The first table below looks at the demand for Swing skills in IT jobs advertised for the South West region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Swing over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Application Development category for the South West region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Swing (Java)
Rank 205 172 174
Rank change year-on-year
-33 +2
Permanent jobs citing Swing 7 42 46
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 0.133% 0.752% 0.737%
As % of the Application Development category 0.292% 1.643% 1.834%
Number of salaries quoted 5 38 44
Average salary £26,500 £40,000 £29,250
Average salary % change year-on-year
-33.75% +36.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,400 £34,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £39,500 £50,000 £40,250
UK excluding London average salary £38,250 £45,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-15.00% +20.00%
All Application Development
South West
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
2401 2556 2508
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the South West 45.54% 45.76% 40.16%
Number of salaries quoted 2180 2305 2240
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
Swing
England

Swing
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Swing across the South West region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

South West Swing Jobs Demand Trend

Swing
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Swing across the South West region.

South West Swing Salary Trend

Swing
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Swing across the South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

South West Swing Salary Histogram

Swing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Swing within the South West region over the 3 months to 19 June 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
Find
Job
Vacancies
Gloucestershire -16 4 £38,750 -3.12%
Bristol - 3 £25,000 -
Swing
England

Swing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Swing 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 Swing.

1 16 (100.00%) Java
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
2 15 (93.75%) J2EE
3 12 (75.00%) Eclipse
4 11 (68.75%) EJB
4 11 (68.75%) Oracle
4 11 (68.75%) Sybase
4 11 (68.75%) WebLogic
4 11 (68.75%) WebSphere
4 11 (68.75%) SWT
4 11 (68.75%) Security Cleared
4 11 (68.75%) Mathematics
4 11 (68.75%) GlassFish
4 11 (68.75%) JBoss
4 11 (68.75%) Eclipse RCP
5 7 (43.75%) UNIX
6 5 (31.25%) SCJP
6 5 (31.25%) Sun
6 5 (31.25%) Sun Certification
6 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
7 4 (25.00%) DV Cleared
7 4 (25.00%) Finance
8 1 (6.250%) Software Engineering
8 1 (6.250%) Electronics
8 1 (6.250%) ASN.1
8 1 (6.250%) WinForms
8 1 (6.250%) Mac OS X
8 1 (6.250%) Windows
8 1 (6.250%) Linux
8 1 (6.250%) UML

Swing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the South West region citing Swing 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 Swing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 15 (93.75%) J2EE
2 11 (68.75%) EJB
2 11 (68.75%) WebSphere
2 11 (68.75%) SWT
3 1 (6.250%) WinForms
3 1 (6.250%) JavaFX
3 1 (6.250%) WPF
3 1 (6.250%) Silverlight
3 1 (6.250%) Adobe AIR
3 1 (6.250%) HTML5
Application Platforms
1 11 (68.75%) WebLogic
1 11 (68.75%) GlassFish
Communications & Networking
1 1 (6.250%) ASN.1
1 1 (6.250%) SNMP
1 1 (6.250%) Network Security
Development Applications
1 12 (75.00%) Eclipse
2 11 (68.75%) Eclipse RCP
3 1 (6.250%) Visual Studio
3 1 (6.250%) GCC
General
1 4 (25.00%) Finance
2 1 (6.250%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 15 (93.75%) Developer
1 15 (93.75%) Java Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
2 4 (25.00%) Java Swing Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Developer
3 2 (12.50%) Senior Java Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Graduate Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Junior Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Junior Java Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Junior
4 1 (6.250%) Software Engineer
4 1 (6.250%) Graduate
4 1 (6.250%) Graduate Java Developer
4 1 (6.250%) Junior Java/J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (68.75%) Mathematics
Operating Systems
1 7 (43.75%) UNIX
2 1 (6.250%) Mac OS X
2 1 (6.250%) Windows
2 1 (6.250%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (6.250%) Software Engineering
1 1 (6.250%) UML
1 1 (6.250%) OO
1 1 (6.250%) Multithreading
1 1 (6.250%) Regression Analysis
Programming Languages
1 16 (100.00%) Java
2 1 (6.250%) SQL
2 1 (6.250%) C
2 1 (6.250%) C#
2 1 (6.250%) C++
Qualifications
1 16 (100.00%) Degree
2 11 (68.75%) Security Cleared
3 5 (31.25%) SCJP
3 5 (31.25%) Sun Certification
3 5 (31.25%) SC Cleared
4 4 (25.00%) DV Cleared
Vendors
1 11 (68.75%) Oracle
1 11 (68.75%) Sybase
1 11 (68.75%) JBoss
2 5 (31.25%) Sun
3 1 (6.250%) Adobe
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