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This section looks at the demand for the Senior Java Developer role in IT jobs across the UK compared to all other Job Titles we currently track. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

 Senior Java Developer
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank250237
Rank change on same period last yearDown-13
Matching permanent IT job ads13431865
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.723 %0.777 %
As % of the category below0.799 %0.834 %
Salaries quoted11621562
Average minimum salary£49,555£48,959
Average salary£54,280£54,026
% change on same period last year+0.47 %
Average maximum salary£59,005£59,093
UK excluding London average salary£44,068£41,910
% change on same period last year+5.14 %
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads167999223565
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled90.44 %93.19 %
Salaries quoted138679176982
Average minimum salary£39,022£40,911
Average salary£42,669£44,683
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Average maximum salary£46,315£48,454
UK excluding London average salary£38,055£39,430
% change on same period last year-3.48 %

Senior Java Developer
Demand Trend

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

Senior Java Developer Demand Trend

Senior Java Developer
Salary Trend

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

Senior Java Developer Salary Trend

Senior Java Developer
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Java Developer over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Senior Java Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Java Developer
Top 30 Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Java Developer within the UK over the 3 months to 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-151309£54,641+0.52 %
LondonDown-4800£62,318+1.55 %
City of LondonUp+30260£63,559-3.06 %
South EastUp+64207£49,222+5.46 %
BerkshireUp+104107£52,829+19.54 %
East of EnglandUp+1274£41,761-4.95 %
North WestDown-1368£39,451+8.01 %
South WestDown-4754£39,878+0.74 %
CambridgeshireUp+3154£38,625-22.88 %
SurreyUp+2949£48,867-13.76 %
West MidlandsUp+1945£40,837-3.13 %
ReadingUp+4335£53,986+19.79 %
SloughUp+3534£48,281+10.35 %
WiltshireDown-932£38,919-1.02 %
CambridgeUp+1331£36,283-4.04 %
YorkshireDown-6329£42,037+7.57 %
CheshireDown-729£39,435+11.71 %
BirminghamUp+1028£39,654-6.51 %
ManchesterUp+426£39,460+2.87 %
HampshireUp+1023£41,208-2.46 %
NorthamptonshireUp+917£41,471-7.84 %
OxfordshireUp+417£39,583+10.91 %
East MidlandsUp+317£41,471+6.33 %
OxfordUp+517£39,583+10.61 %
LeedsDown-2416£42,406+7.59 %
West YorkshireDown-3816£42,056+6.39 %
MerseysideUp+2315£38,767+0.69 %
WalesDown-1815£35,714-2.64 %
HammersmithNew entry-15--
Canary WharfUp+2514£66,250-7.77 %

Senior Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior Java 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 Senior Java Developer in their job title.

12810 (100.00 %)Java
21591 (56.62 %)J2EE
31194 (42.49 %)Spring
4933 (33.20 %)Hibernate
5880 (31.32 %)XML
6773 (27.51 %)Oracle
7757 (26.94 %)Finance
8752 (26.76 %)SQL
9684 (24.34 %)JSP
10565 (20.11 %)OO
11485 (17.26 %)WebServices
12481 (17.12 %)Struts
13412 (14.66 %)UML
14398 (14.16 %)AJAX
15389 (13.84 %)Agile Software Development
16375 (13.35 %)UNIX
17364 (12.95 %)Eclipse
18361 (12.85 %)Banking
19358 (12.74 %)Linux
20354 (12.60 %)Ant
21335 (11.92 %)Front Office
22328 (11.67 %)Degree
23324 (11.53 %)JavaScript
24319 (11.35 %)Derivative
25318 (11.32 %)Servlets
26317 (11.28 %)HTML
26317 (11.28 %)JUnit
27308 (10.96 %)EJB
28294 (10.46 %)JBoss
29289 (10.28 %)RDBMS

Senior Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs within the UK that cited Senior Java 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 Senior Java Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
11591 (56.62 %)J2EE
21194 (42.49 %)Spring
3933 (33.20 %)Hibernate
4880 (31.32 %)XML
5684 (24.34 %)JSP
6485 (17.26 %)WebServices
7481 (17.12 %)Struts
8398 (14.16 %)AJAX
9318 (11.32 %)Servlets
10317 (11.28 %)HTML
11308 (10.96 %)EJB
12277 (9.858 %)JDBC
13243 (8.648 %)WebSphere
14239 (8.505 %)JMS
15232 (8.256 %)Swing
16214 (7.616 %)CSS
17172 (6.121 %)J2SE
18125 (4.448 %)SOAP
19122 (4.342 %)Java EE
20116 (4.128 %).NET
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1294 (10.46 %)JBoss
2235 (8.363 %)Tomcat
3228 (8.114 %)WebLogic
4194 (6.904 %)Apache
5102 (3.630 %)WebSphere Application Server
631 (1.103 %)Oracle Application Server
730 (1.068 %)CMS
828 (0.996 %)ESB
828 (0.996 %)MQSeries
916 (0.569 %)WebLogic Portal
1015 (0.534 %)ColdFusion
1112 (0.427 %)Rendezvous
1211 (0.391 %)JRun
138 (0.285 %)TIBCO EMS
147 (0.249 %)WebSphere MQ
156 (0.214 %)WPS
156 (0.214 %)Resin
165 (0.178 %)ActiveMQ
165 (0.178 %)IIS
173 (0.107 %)TeamSite
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
145 (1.601 %)MS Visio
216 (0.569 %)MS Office
38 (0.285 %)MS Excel
45 (0.178 %)Photoshop
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.142 %)Endur
22 (0.071 %)Oracle Applications
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
1130 (4.626 %)Internet
220 (0.712 %)LDAP
220 (0.712 %)Intranet
313 (0.463 %)SAN
410 (0.356 %)Wireless
59 (0.320 %)HTTP
68 (0.285 %)TCP/IP
74 (0.142 %)SMS
83 (0.107 %)GSM
92 (0.071 %)CTI
101 (0.036 %)BSS
101 (0.036 %)SSH
101 (0.036 %)IMAP
101 (0.036 %)VoIP
101 (0.036 %)POP3
101 (0.036 %)FTP
101 (0.036 %)Broadband
101 (0.036 %)3G
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1289 (10.28 %)RDBMS
2225 (8.007 %)SQL Server
3174 (6.192 %)MySQL
475 (2.669 %)DB2
571 (2.527 %)Oracle 10g
660 (2.135 %)Oracle 9i
727 (0.961 %)SQL Server 2005
818 (0.641 %)Oracle 8/8i
914 (0.498 %)TOAD
1011 (0.391 %)GIS
1110 (0.356 %)Informix
126 (0.214 %)PostgreSQL
126 (0.214 %)SQL Server 2000
135 (0.178 %)Oracle Reports
143 (0.107 %)OLAP
143 (0.107 %)Datawarehouse
143 (0.107 %)BusinessObjects
152 (0.071 %)Crystal Reports
161 (0.036 %)Oracle 11g
161 (0.036 %)KDB
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1364 (12.95 %)Eclipse
2354 (12.60 %)Ant
3317 (11.28 %)JUnit
4184 (6.548 %)Subversion
534 (1.210 %)Selenium
626 (0.925 %)FitNesse
626 (0.925 %)Flash
725 (0.890 %)IntelliJ
812 (0.427 %)JDeveloper
99 (0.320 %)VSS/SourceSafe
99 (0.320 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
108 (0.285 %)XDE
117 (0.249 %)ClearCase
126 (0.214 %)XDoclet
126 (0.214 %)MSI
135 (0.178 %)Log4j
135 (0.178 %)CruiseControl
135 (0.178 %)jMock
135 (0.178 %)QuickTest Pro
144 (0.142 %)JIRA
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1757 (26.94 %)Finance
2361 (12.85 %)Banking
3335 (11.92 %)Front Office
4122 (4.342 %)Games
5103 (3.665 %)Insurance
697 (3.452 %)Telecoms
791 (3.238 %)Pensions
888 (3.132 %)Education
982 (2.918 %)Retail
982 (2.918 %)Investment Banking
1077 (2.740 %)Health
1143 (1.530 %)Government
1237 (1.317 %)Publishing
1333 (1.174 %)Financial Institution
1421 (0.747 %)Marketing
1519 (0.676 %)Online Games
1615 (0.534 %)Back Office
1615 (0.534 %)Automotive
1712 (0.427 %)Construction
1712 (0.427 %)Music
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1319 (11.35 %)Derivative
2162 (5.765 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
3133 (4.733 %)Multithreading
4107 (3.808 %)Equity Derivative
597 (3.452 %)Computer Science
694 (3.345 %)Equities
781 (2.883 %)Web 2.0
872 (2.562 %)Credit Derivative
872 (2.562 %)Fixed Income
969 (2.456 %)Client/Server
1056 (1.993 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1142 (1.495 %)Grid Computing
1237 (1.317 %)Spread Betting
1333 (1.174 %)N-Tier
1422 (0.783 %)Mathematics
1422 (0.783 %)Contract for Difference
1515 (0.534 %)Chip and PIN
1612 (0.427 %)Streaming Video
1612 (0.427 %)Credit Risk
1711 (0.391 %)AS400
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1375 (13.35 %)UNIX
2358 (12.74 %)Linux
3164 (5.836 %)Windows
476 (2.705 %)Solaris
511 (0.391 %)Windows 2000
511 (0.391 %)Windows XP
68 (0.285 %)AIX
77 (0.249 %)Windows NT
82 (0.071 %)Windows Mobile
91 (0.036 %)Android
91 (0.036 %)Red Hat Linux
91 (0.036 %)Symbian OS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1565 (20.11 %)OO
2412 (14.66 %)UML
3389 (13.84 %)Agile Software Development
4280 (9.964 %)E-Commerce
5239 (8.505 %)TDD
6154 (5.480 %)SOA
7128 (4.555 %)OOD
7128 (4.555 %)Scrum
8121 (4.306 %)OOA/OOD
999 (3.523 %)Continuous Integration
1088 (3.132 %)Unit Testing
1182 (2.918 %)Web Development
1265 (2.313 %)Software Engineering
1363 (2.242 %)AOP
1462 (2.206 %)RUP
1557 (2.028 %)Security Cleared
1655 (1.957 %)Risk Management
1754 (1.922 %)Content Management
1848 (1.708 %)Pair Programming
1848 (1.708 %)Data Modelling
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
12810 (100.00 %)Java
2752 (26.76 %)SQL
3324 (11.53 %)JavaScript
4214 (7.616 %)C++
5118 (4.199 %)C#
6112 (3.986 %)PL/SQL
756 (1.993 %)PHP
848 (1.708 %)Perl
937 (1.317 %)Ruby
1033 (1.174 %)C
1125 (0.890 %)DHTML
1224 (0.854 %)Python
1323 (0.819 %)VB
1416 (0.569 %)Shell Script
1513 (0.463 %)VBA
169 (0.320 %)VB6
175 (0.178 %)XPath
184 (0.142 %)ActionScript
193 (0.107 %)Transact-SQL
193 (0.107 %)Groovy
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1328 (11.67 %)Degree
250 (1.779 %)Sun Certification
35 (0.178 %)PhD
35 (0.178 %)SCJD
44 (0.142 %)HND
53 (0.107 %)IBM Certification
61 (0.036 %)SCWCD
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
126 (0.925 %)QA
23 (0.107 %)ISO8583
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
15 (0.178 %)AquaLogic
24 (0.142 %)MSMQ
33 (0.107 %)Oracle RAC
42 (0.071 %)Active Directory
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
12 (0.071 %)MOM
12 (0.071 %)AutoSys
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1773 (27.51 %)Oracle
2185 (6.584 %)Sybase
393 (3.310 %)IBM
470 (2.491 %)Sun
566 (2.349 %)TIBCO
658 (2.064 %)Microsoft
730 (1.068 %)BEA
815 (0.534 %)ATG
914 (0.498 %)Reuters
914 (0.498 %)Bloomberg
1011 (0.391 %)Telelogic
1011 (0.391 %)Google
117 (0.249 %)Tangosol
125 (0.178 %)Perforce
125 (0.178 %)Yantra
125 (0.178 %)Yahoo!
134 (0.142 %)OpenLink
143 (0.107 %)Borland
143 (0.107 %)Red Hat
143 (0.107 %)Business Objects