The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 50 30 10
Rank change year-on-year
-20 -20
Permanent jobs citing Java 1 7 28
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 0.405% 4.321% 14.29%
As % of the Programming Languages category 0.901% 7.143% 29.79%
Number of salaries quoted 1 4 25
Average salary £37,500 £35,250 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.38% -9.03%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Solihull
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
111 98 94
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Solihull 44.94% 60.49% 47.96%
Number of salaries quoted 107 72 89
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £22,500 £30,000 £25,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £42,500 £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 Solihull region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Solihull 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 Solihull region.

Solihull Java Salary Trend

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 3 (60.00%) C#
1 3 (60.00%) .NET
2 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 2 (40.00%) J2EE
2 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
2 2 (40.00%) Delphi
2 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
2 2 (40.00%) Android
3 1 (20.00%) SAP PI
3 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
3 1 (20.00%) NWDS
3 1 (20.00%) OSGi
3 1 (20.00%) EJB
3 1 (20.00%) Struts
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) Windows
3 1 (20.00%) EDI
3 1 (20.00%) Eclipse
3 1 (20.00%) ISEB
3 1 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
3 1 (20.00%) ABAP
3 1 (20.00%) C++
3 1 (20.00%) SAP
3 1 (20.00%) QA
3 1 (20.00%) Selenium
3 1 (20.00%) TestComplete
3 1 (20.00%) Spring
3 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
3 1 (20.00%) Hibernate
3 1 (20.00%) Scrum

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Solihull 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 3 (60.00%) .NET
2 2 (40.00%) J2EE
2 2 (40.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (20.00%) SAP PI
3 1 (20.00%) OSGi
3 1 (20.00%) EJB
3 1 (20.00%) Struts
3 1 (20.00%) Web Services
3 1 (20.00%) EDI
3 1 (20.00%) Spring
3 1 (20.00%) Hibernate
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (40.00%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 1 (20.00%) NWDS
1 1 (20.00%) Eclipse
1 1 (20.00%) QuickTest Pro
1 1 (20.00%) Selenium
1 1 (20.00%) TestComplete
Job Titles
1 3 (60.00%) Developer
1 3 (60.00%) Senior Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Software Developer
2 2 (40.00%) Senior Software Developer
3 1 (20.00%) SAP PI Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Senior Java Developer
3 1 (20.00%) Software Engineer
3 1 (20.00%) Consultant
3 1 (20.00%) Java Developer
3 1 (20.00%) SAP Consultant
Operating Systems
1 2 (40.00%) Android
2 1 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (20.00%) Test Automation
1 1 (20.00%) Automated Testing
1 1 (20.00%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 3 (60.00%) C#
2 2 (40.00%) Delphi
3 1 (20.00%) ABAP
3 1 (20.00%) C++
Qualifications
1 2 (40.00%) Degree
2 1 (20.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (20.00%) QA
Vendors
1 1 (20.00%) SAP
Solihull, West Midlands
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