The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Applications Developer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java Applications 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 currently tracked.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Application Developer
Rank 820 824 775
Rank change year-on-year
+4 -49
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Applications Developer 38 72 96
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.035% 0.060% 0.078%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.037% 0.063% 0.083%
Number of salaries quoted 38 65 83
Average salary £47,500 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+26.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £29,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £61,500 £57,500 £54,250
UK excluding London average salary £43,750 £35,000 £37,000
% change year-on-year
+25.00% -5.40%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
101791 114576 116360
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.44% 94.74% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 84727 98303 98213
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,000 £26,500
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £72,500 £70,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%

Java Applications Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Java Applications Developer within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Java Applications Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Java Applications Developer
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Java Applications Developer within the UK.

Java Applications Developer Salary Trend

Java Applications Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java Applications Developer over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 within the UK.

Java Applications Developer Salary Histogram

Java Applications Developer
Top 16 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Applications Developer within the UK 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
England +2 38 £47,500 +26.66%
South East -2 18 £47,500 +31.94%
London +25 12 £60,000 +26.31%
Surrey +16 8 £47,500 +11.76%
Guildford - 8 £47,500 -
South West 0 6 £40,000 +31.14%
Hampshire - 6 £45,000 -
Berkshire +9 4 £30,000 -24.05%
City of London +5 4 £60,000 +26.31%
Bristol -4 4 £40,000 +31.14%
Winchester - 3 £42,500 -
North West +2 2 £42,500 +10.38%
Manchester -20 2 £42,500 +10.38%
Bath - 2 £30,000 -
Somerset - 2 £30,000 -
Canary Wharf - 1 £95,000 -

Java Applications Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Java Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title.

1 74 (100.00%) Java
2 41 (55.41%) Spring
3 30 (40.54%) Hibernate
4 27 (36.49%) J2EE
5 26 (35.14%) Oracle
6 24 (32.43%) SQL
7 22 (29.73%) XML
7 22 (29.73%) Scrum
8 21 (28.38%) JavaScript
9 20 (27.03%) Linux
10 15 (20.27%) UNIX
11 14 (18.92%) jQuery
12 13 (17.57%) CSS
12 13 (17.57%) HTML
13 12 (16.22%) JSP
13 12 (16.22%) Eclipse
13 12 (16.22%) Android
14 11 (14.86%) Open Source
14 11 (14.86%) RDBMS
14 11 (14.86%) MySQL
15 9 (12.16%) Shell Script
15 9 (12.16%) SQL Server
15 9 (12.16%) Servlets
15 9 (12.16%) Agile Software Development
15 9 (12.16%) Ajax
15 9 (12.16%) Java EE
15 9 (12.16%) Web Application Development
16 8 (10.81%) Mobile App
16 8 (10.81%) Apple iOS
16 8 (10.81%) iPhone

Java Applications Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Java Applications 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 Applications Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 41 (55.41%) Spring
2 30 (40.54%) Hibernate
3 27 (36.49%) J2EE
4 22 (29.73%) XML
5 14 (18.92%) jQuery
6 13 (17.57%) CSS
6 13 (17.57%) HTML
7 12 (16.22%) JSP
8 9 (12.16%) Servlets
8 9 (12.16%) Java EE
8 9 (12.16%) Ajax
9 6 (8.108%) Grails
10 5 (6.757%) Web Services
10 5 (6.757%) J2SE
10 5 (6.757%) JPA
11 4 (5.405%) Qt
11 4 (5.405%) WebCenter
11 4 (5.405%) HTML5
11 4 (5.405%) QML
11 4 (5.405%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 7 (9.459%) Tomcat
2 6 (8.108%) Apache
3 5 (6.757%) WebLogic
4 4 (5.405%) Force.com
5 1 (1.351%) Oracle HTTP Server
5 1 (1.351%) WebLogic Portal
5 1 (1.351%) CMS
5 1 (1.351%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 8 (10.81%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 8 (10.81%) Internet
2 5 (6.757%) HTTP
3 1 (1.351%) LDAP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (14.86%) MySQL
1 11 (14.86%) RDBMS
2 9 (12.16%) SQL Server
3 2 (2.703%) PostgreSQL
3 2 (2.703%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (1.351%) Jackrabbit
4 1 (1.351%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.351%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.351%) Redis
4 1 (1.351%) DB2
4 1 (1.351%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 12 (16.22%) Eclipse
2 7 (9.459%) Spring Roo
3 4 (5.405%) JUnit
4 3 (4.054%) Atlassian Bamboo
4 3 (4.054%) Maven
4 3 (4.054%) Jenkins
5 2 (2.703%) Git (software)
5 2 (2.703%) Subversion
6 1 (1.351%) Bugzilla
6 1 (1.351%) Mercurial
6 1 (1.351%) JProfiler
6 1 (1.351%) Hudson
6 1 (1.351%) JIRA
6 1 (1.351%) Redmine
6 1 (1.351%) FishEye
General
1 6 (8.108%) Games
2 4 (5.405%) Finance
3 3 (4.054%) Banking
4 2 (2.703%) Investment Banking
5 1 (1.351%) Retail
5 1 (1.351%) Front Office
Miscellaneous
1 11 (14.86%) Open Source
2 8 (10.81%) Mobile App
2 8 (10.81%) iPhone
3 4 (5.405%) Online Games
4 2 (2.703%) Computer Science
4 2 (2.703%) Social Media
5 1 (1.351%) Enterprise Software
5 1 (1.351%) Clustering
5 1 (1.351%) Derivative
5 1 (1.351%) Equity Derivative
Operating Systems
1 20 (27.03%) Linux
2 15 (20.27%) UNIX
3 12 (16.22%) Android
4 8 (10.81%) Apple iOS
5 4 (5.405%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (1.351%) Windows
6 1 (1.351%) Solaris
6 1 (1.351%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 22 (29.73%) Scrum
2 9 (12.16%) Agile Software Development
2 9 (12.16%) Web Application Development
3 7 (9.459%) OO
4 5 (6.757%) TDD
4 5 (6.757%) Multithreading
5 4 (5.405%) Waterfall
5 4 (5.405%) Change Control
5 4 (5.405%) E-Commerce
6 3 (4.054%) UML
6 3 (4.054%) MVC
6 3 (4.054%) Continuous Integration
6 3 (4.054%) Software Architecture
7 2 (2.703%) Investment Management
7 2 (2.703%) Web Development
7 2 (2.703%) Asset Management
8 1 (1.351%) Content Management
8 1 (1.351%) Configuration Management
8 1 (1.351%) Refactoring
8 1 (1.351%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 74 (100.00%) Java
2 24 (32.43%) SQL
3 21 (28.38%) JavaScript
4 9 (12.16%) Shell Script
5 7 (9.459%) Groovy
6 5 (6.757%) PL/SQL
7 4 (5.405%) C++
8 2 (2.703%) Perl
8 2 (2.703%) Bash shell
8 2 (2.703%) Ruby
9 1 (1.351%) PHP
9 1 (1.351%) C#
9 1 (1.351%) Python
Qualifications
1 6 (8.108%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.054%) SLA
2 2 (2.703%) QA
Vendors
1 26 (35.14%) Oracle
2 7 (9.459%) Salesforce.com
3 4 (5.405%) Red Hat
4 3 (4.054%) JBoss
5 2 (2.703%) Google
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