Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Swing 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 Swing over the 3 months to 12 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the West Midlands region.

 Swing (Java)
Location
3 months to
12 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank147155224
Rank change year-on-year
Up+8Up+69
Matching permanent IT job ads71711
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands0.202 %0.360 %0.128 %
As % of the Application Development category0.585 %0.879 %0.408 %
Salaries quoted71410
Average salary£32,500£27,500£39,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+18.18 %-29.48 %
UK excluding London average salary£32,500£32,500£37,500
% change year-on-year
--13.33 %
West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
West Midlands
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
119719352693
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the West Midlands34.53 %40.96 %31.35 %
Salaries quoted105116062396
Average salary£32,500£32,500£32,500
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,500£24,000£24,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£45,000£45,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
Swing EnglandSwing
England

Swing
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Swing across the West Midlands region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

West Midlands Swing Demand Trend

Swing
Salary Trend

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

West Midlands Swing Salary Trend

Swing
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Swing within the West Midlands region over the 3 months to 12 March 2010. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
WorcestershireUp+117£32,500+18.18 %
HerefordshireUp+216£32,500-23.52 %
Swing EnglandSwing
England

Swing
Top 7 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Swing 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 Swing.

119 (100.00 %)Java
119 (100.00 %)J2SE
217 (89.47 %)SQL
312 (63.16 %)Oracle
49 (47.37 %)J2EE
52 (10.53 %)SQL Server
52 (10.53 %)E-Commerce

Swing
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 12 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Midlands region citing Swing 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 Swing. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

West Midlands IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
119 (100.00 %)J2SE
29 (47.37 %)J2EE
West Midlands IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (10.53 %)SQL Server
West Midlands IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
119 (100.00 %)Developer
119 (100.00 %)Java Developer
119 (100.00 %)Java Swing Developer
217 (89.47 %)Senior Java Developer
217 (89.47 %)Senior Developer
32 (10.53 %)Java/J2EE Developer
West Midlands IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
12 (10.53 %)E-Commerce
West Midlands IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
119 (100.00 %)Java
217 (89.47 %)SQL
West Midlands IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
112 (63.16 %)Oracle