The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Programmer role in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java Programmer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Programmer
Rank 612 644 713
Rank change year-on-year
+32 +69
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Programmer 257 261 168
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.238% 0.216% 0.135%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.252% 0.228% 0.143%
Number of salaries quoted 243 241 150
Average salary £47,500 £42,500 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.76% -5.55%
90% offered a salary of more than £31,500 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £57,500 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £39,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+1.26% +5.33%
All Job Titles
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
102035 114410 117207
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 94.41% 94.80% 94.20%
Number of salaries quoted 84835 98106 99148
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £26,500 £27,500 £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 Programmer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Java Programmer Jobs Demand Trend

Java Programmer
Salary Trend

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

Java Programmer Salary Trend

Java Programmer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java Programmer over the 3 months to 24 May 2013 within the UK.

Java Programmer Salary Histogram

Java Programmer
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 Programmer within the UK over the 3 months to 24 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 +27 250 £47,500 +11.76%
London +54 137 £55,000 +10.00%
South East +21 57 £50,000 +33.33%
Oxfordshire - 33 £50,000 -
Oxford - 32 £50,000 -
City of London +11 30 £66,250 +26.19%
East of England 0 19 £40,000 +1.26%
Cambridgeshire +12 11 £40,000 +11.11%
Yorkshire +12 11 £40,000 +33.33%
Cambridge +5 10 £40,000 -
Hampshire +3 9 £50,000 +42.85%
Berkshire +8 8 £40,000 +26.98%
West Midlands -17 8 £16,000 -57.89%
Reading - 8 £40,000 -
West Yorkshire +2 7 £40,000 +33.33%
Basingstoke -3 7 £50,000 +42.85%
Leeds - 7 £40,000 -
North West +1 6 £40,500 -4.70%
South West -6 6 £40,000 -15.78%
Surrey -8 6 £45,000 +5.88%
Stafford - 6 £16,000 -
Staffordshire - 6 £16,000 -
Cheshire +5 5 £40,500 -15.62%
East Midlands -1 5 £33,500 -20.23%
Nottinghamshire -2 5 £33,500 -20.23%
Nottingham -3 5 £33,500 -20.23%
South Wales +5 4 £35,000 +40.00%
Wales +3 4 £35,000 +40.00%
Cardiff -11 4 £35,000 +40.00%
Suffolk - 4 £27,500 -

Java Programmer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Java Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title.

1 498 (100.00%) Java
2 232 (46.59%) Spring
3 202 (40.56%) SQL
4 182 (36.55%) Hibernate
5 164 (32.93%) J2EE
6 145 (29.12%) JavaScript
7 142 (28.51%) TDD
8 133 (26.71%) XML
9 107 (21.49%) Multithreading
10 105 (21.08%) Linux
11 104 (20.88%) Oracle
12 95 (19.08%) UNIX
12 95 (19.08%) Tomcat
13 86 (17.27%) HTML
14 84 (16.87%) JSP
15 81 (16.27%) Finance
16 79 (15.86%) Web Services
16 79 (15.86%) Degree
17 77 (15.46%) CSS
18 76 (15.26%) OO
19 73 (14.66%) BDD
20 72 (14.46%) Continuous Integration
21 70 (14.06%) Agile Software Development
22 66 (13.25%) Pair Programming
23 64 (12.85%) JUnit
24 61 (12.25%) Struts
25 59 (11.85%) JBoss
26 57 (11.45%) Eclipse
26 57 (11.45%) Python
27 54 (10.84%) RDBMS

Java Programmer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK that cited Java Programmer 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 Programmer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 232 (46.59%) Spring
2 182 (36.55%) Hibernate
3 164 (32.93%) J2EE
4 133 (26.71%) XML
5 86 (17.27%) HTML
6 84 (16.87%) JSP
7 79 (15.86%) Web Services
8 77 (15.46%) CSS
9 61 (12.25%) Struts
10 52 (10.44%) Java EE
11 51 (10.24%) JDBC
12 45 (9.036%) Ajax
13 40 (8.032%) JMS
14 38 (7.631%) RESTful
15 36 (7.229%) .NET
16 34 (6.827%) Lucene
16 34 (6.827%) GWT
17 32 (6.426%) Swing
18 30 (6.024%) jQuery
19 29 (5.823%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 95 (19.08%) Tomcat
2 47 (9.438%) Apache
3 33 (6.627%) Apache Solr
4 16 (3.213%) WebLogic
5 12 (2.410%) MQSeries
6 6 (1.205%) Jetty
6 6 (1.205%) ESB
7 5 (1.004%) WebSphere Application Server
7 5 (1.004%) CMS
8 3 (0.602%) SharePoint
8 3 (0.602%) BizTalk Server
8 3 (0.602%) Oracle Application Server
8 3 (0.602%) Liferay
8 3 (0.602%) GlassFish
9 2 (0.402%) Drupal
10 1 (0.201%) Oracle Workflow
10 1 (0.201%) TIBCO EMS
10 1 (0.201%) ActiveMQ
10 1 (0.201%) Oracle BPEL
10 1 (0.201%) Oracle Coherence
Applications
1 10 (2.008%) MS Excel
2 3 (0.602%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.201%) MS Office
3 1 (0.201%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 3 (0.602%) BusinessWorks
2 1 (0.201%) ION MarketView
Communications & Networking
1 31 (6.225%) HTTP
2 9 (1.807%) Internet
3 7 (1.406%) LDAP
4 4 (0.803%) DNS
5 3 (0.602%) TCP/IP
6 2 (0.402%) AMQP
6 2 (0.402%) Broadband
7 1 (0.201%) FTP
7 1 (0.201%) Kerberos
7 1 (0.201%) SNMP
7 1 (0.201%) SSL
7 1 (0.201%) DVB
Database & Business Intelligence
1 54 (10.84%) RDBMS
2 47 (9.438%) MySQL
3 39 (7.831%) SQL Server
4 33 (6.627%) PostgreSQL
5 30 (6.024%) Apache Cassandra
6 25 (5.020%) NoSQL
7 16 (3.213%) SQL Server 2008
8 13 (2.610%) Big Data
9 8 (1.606%) MarkLogic
10 7 (1.406%) Oracle Reports
10 7 (1.406%) DB2
10 7 (1.406%) SQL Server 2005
11 6 (1.205%) Oracle 11g
12 4 (0.803%) Informix
12 4 (0.803%) Oracle 8/8i
13 3 (0.602%) Oracle 10g
14 1 (0.201%) TOAD
14 1 (0.201%) JasperReports
14 1 (0.201%) MongoDB
14 1 (0.201%) Hadoop
Development Applications
1 64 (12.85%) JUnit
2 57 (11.45%) Eclipse
3 45 (9.036%) Maven
4 40 (8.032%) Ant
5 26 (5.221%) Subversion
6 21 (4.217%) Hudson
7 13 (2.610%) Eclipse RCP
8 10 (2.008%) Selenium
9 9 (1.807%) JIRA
9 9 (1.807%) Jenkins
10 7 (1.406%) NetBeans
11 6 (1.205%) Synon
12 5 (1.004%) jMock
13 4 (0.803%) Git (software)
14 3 (0.602%) JDeveloper
14 3 (0.602%) Oracle Forms
14 3 (0.602%) JProfiler
15 2 (0.402%) PowerBuilder
16 1 (0.201%) Gerrit
16 1 (0.201%) Mockito
General
1 81 (16.27%) Finance
2 41 (8.233%) Front Office
3 24 (4.819%) Publishing
4 20 (4.016%) Games
5 17 (3.414%) Banking
6 14 (2.811%) Retail
7 8 (1.606%) Financial Institution
8 3 (0.602%) Telecoms
9 2 (0.402%) Advertising
10 1 (0.201%) Pharmaceutical
10 1 (0.201%) Law
10 1 (0.201%) Manufacturing
10 1 (0.201%) Marketing
10 1 (0.201%) Investment Banking
Miscellaneous
1 51 (10.24%) Open Source
2 43 (8.635%) Computer Science
3 17 (3.414%) Derivative
4 16 (3.213%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
5 13 (2.610%) Online Games
5 13 (2.610%) RIA
6 12 (2.410%) Hedge funds
7 11 (2.209%) Enterprise Software
7 11 (2.209%) Digital Media
8 9 (1.807%) Semantic Web
9 8 (1.606%) Equities
9 8 (1.606%) Fixed Income
10 6 (1.205%) iSeries
11 4 (0.803%) Mathematics
11 4 (0.803%) Statistics
11 4 (0.803%) N-Tier
12 3 (0.602%) Artificial Intelligence
12 3 (0.602%) Cloud Computing
12 3 (0.602%) Blog
13 2 (0.402%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 105 (21.08%) Linux
2 95 (19.08%) UNIX
3 27 (5.422%) Windows
4 18 (3.614%) Solaris
5 7 (1.406%) Windows XP
5 7 (1.406%) Windows 7
6 4 (0.803%) Android
7 2 (0.402%) Apple iOS
8 1 (0.201%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 142 (28.51%) TDD
2 107 (21.49%) Multithreading
3 76 (15.26%) OO
4 73 (14.66%) BDD
5 72 (14.46%) Continuous Integration
6 70 (14.06%) Agile Software Development
7 66 (13.25%) Pair Programming
8 50 (10.04%) Scrum
9 43 (8.635%) Software Engineering
10 41 (8.233%) Unit Testing
11 32 (6.426%) Web Development
12 31 (6.225%) MVC
13 27 (5.422%) Data Modelling
14 24 (4.819%) E-Commerce
15 16 (3.213%) Integration Testing
15 16 (3.213%) SOA
16 14 (2.811%) UML
17 12 (2.410%) Web Application Development
17 12 (2.410%) Configuration Management
18 11 (2.209%) Data Analysis
Programming Languages
1 498 (100.00%) Java
2 202 (40.56%) SQL
3 145 (29.12%) JavaScript
4 57 (11.45%) Python
5 46 (9.237%) Scala
6 43 (8.635%) C#
6 43 (8.635%) C++
7 32 (6.426%) Shell Script
8 26 (5.221%) VB
9 22 (4.418%) PL/SQL
10 19 (3.815%) Groovy
11 18 (3.614%) VBA
11 18 (3.614%) C
11 18 (3.614%) Perl
12 11 (2.209%) VB.NET
13 10 (2.008%) PHP
14 9 (1.807%) T-SQL
14 9 (1.807%) XQuery
14 9 (1.807%) XPath
15 8 (1.606%) Bash shell
Qualifications
1 79 (15.86%) Degree
2 9 (1.807%) Sun Certification
3 6 (1.205%) Security Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 10 (2.008%) SLA
2 6 (1.205%) QA
3 1 (0.201%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 8 (1.606%) Squid
Systems Management
1 4 (0.803%) MOM
2 3 (0.602%) SCOM
Vendors
1 104 (20.88%) Oracle
2 59 (11.85%) JBoss
3 14 (2.811%) Sybase
4 13 (2.610%) Adobe
5 12 (2.410%) Reuters
6 11 (2.209%) IBM
7 10 (2.008%) Microsoft
8 9 (1.807%) Perforce
9 8 (1.606%) ATG
9 8 (1.606%) Bloomberg
9 8 (1.606%) TIBCO
10 7 (1.406%) hybris
11 6 (1.205%) JD Edwards
12 3 (0.602%) Sun
12 3 (0.602%) Demandware
13 2 (0.402%) webMethods
14 1 (0.201%) Red Hat
14 1 (0.201%) Cognos
14 1 (0.201%) DataSynapse
14 1 (0.201%) ION Trading
Leeds, Yorkshire
As a highly skilled Java Developer you will be part of a small focused project team which is responsible for innovation and development of new product strategies. In...
TRG
Salary: 40000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
As a highly skilled Java Developer you will be part of a small focused project team which is responsible for innovation and development of new product strategies. The...
TRG
Salary: 40000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Cambridgeshire
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery... Essential Experience: * 3+ years Java and JEE experience is required *...
TRG
Salary: £40000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
West Yorkshire
Essential Experience: * Experience developing applications in Java 6 * Knowledge of Swing or Eclipse RCP * Eclipse IDE Advantageous experience: * OSGI * GWT * JUnit The role offers a vibrant and social...
TRG
Salary: £40000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Surrey, South East
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. In addition, to the usual technical responsibilities the client is...
TRG
Salary: 50000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. In addition, to the usual technical responsibilities the client is...
TRG
Salary: 50000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Java Developer required in South West Central London! I am working closely with a B2C household name, who are looking to hire a motivated Java developer... We are...
Sovereign Business Resource
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 26 April 2013
City, London
Developer, Core Java, threading, strategy, MQ Series, UNIX, Spring, Linux, front office, trading This is a fantastic opportunity for a passionate core Java developer in an already established...
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £80000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 19 May 2013
London
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery... Essential Experience: * 5+ years Java experience * Spring * RESTFul web services *...
TRG
Salary: £50000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
London
Pioneering financial services online start-up based in Central London is seeking a skilled Java developer... As a Senior Java Developer you will work closely with stakeholders to...
Client Server
Salary: £50k to £60k + benefits
Posted: 22 May 2013
Surrey
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery... Essential Experience: * 5+ years Java/J2EE * Knowledge of UI design...
TRG
Salary: £50000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
London
As a highly skilled Java Developer you will be part of a small focused project team which is responsible for innovation and development of new product strategies. The...
TRG
Salary: 65000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Hampshire, South East
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. In addition, to the usual technical responsibilities the client is...
TRG
Salary: 50000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
As a highly skilled Java Developer you will be part of a small focused project team which is responsible for innovation and development of new product strategies. The...
TRG
Salary: 55000 Per Annum Excellent benefits & bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery... Essential Experience: * Server side Java * Experience delivering large (6-9...
TRG
Salary: £55000 Per Annum Excellent benefits & bonus
Posted: 19 May 2013
Basingstoke, Hampshire
Essential Experience: * Spring * Hibernate * Tomcat Advantageous experience: * RESTful web services * JMS * Maven * Linux * Javascript, HTML, CSS The role offers a vibrant and social workplace operating in a dynamic...
TRG
Salary: £50000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
London
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery... Essential Experience: * Strong Agile experience (TDD, Unit Testing) * RESTful web...
TRG
Salary: £65000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery... Essential Experience: - 2.2 in Computer Science or related degree -...
TRG
Salary: 40000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
A leading BI Software vendor is looking for a Junior/graduate Java Developer to join a dynamic development team... The team is Agile with a particular focus on...
TRG
Salary: £40000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Woking, Surrey
To apply for this role you will need at least a 2:1 from a Red Brick University and have knowledge of JAVA, J2EE, SPRING, HIBERNATE, SOAP & WEB...
Oxbridge Answers
Salary: c.25,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Nottinghamshire
Essential Experience: * J2EE * JSP/JSF, EJB, JDBC, XML, HTML, Javascript * Jboss/Tomcat The role offers a vibrant and social workplace operating in a dynamic and fast-paced sector.
TRG
Salary: £35000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Nottinghamshire, East Midlands
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. In addition, to the usual technical responsibilities the client is...
TRG
Salary: 35000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. In addition, to the usual technical responsibilities the client is...
TRG
Salary: 60000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Skill set: Java, SQL, Oracle, Sybase, Spring, Hibernate, Finance, Agile, Multi Threaded, TDD, Maths My client, one of the world's leading Investment Banks seeks a talented Java...
Aston Carter
Salary: £50000 - £80000 per annum + bonus+pension+benifits
Posted: 21 May 2013
London
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery... Essential Experience: * 7+ years Java development experience * 2+ years technical...
TRG
Salary: £60000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. In addition, to the usual technical responsibilities the client is...
TRG
Salary: 40000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
South Yorkshire
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery... Essential Experience: * Spring, Spring MVC, Webflow * Hibernate * Agile experience (In...
TRG
Salary: £40000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Oxford, Oxfordshire
A leading BI Software vendor is looking for a high calibre Java Developer to join a dynamic development team... The team is Agile with a particular focus on...
TRG
Salary: £60000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
Oxfordshire, South East
The team is Agile with a particular focus on TDD, BDD, Pair Programming, Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery. In addition, to the usual technical responsibilities the client is...
TRG
Salary: 60000 Per Annum Excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
Java Developer/Web Developer, Java/J2EE Developer - Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, MansfieldJava, J2EE, JSP, EJB, JDBC, XML, Javascript, SQL, JBOSS, UMLThis well established software solutions provider are looking to...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
Their offices are just north of Nottingham and commutable from Mansfield, Hucknall and Arnold.The core skills for this Java developer role includes: J2EE JSP EJB JDBC XMLJavascriptSQLJBOSSOther...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £32000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 9 May 2013
Nottingham, East Midlands
Their offices are just north of Nottingham and commutable from Mansfield, Hucknall and Arnold.The core skills for this Java developer role includes: J2EE JSP EJB JDBC XMLJavascriptSQLJBOSSOther...
IT Ventures Ltd
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 1 May 2013
Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
Java, J2EE, JSP, EJB, JDBC, XML, Javascript, SQL, JBOSS, UML This well established software solutions provider are looking to add an experienced Java/J2EE Web developer to join...
IT Ventures
Salary: £28000 - £35000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 19 May 2013
City, London
java, maven, hudson, jenkins, tdd, bdd, guice, spring, fx, agile, low latency, multi-threading, real-time, sybase, sql, xml, xsd, jms, solaris, london, finance, banking, hedge fund My...
Aston Carter
Salary: £60000 - £95000 per annum + Bonus
Posted: 19 May 2013