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

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 3 3 4
Rank change year-on-year
0 +1
Permanent jobs citing Java 16 19 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford 29.63% 37.25% 29.55%
As % of the Programming Languages category 47.06% 73.08% 43.33%
Number of salaries quoted 14 18 13
Average salary £35,500 £39,500 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-10.12% +31.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £28,000 £32,400 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £41,500 £40,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Salford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
34 26 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Salford 62.96% 50.98% 68.18%
Number of salaries quoted 31 23 30
Average salary £32,500 £41,500 £27,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.68% +50.90%
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £27,500 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £41,300 £41,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
Manchester

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Salford 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 Salford region.

Salford Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Salford region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Salford Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 25 (73.53%) Ruby
2 24 (70.59%) JavaScript
3 22 (64.71%) Agile Software Development
4 19 (55.88%) Linux
5 18 (52.94%) PHP
5 18 (52.94%) BBC
6 16 (47.06%) Games
6 16 (47.06%) ActionScript
7 15 (44.12%) Web Services
7 15 (44.12%) REST
8 14 (41.18%) MySQL
8 14 (41.18%) SQL
9 12 (35.29%) LAMP
9 12 (35.29%) Scrum
9 12 (35.29%) C++
9 12 (35.29%) UML
9 12 (35.29%) Apache
9 12 (35.29%) SOA
9 12 (35.29%) Game Development
9 12 (35.29%) Ontologies
9 12 (35.29%) Semantic Web
10 9 (26.47%) OO
10 9 (26.47%) .NET
11 8 (23.53%) SEO
11 8 (23.53%) C
11 8 (23.53%) CSS
11 8 (23.53%) Social Network
11 8 (23.53%) Analytics
12 7 (20.59%) Spring
12 7 (20.59%) OOP

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Salford 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 15 (44.12%) Web Services
1 15 (44.12%) REST
2 12 (35.29%) LAMP
3 9 (26.47%) .NET
4 8 (23.53%) CSS
5 7 (20.59%) Spring
6 6 (17.65%) HTML
6 6 (17.65%) Java EE
7 5 (14.71%) Java SE
7 5 (14.71%) Hibernate
8 4 (11.76%) HTML5
9 3 (8.824%) jQuery
9 3 (8.824%) JSON
9 3 (8.824%) RESTful
9 3 (8.824%) Cocoa
9 3 (8.824%) XML
10 2 (5.882%) XSLT
10 2 (5.882%) J2EE
10 2 (5.882%) CSS3
10 2 (5.882%) JAX-RS
Application Platforms
1 12 (35.29%) Apache
2 1 (2.941%) Windows Azure
2 1 (2.941%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 4 (11.76%) Internet
2 2 (5.882%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (41.18%) MySQL
2 1 (2.941%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 5 (14.71%) Maven
1 5 (14.71%) Ant
2 3 (8.824%) Xcode
3 1 (2.941%) Git (software)
3 1 (2.941%) RSpec
General
1 16 (47.06%) Games
2 6 (17.65%) Finance
3 2 (5.882%) Music Industry
4 1 (2.941%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 18 (52.94%) Software Engineer
2 13 (38.24%) Developer
3 9 (26.47%) Senior Software Engineer
4 6 (17.65%) Java Developer
5 4 (11.76%) Principal Software Engineer
5 4 (11.76%) Principal Engineer
6 3 (8.824%) iOS Developer
6 3 (8.824%) Web Developer
7 2 (5.882%) Senior Web Developer
7 2 (5.882%) Senior Developer
8 1 (2.941%) Software Team Leader
8 1 (2.941%) Front-End Developer
8 1 (2.941%) Software Manager
8 1 (2.941%) Java Web Developer
8 1 (2.941%) Software Developer
8 1 (2.941%) Architect
8 1 (2.941%) Development Manager
8 1 (2.941%) Technical Architect
8 1 (2.941%) Software Development Manager
8 1 (2.941%) Team Leader
Miscellaneous
1 18 (52.94%) BBC
2 12 (35.29%) Ontologies
2 12 (35.29%) Semantic Web
3 8 (23.53%) Social Network
4 6 (17.65%) Interactive TV
5 5 (14.71%) MHEG
6 4 (11.76%) Digital Media
7 3 (8.824%) Computer Science
7 3 (8.824%) Mobile App
8 2 (5.882%) Open Source
9 1 (2.941%) Statistics
9 1 (2.941%) SaaS
9 1 (2.941%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 19 (55.88%) Linux
2 6 (17.65%) UNIX
3 3 (8.824%) Android
3 3 (8.824%) Apple iOS
3 3 (8.824%) Windows
4 2 (5.882%) Mac OS X
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (64.71%) Agile Software Development
2 12 (35.29%) Scrum
2 12 (35.29%) UML
2 12 (35.29%) SOA
2 12 (35.29%) Game Development
3 9 (26.47%) OO
4 8 (23.53%) SEO
4 8 (23.53%) Analytics
5 7 (20.59%) OOP
6 6 (17.65%) Web Development
7 5 (14.71%) OOD
7 5 (14.71%) TDD
8 4 (11.76%) CRM
8 4 (11.76%) MVC
9 3 (8.824%) Software Testing
9 3 (8.824%) BDD
9 3 (8.824%) Test Automation
9 3 (8.824%) Pair Programming
9 3 (8.824%) RDF
10 2 (5.882%) Benchmarking
Programming Languages
1 25 (73.53%) Ruby
2 24 (70.59%) JavaScript
3 18 (52.94%) PHP
4 16 (47.06%) ActionScript
5 14 (41.18%) SQL
6 12 (35.29%) C++
7 8 (23.53%) C
8 6 (17.65%) C#
9 5 (14.71%) Python
10 3 (8.824%) Objective-C
11 1 (2.941%) XPath
11 1 (2.941%) XQuery
Qualifications
1 3 (8.824%) Degree
Vendors
1 5 (14.71%) JBoss
2 1 (2.941%) Rackspace
2 1 (2.941%) OpenTV
2 1 (2.941%) Apple
Salford, Lancashire
Developing web services (SOAP and REST) - SQL (ideally SQL Server) - JSPs - JUnit - JavaScript - Spring MVC - AJAX - Linux - Hibernate Some exposure to X509 certificates / PKI / SSL / TLS is advantageous.
Sage UK Limited
Salary: Competitive, plus excellent benefits
Posted: 12 June 2013