The first table below looks at the demand for the Java Software 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 Software 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 Software Developer
Rank 631 571 609
Rank change year-on-year
-60 +38
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Software Developer 229 344 271
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.212% 0.284% 0.219%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.225% 0.300% 0.233%
Number of salaries quoted 201 309 257
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
- +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £33,825 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £57,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £33,500 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
-16.25% +14.28%
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 Software Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Java Software Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Java Software Developer
Salary Trend

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

Java Software Developer Salary Trend

Java Software Developer
Salary Histogram

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

Java Software Developer Salary Histogram

Java Software 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 Software 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 -63 225 £40,000 -
London +30 98 £52,500 +16.66%
City of London +39 39 £52,500 -36.36%
South East -43 33 £40,000 -
East of England -20 30 £41,500 +9.93%
Yorkshire -8 21 £32,500 -27.77%
North Yorkshire +10 18 - -
Harrogate +2 18 - -
South West -7 18 £29,500 -26.25%
Teddington -1 16 £35,000 +55.55%
North West -15 16 £33,500 -10.66%
Somerset +2 14 £29,500 -26.25%
Manchester -14 13 £33,500 -12.98%
Ipswich - 13 £41,500 -
Bridgwater - 13 £29,500 -
Suffolk - 13 £41,500 -
Hertfordshire +9 11 £50,000 +20.48%
Altrincham - 11 £33,500 -
Berkshire +11 10 £40,000 -
West Yorkshire -1 9 £32,500 -27.77%
Reading +7 8 £40,000 -
Hampshire -5 8 £30,500 -23.75%
Oxfordshire -7 8 £32,500 +4.00%
North East +11 7 £30,000 -25.00%
Tyne and Wear -2 7 £30,000 -25.00%
Newcastle upon Tyne -3 7 £30,000 -25.00%
Leeds -17 7 - -
Oxford - 7 £32,500 -
Sunderland - 7 £30,000 -
Cambridgeshire -28 6 £31,250 -16.66%

Java Software Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

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

1 460 (100.00%) Java
2 240 (52.17%) Degree
3 181 (39.35%) Spring
4 151 (32.83%) Agile Software Development
5 144 (31.30%) J2EE
6 133 (28.91%) OO
7 122 (26.52%) Hibernate
8 115 (25.00%) SQL
9 112 (24.35%) JavaScript
10 109 (23.70%) Web Services
11 98 (21.30%) XML
11 98 (21.30%) TDD
12 89 (19.35%) Linux
13 85 (18.48%) Oracle
14 82 (17.83%) JSP
15 77 (16.74%) Computer Science
16 69 (15.00%) CSS
16 69 (15.00%) Unit Testing
17 67 (14.57%) Finance
18 63 (13.70%) JBoss
19 60 (13.04%) C#
19 60 (13.04%) Mathematics
20 59 (12.83%) SOAP
21 58 (12.61%) .NET
21 58 (12.61%) Ajax
22 57 (12.39%) PhD
23 52 (11.30%) jQuery
24 51 (11.09%) JUnit
25 50 (10.87%) UNIX
26 49 (10.65%) Java EE

Java Software Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

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

Application Development
1 181 (39.35%) Spring
2 144 (31.30%) J2EE
3 122 (26.52%) Hibernate
4 109 (23.70%) Web Services
5 98 (21.30%) XML
6 82 (17.83%) JSP
7 69 (15.00%) CSS
8 59 (12.83%) SOAP
9 58 (12.61%) .NET
9 58 (12.61%) Ajax
10 52 (11.30%) jQuery
11 49 (10.65%) Java EE
12 46 (10.00%) REST
13 45 (9.783%) HTML
14 43 (9.348%) Struts
15 42 (9.130%) JDBC
16 41 (8.913%) XHTML
17 39 (8.478%) XSLT
17 39 (8.478%) JSON
18 35 (7.609%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 45 (9.783%) Tomcat
2 29 (6.304%) Apache
3 11 (2.391%) WebLogic
4 8 (1.739%) Amazon EC2
5 4 (0.870%) Oracle Coherence
5 4 (0.870%) GemFire
6 3 (0.652%) GlassFish
6 3 (0.652%) LiveCycle
6 3 (0.652%) Apache Solr
6 3 (0.652%) Amazon AWS
7 2 (0.435%) Confluence
7 2 (0.435%) Windows Azure
7 2 (0.435%) Mule
7 2 (0.435%) WebSphere Application Server
7 2 (0.435%) ESB
8 1 (0.217%) OpenStack
8 1 (0.217%) Amazon EMR
8 1 (0.217%) IIS
8 1 (0.217%) ColdFusion
8 1 (0.217%) CMS
Applications
1 5 (1.087%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 6 (1.304%) Front Arena
2 4 (0.870%) Oracle BPM
3 1 (0.217%) BusinessWorks
Communications & Networking
1 37 (8.043%) HTTP
2 10 (2.174%) Internet
3 3 (0.652%) SSL
4 2 (0.435%) Broadband
4 2 (0.435%) TCP/IP
5 1 (0.217%) LDAP
5 1 (0.217%) ATM
5 1 (0.217%) DVB
5 1 (0.217%) RTCP
5 1 (0.217%) RTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 33 (7.174%) MySQL
1 33 (7.174%) SQL Server
2 23 (5.000%) Big Data
3 12 (2.609%) Hadoop
4 10 (2.174%) RDBMS
4 10 (2.174%) Oracle 10g
5 5 (1.087%) GIS
5 5 (1.087%) SQL Server 2012
6 3 (0.652%) Data Warehouse
7 2 (0.435%) Redis
7 2 (0.435%) CouchDB
7 2 (0.435%) MongoDB
8 1 (0.217%) Apache Cassandra
8 1 (0.217%) NoSQL
8 1 (0.217%) TOAD
8 1 (0.217%) DB2
8 1 (0.217%) PostgreSQL
8 1 (0.217%) JasperReports
8 1 (0.217%) SQL Server 2005
8 1 (0.217%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 51 (11.09%) JUnit
2 42 (9.130%) Eclipse
3 15 (3.261%) Subversion
4 14 (3.043%) Maven
4 14 (3.043%) JIRA
5 11 (2.391%) Git (software)
6 10 (2.174%) Selenium
7 9 (1.957%) Cucumber
8 8 (1.739%) Ant
9 7 (1.522%) Eclipse RCP
10 6 (1.304%) EasyMock
11 5 (1.087%) FitNesse
11 5 (1.087%) TestNG
11 5 (1.087%) NUnit
11 5 (1.087%) Jenkins
11 5 (1.087%) Hudson
12 4 (0.870%) Mercurial
12 4 (0.870%) JBehave
12 4 (0.870%) JMeter
12 4 (0.870%) NetBeans
General
1 67 (14.57%) Finance
2 42 (9.130%) Games
3 30 (6.522%) Retail
4 22 (4.783%) Telecoms
5 10 (2.174%) Financial Institution
6 9 (1.957%) Pharmaceutical
7 8 (1.739%) Banking
8 6 (1.304%) Marketing
9 5 (1.087%) Front Office
10 4 (0.870%) Publishing
10 4 (0.870%) Investment Banking
11 2 (0.435%) Legal
11 2 (0.435%) Advertising
12 1 (0.217%) Automotive
12 1 (0.217%) Music
12 1 (0.217%) Retail Banking
12 1 (0.217%) Billing
Miscellaneous
1 77 (16.74%) Computer Science
2 60 (13.04%) Mathematics
3 34 (7.391%) 3D Graphics
4 22 (4.783%) Physics
5 17 (3.696%) CUDA
6 14 (3.043%) Open Source
7 13 (2.826%) Grid Computing
8 12 (2.609%) Digital Media
9 11 (2.391%) Enterprise Software
10 10 (2.174%) Online Games
11 8 (1.739%) Ontologies
12 6 (1.304%) Speech Recognition
12 6 (1.304%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
12 6 (1.304%) Visualisation
12 6 (1.304%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.087%) Clustering
14 4 (0.870%) iSeries
15 2 (0.435%) Semantic Web
15 2 (0.435%) Statistics
16 1 (0.217%) Spread Betting
Operating Systems
1 89 (19.35%) Linux
2 50 (10.87%) UNIX
3 40 (8.696%) Windows
4 8 (1.739%) Android
5 6 (1.304%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 3 (0.652%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 151 (32.83%) Agile Software Development
2 133 (28.91%) OO
3 98 (21.30%) TDD
4 69 (15.00%) Unit Testing
5 49 (10.65%) Multithreading
6 47 (10.22%) Scrum
7 43 (9.348%) UML
8 34 (7.391%) Software Engineering
9 32 (6.957%) OOD
10 22 (4.783%) Data Modelling
10 22 (4.783%) Use Case
11 18 (3.913%) BDD
11 18 (3.913%) E-Commerce
11 18 (3.913%) MVC
12 16 (3.478%) OOP
12 16 (3.478%) Pair Programming
13 15 (3.261%) Statistical Analysis
14 13 (2.826%) Product Management
14 13 (2.826%) Analytics
15 12 (2.609%) Game Development
Programming Languages
1 460 (100.00%) Java
2 115 (25.00%) SQL
3 112 (24.35%) JavaScript
4 60 (13.04%) C#
5 45 (9.783%) C++
5 45 (9.783%) Python
6 26 (5.652%) XPath
7 25 (5.435%) PHP
8 17 (3.696%) Perl
8 17 (3.696%) Scala
9 15 (3.261%) PowerHouse
10 14 (3.043%) Ruby
11 13 (2.826%) Groovy
12 8 (1.739%) R
12 8 (1.739%) Shell Script
12 8 (1.739%) MATLAB
12 8 (1.739%) VB.NET
13 6 (1.304%) VB
14 4 (0.870%) C
14 4 (0.870%) Erlang
Qualifications
1 240 (52.17%) Degree
2 57 (12.39%) PhD
3 10 (2.174%) HND
4 2 (0.435%) Postgraduate
4 2 (0.435%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (1.304%) QA
2 1 (0.217%) JSP 440
System Software
1 4 (0.870%) Oracle RAC
Systems Management
1 3 (0.652%) SCOM
1 3 (0.652%) Puppet
Vendors
1 85 (18.48%) Oracle
2 63 (13.70%) JBoss
3 6 (1.304%) Murex
3 6 (1.304%) Calypso
3 6 (1.304%) SunGard
3 6 (1.304%) Red Hat
3 6 (1.304%) Perforce
3 6 (1.304%) Sophis
4 5 (1.087%) BEA
4 5 (1.087%) Microsoft
5 4 (0.870%) DataSynapse
5 4 (0.870%) Altova
5 4 (0.870%) Twitter
6 3 (0.652%) Google
6 3 (0.652%) Adobe
6 3 (0.652%) IBM
7 1 (0.217%) Sun
7 1 (0.217%) TIBCO
7 1 (0.217%) ATG
7 1 (0.217%) GigaSpaces
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Leeds £Excellent + Package This is a fantastic opportunity to join a Java development team in a leading software house; responsible for the development and support of their web-...
Informatiq Consulting
Salary: £Excellent + benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
With this role comes a fantastic challenge to be part of a major re platforming programme into Java... Ultimately the client is looking for talented Java developers with...
TEKsystems
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Java Software Developer required from a Graduate/Entry Level position. Looking for someone who has a good understanding of software development and Java... Skills required for this role;...
4it Recruitment Ltd
Salary: Competivite Rate - Negoitbale on application
Posted: 15 May 2013
Durham, County Durham
Java or C++ Software Developer - Oil and Gas - Durham... Java / C++ Software Developer skills / experience; - Good C++ or Java desktop development experience. - Knowledge of OOD. - Scientific, Physics or...
Softweb Resourcing Limited
Salary: From £30,000 to £45,000 per annum pension + bupa + bonus + 25 days hol
Posted: 13 May 2013
City, London
Skills required: Java; including Spring, JEE Web services experience; SOAP, Restful MySQL, Oracle This is a rare opportunity to join a successful, well known company with big expansion...
ISL
Salary: £40000 - £65000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
London
Java, J2EE, JEE, Spring, Hibernate, Struts, JSP, Unix/Linux, SQL, XML, HTML... The development is for a number of in house projects in Java, J2EE, JEE, Spring, Hibernate,...
Oho Group Ltd.
Salary: £30000 to £50000 per annum - Above Standard
Posted: 13 May 2013
Teddington, Middlesex
You must have an excellent understanding of OOD and Java coding skills on Linux and Windows platforms. Ideally experience of agile software development including peer review, exploratory and...
IT Connections
Salary: £25,000 to £35,000
Posted: 17 May 2013
Oxfordshire
Tags: Java, GUI, Agile, Eclipse RCP, Python, Linux, Developer, Programmer, Engineer, Science. Roc Search are working with their client, a scientific based organisation in Oxfordshire, to source a...
Roc Search
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Teddington, Middlesex
You should have a Computer Science, Maths or Physics based degree (candidates with MSc or PhD will also be considered), ideally a Maths A-Level or equivalent, object...
IT Connections
Salary: £25,000 to £35,000
Posted: 17 May 2013
Edinburgh, Midlothian
This role would suit a Senior Software Developer with 10+ years object oriented design and coding experience in Java or C++... You will need strong communication skills and...
IT Connections
Salary: £50,000 to £55,000
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Applicants must have strong experience of Java J2EE application development combined with exposure to SQL databases (MySQL, Oracle or SQL Server), web servers (Glassfish, Weblogic, JBOSS or similar)...
Novate IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 14 May 2013
Bristol, South West
Due to continued growth in their client base they are now seeking an additional Java J2EE Software Developer to join their Bristol based team and assist in the...
Novate IT
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 15 May 2013
City, London
You will work in predominately server side development and is based upon standard J2EE technologies, with applications deployed into Jboss and BEA WebLogic application servers... Skills required Java...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 55,000
Posted: 16 May 2013
City, London
You will work in predominately server side development and is based upon standard J2EE technologies, with applications deployed into Jboss and BEA WebLogic application servers... Skills required Java...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 30,000 to 40,000
Posted: 13 May 2013