The first table below looks at the demand for JCAPS skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited JCAPS 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 of the Application Platforms category.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java CAPS
Rank 855 887 878
Rank change year-on-year
+32 -9
Permanent jobs citing JCAPS 7 12 3
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.006% 0.010% 0.002%
As % of the Application Platforms category 0.030% 0.049% 0.013%
Number of salaries quoted 6 12 3
Average salary £30,500 £38,750 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.29% +3.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £34,000 £35,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £54,500 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £30,500 £38,750 £37,500
% change year-on-year
-21.29% +3.33%
All Application Platforms
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Platforms category
23217 24726 23624
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 21.48% 20.49% 18.99%
Number of salaries quoted 19723 21474 20375
Average salary £42,500 £42,500 £42,500
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £27,500 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £65,000 £65,000
UK excluding London average salary £39,000 £37,500 £37,500
% change year-on-year
+4.00% -

JCAPS
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing JCAPS within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Platforms category.

JCAPS Jobs Demand Trend

JCAPS
Salary Trend

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

JCAPS Salary Trend

JCAPS
Salary Histogram

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

JCAPS Salary Histogram

JCAPS
Top 5 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JCAPS 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 +22 7 £30,500 -31.07%
South East +3 7 £30,500 -31.07%
Hampshire -8 4 £40,000 -9.60%
Surrey +9 3 £26,000 -21.21%
Basingstoke -15 1 £35,000 -17.64%

JCAPS
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing JCAPS 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 JCAPS.

1 14 (93.33%) UNIX
2 11 (73.33%) WebLogic
3 9 (60.00%) Java
3 9 (60.00%) IBM
3 9 (60.00%) Middleware
4 8 (53.33%) WebSphere
4 8 (53.33%) Oracle
5 7 (46.67%) SQL
6 6 (40.00%) Solaris
7 5 (33.33%) Linux
7 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
7 5 (33.33%) Sybase
7 5 (33.33%) DB2
7 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
7 5 (33.33%) ETL
7 5 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
7 5 (33.33%) JBoss
7 5 (33.33%) EAI
7 5 (33.33%) Data Integration
7 5 (33.33%) Ab Initio
7 5 (33.33%) DataStage
7 5 (33.33%) TIBCO
7 5 (33.33%) Big Data
7 5 (33.33%) IBM InfoSphere
7 5 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
8 4 (26.67%) GlassFish
8 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
8 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
8 4 (26.67%) Banking
8 4 (26.67%) Migration

JCAPS
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing JCAPS 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 JCAPS. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 9 (60.00%) Middleware
2 8 (53.33%) WebSphere
3 4 (26.67%) J2EE
4 1 (6.667%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 11 (73.33%) WebLogic
2 4 (26.67%) GlassFish
3 3 (20.00%) Oracle SOA Suite
Applications
1 4 (26.67%) MS Excel
Communications & Networking
1 3 (20.00%) NAS
1 3 (20.00%) SAN
1 3 (20.00%) iSCSI
1 3 (20.00%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) SQL Server
1 5 (33.33%) DB2
1 5 (33.33%) DataStage
1 5 (33.33%) Big Data
1 5 (33.33%) IBM InfoSphere
2 4 (26.67%) DB2 UDB
2 4 (26.67%) RDBMS
3 3 (20.00%) Oracle 9i
3 3 (20.00%) Oracle 11g
3 3 (20.00%) SQLPlus
4 1 (6.667%) Informix
General
1 4 (26.67%) Banking
Job Titles
1 5 (33.33%) Analyst
1 5 (33.33%) Support Analyst
2 4 (26.67%) Technical Support
2 4 (26.67%) Support Engineer
2 4 (26.67%) Applications Support
3 3 (20.00%) Infrastructure Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Technical Support Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Technical Support Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Technical Analyst
4 2 (13.33%) Technical Engineer
4 2 (13.33%) Products Support Engineer
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Support Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Software Support Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Middleware Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Applications Support Analyst
5 1 (6.667%) Senior Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 5 (33.33%) Data Integration
1 5 (33.33%) Enterprise Software
2 3 (20.00%) Client/Server
Operating Systems
1 14 (93.33%) UNIX
2 6 (40.00%) Solaris
3 5 (33.33%) Linux
4 3 (20.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (33.33%) ETL
1 5 (33.33%) Business Intelligence
1 5 (33.33%) EAI
2 4 (26.67%) Migration
3 3 (20.00%) SOA
3 3 (20.00%) ITIL
3 3 (20.00%) Change Management
3 3 (20.00%) ITSM
4 1 (6.667%) OOP
Programming Languages
1 9 (60.00%) Java
2 7 (46.67%) SQL
3 4 (26.67%) C
4 3 (20.00%) PL/SQL
5 1 (6.667%) C++
Qualifications
1 4 (26.67%) SC Cleared
1 4 (26.67%) Security Cleared
2 3 (20.00%) ITIL Certification
2 3 (20.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (20.00%) SLA
1 3 (20.00%) Data Quality
System Software
1 3 (20.00%) NFS
1 3 (20.00%) Tivoli Workload Scheduler
1 3 (20.00%) Oracle RMAN
Systems Management
1 3 (20.00%) Data Guard
1 3 (20.00%) EMC NetWorker
1 3 (20.00%) Tivoli
1 3 (20.00%) AppManager
1 3 (20.00%) Oracle Statspack
Vendors
1 9 (60.00%) IBM
2 8 (53.33%) Oracle
3 5 (33.33%) Sybase
3 5 (33.33%) Microsoft
3 5 (33.33%) JBoss
3 5 (33.33%) Ab Initio
3 5 (33.33%) TIBCO
4 3 (20.00%) Sun
4 3 (20.00%) EMC
5 2 (13.33%) BEA