The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Shropshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Shropshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 6 17 30
Rank change year-on-year
+11 +13
Permanent jobs citing Java 37 17 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 16.82% 10.49% 1.923%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.46% 17.53% 3.261%
Number of salaries quoted 4 10 0
Average salary £57,500 £27,000 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
+112.96% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Shropshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
114 97 92
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Shropshire 51.82% 59.88% 58.97%
Number of salaries quoted 53 77 86
Average salary £32,500 £31,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+4.83% -4.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £21,000 £16,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £70,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
West Midlands

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Shropshire 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 Shropshire region.

Shropshire Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Shropshire region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

Shropshire 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 Shropshire 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
Telford +11 36 £65,000 +44.44%
Java
West Midlands

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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 20 (42.55%) Waterfall
2 18 (38.30%) J2EE
3 17 (36.17%) Oracle
3 17 (36.17%) SQL Server
4 16 (34.04%) Pega
5 15 (31.91%) Agile Software Development
5 15 (31.91%) WebLogic
5 15 (31.91%) RUP
6 14 (29.79%) Software Architecture
7 13 (27.66%) Spring
8 12 (25.53%) XML
9 11 (23.40%) JDBC
9 11 (23.40%) JSP
9 11 (23.40%) Advertising
9 11 (23.40%) TOAD
10 10 (21.28%) MVC
11 9 (19.15%) Spring MVC
11 9 (19.15%) .NET
12 8 (17.02%) SQL
12 8 (17.02%) Apache
13 7 (14.89%) UNIX
13 7 (14.89%) C#
13 7 (14.89%) webMethods
14 6 (12.77%) RDBMS
14 6 (12.77%) Java EE
15 5 (10.64%) BEA
16 4 (8.511%) Perl
16 4 (8.511%) IIS
16 4 (8.511%) Windows
16 4 (8.511%) OO

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Shropshire 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 18 (38.30%) J2EE
2 13 (27.66%) Spring
3 12 (25.53%) XML
4 11 (23.40%) JDBC
4 11 (23.40%) JSP
5 9 (19.15%) Spring MVC
5 9 (19.15%) .NET
6 6 (12.77%) Java EE
7 3 (6.383%) CSS
8 2 (4.255%) SAX
8 2 (4.255%) HTML
8 2 (4.255%) Servlets
8 2 (4.255%) DOM
8 2 (4.255%) JMS
8 2 (4.255%) WebSphere
8 2 (4.255%) JNDI
9 1 (2.128%) HTML5
9 1 (2.128%) Ruby on Rails
9 1 (2.128%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 15 (31.91%) WebLogic
2 8 (17.02%) Apache
3 4 (8.511%) IIS
4 3 (6.383%) Tomcat
5 2 (4.255%) JRun
6 1 (2.128%) nginx
6 1 (2.128%) SharePoint
Applications
1 2 (4.255%) MS Visio
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.128%) VLAN
1 1 (2.128%) Cisco IOS
1 1 (2.128%) SAN
1 1 (2.128%) DNS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 17 (36.17%) SQL Server
2 11 (23.40%) TOAD
3 6 (12.77%) RDBMS
4 1 (2.128%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (2.128%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 2 (4.255%) Log4j
1 2 (4.255%) VSS/SourceSafe
1 2 (4.255%) Ant
1 2 (4.255%) Eclipse
1 2 (4.255%) IntelliJ
2 1 (2.128%) TeamCity
2 1 (2.128%) Git (software)
2 1 (2.128%) Subversion
2 1 (2.128%) ClearQuest
General
1 11 (23.40%) Advertising
2 3 (6.383%) Finance
3 2 (4.255%) Manufacturing
4 1 (2.128%) Banking
Job Titles
1 21 (44.68%) Developer
2 20 (42.55%) Architect
3 13 (27.66%) Software Architect
4 11 (23.40%) Java Architect
5 9 (19.15%) Java Software Architect
6 8 (17.02%) Java Developer
7 6 (12.77%) C# Developer
8 5 (10.64%) Solutions Architect
9 4 (8.511%) Lead Developer
9 4 (8.511%) Team Leader
10 3 (6.383%) Development Team Leader
10 3 (6.383%) Java Team Leader
10 3 (6.383%) Lead C# Developer
10 3 (6.383%) Senior Developer
11 1 (2.128%) Lead Software Engineer
11 1 (2.128%) Senior Java Developer
11 1 (2.128%) webMethods Developer
11 1 (2.128%) Java/J2EE Developer
11 1 (2.128%) Infrastructure Engineer
11 1 (2.128%) Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (6.383%) Computer Science
2 2 (4.255%) Physics
3 1 (2.128%) Mobile App
3 1 (2.128%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 7 (14.89%) UNIX
2 4 (8.511%) Windows
3 1 (2.128%) CentOS
3 1 (2.128%) Ubuntu
3 1 (2.128%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (42.55%) Waterfall
2 15 (31.91%) Agile Software Development
2 15 (31.91%) RUP
3 14 (29.79%) Software Architecture
4 10 (21.28%) MVC
5 4 (8.511%) OO
6 3 (6.383%) UML
7 2 (4.255%) Process Management
7 2 (4.255%) OOD
8 1 (2.128%) Mobile Application Development
8 1 (2.128%) Change Control
8 1 (2.128%) Software Engineering
8 1 (2.128%) Load Balancing
8 1 (2.128%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 8 (17.02%) SQL
2 7 (14.89%) C#
3 4 (8.511%) Perl
3 4 (8.511%) Shell Script
4 3 (6.383%) PL/SQL
5 2 (4.255%) JavaScript
6 1 (2.128%) Bash shell
6 1 (2.128%) Ruby
6 1 (2.128%) PowerShell
6 1 (2.128%) Python
6 1 (2.128%) COBOL
6 1 (2.128%) C
6 1 (2.128%) PHP
Qualifications
1 3 (6.383%) Degree
2 2 (4.255%) OCA
2 2 (4.255%) Oracle Certification
3 1 (2.128%) Microsoft Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.128%) QA
System Software
1 1 (2.128%) Forefront TMG
1 1 (2.128%) Hyper-V
1 1 (2.128%) Shibboleth
1 1 (2.128%) VMware ESX
1 1 (2.128%) ISA Server
1 1 (2.128%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 17 (36.17%) Oracle
2 16 (34.04%) Pega
3 7 (14.89%) webMethods
4 5 (10.64%) BEA
5 3 (6.383%) Microsoft
6 2 (4.255%) Twitter
7 1 (2.128%) Altiris
7 1 (2.128%) VMware
7 1 (2.128%) Cisco
7 1 (2.128%) NetApp
7 1 (2.128%) Dell
Telford, Shropshire
Keywords: Analyst, Programmer, Developer, C, VB, Java, C++, OO Language... Experience of the SDLC and exposure to an OO development language such as C/C++ is highly beneficial.
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £23000 - £28000 per annum + Good Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
Telford, West Midlands
These are unique opportunities to work on large scale solutions on leading edge platforms so if you fancy a challenge and excitement in your next career move this...
JAM
Salary: £1 per annum + Open and Excellent Salary
Posted: 17 May 2013