The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills 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 over the 3 months to 22 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 13 10 20
Rank change year-on-year
-3 +10
Permanent jobs citing Java 63 82 44
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 11.23% 13.67% 8.511%
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.66% 29.08% 15.60%
Number of salaries quoted 58 69 41
Average salary £42,500 £38,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+10.38% +2.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,200 £21,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £56,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Tyne and Wear
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
278 282 282
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Tyne and Wear 49.55% 47.00% 54.55%
Number of salaries quoted 249 233 233
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £24,250 £21,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £47,750 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
North East

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region.

Tyne and Wear Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Tyne and Wear 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 Tyne and Wear region over the 3 months to 22 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
Newcastle upon Tyne -9 52 £42,500 +10.38%
Sunderland +3 17 £37,500 -2.59%
Gateshead - 3 £44,000 -
Java
North East

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 47 (34.31%) OO
2 40 (29.20%) JavaScript
3 35 (25.55%) SQL
4 34 (24.82%) Degree
5 32 (23.36%) Agile Software Development
5 32 (23.36%) Scrum
6 31 (22.63%) Finance
6 31 (22.63%) C++
6 31 (22.63%) HTML
7 30 (21.90%) PHP
8 25 (18.25%) C#
8 25 (18.25%) Selenium
8 25 (18.25%) HTML5
9 23 (16.79%) Multithreading
9 23 (16.79%) XML
10 22 (16.06%) UNIX
10 22 (16.06%) PhD
11 21 (15.33%) Unit Testing
12 20 (14.60%) Computer Science
13 19 (13.87%) Physics
13 19 (13.87%) Android
13 19 (13.87%) OOP
13 19 (13.87%) OOD
13 19 (13.87%) CSS
13 19 (13.87%) J2EE
13 19 (13.87%) 3D Graphics
14 18 (13.14%) Oracle
14 18 (13.14%) Java EE
15 17 (12.41%) .NET
15 17 (12.41%) UML

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Tyne and Wear 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 31 (22.63%) HTML
2 25 (18.25%) HTML5
3 23 (16.79%) XML
4 19 (13.87%) CSS
4 19 (13.87%) J2EE
5 18 (13.14%) Java EE
6 17 (12.41%) .NET
7 16 (11.68%) Web Services
8 13 (9.489%) JSP
8 13 (9.489%) Hibernate
9 12 (8.759%) Spring
10 10 (7.299%) jQuery
11 7 (5.109%) JSON
12 6 (4.380%) Flash
12 6 (4.380%) XSLT
12 6 (4.380%) EJB
13 5 (3.650%) SOAP
13 5 (3.650%) Struts
14 4 (2.920%) JBoss Seam
14 4 (2.920%) REST
Application Platforms
1 6 (4.380%) WebLogic
2 5 (3.650%) Tomcat
3 2 (1.460%) ESB
4 1 (0.730%) CMS
4 1 (0.730%) Apache
Applications
1 2 (1.460%) PrintSoft PReS
Communications & Networking
1 9 (6.569%) Wi-Fi
2 4 (2.920%) TCP/IP
3 1 (0.730%) HTTP
3 1 (0.730%) Wireless
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (3.650%) MySQL
2 2 (1.460%) Oracle 11g
3 1 (0.730%) Oracle 9i
3 1 (0.730%) Oracle Reports
3 1 (0.730%) SQL Server
Development Applications
1 25 (18.25%) Selenium
2 11 (8.029%) QuickTest Pro
2 11 (8.029%) LoadRunner
3 5 (3.650%) Ant
4 3 (2.190%) Maven
4 3 (2.190%) Jenkins
5 2 (1.460%) JIRA
6 1 (0.730%) Git (software)
6 1 (0.730%) Oracle Forms
6 1 (0.730%) ProC
6 1 (0.730%) Eclipse
6 1 (0.730%) JUnit
General
1 31 (22.63%) Finance
2 16 (11.68%) Telecoms
3 14 (10.22%) Games
4 9 (6.569%) Law
5 4 (2.920%) Billing
6 2 (1.460%) Automotive
6 2 (1.460%) Banking
6 2 (1.460%) Retail
7 1 (0.730%) Financial Institution
7 1 (0.730%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 65 (47.45%) Developer
2 42 (30.66%) Java Developer
3 23 (16.79%) Tester
3 23 (16.79%) Software Developer
4 18 (13.14%) Analyst
5 15 (10.95%) Development Manager
6 14 (10.22%) Java Software Developer
6 14 (10.22%) Automation Tester
7 13 (9.489%) Software Manager
7 13 (9.489%) Software Development Manager
8 12 (8.759%) C++ Developer
8 12 (8.759%) Senior Developer
8 12 (8.759%) C++/Java Developer
9 11 (8.029%) Technical Tester
10 10 (7.299%) Software Engineer
11 9 (6.569%) C++ Software Developer
11 9 (6.569%) Senior Java Developer
11 9 (6.569%) Test Analyst
11 9 (6.569%) Java Software Engineer
12 6 (4.380%) Project Manager
Miscellaneous
1 20 (14.60%) Computer Science
2 19 (13.87%) Physics
2 19 (13.87%) 3D Graphics
3 16 (11.68%) Mathematics
4 12 (8.759%) Social Network
5 11 (8.029%) Mobile App
6 10 (7.299%) Visualisation
7 8 (5.839%) iPhone
7 8 (5.839%) iPad
7 8 (5.839%) CUDA
8 5 (3.650%) Mainframe
8 5 (3.650%) Mobile Games
9 3 (2.190%) Open Source
10 2 (1.460%) N-Tier
11 1 (0.730%) Animation
11 1 (0.730%) W3C
Operating Systems
1 22 (16.06%) UNIX
2 19 (13.87%) Android
3 10 (7.299%) Apple iOS
4 9 (6.569%) Linux
5 5 (3.650%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 47 (34.31%) OO
2 32 (23.36%) Agile Software Development
2 32 (23.36%) Scrum
3 23 (16.79%) Multithreading
4 21 (15.33%) Unit Testing
5 19 (13.87%) OOP
5 19 (13.87%) OOD
6 17 (12.41%) UML
7 16 (11.68%) Project Management
8 14 (10.22%) E-Commerce
9 13 (9.489%) Waterfall
10 12 (8.759%) Test Automation
11 11 (8.029%) Automated Testing
12 10 (7.299%) Software Testing
12 10 (7.299%) Game Development
13 9 (6.569%) Release Management
14 7 (5.109%) Web Development
15 6 (4.380%) Parallel Programming
16 5 (3.650%) PRINCE2
16 5 (3.650%) RUP
Programming Languages
1 40 (29.20%) JavaScript
2 35 (25.55%) SQL
3 31 (22.63%) C++
4 30 (21.90%) PHP
5 25 (18.25%) C#
6 14 (10.22%) Ruby
7 11 (8.029%) ActionScript 3.0
7 11 (8.029%) Objective-C
7 11 (8.029%) ActionScript
8 8 (5.839%) PL/SQL
9 7 (5.109%) VB.NET
9 7 (5.109%) Python
10 6 (4.380%) C
11 5 (3.650%) ActionScript 2.0
11 5 (3.650%) VB
12 3 (2.190%) Perl
13 1 (0.730%) Jython
13 1 (0.730%) Shell Script
Qualifications
1 34 (24.82%) Degree
2 22 (16.06%) PhD
3 4 (2.920%) ISEB
3 4 (2.920%) Sun Certification
4 3 (2.190%) ISTQB
5 1 (0.730%) PMP
5 1 (0.730%) PMI Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 15 (10.95%) QA
2 1 (0.730%) WCAG
2 1 (0.730%) SLA
Vendors
1 18 (13.14%) Oracle
2 8 (5.839%) Symbian
3 5 (3.650%) Adobe
4 2 (1.460%) Red Hat
4 2 (1.460%) JBoss
5 1 (0.730%) Google
5 1 (0.730%) Microsoft
5 1 (0.730%) SAP
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, 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, 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
To apply for this role you will be a recent graduate in a programming related degree discipline with at least 1 years experience developing in either PHP, C#...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 15 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
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Progress Developer - 4GL / ABL - Permanent - Newcastle... Various Progress Developers required with the possibility to cross-train in Java... We are currently resourcing experienced Progress Developers for a very...
We are tomorrow people
Posted: 17 May 2013
Washington, Newcastle, Tyne and wear, North East
Skills and Experience Required: Ideally a 2.1 degree or above in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, or other scientific disciplines Ideally understanding of a programming languages with any...
Xperian Recruitment Limited
Salary: £0 - £20,000 per year
Posted: 20 May 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
My client are offering the chance for someone to progress their career and work with the latest technologies, some of the skills required are listed below: Flex Flash...
greywood
Salary: £45000 per annum + Bens
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
As a senior member of the team you will be leading other members and delivering UI components. My client are offering the chance for someone to progress their...
Greywood Associates Limited
Salary: £45000 per annum + Bens
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. Experience Required Applicants must...
Polar Recruitment
Salary: £30000 - £31000 per annum + Benefits
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
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Essential technology experience includes object orientated programming and Web development. Beneficial programming management experience in Java, Java script, HTML 5, SQL within Unix environment. Be proficient in software...
Catalyst
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 18 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Frontend development skills: Expert, hands-on knowledge of HTML(5), CSS(3), OO JavaScript... MVC frameworks such as Spring, Play, Zend or Cake... Experience working with Enterprise and /...
Accenture
Salary: £21K + (Including paid overtime and excellent benefits package)
Posted: 9 May 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne
Frontend development skills: - Expert, hands-on knowledge of HTML(5), CSS(3), OO JavaScript - Experience translating comps and wireframes into flexible and usable code templates - Excellent understanding of...
Accenture
Salary: £21K + (Including paid overtime and excellent benefits package)
Posted: 22 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
load and system testing... Criteria: - Knowledge of Java, Python, Perl or another scripting language... - Knowledge of standard web apps such as Javascript, CSS, HTML, AJAX and Flash... - Comfortable...
Solutions Recruitment
Salary: From £20,000 to £25,000 per annum
Posted: 21 May 2013
London, Edinburgh, Manchester or Newcastle but...
Relevant commercial experience of managing technical/IT projects - ideally with exposure, but not limited, to Java and the deployment of customised J2EE applications. NET, N-Tier or custom...
Accenture
Salary: £34,915 to £41,000
Posted: 22 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
Innovative, rapidly expanding global leader in the provision of communication solutions to its target markets, delivering some of the most interesting and challenging systems projects around, requires an...
Catalyst
Salary: From £45,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
To apply for this role you must hold a computing related degree and ideally experience working in a software testing role, a knowledge of a scripting language such...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 22 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
To apply for this role you must hold a computing related degree and ideally experience working in a software testing role, a knowledge of a scripting language such...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 21 May 2013
Newcastle upon Tyne, North East
To apply for this role you must have at least 1-2 years experience in a software testing role, a knowledge of a scripting language such as C#,...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 17 May 2013
Newcastle Upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
To apply for this role you must have at least 1-2 years experience in a software testing role, a knowledge of a scripting language such as C#,...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £20000.00 - £25000.00 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 16 May 2013
Edinburgh, Manchester or Newcastle but must be...
Industrial tools experience, i.e., Rational ClearCase, PVCS or StarTeam would be an advantage but, equally, manually managed processes would be considered - Expert in key project management processes...
Accenture
Salary: £40,805 to £47,000 depending level, experience and location
Posted: 22 May 2013