Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for the Java 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 Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles currently tracked.

 Java Developer
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank336838
Rank change year-on-year
Up+35Down-30
Matching permanent IT job ads412525018739
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK4.929 %2.909 %4.334 %
As % of the Job Titles category5.289 %3.109 %4.594 %
Salaries quoted352521437342
Average salary£50,000£40,000£45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+25.00 %-11.11 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£28,000£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£82,500£70,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£37,000
% change year-on-year
--5.400 %
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryAll Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7799880456190229
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK93.20 %93.58 %94.35 %
Salaries quoted6452666209155189
Average salary£40,500£38,500£40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.190 %-3.750 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£25,000£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£72,500£65,000£65,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+1.420 %-

Java Developer
Demand Trend

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

Java Developer Demand Trend

Java Developer
Salary Trend

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

Java Developer Salary Trend

Java Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java Developer over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 within the UK.

Java Developer Salary Histogram

Java Developer
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 12 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandUp+344019£50,000+25.00 %
LondonUp+252903£62,500+22.54 %
City of LondonUp+13932£65,000+18.18 %
South EastDown-16321£42,500+13.33 %
South WestUp+8227£31,000-6.06 %
East of EnglandUp+42198£32,500-7.14 %
North WestUp+27128£37,500-
YorkshireUp+35122£35,000-
BerkshireDown-199£40,000-3.03 %
ManchesterUp+1583£37,250-6.87 %
CambridgeshireUp+177£30,000-14.28 %
HertfordshireUp+3967£34,000-2.85 %
SurreyUp+666£47,500+39.70 %
WiltshireNo change066£32,500+25.00 %
BristolUp+765£24,000-27.27 %
CambridgeDown-965£30,000-13.04 %
East MidlandsUp+658£35,000-
West YorkshireUp+5457£40,000+23.07 %
ScotlandUp+2655£32,500+8.33 %
LeedsUp+5953£35,000+7.69 %
West MidlandsDown-3648£33,000+1.53 %
HampshireUp+747£35,250-3.42 %
Docklands, LondonUp+1846£55,000-15.38 %
SuffolkUp+1134£38,750+3.33 %
SomersetUp+734£30,500-17.56 %
ReadingUp+2433£47,500+35.71 %
DevonUp+532£30,000-25.00 %
IpswichUp+1231£39,375-17.10 %
OxfordshireDown-1931£37,500+11.94 %
BathUp+1329£31,000-16.21 %

Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

17495 (99.99 %)Java
22603 (34.73 %)Spring
32599 (34.67 %)J2EE
41965 (26.21 %)SQL
51866 (24.89 %)Hibernate
61858 (24.79 %)Banking
71796 (23.96 %)Finance
81652 (22.04 %)Oracle
91570 (20.94 %)XML
101370 (18.28 %)Degree
111101 (14.69 %)UNIX
121077 (14.37 %)Agile Software Development
131041 (13.89 %)JSP
141039 (13.86 %)Derivative
151031 (13.75 %)Front Office
161020 (13.61 %)Linux
17957 (12.77 %)JavaScript
18951 (12.69 %)OO
19938 (12.51 %)C++
20936 (12.49 %)HTML
21856 (11.42 %)JUnit
22841 (11.22 %)C#
23836 (11.15 %)AJAX
24808 (10.78 %)Struts
25737 (9.832 %)Investment Banking
26662 (8.831 %)Swing
27656 (8.751 %)JDBC
28650 (8.671 %)UML
29628 (8.378 %)CSS
29628 (8.378 %)Web Services

Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
12603 (34.73 %)Spring
22599 (34.67 %)J2EE
31866 (24.89 %)Hibernate
41570 (20.94 %)XML
51041 (13.89 %)JSP
6936 (12.49 %)HTML
7836 (11.15 %)AJAX
8808 (10.78 %)Struts
9662 (8.831 %)Swing
10656 (8.751 %)JDBC
11628 (8.378 %)CSS
11628 (8.378 %)Web Services
12606 (8.084 %)Servlets
13522 (6.964 %)EJB
14474 (6.323 %)JMS
15462 (6.163 %).NET
16446 (5.950 %)J2SE
17386 (5.149 %)MVC
18352 (4.696 %)Java EE
19308 (4.109 %)WebSphere
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
1546 (7.284 %)Tomcat
2357 (4.763 %)Apache
3346 (4.616 %)WebLogic
4130 (1.734 %)CMS
575 (1.001 %)MQSeries
664 (0.854 %)ESB
763 (0.840 %)WebSphere Application Server
853 (0.707 %)Rendezvous
950 (0.667 %)TIBCO EMS
1046 (0.614 %)GlassFish
1135 (0.467 %)IIS
1224 (0.320 %)WebSphere Process Server
1224 (0.320 %)Oracle Application Server
1320 (0.267 %)Jetty
1417 (0.227 %)WebLogic Portal
1516 (0.213 %)WebSphere MQ
1615 (0.200 %)WebSphere Portal
1714 (0.187 %)Alfresco
1714 (0.187 %)Liferay
1813 (0.173 %)WordPress
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
145 (0.600 %)MS Visio
229 (0.387 %)MS Excel
315 (0.200 %)Spreadsheet
315 (0.200 %)MS Office
49 (0.120 %)CA Clarity
49 (0.120 %)MATLAB
49 (0.120 %)Photoshop
56 (0.080 %)S-PLUS
63 (0.040 %)Fireworks
71 (0.013 %)InDesign
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
136 (0.480 %)RMDS
213 (0.173 %)ION MarketView
312 (0.160 %)Summit
47 (0.093 %)Oracle Applications
56 (0.080 %)BusinessWorks
65 (0.067 %)SAP IS-U
74 (0.053 %)Autonomy Scrittura
74 (0.053 %)Interwoven Scrittura
83 (0.040 %)Beauchamp
92 (0.027 %)Staffware
92 (0.027 %)Capstone
92 (0.027 %)Oracle EBS R12
92 (0.027 %)FENICS FX
101 (0.013 %)AWD
101 (0.013 %)Kondor+
101 (0.013 %)Nortel Periphonics
101 (0.013 %)SunGard Martini
101 (0.013 %)LiquidOffice
101 (0.013 %)Oracle General Ledger
101 (0.013 %)Maximo
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
1180 (2.401 %)Internet
277 (1.027 %)HTTP
368 (0.907 %)TCP/IP
455 (0.734 %)Intranet
530 (0.400 %)Broadband
628 (0.374 %)SAN
718 (0.240 %)SMS
817 (0.227 %)LDAP
912 (0.160 %)Wireless
1011 (0.147 %)SNMP
1110 (0.133 %)SSL
129 (0.120 %)VoIP
138 (0.107 %)UMTS
138 (0.107 %)SS7
138 (0.107 %)3G
147 (0.093 %)BGP
147 (0.093 %)OSPF
147 (0.093 %)DNS
147 (0.093 %)LAN
155 (0.067 %)NGN
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
1555 (7.404 %)RDBMS
2499 (6.657 %)MySQL
3472 (6.297 %)SQL Server
4117 (1.561 %)Oracle 10g
5115 (1.534 %)DB2
692 (1.227 %)PostgreSQL
764 (0.854 %)Oracle 8/8i
849 (0.654 %)Oracle 11g
940 (0.534 %)SQL Server 2005
1032 (0.427 %)Informix
1128 (0.374 %)GIS
1222 (0.293 %)SQL Server 2008
1320 (0.267 %)Sybase IQ
1418 (0.240 %)Siebel EIM
1517 (0.227 %)KDB
1616 (0.213 %)Datawarehouse
1714 (0.187 %)Oracle Reports
1813 (0.173 %)Reference Data
1813 (0.173 %)Oracle 9i
1912 (0.160 %)DB2 UDB
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1856 (11.42 %)JUnit
2487 (6.497 %)Eclipse
3436 (5.816 %)Ant
4400 (5.336 %)Maven
5384 (5.123 %)Subversion
675 (1.001 %)Selenium
754 (0.720 %)jMock
847 (0.627 %)Log4j
927 (0.360 %)TeamCity
1026 (0.347 %)TestNG
1125 (0.334 %)IntelliJ
1224 (0.320 %)ClearCase
1321 (0.280 %)JMeter
1419 (0.253 %)CruiseControl
1518 (0.240 %)NUnit
1617 (0.227 %)JDeveloper
1716 (0.213 %)Visual Studio
1716 (0.213 %)JIRA
1815 (0.200 %)FlexUnit
1815 (0.200 %)QuickTest Pro
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
11858 (24.79 %)Banking
21796 (23.96 %)Finance
31031 (13.75 %)Front Office
4737 (9.832 %)Investment Banking
5330 (4.402 %)Pensions
6247 (3.295 %)Education
7240 (3.202 %)Games
8199 (2.655 %)Health
9190 (2.535 %)Back Office
10143 (1.908 %)Telecoms
11127 (1.694 %)Financial Institution
12120 (1.601 %)Government
13117 (1.561 %)Insurance
14116 (1.547 %)Retail
1573 (0.974 %)Online Games
1672 (0.961 %)Publishing
1740 (0.534 %)Marketing
1836 (0.480 %)Multimedia
1929 (0.387 %)Music
2028 (0.374 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
11039 (13.86 %)Derivative
2614 (8.191 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
3609 (8.124 %)Multithreading
4548 (7.311 %)Fixed Income
5515 (6.870 %)Computer Science
6360 (4.803 %)Equities
7358 (4.776 %)Equity Derivative
8351 (4.682 %)Client/Server
9300 (4.002 %)Mathematics
10253 (3.375 %)Open Source
11194 (2.588 %)Credit Derivative
12108 (1.441 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1393 (1.241 %)N-Tier
1487 (1.161 %)Web 2.0
1582 (1.094 %)Physics
1664 (0.854 %)Spread Betting
1754 (0.720 %)iPhone
1853 (0.707 %)Social Network
1853 (0.707 %)Blackberry
1944 (0.587 %)Grid Computing
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
11101 (14.69 %)UNIX
21020 (13.61 %)Linux
3334 (4.456 %)Windows
4178 (2.375 %)Solaris
561 (0.814 %)Android
642 (0.560 %)Windows XP
728 (0.374 %)Red Hat Linux
824 (0.320 %)Windows Server 2003
916 (0.213 %)AIX
1014 (0.187 %)Windows Mobile
1111 (0.147 %)CentOS
126 (0.080 %)HPUX
126 (0.080 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
133 (0.040 %)Oracle Enterprise Linux
133 (0.040 %)Fedora
142 (0.027 %)Mac OS
142 (0.027 %)Windows Vista
151 (0.013 %)Ubuntu
151 (0.013 %)Nucleus RTOS
151 (0.013 %)Windows Server 2008
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
11077 (14.37 %)Agile Software Development
2951 (12.69 %)OO
3650 (8.671 %)UML
4557 (7.431 %)TDD
5535 (7.137 %)E-Commerce
6396 (5.283 %)Scrum
7332 (4.429 %)Unit Testing
8328 (4.376 %)Web Development
9279 (3.722 %)Electronic Trading
10273 (3.642 %)SOA
11248 (3.308 %)Risk Management
12221 (2.948 %)OOD
13191 (2.548 %)Software Engineering
14188 (2.508 %)Continuous Integration
15176 (2.348 %)Algorithmic Trading
16157 (2.094 %)OOA/OOD
17122 (1.628 %)Pair Programming
18113 (1.507 %)RUP
19104 (1.387 %)Data Modelling
2086 (1.147 %)Extreme Programming
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
17495 (99.99 %)Java
21965 (26.21 %)SQL
3957 (12.77 %)JavaScript
4938 (12.51 %)C++
5841 (11.22 %)C#
6345 (4.602 %)C
7243 (3.242 %)Perl
8220 (2.935 %)PHP
9168 (2.241 %)PL/SQL
10160 (2.134 %)Shell Script
11140 (1.868 %)Python
1287 (1.161 %)Ruby
1353 (0.707 %)VBA
1448 (0.640 %)Groovy
1546 (0.614 %)T-SQL
1634 (0.454 %)ActionScript
1728 (0.374 %)VB
1823 (0.307 %)Bash shell
1823 (0.307 %)VB.NET
1918 (0.240 %)Scala
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
11370 (18.28 %)Degree
2219 (2.922 %)Security Cleared
385 (1.134 %)DV Cleared
463 (0.840 %)Sun Certification
560 (0.800 %)SC Cleared
648 (0.640 %)PhD
716 (0.213 %)SCJP
815 (0.200 %)SCJA
98 (0.107 %)SCJD
107 (0.093 %)CFA
115 (0.067 %)CTC Cleared
124 (0.053 %)IBM Certification
133 (0.040 %)Brainbench
133 (0.040 %)Postgraduate
142 (0.027 %)HND
151 (0.013 %)SCEA
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
193 (1.241 %)QA
24 (0.053 %)DICOM
32 (0.027 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
32 (0.027 %)PCI DSS
41 (0.013 %)MiFID
IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
111 (0.147 %)Hadoop
27 (0.093 %)Oracle RAC
36 (0.080 %)Xen
43 (0.040 %)BlackBerry Internet Service
43 (0.040 %)NFS
52 (0.027 %)MSMQ
52 (0.027 %)OpenSSO
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
116 (0.213 %)MOM
23 (0.040 %)AutoSys
31 (0.013 %)Tivoli
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
11652 (22.04 %)Oracle
2590 (7.871 %)Sybase
3534 (7.124 %)JBoss
4283 (3.775 %)TIBCO
5120 (1.601 %)Google
6101 (1.347 %)IBM
796 (1.281 %)Adobe
882 (1.094 %)Sun
980 (1.067 %)Microsoft
1058 (0.774 %)Calypso
1146 (0.614 %)Reuters
1240 (0.534 %)DataSynapse
1336 (0.480 %)Bloomberg
1431 (0.414 %)SAP
1530 (0.400 %)Red Hat
1530 (0.400 %)Terracotta
1629 (0.387 %)Perforce
1728 (0.374 %)FatWire
1728 (0.374 %)BEA
1822 (0.293 %)ATG