The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Wales region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 22 May 2012 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 Programming Languages category for the Wales region.

Java
Location
3 months to
22 May 2012
Same period 2011Same period 2010
Rank10212
Rank change year-on-year
Down-8Up+10
Matching permanent IT job ads14327194
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales12.31 %26.52 %11.59 %
As % of the Programming Languages category22.59 %47.13 %22.01 %
Number of salaries quoted13325357
Average salary£34,000£40,000£29,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-15.00 %+37.93 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£29,500£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,200£52,500£38,200
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£37,500
% change year-on-year
-+6.66 %
Wales IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
633575427
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales54.48 %56.26 %52.65 %
Number of salaries quoted557534367
Average salary£32,000£35,000£31,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.57 %+11.11 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£24,000£26,000£23,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£37,544£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£35,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+7.14 %-
Java UKJava
UK

Java
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Java across the Wales region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

Wales Java Demand Trend

Java
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Java across the Wales region.

Wales Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Wales region over the 3 months to 22 May 2012.

Wales Java Salary Histogram

Java
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Wales region over the 3 months to 22 May 2012. 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
South WalesDown-13114£34,000-15.00 %
North WalesUp+116£32,500-
West WalesDown-62£25,000-18.69 %
Mid WalesNew entry-2£35,000-
Java UKJava
UK

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs across the Wales region citing Java 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 Java.

1114 (38.38 %)SQL
293 (31.31 %)J2EE
392 (30.98 %)Linux
481 (27.27 %)Oracle
580 (26.94 %)Hibernate
678 (26.26 %)Spring
777 (25.93 %)OO
875 (25.25 %)XML
972 (24.24 %)Finance
1061 (20.54 %)HTML
1159 (19.87 %).NET
1159 (19.87 %)Web Services
1257 (19.19 %)C++
1355 (18.52 %)C#
1454 (18.18 %)SQL Server
1454 (18.18 %)JSP
1552 (17.51 %)JavaScript
1649 (16.50 %)UNIX
1649 (16.50 %)Tomcat
1746 (15.49 %)Perl
1845 (15.15 %)MySQL
1845 (15.15 %)Apache
1944 (14.81 %)UML
2043 (14.48 %)CSS
2140 (13.47 %)PHP
2236 (12.12 %)Agile Software Development
2335 (11.78 %)JUnit
2434 (11.45 %)PL/SQL
2533 (11.11 %)JPA
2631 (10.44 %)Degree

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2012, IT jobs across the Wales region citing Java 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 Java. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Wales IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
193 (31.31 %)J2EE
280 (26.94 %)Hibernate
378 (26.26 %)Spring
475 (25.25 %)XML
561 (20.54 %)HTML
659 (19.87 %).NET
659 (19.87 %)Web Services
754 (18.18 %)JSP
843 (14.48 %)CSS
933 (11.11 %)JPA
1031 (10.44 %)Java EE
1031 (10.44 %)JDBC
1130 (10.10 %)Struts
1224 (8.081 %)Swing
1323 (7.744 %)XSLT
1422 (7.407 %)ASP.NET
1521 (7.071 %)Ajax
1619 (6.397 %)SOAP
1619 (6.397 %)JavaFX
1718 (6.061 %)jQuery
Wales IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
149 (16.50 %)Tomcat
245 (15.15 %)Apache
326 (8.754 %)WebLogic
47 (2.357 %)IIS
47 (2.357 %)WebSphere Application Server
54 (1.347 %)SharePoint
54 (1.347 %)NetWeaver
63 (1.010 %)ActiveMQ
63 (1.010 %)Oracle Service Bus
72 (0.673 %)CMS
81 (0.337 %)Documentum
81 (0.337 %)JRun
Wales IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
113 (4.377 %)MS Excel
27 (2.357 %)MS Office
36 (2.020 %)MS Project
42 (0.673 %)Windchill
Wales IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
15 (1.684 %)Google Analytics
23 (1.010 %)Staffware
32 (0.673 %)Oracle Applications
32 (0.673 %)Dynamics AX
41 (0.337 %)Remedy ITSM
41 (0.337 %)Dynamics CRM
Wales IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
120 (6.734 %)Internet
213 (4.377 %)TCP/IP
312 (4.040 %)VoIP
47 (2.357 %)Broadband
56 (2.020 %)DNS
56 (2.020 %)Firewall
64 (1.347 %)HTTP
73 (1.010 %)FTP
82 (0.673 %)LDAP
82 (0.673 %)SNMP
Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
154 (18.18 %)SQL Server
245 (15.15 %)MySQL
321 (7.071 %)Oracle 10g
49 (3.030 %)TOAD
57 (2.357 %)DB2
57 (2.357 %)PostgreSQL
66 (2.020 %)RDBMS
75 (1.684 %)Crystal Reports
84 (1.347 %)SQLPlus
84 (1.347 %)Oracle 11g
93 (1.010 %)JasperReports
93 (1.010 %)SQL Server 2005
93 (1.010 %)Oracle Reports
93 (1.010 %)SQL Server 2008
102 (0.673 %)SQL Server 2000
102 (0.673 %)SQL Server Integration Services
111 (0.337 %)SQLite
111 (0.337 %)SQL Server Analysis Services
111 (0.337 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
111 (0.337 %)Data Warehouse
Wales IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
135 (11.78 %)JUnit
226 (8.754 %)Eclipse
322 (7.407 %)Subversion
322 (7.407 %)Ant
419 (6.397 %)Maven
59 (3.030 %)TeamCity
68 (2.694 %)GCC
76 (2.020 %)Selenium
84 (1.347 %)JIRA
84 (1.347 %)Visual Studio
93 (1.010 %)IntelliJ
93 (1.010 %)FitNesse
93 (1.010 %)Hudson
93 (1.010 %)Apache Continuum
93 (1.010 %)AnthillPro
102 (0.673 %)Rational Application Developer
102 (0.673 %)Visual Studio Team System
102 (0.673 %)Team Foundation Server
111 (0.337 %)Mercurial
111 (0.337 %)Git (software)
Wales IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
172 (24.24 %)Finance
226 (8.754 %)Banking
318 (6.061 %)Telecoms
412 (4.040 %)Advertising
56 (2.020 %)Manufacturing
62 (0.673 %)Retail
62 (0.673 %)Interactive Media
71 (0.337 %)Multimedia
71 (0.337 %)Music
71 (0.337 %)Music Industry
71 (0.337 %)Marketing
71 (0.337 %)Financial Institution
Wales IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1214 (72.05 %)Developer
2120 (40.40 %)Java Developer
327 (9.091 %)Perl Developer
327 (9.091 %)Senior Developer
425 (8.418 %)Java/J2EE Developer
524 (8.081 %)J2EE Developer
619 (6.397 %)Analyst
619 (6.397 %)Software Developer
715 (5.051 %)Graduate
814 (4.714 %)C++ Developer
913 (4.377 %)Web Developer
913 (4.377 %)Graduate Developer
1012 (4.040 %)Senior Java Developer
1012 (4.040 %)Test Analyst
1111 (3.704 %)Programmer
1111 (3.704 %)Graduate Java Developer
1210 (3.367 %)Senior C++ Developer
1210 (3.367 %)Software Engineer
1210 (3.367 %)Project Manager
1210 (3.367 %)Java Programmer
Wales IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
118 (6.061 %)N-Tier
216 (5.387 %)Open Source
311 (3.704 %)Computer Science
47 (2.357 %)Social Network
47 (2.357 %)RIA
56 (2.020 %)IPTV
65 (1.684 %)SCADA
65 (1.684 %)DTV
65 (1.684 %)STB
65 (1.684 %)Interactive TV
65 (1.684 %)Client/Server
74 (1.347 %)iSeries
74 (1.347 %)Statistics
83 (1.010 %)Blackberry
92 (0.673 %)Management Information System
92 (0.673 %)Ontologies
92 (0.673 %)Mathematics
92 (0.673 %)iPhone
92 (0.673 %)Semantic Web
92 (0.673 %)Social Media
Wales IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
192 (30.98 %)Linux
249 (16.50 %)UNIX
329 (9.764 %)Windows
414 (4.714 %)Android
57 (2.357 %)CentOS
66 (2.020 %)Solaris
74 (1.347 %)Apple iOS
82 (0.673 %)Windows XP
82 (0.673 %)Mac OS
91 (0.337 %)OpenWrt
Wales IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
177 (25.93 %)OO
244 (14.81 %)UML
336 (12.12 %)Agile Software Development
428 (9.428 %)Scrum
526 (8.754 %)Multithreading
621 (7.071 %)MVC
720 (6.734 %)Project Management
720 (6.734 %)Software Engineering
814 (4.714 %)Unit Testing
913 (4.377 %)ERP
1012 (4.040 %)Web Development
1111 (3.704 %)Continuous Integration
1111 (3.704 %)B2B
1111 (3.704 %)B2C
1111 (3.704 %)Service Delivery
1210 (3.367 %)TDD
1210 (3.367 %)ITIL
1210 (3.367 %)Integration Testing
139 (3.030 %)Data Protection
139 (3.030 %)Web Application Development
Wales IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1114 (38.38 %)SQL
257 (19.19 %)C++
355 (18.52 %)C#
452 (17.51 %)JavaScript
546 (15.49 %)Perl
640 (13.47 %)PHP
734 (11.45 %)PL/SQL
824 (8.081 %)C
920 (6.734 %)Ruby
1019 (6.397 %)Python
1115 (5.051 %)Bash shell
1214 (4.714 %)T-SQL
1214 (4.714 %)VB
1311 (3.704 %)VC++
147 (2.357 %)VB6
155 (1.684 %)RPG
164 (1.347 %)ABAP
173 (1.010 %)AWK
173 (1.010 %)Korn
181 (0.337 %)X++
Wales IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
131 (10.44 %)Degree
28 (2.694 %)PRINCE2 Certification
37 (2.357 %)Sun Certification
46 (2.020 %)HND
55 (1.684 %)ISEB
64 (1.347 %)SAP Certification
73 (1.010 %)HNC
82 (0.673 %)Security Cleared
91 (0.337 %)NVQ Level 4
91 (0.337 %)ISTQB
Wales IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
111 (3.704 %)QA
25 (1.684 %)SLA
31 (0.337 %)ISO 14001
31 (0.337 %)ISO 8583
31 (0.337 %)ISO 9001
Wales IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
17 (2.357 %)Active Directory
Wales IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
14 (1.347 %)HP Quality Center
Wales IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
181 (27.27 %)Oracle
221 (7.071 %)JBoss
318 (6.061 %)Microsoft
414 (4.714 %)Zend
57 (2.357 %)Sun
57 (2.357 %)Cisco
57 (2.357 %)Red Hat
66 (2.020 %)BEA
75 (1.684 %)Perforce
75 (1.684 %)Google
84 (1.347 %)SAP
84 (1.347 %)IBM
93 (1.010 %)Sybase
93 (1.010 %)ILOG
93 (1.010 %)Atlassian
102 (0.673 %)PTC
111 (0.337 %)Mentor Graphics
111 (0.337 %)Cadence
111 (0.337 %)Apple
111 (0.337 %)Remedy