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The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Reading region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 19 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 Reading region.

 Java
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank91315
Rank change year-on-year
Up+4Up+2
Matching permanent IT job ads110136282
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading11.48 %8.825 %8.987 %
As % of the Programming Languages category24.55 %22.19 %23.38 %
Salaries quoted95127227
Average salary£45,000£40,000£42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.50 %-5.880 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£29,000£27,500£29,600
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£55,000£64,000£67,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£37,500
Reading IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Reading
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
4486131206
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Reading46.76 %39.78 %38.43 %
Salaries quoted3735391017
Average salary£40,000£37,500£38,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.660 %-2.590 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£26,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£57,500£55,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
Java BerkshireJava
Berkshire

Java
Demand Trend

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

Reading 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 Reading region.

Reading Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Reading region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Reading Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

168 (35.05 %)J2EE
251 (26.29 %).NET
350 (25.77 %)Oracle
444 (22.68 %)C#
543 (22.16 %)HTML
642 (21.65 %)WebSphere
736 (18.56 %)SQL
835 (18.04 %)C++
835 (18.04 %)Spring
933 (17.01 %)XML
933 (17.01 %)JBoss
1032 (16.49 %)JavaScript
1032 (16.49 %)Hibernate
1032 (16.49 %)Computer Science
1130 (15.46 %)AJAX
1130 (15.46 %)CSS
1229 (14.95 %)WebLogic
1328 (14.43 %)Degree
1427 (13.92 %)SQL Server
1526 (13.40 %)QA
1625 (12.89 %)UNIX
1723 (11.86 %)Microsoft
1822 (11.34 %)E-Commerce
1822 (11.34 %)Windows
1822 (11.34 %)JSP
1921 (10.82 %)Struts
1921 (10.82 %)SAP
2020 (10.31 %)C
2020 (10.31 %)UML
2020 (10.31 %)SharePoint

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Reading 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.

Reading IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
168 (35.05 %)J2EE
251 (26.29 %).NET
343 (22.16 %)HTML
442 (21.65 %)WebSphere
535 (18.04 %)Spring
633 (17.01 %)XML
732 (16.49 %)Hibernate
830 (15.46 %)AJAX
830 (15.46 %)CSS
922 (11.34 %)JSP
1021 (10.82 %)Struts
1118 (9.278 %).NET Framework
1213 (6.701 %)JSF
1312 (6.186 %)Middleware
1411 (5.670 %)Web Services
1510 (5.155 %)ASP.NET
169 (4.639 %)DHTML
178 (4.124 %)Servlets
187 (3.608 %)JDBC
196 (3.093 %)Java EE
Reading IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
129 (14.95 %)WebLogic
220 (10.31 %)SharePoint
220 (10.31 %)AquaLogic
319 (9.794 %)Oracle Workflow
418 (9.278 %)LiveLink
511 (5.670 %)WebSphere Application Server
610 (5.155 %)WebLogic Portal
610 (5.155 %)GlassFish
77 (3.608 %)WebSphere Portal
77 (3.608 %)IIS
85 (2.577 %)Apache
94 (2.062 %)Tomcat
94 (2.062 %)WebSphere Message Broker
103 (1.546 %)CMS
111 (0.515 %)Oracle Application Server
Reading IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
19 (4.639 %)MS Excel
23 (1.546 %)MS Project
Reading IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
11 (0.515 %)Oracle Applications
11 (0.515 %)SAP ERP
Reading IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (2.577 %)Internet
23 (1.546 %)Wireshark
23 (1.546 %)ISDN
23 (1.546 %)Firewall
32 (1.031 %)HTTP
32 (1.031 %)Extranet
41 (0.515 %)LDAP
41 (0.515 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.515 %)DNS
41 (0.515 %)SMTP
41 (0.515 %)Wireless
41 (0.515 %)TETRA
41 (0.515 %)SSH
Reading IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
127 (13.92 %)SQL Server
218 (9.278 %)Oracle 11g
314 (7.216 %)MySQL
411 (5.670 %)DB2
59 (4.639 %)RDBMS
68 (4.124 %)Informix
73 (1.546 %)Oracle Reports
81 (0.515 %)Oracle 9i
81 (0.515 %)Datawarehouse
81 (0.515 %)Oracle 10g
81 (0.515 %)SQL Server 2005
81 (0.515 %)DB2 UDB
Reading IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
113 (6.701 %)Eclipse
211 (5.670 %)Ant
310 (5.155 %)JUnit
310 (5.155 %)Visual Studio
310 (5.155 %)ClearCase
310 (5.155 %)Cactus
48 (4.124 %)ClearQuest
48 (4.124 %)WinRunner
56 (3.093 %)Oracle Forms
65 (2.577 %)QuickTest Pro
65 (2.577 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
74 (2.062 %)Maven
83 (1.546 %)NUnit
83 (1.546 %)Subversion
83 (1.546 %)Selenium
83 (1.546 %)FitNesse
83 (1.546 %)PVCS
Reading IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
118 (9.278 %)Finance
216 (8.247 %)Telecoms
311 (5.670 %)Retail
311 (5.670 %)Billing
410 (5.155 %)Pensions
410 (5.155 %)Marketing
59 (4.639 %)Government
66 (3.093 %)Health
66 (3.093 %)Publishing
66 (3.093 %)Financial Institution
74 (2.062 %)Education
83 (1.546 %)Insurance
92 (1.031 %)Aerospace
101 (0.515 %)Back Office
101 (0.515 %)Multimedia
Reading IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
199 (51.03 %)Developer
253 (27.32 %)Java Developer
326 (13.40 %)Consultant
419 (9.794 %)Software Engineer
515 (7.732 %)Senior Consultant
515 (7.732 %)J2EE Consultant
613 (6.701 %)Architect
712 (6.186 %)Senior Developer
811 (5.670 %)Graduate
811 (5.670 %)Software Developer
811 (5.670 %)Junior
811 (5.670 %)Senior Java Developer
811 (5.670 %)Java/J2EE Developer
910 (5.155 %)Senior J2EE Consultant
910 (5.155 %)Technical Architect
109 (4.639 %)Lead Developer
109 (4.639 %)Team Leader
109 (4.639 %)Lead Java Developer
118 (4.124 %)Designer
118 (4.124 %)J2EE Developer
Reading IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
132 (16.49 %)Computer Science
26 (3.093 %)Open Source
35 (2.577 %)Mainframe
35 (2.577 %)Web 2.0
35 (2.577 %)Mathematics
44 (2.062 %)SaaS
53 (1.546 %)Cloud Computing
53 (1.546 %)Fat Client
53 (1.546 %)FMCG
53 (1.546 %)Clustering
53 (1.546 %)Thin Client
62 (1.031 %)PKI
71 (0.515 %)Blackberry
71 (0.515 %)Management Information System
71 (0.515 %)iPhone
71 (0.515 %)French Language
Reading IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
125 (12.89 %)UNIX
222 (11.34 %)Windows
318 (9.278 %)Linux
47 (3.608 %)Solaris
56 (3.093 %)Red Hat Linux
63 (1.546 %)AIX
72 (1.031 %)Windows XP
72 (1.031 %)Windows Server 2008
72 (1.031 %)Windows Vista
81 (0.515 %)Android
81 (0.515 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
81 (0.515 %)Windows Mobile
81 (0.515 %)Windows 2000
81 (0.515 %)HPUX
Reading IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
122 (11.34 %)E-Commerce
220 (10.31 %)UML
319 (9.794 %)Workflow
418 (9.278 %)Agile Software Development
418 (9.278 %)Information Management
515 (7.732 %)Software Engineering
515 (7.732 %)Scrum
515 (7.732 %)Project Management
613 (6.701 %)SOA
613 (6.701 %)Software Testing
710 (5.155 %)B2B
710 (5.155 %)B2C
710 (5.155 %)CRM
89 (4.639 %)Direct Marketing
98 (4.124 %)Risk Management
107 (3.608 %)Web Development
116 (3.093 %)Release Management
116 (3.093 %)Performance Management
116 (3.093 %)OO
116 (3.093 %)PRINCE2
Reading IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
144 (22.68 %)C#
236 (18.56 %)SQL
335 (18.04 %)C++
432 (16.49 %)JavaScript
520 (10.31 %)C
69 (4.639 %)PL/SQL
77 (3.608 %)Perl
86 (3.093 %)Python
95 (2.577 %)JCL
103 (1.546 %)Shell Script
103 (1.546 %)Ruby
103 (1.546 %)VBScript
112 (1.031 %)VB
112 (1.031 %)Tcl
121 (0.515 %)Objective-C
121 (0.515 %)PHP
Reading IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
128 (14.43 %)Degree
218 (9.278 %)Postgraduate
317 (8.763 %)Security Cleared
410 (5.155 %)DV Cleared
56 (3.093 %)SC Cleared
63 (1.546 %)PhD
63 (1.546 %)ISEB
72 (1.031 %)PRINCE2 Certification
81 (0.515 %)Microsoft Certification
Reading IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
126 (13.40 %)QA
22 (1.031 %)SLA
Reading IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
12 (1.031 %)VMware Infrastructure
Reading IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
12 (1.031 %)Tivoli
12 (1.031 %)OpenView Configuration Management
Reading IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
150 (25.77 %)Oracle
233 (17.01 %)JBoss
323 (11.86 %)Microsoft
421 (10.82 %)SAP
519 (9.794 %)ATG
618 (9.278 %)Open Text
712 (6.186 %)IBM
810 (5.155 %)Blue Martini
96 (3.093 %)Red Hat
103 (1.546 %)VMware
103 (1.546 %)Atos Origin
112 (1.031 %)ILOG
112 (1.031 %)HP
112 (1.031 %)Citrix
112 (1.031 %)BladeLogic
121 (0.515 %)BMC
121 (0.515 %)Symbian
121 (0.515 %)Remedy