Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Somerset region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 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 Somerset region.

 Java
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank9513
Rank change year-on-year
Down-4Up+8
Matching permanent IT job ads100216115
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset19.69 %24.22 %11.05 %
As % of the Programming Languages category29.24 %34.84 %18.91 %
Salaries quoted94209108
Average salary£39,000£37,000£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.400 %+5.710 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£28,000£29,850£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£43,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£37,500
Somerset IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Somerset
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
342620608
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Somerset67.32 %69.51 %58.41 %
Salaries quoted327571557
Average salary£34,000£35,000£32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.850 %+7.690 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,000£26,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£42,500£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
Java South WestJava
South West

Java
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Java across the Somerset region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Somerset 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 Somerset region.

Somerset Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Somerset region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

Somerset 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 Somerset region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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
BathNo change074£39,000+5.40 %
TauntonDown-19£30,000-14.28 %
StreetDown-11--
YeovilNew entry-1£45,000-
Java South WestJava
South West

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Somerset 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.

1112 (58.33 %).NET
2109 (56.77 %)C#
397 (50.52 %)ASP.NET
490 (46.88 %)SQL
559 (30.73 %)J2EE
650 (26.04 %)C++
737 (19.27 %)VB.NET
831 (16.15 %)Oracle
831 (16.15 %)UNIX
929 (15.10 %)Finance
1028 (14.58 %)Java EE
1126 (13.54 %)Mathematics
1126 (13.54 %)Pensions
1126 (13.54 %)Java SE
1126 (13.54 %)SQL Server
1225 (13.02 %)Windows
1324 (12.50 %)Degree
1324 (12.50 %)Insurance
1423 (11.98 %)Banking
1522 (11.46 %)XML
1522 (11.46 %)Spring
1620 (10.42 %)E-Commerce
1717 (8.854 %)SOA
1815 (7.813 %)ATG
1815 (7.813 %)Hibernate
1914 (7.292 %)WinForms
1914 (7.292 %)Linux
2013 (6.771 %)UML
2013 (6.771 %)ITIL
2013 (6.771 %)Microsoft

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the Somerset 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.

Somerset IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1112 (58.33 %).NET
297 (50.52 %)ASP.NET
359 (30.73 %)J2EE
428 (14.58 %)Java EE
526 (13.54 %)Java SE
622 (11.46 %)Spring
622 (11.46 %)XML
715 (7.813 %)Hibernate
814 (7.292 %)WinForms
913 (6.771 %)JSF
1011 (5.729 %)Web Services
1011 (5.729 %)Swing
1110 (5.208 %)JSP
129 (4.688 %)Middleware
138 (4.167 %)XSLT
147 (3.646 %)HTML
156 (3.125 %)Struts
165 (2.604 %)CSS
165 (2.604 %)XHTML
174 (2.083 %)XSD
Somerset IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
18 (4.167 %)WebLogic
18 (4.167 %)Apache
24 (2.083 %)ArcGIS
33 (1.563 %)Tomcat
42 (1.042 %)OpenROAD
Somerset IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
12 (1.042 %)MS Excel
Somerset IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
18 (4.167 %)SAP CRM
21 (0.521 %)Maximo
Somerset IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
14 (2.083 %)SSL
22 (1.042 %)HTTP
Somerset IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
126 (13.54 %)SQL Server
211 (5.729 %)MySQL
37 (3.646 %)SQL Server 2005
46 (3.125 %)PostgreSQL
46 (3.125 %)RDBMS
54 (2.083 %)SQL Server 2000
54 (2.083 %)GIS
62 (1.042 %)MS Access
62 (1.042 %)Ingres
Somerset IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
18 (4.167 %)Eclipse
23 (1.563 %)JUnit
32 (1.042 %)CheckStyle
41 (0.521 %)Visual Studio
41 (0.521 %)ClearCase
Somerset IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
129 (15.10 %)Finance
226 (13.54 %)Pensions
324 (12.50 %)Insurance
423 (11.98 %)Banking
513 (6.771 %)Retail
611 (5.729 %)Health
710 (5.208 %)Back Office
85 (2.604 %)Telecoms
85 (2.604 %)Investment Banking
92 (1.042 %)Government
101 (0.521 %)Aerospace
Somerset IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1111 (57.81 %)Developer
266 (34.38 %)Software Engineer
364 (33.33 %)Software Developer
459 (30.73 %)Java Developer
526 (13.54 %)Java Software Developer
624 (12.50 %).NET Software Engineer
624 (12.50 %)C# Software Engineer
723 (11.98 %)Java Software Engineer
820 (10.42 %)Architect
820 (10.42 %)Technical Architect
820 (10.42 %)Technical Developer
917 (8.854 %).NET Developer
1015 (7.813 %)C# Developer
1015 (7.813 %)Project Manager
1111 (5.729 %)Applications Developer
1210 (5.208 %)ASP.NET Developer
1210 (5.208 %)C# ASP.NET Developer
138 (4.167 %)Applications Support
146 (3.125 %)C# Software Developer
155 (2.604 %)JavaScript Developer
Somerset IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
126 (13.54 %)Mathematics
212 (6.250 %)Open Source
39 (4.688 %)Computer Science
44 (2.083 %)N-Tier
53 (1.563 %)Physics
53 (1.563 %)AS400
61 (0.521 %)iSeries
61 (0.521 %)W3C
Somerset IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
131 (16.15 %)UNIX
225 (13.02 %)Windows
314 (7.292 %)Linux
42 (1.042 %)Debian
51 (0.521 %)Windows Vista
Somerset IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
120 (10.42 %)E-Commerce
217 (8.854 %)SOA
313 (6.771 %)ITIL
313 (6.771 %)UML
411 (5.729 %)RAD
510 (5.208 %)OO
510 (5.208 %)Regression Testing
68 (4.167 %)ERP
68 (4.167 %)CRM
77 (3.646 %)Business Analysis
77 (3.646 %)Agile Software Development
86 (3.125 %)Unit Testing
86 (3.125 %)RUP
95 (2.604 %)Integration Testing
95 (2.604 %)Content Management
95 (2.604 %)Release Management
104 (2.083 %)Software Engineering
104 (2.083 %)Workflow
104 (2.083 %)Project Management
104 (2.083 %)Service Management
Somerset IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1109 (56.77 %)C#
290 (46.88 %)SQL
350 (26.04 %)C++
437 (19.27 %)VB.NET
511 (5.729 %)JavaScript
610 (5.208 %)PHP
77 (3.646 %)T-SQL
77 (3.646 %)Perl
85 (2.604 %)C
94 (2.083 %)Embedded C++
102 (1.042 %)Shell Script
102 (1.042 %)VB
102 (1.042 %)ActionScript
102 (1.042 %)Python
111 (0.521 %)Delphi
111 (0.521 %)VBScript
111 (0.521 %)PL/SQL
Somerset IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
124 (12.50 %)Degree
27 (3.646 %)PhD
36 (3.125 %)Microsoft Certification
36 (3.125 %)MCP
36 (3.125 %)Security Cleared
42 (1.042 %)SC Cleared
42 (1.042 %)HND
42 (1.042 %)PRINCE2 Certification
Somerset IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
131 (16.15 %)Oracle
215 (7.813 %)ATG
313 (6.771 %)Microsoft
48 (4.167 %)SAP
55 (2.604 %)JBoss
63 (1.563 %)Sybase
71 (0.521 %)Brio