The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 23 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 Somerset region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Developer
Rank 34 26 29
Rank change year-on-year
-8 +3
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 31 32 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 4.952% 6.972% 6.036%
As % of the Job Titles category 5.150% 7.095% 6.098%
Number of salaries quoted 30 31 29
Average salary £32,782 £40,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-18.04% +23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £28,000 £29,600
10% offered a salary of more than £42,750 £55,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Job Titles
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
602 451 492
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset 96.17% 98.26% 98.99%
Number of salaries quoted 541 436 458
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £21,500 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £60,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java Developer
South West

Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Somerset Java Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Java Developer
Salary Trend

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

Somerset Java Developer Salary Trend

Java Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java Developer across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Somerset Java Developer Salary Histogram

Java Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the Somerset region over the 3 months to 23 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
Bath -13 18 £40,000 -
Bridgwater - 12 £29,500 -
Weston-super-Mare +2 1 £29,000 +3.57%
Java Developer
South West

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset region that cited Java Developer 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 Developer in their job title.

1 48 (100.00%) Java
2 35 (72.92%) CSS
3 30 (62.50%) HTML
3 30 (62.50%) SQL
4 24 (50.00%) Web Services
5 23 (47.92%) .NET
6 20 (41.67%) Spring
7 18 (37.50%) JavaScript
8 17 (35.42%) Java EE
8 17 (35.42%) Degree
9 16 (33.33%) Hibernate
10 13 (27.08%) TDD
10 13 (27.08%) Retail
10 13 (27.08%) Scrum
10 13 (27.08%) XML
10 13 (27.08%) Mathematics
10 13 (27.08%) Product Management
11 12 (25.00%) C#
11 12 (25.00%) JUnit
12 10 (20.83%) JSP
13 9 (18.75%) jQuery
14 8 (16.67%) Servlets
14 8 (16.67%) J2EE
15 7 (14.58%) C++
15 7 (14.58%) CSS3
16 6 (12.50%) Apache
16 6 (12.50%) Tomcat
16 6 (12.50%) Software Engineering
17 5 (10.42%) Subversion
17 5 (10.42%) Maven

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Somerset region that cited Java Developer 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 Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 35 (72.92%) CSS
2 30 (62.50%) HTML
3 24 (50.00%) Web Services
4 23 (47.92%) .NET
5 20 (41.67%) Spring
6 17 (35.42%) Java EE
7 16 (33.33%) Hibernate
8 13 (27.08%) XML
9 10 (20.83%) JSP
10 9 (18.75%) jQuery
11 8 (16.67%) Servlets
11 8 (16.67%) J2EE
12 7 (14.58%) CSS3
13 5 (10.42%) ASP.NET
14 4 (8.333%) XHTML
14 4 (8.333%) Ajax
15 2 (4.167%) JSF
16 1 (2.083%) SOAP
16 1 (2.083%) Struts
16 1 (2.083%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 6 (12.50%) Apache
1 6 (12.50%) Tomcat
2 4 (8.333%) GlassFish
3 3 (6.250%) Amazon AWS
4 2 (4.167%) Jetty
5 1 (2.083%) SharePoint
5 1 (2.083%) WebLogic
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.083%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (10.42%) MySQL
2 4 (8.333%) NoSQL
3 3 (6.250%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 12 (25.00%) JUnit
2 5 (10.42%) Subversion
2 5 (10.42%) Maven
2 5 (10.42%) Git (software)
3 2 (4.167%) Eclipse
4 1 (2.083%) WebLogic Workshop
4 1 (2.083%) Ant
4 1 (2.083%) jMock
4 1 (2.083%) Mercurial
General
1 13 (27.08%) Retail
2 5 (10.42%) Games
3 4 (8.333%) Telecoms
3 4 (8.333%) Finance
4 3 (6.250%) Banking
4 3 (6.250%) Manufacturing
5 1 (2.083%) Marketing
5 1 (2.083%) Advertising
5 1 (2.083%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 13 (27.08%) Mathematics
2 5 (10.42%) iPad
3 4 (8.333%) iPhone
3 4 (8.333%) Digital Media
4 3 (6.250%) Enterprise Software
4 3 (6.250%) SaaS
5 1 (2.083%) Computer Science
5 1 (2.083%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 5 (10.42%) Android
1 5 (10.42%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 13 (27.08%) TDD
1 13 (27.08%) Scrum
1 13 (27.08%) Product Management
2 6 (12.50%) Software Engineering
3 4 (8.333%) Web Development
3 4 (8.333%) Software Architecture
3 4 (8.333%) Integration Testing
3 4 (8.333%) OOA/OOD
4 3 (6.250%) OO
5 2 (4.167%) UML
5 2 (4.167%) Agile Software Development
6 1 (2.083%) Requirements Analysis
6 1 (2.083%) MVC
6 1 (2.083%) ERP
6 1 (2.083%) SOA
6 1 (2.083%) Unit Testing
6 1 (2.083%) Resource Management
6 1 (2.083%) Digital Marketing
Programming Languages
1 48 (100.00%) Java
2 30 (62.50%) SQL
3 18 (37.50%) JavaScript
4 12 (25.00%) C#
5 7 (14.58%) C++
6 3 (6.250%) Ada
6 3 (6.250%) ActionScript
6 3 (6.250%) PHP
7 2 (4.167%) Perl
7 2 (4.167%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 17 (35.42%) Degree
2 1 (2.083%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 4 (8.333%) Oracle
2 2 (4.167%) JBoss
Bath, Avon
Graduate, Junior Java Developer/ J2EE Developer. A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a talented Graduate/Junior Java Developer to Join our clients financially strong, market leading organisation based...
Sanderson
Salary: £18000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 16 May 2013
Weston-Super-Mare, Avon
Java/C++ Developer required for a well known company in Central Weston Super Mare.
ISL
Salary: £28000 - £30000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
Bristol, Chippenham, Gloucester, Bath, Swindon,...
Java Web Developer / Software Engineer or Programmer - XML, JUnit, Agile, £30-40,000 plus great benefits (pension, health care, 10% bonus), Central Bristol. Key Skills:- Java web development...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £30-40,000 + Great Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bridgwater, Somerset
Java. net Test driven development. degree. web services. SQL. HTML. CSS. Agile scrum team environment... Technologies used will include TDD, Java, JEE, .NET, Web Services, SQL, HTML & CSS.
Emponics Ltd
Salary: £24000 - £35000 per annum + bens
Posted: 21 May 2013