The first table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Lothian region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 17 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 Lothian region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java
Rank 10 9 6
Rank change year-on-year
-1 -3
Permanent jobs citing Java 23 17 58
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 20.35% 13.60% 19.73%
As % of the Programming Languages category 29.49% 31.48% 46.40%
Number of salaries quoted 1 16 37
Average salary £32,500 £34,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-5.79% -13.75%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £40,000 £40,000
All Programming Languages
West Lothian
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
78 54 125
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Lothian 69.03% 43.20% 42.52%
Number of salaries quoted 25 37 78
Average salary £36,000 £37,500 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-4.00% +7.14%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £32,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £41,000 £55,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java
Scotland

Java
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Lothian 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 Lothian region.

West Lothian Java Salary Trend

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 West Lothian region over the 3 months to 17 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
Livingston -4 21 £32,500 -5.79%
Java
Scotland

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 21 (70.00%) SQL
1 21 (70.00%) UNIX
2 17 (56.67%) VBScript
2 17 (56.67%) Degree
3 16 (53.33%) Broadband
4 13 (43.33%) XML
4 13 (43.33%) Linux
4 13 (43.33%) Windows
4 13 (43.33%) Shell Script
5 12 (40.00%) Perl
6 9 (30.00%) AWK
6 9 (30.00%) C#
6 9 (30.00%) T-SQL
6 9 (30.00%) MS Excel
6 9 (30.00%) Data Modelling
6 9 (30.00%) SNMP
6 9 (30.00%) WMI
6 9 (30.00%) SSH
6 9 (30.00%) Altiris
6 9 (30.00%) Web Development
6 9 (30.00%) sed
7 8 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
7 8 (26.67%) Test Automation
7 8 (26.67%) SOA
7 8 (26.67%) Finance
7 8 (26.67%) Agile Software Development
8 6 (20.00%) C
8 6 (20.00%) J2EE
8 6 (20.00%) Oracle
9 5 (16.67%) UML

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Lothian 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 13 (43.33%) XML
2 6 (20.00%) J2EE
3 5 (16.67%) Middleware
4 4 (13.33%) Web Services
5 3 (10.00%) WebSphere
5 3 (10.00%) JMS
5 3 (10.00%) WSDL
5 3 (10.00%) JDBC
5 3 (10.00%) SOAP
6 1 (3.333%) XSLT
6 1 (3.333%) Dojo
Application Platforms
1 3 (10.00%) WebSphere MQ
1 3 (10.00%) WebSphere Process Server
1 3 (10.00%) WebSphere Message Broker
1 3 (10.00%) WebSphere Portal
Applications
1 9 (30.00%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 1 (3.333%) Oracle BPM
Communications & Networking
1 16 (53.33%) Broadband
2 9 (30.00%) SSH
2 9 (30.00%) SNMP
3 1 (3.333%) TCP/IP
3 1 (3.333%) SAN
3 1 (3.333%) Wi-Fi
3 1 (3.333%) iSCSI
3 1 (3.333%) Ethernet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (13.33%) SQL Server
1 4 (13.33%) SQL Server Reporting Services
1 4 (13.33%) SQL Server 2005
1 4 (13.33%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 5 (16.67%) Rational Application Developer
2 3 (10.00%) QuickTest Pro
General
1 8 (26.67%) Finance
2 1 (3.333%) Billing
Job Titles
1 11 (36.67%) Developer
2 5 (16.67%) Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) Test Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) Administrator
2 5 (16.67%) Technical Analyst
2 5 (16.67%) Technical Test Analyst
3 4 (13.33%) SQL Developer
3 4 (13.33%) SQL Server Developer
3 4 (13.33%) Architect
3 4 (13.33%) Solutions Architect
4 3 (10.00%) Tester
4 3 (10.00%) Automation Tester
5 1 (3.333%) Senior Automation Tester
5 1 (3.333%) Software Developer
5 1 (3.333%) Software Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) Support Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) Systems Designer
5 1 (3.333%) Senior Support Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) Software Support Engineer
5 1 (3.333%) Designer
Miscellaneous
1 3 (10.00%) Computer Science
1 3 (10.00%) Open Source
2 2 (6.667%) Management Information System
3 1 (3.333%) DTV
Operating Systems
1 21 (70.00%) UNIX
2 13 (43.33%) Windows
2 13 (43.33%) Linux
3 3 (10.00%) AIX
3 3 (10.00%) Solaris
4 1 (3.333%) Debian
4 1 (3.333%) Ubuntu
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (30.00%) Data Modelling
1 9 (30.00%) Web Development
2 8 (26.67%) SOA
2 8 (26.67%) Agile Software Development
2 8 (26.67%) Test Automation
2 8 (26.67%) Continuous Improvement
3 5 (16.67%) Asset Management
3 5 (16.67%) UML
4 4 (13.33%) CRM
4 4 (13.33%) Requirements Analysis
5 3 (10.00%) Performance Testing
6 2 (6.667%) BPEL
7 1 (3.333%) Knowledge Management
7 1 (3.333%) eTOM
Programming Languages
1 21 (70.00%) SQL
2 17 (56.67%) VBScript
3 13 (43.33%) Shell Script
4 12 (40.00%) Perl
5 9 (30.00%) C#
5 9 (30.00%) T-SQL
5 9 (30.00%) AWK
5 9 (30.00%) sed
6 6 (20.00%) C
7 4 (13.33%) C++
7 4 (13.33%) XPath
8 3 (10.00%) PL/SQL
9 1 (3.333%) PHP
Qualifications
1 17 (56.67%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (10.00%) QA
System Software
1 1 (3.333%) VMware Infrastructure
Systems Management
1 9 (30.00%) WMI
Vendors
1 9 (30.00%) Altiris
2 6 (20.00%) Oracle
3 4 (13.33%) Chordiant
3 4 (13.33%) Genesys
4 3 (10.00%) Ab Initio
4 3 (10.00%) IBM
4 3 (10.00%) HP
5 1 (3.333%) VMware
5 1 (3.333%) Lombardi
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