The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the South West 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 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 Job Titles advertised for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Developer
Rank 46 24 29
Rank change year-on-year
-22 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 240 399 366
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 4.575% 7.209% 6.066%
As % of the Job Titles category 4.739% 7.550% 6.391%
Number of salaries quoted 214 340 334
Average salary £37,500 £38,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.59% +10.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,000 £30,000 £27,000
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Job Titles
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
5064 5285 5727
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 96.53% 95.48% 94.91%
Number of salaries quoted 4455 4564 4906
Average salary £35,500 £36,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.38% +2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £50,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java Developer
England

Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

South West 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 South West region.

South West Java Developer Salary Trend

Java Developer
Salary Histogram

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

South West 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 South West 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
Bristol -8 111 £35,000 -6.66%
Gloucestershire -33 40 £44,250 +14.93%
Somerset -4 31 £32,782 -18.04%
Dorset -21 24 £40,000 +14.28%
Wiltshire -35 18 £37,500 -6.25%
Devon -3 14 £34,625 +3.35%
Java Developer
England

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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.

1 470 (100.00%) Java
2 234 (49.79%) JavaScript
3 165 (35.11%) Degree
4 161 (34.26%) HTML
5 155 (32.98%) SQL
6 149 (31.70%) J2EE
7 127 (27.02%) Spring
8 123 (26.17%) XML
9 110 (23.40%) CSS
10 104 (22.13%) Oracle
11 95 (20.21%) C++
12 92 (19.57%) Software Engineering
13 91 (19.36%) Shell Script
14 90 (19.15%) C#
15 87 (18.51%) UNIX
16 86 (18.30%) OO
16 86 (18.30%) Agile Software Development
16 86 (18.30%) jQuery
17 82 (17.45%) Computer Science
17 82 (17.45%) Hibernate
18 79 (16.81%) MySQL
19 77 (16.38%) Java EE
20 73 (15.53%) Security Cleared
21 66 (14.04%) JUnit
22 65 (13.83%) Linux
22 65 (13.83%) Eclipse
23 63 (13.40%) Finance
24 61 (12.98%) Web Services
24 61 (12.98%) DV Cleared
25 58 (12.34%) Web Development

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the South West 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
1 161 (34.26%) HTML
2 149 (31.70%) J2EE
3 127 (27.02%) Spring
4 123 (26.17%) XML
5 110 (23.40%) CSS
6 86 (18.30%) jQuery
7 82 (17.45%) Hibernate
8 77 (16.38%) Java EE
9 61 (12.98%) Web Services
10 57 (12.13%) JSP
11 40 (8.511%) .NET
12 37 (7.872%) JSON
13 35 (7.447%) XHTML
14 34 (7.234%) Struts
15 33 (7.021%) HTML5
16 31 (6.596%) CGI
17 26 (5.532%) WebSphere
18 25 (5.319%) KnockoutJS
19 24 (5.106%) Ajax
20 22 (4.681%) Servlets
Application Platforms
1 44 (9.362%) Apache
2 38 (8.085%) Tomcat
3 21 (4.468%) GlassFish
4 20 (4.255%) WebLogic
5 9 (1.915%) WebSphere Application Server
6 4 (0.851%) Liferay
6 4 (0.851%) Mule
6 4 (0.851%) Apache Solr
6 4 (0.851%) CMS
7 3 (0.638%) SAS
7 3 (0.638%) Amazon AWS
7 3 (0.638%) Jetty
8 2 (0.426%) ESB
9 1 (0.213%) SharePoint
9 1 (0.213%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.213%) ActiveMQ
Applications
1 8 (1.702%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (0.638%) Maximo
2 1 (0.213%) Summit
Communications & Networking
1 8 (1.702%) HTTP
2 1 (0.213%) RTCP
2 1 (0.213%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 79 (16.81%) MySQL
2 36 (7.660%) SQL Server
3 25 (5.319%) RDBMS
4 18 (3.830%) Big Data
5 9 (1.915%) SQL Server 2005
5 9 (1.915%) SQL Server 2008
6 8 (1.702%) DB2
7 6 (1.277%) Oracle 8/8i
8 4 (0.851%) NoSQL
8 4 (0.851%) MarkLogic
8 4 (0.851%) Oracle 11g
8 4 (0.851%) PostgreSQL
9 2 (0.426%) JasperReports
10 1 (0.213%) Data Warehouse
10 1 (0.213%) GIS
Development Applications
1 66 (14.04%) JUnit
2 65 (13.83%) Eclipse
3 41 (8.723%) Subversion
4 27 (5.745%) Maven
5 15 (3.191%) Git (software)
6 10 (2.128%) Eclipse RCP
7 9 (1.915%) Ant
8 8 (1.702%) Rational Application Developer
8 8 (1.702%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
9 7 (1.489%) jMock
9 7 (1.489%) Hudson
10 6 (1.277%) JIRA
11 5 (1.064%) NetBeans
11 5 (1.064%) Selenium
12 4 (0.851%) Jenkins
12 4 (0.851%) JMeter
13 3 (0.638%) Mockito
14 2 (0.426%) EasyMock
14 2 (0.426%) Mercurial
14 2 (0.426%) IntelliJ
General
1 63 (13.40%) Finance
2 24 (5.106%) Retail
3 16 (3.404%) Telecoms
4 13 (2.766%) Games
5 12 (2.553%) Banking
6 4 (0.851%) Advertising
7 3 (0.638%) Aerospace
7 3 (0.638%) Manufacturing
7 3 (0.638%) Marketing
8 2 (0.426%) Publishing
9 1 (0.213%) Financial Institution
9 1 (0.213%) Back Office
Miscellaneous
1 82 (17.45%) Computer Science
2 56 (11.91%) Mathematics
3 29 (6.170%) Enterprise Software
4 24 (5.106%) Digital Media
5 19 (4.043%) Open Source
6 15 (3.191%) Machine Learning
7 8 (1.702%) Web 2.0
8 5 (1.064%) iPad
9 4 (0.851%) iPhone
9 4 (0.851%) Visualisation
10 3 (0.638%) Social Network
10 3 (0.638%) SaaS
11 2 (0.426%) N-Tier
12 1 (0.213%) Chip and PIN
12 1 (0.213%) Smartcard
12 1 (0.213%) Smartphone
12 1 (0.213%) Blog
12 1 (0.213%) Inversion of Control
12 1 (0.213%) Mobile Payment
Operating Systems
1 87 (18.51%) UNIX
2 65 (13.83%) Linux
3 29 (6.170%) Windows
4 18 (3.830%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 16 (3.404%) Android
6 10 (2.128%) Apple iOS
7 9 (1.915%) Windows XP
7 9 (1.915%) Windows 7
Processes & Methodologies
1 92 (19.57%) Software Engineering
2 86 (18.30%) OO
2 86 (18.30%) Agile Software Development
3 58 (12.34%) Web Development
4 40 (8.511%) TDD
5 39 (8.298%) OOD
6 30 (6.383%) Scrum
6 30 (6.383%) OOA/OOD
7 26 (5.532%) UML
8 25 (5.319%) Identity Management
8 25 (5.319%) Unit Testing
9 20 (4.255%) Continuous Integration
10 19 (4.043%) Content Management
11 17 (3.617%) MVC
12 15 (3.191%) Data Management
13 14 (2.979%) Product Management
13 14 (2.979%) Data Modelling
14 12 (2.553%) E-Commerce
15 8 (1.702%) Web Application Development
15 8 (1.702%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 470 (100.00%) Java
2 234 (49.79%) JavaScript
3 155 (32.98%) SQL
4 95 (20.21%) C++
5 91 (19.36%) Shell Script
6 90 (19.15%) C#
7 40 (8.511%) VB
8 38 (8.085%) PHP
9 30 (6.383%) Perl
10 22 (4.681%) C
11 14 (2.979%) PL/SQL
12 9 (1.915%) VB.NET
12 9 (1.915%) VB6
12 9 (1.915%) Bash shell
13 4 (0.851%) R
14 3 (0.638%) ActionScript
14 3 (0.638%) Ada
14 3 (0.638%) MATLAB
14 3 (0.638%) Ruby
15 1 (0.213%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 165 (35.11%) Degree
2 73 (15.53%) Security Cleared
3 61 (12.98%) DV Cleared
4 37 (7.872%) SC Cleared
5 19 (4.043%) PhD
6 11 (2.340%) Sun Certification
7 4 (0.851%) Microsoft Certification
8 3 (0.638%) SCJP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (1.915%) SLA
2 4 (0.851%) QA
3 1 (0.213%) ISO 9001
3 1 (0.213%) ISO 14001
Vendors
1 104 (22.13%) Oracle
2 31 (6.596%) Red Hat
3 25 (5.319%) JBoss
4 15 (3.191%) IBM
5 12 (2.553%) Sun
6 11 (2.340%) Sybase
7 10 (2.128%) Microsoft
8 4 (0.851%) Business Objects
9 2 (0.426%) GigaSpaces
9 2 (0.426%) Google
9 2 (0.426%) BEA
10 1 (0.213%) CA
10 1 (0.213%) TIBCO
10 1 (0.213%) FatWire
10 1 (0.213%) ESRI
10 1 (0.213%) Yahoo!
Bristol, South West
They have recently won a number of exciting new projects and as a result they require a Java Developer to join their growing team... You must have proven...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 11 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Java/J2EE Engineers required to develop high quality software in a dynamic company in Bristol... Skills required for the successful Java Software Engineer: Java JavaScript RDMS SQL BSc...
ISL
Salary: £30000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 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, Avon
A highly successful and growing company within Bristol requires a Junior Java developer to join their team... Graduates considered if you have an exceptional understanding of Java and...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Great Benefits
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
This Giant Java / Android / Agile project will involve building a suite of apps running a minimum of android api level 15 (android 4.0.3). Some of the...
BTR Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: From £25,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
Agile / OO Java Developer s - Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich Application Development - Bournemouth , South Coast 25>45,000 per annum - Great roles, lovely company Major new Agile Java...
BTR Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: From £25,000 to £45,000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
Skills *Java *OOP *J2EE / JEE *Servlets *JDBC *HTML, JavaScript, CSS, JQuery *Unix/ Linux *SQL If you are looking for a Java Developer Job in the Bournemouth, Poole area...
Spectrum IT Recruitment (South) Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Bonus, 25 days Hol
Posted: 24 May 2013
Chippenham, South West
Java Developer - Java, SQL, Eclipse - Chippenham/ManchesterJava Software Developer - Chippenham/Manchester - Java, SQL - £27,000 - £34,000 + bensA new opportunity for a Java Developer to join a rapidly...
Novate IT
Salary: £27000 - £34000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Chippenham, Wiltshire
Strong Java and SQL skills are essential, with previous knowledge of, or exposure to, Eclipse or NetBeans... Additional skills in SOAP, Spring, XML or ANT/Maven would be...
Novate IT Ltd
Salary: £27000 - £34000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bournemouth, South East
This is an exciting development role with JAVA and Oracle... Core Technical Skills: - Excellent Core Java J2EE with Java 6 - Experience working on High Throughput Mission Critical High...
J.P. Morgan
Salary: J.P. Morgan offers an exceptional benefits program and a highly competitive compensation package
Posted: 25 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Java, J2EE, OOP, Spring, Hibernate, JSF, XML, SQL Commutable from Bristol, Bath, Newport, Chippenham, Swindon, Gloucester, Cheltenham, etc... Exposure to the following is advantageous but not essential:...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Roc Search, Senior Java Developer, Java EE, Architecture Design, JMS Messaging, SQL, Websphere, BEA Weblogic, JBoss, RDBMS, Even Driven or Service Oriented Architecture) Roc Search are working with...
Roc Search
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum
Posted: 24 May 2013
Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom, South West
Key Skills:- Java web development experience.- Any Java application frameworks experience (e.g. Spring, Struts etc)- Any Java Web services experience (e.g. JSON, REST, SOAP)- Unit testing...
XIST4 Recruitment
Salary: £30-40,000 + Great Bens
Posted: 13 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
Junior Level Java / Android Developers - Android Application Development - Bournemouth... Major new Agile Java OO / Android Develop ment team being built in the sunny Dorset Bournemouth area! This Giant...
BTR Recruitment Ltd.
Salary: From £25,000 to £35,000 per annum plus full suite of Benefits!
Posted: 20 May 2013
Bristol, South West
They have recently won a number of exciting projects and as a result they are looking for a very hands-on Java Developer to join the team.Experience...
Salary: £30000 - £50000.00 per annum + excellent benefits
Posted: 30 April 2013
Bristol, South West
They have recently won a number of exciting projects and as a result they are looking for a very hands-on Java Developer to join the team.Experience...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £50000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 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
Bournemouth
You'll be developing applications and interfaces - both internal and 3rd parties - for insurance applications using Java Swing, JSP, Servlets, Web Services, Spring framework... You'll have successfully...
Ageas 50
Salary: Up to £50,000 plus benefits
Posted: 25 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Due to continued growth in their client base they are now seeking an additional Java J2EE Software Developer to join their Bristol based team and assist in the...
Novate IT
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Applicants must have strong experience of Java J2EE application development combined with exposure to SQL databases (MySQL, Oracle or SQL Server), web servers (Glassfish, Weblogic, JBOSS or similar)...
Novate IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
parties - for insurance applications using Java Swing, JSP, Servlets, Web Services, Spring framework... You’ll be someone who learns quickly in order to be able to pick up...
Ageas 50
Salary: Up to £50,000 per annum plus benefits
Posted: 16 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