The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Tyne and Wear 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 17 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Developer
Rank 53 26 34
Rank change year-on-year
-27 +8
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 11 31 25
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 1.957% 5.272% 4.587%
As % of the Job Titles category 2.072% 5.496% 4.690%
Number of salaries quoted 10 31 25
Average salary £30,000 £39,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.07% +4.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £33,600 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £46,750 £42,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Job Titles
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
531 564 533
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 94.48% 95.92% 97.80%
Number of salaries quoted 457 471 459
Average salary £35,500 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.33% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £24,500 £20,000
10% offered a salary of more than £52,500 £72,500 £72,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java Developer
North East

Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Java Developer Salary Trend

Java Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java Developer across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 17 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
Sunderland 0 10 £30,000 -22.07%
Newcastle upon Tyne -30 8 £30,000 -23.07%
Java Developer
North East

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 40 (100.00%) Java
2 20 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
3 19 (47.50%) Degree
4 18 (45.00%) Multithreading
5 17 (42.50%) PhD
6 16 (40.00%) OO
7 15 (37.50%) Unit Testing
8 13 (32.50%) 3D Graphics
8 13 (32.50%) C++
8 13 (32.50%) Computer Science
9 12 (30.00%) Physics
9 12 (30.00%) HTML
10 11 (27.50%) J2EE
10 11 (27.50%) CSS
10 11 (27.50%) UML
11 10 (25.00%) SQL
11 10 (25.00%) Scrum
12 9 (22.50%) OOD
12 9 (22.50%) JavaScript
12 9 (22.50%) Web Services
12 9 (22.50%) Java EE
13 8 (20.00%) Mathematics
13 8 (20.00%) CUDA
13 8 (20.00%) XML
14 7 (17.50%) JSP
14 7 (17.50%) Oracle
14 7 (17.50%) Spring
15 6 (15.00%) Hibernate
15 6 (15.00%) Finance
15 6 (15.00%) PHP

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 12 (30.00%) HTML
2 11 (27.50%) J2EE
2 11 (27.50%) CSS
3 9 (22.50%) Web Services
3 9 (22.50%) Java EE
4 8 (20.00%) XML
5 7 (17.50%) JSP
5 7 (17.50%) Spring
6 6 (15.00%) Hibernate
7 5 (12.50%) jQuery
8 4 (10.00%) JBoss Seam
8 4 (10.00%) HTML5
8 4 (10.00%) WebSphere
8 4 (10.00%) XSLT
9 3 (7.500%) JSF
10 2 (5.000%) XMLBeans
10 2 (5.000%) JMS
10 2 (5.000%) TopLink
10 2 (5.000%) Servlets
10 2 (5.000%) JDBC
Application Platforms
1 4 (10.00%) Tomcat
2 1 (2.500%) CMS
Communications & Networking
1 1 (2.500%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (10.00%) MySQL
2 1 (2.500%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 4 (10.00%) Ant
2 2 (5.000%) Maven
2 2 (5.000%) JIRA
2 2 (5.000%) Selenium
2 2 (5.000%) Jenkins
General
1 6 (15.00%) Finance
2 5 (12.50%) Games
2 5 (12.50%) Telecoms
3 4 (10.00%) Billing
4 2 (5.000%) Automotive
Miscellaneous
1 13 (32.50%) 3D Graphics
1 13 (32.50%) Computer Science
2 12 (30.00%) Physics
3 8 (20.00%) CUDA
3 8 (20.00%) Mathematics
4 4 (10.00%) Visualisation
5 2 (5.000%) Open Source
5 2 (5.000%) N-Tier
6 1 (2.500%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 5 (12.50%) UNIX
1 5 (12.50%) Windows
1 5 (12.50%) Linux
2 4 (10.00%) Android
2 4 (10.00%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 20 (50.00%) Agile Software Development
2 18 (45.00%) Multithreading
3 16 (40.00%) OO
4 15 (37.50%) Unit Testing
5 11 (27.50%) UML
6 10 (25.00%) Scrum
7 9 (22.50%) OOD
8 5 (12.50%) Software Engineering
8 5 (12.50%) Game Development
9 4 (10.00%) Agile Project Management
9 4 (10.00%) Content Management
9 4 (10.00%) Project Management
9 4 (10.00%) OOP
9 4 (10.00%) RUP
10 3 (7.500%) TDD
10 3 (7.500%) BDD
11 2 (5.000%) User Acceptance Testing
11 2 (5.000%) Continuous Integration
11 2 (5.000%) Kanban
11 2 (5.000%) MVC
Programming Languages
1 40 (100.00%) Java
2 13 (32.50%) C++
3 10 (25.00%) SQL
4 9 (22.50%) JavaScript
5 6 (15.00%) PHP
6 3 (7.500%) Python
6 3 (7.500%) Perl
7 2 (5.000%) C#
7 2 (5.000%) Ruby
7 2 (5.000%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 19 (47.50%) Degree
2 17 (42.50%) PhD
3 4 (10.00%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (2.500%) WCAG
Vendors
1 7 (17.50%) Oracle
2 2 (5.000%) JBoss
2 2 (5.000%) Red Hat
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Java / JEE Developer with strong SQL and Oracle skills is required to join a leading blue chip organisation in Newcastle city centre.
OSM Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £42000 per annum + negotiable on experience
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
You will be working on bespoke software solutions at the cutting edge of technology. This requires someone with a passion of software, you will be completely hands on...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 16 May 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
You will be working on bespoke software solutions at the cutting edge of technology. This requires someone with a passion of software, you will be completely hands on...
greywood
Salary: £35000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
To apply for this role you must have a solid track record developing with Java EE, JavaScript and Ajax in an object orientated environment. Experience of flex and...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £35000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
To apply for this role you must have a solid track record developing with Java EE, JavaScript and Ajax in an object orientated environment. Experience of flex and...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £35000.00 - £45000.00 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
This multi-team agile project makes extensive use of open source technologies and methods including Behaviour Driven Development, Ghekins, Selenium, Jenkins, Jira and kanban... Restful web service integration...
Sopra Group Ltd
Salary: Attractive, plus flexible benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear
This multi-team agile project makes extensive use of open source technologies and methods including Behaviour Driven Development, Ghekins, Selenium, Jenkins, Jira and kanban. Experience Required Applicants must...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £31000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013