The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Southampton region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java 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 of the Programming Languages category for the Southampton region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 12 10 11
Rank change year-on-year
-2 +1
Permanent jobs citing Java 109 143 94
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 13.10% 15.51% 14.92%
As % of the Programming Languages category 23.90% 26.34% 30.52%
Number of salaries quoted 108 133 84
Average salary £37,500 £40,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.25% -5.88%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £27,500 £36,450
10% offered a salary of more than £52,000 £54,500 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Southampton
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
456 543 308
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Southampton 54.81% 58.89% 48.89%
Number of salaries quoted 433 505 283
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +15.38%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £26,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
Hampshire

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Southampton 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 Southampton region.

Southampton Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

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

Southampton Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 70 (36.27%) Oracle
2 57 (29.53%) JavaScript
3 49 (25.39%) HTML
3 49 (25.39%) SQL Server
3 49 (25.39%) Spring
4 46 (23.83%) .NET
4 46 (23.83%) Web Services
5 45 (23.32%) OO
6 44 (22.80%) Telecoms
7 41 (21.24%) XML
8 39 (20.21%) Windows
9 36 (18.65%) MySQL
9 36 (18.65%) C#
9 36 (18.65%) Digital Media
10 35 (18.13%) Degree
11 34 (17.62%) SQL
11 34 (17.62%) CSS
12 31 (16.06%) Linux
13 30 (15.54%) UNIX
13 30 (15.54%) PHP
14 27 (13.99%) Agile Software Development
14 27 (13.99%) Waterfall
15 25 (12.95%) Scrum
15 25 (12.95%) C++
15 25 (12.95%) J2EE
15 25 (12.95%) Eclipse
16 23 (11.92%) ASP.NET
16 23 (11.92%) Retail
16 23 (11.92%) .NET Framework
17 21 (10.88%) OOA/OOD

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Southampton 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 49 (25.39%) HTML
1 49 (25.39%) Spring
2 46 (23.83%) .NET
2 46 (23.83%) Web Services
3 41 (21.24%) XML
4 34 (17.62%) CSS
5 25 (12.95%) J2EE
6 23 (11.92%) ASP.NET
6 23 (11.92%) .NET Framework
7 18 (9.326%) Servlets
8 17 (8.808%) Hibernate
8 17 (8.808%) Java EE
8 17 (8.808%) Ajax
9 16 (8.290%) SOAP
10 15 (7.772%) REST
11 14 (7.254%) jQuery
12 11 (5.699%) JSON
13 10 (5.181%) LAMP
14 6 (3.109%) JSP
14 6 (3.109%) Middleware
Application Platforms
1 20 (10.36%) ActiveMQ
2 16 (8.290%) Tomcat
3 8 (4.145%) Lotus Notes
3 8 (4.145%) Lotus Domino
4 7 (3.627%) WebLogic
5 5 (2.591%) Magento
6 4 (2.073%) SharePoint
7 3 (1.554%) NetWeaver
7 3 (1.554%) BizTalk Server
7 3 (1.554%) Apache
8 2 (1.036%) Drupal
8 2 (1.036%) CMS
8 2 (1.036%) WebSphere MQ
8 2 (1.036%) Force.com
8 2 (1.036%) Google App Engine
9 1 (0.518%) ColdFusion
9 1 (0.518%) MS Exchange
9 1 (0.518%) WordPress
9 1 (0.518%) Oracle Spatial
Applications
1 18 (9.326%) MS Excel
2 5 (2.591%) MS Project
3 2 (1.036%) Google Apps
4 1 (0.518%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 3 (1.554%) SAP GRC
2 2 (1.036%) Remedy ITSM
2 2 (1.036%) Agresso
3 1 (0.518%) Oracle Applications
3 1 (0.518%) Dynamics NAV
3 1 (0.518%) Dynamics AX
Communications & Networking
1 12 (6.218%) Broadband
2 6 (3.109%) HTTP
3 5 (2.591%) Internet
4 3 (1.554%) DVB
5 1 (0.518%) TCP/IP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 49 (25.39%) SQL Server
2 36 (18.65%) MySQL
3 17 (8.808%) Oracle 8/8i
4 14 (7.254%) RDBMS
5 7 (3.627%) Big Data
6 6 (3.109%) MongoDB
6 6 (3.109%) Apache Cassandra
6 6 (3.109%) NoSQL
6 6 (3.109%) Hadoop
7 5 (2.591%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (1.554%) Pentaho
8 3 (1.554%) Oracle 10g
8 3 (1.554%) SAP BW
8 3 (1.554%) BusinessObjects
8 3 (1.554%) Oracle 11g
9 2 (1.036%) SQLite
9 2 (1.036%) DB2
10 1 (0.518%) SAP HANA
10 1 (0.518%) Oracle Reports
10 1 (0.518%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 25 (12.95%) Eclipse
2 10 (5.181%) Subversion
3 5 (2.591%) Hudson
3 5 (2.591%) JIRA
4 4 (2.073%) Synon
5 3 (1.554%) JUnit
6 2 (1.036%) Appcelerator Titanium
7 1 (0.518%) TestNG
7 1 (0.518%) Maven
7 1 (0.518%) FitNesse
7 1 (0.518%) HttpUnit
General
1 44 (22.80%) Telecoms
2 23 (11.92%) Retail
3 12 (6.218%) Finance
4 4 (2.073%) Advertising
5 3 (1.554%) French Language
6 2 (1.036%) Games
6 2 (1.036%) Banking
7 1 (0.518%) Manufacturing
7 1 (0.518%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 111 (57.51%) Developer
2 47 (24.35%) Java Developer
3 30 (15.54%) Senior Developer
4 29 (15.03%) Analyst
5 19 (9.845%) Senior Java Developer
6 17 (8.808%) Software Engineer
7 16 (8.290%) Senior Analyst
7 16 (8.290%) C# Developer
8 15 (7.772%) Applications Developer
8 15 (7.772%) Development Manager
9 13 (6.736%) Graduate
10 11 (5.699%) Project Manager
10 11 (5.699%) Java/J2EE Developer
10 11 (5.699%) Agile Project Manager
11 10 (5.181%) Java Analyst Developer
11 10 (5.181%) Senior Analyst Developer
11 10 (5.181%) Senior Applications Developer
11 10 (5.181%) Analyst Developer
12 9 (4.663%) Architect
12 9 (4.663%) Software Manager
Miscellaneous
1 36 (18.65%) Digital Media
2 17 (8.808%) Computer Science
3 14 (7.254%) Client/Server
4 11 (5.699%) Kindle
5 8 (4.145%) Mathematics
6 6 (3.109%) Mobile App
7 5 (2.591%) SaaS
7 5 (2.591%) PMI
7 5 (2.591%) N-Tier
7 5 (2.591%) Wiki
8 3 (1.554%) Enterprise Software
8 3 (1.554%) DTV
8 3 (1.554%) STB
9 2 (1.036%) Visualisation
10 1 (0.518%) Inversion of Control
10 1 (0.518%) Cloud Computing
10 1 (0.518%) W3C
10 1 (0.518%) Social Network
10 1 (0.518%) Statistics
Operating Systems
1 39 (20.21%) Windows
2 31 (16.06%) Linux
3 30 (15.54%) UNIX
4 21 (10.88%) Android
5 17 (8.808%) Apple iOS
6 16 (8.290%) Windows Mobile
7 3 (1.554%) AIX
8 2 (1.036%) Windows Server 2003
8 2 (1.036%) Windows Server 2008
9 1 (0.518%) Windows 8
9 1 (0.518%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (23.32%) OO
2 27 (13.99%) Agile Software Development
2 27 (13.99%) Waterfall
3 25 (12.95%) Scrum
4 21 (10.88%) OOA/OOD
5 20 (10.36%) UML
5 20 (10.36%) OOP
6 19 (9.845%) Software Engineering
7 16 (8.290%) Memory Management
8 13 (6.736%) TDD
8 13 (6.736%) Project Management
9 11 (5.699%) Business Intelligence
10 10 (5.181%) SOA
11 8 (4.145%) PRINCE2
11 8 (4.145%) E-Commerce
12 7 (3.627%) MVC
12 7 (3.627%) RUP
12 7 (3.627%) OOD
12 7 (3.627%) ITIL
12 7 (3.627%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 57 (29.53%) JavaScript
2 36 (18.65%) C#
3 34 (17.62%) SQL
4 30 (15.54%) PHP
5 25 (12.95%) C++
6 17 (8.808%) Objective-C
7 16 (8.290%) C
8 15 (7.772%) PL/SQL
9 9 (4.663%) Perl
10 7 (3.627%) Python
11 6 (3.109%) PHP5
12 5 (2.591%) RPG IV
12 5 (2.591%) RPG
12 5 (2.591%) Ruby
13 4 (2.073%) Bash shell
14 3 (1.554%) Embedded C
14 3 (1.554%) ABAP
14 3 (1.554%) Groovy
15 2 (1.036%) Apex Code
16 1 (0.518%) ActionScript 3.0
Qualifications
1 35 (18.13%) Degree
2 5 (2.591%) APMP
2 5 (2.591%) PMI Certification
3 3 (1.554%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.518%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 18 (9.326%) ISO 9001
2 5 (2.591%) SLA
3 3 (1.554%) QA
System Software
1 5 (2.591%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (1.036%) XenServer
3 1 (0.518%) Active Directory
3 1 (0.518%) Microsoft Virtual Server
Vendors
1 70 (36.27%) Oracle
2 12 (6.218%) Microsoft
3 9 (4.663%) Google
4 8 (4.145%) JBoss
4 8 (4.145%) Lotus
5 5 (2.591%) hybris
5 5 (2.591%) ATG
5 5 (2.591%) VMware
6 4 (2.073%) SAP
7 3 (1.554%) Facebook
7 3 (1.554%) Business Objects
8 2 (1.036%) Yahoo!
8 2 (1.036%) Northgate
8 2 (1.036%) Remedy
8 2 (1.036%) Salesforce.com
8 2 (1.036%) IBM
8 2 (1.036%) BMC
8 2 (1.036%) Twitter
8 2 (1.036%) Appcelerator
8 2 (1.036%) Sencha
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Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + bens
Posted: 11 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
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Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 19 May 2013
Southampton, South East
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Salary: £35000 - £48000 per annum + bonus + bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
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Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Southampton, Hampshire
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Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £40000 per annum + Excellent Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
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Salary: £35000 - £44000 per annum + bonus + bens
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OPUS
Salary: GBP20000 to GBP24000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
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Salary: £20000 to £24000 per annum
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