The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 20 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 Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
20 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 8 10 12
Rank change year-on-year
+2 +2
Permanent jobs citing Java 132 82 97
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 19.33% 14.80% 15.45%
As % of the Programming Languages category 32.35% 25.71% 24.07%
Number of salaries quoted 131 71 91
Average salary £32,500 £38,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.47% -10.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £30,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £60,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
408 319 403
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 59.74% 57.58% 64.17%
Number of salaries quoted 380 281 356
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £33,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +4.47%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
East of England

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region.

Suffolk Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 20 May 2013.

Suffolk 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 Suffolk region over the 3 months to 20 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
Ipswich +4 62 £32,500 -9.09%
Bury St Edmunds +14 29 £32,500 -13.33%
Java
East of England

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 86 (39.81%) JavaScript
2 68 (31.48%) Spring
3 67 (31.02%) SQL
4 66 (30.56%) XML
5 60 (27.78%) J2EE
6 58 (26.85%) Degree
7 55 (25.46%) Agile Software Development
7 55 (25.46%) Web Services
8 54 (25.00%) SOAP
9 52 (24.07%) Linux
10 49 (22.69%) Oracle
10 49 (22.69%) Ajax
11 46 (21.30%) Windows
12 45 (20.83%) Mobile App
13 43 (19.91%) Hibernate
14 41 (18.98%) CSS
14 41 (18.98%) Computer Science
15 40 (18.52%) .NET
16 39 (18.06%) Tomcat
17 38 (17.59%) UML
18 37 (17.13%) JBoss
18 37 (17.13%) C#
19 35 (16.20%) HTML
19 35 (16.20%) Games
19 35 (16.20%) REST
20 33 (15.28%) JSON
21 31 (14.35%) TDD
22 29 (13.43%) jQuery
22 29 (13.43%) Finance
23 28 (12.96%) Online Games

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk 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 68 (31.48%) Spring
2 66 (30.56%) XML
3 60 (27.78%) J2EE
4 55 (25.46%) Web Services
5 54 (25.00%) SOAP
6 49 (22.69%) Ajax
7 43 (19.91%) Hibernate
8 41 (18.98%) CSS
9 40 (18.52%) .NET
10 35 (16.20%) HTML
10 35 (16.20%) REST
11 33 (15.28%) JSON
12 29 (13.43%) jQuery
13 23 (10.65%) JSF
14 21 (9.722%) JSP
15 14 (6.481%) GWT
16 13 (6.019%) Grails
17 11 (5.093%) HTML5
18 10 (4.630%) Flash
19 9 (4.167%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 39 (18.06%) Tomcat
2 17 (7.870%) WebLogic
3 10 (4.630%) Apache
4 9 (4.167%) CMS
4 9 (4.167%) Drupal
5 4 (1.852%) Resin
5 4 (1.852%) IIS
5 4 (1.852%) SharePoint
6 2 (0.926%) Force.com
7 1 (0.463%) Amazon AWS
7 1 (0.463%) GlassFish
Applications
1 13 (6.019%) MS Excel
2 4 (1.852%) Photoshop
3 3 (1.389%) MS Project
Business Applications
1 4 (1.852%) Oracle Applications
1 4 (1.852%) Dynamics AX
2 3 (1.389%) Dynamics NAV
3 2 (0.926%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 6 (2.778%) HTTP
2 3 (1.389%) Network Security
3 1 (0.463%) Internet
3 1 (0.463%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 21 (9.722%) SQL Server
2 19 (8.796%) Oracle 10g
3 15 (6.944%) MySQL
4 13 (6.019%) Oracle 8/8i
4 13 (6.019%) Big Data
5 10 (4.630%) RDBMS
5 10 (4.630%) Oracle 11g
6 9 (4.167%) Oracle 9i
6 9 (4.167%) Oracle Reports
7 6 (2.778%) SQL Server 2008
7 6 (2.778%) SQL Server Integration Services
8 4 (1.852%) Data Warehouse
8 4 (1.852%) SQL Server Reporting Services
9 1 (0.463%) DB2
9 1 (0.463%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.463%) MongoDB
9 1 (0.463%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 20 (9.259%) Subversion
2 16 (7.407%) Oracle Forms
3 14 (6.481%) Eclipse
4 12 (5.556%) Git (software)
5 7 (3.241%) Ant
6 3 (1.389%) Maven
7 2 (0.926%) Selenium
7 2 (0.926%) Xcode
7 2 (0.926%) SpecFlow
General
1 35 (16.20%) Games
2 29 (13.43%) Finance
3 10 (4.630%) Telecoms
4 4 (1.852%) Back Office
4 4 (1.852%) Billing
5 1 (0.463%) Electronics
Job Titles
1 163 (75.46%) Developer
2 89 (41.20%) Java Developer
3 49 (22.69%) Software Developer
4 26 (12.04%) Project Manager
5 21 (9.722%) Java/J2EE Developer
6 17 (7.870%) Java Software Developer
7 13 (6.019%) Oracle Forms Developer
7 13 (6.019%) Oracle Developer
8 12 (5.556%) Lead Developer
8 12 (5.556%) Analyst
8 12 (5.556%) Graduate
9 11 (5.093%) Senior Developer
10 9 (4.167%) Drupal Developer
11 8 (3.704%) Graduate Developer
11 8 (3.704%) Senior Java Developer
11 8 (3.704%) Support Analyst
11 8 (3.704%) Consultant
12 7 (3.241%) Junior
12 7 (3.241%) Graduate Software Developer
12 7 (3.241%) Junior Developer
Miscellaneous
1 45 (20.83%) Mobile App
2 41 (18.98%) Computer Science
3 28 (12.96%) Online Games
4 20 (9.259%) Speech Recognition
5 18 (8.333%) SaaS
6 14 (6.481%) Social Media
6 14 (6.481%) Cloud Computing
7 8 (3.704%) Open Source
8 5 (2.315%) Mathematics
9 4 (1.852%) Physics
9 4 (1.852%) PMI
9 4 (1.852%) Device Driver
9 4 (1.852%) Enterprise Software
10 3 (1.389%) Data Protection Act
11 2 (0.926%) Mobile Games
11 2 (0.926%) iPhone
12 1 (0.463%) Firmware
Operating Systems
1 52 (24.07%) Linux
2 46 (21.30%) Windows
3 26 (12.04%) UNIX
4 18 (8.333%) Android
5 7 (3.241%) Windows Server 2003
6 6 (2.778%) Windows Server 2008
6 6 (2.778%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (2.315%) Solaris
8 3 (1.389%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 55 (25.46%) Agile Software Development
2 38 (17.59%) UML
3 31 (14.35%) TDD
4 27 (12.50%) CRM
5 26 (12.04%) PRINCE2
6 23 (10.65%) Web Development
7 22 (10.19%) OO
8 18 (8.333%) Scrum
9 17 (7.870%) SOA
10 14 (6.481%) Mobile Application Development
11 13 (6.019%) Migration
11 13 (6.019%) Software Engineering
12 12 (5.556%) Project Management
12 12 (5.556%) Waterfall
13 9 (4.167%) Analytics
14 8 (3.704%) Rapid Prototyping
14 8 (3.704%) ITIL
15 7 (3.241%) E-Commerce
15 7 (3.241%) ERP
15 7 (3.241%) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages
1 86 (39.81%) JavaScript
2 67 (31.02%) SQL
3 37 (17.13%) C#
4 18 (8.333%) ActionScript
4 18 (8.333%) ActionScript 3.0
5 17 (7.870%) PL/SQL
6 12 (5.556%) ActionScript 2.0
7 10 (4.630%) PHP
8 9 (4.167%) C++
9 5 (2.315%) Perl
9 5 (2.315%) C
9 5 (2.315%) Groovy
9 5 (2.315%) Python
10 3 (1.389%) Objective-C
10 3 (1.389%) PowerShell
10 3 (1.389%) VB
10 3 (1.389%) VB.NET
11 2 (0.926%) Apex Code
12 1 (0.463%) Scala
12 1 (0.463%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 58 (26.85%) Degree
2 15 (6.944%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 6 (2.778%) Security Cleared
4 4 (1.852%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
4 4 (1.852%) PMI Certification
5 3 (1.389%) OCP
5 3 (1.389%) Oracle Certification
6 2 (0.926%) DV Cleared
7 1 (0.463%) CCSA
7 1 (0.463%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
7 1 (0.463%) MCTS
7 1 (0.463%) RHCE
7 1 (0.463%) ITIL Certification
7 1 (0.463%) PMP
7 1 (0.463%) MCP
7 1 (0.463%) CCNP
7 1 (0.463%) CCNA
7 1 (0.463%) Cisco Certification
7 1 (0.463%) Microsoft Certification
System Software
1 1 (0.463%) Active Directory
1 1 (0.463%) VMware Infrastructure
1 1 (0.463%) Hyper-V
1 1 (0.463%) XenServer
Systems Management
1 1 (0.463%) Puppet
Vendors
1 49 (22.69%) Oracle
2 37 (17.13%) JBoss
3 25 (11.57%) Microsoft
4 8 (3.704%) Northgate
4 8 (3.704%) Civica
4 8 (3.704%) Capita
4 8 (3.704%) Orchard
5 7 (3.241%) Salesforce.com
6 5 (2.315%) Sun
7 3 (1.389%) BEA
7 3 (1.389%) Epicor
7 3 (1.389%) SAP
7 3 (1.389%) JD Edwards
7 3 (1.389%) Infor
8 2 (0.926%) Cisco
9 1 (0.463%) Red Hat
9 1 (0.463%) Citrix
9 1 (0.463%) CheckPoint
9 1 (0.463%) VMware
Bury St. Edmunds, East Anglia
My client, based in Bury St.Edmunds, are looking for a Java Developer to join their rapidly expanding business... The online solutions will be built using J2EE , JSP,...
Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 26 April 2013
Ipswich, East Anglia
My client is currently looking for a passionate Junior C++ Developer for a well-established and innovative company based in the centre of Ipswich... The work environment is...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £18000.00 - £25000.00 per annum
Posted: 4 May 2013
Ipswich, Suffolk
Android Developer - Java / Eclipse / Web Services... They are looking to employ a talented Mobile Apps developer, with a strong knowledge of the Android SDK to build upon the...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newmarket, Suffolk
Work will involve app development across Apple / ipad / ios, Android, Windows mobile and Blackberry. You will have experience in any of the following: Java / Flash / html5 / Javascript / Objective...
DMS Computer Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £23,000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
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C# / ASP.Net Web Developer needed for leading UK Business - C# / ASP.Net / SQL Server / HTML / CSS / JavaScript. This market leading UK Company are part of an international...
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Salary: £38000 - £42000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 18 May 2013
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You will have at least an appreciation of the ITIL framework. Technical skills will include; Windows Server 2003/2008, Linux (RHEL 5) / Apache, Oracle 10g, SQL Server 2008,...
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Salary: £25000.00 - £35000.00 per annum + benefits
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