Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Swing skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Swing over the 3 months to 9 February 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.

LinkSwing (Java)
Location
3 months to
9 Feb 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank312443275
Rank change year-on-year
Up+131Down-168
Matching permanent IT job ads4403221297
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK0.559 %0.319 %0.642 %
As % of the Application Development category1.534 %0.931 %2.015 %
Salaries quoted3802801096
Average salary£42,500£37,750£50,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+12.58 %-24.50 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,000£27,500£33,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£75,000£70,000£70,000
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
--13.33 %
IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
286743457164377
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK36.42 %34.20 %31.86 %
Salaries quoted248923022554762
Average salary£37,500£37,000£37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.350 %-1.330 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£26,500£25,000£26,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£62,500£57,500£60,000
UK excluding London average salary£34,000£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
-2.850 %-

Swing
Demand Trend

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

Swing Demand Trend

Swing
Salary Trend

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

Swing Salary Trend

Swing
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Swing over the 3 months to 9 February 2010 within the UK.

Swing Salary Histogram

Swing
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Swing within the UK over the 3 months to 9 February 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
EnglandUp+133435£42,500+11.84 %
LondonUp+100247£65,000+8.33 %
YorkshireUp+5681£32,500+8.33 %
City of LondonUp+3578£70,000+16.66 %
South WestUp+4233£30,000-16.66 %
South EastUp+331£42,500+34.92 %
North YorkshireUp+2824£36,000+10.76 %
East YorkshireUp+1619£29,000-3.33 %
East of EnglandUp+4417£47,500+31.94 %
SurreyUp+1816£42,500+41.66 %
East MidlandsUp+3415£27,000-22.85 %
SelbyDown-615£32,500+8.33 %
DevonNew entry-15£30,000-
West MidlandsUp+2312£32,500-2.98 %
WorcestershireUp+2012£32,500+18.18 %
YorkNew entry-12£40,000-
LincolnshireUp+1811£27,000-22.85 %
West YorkshireUp+3710£40,000+86.04 %
WorcesterUp+1810£32,500+18.18 %
HullUp+1310£32,000+6.66 %
HerefordNew entry-10£32,500-
HerefordshireNew entry-10£32,500-
ScunthorpeNew entry-9£27,000-
EssexUp+308£47,500+18.75 %
WiltshireDown-58£45,000+28.57 %
LutonNew entry-8£48,750-
GuildfordUp+257£42,500+41.66 %
South YorkshireUp+157£37,500+25.00 %
ExeterNew entry-7£30,000-
TorquayNew entry-7£30,000-

Swing
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Swing 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 Swing.

1818 (100.00 %)Java
2263 (32.15 %)SQL
3241 (29.46 %)J2EE
4238 (29.10 %)Hibernate
5192 (23.47 %)Banking
6189 (23.11 %)JBoss
7186 (22.74 %)Finance
8185 (22.62 %)Spring
9169 (20.66 %)JDBC
10165 (20.17 %)Degree
11157 (19.19 %)Oracle
12148 (18.09 %)JUnit
13147 (17.97 %)XML
14142 (17.36 %)Front Office
15140 (17.11 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
16139 (16.99 %)UML
17136 (16.63 %)JMS
18132 (16.14 %)UNIX
19127 (15.53 %)Sybase
20122 (14.91 %)OO
21119 (14.55 %)EJB
22108 (13.20 %)C++
22108 (13.20 %)Eclipse
2397 (11.86 %)C
2493 (11.37 %)Investment Banking
2591 (11.12 %)MySQL
2683 (10.15 %)Web Services
2780 (9.780 %)Ant
2879 (9.658 %)Multithreading
2976 (9.291 %)J2SE

Swing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 9 February 2010, IT jobs within the UK citing Swing 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 Swing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
1241 (29.46 %)J2EE
2238 (29.10 %)Hibernate
3185 (22.62 %)Spring
4169 (20.66 %)JDBC
5147 (17.97 %)XML
6136 (16.63 %)JMS
7119 (14.55 %)EJB
883 (10.15 %)Web Services
976 (9.291 %)J2SE
1075 (9.169 %)JSP
1171 (8.680 %)Java RMI
1264 (7.824 %)Struts
1361 (7.457 %)JPA
1459 (7.213 %)HTML
1552 (6.357 %)SOAP
1647 (5.746 %)WebSphere
1734 (4.156 %)Servlets
1831 (3.790 %)JBoss Seam
1930 (3.667 %)Middleware
2029 (3.545 %)Java EE
IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
137 (4.523 %)WebLogic
222 (2.689 %)Tomcat
311 (1.345 %)Apache
410 (1.222 %)GlassFish
54 (0.489 %)TIBCO EMS
54 (0.489 %)Rendezvous
63 (0.367 %)ESB
72 (0.244 %)WebSphere Application Server
72 (0.244 %)SAS
81 (0.122 %)WebLogic Integration
81 (0.122 %)IIS
81 (0.122 %)Oracle Application Server
IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
115 (1.834 %)MS Office
27 (0.856 %)MS Visio
33 (0.367 %)MS Excel
33 (0.367 %)S-PLUS
41 (0.122 %)MATLAB
IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
113 (1.589 %)RMDS
24 (0.489 %)Oracle Applications
24 (0.489 %)SAP CRM
31 (0.122 %)ION MarketView
31 (0.122 %)AWD
IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
120 (2.445 %)Internet
24 (0.489 %)BSS
32 (0.244 %)TCP/IP
41 (0.122 %)Intranet
IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
191 (11.12 %)MySQL
242 (5.134 %)SQL Server
333 (4.034 %)RDBMS
428 (3.423 %)Informix
517 (2.078 %)Oracle 8/8i
612 (1.467 %)PostgreSQL
711 (1.345 %)Reference Data
810 (1.222 %)ETL
95 (0.611 %)Oracle 9i
104 (0.489 %)SQL Server 2005
104 (0.489 %)InterSystems Cache
113 (0.367 %)SQLPlus
113 (0.367 %)SQL Server 2000
113 (0.367 %)Star Schema
113 (0.367 %)DB2
113 (0.367 %)Oracle Reports
121 (0.122 %)SQLite
121 (0.122 %)Sybase ASE
IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
1148 (18.09 %)JUnit
2108 (13.20 %)Eclipse
380 (9.780 %)Ant
442 (5.134 %)Subversion
541 (5.012 %)CheckStyle
627 (3.301 %)Maven
715 (1.834 %)jMock
813 (1.589 %)Visual Studio
910 (1.222 %)EasyMock
910 (1.222 %)QuickTest Pro
107 (0.856 %)Selenium
116 (0.733 %)ClearCase
123 (0.367 %)ProC
123 (0.367 %)Oracle Forms
132 (0.244 %)TestNG
132 (0.244 %)Log4j
141 (0.122 %)Rational Rose
141 (0.122 %)JDeveloper
141 (0.122 %)JBuilder
141 (0.122 %)NUnit
IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
1192 (23.47 %)Banking
2186 (22.74 %)Finance
3142 (17.36 %)Front Office
493 (11.37 %)Investment Banking
531 (3.790 %)Telecoms
630 (3.667 %)Pensions
727 (3.301 %)Financial Institution
727 (3.301 %)Back Office
727 (3.301 %)Health
815 (1.834 %)Construction
914 (1.711 %)Education
914 (1.711 %)Government
108 (0.978 %)Manufacturing
108 (0.978 %)Publishing
117 (0.856 %)Games
126 (0.733 %)Military
126 (0.733 %)Legal
135 (0.611 %)Retail
144 (0.489 %)Advertising
153 (0.367 %)Aerospace
IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1658 (80.44 %)Developer
2572 (69.93 %)Java Developer
3276 (33.74 %)Java Swing Developer
4140 (17.11 %)Senior Developer
5121 (14.79 %)Senior Java Developer
673 (8.924 %)Software Engineer
758 (7.090 %)Programmer
857 (6.968 %)Java Software Engineer
941 (5.012 %)Analyst
1039 (4.768 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1132 (3.912 %)Analyst Programmer
1230 (3.667 %)Software Developer
1328 (3.423 %)Architect
1426 (3.178 %)Java Programmer
1524 (2.934 %)Java Software Developer
1524 (2.934 %)C++ Developer
1524 (2.934 %)J2EE Developer
1622 (2.689 %)Web Developer
1721 (2.567 %)Java Architect
1820 (2.445 %)SQL Developer
IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
1140 (17.11 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
279 (9.658 %)Multithreading
363 (7.702 %)Client/Server
455 (6.724 %)Derivative
540 (4.890 %)Fixed Income
634 (4.156 %)Equities
729 (3.545 %)Computer Science
820 (2.445 %)Spread Betting
912 (1.467 %)Credit Derivative
1011 (1.345 %)Equity Derivative
1011 (1.345 %)Mathematics
118 (0.978 %)N-Tier
127 (0.856 %)Open Source
136 (0.733 %)Grid Computing
145 (0.611 %)RIA
153 (0.367 %)Web 2.0
153 (0.367 %)Exotic Derivative
162 (0.244 %)PKI
162 (0.244 %)Physics
162 (0.244 %)Fat Client
IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
1132 (16.14 %)UNIX
275 (9.169 %)Linux
363 (7.702 %)Windows
446 (5.623 %)Solaris
529 (3.545 %)Windows XP
620 (2.445 %)Windows Server 2003
73 (0.367 %)AIX
81 (0.122 %)Windows 2000
IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
1139 (16.99 %)UML
2122 (14.91 %)OO
369 (8.435 %)E-Commerce
453 (6.479 %)Agile Software Development
541 (5.012 %)TDD
636 (4.401 %)Software Engineering
733 (4.034 %)Unit Testing
826 (3.178 %)Web Development
921 (2.567 %)Scrum
1019 (2.323 %)Electronic Trading
1118 (2.200 %)Technical Architecture
1118 (2.200 %)OOD
1118 (2.200 %)Risk Management
1216 (1.956 %)Migration
1216 (1.956 %)Change Management
1315 (1.834 %)Requirements Analysis
1315 (1.834 %)Data Migration
1414 (1.711 %)Software Testing
1414 (1.711 %)AOP
1513 (1.589 %)RUP
IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1818 (100.00 %)Java
2263 (32.15 %)SQL
3108 (13.20 %)C++
497 (11.86 %)C
552 (6.357 %)Perl
651 (6.235 %)JavaScript
729 (3.545 %)C#
827 (3.301 %)PL/SQL
926 (3.178 %)PHP
1018 (2.200 %)Shell Script
1110 (1.222 %)ActionScript
128 (0.978 %)T-SQL
128 (0.978 %)Python
133 (0.367 %)VB
133 (0.367 %)COBOL
133 (0.367 %)AWK
133 (0.367 %)Korn
141 (0.122 %)VC++
141 (0.122 %)Jython
141 (0.122 %)XAML
IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
1165 (20.17 %)Degree
255 (6.724 %)Security Cleared
326 (3.178 %)SC Cleared
423 (2.812 %)Sun Certification
514 (1.711 %)SCJP
613 (1.589 %)DV Cleared
711 (1.345 %)SCJA
810 (1.222 %)SCJD
93 (0.367 %)OCP
93 (0.367 %)Oracle Certification
102 (0.244 %)PhD
111 (0.122 %)Brainbench
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (1.100 %)DICOM
23 (0.367 %)SLA
IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
13 (0.367 %)BMC PATROL
IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
1189 (23.11 %)JBoss
2157 (19.19 %)Oracle
3127 (15.53 %)Sybase
419 (2.323 %)Sun
516 (1.956 %)Microsoft
615 (1.834 %)TIBCO
712 (1.467 %)DataSynapse
810 (1.222 %)HP
94 (0.489 %)ION Trading
94 (0.489 %)SAP
103 (0.367 %)Bloomberg
103 (0.367 %)Ab Initio
112 (0.244 %)Tradeweb
112 (0.244 %)Perforce
121 (0.122 %)Reuters
121 (0.122 %)Citrix
121 (0.122 %)Murex
121 (0.122 %)Calypso
121 (0.122 %)BEA
121 (0.122 %)Adobe