The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Preston region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 20 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 Preston region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 20 23 8
Rank change year-on-year
+3 -15
Permanent jobs citing Java 9 8 7
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 7.692% 6.349% 15.22%
As % of the Programming Languages category 11.69% 10.81% 25.00%
Number of salaries quoted 9 8 6
Average salary £34,000 £31,500 £31,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
+7.93% +0.80%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £31,050 £30,500
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £31,500 £44,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Preston
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
77 74 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Preston 65.81% 58.73% 60.87%
Number of salaries quoted 73 74 25
Average salary £32,250 £32,500 £22,482
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.76% +44.56%
90% offered a salary of more than £23,000 £27,500 £22,000
10% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
Lancashire

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Preston 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 Preston region.

Preston Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Preston region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Preston Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 19 (67.86%) J2EE
2 12 (42.86%) Web Services
2 12 (42.86%) Spring
3 10 (35.71%) SQL
3 10 (35.71%) JavaScript
3 10 (35.71%) Finance
4 9 (32.14%) HTML
4 9 (32.14%) JUnit
4 9 (32.14%) XML
4 9 (32.14%) Oracle
5 8 (28.57%) EJB
6 7 (25.00%) JSP
6 7 (25.00%) Ant
6 7 (25.00%) OO
6 7 (25.00%) TDD
6 7 (25.00%) Maven
6 7 (25.00%) Degree
7 6 (21.43%) JSF
7 6 (21.43%) SQL Server
7 6 (21.43%) OOD
8 5 (17.86%) Hibernate
8 5 (17.86%) C++
9 4 (14.29%) Groovy
9 4 (14.29%) C#
9 4 (14.29%) E-Commerce
10 3 (10.71%) Middleware
10 3 (10.71%) ERP
10 3 (10.71%) CRM
10 3 (10.71%) CSS
10 3 (10.71%) HTML5

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Preston 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 19 (67.86%) J2EE
2 12 (42.86%) Web Services
2 12 (42.86%) Spring
3 9 (32.14%) XML
3 9 (32.14%) HTML
4 8 (28.57%) EJB
5 7 (25.00%) JSP
6 6 (21.43%) JSF
7 5 (17.86%) Hibernate
8 3 (10.71%) HTML5
8 3 (10.71%) Middleware
8 3 (10.71%) Ajax
8 3 (10.71%) Java EE
8 3 (10.71%) CSS
9 2 (7.143%) SOAP
9 2 (7.143%) Struts
9 2 (7.143%) jQuery
10 1 (3.571%) Qt
10 1 (3.571%) Struts2
10 1 (3.571%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.71%) ESB
2 2 (7.143%) Tomcat
Business Applications
1 2 (7.143%) Oracle EBS
1 2 (7.143%) Oracle EBS R12
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.571%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (21.43%) SQL Server
2 2 (7.143%) Oracle Reports
2 2 (7.143%) Oracle 9i
2 2 (7.143%) Oracle 10g
2 2 (7.143%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (3.571%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 9 (32.14%) JUnit
2 7 (25.00%) Maven
2 7 (25.00%) Ant
3 2 (7.143%) Oracle APEX
3 2 (7.143%) Oracle Forms
4 1 (3.571%) Eclipse
4 1 (3.571%) Subversion
4 1 (3.571%) WATIR
4 1 (3.571%) Selenium
4 1 (3.571%) FitNesse
General
1 10 (35.71%) Finance
2 2 (7.143%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (64.29%) Developer
2 13 (46.43%) Java Developer
3 5 (17.86%) J2EE Developer
3 5 (17.86%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 4 (14.29%) Java Programmer
4 4 (14.29%) J2EE Analyst Programmer
4 4 (14.29%) Java Analyst Programmer
4 4 (14.29%) Analyst
4 4 (14.29%) Software Developer
4 4 (14.29%) Analyst Programmer
4 4 (14.29%) Programmer
5 3 (10.71%) Architect
5 3 (10.71%) Applications Architect
5 3 (10.71%) Java Software Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Java Web Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Senior J2EE Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Senior Java Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Senior Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Oracle Developer
6 2 (7.143%) Web Developer
Miscellaneous
1 2 (7.143%) Mobile App
1 2 (7.143%) Enterprise Software
2 1 (3.571%) Blackberry
2 1 (3.571%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 2 (7.143%) Linux
2 1 (3.571%) Android
2 1 (3.571%) Apple iOS
2 1 (3.571%) Windows Phone
2 1 (3.571%) UNIX
2 1 (3.571%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 7 (25.00%) TDD
1 7 (25.00%) OO
2 6 (21.43%) OOD
3 4 (14.29%) E-Commerce
4 3 (10.71%) ERP
4 3 (10.71%) CRM
4 3 (10.71%) Logistics
5 2 (7.143%) User Acceptance Testing
6 1 (3.571%) Unit Testing
6 1 (3.571%) System Testing
6 1 (3.571%) Waterfall
6 1 (3.571%) Continuous Improvement
6 1 (3.571%) Mobile Application Development
6 1 (3.571%) Project Management
6 1 (3.571%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 10 (35.71%) SQL
1 10 (35.71%) JavaScript
2 5 (17.86%) C++
3 4 (14.29%) C#
3 4 (14.29%) Groovy
4 2 (7.143%) PL/SQL
4 2 (7.143%) Delphi
5 1 (3.571%) C
5 1 (3.571%) ActionScript
5 1 (3.571%) Python
5 1 (3.571%) Objective-C
5 1 (3.571%) Ruby
5 1 (3.571%) ActionScript 3.0
5 1 (3.571%) PHP
Qualifications
1 7 (25.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (3.571%) QA
Vendors
1 9 (32.14%) Oracle
2 1 (3.571%) Symbian
2 1 (3.571%) Nokia
Preston, Lancashire
Java Developer ( Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Spring )... You will need solid knowledge of Java, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, SOAP, Spring/Hibernate framework and XML. Exposure to Eclipse, Tomcat, UNIX...
IT Executive Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + DOE
Posted: 16 May 2013
Preston, North West
Java Software Developer - E-Commerce - Preston - £32,000 - £40,000 The Role: Due to outstanding success and profitable growth my client is looking to take on an additional...
Computer Futures
Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
passion for Java development. some commercial Java programming experience... Basic qualifications for the successful Graduate Java Developer: Bachelors or Masters Degree. Computer Engineering or Computer Science degree or...
Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Preston, North West
Graduate JAVA Developer, Java, developer, development, services, programmer, coding, life-cycle Do you want to be part of a successful business which would allow you to achieve your...
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Preston, North West
What skills make you the right candidate for this Software Developer (Java / C++/ C# / Delphi / Object Oriented) opportunity? Solid proven commercial Java / C# / C++ / Delphi / Object Oriented development...
Salary: £20000 - £26000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
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Ascent People Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £26000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Preston, North West
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Salary: £32000 - £38000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Preston, North West
C++, developer, programmer, graduate, software, Preston / 18 - 22K Have you recently graduated or are your studies coming to an end this year? If your answer is YES and...
Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Preston, Lancashire
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Salary: £18000 - £22000 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013