The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Bromwich region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 23 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 West Bromwich region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 11 7 -
Rank change year-on-year
-4 -
Permanent jobs citing Java 4 9 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Bromwich 11.43% 29.03% -
As % of the Programming Languages category 22.22% 37.50% -
Number of salaries quoted 4 9 0
Average salary £36,250 £47,500 -
Average salary % change year-on-year
-23.68% -
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
West Bromwich
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
18 24 11
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Bromwich 51.43% 77.42% 47.83%
Number of salaries quoted 18 24 11
Average salary £40,000 £42,500 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.88% +30.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £35,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £48,100 £44,700 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
West Midlands

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Bromwich 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 West Bromwich region.

West Bromwich Java Salary Trend

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Bromwich 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 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) MySQL
2 4 (50.00%) Perl
2 4 (50.00%) PHP
2 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
2 4 (50.00%) UNIX
2 4 (50.00%) Linux
2 4 (50.00%) Apache
2 4 (50.00%) Tomcat
2 4 (50.00%) Python
2 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
2 4 (50.00%) DNS
2 4 (50.00%) SAN
2 4 (50.00%) Red Hat
2 4 (50.00%) Nagios
2 4 (50.00%) LAMP
2 4 (50.00%) Debian
2 4 (50.00%) CentOS
2 4 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 4 (50.00%) Postfix
2 4 (50.00%) Sendmail
2 4 (50.00%) nginx
2 4 (50.00%) Apache Solr
2 4 (50.00%) Varnish
2 4 (50.00%) NoSQL
2 4 (50.00%) Replication
2 4 (50.00%) VMware
2 4 (50.00%) Network Security
3 2 (25.00%) TestComplete
3 2 (25.00%) Maximo

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Bromwich 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 4 (50.00%) LAMP
2 2 (25.00%) WebSphere
2 2 (25.00%) Middleware
2 2 (25.00%) .NET
Application Platforms
1 4 (50.00%) Apache
1 4 (50.00%) Tomcat
1 4 (50.00%) nginx
1 4 (50.00%) Apache Solr
2 2 (25.00%) BizTalk Server
2 2 (25.00%) WebLogic
Business Applications
1 2 (25.00%) Maximo
Communications & Networking
1 4 (50.00%) TCP/IP
1 4 (50.00%) DNS
1 4 (50.00%) SAN
1 4 (50.00%) Network Security
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (50.00%) MySQL
1 4 (50.00%) SQL Server
1 4 (50.00%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 2 (25.00%) TestComplete
1 2 (25.00%) Selenium
1 2 (25.00%) QuickTest Pro
Job Titles
1 4 (50.00%) Administrator
1 4 (50.00%) Linux Administrator
2 2 (25.00%) Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Test Analyst
2 2 (25.00%) Systems Support
Miscellaneous
1 4 (50.00%) Replication
2 2 (25.00%) CMDB
Operating Systems
1 4 (50.00%) UNIX
1 4 (50.00%) Linux
1 4 (50.00%) Debian
1 4 (50.00%) CentOS
1 4 (50.00%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
2 2 (25.00%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (25.00%) Change Control
1 2 (25.00%) Automated Testing
1 2 (25.00%) Test Scripting
1 2 (25.00%) Manual Testing
1 2 (25.00%) Scrum
1 2 (25.00%) Change Management
1 2 (25.00%) Configuration Management
1 2 (25.00%) Business Intelligence
1 2 (25.00%) ITIL
Programming Languages
1 6 (75.00%) SQL
2 4 (50.00%) Perl
2 4 (50.00%) PHP
2 4 (50.00%) Python
3 2 (25.00%) C#
3 2 (25.00%) C++
3 2 (25.00%) T-SQL
Qualifications
1 2 (25.00%) ISEB
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (25.00%) QA
System Software
1 4 (50.00%) Postfix
1 4 (50.00%) Sendmail
1 4 (50.00%) Varnish
Systems Management
1 4 (50.00%) Nagios
Vendors
1 4 (50.00%) Red Hat
1 4 (50.00%) VMware
2 2 (25.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (25.00%) Cognos
2 2 (25.00%) Oracle