Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the table below looks at the demand for Java skills in IT jobs advertised for the West Yorkshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 19 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 Programming Languages category for the West Yorkshire region.

 Java
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank186114
Rank change year-on-year
Up+43Down-47
Matching permanent IT job ads15473664
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire7.490 %3.118 %11.62 %
As % of the Programming Languages category15.52 %6.673 %21.58 %
Salaries quoted14655543
Average salary£35,000£35,000£35,000
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£25,000£23,250£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£50,000£45,000£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£37,500£37,500£37,500
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryAll Programming Languages
West Yorkshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Programming Languages category
99210943077
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in West Yorkshire48.25 %46.73 %53.85 %
Salaries quoted8829502708
Average salary£32,500£30,000£32,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-6.250 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£23,000£22,000£22,500
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£45,000£40,000£40,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£35,000£34,500
% change year-on-year
-+1.440 %
Java YorkshireJava
Yorkshire

Java
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing Java across the West Yorkshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Programming Languages category.

West Yorkshire Java Demand Trend

Java
Salary Trend

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

West Yorkshire Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the West Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

West Yorkshire Java Salary Histogram

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 Yorkshire region over the 3 months to 19 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
LeedsUp+48116£35,000+7.69 %
BradfordUp+2428£50,000+17.64 %
HalifaxUp+1615£35,000-
WakefieldUp+1312£40,000+23.07 %
HuddersfieldNew entry-5£21,500-
OssettNew entry-2£27,500-
Java YorkshireJava
Yorkshire

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

1116 (39.19 %)C++
284 (28.38 %).NET
383 (28.04 %)Oracle
481 (27.36 %)SQL
572 (24.32 %)C#
668 (22.97 %)J2EE
761 (20.61 %)SQL Server
858 (19.59 %)C
955 (18.58 %)Hibernate
1054 (18.24 %)Linux
1150 (16.89 %)Microsoft
1248 (16.22 %)Agile Software Development
1345 (15.20 %)Spring
1444 (14.86 %)XML
1543 (14.53 %)Degree
1641 (13.85 %)JavaScript
1740 (13.51 %)JUnit
1837 (12.50 %)Finance
1837 (12.50 %)Education
1934 (11.49 %)OO
1934 (11.49 %)MS Excel
2031 (10.47 %)HTML
2130 (10.14 %)JSP
2130 (10.14 %)Scrum
2229 (9.797 %)Embedded C
2229 (9.797 %)Embedded C++
2326 (8.784 %)Windows
2425 (8.446 %)UNIX
2425 (8.446 %)PHP
2425 (8.446 %)Project Management

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, IT jobs across the West Yorkshire 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.

West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
184 (28.38 %).NET
268 (22.97 %)J2EE
355 (18.58 %)Hibernate
445 (15.20 %)Spring
544 (14.86 %)XML
631 (10.47 %)HTML
730 (10.14 %)JSP
822 (7.432 %)Struts
920 (6.757 %)AJAX
1018 (6.081 %)CSS
1115 (5.068 %)Servlets
1115 (5.068 %)SOAP
1214 (4.730 %)Adobe Flex
1313 (4.392 %)Web Services
1313 (4.392 %)ASP.NET
1412 (4.054 %)Swing
1510 (3.378 %)WebSphere
169 (3.041 %).NET Framework
178 (2.703 %)Java EE
178 (2.703 %)JMS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
122 (7.432 %)WebLogic
219 (6.419 %)Apache
318 (6.081 %)Tomcat
45 (1.689 %)SharePoint
54 (1.351 %)Liferay
63 (1.014 %)ESB
63 (1.014 %)SharePoint Server 2007
63 (1.014 %)SAS
72 (0.676 %)Oracle HTTP Server
72 (0.676 %)CMS
81 (0.338 %)WebSphere Application Server
81 (0.338 %)MS Exchange
81 (0.338 %)Documentum
81 (0.338 %)Exchange Server 2007
81 (0.338 %)Jetty
81 (0.338 %)Umbraco
81 (0.338 %)WordPress
81 (0.338 %)Commerce Server
81 (0.338 %)WebSphere MQ
81 (0.338 %)MQSeries
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
134 (11.49 %)MS Excel
26 (2.027 %)Photoshop
33 (1.014 %)MATLAB
42 (0.676 %)MS Visio
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
13 (1.014 %)Oracle Applications
21 (0.338 %)Dynamics CRM
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
123 (7.770 %)DVB
28 (2.703 %)HTTP
28 (2.703 %)TCP/IP
34 (1.351 %)GPRS
34 (1.351 %)GSM
34 (1.351 %)SMTP
43 (1.014 %)Firewall
43 (1.014 %)Internet
51 (0.338 %)Extranet
51 (0.338 %)SMS
51 (0.338 %)SNMP
51 (0.338 %)DNS
51 (0.338 %)SAN
51 (0.338 %)Intranet
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
161 (20.61 %)SQL Server
212 (4.054 %)MySQL
311 (3.716 %)RDBMS
49 (3.041 %)SQL Server 2005
56 (2.027 %)SQL Server 2000
56 (2.027 %)Oracle Reports
65 (1.689 %)BusinessObjects
74 (1.351 %)Oracle 10g
74 (1.351 %)SQL Server Integration Services
83 (1.014 %)Oracle 8/8i
83 (1.014 %)Data Mining
92 (0.676 %)PostgreSQL
92 (0.676 %)SQL Server 2008
101 (0.338 %)Xcelsius
101 (0.338 %)BusinessObjects Web Intelligence
101 (0.338 %)ETL
101 (0.338 %)DB2
101 (0.338 %)Informix
101 (0.338 %)Oracle 9i
101 (0.338 %)Datawarehouse
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
140 (13.51 %)JUnit
224 (8.108 %)Eclipse
318 (6.081 %)NUnit
411 (3.716 %)Ant
510 (3.378 %)Subversion
69 (3.041 %)QuickTest Pro
76 (2.027 %)Oracle Forms
84 (1.351 %)Dreamweaver
92 (0.676 %)Maven
92 (0.676 %)Log4j
92 (0.676 %)MyEclipse
101 (0.338 %)Selenium
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
137 (12.50 %)Finance
137 (12.50 %)Education
212 (4.054 %)Health
212 (4.054 %)Banking
311 (3.716 %)Pensions
311 (3.716 %)Telecoms
410 (3.378 %)Pharmaceutical
56 (2.027 %)Marketing
65 (1.689 %)Retail
65 (1.689 %)Multimedia
65 (1.689 %)Government
74 (1.351 %)Electronics
74 (1.351 %)Graphic Design
83 (1.014 %)Publishing
92 (0.676 %)Financial Institution
92 (0.676 %)Chemicals
101 (0.338 %)Back Office
101 (0.338 %)Social Media
101 (0.338 %)Online Banking
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
1204 (68.92 %)Developer
2107 (36.15 %)Java Developer
335 (11.82 %).NET Developer
430 (10.14 %)Graduate
528 (9.459 %)Graduate Developer
627 (9.122 %)Junior
627 (9.122 %)Junior Developer
725 (8.446 %)Consultant
725 (8.446 %)Software Consultant
824 (8.108 %)Analyst
824 (8.108 %)Programmer
923 (7.770 %)Applications Support
923 (7.770 %)Senior Consultant
923 (7.770 %)Software Developer
1022 (7.432 %)Java/J2EE Developer
1120 (6.757 %)J2EE Developer
1218 (6.081 %)Project Manager
1218 (6.081 %)Server Support
1218 (6.081 %)Java Programmer
1317 (5.743 %)SQL Server Developer
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
125 (8.446 %)Computer Science
223 (7.770 %)DTV
223 (7.770 %)IPTV
38 (2.703 %)Chemistry
47 (2.365 %)Client/Server
55 (1.689 %)Open Source
64 (1.351 %)Multithreading
64 (1.351 %)Firmware
73 (1.014 %)iPhone
73 (1.014 %)Credit Risk
82 (0.676 %)Amazon EC2
82 (0.676 %)Derivative
82 (0.676 %)Clustering
91 (0.338 %)W3C
91 (0.338 %)SaaS
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
154 (18.24 %)Linux
226 (8.784 %)Windows
325 (8.446 %)UNIX
325 (8.446 %)Embedded Linux
423 (7.770 %)Nucleus RTOS
423 (7.770 %)VxWorks
56 (2.027 %)Debian
64 (1.351 %)Ubuntu
72 (0.676 %)Solaris
72 (0.676 %)Mac OS
81 (0.338 %)Windows Vista
81 (0.338 %)Windows Server 2008
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
148 (16.22 %)Agile Software Development
234 (11.49 %)OO
330 (10.14 %)Scrum
425 (8.446 %)Project Management
523 (7.770 %)UML
621 (7.095 %)MVC
720 (6.757 %)Continuous Integration
818 (6.081 %)Unit Testing
915 (5.068 %)RUP
1014 (4.730 %)DSDM
1112 (4.054 %)Software Architecture
1112 (4.054 %)Use Case
129 (3.041 %)Software Engineering
138 (2.703 %)Web Development
146 (2.027 %)Business Intelligence
155 (1.689 %)OOP
155 (1.689 %)TDD
155 (1.689 %)SOA
164 (1.351 %)Migration
164 (1.351 %)PRINCE2
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
1116 (39.19 %)C++
281 (27.36 %)SQL
372 (24.32 %)C#
458 (19.59 %)C
541 (13.85 %)JavaScript
629 (9.797 %)Embedded C
629 (9.797 %)Embedded C++
725 (8.446 %)PHP
819 (6.419 %)T-SQL
912 (4.054 %)VB
109 (3.041 %)Ruby
118 (2.703 %)PL/SQL
118 (2.703 %)Perl
127 (2.365 %)ActionScript
136 (2.027 %)VB.NET
145 (1.689 %)ActionScript 2.0
154 (1.351 %)Assembly Language
154 (1.351 %)COBOL
163 (1.014 %)Shell Script
163 (1.014 %)VBA
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
143 (14.53 %)Degree
24 (1.351 %)Sun Certification
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
19 (3.041 %)QA
23 (1.014 %)Basel II
32 (0.676 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (1.014 %)Hadoop
21 (0.338 %)Active Directory
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Systems Management CategorySystems Management
11 (0.338 %)OpenView
West Yorkshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
183 (28.04 %)Oracle
250 (16.89 %)Microsoft
318 (6.081 %)Anite
411 (3.716 %)Vignette
510 (3.378 %)JBoss
68 (2.703 %)HP
76 (2.027 %)Adobe
85 (1.689 %)Business Objects
85 (1.689 %)EMC
94 (1.351 %)Atmel
94 (1.351 %)IBM
103 (1.014 %)Sun
103 (1.014 %)BEA
112 (0.676 %)VMware
112 (0.676 %)Google
112 (0.676 %)Macromedia
121 (0.338 %)SAP
121 (0.338 %)ATG