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This section looks at the demand for Java skills across the UK with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the last 3 months to 14 May 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to 14 May 2008Same period last year
Rank105
Rank change on same period last yearDown-5
Matching permanent IT job ads2468235091
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled12.11 %15.29 %
As % of the category below26.48 %32.66 %
Salaries quoted2018127843
Average minimum salary£43,479£44,823
Average salary£48,076£49,669
% change on same period last year-3.20 %
Average maximum salary£52,673£54,514
UK excluding London average salary£38,894£39,503
% change on same period last year-1.54 %
Programming Languages UKProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads93225107431
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled45.75 %46.80 %
Salaries quoted7818885994
Average minimum salary£37,714£38,891
Average salary£41,425£42,708
% change on same period last year-3.00 %
Average maximum salary£45,136£46,526
UK excluding London average salary£35,419£35,476
% change on same period last year-0.16 %

Java
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total starting in 2004 of permanent IT jobs ads citing Java across 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 ads citing Java across the UK.

Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the UK over the past 3 months.

Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the UK over the past 3 months.

RankLocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
1EnglandDown-523599£48,326-3.73 %
2LondonNo change013104£56,747-0.33 %
3City of LondonUp+14196£58,781-5.62 %
4South EastDown-44153£41,034-4.73 %
5South WestDown-61407£36,562+2.96 %
6East of EnglandDown-21353£38,307+3.40 %
7BerkshireDown-41223£44,276-0.48 %
8North WestNo change01185£37,642-0.46 %
9YorkshireDown-41070£36,015+0.07 %
10SurreyDown-5888£41,279-8.67 %
11West MidlandsDown-2788£37,585+5.77 %
12HampshireDown-4658£38,451-4.78 %
13ScotlandDown-1622£34,680-2.95 %
14West YorkshireDown-3605£36,116-1.61 %
15CambridgeshireDown-4588£37,417+7.49 %
16ManchesterDown-1566£36,311-2.66 %
17BuckinghamshireDown-1510£40,812+4.42 %
18LeedsDown-4487£37,232-0.48 %
19East MidlandsNo change0392£34,772-3.03 %
20BristolDown-6375£35,549+2.59 %
21CambridgeDown-3372£36,665+8.71 %
22HertfordshireDown-6369£38,917+4.14 %
23North YorkshireDown-2350£37,290+5.51 %
24CheshireNo change0319£39,521+3.12 %
25ReadingDown-4317£46,462+10.07 %
26Docklands, LondonDown-1286£68,073+2.67 %
27OxfordshireUp+6275£32,743-2.73 %
28DorsetUp+16266£43,494+8.88 %
29BirminghamDown-4240£42,860+24.42 %
30GlasgowDown-2228£35,213-0.28 %

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Java also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Java.

118033 (35.82 %)J2EE
214846 (29.49 %)SQL
314119 (28.05 %)Oracle
412494 (24.82 %)Finance
512078 (23.99 %)XML
611245 (22.34 %)C++
710522 (20.90 %)Unix
89261 (18.40 %).NET
98514 (16.91 %)C#
108171 (16.23 %)OO
117735 (15.37 %)Degree
127525 (14.95 %)Banking
136861 (13.63 %)Spring
146617 (13.14 %)SQL Server
156525 (12.96 %)Linux
166518 (12.95 %)HTML
176469 (12.85 %)JSP
185901 (11.72 %)Hibernate
195606 (11.14 %)JavaScript
205281 (10.49 %)UML
215194 (10.32 %)Windows
224746 (9.428 %)Front Office
234650 (9.237 %)Derivative
244178 (8.300 %)WebSphere
253988 (7.922 %)WebServices
263911 (7.769 %)WebLogic
273885 (7.718 %)C
283585 (7.122 %)Sybase
293468 (6.889 %)Struts
303456 (6.865 %)Investment Banking

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

Over the past 6 months permanent IT jobs across the UK citing Java also mentioned the following skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled citing Java. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
118033 (35.82 %)J2EE
212078 (23.99 %)XML
39261 (18.40 %).NET
46861 (13.63 %)Spring
56518 (12.95 %)HTML
66469 (12.85 %)JSP
75901 (11.72 %)Hibernate
84178 (8.300 %)WebSphere
93988 (7.922 %)WebServices
103468 (6.889 %)Struts
113126 (6.210 %)CSS
123009 (5.977 %)EJB
133008 (5.975 %)Servlets
142662 (5.288 %)AJAX
152569 (5.103 %)JDBC
162511 (4.988 %)JMS
172243 (4.456 %)Swing
182141 (4.253 %)ASP.NET
192011 (3.995 %)J2SE
201866 (3.707 %)XSLT
Application Platforms
13911 (7.769 %)WebLogic
23135 (6.228 %)JBoss
32935 (5.830 %)Tomcat
42787 (5.536 %)Apache
5811 (1.611 %)IIS
6766 (1.522 %)WebSphere Application Server
7683 (1.357 %)CMS
8639 (1.269 %)MQSeries
9489 (0.971 %)SharePoint
10417 (0.828 %)ColdFusion
11380 (0.755 %)WebLogic Portal
12366 (0.727 %)NetWeaver
13347 (0.689 %)BizTalk Server
14324 (0.644 %)Oracle Application Server
15269 (0.534 %)WebSphere MQ
16257 (0.511 %)Documentum
17253 (0.503 %)Oracle Workflow
18239 (0.475 %)ESB
19224 (0.445 %)MS Exchange
20205 (0.407 %)Lotus Notes
Applications
11353 (2.688 %)MS Excel
2523 (1.039 %)MS Visio
3453 (0.900 %)MS Office
4359 (0.713 %)Photoshop
5234 (0.465 %)MATLAB
6141 (0.280 %)Adobe Illustrator
7121 (0.240 %)MS Project
861 (0.121 %)Fireworks
948 (0.095 %)MS PowerPoint
1030 (0.060 %)S-PLUS
1124 (0.048 %)PrintSoft PReS
1219 (0.038 %)CA Clarity
1316 (0.032 %)Quicktime
1415 (0.030 %)3ds Max
1514 (0.028 %)Acrobat
1514 (0.028 %)AutoCAD
1612 (0.024 %)Simulink
1711 (0.022 %)Adobe Director
189 (0.018 %)Windchill
189 (0.018 %)FreeHand
Business Applications
1374 (0.743 %)Oracle Applications
2180 (0.358 %)Oracle EBS
3173 (0.344 %)Oracle 11i
4134 (0.266 %)Fidessa
593 (0.185 %)Oracle Financials
687 (0.173 %)Summit
771 (0.141 %)SAP CRM
852 (0.103 %)RMDS
948 (0.095 %)SAP HR
1047 (0.093 %)Navision
1143 (0.085 %)SAP R/3
1143 (0.085 %)SAP Oil and Gas
1232 (0.064 %)Dynamics CRM
1232 (0.064 %)Endur
1330 (0.060 %)Microsoft CRM
1427 (0.054 %)MarketView
1526 (0.052 %)FRONT ARENA
1526 (0.052 %)SAP MDM
1624 (0.048 %)FLEXCUBE
1721 (0.042 %)Great Plains
Communications & Networking
12552 (5.070 %)Internet
2810 (1.609 %)TCP/IP
3668 (1.327 %)HTTP
4511 (1.015 %)Intranet
5437 (0.868 %)Firewall
6376 (0.747 %)LDAP
7263 (0.522 %)WINS
8251 (0.499 %)DNS
9243 (0.483 %)Wireless
10193 (0.383 %)LAN
11189 (0.375 %)SSL
12177 (0.352 %)WAN
13162 (0.322 %)SAN
14161 (0.320 %)GPRS
15152 (0.302 %)Broadband
16149 (0.296 %)GSM
17143 (0.284 %)UMTS
18139 (0.276 %)SMS
19126 (0.250 %)Extranet
20120 (0.238 %)FTP
Database & Business Intelligence
16617 (13.14 %)SQL Server
23273 (6.502 %)RDBMS
32478 (4.923 %)MySQL
41413 (2.807 %)Oracle 10g
51405 (2.791 %)DB2
6923 (1.834 %)Oracle 9i
7744 (1.478 %)Oracle 8/8i
8651 (1.293 %)SQL Server 2005
9610 (1.212 %)SQL Server 2000
10572 (1.136 %)Datawarehouse
11565 (1.122 %)Oracle Reports
12392 (0.779 %)BusinessObjects
13385 (0.765 %)SQL Server 7
14372 (0.739 %)ETL
15305 (0.606 %)GIS
16203 (0.403 %)Crystal Reports
17194 (0.385 %)PostgreSQL
18166 (0.330 %)Oracle Discoverer
19155 (0.308 %)Informix
20152 (0.302 %)TOAD
Development Applications
12548 (5.062 %)Eclipse
22138 (4.247 %)JUnit
32034 (4.041 %)Ant
4957 (1.901 %)Subversion
5826 (1.641 %)Flash
6530 (1.053 %)Visual Studio
7528 (1.049 %)Oracle Forms
8365 (0.725 %)VSS/SourceSafe
9354 (0.703 %)ClearCase
10268 (0.532 %)JDeveloper
11240 (0.477 %)TestDirector
12225 (0.447 %)QuickTest Pro
13204 (0.405 %)CruiseControl
14193 (0.383 %)PVCS
15179 (0.356 %)LoadRunner
16177 (0.352 %)JIRA
17169 (0.336 %)Rational Rose
18168 (0.334 %)Dreamweaver
19161 (0.320 %)PowerBuilder
20153 (0.304 %)WinRunner
General
112494 (24.82 %)Finance
27525 (14.95 %)Banking
34746 (9.428 %)Front Office
43456 (6.865 %)Investment Banking
52029 (4.031 %)Telecoms
61615 (3.208 %)Pensions
71466 (2.912 %)Retail
81453 (2.886 %)Health
91445 (2.871 %)Education
101326 (2.634 %)Insurance
111029 (2.044 %)Government
12913 (1.814 %)Games
13809 (1.607 %)Marketing
14696 (1.383 %)Back Office
15662 (1.315 %)Financial Institution
16613 (1.218 %)Publishing
17378 (0.751 %)Billing
18241 (0.479 %)Music
19224 (0.445 %)Manufacturing
20221 (0.439 %)Multimedia
Job Titles
128929 (57.47 %)Developer
216792 (33.36 %)Java Developer
34799 (9.533 %)Analyst
44435 (8.810 %)Senior Developer
54414 (8.769 %)Java/J2EE Developer
63948 (7.843 %)J2EE Developer
73910 (7.767 %)Architect
82852 (5.666 %)Senior Java Developer
92736 (5.435 %)Software Engineer
102511 (4.988 %)Consultant
112294 (4.557 %)Software Developer
121968 (3.909 %)Programmer
131966 (3.906 %)Web Developer
141847 (3.669 %)Team Leader
151595 (3.169 %)C# Developer
161575 (3.129 %)C++ Developer
171445 (2.871 %)Project Manager
181398 (2.777 %)Technical Architect
191250 (2.483 %)Graduate
201193 (2.370 %)Junior
Miscellaneous
14650 (9.237 %)Derivative
22725 (5.413 %)Computer Science
32040 (4.053 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
41788 (3.552 %)Equities
51640 (3.258 %)Fixed Income
61304 (2.590 %)Equity Derivative
71195 (2.374 %)Multithreading
81149 (2.283 %)Mathematics
9910 (1.808 %)Credit Derivative
10713 (1.416 %)Client/Server
11611 (1.214 %)N-Tier
12506 (1.005 %)Asset Management
13430 (0.854 %)Physics
14409 (0.812 %)AS400
15332 (0.660 %)Web 2.0
16330 (0.656 %)Interest Rate Derivative
17290 (0.576 %)Mainframe
18283 (0.562 %)W3C
19245 (0.487 %)Management Information System
20234 (0.465 %)Grid Computing
Operating Systems
110522 (20.90 %)Unix
26525 (12.96 %)Linux
35194 (10.32 %)Windows
42045 (4.062 %)Solaris
5572 (1.136 %)Windows NT
6414 (0.822 %)AIX
7320 (0.636 %)Windows 2000
8230 (0.457 %)Windows XP
9211 (0.419 %)HPUX
10172 (0.342 %)Windows Server 2003
11143 (0.284 %)Windows Mobile
1284 (0.167 %)Debian
1374 (0.147 %)Symbian OS
1457 (0.113 %)SUSE
1552 (0.103 %)MVS
1645 (0.089 %)Embedded Linux
1645 (0.089 %)Fedora
1741 (0.081 %)FreeBSD
1836 (0.072 %)OS/400
1930 (0.060 %)Windows CE
Processes & Methodologies
18171 (16.23 %)OO
25281 (10.49 %)UML
33067 (6.093 %)Agile Software Development
42755 (5.473 %)E-Commerce
52221 (4.412 %)Project Management
61887 (3.749 %)SOA
71744 (3.465 %)Web Development
81416 (2.813 %)RUP
91298 (2.579 %)Risk Management
101265 (2.513 %)Software Engineering
111232 (2.447 %)OOD
121090 (2.165 %)Scrum
131078 (2.141 %)OOA/OOD
14947 (1.881 %)Unit Testing
15941 (1.869 %)PRINCE2
16934 (1.855 %)MVC
17895 (1.778 %)CRM
18844 (1.677 %)TDD
19826 (1.641 %)Workflow
20820 (1.629 %)EAI
Programming Languages
114846 (29.49 %)SQL
211245 (22.34 %)C++
38514 (16.91 %)C#
45606 (11.14 %)JavaScript
53885 (7.718 %)C
63292 (6.540 %)Perl
72975 (5.910 %)VB
82762 (5.487 %)PL/SQL
92136 (4.243 %)PHP
101374 (2.729 %)VB.NET
111313 (2.608 %)Shell Script
121034 (2.054 %)Python
13887 (1.762 %)VBA
14807 (1.603 %)DHTML
15743 (1.476 %)Ruby
16531 (1.055 %)Delphi
17458 (0.910 %)Transact-SQL
18404 (0.803 %)VB6
19398 (0.791 %)ABAP
20395 (0.785 %)ActionScript
Qualifications
17735 (15.37 %)Degree
2552 (1.097 %)ISEB
3405 (0.805 %)Sun Certification
4390 (0.775 %)PhD
5279 (0.554 %)Microsoft Certification
6179 (0.356 %)PRINCE2 Certification
7168 (0.334 %)Oracle Certification
8109 (0.217 %)OCP
9102 (0.203 %)MCSD
10101 (0.201 %)MCSE
1187 (0.173 %)PMI Certification
1279 (0.157 %)HND
1368 (0.135 %)MCAD
1465 (0.129 %)ITIL Certification
1563 (0.125 %)PMP
1563 (0.125 %)MCP
1649 (0.097 %)IBM Certification
1746 (0.091 %)Cisco Certification
1841 (0.081 %)CISSP
1841 (0.081 %)CCNA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
11396 (2.773 %)QA
2223 (0.443 %)SLA
3157 (0.312 %)WAI
444 (0.087 %)Basel II
534 (0.068 %)HL7
633 (0.066 %)COBIT
731 (0.062 %)ISO9001
822 (0.044 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
920 (0.040 %)ISO8583
1015 (0.030 %)TickIT
1114 (0.028 %)WCAG
1213 (0.026 %)DICOM
1213 (0.026 %)MiFID
1213 (0.026 %)BS7799
137 (0.014 %)SNOMED CT
145 (0.010 %)21 CFR Part 11
145 (0.010 %)GLP
154 (0.008 %)ISO9000
154 (0.008 %)ISO9002
163 (0.006 %)ISO27001
System Software
1247 (0.491 %)AquaLogic
2206 (0.409 %)Oracle RAC
3200 (0.397 %)Active Directory
478 (0.155 %)Oracle RMAN
549 (0.097 %)MSMQ
645 (0.089 %)NFS
722 (0.044 %)Nmap
820 (0.040 %)Tivoli Workload Scheduler
917 (0.034 %)Squid
1015 (0.030 %)Orbix
1113 (0.026 %)MetaFrame
1210 (0.020 %)Samba
139 (0.018 %)Xen
147 (0.014 %)NetBackup
147 (0.014 %)ISA Server
156 (0.012 %)Backup Exec
163 (0.006 %)Artix
163 (0.006 %)VMware ESX
163 (0.006 %)NDS
172 (0.004 %)Terminal Services
Systems Management
1163 (0.324 %)AutoSys
2110 (0.219 %)Tivoli
369 (0.137 %)MOM
462 (0.123 %)OpenView
560 (0.119 %)MIIS
654 (0.107 %)CA SiteMinder
741 (0.081 %)Nagios
839 (0.077 %)BMC PATROL
938 (0.075 %)CONTROL-M
1034 (0.068 %)Netcool
1133 (0.066 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1223 (0.046 %)Nessus
1320 (0.040 %)Unicenter
1417 (0.034 %)CiscoWorks
1516 (0.032 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
1516 (0.032 %)AppManager
1611 (0.022 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
179 (0.018 %)Netcool/Proviso
185 (0.010 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
193 (0.006 %)BMC Marimba
Vendors
114119 (28.05 %)Oracle
23585 (7.122 %)Sybase
32820 (5.602 %)Microsoft
41640 (3.258 %)IBM
51105 (2.195 %)SAP
6983 (1.953 %)Sun
7960 (1.907 %)BEA
8903 (1.794 %)TIBCO
9531 (1.055 %)Red Hat
10392 (0.779 %)Business Objects
11381 (0.757 %)Vignette
12303 (0.602 %)Google
13272 (0.540 %)Adobe
14257 (0.511 %)Symbian
15246 (0.489 %)Reuters
16244 (0.485 %)Lotus
17233 (0.463 %)Calypso
18232 (0.461 %)webMethods
19227 (0.451 %)Perforce
20219 (0.435 %)Siebel
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