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This section looks at the demand for the Java Consultant role in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java Consultant in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Java Consultant
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank755604
Rank change on same period last yearDown-151
Matching permanent IT job ads168458
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.090 %0.191 %
As % of the category below0.100 %0.205 %
Salaries quoted154405
Average minimum salary£46,305£44,935
Average salary£50,960£50,718
% change on same period last year+0.47 %
Average maximum salary£55,616£56,500
UK excluding London average salary£48,208£44,550
% change on same period last year+8.21 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads167999223565
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled90.44 %93.19 %
Salaries quoted138679176982
Average minimum salary£39,022£40,911
Average salary£42,669£44,683
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Average maximum salary£46,315£48,454
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %

Java Consultant
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Java Consultant within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Java Consultant Demand Trend

Java Consultant
Salary Trend

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

Java Consultant Salary Trend

Java Consultant
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java Consultant over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Java Consultant Salary Histogram

Java Consultant
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Consultant within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-145159£50,997+0.54 %
LondonDown-10381£53,850-2.06 %
South EastUp+1855£48,695+10.96 %
City of LondonDown-7530£60,833+6.07 %
BerkshireUp+1323£50,315+25.61 %
SurreyUp+2516£46,538-11.77 %
KentUp+38£47,750+6.11 %
FolkestoneNew entry-8£47,750-
CambridgeshireNew entry-7--
MaidenheadUp+247£52,500+6.77 %
East of EnglandUp+237--
YorkshireNo change06£38,333-
South WestDown-265£52,500+36.36 %
FarnhamNew entry-5£33,500-
BristolDown-304£56,875+56.35 %
GlasgowNew entry-3£32,667-
LeedsUp+163£39,167-
HarrogateNew entry-3£37,500-
NewburyNew entry-3£22,500-
ReadingUp+183£50,000+12.99 %
West MidlandsUp+63£48,167+34.41 %
ScotlandUp+273£32,667+8.88 %
North YorkshireNew entry-3£37,500-
West YorkshireUp+103£39,167-
FarnboroughNew entry-2--
SloughUp+32£55,000+41.93 %
HampshireNo change02--
HungerfordNew entry-2£55,000-
GuildfordUp+192£43,750-7.99 %
CamberleyNew entry-1£55,000-

Java Consultant
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited Java Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title.

1395 (100.00 %)Java
2258 (65.32 %)J2EE
3154 (38.99 %)Oracle
4135 (34.18 %)Finance
5118 (29.87 %)XML
6109 (27.59 %)Degree
7104 (26.33 %)WebLogic
891 (23.04 %)EJB
990 (22.78 %)WebSphere
1088 (22.28 %)HTML
1088 (22.28 %)JBoss
1185 (21.52 %)JSP
1275 (18.99 %)SQL Server
1373 (18.48 %)Spring
1468 (17.22 %)UML
1561 (15.44 %)WebServices
1659 (14.94 %)Hibernate
1755 (13.92 %)Eclipse
1854 (13.67 %)Struts
1953 (13.42 %).NET
2052 (13.16 %)Tomcat
2149 (12.41 %)SQL
2246 (11.65 %)Servlets
2343 (10.89 %)SOA
2441 (10.38 %)DB2
2441 (10.38 %)JavaScript
2540 (10.13 %)C++
2639 (9.873 %)Project Management
2639 (9.873 %)Web Development
2639 (9.873 %)Security Cleared

Java Consultant
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited Java Consultant 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 Consultant in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1258 (65.32 %)J2EE
2118 (29.87 %)XML
391 (23.04 %)EJB
490 (22.78 %)WebSphere
588 (22.28 %)HTML
685 (21.52 %)JSP
773 (18.48 %)Spring
861 (15.44 %)WebServices
959 (14.94 %)Hibernate
1054 (13.67 %)Struts
1153 (13.42 %).NET
1246 (11.65 %)Servlets
1325 (6.329 %)JDBC
1423 (5.823 %)JSF
1518 (4.557 %)JMS
1617 (4.304 %)MVC
1713 (3.291 %)AJAX
1812 (3.038 %)NetBeans
1812 (3.038 %)SOAP
199 (2.278 %)Swing
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1104 (26.33 %)WebLogic
288 (22.28 %)JBoss
352 (13.16 %)Tomcat
420 (5.063 %)Commerce Server
518 (4.557 %)WebSphere Application Server
615 (3.797 %)Apache
79 (2.278 %)ESB
86 (1.519 %)WebLogic Portal
95 (1.266 %)CMS
95 (1.266 %)Oracle Workflow
104 (1.013 %)Documentum
112 (0.506 %)BizTalk Server
121 (0.253 %)Oracle 9iAS
121 (0.253 %)MQSeries
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
14 (1.013 %)MS Excel
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
19 (2.278 %)FLEXCUBE
22 (0.506 %)SAP CRM
31 (0.253 %)Oracle EBS
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
16 (1.519 %)Internet
23 (0.759 %)CTI
23 (0.759 %)LDAP
32 (0.506 %)SMS
32 (0.506 %)Kerberos
41 (0.253 %)X.500
41 (0.253 %)WAN
41 (0.253 %)HTTP
41 (0.253 %)LAN
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
175 (18.99 %)SQL Server
241 (10.38 %)DB2
333 (8.354 %)RDBMS
419 (4.810 %)Oracle 8/8i
510 (2.532 %)GIS
69 (2.278 %)MySQL
77 (1.772 %)Oracle 10g
83 (0.759 %)TOAD
92 (0.506 %)Oracle 9i
101 (0.253 %)Datawarehouse
101 (0.253 %)ETL
101 (0.253 %)SQL Server 7
101 (0.253 %)Oracle 11g
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
155 (13.92 %)Eclipse
213 (3.291 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
38 (2.025 %)Ant
46 (1.519 %)Subversion
46 (1.519 %)JDeveloper
55 (1.266 %)JUnit
55 (1.266 %)JBuilder
64 (1.013 %)ERwin
72 (0.506 %)NUnit
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1135 (34.18 %)Finance
230 (7.595 %)Banking
230 (7.595 %)Government
325 (6.329 %)Retail
423 (5.823 %)Telecoms
520 (5.063 %)Publishing
611 (2.785 %)Insurance
611 (2.785 %)International Banking
710 (2.532 %)Education
87 (1.772 %)Police
87 (1.772 %)Investment Banking
87 (1.772 %)Financial Institution
95 (1.266 %)Health
95 (1.266 %)Avionics
104 (1.013 %)Marketing
104 (1.013 %)Front Office
112 (0.506 %)Pharmaceutical
112 (0.506 %)Law
112 (0.506 %)Home Office
112 (0.506 %)Games
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
119 (4.810 %)Biometrics
214 (3.544 %)Client/Server
311 (2.785 %)Computer Science
49 (2.278 %)N-Tier
54 (1.013 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
54 (1.013 %)Equities
63 (0.759 %)Derivative
63 (0.759 %)Handset
63 (0.759 %)Fixed Income
72 (0.506 %)IVR
72 (0.506 %)Spanish Language
81 (0.253 %)Multithreading
81 (0.253 %)e-Health
81 (0.253 %)Grid Computing
81 (0.253 %)W3C
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
130 (7.595 %)UNIX
224 (6.076 %)Windows
323 (5.823 %)Linux
47 (1.772 %)Solaris
53 (0.759 %)Red Hat Linux
62 (0.506 %)Debian
62 (0.506 %)Mac OS X
71 (0.253 %)SUSE
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
168 (17.22 %)UML
243 (10.89 %)SOA
339 (9.873 %)Project Management
339 (9.873 %)Web Development
339 (9.873 %)Security Cleared
431 (7.848 %)E-Commerce
522 (5.570 %)OO
620 (5.063 %)E-Procurement
718 (4.557 %)EAI
815 (3.797 %)Technical Architecture
913 (3.291 %)CRM
913 (3.291 %)Software Engineering
1011 (2.785 %)Unit Testing
1011 (2.785 %)Electronic Trading
1110 (2.532 %)Business Analysis
1110 (2.532 %)Agile Software Development
1110 (2.532 %)OOP
129 (2.278 %)Workflow
137 (1.772 %)System Testing
137 (1.772 %)SC Cleared
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
1395 (100.00 %)Java
249 (12.41 %)SQL
341 (10.38 %)JavaScript
440 (10.13 %)C++
533 (8.354 %)C
630 (7.595 %)VB
723 (5.823 %)Delphi
814 (3.544 %)C#
99 (2.278 %)PL/SQL
104 (1.013 %)VB.NET
112 (0.506 %)ABAP
112 (0.506 %)VBA
112 (0.506 %)Perl
121 (0.253 %)Korn
121 (0.253 %)DHTML
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1109 (27.59 %)Degree
25 (1.266 %)Sun Certification
34 (1.013 %)SCJA
41 (0.253 %)MBA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (1.013 %)QA
22 (0.506 %)SLA
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.506 %)Nagios
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1154 (38.99 %)Oracle
235 (8.861 %)IBM
323 (5.823 %)Microsoft
419 (4.810 %)TIBCO
515 (3.797 %)BEA
69 (2.278 %)Sybase
76 (1.519 %)SAP
76 (1.519 %)Sun
84 (1.013 %)Red Hat
93 (0.759 %)Chordiant
102 (0.506 %)Misys
102 (0.506 %)SeeBeyond
102 (0.506 %)webMethods
111 (0.253 %)FileNet
111 (0.253 %)ATG
111 (0.253 %)Tangosol
111 (0.253 %)GigaSpaces
111 (0.253 %)Interwoven