The first table below looks at the demand for Velocity skills in IT jobs advertised across the UK. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Velocity over the 3 months to 21 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 Development category.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Apache Velocity
Rank 669 717 707
Rank change year-on-year
+48 -10
Permanent jobs citing Velocity 192 171 164
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 0.177% 0.141% 0.134%
As % of the Application Development category 0.436% 0.338% 0.336%
Number of salaries quoted 146 134 138
Average salary £47,500 £45,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.55% -14.28%
90% offered a salary of more than £36,600 £37,500 £34,550
10% offered a salary of more than £67,500 £65,000 £80,000
UK excluding London average salary £45,000 £44,000 £45,000
% change year-on-year
+2.27% -2.22%
All Application Development
UK
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
44010 50596 48866
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the UK 40.51% 41.75% 40.04%
Number of salaries quoted 38271 45000 43159
Average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £28,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £65,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%

Velocity
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Velocity Jobs Demand Trend

Velocity
Salary Trend

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

Velocity Salary Trend

Velocity
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Velocity over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 within the UK.

Velocity Salary Histogram

Velocity
Top 30 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Velocity within the UK over the 3 months to 21 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 +31 191 £47,500 +5.55%
London +54 132 £51,500 +8.42%
South East +10 47 £45,600 +3.63%
Berkshire +20 19 £60,000 +33.33%
Slough +19 14 £67,500 -
West Sussex - 14 £42,500 -
Hampshire 0 13 £45,000 +2.27%
City of London +3 8 £60,000 +33.33%
Crawley - 8 £40,000 -
Hammersmith - 6 £62,500 -
Basingstoke -5 5 £45,000 +12.50%
Yorkshire -11 5 £32,500 -
Midlands - 5 £37,500 -
Ealing - 5 £49,000 -
Sheffield - 5 £32,500 -
South Yorkshire - 5 £32,500 -
Middlesex - 4 £41,000 -
Chichester - 4 £47,500 -
Portsmouth - 4 £47,500 -
Petersfield - 3 £44,500 -
Twickenham - 2 £42,000 -
Feltham - 2 £38,000 -
Reading -2 1 £50,000 +11.11%
North West -10 1 £65,000 +44.44%
Birmingham -17 1 £65,000 -
West Midlands -25 1 £65,000 -
Wales - 1 £33,000 -
South Wales - 1 £33,000 -
Manchester - 1 £65,000 -
Maidenhead - 1 £60,000 -

Velocity
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Velocity 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 Velocity.

1 212 (54.78%) Java
2 191 (49.35%) Agile Software Development
3 180 (46.51%) Spring
3 180 (46.51%) Scrum
4 179 (46.25%) HTML
5 178 (45.99%) XML
6 158 (40.83%) JavaScript
6 158 (40.83%) JSP
7 156 (40.31%) CSS
8 150 (38.76%) Ajax
9 148 (38.24%) Hibernate
10 126 (32.56%) JSON
11 123 (31.78%) jQuery
12 111 (28.68%) Maven
13 106 (27.39%) E-Commerce
14 94 (24.29%) JUnit
15 91 (23.51%) Tomcat
16 89 (23.00%) MySQL
17 82 (21.19%) Degree
18 80 (20.67%) Linux
19 77 (19.90%) TDD
20 76 (19.64%) MVC
21 70 (18.09%) SQL
22 65 (16.80%) Project Management
23 64 (16.54%) XHTML
23 64 (16.54%) Subversion
24 61 (15.76%) Apache
25 59 (15.25%) XSLT
26 57 (14.73%) Ant
26 57 (14.73%) Continuous Integration

Velocity
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs within the UK citing Velocity 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 Velocity. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 180 (46.51%) Spring
2 179 (46.25%) HTML
3 178 (45.99%) XML
4 158 (40.83%) JSP
5 156 (40.31%) CSS
6 150 (38.76%) Ajax
7 148 (38.24%) Hibernate
8 126 (32.56%) JSON
9 123 (31.78%) jQuery
10 64 (16.54%) XHTML
11 59 (15.25%) XSLT
12 56 (14.47%) HTML5
13 53 (13.70%) J2EE
14 49 (12.66%) CSS3
15 46 (11.89%) Web Services
16 38 (9.819%) FreeMarker
17 30 (7.752%) JSTL
17 30 (7.752%) .NET
18 26 (6.718%) Servlets
19 22 (5.685%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 91 (23.51%) Tomcat
2 61 (15.76%) Apache
3 45 (11.63%) CMS
4 42 (10.85%) Drupal
4 42 (10.85%) WordPress
5 27 (6.977%) Apache Solr
6 19 (4.910%) Confluence
7 17 (4.393%) Liferay
8 14 (3.618%) Rackspace Cloud
9 9 (2.326%) Alfresco
10 8 (2.067%) Jetty
11 4 (1.034%) ESB
12 3 (0.775%) RabbitMQ
12 3 (0.775%) WebSphere MQ
13 2 (0.517%) PowerExchange
13 2 (0.517%) Google App Engine
13 2 (0.517%) Amazon AWS
14 1 (0.258%) MS Exchange
14 1 (0.258%) WebLogic
14 1 (0.258%) IIS
Applications
1 9 (2.326%) MS Excel
2 8 (2.067%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.258%) NASTRAN
3 1 (0.258%) Solid Edge
3 1 (0.258%) Mingle
Business Applications
1 1 (0.258%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 28 (7.235%) HTTP
2 17 (4.393%) Internet
3 9 (2.326%) LDAP
4 2 (0.517%) SSH
4 2 (0.517%) TCP/IP
4 2 (0.517%) Broadband
5 1 (0.258%) FTP
5 1 (0.258%) Wireless
5 1 (0.258%) Firewall
Database & Business Intelligence
1 89 (23.00%) MySQL
2 53 (13.70%) SQL Server
3 12 (3.101%) MongoDB
4 10 (2.584%) Crystal Reports
5 7 (1.809%) PostgreSQL
6 6 (1.550%) Data Warehouse
7 3 (0.775%) SQL Server 2008
7 3 (0.775%) Apache Cassandra
7 3 (0.775%) Big Data
8 2 (0.517%) SQL Server 2005
8 2 (0.517%) RDBMS
8 2 (0.517%) Oracle 8/8i
8 2 (0.517%) NoSQL
9 1 (0.258%) BusinessObjects XI
9 1 (0.258%) Oracle BI EE
9 1 (0.258%) QlikView
9 1 (0.258%) Hadoop
9 1 (0.258%) Apache Accumulo
9 1 (0.258%) DB2
9 1 (0.258%) SQL Server 2000
Development Applications
1 111 (28.68%) Maven
2 94 (24.29%) JUnit
3 64 (16.54%) Subversion
4 57 (14.73%) Ant
5 51 (13.18%) Git (software)
6 45 (11.63%) GitHub
7 44 (11.37%) JIRA
8 39 (10.08%) Mercurial
9 35 (9.044%) Eclipse
10 29 (7.494%) Jenkins
11 22 (5.685%) Hudson
12 21 (5.426%) Team Foundation Server
13 20 (5.168%) Bugzilla
14 17 (4.393%) ClearCase
15 15 (3.876%) TeamCity
16 14 (3.618%) SpecFlow
17 13 (3.359%) IntelliJ
17 13 (3.359%) QUnit
18 12 (3.101%) Selenium
19 9 (2.326%) Gradle
General
1 36 (9.302%) Retail
2 28 (7.235%) Back Office
3 24 (6.202%) Finance
4 14 (3.618%) Publishing
5 11 (2.842%) Games
6 8 (2.067%) Financial Institution
6 8 (2.067%) Telecoms
7 6 (1.550%) Marketing
8 2 (0.517%) Legal
9 1 (0.258%) Banking
9 1 (0.258%) Manufacturing
9 1 (0.258%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 219 (56.59%) Developer
2 114 (29.46%) Java Developer
3 78 (20.16%) ScrumMaster
4 74 (19.12%) Senior Developer
5 51 (13.18%) Project Manager
6 35 (9.044%) Senior Java Developer
7 33 (8.527%) Agile Project Manager
8 28 (7.235%) Web Developer
9 27 (6.977%) Solutions Architect
9 27 (6.977%) Architect
9 27 (6.977%) Front-End Developer
10 19 (4.910%) UI Developer
11 18 (4.651%) Technical Manager
11 18 (4.651%) Senior Web Developer
12 16 (4.134%) Technical Project Manager
13 13 (3.359%) Software Developer
14 12 (3.101%) Java/J2EE Developer
15 11 (2.842%) Programmer
15 11 (2.842%) UI Programmer
16 10 (2.584%) Java Programmer
Miscellaneous
1 57 (14.73%) Computer Science
2 42 (10.85%) Web 2.0
3 32 (8.269%) Open Source
3 32 (8.269%) Mobile App
4 31 (8.010%) Enterprise Software
5 26 (6.718%) Cloud Computing
5 26 (6.718%) Digital Media
6 21 (5.426%) Blog
7 12 (3.101%) RIA
8 11 (2.842%) Heroku
9 8 (2.067%) Client/Server
10 7 (1.809%) PMI
11 6 (1.550%) W3C
12 5 (1.292%) Statistics
13 4 (1.034%) Blackberry
13 4 (1.034%) Social Media
13 4 (1.034%) Online Gambling
14 3 (0.775%) Online Games
14 3 (0.775%) Life Science
14 3 (0.775%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
Operating Systems
1 80 (20.67%) Linux
2 32 (8.269%) Windows
3 27 (6.977%) Apple iOS
4 24 (6.202%) UNIX
5 15 (3.876%) Android
6 14 (3.618%) Solaris
7 9 (2.326%) Windows Server 2003
8 8 (2.067%) Ubuntu
9 4 (1.034%) Windows Phone
10 1 (0.258%) Windows 2000 Server
10 1 (0.258%) CentOS
10 1 (0.258%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
10 1 (0.258%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 191 (49.35%) Agile Software Development
2 180 (46.51%) Scrum
3 106 (27.39%) E-Commerce
4 77 (19.90%) TDD
5 76 (19.64%) MVC
6 65 (16.80%) Project Management
7 57 (14.73%) Continuous Integration
8 55 (14.21%) OO
8 55 (14.21%) Web Development
9 43 (11.11%) Continuous Improvement
10 42 (10.85%) Test Scripting
11 38 (9.819%) UML
11 38 (9.819%) Configuration Management
12 33 (8.527%) Pair Programming
12 33 (8.527%) Test Automation
13 32 (8.269%) Mobile Application Development
14 31 (8.010%) Waterfall
14 31 (8.010%) Unit Testing
15 29 (7.494%) Agile Project Management
16 28 (7.235%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 212 (54.78%) Java
2 158 (40.83%) JavaScript
3 70 (18.09%) SQL
4 54 (13.95%) Ruby
5 40 (10.34%) PHP
6 26 (6.718%) C#
7 19 (4.910%) Groovy
8 18 (4.651%) Shell Script
9 15 (3.876%) Scala
10 9 (2.326%) HQL
11 8 (2.067%) Bash shell
11 8 (2.067%) XPath
12 5 (1.292%) VB
13 4 (1.034%) C++
14 2 (0.517%) VBA
14 2 (0.517%) Python
15 1 (0.258%) R
15 1 (0.258%) C
15 1 (0.258%) PL/SQL
15 1 (0.258%) Fortran
Qualifications
1 82 (21.19%) Degree
2 8 (2.067%) PMI Certification
3 1 (0.258%) MCP
3 1 (0.258%) MCSA
3 1 (0.258%) PMP
3 1 (0.258%) Microsoft Certification
3 1 (0.258%) MCITP
3 1 (0.258%) MCTS
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 42 (10.85%) WAI
2 37 (9.561%) QA
3 4 (1.034%) ISO 9001
4 1 (0.258%) ISO 8583
System Software
1 4 (1.034%) VMware Infrastructure
2 1 (0.258%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 17 (4.393%) HP Quality Center
2 1 (0.258%) Backup Exec
Vendors
1 21 (5.426%) Oracle
2 18 (4.651%) hybris
2 18 (4.651%) HP
3 17 (4.393%) Google
4 10 (2.584%) Endeca
5 9 (2.326%) GigaSpaces
6 8 (2.067%) Adobe
7 7 (1.809%) Cognizant
8 5 (1.292%) Business Objects
9 4 (1.034%) VMware
9 4 (1.034%) Microsoft
9 4 (1.034%) JBoss
9 4 (1.034%) Sencha
10 3 (0.775%) Informatica
11 1 (0.258%) Zend
11 1 (0.258%) Atlassian
11 1 (0.258%) Greenplum
11 1 (0.258%) Facebook
11 1 (0.258%) Demandware
11 1 (0.258%) VocaLink
West London
My client is looking for a User Interface Developer with exceptional skills in XHTML, CSS, JavaScript... You will be comfortable working within Java frameworks... Technical skills required: (XHTML,...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 45,000 to 53,000
Posted: 20 May 2013
Sheffield, Yorkshire
Senior Java Developer, Sheffield£25,000- £40,000 + BenefitsMy client is a large, well-known specialist web application developer and systems integrator which has been acquired by a...
Salary: £25000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Leading the team towards continuous improvement... Degree educated... Experience of user stories, story point estimation and measuring velocity. Experience of eCommerce projects... Experience of Java web application development...
Reesmarx Europe Ltd
Salary: From £60,000 to £80,000 per annum plus pension, health etc.
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bangor, Gwynedd
Java J2EE, HTML, JavaScript and Responsive Web. CSS, SQL, Mobile Application Development... Key Skills: Java / Spring MVC / WebFlow / JSP / Hibernate / J2EE / Enterprise / J2SE / Maven / Facelets / Velocity / Portal / Struts /...
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £22000 - £35000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
FRONT END DEVELOPER, WEB, JAVASCRIPT, HTML5, JQUERY, CSS, DIGITAL MEDIA, RIVERSIDE OFFICES... Good working knowledge across the entire application stack understanding the roles of technologies like MySQL, Java,...
Burns Sheehan
Salary: £35000 - £50000 per annum + 20% Bonus + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
Front end web developer, css3, html5, javascript, jquery, mobile web, responsive web design I'm representing a leading multinational organisation in their search for a strong front end...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
freemarker, velocity, JSP, HAML, PHP) What other qualifications or skills do I need?... LESS, SASS), - Javascript frameworks (e.g. jQuery) - Test driven development or behaviour driven development, e...
Accenture
Salary: Salary up to £35,340 plus excellent benefits package
Posted: 20 May 2013
West London
HTML, CSS, Javascript and templates... HTML templates (e.g. freemarker, velocity, JSP, HAML, PHP) What other qualifications or skills do I need?... LESS, SASS), Javascript frameworks (e.g...
Accenture
Salary: Up to £35,340 plus excellent benefits package
Posted: 7 May 2013
Sheffield, South Yorkshire
Spring MVC or Webflow, J2EE, Java, Hibernate... Key Skills: Java / Spring MVC / WebFlow / JSP / Hibernate / J2EE / Enterprise / J2SE / Maven / Facelets / Velocity / Portal / Struts / JSF / RESTful / Scala / BDD / Agile
Searchability.co.uk
Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
North London
The website makes use of many innovative technologies such as Scala, Python, Amazon Web Services and Google AppEngine. The role will mainly focus on maintaining and supporting the...
Spargonet Consulting Plc
Salary: £45000 to £55000 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
North London
The website makes use of many innovative technologies such as Scala, Python, Amazon Web Services and Google AppEngine. The role will mainly focus on maintaining and supporting the...
Spargonet Consulting Plc
Salary: £45000 to £55000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
The website makes use of many innovative technologies such as Scala, Python, Amazon Web Services and Google AppEngine. The role will mainly focus on maintaining and supporting the...
Spargonet Consulting Plc
Salary: £45000 to £55000 per annum
Posted: 14 May 2013
West London
We are looking for several Scrum Masters to help our expanding number of delivery teams, maximise their potential... Organise and facilitate Scrum ceremonies and ad-hoc meetings. Track...
Moonfruit
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Exc Bens
Posted: 10 May 2013
West London
We are looking for several Scrum Masters to help our expanding number of delivery teams, maximise their potential... Organise and facilitate Scrum ceremonies and ad-hoc meetings. Track...
Moonfruit
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum + Exc Bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Roles & Responsibilities Organise and facilitate Scrum ceremonies and ad-hoc meetings Track and communicate team velocity and release progress Support the teams' continuous improvement via self-inspection and...
Salt
Salary: £40000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chiswick, London (client offices)
freemarker, velocity, JSP, HAML, PHP) - Test driven development or behaviour driven development, e.g. Cucumber, user stories, unit testing - Simple Photoshop (or similar) experience - MVC frameworks and design...
Accenture
Salary: Salary up to £35,340 plus excellent benefits package
Posted: 20 May 2013
West London
PHP, Perl, Ruby, Python... freemarker, velocity, JSP, HAML, PHP) Test driven development or behaviour driven development, e.g. Cucumber, user stories, unit testing... WordPress, Drupal, Zend, Ruby on...
Accenture
Salary: Up to £35,340 per annum Up to £35,340 plus excellent benefits package
Posted: 7 May 2013
South Shields, Tyne and Wear
Databases: MySQL, & NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis, or similar) *Familiarity with MySQL replication and backup. *Automated monitoring systems *Automated software deployment via source control systems (Git, SVN, CVS or similar) *...
Sharpe Recruitment
Salary: £28000 - £34000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Oxford, South East
Job Title: Lead Marketing Analyst - Revenue Optimisation Location: OxfordSalary: £50,000 + bonus + Car AllowanceTo continue with their story of growth and success, our client requires a sharp, enterprising...
Aspire Data Recruitment
Salary: GBP0 to GBP50000 per annum + Benefits: Car, bonus and benefits
Posted: 21 April 2013