The first table below looks at the demand for Spring skills in IT jobs advertised for the Suffolk region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Spring over the 3 months to 21 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 Application Development category for the Suffolk region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
SpringSource Spring Framework
Rank 33 59 57
Rank change year-on-year
+26 -2
Permanent jobs citing Spring 45 4 15
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 6.494% 0.713% 2.400%
As % of the Application Development category 11.42% 1.695% 4.261%
Number of salaries quoted 44 4 15
Average salary £35,000 £36,250 £31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-3.44% +15.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £26,200 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £43,950 £40,000 £44,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,861 £43,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-3.76% +2.35%
All Application Development
Suffolk
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
394 236 352
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Suffolk 56.85% 42.07% 56.32%
Number of salaries quoted 364 215 318
Average salary £35,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.66% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £27,500 £23,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Spring
East of England

Spring
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Suffolk Spring Jobs Demand Trend

Spring
Salary Trend

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

Suffolk Spring Salary Trend

Spring
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Spring across the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

Suffolk Spring Salary Histogram

Spring
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Spring within the Suffolk region over the 3 months to 21 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 +7 15 £41,500 +30.70%
Bury St Edmunds - 6 £32,500 -
Spring
East of England

Spring
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk region citing Spring 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 Spring.

1 67 (100.00%) Java
2 47 (70.15%) XML
3 42 (62.69%) SOAP
3 42 (62.69%) J2EE
4 41 (61.19%) JavaScript
4 41 (61.19%) Linux
5 40 (59.70%) Degree
6 39 (58.21%) Web Services
7 38 (56.72%) Hibernate
8 36 (53.73%) Computer Science
9 35 (52.24%) JBoss
10 34 (50.75%) UML
10 34 (50.75%) Tomcat
10 34 (50.75%) Ajax
11 32 (47.76%) Agile Software Development
12 29 (43.28%) Windows
13 28 (41.79%) JSON
13 28 (41.79%) jQuery
13 28 (41.79%) REST
14 26 (38.81%) TDD
15 22 (32.84%) Finance
16 19 (28.36%) Mobile App
17 18 (26.87%) JSF
18 17 (25.37%) Speech Recognition
19 16 (23.88%) SQL
20 14 (20.90%) Oracle
20 14 (20.90%) GWT
21 13 (19.40%) Grails
21 13 (19.40%) MySQL
21 13 (19.40%) UNIX

Spring
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Suffolk region citing Spring 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 Spring. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 47 (70.15%) XML
2 42 (62.69%) SOAP
2 42 (62.69%) J2EE
3 39 (58.21%) Web Services
4 38 (56.72%) Hibernate
5 34 (50.75%) Ajax
6 28 (41.79%) JSON
6 28 (41.79%) jQuery
6 28 (41.79%) REST
7 18 (26.87%) JSF
8 14 (20.90%) GWT
9 13 (19.40%) Grails
10 6 (8.955%) Java EE
10 6 (8.955%) EJB
10 6 (8.955%) Servlets
11 4 (5.970%) JPA
11 4 (5.970%) EJB 3.0
11 4 (5.970%) JAXB
11 4 (5.970%) JSP
11 4 (5.970%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 34 (50.75%) Tomcat
2 8 (11.94%) WebLogic
3 4 (5.970%) Resin
3 4 (5.970%) Apache
3 4 (5.970%) IIS
Applications
1 4 (5.970%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (2.985%) Oracle CRM
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.985%) Network Security
1 2 (2.985%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 13 (19.40%) MySQL
2 9 (13.43%) Big Data
3 8 (11.94%) SQL Server
4 1 (1.493%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 7 (10.45%) Ant
1 7 (10.45%) Eclipse
1 7 (10.45%) Subversion
2 3 (4.478%) Maven
General
1 22 (32.84%) Finance
2 9 (13.43%) Games
3 4 (5.970%) Billing
3 4 (5.970%) Back Office
Job Titles
1 65 (97.01%) Developer
2 57 (85.07%) Java Developer
3 20 (29.85%) Software Developer
3 20 (29.85%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 17 (25.37%) Java Software Developer
5 11 (16.42%) Graduate
6 9 (13.43%) Senior Developer
7 7 (10.45%) Graduate Developer
7 7 (10.45%) Senior Java Developer
7 7 (10.45%) Graduate Java Developer
8 6 (8.955%) Graduate Software Developer
9 5 (7.463%) Junior Java Developer
9 5 (7.463%) Junior Developer
9 5 (7.463%) Junior
9 5 (7.463%) Junior Software Developer
9 5 (7.463%) Junior Java Software Developer
10 4 (5.970%) Games Developer
11 2 (2.985%) Software Manager
11 2 (2.985%) Programmer
11 2 (2.985%) Senior Software Developer
Miscellaneous
1 36 (53.73%) Computer Science
2 19 (28.36%) Mobile App
3 17 (25.37%) Speech Recognition
4 4 (5.970%) Online Games
4 4 (5.970%) Mathematics
4 4 (5.970%) Physics
5 2 (2.985%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 41 (61.19%) Linux
2 29 (43.28%) Windows
3 13 (19.40%) UNIX
4 2 (2.985%) Android
5 1 (1.493%) Windows Server 2003
Processes & Methodologies
1 34 (50.75%) UML
2 32 (47.76%) Agile Software Development
3 26 (38.81%) TDD
4 10 (14.93%) Web Development
5 9 (13.43%) Software Engineering
5 9 (13.43%) Analytics
6 7 (10.45%) Rapid Prototyping
7 5 (7.463%) Scrum
7 5 (7.463%) SOA
8 4 (5.970%) Continuous Integration
8 4 (5.970%) Release Management
8 4 (5.970%) Change Control
8 4 (5.970%) CRM
8 4 (5.970%) OO
9 2 (2.985%) Content Management
9 2 (2.985%) Cyber Security
9 2 (2.985%) Workflow
9 2 (2.985%) Information Security
10 1 (1.493%) Pair Programming
10 1 (1.493%) RAD
Programming Languages
1 67 (100.00%) Java
2 41 (61.19%) JavaScript
3 16 (23.88%) SQL
4 5 (7.463%) Groovy
5 4 (5.970%) ActionScript 3.0
5 4 (5.970%) ActionScript
6 2 (2.985%) C++
Qualifications
1 40 (59.70%) Degree
2 2 (2.985%) DV Cleared
2 2 (2.985%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 35 (52.24%) JBoss
2 14 (20.90%) Oracle