The first 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 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 Programming Languages category for the Wales region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 20 12 2
Rank change year-on-year
-8 -10
Permanent jobs citing Java 118 138 270
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 9.432% 11.93% 26.39%
As % of the Programming Languages category 16.10% 22.04% 46.63%
Number of salaries quoted 107 128 253
Average salary £32,500 £34,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.41% -15.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £29,500
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £47,500 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Wales
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
733 626 579
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Wales 58.59% 54.11% 56.60%
Number of salaries quoted 662 549 540
Average salary £32,500 £32,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+1.56% -8.57%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £26,000
10% offered a salary of more than £42,200 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
UK

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

This 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 Jobs Demand Trend

Java
Salary Trend

This 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

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Wales region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

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 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
South Wales -5 102 £32,500 -4.41%
North Wales -9 11 £32,500 -
West Wales +10 1 £19,000 -24.00%
Java
UK

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

1 128 (42.24%) SQL
2 114 (37.62%) HTML
3 109 (35.97%) Spring
4 89 (29.37%) JavaScript
4 89 (29.37%) OO
5 82 (27.06%) XML
6 81 (26.73%) Web Services
6 81 (26.73%) Apache
7 77 (25.41%) Oracle
8 68 (22.44%) Hibernate
9 66 (21.78%) J2EE
10 59 (19.47%) Scrum
11 55 (18.15%) Web Development
11 55 (18.15%) CSS
12 52 (17.16%) Degree
13 51 (16.83%) Linux
14 45 (14.85%) C++
15 42 (13.86%) Telecoms
15 42 (13.86%) Finance
16 40 (13.20%) Maven
17 39 (12.87%) .NET
18 37 (12.21%) SOAP
18 37 (12.21%) Eclipse
19 36 (11.88%) Tomcat
19 36 (11.88%) MySQL
19 36 (11.88%) Agile Software Development
20 34 (11.22%) Computer Science
21 32 (10.56%) Banking
22 31 (10.23%) PHP
22 31 (10.23%) Java EE

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, 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.

Application Development
1 114 (37.62%) HTML
2 109 (35.97%) Spring
3 82 (27.06%) XML
4 81 (26.73%) Web Services
5 68 (22.44%) Hibernate
6 66 (21.78%) J2EE
7 55 (18.15%) CSS
8 39 (12.87%) .NET
9 37 (12.21%) SOAP
10 31 (10.23%) Java EE
11 30 (9.901%) jQuery
11 30 (9.901%) Struts
12 28 (9.241%) RESTful
13 22 (7.261%) JSON
14 19 (6.271%) Spring Web Flow
14 19 (6.271%) Ajax
15 18 (5.941%) REST
16 17 (5.611%) JSP
17 15 (4.950%) JPA
18 14 (4.620%) EJB
Application Platforms
1 81 (26.73%) Apache
2 36 (11.88%) Tomcat
3 20 (6.601%) ColdFusion
4 19 (6.271%) Tuxedo
5 10 (3.300%) WebLogic
6 7 (2.310%) NetWeaver
7 6 (1.980%) RabbitMQ
8 4 (1.320%) CMS
9 3 (0.990%) WebSphere Application Server
9 3 (0.990%) FileNet
10 2 (0.660%) MS Exchange
11 1 (0.330%) ESB
11 1 (0.330%) Drupal
11 1 (0.330%) GlassFish
Applications
1 7 (2.310%) MS Office
2 5 (1.650%) MS Excel
3 1 (0.330%) Photoshop
3 1 (0.330%) Fireworks
3 1 (0.330%) Adobe Illustrator
Business Applications
1 8 (2.640%) Staffware
2 1 (0.330%) Visualfiles
2 1 (0.330%) Google Analytics
Communications & Networking
1 18 (5.941%) Internet
2 11 (3.630%) SNMP
2 11 (3.630%) TCP/IP
2 11 (3.630%) TELNET
3 6 (1.980%) HTTP
3 6 (1.980%) VoIP
4 5 (1.650%) WAN
5 3 (0.990%) LDAP
5 3 (0.990%) UMTS
5 3 (0.990%) Bluetooth
5 3 (0.990%) GPRS
5 3 (0.990%) SSH
5 3 (0.990%) Wireless
5 3 (0.990%) ZigBee
5 3 (0.990%) HSPA
6 2 (0.660%) 4G
6 2 (0.660%) Firewall
6 2 (0.660%) Wi-Fi
6 2 (0.660%) DHCP
6 2 (0.660%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 36 (11.88%) MySQL
2 21 (6.931%) MongoDB
2 21 (6.931%) SQL Server
3 20 (6.601%) Data Mining
3 20 (6.601%) Big Data
4 10 (3.300%) Oracle 8/8i
5 8 (2.640%) PostgreSQL
5 8 (2.640%) RDBMS
5 8 (2.640%) DB2
6 6 (1.980%) TOAD
7 4 (1.320%) Oracle Reports
8 3 (0.990%) OLAP
8 3 (0.990%) Data Warehouse
8 3 (0.990%) Oracle OLAP
8 3 (0.990%) SQL Server 2008
9 2 (0.660%) MS Access
9 2 (0.660%) Crystal Reports
10 1 (0.330%) Oracle 10g
10 1 (0.330%) SQL Server 2005
10 1 (0.330%) Oracle 11g
Development Applications
1 40 (13.20%) Maven
2 37 (12.21%) Eclipse
3 29 (9.571%) Ant
4 26 (8.581%) JUnit
5 23 (7.591%) Subversion
6 15 (4.950%) Jenkins
7 10 (3.300%) Selenium
8 9 (2.970%) Concordion
9 8 (2.640%) TestNG
9 8 (2.640%) MyEclipse
9 8 (2.640%) Git (software)
10 4 (1.320%) Synon
11 3 (0.990%) Oracle Forms
12 2 (0.660%) Mercurial
12 2 (0.660%) Xcode
13 1 (0.330%) QuickTest Pro
13 1 (0.330%) LoadRunner
13 1 (0.330%) Dreamweaver
13 1 (0.330%) CruiseControl
13 1 (0.330%) JIRA
General
1 42 (13.86%) Telecoms
1 42 (13.86%) Finance
2 32 (10.56%) Banking
3 22 (7.261%) Games
4 11 (3.630%) Financial Institution
5 10 (3.300%) Manufacturing
6 9 (2.970%) Advertising
7 5 (1.650%) Legal
8 3 (0.990%) Pharmaceutical
8 3 (0.990%) Automotive
8 3 (0.990%) Electronics
9 1 (0.330%) Marketing
9 1 (0.330%) Multimedia
9 1 (0.330%) Aerospace
9 1 (0.330%) Publishing
9 1 (0.330%) Welsh Language
Job Titles
1 220 (72.61%) Developer
2 160 (52.81%) Java Developer
3 33 (10.89%) Senior Developer
4 30 (9.901%) Analyst
5 27 (8.911%) Web Developer
6 25 (8.251%) Software Developer
7 24 (7.921%) Software Engineer
8 23 (7.591%) Senior Java Developer
9 20 (6.601%) Programmer
9 20 (6.601%) Java/J2EE Developer
10 19 (6.271%) UI Developer
10 19 (6.271%) UI Programmer
11 18 (5.941%) Systems Developer
12 16 (5.281%) Graduate
13 15 (4.950%) Support Analyst
14 14 (4.620%) J2EE Developer
14 14 (4.620%) Java Programmer
15 8 (2.640%) Java Software Engineer
16 7 (2.310%) SAP Support
16 7 (2.310%) Architect
Miscellaneous
1 34 (11.22%) Computer Science
2 21 (6.931%) Mobile Banking
3 20 (6.601%) Neural Network
4 12 (3.960%) N-Tier
5 11 (3.630%) iPhone
5 11 (3.630%) Mobile App
6 10 (3.300%) Cloud Computing
7 7 (2.310%) Enterprise Software
8 6 (1.980%) Digital Media
8 6 (1.980%) Management Information System
9 5 (1.650%) VHDL
10 4 (1.320%) Life Science
10 4 (1.320%) Mathematics
10 4 (1.320%) Physics
10 4 (1.320%) Blackberry
11 3 (0.990%) Firmware
12 2 (0.660%) Client/Server
13 1 (0.330%) DTV
13 1 (0.330%) Tandem
13 1 (0.330%) Smartphone
Operating Systems
1 51 (16.83%) Linux
2 29 (9.571%) Windows
3 24 (7.921%) Android
4 19 (6.271%) UNIX
5 16 (5.281%) Apple iOS
6 3 (0.990%) Windows XP
6 3 (0.990%) Windows Mobile
7 1 (0.330%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (29.37%) OO
2 59 (19.47%) Scrum
3 55 (18.15%) Web Development
4 36 (11.88%) Agile Software Development
5 30 (9.901%) Continuous Improvement
6 25 (8.251%) UML
6 25 (8.251%) Software Engineering
7 22 (7.261%) OOD
8 21 (6.931%) MVC
9 20 (6.601%) Automated Testing
9 20 (6.601%) Web Mining
10 16 (5.281%) TDD
11 14 (4.620%) Project Management
12 13 (4.290%) Analytics
13 12 (3.960%) Refactoring
14 11 (3.630%) Web Application Development
15 9 (2.970%) Continuous Integration
16 8 (2.640%) System Testing
16 8 (2.640%) Mobile Commerce
17 7 (2.310%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 128 (42.24%) SQL
2 89 (29.37%) JavaScript
3 45 (14.85%) C++
4 31 (10.23%) PHP
5 25 (8.251%) Perl
6 17 (5.611%) C#
7 15 (4.950%) C
7 15 (4.950%) VB.NET
8 11 (3.630%) PL/SQL
9 9 (2.970%) RPG
10 7 (2.310%) ABAP
10 7 (2.310%) Objective-C
11 5 (1.650%) VB
11 5 (1.650%) Python
12 4 (1.320%) VB6
13 3 (0.990%) Assembly Language
13 3 (0.990%) Fortran
14 2 (0.660%) PHP5
14 2 (0.660%) Ruby
14 2 (0.660%) Delphi
Qualifications
1 52 (17.16%) Degree
2 3 (0.990%) SAP Certification
2 3 (0.990%) SC Cleared
2 3 (0.990%) Security Cleared
3 2 (0.660%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 2 (0.660%) PRINCE2 Certification
3 2 (0.660%) ITIL Certification
4 1 (0.330%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.990%) JTAG
2 2 (0.660%) QA
2 2 (0.660%) HL7
System Software
1 1 (0.330%) VMware ESX
1 1 (0.330%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 2 (0.660%) Oracle Enterprise Manager
2 1 (0.330%) HP Quality Center
Vendors
1 77 (25.41%) Oracle
2 11 (3.630%) Adobe
3 10 (3.300%) Microsoft
4 9 (2.970%) BEA
5 8 (2.640%) IBM
6 7 (2.310%) SAP
7 6 (1.980%) Business Objects
8 4 (1.320%) Teradata
9 3 (0.990%) JBoss
9 3 (0.990%) ILOG
9 3 (0.990%) Atmel
10 2 (0.660%) BT
10 2 (0.660%) VMware
10 2 (0.660%) Google
10 2 (0.660%) Cisco
10 2 (0.660%) Intel
10 2 (0.660%) Nortel
10 2 (0.660%) Remedy
11 1 (0.330%) Sybase
11 1 (0.330%) Genesys
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