Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Programming Languages category.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to
3 Jul 2009
Same period last year
Rank1010
Rank change on the same period last yearNo change0
Matching permanent IT job ads786023201
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK11.54 %11.63 %
As % of the Programming Languages category23.89 %25.38 %
Salaries quoted652619161
Average salary£42,500£45,000
Average salary % change on the same period last year-5.550 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£27,500£27,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£70,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,250
% change on same period last year+0.670 %
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesAll Programming Languages
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
3289891422
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK48.32 %45.83 %
Salaries quoted2814877127
Average salary£37,500£37,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,500£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£34,000

Java
Demand Trend

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

Java Demand Trend

Java
Salary Trend

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

Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java over the 3 months to 3 July 2009 within the UK.

Java Salary Histogram

Java
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 within the UK over the 3 months to 3 July 2009. 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
EnglandNo change07560£42,500-5.55 %
LondonNo change03956£52,500-4.54 %
City of LondonDown-11313£55,000-4.34 %
South EastDown-41155£40,000-
South WestUp+4802£33,000-5.71 %
East of EnglandDown-1524£40,000+6.66 %
BerkshireNo change0335£45,000-
North WestDown-5299£33,000-5.71 %
YorkshireDown-2286£35,000+2.94 %
West MidlandsUp+3270£37,500+7.14 %
BristolUp+3228£32,500-7.14 %
CambridgeshireUp+4224£37,750+0.66 %
SurreyDown-4221£45,000+12.50 %
WiltshireUp+5212£28,500-24.00 %
East MidlandsUp+3198£35,000+11.11 %
SomersetUp+5187£37,500+11.94 %
BathUp+6179£37,500+25.00 %
CambridgeUp+6164£35,000-
ManchesterDown-4164£35,000+2.18 %
OxfordshireUp+6162£33,000+10.00 %
West YorkshireUp+4152£32,500-
HertfordshireUp+1150£40,000-1.84 %
BuckinghamshireDown-5147£36,000-10.00 %
HampshireDown-11147£37,500-
ScotlandNo change0126£32,000+1.58 %
Docklands, LondonUp+3117£70,000+16.66 %
OxfordUp+6104£30,000-
ChippenhamUp+396£29,000-19.44 %
ReadingDown-793£42,500-5.55 %
SwindonUp+686£28,000-25.33 %

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK citing Java also 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 that cited Java.

15582 (32.12 %)J2EE
24872 (28.03 %)SQL
34343 (24.99 %)Oracle
43984 (22.92 %)Finance
53863 (22.23 %)C++
63832 (22.05 %)XML
73388 (19.49 %).NET
83303 (19.00 %)C#
93081 (17.73 %)UNIX
102840 (16.34 %)Degree
112646 (15.22 %)OO
122518 (14.49 %)Linux
122518 (14.49 %)Spring
132488 (14.31 %)JavaScript
142346 (13.50 %)HTML
152115 (12.17 %)SQL Server
161929 (11.10 %)Hibernate
171829 (10.52 %)JSP
181796 (10.33 %)Windows
191778 (10.23 %)Banking
201635 (9.407 %)WebServices
211607 (9.246 %)UML
221527 (8.785 %)Agile Software Development
231480 (8.515 %)C
241439 (8.279 %)CSS
251365 (7.853 %)AJAX
261241 (7.140 %)MySQL
271194 (6.870 %)WebSphere
281151 (6.622 %)PHP
291140 (6.559 %)WebLogic

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 3 July 2009, IT jobs within the UK citing Java also 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 that cited Java. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
15582 (32.12 %)J2EE
23832 (22.05 %)XML
33388 (19.49 %).NET
42518 (14.49 %)Spring
52346 (13.50 %)HTML
61929 (11.10 %)Hibernate
71829 (10.52 %)JSP
81635 (9.407 %)WebServices
91439 (8.279 %)CSS
101365 (7.853 %)AJAX
111194 (6.870 %)WebSphere
121127 (6.484 %)ASP.NET
131032 (5.938 %)Struts
14860 (4.948 %)Servlets
15806 (4.637 %)EJB
16741 (4.263 %)JDBC
17679 (3.907 %)XSLT
18621 (3.573 %)Middleware
19613 (3.527 %)JMS
20596 (3.429 %)SOAP
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11140 (6.559 %)WebLogic
2922 (5.305 %)Apache
3920 (5.293 %)Tomcat
4363 (2.088 %)WebSphere Application Server
5347 (1.996 %)CMS
6243 (1.398 %)SharePoint
7238 (1.369 %)IIS
8179 (1.030 %)WebSphere Portal
9148 (0.852 %)ESB
10118 (0.679 %)MQSeries
1197 (0.558 %)WebSphere Process Server
1294 (0.541 %)Oracle Workflow
1294 (0.541 %)NetWeaver
1380 (0.460 %)Rendezvous
1477 (0.443 %)SAS
1575 (0.432 %)WebSphere MQ
1668 (0.391 %)ColdFusion
1765 (0.374 %)SharePoint Server 2007
1862 (0.357 %)GlassFish
1953 (0.305 %)Documentum
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1435 (2.503 %)MS Excel
2164 (0.944 %)MS Visio
3130 (0.748 %)MS Office
493 (0.535 %)Photoshop
577 (0.443 %)MATLAB
633 (0.190 %)MS Project
730 (0.173 %)Fireworks
829 (0.167 %)Adobe Illustrator
921 (0.121 %)Simulink
1017 (0.098 %)CA Clarity
1115 (0.086 %)InfoPath
1214 (0.081 %)Spreadsheet
1311 (0.063 %)MS PowerPoint
1311 (0.063 %)InDesign
1410 (0.058 %)SPSS
1410 (0.058 %)FrameMaker
158 (0.046 %)3ds Max
158 (0.046 %)Windchill
166 (0.035 %)Acrobat
166 (0.035 %)DOC1
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1127 (0.731 %)Oracle EBS
296 (0.552 %)Oracle Applications
383 (0.478 %)Oracle 11i
463 (0.362 %)RMDS
559 (0.339 %)Oracle Financials
644 (0.253 %)Oracle EBS R12
743 (0.247 %)Endur
833 (0.190 %)TIBCO iProcess
927 (0.155 %)SAP FI
1026 (0.150 %)SAP FI/CO
1026 (0.150 %)SAP CO
1125 (0.144 %)Summit
1224 (0.138 %)SAP CRM
1323 (0.132 %)SAP HR
1419 (0.109 %)BusinessWorks
1516 (0.092 %)Microsoft CRM
1516 (0.092 %)Siebel Analytics
1615 (0.086 %)Dynamics CRM
1712 (0.069 %)FINCAD Analytics
1712 (0.069 %)SalesLogix
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1863 (4.965 %)Internet
2327 (1.881 %)TCP/IP
3292 (1.680 %)HTTP
4126 (0.725 %)LDAP
5107 (0.616 %)Firewall
6103 (0.593 %)DNS
7100 (0.575 %)Intranet
892 (0.529 %)SAN
963 (0.362 %)Broadband
1058 (0.334 %)LAN
1157 (0.328 %)SMTP
1157 (0.328 %)VPN
1256 (0.322 %)FTP
1354 (0.311 %)SMS
1449 (0.282 %)Wireless
1542 (0.242 %)SSL
1637 (0.213 %)DVB
1734 (0.196 %)Extranet
1833 (0.190 %)WAN
1932 (0.184 %)VoIP
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12115 (12.17 %)SQL Server
21241 (7.140 %)MySQL
3659 (3.791 %)RDBMS
4459 (2.641 %)Oracle 10g
5315 (1.812 %)SQL Server 2005
6310 (1.784 %)Oracle 8/8i
7302 (1.738 %)DB2
8287 (1.651 %)Oracle Reports
9248 (1.427 %)Datawarehouse
10184 (1.059 %)Oracle 9i
11180 (1.036 %)ETL
12152 (0.875 %)BusinessObjects
13132 (0.759 %)SQL Server 2000
14130 (0.748 %)PostgreSQL
15120 (0.690 %)Crystal Reports
16101 (0.581 %)GIS
1799 (0.570 %)OLAP
1881 (0.466 %)Oracle OLAP
1978 (0.449 %)Oracle Discoverer
1978 (0.449 %)SQL Server 2008
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1854 (4.913 %)JUnit
2749 (4.309 %)Eclipse
3663 (3.815 %)Ant
4408 (2.347 %)Subversion
5286 (1.645 %)Visual Studio
6255 (1.467 %)Oracle Forms
7193 (1.110 %)ClearCase
8114 (0.656 %)Selenium
9104 (0.598 %)JDeveloper
1094 (0.541 %)QuickTest Pro
1179 (0.455 %)NUnit
1277 (0.443 %)LoadRunner
1376 (0.437 %)ClearQuest
1473 (0.420 %)Oracle APEX
1566 (0.380 %)ProC
1661 (0.351 %)Log4j
1661 (0.351 %)PowerBuilder
1756 (0.322 %)JIRA
1851 (0.293 %)CruiseControl
1851 (0.293 %)VSS/SourceSafe
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13984 (22.92 %)Finance
21778 (10.23 %)Banking
3974 (5.604 %)Front Office
4905 (5.207 %)Investment Banking
5795 (4.574 %)Pensions
6628 (3.613 %)Education
7617 (3.550 %)Health
8596 (3.429 %)Telecoms
9487 (2.802 %)Government
10470 (2.704 %)Insurance
11455 (2.618 %)Games
12431 (2.480 %)Retail
13292 (1.680 %)Marketing
14269 (1.548 %)Back Office
14269 (1.548 %)Financial Institution
15232 (1.335 %)Publishing
16134 (0.771 %)Aerospace
17120 (0.690 %)Music
18114 (0.656 %)Advertising
19110 (0.633 %)Online Games
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19003 (51.80 %)Developer
24680 (26.93 %)Java Developer
31426 (8.204 %)Architect
41394 (8.020 %)Analyst
51344 (7.733 %)Senior Developer
61153 (6.634 %)Software Engineer
7991 (5.702 %)Java/J2EE Developer
8883 (5.080 %)Consultant
9834 (4.798 %)J2EE Developer
10799 (4.597 %)Software Developer
11724 (4.165 %)Senior Java Developer
12693 (3.987 %)Web Developer
13576 (3.314 %)C# Developer
14557 (3.205 %)Graduate
15551 (3.170 %)Programmer
16539 (3.101 %)Team Leader
17464 (2.670 %).NET Developer
18451 (2.595 %)Technical Architect
19439 (2.526 %)C++ Developer
20435 (2.503 %)Applications Support
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11063 (6.116 %)Derivative
2941 (5.414 %)Computer Science
3738 (4.246 %)Mathematics
4532 (3.061 %)Equities
5523 (3.009 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
6444 (2.555 %)Fixed Income
7432 (2.485 %)Multithreading
8346 (1.991 %)Equity Derivative
9269 (1.548 %)Client/Server
10243 (1.398 %)Web 2.0
11237 (1.364 %)Physics
12167 (0.961 %)Credit Derivative
13134 (0.771 %)Blackberry
14129 (0.742 %)Mainframe
15125 (0.719 %)N-Tier
16117 (0.673 %)Social Network
1798 (0.564 %)RIA
1897 (0.558 %)Clustering
1992 (0.529 %)Market Risk
2091 (0.524 %)Replication
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
13081 (17.73 %)UNIX
22518 (14.49 %)Linux
31796 (10.33 %)Windows
4542 (3.118 %)Solaris
5307 (1.766 %)Red Hat Linux
6156 (0.898 %)AIX
7125 (0.719 %)Windows Server 2003
8114 (0.656 %)Windows Mobile
996 (0.552 %)Windows XP
1090 (0.518 %)Android
1176 (0.437 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1267 (0.385 %)Windows 2000
1347 (0.270 %)Windows 2000 Server
1439 (0.224 %)HPUX
1532 (0.184 %)Debian
1629 (0.167 %)Windows NT
1728 (0.161 %)Embedded Linux
1827 (0.155 %)Windows Vista
1827 (0.155 %)Fedora
1827 (0.155 %)SUSE
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
12646 (15.22 %)OO
21607 (9.246 %)UML
31527 (8.785 %)Agile Software Development
41027 (5.909 %)E-Commerce
5901 (5.184 %)SOA
6850 (4.890 %)Web Development
7806 (4.637 %)Project Management
8569 (3.274 %)Scrum
9550 (3.164 %)Software Engineering
10490 (2.819 %)Unit Testing
11464 (2.670 %)OOD
12452 (2.601 %)TDD
13427 (2.457 %)Business Intelligence
14395 (2.273 %)CRM
15330 (1.899 %)OOA/OOD
16323 (1.858 %)Content Management
17309 (1.778 %)RUP
18298 (1.715 %)Workflow
19255 (1.467 %)Electronic Trading
20247 (1.421 %)Technical Architecture
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
14872 (28.03 %)SQL
23863 (22.23 %)C++
33303 (19.00 %)C#
42488 (14.31 %)JavaScript
51480 (8.515 %)C
61151 (6.622 %)PHP
7992 (5.707 %)PL/SQL
8990 (5.696 %)Perl
9754 (4.338 %)VB
10568 (3.268 %)Python
11483 (2.779 %)VB.NET
12431 (2.480 %)Shell Script
13402 (2.313 %)Ruby
14284 (1.634 %)Delphi
15250 (1.438 %)VBA
16242 (1.392 %)VBScript
17224 (1.289 %)ActionScript
18217 (1.248 %)ABAP
19209 (1.202 %)T-SQL
20139 (0.800 %)VC++
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
12840 (16.34 %)Degree
2643 (3.699 %)Security Cleared
3206 (1.185 %)SC Cleared
4169 (0.972 %)ISEB
5168 (0.967 %)PhD
6149 (0.857 %)Sun Certification
7107 (0.616 %)Microsoft Certification
863 (0.362 %)DV Cleared
945 (0.259 %)MCP
1042 (0.242 %)SAP Certification
1141 (0.236 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1230 (0.173 %)Cisco Certification
1328 (0.161 %)PMI Certification
1426 (0.150 %)CCNA
1525 (0.144 %)Oracle Certification
1621 (0.121 %)SCJP
1621 (0.121 %)ITIL Certification
1720 (0.115 %)MCSE
1720 (0.115 %)CISSP
1720 (0.115 %)ISTQB
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1454 (2.612 %)QA
292 (0.529 %)SLA
328 (0.161 %)ISO9001
424 (0.138 %)HL7
516 (0.092 %)TickIT
612 (0.069 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
711 (0.063 %)ISO9000
89 (0.052 %)PCI DSS
89 (0.052 %)COBIT
97 (0.040 %)ISO27001
106 (0.035 %)ISO12207
115 (0.029 %)Basel II
124 (0.023 %)ISO14001
124 (0.023 %)WCAG
132 (0.012 %)MiFID
132 (0.012 %)ISO/IEC 20000
141 (0.006 %)JTAG
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1125 (0.719 %)Active Directory
281 (0.466 %)AquaLogic
357 (0.328 %)Xen
456 (0.322 %)Oracle RAC
547 (0.270 %)VMware Infrastructure
630 (0.173 %)MSMQ
721 (0.121 %)NFS
814 (0.081 %)Nmap
913 (0.075 %)Squid
1012 (0.069 %)Oracle RMAN
1111 (0.063 %)Samba
128 (0.046 %)VMware ESX
136 (0.035 %)Postfix
136 (0.035 %)Terminal Services
145 (0.029 %)Backup Exec
145 (0.029 %)Sendmail
154 (0.023 %)qmail
163 (0.017 %)Cronacle
163 (0.017 %)NDS
172 (0.012 %)OpenLDAP
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
136 (0.207 %)AutoSys
136 (0.207 %)CA SiteMinder
234 (0.196 %)Nagios
331 (0.178 %)Tivoli
428 (0.161 %)MOM
515 (0.086 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
614 (0.081 %)Nessus
711 (0.063 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
88 (0.046 %)BMC PATROL
88 (0.046 %)CONTROL-M
97 (0.040 %)Tivoli Monitoring
106 (0.035 %)Netcool
115 (0.029 %)OpenView
124 (0.023 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
124 (0.023 %)MIMEsweeper
124 (0.023 %)HP Data Protector
133 (0.017 %)SCCM
133 (0.017 %)Data Guard
133 (0.017 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
133 (0.017 %)CiscoWorks
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14343 (24.99 %)Oracle
2970 (5.581 %)Microsoft
3936 (5.385 %)JBoss
4645 (3.711 %)Sybase
5421 (2.422 %)TIBCO
6404 (2.324 %)IBM
7355 (2.042 %)Sun
8347 (1.996 %)SAP
9335 (1.927 %)Red Hat
10200 (1.151 %)BEA
11199 (1.145 %)Adobe
12152 (0.875 %)Business Objects
13110 (0.633 %)Informatica
1497 (0.558 %)Reuters
1596 (0.552 %)Google
1692 (0.529 %)Cognos
1784 (0.483 %)HP
1879 (0.455 %)Calypso
1978 (0.449 %)ATG
1978 (0.449 %)Cisco