Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Swing (Java) skills within the Oxfordshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Swing over the 3 months to 2 December 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSwing (Java)
Location
3 months to
2 Dec 2008
Same period last year
Rank123132
Rank change on same period last yearUp+9
Matching permanent IT job ads49
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.003 %0.004 %
As % of the category below0.393 %0.680 %
Salaries quoted29
Average minimum salary£14,000£21,556
Average salary£17,000£24,944
% change on same period last year-31.84 %
Average maximum salary£20,000£28,333
UK excluding London average salary£36,143£38,866
% change on same period last year-7.00 %
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Oxfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads10171323
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.680 %0.590 %
Salaries quoted9511214
Average minimum salary£32,778£31,418
Average salary£36,076£34,539
% change on same period last year+4.44 %
Average maximum salary£39,374£37,660
UK excluding London average salary£36,023£36,564
% change on same period last year-1.47 %
Swing South EastSwing
South East

Swing
Demand Trend

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

Oxfordshire Swing Demand Trend

Swing
Salary Trend

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

Oxfordshire 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 Oxfordshire region over the 3 months to 2 December 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+84£17,000-31.82 %
Swing South EastSwing
South East

Swing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

115 (100.00 %)Java
213 (86.67 %)Eclipse
312 (80.00 %)XML
312 (80.00 %)J2SE
410 (66.67 %).NET
410 (66.67 %)C#
410 (66.67 %)WebServices
410 (66.67 %)SQL Server
410 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2000
410 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2005
58 (53.33 %)Apache Axis
58 (53.33 %)JAXB
58 (53.33 %)SQL
58 (53.33 %)XSD
65 (33.33 %)Finance
65 (33.33 %)Insurance
74 (26.67 %)Spring
74 (26.67 %)OO
74 (26.67 %)Hibernate
83 (20.00 %)Legal
83 (20.00 %)J2EE
83 (20.00 %)SWT
92 (13.33 %)Time Management
92 (13.33 %)OOD
101 (6.667 %)Agile Software Development
101 (6.667 %)Transact-SQL
101 (6.667 %)VB.NET
101 (6.667 %)JavaScript
101 (6.667 %)Ant
101 (6.667 %)ASP

Swing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 2 December 2008, IT jobs across the Oxfordshire 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.

Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (80.00 %)J2SE
112 (80.00 %)XML
210 (66.67 %)WebServices
210 (66.67 %).NET
38 (53.33 %)JAXB
38 (53.33 %)Apache Axis
38 (53.33 %)XSD
44 (26.67 %)Hibernate
44 (26.67 %)Spring
53 (20.00 %)SWT
53 (20.00 %)J2EE
61 (6.667 %)ASP
61 (6.667 %)ASP.NET
61 (6.667 %)SOAP
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
110 (66.67 %)SQL Server
110 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2000
110 (66.67 %)SQL Server 2005
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
113 (86.67 %)Eclipse
21 (6.667 %)Ant
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
15 (33.33 %)Finance
15 (33.33 %)Insurance
23 (20.00 %)Legal
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
114 (93.33 %)Developer
213 (86.67 %)Java Developer
33 (20.00 %)SQL Developer
33 (20.00 %)Graduate
33 (20.00 %)Software Developer
33 (20.00 %)SQL Server Developer
33 (20.00 %)Java Software Developer
42 (13.33 %)Junior Java Developer
42 (13.33 %)Junior
42 (13.33 %)Junior Developer
51 (6.667 %)ASP Developer
51 (6.667 %)Web Developer
51 (6.667 %)Graduate Software Developer
51 (6.667 %)Graduate Developer
51 (6.667 %)Graduate Java Developer
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (26.67 %)OO
22 (13.33 %)OOD
22 (13.33 %)Time Management
31 (6.667 %)Agile Software Development
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
115 (100.00 %)Java
210 (66.67 %)C#
38 (53.33 %)SQL
41 (6.667 %)Transact-SQL
41 (6.667 %)VB.NET
41 (6.667 %)JavaScript
Oxfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
11 (6.667 %)Degree