microsoft Certification
53 (0.733 %)MCAD
62 (0.489 %)MCSE
62 (0.489 %)CISSP
62 (0.489 %)MCP
62 (0.489 %)CISA
71 (0.244 %)ITIL Certification
71 (0.244 %)IBM Certification
Oxford IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
123 (5.623 %)QA
Oxford IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
134 (8.313 %)Oracle
219 (4.645 %)Microsoft
315 (3.667 %)Lotus
411 (2.689 %)SAP
510 (2.445 %)IBM
63 (0.733 %)Perforce
63 (0.733 %)Wall Street Systems
72 (0.489 %)Kalido
72 (0.489 %)Compuware
72 (0.489 %)JDA
81 (0.244 %)Teradata
81 (0.244 %)Sybase
81 (0.244 %)Business Objects
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