Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for JSR 184 skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited JSR 184 over the 3 months to 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category.

LinkMobile 3D Graphics API (M3G) (JSR 184)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank665668-
Rank change year-on-year
Up+3New entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads1120
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.013 %0.002 %-
As % of the Application Development category0.035 %0.007 %-
Salaries quoted1120
Average salary£33,000£45,000-
Average salary % change year-on-year
-26.66 %-
UK excluding London average salary£33,000£45,000-
% change year-on-year
-26.66 %-
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
313272948765977
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.46 %34.77 %32.33 %
Salaries quoted272762516156137
Average salary£38,000£36,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.550 %-4.000 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£65,000£60,000£57,500
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %

JSR 184
Demand Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing JSR 184 within the UK as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

JSR 184 Demand Trend

JSR 184
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing JSR 184 within the UK.

JSR 184 Salary Trend

JSR 184
Top 6 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing JSR 184 within the UK over the 3 months to 19 March 2010. 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
East of EnglandUp+1210£33,000-26.66 %
CambridgeshireUp+510£33,000-26.66 %
CambridgeUp+310£33,000-26.66 %
EnglandDown-110£33,000-26.66 %
ScotlandNew entry-1£35,000-
GlasgowNew entry-1£35,000-

JSR 184
Top 24 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing JSR 184 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 JSR 184.

112 (100.00 %)3D Graphics
211 (91.67 %)OpenGL
211 (91.67 %)Java
310 (83.33 %)Windows
310 (83.33 %)Linux
310 (83.33 %)Symbian
310 (83.33 %)SVG
310 (83.33 %)Windows CE
310 (83.33 %)Education
310 (83.33 %)Degree
310 (83.33 %)Computer Science
310 (83.33 %)OpenVG
47 (58.33 %)Advertising
53 (25.00 %)Postgraduate
62 (16.67 %)J2ME
62 (16.67 %)OO
62 (16.67 %)Wireless
62 (16.67 %)MIDP
71 (8.333 %)CLDC
71 (8.333 %)Telecoms
71 (8.333 %)Web Services
71 (8.333 %)Bluetooth
71 (8.333 %)Information Management
71 (8.333 %)Image Processing

JSR 184
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing JSR 184 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 JSR 184. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
111 (91.67 %)OpenGL
210 (83.33 %)SVG
210 (83.33 %)OpenVG
32 (16.67 %)MIDP
32 (16.67 %)J2ME
41 (8.333 %)Web Services
41 (8.333 %)CLDC
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
12 (16.67 %)Wireless
21 (8.333 %)Bluetooth
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
112 (100.00 %)3D Graphics
210 (83.33 %)Education
37 (58.33 %)Advertising
41 (8.333 %)Telecoms
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
110 (83.33 %)Software Engineer
110 (83.33 %)Embedded Software Engineer
27 (58.33 %)Junior Software Engineer
27 (58.33 %)Junior
31 (8.333 %)Applications Engineer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
110 (83.33 %)Computer Science
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
110 (83.33 %)Windows
110 (83.33 %)Linux
110 (83.33 %)Windows CE
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (16.67 %)OO
21 (8.333 %)Information Management
21 (8.333 %)Image Processing
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
111 (91.67 %)Java
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
110 (83.33 %)Degree
23 (25.00 %)Postgraduate
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
110 (83.33 %)Symbian