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The table below looks at the demand for Java skills within the Oxfordshire 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank916
Rank change on same period last yearUp+7
Matching permanent IT job ads399308
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.221 %0.129 %
As % of the category below23.33 %20.14 %
Salaries quoted365250
Average minimum salary£32,177£28,973
Average salary£35,595£32,564
% change on same period last year+9.30 %
Average maximum salary£39,013£36,154
UK excluding London average salary£39,578£39,968
% change on same period last year-0.97 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads17101529
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.946 %0.641 %
Salaries quoted15471322
Average minimum salary£32,548£31,095
Average salary£36,310£34,125
% change on same period last year+6.40 %
Average maximum salary£40,071£37,155
UK excluding London average salary£35,272£35,655
% change on same period last year-1.07 %
Java South EastJava
South East

Java
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region.

Oxfordshire Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
OxfordUp+2254£34,399+8.36 %
AbingdonUp+325£41,160+10.49 %
Henley-on-ThamesNew entry-19£33,906-
WallingfordUp+815£31,933-13.69 %
BanburyNew entry-4£50,000-
BicesterDown-133--
ThameNew entry-1£40,000-
WitneyNew entry-1£32,500-
WoodstockNew entry-1£37,500-
Java South EastJava
South East

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

1247 (35.49 %).NET
2218 (31.32 %)XML
3202 (29.02 %)C#
4171 (24.57 %)SQL
5164 (23.56 %)Degree
6159 (22.84 %)OO
7158 (22.70 %)C++
8152 (21.84 %)SQL Server
9144 (20.69 %)J2EE
9144 (20.69 %)Linux
10113 (16.24 %)HTML
11107 (15.37 %)JavaScript
12102 (14.66 %)Oracle
1377 (11.06 %)ASP.NET
1475 (10.78 %)UNIX
1573 (10.49 %)Computer Science
1670 (10.06 %)JSP
1769 (9.914 %)VB
1863 (9.052 %)Spring
1961 (8.764 %)Finance
1961 (8.764 %)Microsoft
2059 (8.477 %)Hibernate
2157 (8.190 %)PhD
2256 (8.046 %)Mathematics
2354 (7.759 %)C
2451 (7.328 %)ASP
2549 (7.040 %)CSS
2648 (6.897 %)XBRL
2746 (6.609 %)Tomcat
2845 (6.466 %)Eclipse

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1247 (35.49 %).NET
2218 (31.32 %)XML
3144 (20.69 %)J2EE
4113 (16.24 %)HTML
577 (11.06 %)ASP.NET
670 (10.06 %)JSP
763 (9.052 %)Spring
859 (8.477 %)Hibernate
951 (7.328 %)ASP
1049 (7.040 %)CSS
1148 (6.897 %)XBRL
1237 (5.316 %).NET Framework
1334 (4.885 %)AJAX
1431 (4.454 %)XML Schema
1530 (4.310 %)XSLT
1629 (4.167 %)EJB
1727 (3.879 %)WebServices
1826 (3.736 %)XHTML
1921 (3.017 %)JSF
2018 (2.586 %)EJB 3.0
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
146 (6.609 %)Tomcat
229 (4.167 %)JBoss
321 (3.017 %)SharePoint
418 (2.586 %)BizTalk Server
516 (2.299 %)Lotus Notes
614 (2.011 %)Lotus Domino
713 (1.868 %)MTS
87 (1.006 %)CMS
96 (0.862 %)ColdFusion MX
96 (0.862 %)WebLogic
96 (0.862 %)ColdFusion
105 (0.718 %)Apache
114 (0.575 %)IIS
114 (0.575 %)ArcGIS
122 (0.287 %)MS Exchange
122 (0.287 %)Mathematica
122 (0.287 %)QuickPlace
131 (0.144 %)Oracle Application Server
131 (0.144 %)SharePoint Server 2007
131 (0.144 %)WebSphere Application Server
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
125 (3.592 %)MS Excel
212 (1.724 %)MATLAB
36 (0.862 %)MS Visio
36 (0.862 %)Photoshop
43 (0.431 %)MS Office
52 (0.287 %)CATIA
52 (0.287 %)CA Clarity
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
17 (1.006 %)Dynamics AX
24 (0.575 %)Retail-J
24 (0.575 %)Microsoft CRM
24 (0.575 %)Dynamics CRM
31 (0.144 %)Oracle Applications
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
140 (5.747 %)Internet
235 (5.029 %)Intranet
311 (1.580 %)Extranet
44 (0.575 %)TCP/IP
53 (0.431 %)FTP
62 (0.287 %)SAN
62 (0.287 %)Bluetooth
62 (0.287 %)GPRS
62 (0.287 %)GSM
62 (0.287 %)UMTS
71 (0.144 %)VPN
71 (0.144 %)DNS
71 (0.144 %)Wireless
71 (0.144 %)ZigBee
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1152 (21.84 %)SQL Server
236 (5.172 %)MySQL
321 (3.017 %)SQL Server 2005
420 (2.874 %)SQL Server 2000
513 (1.868 %)RDBMS
610 (1.437 %)MS Access
76 (0.862 %)Oracle 10g
85 (0.718 %)Oracle 8/8i
93 (0.431 %)Oracle Reports
101 (0.144 %)Crystal Reports
101 (0.144 %)Oracle 9i
101 (0.144 %)BusinessObjects
101 (0.144 %)PerformancePoint
101 (0.144 %)GIS
101 (0.144 %)IDOL
101 (0.144 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
145 (6.466 %)Eclipse
220 (2.874 %)JUnit
316 (2.299 %)Visual Studio
46 (0.862 %)MorphX
55 (0.718 %)Oracle Forms
55 (0.718 %)Bugzilla
63 (0.431 %)Subversion
63 (0.431 %)MSI
72 (0.287 %)Flash
72 (0.287 %)Ant
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
161 (8.764 %)Finance
237 (5.316 %)Music
335 (5.029 %)Music Industry
417 (2.443 %)Marketing
516 (2.299 %)Education
615 (2.155 %)Pharmaceutical
714 (2.011 %)Chemicals
714 (2.011 %)Health
813 (1.868 %)Pensions
912 (1.724 %)Government
109 (1.293 %)Games
118 (1.149 %)Electronics
118 (1.149 %)Law
127 (1.006 %)Insurance
135 (0.718 %)Publishing
144 (0.575 %)Retail
144 (0.575 %)Electric
153 (0.431 %)Construction
153 (0.431 %)Legal
153 (0.431 %)Graphic Design
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
1411 (59.05 %)Developer
2183 (26.29 %)Java Developer
3108 (15.52 %)Graduate
4103 (14.80 %)Software Engineer
596 (13.79 %)Software Developer
673 (10.49 %)Web Developer
766 (9.483 %)Programmer
860 (8.621 %)Analyst
949 (7.040 %)Graduate Developer
1047 (6.753 %).NET Developer
1047 (6.753 %)Java Software Engineer
1143 (6.178 %)Java Programmer
1239 (5.603 %)Junior
1336 (5.172 %)C# Developer
1435 (5.029 %)Senior Software Engineer
1532 (4.598 %)Senior Developer
1631 (4.454 %)J2EE Developer
1631 (4.454 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1727 (3.879 %)Junior Developer
1727 (3.879 %)Support Analyst
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
173 (10.49 %)Computer Science
256 (8.046 %)Mathematics
336 (5.172 %)Physics
415 (2.155 %)Chemistry
512 (1.724 %)Biology
512 (1.724 %)W3C
66 (0.862 %)N-Tier
66 (0.862 %)PDA
75 (0.718 %)Device Driver
75 (0.718 %)Handset
84 (0.575 %)EPoS
93 (0.431 %)NHS
93 (0.431 %)Replication
93 (0.431 %)Statistics
93 (0.431 %)Informatics
93 (0.431 %)Client/Server
102 (0.287 %)French Language
102 (0.287 %)German Language
102 (0.287 %)Portuguese Language
102 (0.287 %)Management Information System
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1144 (20.69 %)Linux
275 (10.78 %)UNIX
344 (6.322 %)Windows
414 (2.011 %)Windows Mobile
54 (0.575 %)VxWorks
61 (0.144 %)Windows XP
61 (0.144 %)AIX
61 (0.144 %)HPUX
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1159 (22.84 %)OO
237 (5.316 %)Project Management
334 (4.885 %)UML
432 (4.598 %)E-Commerce
530 (4.310 %)Software Testing
628 (4.023 %)Agile Software Development
725 (3.592 %)Web Development
817 (2.443 %)Unit Testing
914 (2.011 %)Data Modelling
1013 (1.868 %)Data Management
1013 (1.868 %)Test Scripting
1112 (1.724 %)Manual Testing
1112 (1.724 %)Software Engineering
1211 (1.580 %)CRM
1211 (1.580 %)OOP
1310 (1.437 %)RUP
1310 (1.437 %)OOD
1310 (1.437 %)Business Intelligence
1310 (1.437 %)Logistics
1310 (1.437 %)Internet Marketing
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1202 (29.02 %)C#
2171 (24.57 %)SQL
3158 (22.70 %)C++
4107 (15.37 %)JavaScript
569 (9.914 %)VB
654 (7.759 %)C
745 (6.466 %)Perl
837 (5.316 %)VB.NET
933 (4.741 %)PHP
1025 (3.592 %)Transact-SQL
1121 (3.017 %)VBScript
1121 (3.017 %)Python
1121 (3.017 %)VB6
1216 (2.299 %)Shell Script
1312 (1.724 %)Ruby
1411 (1.580 %)Delphi
1510 (1.437 %)LotusScript
1510 (1.437 %)Formula Language
168 (1.149 %)PL/SQL
177 (1.006 %)Fortran
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1164 (23.56 %)Degree
257 (8.190 %)PhD
37 (1.006 %)ISEB
46 (0.862 %)Microsoft Certification
46 (0.862 %)Sun Certification
54 (0.575 %)HNC
54 (0.575 %)HND
63 (0.431 %)MCAD
63 (0.431 %)CISSP
72 (0.287 %)MCP
72 (0.287 %)MCSE
72 (0.287 %)CISA
81 (0.144 %)IBM Certification
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
129 (4.167 %)QA
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
110 (1.437 %)MIIS
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1102 (14.66 %)Oracle
261 (8.764 %)Microsoft
316 (2.299 %)Lotus
415 (2.155 %)IBM
512 (1.724 %)Intel
512 (1.724 %)SAP
66 (0.862 %)Sybase
75 (0.718 %)Yahoo!
84 (0.575 %)Siebel
93 (0.431 %)Perforce
93 (0.431 %)CA
93 (0.431 %)Wall Street Systems
102 (0.287 %)JDA
102 (0.287 %)Tangosol
111 (0.144 %)Red Hat
111 (0.144 %)CheckPoint
111 (0.144 %)ESRI
111 (0.144 %)Business Objects
111 (0.144 %)Cognos
111 (0.144 %)Google