The first table below looks at the demand for the Senior Java Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the West Midlands region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Senior Java Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the West Midlands region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Senior Java Developer
Rank 175 138 132
Rank change year-on-year
-37 -6
Permanent jobs requiring a Senior Java Developer 29 47 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 0.577% 1.031% 1.079%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.601% 1.076% 1.127%
Number of salaries quoted 28 42 43
Average salary £41,750 £47,500 £43,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.10% +9.19%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £42,800 £37,800
10% offered a salary of more than £47,200 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £46,000 £47,500 £45,000
% change year-on-year
-3.15% +5.55%
All Job Titles
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
4823 4368 3992
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands 95.92% 95.83% 95.69%
Number of salaries quoted 3997 3832 3397
Average salary £37,500 £37,500 £37,500
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £25,000 £24,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £60,000 £57,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Senior Java Developer
England

Senior Java Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Senior Java Developer across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

West Midlands Senior Java Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Senior Java Developer
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Senior Java Developer Salary Trend

Senior Java Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Senior Java Developer across the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

West Midlands Senior Java Developer Salary Histogram

Senior Java Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Senior Java Developer within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 24 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
Birmingham -6 16 £40,000 -38.46%
Coventry -18 9 £46,000 +15.00%
Warwickshire -30 2 £37,500 -21.05%
Shropshire - 1 - -
Senior Java Developer
England

Senior Java Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Senior Java Developer in their job title 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 with Senior Java Developer in their job title.

1 52 (100.00%) Java
2 42 (80.77%) J2EE
3 30 (57.69%) Spring
4 29 (55.77%) Hibernate
5 25 (48.08%) OO
6 24 (46.15%) Agile Software Development
7 22 (42.31%) XML
8 21 (40.38%) TDD
9 20 (38.46%) Oracle
9 20 (38.46%) SQL
10 19 (36.54%) SQL Server
11 18 (34.62%) SOAP
11 18 (34.62%) JMS
12 16 (30.77%) Struts
12 16 (30.77%) HTML
13 15 (28.85%) JavaScript
13 15 (28.85%) Tomcat
13 15 (28.85%) Maven
14 14 (26.92%) Ajax
14 14 (26.92%) ActiveMQ
14 14 (26.92%) CSS
15 13 (25.00%) Eclipse
15 13 (25.00%) MVC
15 13 (25.00%) Selenium
15 13 (25.00%) Unit Testing
16 12 (23.08%) Multithreading
16 12 (23.08%) SQL Server 2008
16 12 (23.08%) TeamCity
16 12 (23.08%) Apache Continuum
16 12 (23.08%) FitNesse

Senior Java Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the West Midlands region that cited Senior Java Developer in their job title 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 with Senior Java Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 42 (80.77%) J2EE
2 30 (57.69%) Spring
3 29 (55.77%) Hibernate
4 22 (42.31%) XML
5 18 (34.62%) SOAP
5 18 (34.62%) JMS
6 16 (30.77%) Struts
6 16 (30.77%) HTML
7 14 (26.92%) Ajax
7 14 (26.92%) CSS
8 12 (23.08%) Spring MVC
8 12 (23.08%) JMX
8 12 (23.08%) Servlets
9 10 (19.23%) Java EE
10 9 (17.31%) JSP
10 9 (17.31%) EJB
10 9 (17.31%) XSLT
11 8 (15.38%) jQuery
11 8 (15.38%) HTML5
12 6 (11.54%) WebSphere
Application Platforms
1 15 (28.85%) Tomcat
2 14 (26.92%) ActiveMQ
3 5 (9.615%) SAP Portal
3 5 (9.615%) SharePoint
3 5 (9.615%) NetWeaver
4 4 (7.692%) Apache
5 3 (5.769%) WebSphere MQ
6 1 (1.923%) WebLogic
Applications
1 5 (9.615%) MS Excel
2 2 (3.846%) MS Office
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.692%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (36.54%) SQL Server
2 12 (23.08%) SQL Server 2008
2 12 (23.08%) JasperReports
2 12 (23.08%) SQL Server 2005
2 12 (23.08%) Oracle Reports
3 5 (9.615%) DB2
4 1 (1.923%) Oracle 10g
Development Applications
1 15 (28.85%) Maven
2 13 (25.00%) Eclipse
2 13 (25.00%) Selenium
3 12 (23.08%) TeamCity
3 12 (23.08%) Apache Continuum
3 12 (23.08%) FitNesse
3 12 (23.08%) Subversion
4 10 (19.23%) JUnit
5 5 (9.615%) Xcode
6 1 (1.923%) Hudson
General
1 5 (9.615%) Retail
2 4 (7.692%) Finance
3 1 (1.923%) Games
Miscellaneous
1 9 (17.31%) Firmware
2 5 (9.615%) Blackberry
3 3 (5.769%) Mobile App
4 2 (3.846%) Open Source
4 2 (3.846%) Derivative
4 2 (3.846%) Equity Derivative
5 1 (1.923%) Physics
5 1 (1.923%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 6 (11.54%) Linux
2 5 (9.615%) Windows Phone 7
2 5 (9.615%) Android
2 5 (9.615%) Windows Phone
2 5 (9.615%) Windows
3 4 (7.692%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 25 (48.08%) OO
2 24 (46.15%) Agile Software Development
3 21 (40.38%) TDD
4 13 (25.00%) MVC
4 13 (25.00%) Unit Testing
5 12 (23.08%) Multithreading
6 10 (19.23%) UML
6 10 (19.23%) Scrum
6 10 (19.23%) OOD
7 6 (11.54%) OOA/OOD
8 4 (7.692%) RUP
8 4 (7.692%) Continuous Improvement
9 2 (3.846%) Business Intelligence
9 2 (3.846%) RAD
9 2 (3.846%) Product Management
9 2 (3.846%) Business Development
10 1 (1.923%) Integration Testing
Programming Languages
1 52 (100.00%) Java
2 20 (38.46%) SQL
3 15 (28.85%) JavaScript
4 7 (13.46%) C#
5 3 (5.769%) Scala
5 3 (5.769%) VB
5 3 (5.769%) ABAP
5 3 (5.769%) C++
5 3 (5.769%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 4 (7.692%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.923%) QA
Vendors
1 20 (38.46%) Oracle
2 12 (23.08%) JBoss
3 8 (15.38%) SAP
4 7 (13.46%) Microsoft
5 5 (9.615%) Sybase
6 2 (3.846%) IBM
Birmingham, West Midlands (County)
Java / J2ee / Hibernate Senior Java Developer - Permanent position Midlands based Up to £50k My client is an established software house operating globally and boasting a client portfolio of...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £40000 - £50000 per annum
Posted: 20 May 2013
Birmingham, West Midlands
These roles have come about due to a very large project being won they are wanting to onboard 2 peopleas soon as possible. The Role: Maintaining released products...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 25 May 2013