The first table below looks at the demand for Groovy skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Groovy over the 3 months to 19 June 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 Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Groovy
Rank - 189 162
Permanent jobs citing Groovy 0 5 8
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands - 0.105% 0.185%
As % of the Programming Languages category - 0.195% 0.408%
Number of salaries quoted 0 1 8
Average salary - £30,000 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
- -25.00%
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £35,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +14.28%
All Programming Languages
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
2608 2559 1959
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 49.45% 53.52% 45.25%
Number of salaries quoted 2292 2304 1749
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £25,000 £23,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £48,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Groovy
England

Groovy
Jobs Demand Trend

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

West Midlands Groovy Jobs Demand Trend

Groovy
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Groovy across the West Midlands region.

West Midlands Groovy Salary Trend

Groovy
Top 4 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Groovy 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 Groovy.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Grails
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful

Groovy
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Groovy 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 Groovy. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) Grails
1 1 (100.00%) RESTful
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java
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