The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Scotland region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 21 May 2012 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 Scotland region.

Java
Location
3 months to
21 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank11412
Rank change year-on-year
Down-7Up+8
Matching permanent IT job ads484657219
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland13.87 %19.31 %11.56 %
As % of the Programming Languages category29.91 %41.61 %26.87 %
Number of salaries quoted415488125
Average salary£37,500£37,500£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-+15.38 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,700£30,000£25,200
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£52,500£51,150£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
-+6.66 %
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Scotland
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
16181579815
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Scotland46.37 %46.40 %43.03 %
Number of salaries quoted12561154506
Average salary£36,000£35,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85 %+7.69 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£46,000£45,000£47,500
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-
Java UKJava
UK

Java
Demand Trend

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

Scotland 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 Scotland region.

Scotland Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 May 2012.

Scotland Java Salary Histogram

Java
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Scotland region over the 3 months to 21 May 2012. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EdinburghDown-3176£35,000-
GlasgowDown-4159£37,500-6.25 %
StirlingDown-332£50,000+5.26 %
AberdeenUp+631£45,000+12.50 %
West LothianDown-417£34,500-13.75 %
FifeUp+1111£36,000+10.76 %
DundeeDown-47£40,000+23.07 %
RenfrewshireDown-123£46,000+22.66 %
Scottish BordersNew entry-3£42,500-
South LanarkshireDown-52--
Dumfries and GallowayNo change01£34,000+23.63 %
West DunbartonshireDown-61£32,500-21.68 %
PerthshireNew entry-1£22,000-
Java UKJava
UK

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

1444 (43.92 %)SQL
2367 (36.30 %)Oracle
3295 (29.18 %)XML
4246 (24.33 %)Finance
5208 (20.57 %).NET
6207 (20.47 %)C#
7204 (20.18 %)J2EE
8201 (19.88 %)Spring
9196 (19.39 %)Hibernate
10194 (19.19 %)Degree
11181 (17.90 %)JavaScript
12175 (17.31 %)HTML
13170 (16.82 %)CSS
14168 (16.62 %)Agile Software Development
15167 (16.52 %)UNIX
16164 (16.22 %)Linux
17158 (15.63 %)C++
18154 (15.23 %)Web Services
19129 (12.76 %)SQL Server
20127 (12.56 %)OO
21121 (11.97 %)PL/SQL
22113 (11.18 %)Windows
23109 (10.78 %)WebSphere
24106 (10.48 %)JSP
2597 (9.594 %)Banking
2690 (8.902 %)Unit Testing
2789 (8.803 %)JBoss
2883 (8.210 %)Tomcat
2883 (8.210 %)Subversion
2980 (7.913 %)SOAP

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2012, IT jobs across the Scotland 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.

Scotland IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1295 (29.18 %)XML
2208 (20.57 %).NET
3204 (20.18 %)J2EE
4201 (19.88 %)Spring
5196 (19.39 %)Hibernate
6175 (17.31 %)HTML
7170 (16.82 %)CSS
8154 (15.23 %)Web Services
9109 (10.78 %)WebSphere
10106 (10.48 %)JSP
1180 (7.913 %)SOAP
1273 (7.221 %)JSF
1371 (7.023 %)Java EE
1464 (6.330 %)Servlets
1563 (6.231 %)EJB
1653 (5.242 %)JMS
1747 (4.649 %)XSLT
1846 (4.550 %)ASP.NET
1945 (4.451 %)JPA
2043 (4.253 %)JDBC
Scotland IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
183 (8.210 %)Tomcat
277 (7.616 %)WebLogic
345 (4.451 %)Apache
444 (4.352 %)SharePoint
518 (1.780 %)FileNet
617 (1.682 %)IIS
617 (1.682 %)MQSeries
716 (1.583 %)WebSphere MQ
813 (1.286 %)Blackberry Enterprise Server
912 (1.187 %)GlassFish
1010 (0.989 %)BizTalk Server
1010 (0.989 %)Oracle Workflow
118 (0.791 %)TeamSite
126 (0.593 %)CMS
126 (0.593 %)ESB
135 (0.495 %)Oracle SOA Suite
135 (0.495 %)SAS
144 (0.396 %)Documentum
144 (0.396 %)NetWeaver
144 (0.396 %)WebLogic Portal
Scotland IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
137 (3.660 %)MS Excel
27 (0.692 %)MATLAB
36 (0.593 %)MS Office
43 (0.297 %)MS PowerPoint
43 (0.297 %)MS Visio
51 (0.099 %)Acrobat
Scotland IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
117 (1.682 %)Movex
212 (1.187 %)BusinessWorks
212 (1.187 %)Lawson M3
311 (1.088 %)Staffware
311 (1.088 %)Oracle EBS
410 (0.989 %)Oracle EBS R12
59 (0.890 %)Oracle BPM
59 (0.890 %)Dynamics AX
66 (0.593 %)Dynamics CRM
74 (0.396 %)SAP Oil and Gas
82 (0.198 %)Murex MxG2000
91 (0.099 %)Remedy ITSM
91 (0.099 %)RMDS
91 (0.099 %)Oracle Applications
91 (0.099 %)WebTrends
Scotland IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
137 (3.660 %)HTTP
231 (3.066 %)TCP/IP
330 (2.967 %)Broadband
418 (1.780 %)SSL
515 (1.484 %)Internet
69 (0.890 %)SAN
78 (0.791 %)Ethernet
87 (0.692 %)Network Security
87 (0.692 %)LAN
87 (0.692 %)WAN
96 (0.593 %)SNA
96 (0.593 %)iSCSI
104 (0.396 %)Firewall
112 (0.198 %)DNS
112 (0.198 %)SMTP
112 (0.198 %)Softphone
121 (0.099 %)NAS
121 (0.099 %)Intranet
121 (0.099 %)Extranet
121 (0.099 %)Wireless
Scotland IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1129 (12.76 %)SQL Server
247 (4.649 %)RDBMS
343 (4.253 %)MySQL
432 (3.165 %)Oracle Reports
517 (1.682 %)SQLPlus
517 (1.682 %)TOAD
616 (1.583 %)Data Mining
616 (1.583 %)Oracle 8/8i
616 (1.583 %)GIS
616 (1.583 %)Oracle 11g
711 (1.088 %)Oracle 10g
810 (0.989 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
810 (0.989 %)Oracle BI EE
99 (0.890 %)ETL
108 (0.791 %)SQL Server Integration Services
108 (0.791 %)NoSQL
108 (0.791 %)SQL Server 2008
116 (0.593 %)Data Warehouse
125 (0.495 %)SQL Server 2005
134 (0.396 %)Crystal Reports
Scotland IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
183 (8.210 %)Subversion
266 (6.528 %)Eclipse
364 (6.330 %)Maven
457 (5.638 %)JUnit
551 (5.045 %)Ant
630 (2.967 %)Oracle Forms
726 (2.572 %)Selenium
822 (2.176 %)ClearQuest
822 (2.176 %)Bugzilla
920 (1.978 %)Hudson
1015 (1.484 %)ClearCase
1114 (1.385 %)ProC
1213 (1.286 %)LoadRunner
1213 (1.286 %)PVCS
1312 (1.187 %)NetBeans
1312 (1.187 %)TestNG
1411 (1.088 %)Visual Studio
159 (0.890 %)FitNesse
159 (0.890 %)JIRA
168 (0.791 %)NUnit
Scotland IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1246 (24.33 %)Finance
297 (9.594 %)Banking
328 (2.770 %)Retail
424 (2.374 %)Telecoms
520 (1.978 %)Investment Banking
613 (1.286 %)Front Office
711 (1.088 %)Games
711 (1.088 %)Financial Institution
810 (0.989 %)Marketing
97 (0.692 %)Spanish Language
106 (0.593 %)Back Office
106 (0.593 %)Dutch Language
115 (0.495 %)Manufacturing
115 (0.495 %)Pharmaceutical
124 (0.396 %)Advertising
124 (0.396 %)Legal
133 (0.297 %)Local Government
142 (0.198 %)French Language
142 (0.198 %)German Language
151 (0.099 %)Mandarin Language
Scotland IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1607 (60.04 %)Developer
2368 (36.40 %)Java Developer
3103 (10.19 %)Software Engineer
4101 (9.990 %)Senior Developer
587 (8.605 %)Analyst
667 (6.627 %)Senior Java Developer
762 (6.133 %)Applications Support
856 (5.539 %)Programmer
944 (4.352 %)Software Developer
1042 (4.154 %)Support Engineer
1137 (3.660 %)Consultant
1233 (3.264 %)Junior
1332 (3.165 %)Applications Support Engineer
1431 (3.066 %)Junior Developer
1530 (2.967 %)Tester
1629 (2.868 %)Applications Developer
1728 (2.770 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1827 (2.671 %)Web Developer
1925 (2.473 %)Technical Consultant
1925 (2.473 %).NET Developer
Scotland IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
168 (6.726 %)Computer Science
240 (3.956 %)Cloud Computing
335 (3.462 %)N-Tier
432 (3.165 %)Client/Server
432 (3.165 %)Mathematics
530 (2.967 %)Derivative
628 (2.770 %)Open Source
726 (2.572 %)Blackberry
822 (2.176 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
917 (1.682 %)AS400
1013 (1.286 %)Mainframe
1112 (1.187 %)iPhone
1211 (1.088 %)Physics
138 (0.791 %)Equity Derivative
147 (0.692 %)iPad
156 (0.593 %)Management Information System
156 (0.593 %)iSeries
165 (0.495 %)SaaS
165 (0.495 %)PDA
174 (0.396 %)Grid Computing
Scotland IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1167 (16.52 %)UNIX
2164 (16.22 %)Linux
3113 (11.18 %)Windows
429 (2.868 %)Android
520 (1.978 %)Solaris
619 (1.879 %)Windows Mobile
715 (1.484 %)Debian
814 (1.385 %)AIX
913 (1.286 %)Apple iOS
1012 (1.187 %)BlackBerry OS
118 (0.791 %)Windows XP
118 (0.791 %)Windows Server 2003
118 (0.791 %)SUSE
118 (0.791 %)Ubuntu
125 (0.495 %)Windows Server 2008
133 (0.297 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
142 (0.198 %)Windows 7
142 (0.198 %)VME
151 (0.099 %)Windows Vista
151 (0.099 %)Mac OS X
Scotland IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1168 (16.62 %)Agile Software Development
2127 (12.56 %)OO
390 (8.902 %)Unit Testing
474 (7.319 %)MVC
563 (6.231 %)Scrum
661 (6.034 %)UML
752 (5.143 %)Web Development
847 (4.649 %)Project Management
847 (4.649 %)Continuous Integration
944 (4.352 %)TDD
1043 (4.253 %)Software Engineering
1142 (4.154 %)Configuration Management
1240 (3.956 %)SOA
1338 (3.759 %)Business Intelligence
1436 (3.561 %)CRM
1532 (3.165 %)Content Management
1532 (3.165 %)Multithreading
1630 (2.967 %)Automated Testing
1729 (2.868 %)Asset Management
1824 (2.374 %)Migration
Scotland IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1444 (43.92 %)SQL
2207 (20.47 %)C#
3181 (17.90 %)JavaScript
4158 (15.63 %)C++
5121 (11.97 %)PL/SQL
680 (7.913 %)Perl
772 (7.122 %)C
868 (6.726 %)Python
954 (5.341 %)Shell Script
1046 (4.550 %)VB
1138 (3.759 %)XPath
1237 (3.660 %)PHP
1334 (3.363 %)VB.NET
1419 (1.879 %)Ruby
1518 (1.780 %)VBScript
1617 (1.682 %)Objective-C
1716 (1.583 %)Delphi
1812 (1.187 %)RPG
1812 (1.187 %)T-SQL
1812 (1.187 %)R
Scotland IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1194 (19.19 %)Degree
224 (2.374 %)Security Cleared
318 (1.780 %)ISEB
417 (1.682 %)SC Cleared
56 (0.593 %)CISA
56 (0.593 %)CISM
56 (0.593 %)CISSP
56 (0.593 %)GIAC
65 (0.495 %)Sun Certification
74 (0.396 %)PhD
83 (0.297 %)Microsoft Certification
92 (0.198 %)Postgraduate
92 (0.198 %)OCP
92 (0.198 %)Oracle Certification
92 (0.198 %)PRINCE2 Certification
92 (0.198 %)ITIL Certification
101 (0.099 %)DV Cleared
101 (0.099 %)MBA
101 (0.099 %)HND
Scotland IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
144 (4.352 %)QA
26 (0.593 %)SLA
31 (0.099 %)TickIT
31 (0.099 %)ISO 9001
Scotland IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
19 (0.890 %)VMware Infrastructure
22 (0.198 %)Active Directory
31 (0.099 %)VMware Server
Scotland IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
18 (0.791 %)HP Quality Center
27 (0.692 %)Control-M
36 (0.593 %)SCOM
41 (0.099 %)WSUS
41 (0.099 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
41 (0.099 %)OpenView
Scotland IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1367 (36.30 %)Oracle
289 (8.803 %)JBoss
362 (6.133 %)Microsoft
436 (3.561 %)Sybase
527 (2.671 %)IBM
626 (2.572 %)Business Objects
722 (2.176 %)TIBCO
817 (1.682 %)SAP
916 (1.583 %)HP
916 (1.583 %)KANA
916 (1.583 %)Brainware
1013 (1.286 %)Informatica
1112 (1.187 %)VMware
1211 (1.088 %)Lawson
138 (0.791 %)Ab Initio
138 (0.791 %)Avaloq
147 (0.692 %)Adobe
147 (0.692 %)Chordiant
156 (0.593 %)Cadis
156 (0.593 %)Fiserv