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The table below looks at the demand for Spring Framework skills within the Wales region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Spring over the 3 months to 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkSpring Framework
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank8372
Rank change on same period last yearDown-11
Matching permanent IT job ads2845
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.016 %0.019 %
As % of the category below4.403 %6.198 %
Salaries quoted2545
Average minimum salary£32,400£24,520
Average salary£35,400£30,030
% change on same period last year+17.88 %
Average maximum salary£38,400£35,540
UK excluding London average salary£41,183£41,571
% change on same period last year-0.93 %
Wales IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Wales
Matching permanent IT job ads636726
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.369 %0.312 %
Salaries quoted610654
Average minimum salary£30,277£27,871
Average salary£33,863£31,452
% change on same period last year+7.66 %
Average maximum salary£37,449£35,033
UK excluding London average salary£35,991£36,643
% change on same period last year-1.77 %
Spring UKSpring
UK

Spring
Demand Trend

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

Wales Spring Demand Trend

Spring
Salary Trend

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

Wales Spring Salary Trend

Spring
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Spring across the Wales region over the 3 months to 13 October 2008.

Wales Spring Salary Histogram

Spring
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Spring within the Wales region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
South WalesDown-1924£35,455+17.43 %
West WalesNew entry-4£35,000-
Spring UKSpring
UK

Spring
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Wales region citing Spring 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 Spring.

150 (100.00 %)Java
249 (98.00 %)J2EE
249 (98.00 %)Hibernate
334 (68.00 %)JSP
432 (64.00 %)WebServices
531 (62.00 %)Eclipse
626 (52.00 %)RAD
626 (52.00 %)Struts
719 (38.00 %)Servlets
719 (38.00 %)Ant
719 (38.00 %)JUnit
818 (36.00 %)Tomcat
818 (36.00 %)MVC
917 (34.00 %)WebSphere
917 (34.00 %)Project Management
1015 (30.00 %)HTML
1113 (26.00 %)Spring Web Flow
1113 (26.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
1113 (26.00 %)IBM
1113 (26.00 %)UML
1212 (24.00 %)RDBMS
1212 (24.00 %)SQL
1311 (22.00 %)XML
1311 (22.00 %)Pharmaceutical
1311 (22.00 %)Banking
1311 (22.00 %)Retail
1311 (22.00 %)Investment Banking
1410 (20.00 %)Finance
1410 (20.00 %)AJAX
157 (14.00 %)JBoss

Spring
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Wales region citing Spring 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 Spring. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Wales IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
149 (98.00 %)J2EE
149 (98.00 %)Hibernate
234 (68.00 %)JSP
332 (64.00 %)WebServices
426 (52.00 %)Struts
519 (38.00 %)Servlets
618 (36.00 %)MVC
717 (34.00 %)WebSphere
815 (30.00 %)HTML
913 (26.00 %)Spring Web Flow
1011 (22.00 %)XML
1110 (20.00 %)AJAX
126 (12.00 %)JDBC
126 (12.00 %)EJB
126 (12.00 %)JBoss Seam
126 (12.00 %)EJB 3.0
126 (12.00 %)Spring MVC
126 (12.00 %)JSF
126 (12.00 %)Tapestry
133 (6.000 %)CSS
Wales IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
118 (36.00 %)Tomcat
213 (26.00 %)WebSphere Application Server
37 (14.00 %)JBoss
42 (4.000 %)Apache
Wales IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
112 (24.00 %)RDBMS
21 (2.000 %)SQL Server
Wales IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
131 (62.00 %)Eclipse
219 (38.00 %)Ant
219 (38.00 %)JUnit
Wales IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
111 (22.00 %)Banking
111 (22.00 %)Retail
111 (22.00 %)Investment Banking
111 (22.00 %)Pharmaceutical
210 (20.00 %)Finance
36 (12.00 %)Health
36 (12.00 %)Insurance
36 (12.00 %)Pensions
Wales IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
131 (62.00 %)Developer
229 (58.00 %)Java Developer
324 (48.00 %)Analyst
414 (28.00 %)Solutions Analyst
59 (18.00 %)Analyst Programmer
59 (18.00 %)Programmer
59 (18.00 %)Java Analyst Programmer
59 (18.00 %)Java Programmer
67 (14.00 %)Senior Java Developer
67 (14.00 %)Developer Analyst
67 (14.00 %)Senior Developer
75 (10.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
84 (8.000 %)Applications Support
84 (8.000 %)Applications Developer
84 (8.000 %)Java Applications Developer
93 (6.000 %)J2EE Developer
102 (4.000 %)Architect
102 (4.000 %)J2EE Applications Developer
111 (2.000 %)Java Architect
111 (2.000 %)Technical Architect
Wales IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
16 (12.00 %)Web 2.0
Wales IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
126 (52.00 %)RAD
217 (34.00 %)Project Management
313 (26.00 %)UML
46 (12.00 %)Project Planning
46 (12.00 %)Unit Testing
46 (12.00 %)System Testing
52 (4.000 %)Security Cleared
52 (4.000 %)Agile Software Development
Wales IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
150 (100.00 %)Java
212 (24.00 %)SQL
33 (6.000 %)JavaScript
Wales IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
113 (26.00 %)IBM