The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the Watford region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 22 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 Watford region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 16 5 8
Rank change year-on-year
-11 +3
Permanent jobs citing Java 36 98 113
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 12.50% 27.61% 25.68%
As % of the Programming Languages category 26.09% 41.88% 42.01%
Number of salaries quoted 17 36 87
Average salary £35,000 £44,500 £47,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-21.34% -6.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £35,000 £40,000
10% offered a salary of more than £60,000 £57,500 £61,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
Watford
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
138 234 269
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Watford 47.92% 65.92% 61.14%
Number of salaries quoted 113 148 198
Average salary £37,250 £37,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-0.66% -6.25%
90% offered a salary of more than £27,500 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £51,500 £59,850 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
Hertfordshire

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Watford 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 Watford region.

Watford Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Watford region over the 3 months to 22 May 2013.

Watford Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 93 (60.00%) Retail
2 92 (59.35%) Finance
3 87 (56.13%) E-Commerce
4 82 (52.90%) SQL
5 80 (51.61%) J2EE
6 78 (50.32%) WebSphere
7 76 (49.03%) JavaScript
8 73 (47.10%) Oracle
9 71 (45.81%) IBM
10 68 (43.87%) DB2
10 68 (43.87%) WebSphere Application Server
11 66 (42.58%) Linux
12 62 (40.00%) HTML
13 60 (38.71%) CSS
13 60 (38.71%) UNIX
14 56 (36.13%) Windows
15 48 (30.97%) JSP
15 48 (30.97%) Games
16 42 (27.10%) HTTP
17 40 (25.81%) AIX
18 34 (21.94%) MVC
19 33 (21.29%) XML
20 30 (19.35%) Internet
20 30 (19.35%) Perl
21 29 (18.71%) Servlets
21 29 (18.71%) .NET
22 28 (18.06%) Tomcat
22 28 (18.06%) XHTML
23 27 (17.42%) IIS
24 26 (16.77%) IBM HTTP Server

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Watford 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 80 (51.61%) J2EE
2 78 (50.32%) WebSphere
3 62 (40.00%) HTML
4 60 (38.71%) CSS
5 48 (30.97%) JSP
6 33 (21.29%) XML
7 29 (18.71%) Servlets
7 29 (18.71%) .NET
8 28 (18.06%) XHTML
9 23 (14.84%) EJB
10 21 (13.55%) Ajax
11 20 (12.90%) JDBC
12 17 (10.97%) JSTL
13 14 (9.032%) jQuery
14 12 (7.742%) Struts
15 10 (6.452%) Middleware
15 10 (6.452%) Spring
15 10 (6.452%) Hibernate
16 8 (5.161%) Semantic HTML
17 7 (4.516%) Web Services
Application Platforms
1 68 (43.87%) WebSphere Application Server
2 28 (18.06%) Tomcat
3 27 (17.42%) IIS
4 26 (16.77%) IBM HTTP Server
5 25 (16.13%) MQSeries
6 19 (12.26%) Apache
7 2 (1.290%) CMS
7 2 (1.290%) Magento
7 2 (1.290%) Liferay
7 2 (1.290%) ESB
7 2 (1.290%) WebLogic
7 2 (1.290%) SAS
8 1 (0.645%) SharePoint
8 1 (0.645%) Apache Solr
Applications
1 9 (5.806%) MS Office
2 4 (2.581%) MS Excel
3 2 (1.290%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 2 (1.290%) SAP Oil and Gas
1 2 (1.290%) SAP GRC
1 2 (1.290%) SAP BPC
2 1 (0.645%) Oracle EBS
2 1 (0.645%) Dynamics CRM
Communications & Networking
1 42 (27.10%) HTTP
2 30 (19.35%) Internet
3 18 (11.61%) Firewall
4 11 (7.097%) HTTPS
5 9 (5.806%) FTP
6 3 (1.935%) DNS
7 2 (1.290%) SNMP
7 2 (1.290%) TCP/IP
8 1 (0.645%) VSAT
Database & Business Intelligence
1 68 (43.87%) DB2
2 14 (9.032%) SQL Server
3 7 (4.516%) MySQL
4 4 (2.581%) SQL Server 2008
4 4 (2.581%) SQL Server 2005
5 3 (1.935%) DbVisualizer
6 2 (1.290%) SAP BW
6 2 (1.290%) RDBMS
6 2 (1.290%) Informix
7 1 (0.645%) Oracle Reports
7 1 (0.645%) DataStage
Development Applications
1 16 (10.32%) Eclipse
2 15 (9.677%) Ant
3 14 (9.032%) Subversion
3 14 (9.032%) Rational Application Developer
3 14 (9.032%) Jenkins
4 12 (7.742%) JUnit
5 9 (5.806%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
6 5 (3.226%) Oracle APEX
7 3 (1.935%) QuickTest Pro
7 3 (1.935%) LoadRunner
7 3 (1.935%) Maven
8 1 (0.645%) Selenium
8 1 (0.645%) Git (software)
General
1 93 (60.00%) Retail
2 92 (59.35%) Finance
3 48 (30.97%) Games
4 21 (13.55%) Manufacturing
5 3 (1.935%) Legal
6 2 (1.290%) Advertising
6 2 (1.290%) Banking
6 2 (1.290%) Telecoms
7 1 (0.645%) Pharmaceutical
7 1 (0.645%) Interactive Media
7 1 (0.645%) Marketing
Job Titles
1 60 (38.71%) Developer
2 31 (20.00%) Analyst
3 24 (15.48%) Architect
4 20 (12.90%) Java Developer
4 20 (12.90%) Support Analyst
5 15 (9.677%) Consultant
6 14 (9.032%) Software Developer
6 14 (9.032%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 13 (8.387%) Infrastructure Architect
7 13 (8.387%) Tester
8 12 (7.742%) J2EE Developer
9 11 (7.097%) WebSphere Consultant
10 10 (6.452%) Operations Support Analyst
10 10 (6.452%) Embedded Software Developer
10 10 (6.452%) Operations Analyst
11 9 (5.806%) Senior Architect
11 9 (5.806%) Performance Tester
11 9 (5.806%) Senior Infrastructure Architect
11 9 (5.806%) Developer Analyst
12 8 (5.161%) Junior
Miscellaneous
1 10 (6.452%) Firmware
1 10 (6.452%) Handset
2 8 (5.161%) W3C
3 5 (3.226%) Management Information System
3 5 (3.226%) Computer Science
4 4 (2.581%) FMCG
4 4 (2.581%) SaaS
4 4 (2.581%) Web 2.0
5 3 (1.935%) EPoS
6 2 (1.290%) Online Games
7 1 (0.645%) Mainframe
7 1 (0.645%) Statistics
7 1 (0.645%) Blog
7 1 (0.645%) DataPower
7 1 (0.645%) Device Driver
Operating Systems
1 66 (42.58%) Linux
2 60 (38.71%) UNIX
3 56 (36.13%) Windows
4 40 (25.81%) AIX
5 10 (6.452%) VxWorks
5 10 (6.452%) Solaris
5 10 (6.452%) Embedded Linux
6 1 (0.645%) VMS
6 1 (0.645%) CentOS
6 1 (0.645%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
6 1 (0.645%) Fedora
Processes & Methodologies
1 87 (56.13%) E-Commerce
2 34 (21.94%) MVC
3 18 (11.61%) Web Development
3 18 (11.61%) UML
4 13 (8.387%) TDD
5 12 (7.742%) Content Management
6 11 (7.097%) Performance Testing
7 10 (6.452%) Agile Software Development
7 10 (6.452%) Embedded Software Development
8 9 (5.806%) Automated Testing
8 9 (5.806%) Continuous Integration
8 9 (5.806%) RAD
9 8 (5.161%) Scrum
10 7 (4.516%) Web Application Development
10 7 (4.516%) Data Analysis
10 7 (4.516%) Service Delivery
11 6 (3.871%) Project Management
11 6 (3.871%) CRM
12 5 (3.226%) Root Cause Analysis
13 4 (2.581%) Business Analysis
Programming Languages
1 82 (52.90%) SQL
2 76 (49.03%) JavaScript
3 30 (19.35%) Perl
4 20 (12.90%) Bash shell
5 18 (11.61%) C++
6 17 (10.97%) C
7 12 (7.742%) Embedded C
7 12 (7.742%) Python
8 10 (6.452%) Delphi
9 7 (4.516%) PL/SQL
10 6 (3.871%) C#
11 5 (3.226%) VBScript
12 4 (2.581%) Shell Script
13 3 (1.935%) VB
13 3 (1.935%) ABAP
13 3 (1.935%) PHP
14 2 (1.290%) Korn
15 1 (0.645%) AWK
Qualifications
1 19 (12.26%) Degree
2 9 (5.806%) Sun Certification
3 4 (2.581%) Microsoft Certification
4 3 (1.935%) CISSP
4 3 (1.935%) CISM
5 1 (0.645%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (1.935%) ISO/IEC 27001
1 3 (1.935%) PCI DSS
2 2 (1.290%) QA
2 2 (1.290%) SLA
System Software
1 1 (0.645%) Xen
Systems Management
1 2 (1.290%) Tivoli
1 2 (1.290%) Tivoli Monitoring
1 2 (1.290%) Netcool
1 2 (1.290%) Netcool/OMNIbus
1 2 (1.290%) Control-M
2 1 (0.645%) Puppet
Vendors
1 73 (47.10%) Oracle
2 71 (45.81%) IBM
3 20 (12.90%) Sun
4 14 (9.032%) Microsoft
5 11 (7.097%) JBoss
6 8 (5.161%) SAP
7 6 (3.871%) Demandware
8 5 (3.226%) Business Objects
9 3 (1.935%) HP
10 2 (1.290%) Perforce
10 2 (1.290%) ATG
10 2 (1.290%) hybris
10 2 (1.290%) BMC
11 1 (0.645%) Red Hat
11 1 (0.645%) Endeca
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