The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the South Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 17 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 South Wales region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 19 15 2
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -13
Permanent jobs citing Java 104 104 250
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 9.914% 10.91% 27.87%
As % of the Programming Languages category 17.42% 20.76% 50.30%
Number of salaries quoted 96 94 236
Average salary £32,500 £34,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.41% -15.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,500 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
South Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
597 501 497
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in South Wales 56.91% 52.57% 55.41%
Number of salaries quoted 551 434 464
Average salary £32,500 £32,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,500 £25,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
Wales

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South Wales 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 South Wales region.

South Wales Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

South Wales 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 South Wales region over the 3 months to 17 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
Cardiff -9 69 £33,361 +2.64%
Bridgend -7 12 £31,250 +13.63%
Newport -5 7 £32,500 -
Caerphilly -1 6 £52,000 +73.33%
Torfaen -9 1 £38,000 +5.55%
Java
Wales

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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.

1 111 (41.26%) SQL
2 99 (36.80%) Spring
3 98 (36.43%) HTML
4 83 (30.86%) OO
5 74 (27.51%) Web Services
6 72 (26.77%) JavaScript
7 71 (26.39%) XML
8 68 (25.28%) Apache
9 62 (23.05%) Oracle
10 58 (21.56%) Hibernate
11 56 (20.82%) J2EE
12 54 (20.07%) Web Development
13 51 (18.96%) Scrum
14 50 (18.59%) CSS
15 49 (18.22%) Linux
16 44 (16.36%) Degree
17 41 (15.24%) Maven
17 41 (15.24%) Finance
18 40 (14.87%) C++
19 36 (13.38%) Agile Software Development
20 35 (13.01%) Telecoms
20 35 (13.01%) MySQL
20 35 (13.01%) Tomcat
21 33 (12.27%) Computer Science
22 32 (11.90%) Banking
23 31 (11.52%) Struts
24 30 (11.15%) SOAP
24 30 (11.15%) Ant
24 30 (11.15%) Java EE
24 30 (11.15%) jQuery

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the South Wales 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 99 (36.80%) Spring
2 98 (36.43%) HTML
3 74 (27.51%) Web Services
4 71 (26.39%) XML
5 58 (21.56%) Hibernate
6 56 (20.82%) J2EE
7 50 (18.59%) CSS
8 31 (11.52%) Struts
9 30 (11.15%) Java EE
9 30 (11.15%) SOAP
9 30 (11.15%) jQuery
10 29 (10.78%) .NET
11 28 (10.41%) RESTful
12 22 (8.178%) JSON
13 20 (7.435%) Spring Web Flow
14 17 (6.320%) Ajax
15 16 (5.948%) JSP
15 16 (5.948%) JPA
16 13 (4.833%) EJB
17 12 (4.461%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 68 (25.28%) Apache
2 35 (13.01%) Tomcat
3 20 (7.435%) ColdFusion
4 19 (7.063%) Tuxedo
5 10 (3.717%) WebLogic
6 7 (2.602%) NetWeaver
7 6 (2.230%) RabbitMQ
8 2 (0.743%) WebSphere Application Server
8 2 (0.743%) FileNet
8 2 (0.743%) MS Exchange
9 1 (0.372%) ESB
9 1 (0.372%) GlassFish
Applications
1 7 (2.602%) MS Office
2 5 (1.859%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 8 (2.974%) Staffware
2 1 (0.372%) Visualfiles
Communications & Networking
1 18 (6.691%) Internet
2 6 (2.230%) VoIP
3 4 (1.487%) HTTP
4 3 (1.115%) WAN
5 2 (0.743%) DHCP
5 2 (0.743%) Ethernet
5 2 (0.743%) LAN
5 2 (0.743%) Firewall
5 2 (0.743%) Wi-Fi
5 2 (0.743%) MPLS
5 2 (0.743%) DNS
5 2 (0.743%) 4G
6 1 (0.372%) TELNET
6 1 (0.372%) Wireless
6 1 (0.372%) SSH
6 1 (0.372%) ZigBee
6 1 (0.372%) NFC
6 1 (0.372%) HSPA
6 1 (0.372%) UMTS
6 1 (0.372%) SNMP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 35 (13.01%) MySQL
2 21 (7.807%) MongoDB
3 20 (7.435%) Data Mining
3 20 (7.435%) Big Data
4 18 (6.691%) SQL Server
5 9 (3.346%) Oracle 8/8i
6 8 (2.974%) DB2
6 8 (2.974%) RDBMS
7 6 (2.230%) TOAD
8 4 (1.487%) Oracle Reports
9 3 (1.115%) Data Warehouse
9 3 (1.115%) OLAP
9 3 (1.115%) Oracle OLAP
10 2 (0.743%) Crystal Reports
10 2 (0.743%) MS Access
10 2 (0.743%) SQL Server 2008
11 1 (0.372%) Oracle 11g
11 1 (0.372%) SQLite
11 1 (0.372%) NoSQL
11 1 (0.372%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 41 (15.24%) Maven
2 30 (11.15%) Ant
3 29 (10.78%) Eclipse
4 21 (7.807%) Subversion
5 18 (6.691%) JUnit
6 13 (4.833%) Jenkins
7 9 (3.346%) Concordion
8 8 (2.974%) Git (software)
9 3 (1.115%) Oracle Forms
10 2 (0.743%) Selenium
10 2 (0.743%) Xcode
11 1 (0.372%) CruiseControl
11 1 (0.372%) QuickTest Pro
11 1 (0.372%) LoadRunner
11 1 (0.372%) Mercurial
11 1 (0.372%) WebDriver
11 1 (0.372%) Hudson
11 1 (0.372%) Phing
General
1 41 (15.24%) Finance
2 35 (13.01%) Telecoms
3 32 (11.90%) Banking
4 22 (8.178%) Games
5 12 (4.461%) Financial Institution
6 9 (3.346%) Advertising
7 5 (1.859%) Legal
8 2 (0.743%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.372%) Electronics
9 1 (0.372%) Automotive
9 1 (0.372%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 207 (76.95%) Developer
2 149 (55.39%) Java Developer
3 29 (10.78%) Senior Developer
4 26 (9.665%) Web Developer
5 23 (8.550%) Software Developer
6 21 (7.807%) Analyst
7 20 (7.435%) Senior Java Developer
8 19 (7.063%) Software Engineer
8 19 (7.063%) Programmer
8 19 (7.063%) UI Developer
8 19 (7.063%) UI Programmer
9 18 (6.691%) Systems Developer
10 15 (5.576%) Java/J2EE Developer
11 14 (5.204%) Java Programmer
12 11 (4.089%) Graduate
13 10 (3.717%) Support Analyst
13 10 (3.717%) J2EE Developer
14 7 (2.602%) Java Software Engineer
14 7 (2.602%) SAP Support
15 6 (2.230%) Senior Systems Developer
Miscellaneous
1 33 (12.27%) Computer Science
2 22 (8.178%) Mobile Banking
3 20 (7.435%) Neural Network
4 12 (4.461%) N-Tier
5 11 (4.089%) iPhone
6 10 (3.717%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (2.602%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (2.230%) Digital Media
8 6 (2.230%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.859%) VHDL
10 4 (1.487%) Blackberry
11 3 (1.115%) Mobile App
12 1 (0.372%) Client/Server
12 1 (0.372%) DTV
12 1 (0.372%) Firmware
12 1 (0.372%) Tandem
12 1 (0.372%) Handset
12 1 (0.372%) iPad
12 1 (0.372%) Flash Lite
12 1 (0.372%) Java Card
Operating Systems
1 49 (18.22%) Linux
2 23 (8.550%) Windows
3 18 (6.691%) UNIX
4 16 (5.948%) Android
5 8 (2.974%) Apple iOS
6 3 (1.115%) Windows Mobile
7 1 (0.372%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 83 (30.86%) OO
2 54 (20.07%) Web Development
3 51 (18.96%) Scrum
4 36 (13.38%) Agile Software Development
5 30 (11.15%) Continuous Improvement
6 26 (9.665%) UML
7 22 (8.178%) Software Engineering
7 22 (8.178%) MVC
8 21 (7.807%) OOD
9 20 (7.435%) Automated Testing
9 20 (7.435%) Web Mining
10 16 (5.948%) TDD
11 13 (4.833%) Refactoring
11 13 (4.833%) Project Management
12 12 (4.461%) Analytics
13 11 (4.089%) Web Application Development
14 8 (2.974%) Continuous Integration
14 8 (2.974%) Mobile Commerce
15 6 (2.230%) Identity Management
15 6 (2.230%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 111 (41.26%) SQL
2 72 (26.77%) JavaScript
3 40 (14.87%) C++
4 28 (10.41%) PHP
5 24 (8.922%) Perl
6 14 (5.204%) VB.NET
7 11 (4.089%) PL/SQL
7 11 (4.089%) C
7 11 (4.089%) C#
8 9 (3.346%) RPG
9 7 (2.602%) ABAP
9 7 (2.602%) Objective-C
10 3 (1.115%) Python
11 2 (0.743%) Ruby
11 2 (0.743%) PHP5
12 1 (0.372%) Groovy
12 1 (0.372%) VB
12 1 (0.372%) Fortran
12 1 (0.372%) Embedded C
12 1 (0.372%) Embedded C++
Qualifications
1 44 (16.36%) Degree
2 3 (1.115%) SAP Certification
3 2 (0.743%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (0.743%) ITIL Certification
3 2 (0.743%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (0.743%) SC Cleared
3 2 (0.743%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.372%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (0.743%) QA
2 1 (0.372%) HL7
2 1 (0.372%) JTAG
Systems Management
1 1 (0.372%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
1 1 (0.372%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 62 (23.05%) Oracle
2 10 (3.717%) Microsoft
3 9 (3.346%) BEA
4 7 (2.602%) IBM
4 7 (2.602%) SAP
5 4 (1.487%) Business Objects
6 3 (1.115%) JBoss
7 2 (0.743%) Cisco
7 2 (0.743%) Adobe
7 2 (0.743%) Intel
7 2 (0.743%) Nortel
7 2 (0.743%) ILOG
7 2 (0.743%) BT
8 1 (0.372%) VMware
8 1 (0.372%) Google
8 1 (0.372%) Zend
8 1 (0.372%) Atmel
8 1 (0.372%) Twitter
8 1 (0.372%) Remedy
8 1 (0.372%) Sybase
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Salary: competitive + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
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Posted: 13 May 2013
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