The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Software Engineer role in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java Software Engineer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the Scotland region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Software Engineer
Rank 142 144 158
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +14
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Software Engineer 11 11 1
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 0.350% 0.318% 0.029%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.369% 0.337% 0.030%
Number of salaries quoted 7 11 1
Average salary £37,500 £55,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-31.81% +69.23%
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £40,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-6.25% +6.66%
All Job Titles
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
2983 3268 3297
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland 94.79% 94.59% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 1797 2372 2477
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £25,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £57,500 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java Software Engineer
UK

Java Software Engineer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Java Software Engineer across the Scotland region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Scotland Java Software Engineer Jobs Demand Trend

Java Software Engineer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Java Software Engineer across the Scotland region.

Scotland Java Software Engineer Salary Trend

Java Software Engineer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Software Engineer within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Edinburgh +10 5 £41,250 +8.55%
Glasgow -22 5 £37,500 -31.81%
Java Software Engineer
UK

Java Software Engineer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Java Software Engineer in their job title 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 with Java Software Engineer in their job title.

1 34 (100.00%) Java
2 17 (50.00%) Software Engineering
3 16 (47.06%) SQL
4 14 (41.18%) Servlets
4 14 (41.18%) JBoss
4 14 (41.18%) Apache
5 13 (38.24%) Linux
6 12 (35.29%) Tomcat
6 12 (35.29%) Web Services
7 11 (32.35%) SOAP
7 11 (32.35%) Perl
7 11 (32.35%) J2EE
8 10 (29.41%) HTML
8 10 (29.41%) Internet
9 9 (26.47%) RDBMS
9 9 (26.47%) Agile Software Development
10 8 (23.53%) CSS
10 8 (23.53%) JSP
10 8 (23.53%) XML
10 8 (23.53%) Degree
10 8 (23.53%) Computer Science
11 7 (20.59%) Android
11 7 (20.59%) Subversion
12 6 (17.65%) OO
12 6 (17.65%) JavaScript
12 6 (17.65%) REST
12 6 (17.65%) Ajax
12 6 (17.65%) Java EE
13 5 (14.71%) Oracle
13 5 (14.71%) Hibernate

Java Software Engineer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Scotland region that cited Java Software Engineer in their job title 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 with Java Software Engineer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 14 (41.18%) Servlets
2 12 (35.29%) Web Services
3 11 (32.35%) SOAP
3 11 (32.35%) J2EE
4 10 (29.41%) HTML
5 8 (23.53%) CSS
5 8 (23.53%) JSP
5 8 (23.53%) XML
6 6 (17.65%) REST
6 6 (17.65%) Ajax
6 6 (17.65%) Java EE
7 5 (14.71%) Hibernate
8 4 (11.76%) Spring
8 4 (11.76%) DHTML
8 4 (11.76%) ASP
8 4 (11.76%) WCF
8 4 (11.76%) jQuery
9 3 (8.824%) RESTful
10 2 (5.882%) JavaBeans
10 2 (5.882%) JSF
Application Platforms
1 14 (41.18%) Apache
2 12 (35.29%) Tomcat
3 1 (2.941%) ActiveMQ
Communications & Networking
1 10 (29.41%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 9 (26.47%) RDBMS
2 2 (5.882%) MySQL
3 1 (2.941%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (2.941%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 7 (20.59%) Subversion
2 4 (11.76%) Git (software)
3 3 (8.824%) Ant
3 3 (8.824%) Eclipse
4 2 (5.882%) CruiseControl
4 2 (5.882%) JUnit
4 2 (5.882%) Eclipse RCP
4 2 (5.882%) Selenium
5 1 (2.941%) Maven
General
1 2 (5.882%) Finance
2 1 (2.941%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 8 (23.53%) Computer Science
2 1 (2.941%) Mathematics
2 1 (2.941%) Online Games
2 1 (2.941%) Mobile App
2 1 (2.941%) Grid Computing
Operating Systems
1 13 (38.24%) Linux
2 7 (20.59%) Android
3 4 (11.76%) Apple iOS
4 1 (2.941%) UNIX
4 1 (2.941%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 17 (50.00%) Software Engineering
2 9 (26.47%) Agile Software Development
3 6 (17.65%) OO
4 4 (11.76%) TDD
4 4 (11.76%) Web Development
5 3 (8.824%) OOD
6 2 (5.882%) Extreme Programming
6 2 (5.882%) UML
7 1 (2.941%) Multithreading
7 1 (2.941%) Continuous Integration
7 1 (2.941%) BDD
7 1 (2.941%) Pair Programming
7 1 (2.941%) Business Analysis
7 1 (2.941%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 34 (100.00%) Java
2 16 (47.06%) SQL
3 11 (32.35%) Perl
4 6 (17.65%) JavaScript
5 4 (11.76%) PHP
6 2 (5.882%) PL/SQL
7 1 (2.941%) Haskell
7 1 (2.941%) Erlang
7 1 (2.941%) Clojure
7 1 (2.941%) OCaml
7 1 (2.941%) Scala
7 1 (2.941%) F#
7 1 (2.941%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 8 (23.53%) Degree
2 2 (5.882%) SC Cleared
2 2 (5.882%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 14 (41.18%) JBoss
2 5 (14.71%) Oracle
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