Java Developer Jobs in Hertfordshire

The median annual salary for a Java Developer was £45,000 in advertised job vacancies in Hertfordshire during the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

The first table below provides salary benchmarking and summary statistics including a comparison to same period in the previous 2 years.

Java Developer East of England / Hertfordshire
Location	3 months to 27 Jun 2017	Same period 2016	Same period 2015
Rank	55	47	54
Rank change year-on-year	-8	+7
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer	101	112	143
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Hertfordshire	4.86%	4.87%	5.06%
As % of the Job Titles category	4.99%	5.06%	5.19%
Number of salaries quoted	91	110	128
Median salary	£45,000	£52,500	£50,000
Median salary % change year-on-year	-14.28%	+5.00%
90% offered a salary of more than	£40,000	£40,000	£42,200
10% offered a salary of more than	£70,000	£70,250	£55,750
UK excluding London median salary	£45,000	£46,000	£45,000
% change year-on-year	-2.17%	+2.22%

The next table is for comparison with the above and includes summary statistics for all job roles in permanent job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title. As such, the figures in the first row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

IT Job Roles Hertfordshire
Permanent job vacancies with a job title containing a recognized job role	2026	2214	2756
As % of all permanent IT job vacancies advertised in Hertfordshire	97.45%	96.18%	97.52%
Number of salaries quoted	1748	1849	2199
Median salary	£45,000	£45,000	£45,000
90% offered a salary of more than	£25,000	£25,000	£26,000
10% offered a salary of more than	£67,500	£62,500	£65,000
UK excluding London median salary	£42,500	£41,500	£40,000
% change year-on-year	+2.40%	+3.75%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Hertfordshire

The job posting trend of jobs advertised in Hertfordshire that featured Java Developer in the job title.

Job vacancy trend for Java Developer in Hertfordshire

Java Developer
Salary Trend in Hertfordshire

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Java Developer in Hertfordshire.

Salary trend for Java Developer in Hertfordshire

Java Developer
Salary Histogram in Hertfordshire

The salary distribution of IT jobs citing Java Developer in Hertfordshire over the 3 months to 27 June 2017.

Salary histogram for Java Developer in Hertfordshire

Java Developer
Job Locations in Hertfordshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java Developer within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 27 June 2017. 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	Rank Change on Same Period Last Year	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Median Salary Last 3 Months	Median Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year	Live Job Vacancies
Watford	+5	32	£46,000	-28.12%	3
Letchworth	+8	16	£42,500	+6.25%
Hertford	+4	11	£65,000	+205.88%
Welwyn Garden City	-1	10	£50,000	+2.56%	2
Stevenage	+17	4	£45,000	-10.00%	1
Borehamwood	-	4	£34,000	-
Bishop's Stortford	-	3	£34,000	-	2
Rickmansworth	+6	1	£80,000	+33.33%
Hatfield	-7	1	£60,000	+33.33%	3
Cheshunt	-	1	£40,000	-
Java Developer East of England

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring IT Skills in Hertfordshire

For the 6 months to 27 June 2017, Java Developer job roles required the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number co-occurrences and its proportion to all job ads across the Hertfordshire region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1	224 (100.00%)	Java
2	131 (58.48%)	Agile Software Development
3	104 (46.43%)	Spring
4	84 (37.50%)	JavaScript
5	79 (35.27%)	Finance
6	71 (31.70%)	SQL
6	71 (31.70%)	XML
7	69 (30.80%)	Scrum
8	63 (28.13%)	Web Services
9	59 (26.34%)	Tomcat
10	57 (25.45%)	Oracle
11	56 (25.00%)	TDD
12	52 (23.21%)	Hibernate
12	52 (23.21%)	J2EE
13	43 (19.20%)	Degree

14	40 (17.86%)	Computer Science
15	39 (17.41%)	Java EE
15	39 (17.41%)	JIRA
15	39 (17.41%)	Software Engineering
15	39 (17.41%)	SQL Server
16	35 (15.63%)	CSS
16	35 (15.63%)	OO
17	34 (15.18%)	HTML
18	32 (14.29%)	SOA
18	32 (14.29%)	RESTful
19	31 (13.84%)	Test Automation
19	31 (13.84%)	JUnit
20	30 (13.39%)	SDLC
21	29 (12.95%)	Selenium
22	28 (12.50%)	Greenfield Project

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring IT Skills in Hertfordshire by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same job type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
Business Applications
Cloud Services
Communications & Networking
Database & Business Intelligence
Development Applications
General
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
Miscellaneous
Operating Systems
Processes & Methodologies
Programming Languages
Qualifications
Quality Assurance & Compliance
System Software
Systems Management
Vendors

Application Platforms
1	59 (26.34%)	Tomcat
2	22 (9.82%)	JBoss
3	14 (6.25%)	WebLogic
4	8 (3.57%)	Oracle SOA Suite
4	8 (3.57%)	WebSphere
5	7 (3.13%)	Apache
6	2 (0.89%)	WebSphere Application Server
7	1 (0.45%)	WildFly

Business Applications
1	3 (1.34%)	Magento

Cloud Services
1	12 (5.36%)	Amazon AWS
2	6 (2.68%)	Microsoft Azure
3	1 (0.45%)	AWS Elastic Beanstalk
3	1 (0.45%)	AWS Lambda
3	1 (0.45%)	TestFlight

Communications & Networking
1	5 (2.23%)	Internet
2	3 (1.34%)	VoIP
3	2 (0.89%)	Wireshark
4	1 (0.45%)	HTTP
4	1 (0.45%)	iBeacon

Database & Business Intelligence
1	39 (17.41%)	SQL Server
2	22 (9.82%)	MySQL
3	14 (6.25%)	Oracle Database
4	10 (4.46%)	Oracle Database 10g
4	10 (4.46%)	SQL Server 2014
5	8 (3.57%)	Relational Database
6	7 (3.13%)	NoSQL
6	7 (3.13%)	RDBMS
7	6 (2.68%)	Big Data
8	3 (1.34%)	Crystal Reports
9	1 (0.45%)	Amazon DynamoDB
9	1 (0.45%)	Oracle Database 11g
9	1 (0.45%)	PostgreSQL
9	1 (0.45%)	SQL Server 2012

Development Applications
1	39 (17.41%)	JIRA
2	31 (13.84%)	JUnit
3	29 (12.95%)	Selenium
4	23 (10.27%)	Maven
5	21 (9.38%)	Git (software)
6	20 (8.93%)	Cucumber
7	18 (8.04%)	Jenkins
8	17 (7.59%)	Eclipse
9	12 (5.36%)	Subversion
10	9 (4.02%)	JBehave
10	9 (4.02%)	WebDriver
11	7 (3.13%)	gulp
12	5 (2.23%)	Karma Test Runner
12	5 (2.23%)	Sonatype Nexus
13	4 (1.79%)	Bitbucket
13	4 (1.79%)	Gradle
13	4 (1.79%)	jMock
14	3 (1.34%)	Bower
14	3 (1.34%)	Grunt
14	3 (1.34%)	Visual Studio

General
1	79 (35.27%)	Finance
2	16 (7.14%)	Retail
3	12 (5.36%)	Banking
4	7 (3.13%)	Telecoms
5	1 (0.45%)	Advertising
5	1 (0.45%)	Back Office
5	1 (0.45%)	Legal
5	1 (0.45%)	Manufacturing
5	1 (0.45%)	Pharmaceutical

Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1	104 (46.43%)	Spring
2	71 (31.70%)	XML
3	63 (28.13%)	Web Services
4	52 (23.21%)	Hibernate
4	52 (23.21%)	J2EE
5	39 (17.41%)	Java EE
6	35 (15.63%)	CSS
7	34 (15.18%)	HTML
8	32 (14.29%)	RESTful
9	22 (9.82%)	AngularJS
10	20 (8.93%)	Gherkin
11	16 (7.14%)	JAX-RS
11	16 (7.14%)	REST
11	16 (7.14%)	Struts
12	14 (6.25%)	JSON
12	14 (6.25%)	SOAP
13	13 (5.80%)	Ajax
13	13 (5.80%)	Spring Boot
14	12 (5.36%)	jQuery
14	12 (5.36%)	XSLT

Miscellaneous
1	40 (17.86%)	Computer Science
2	28 (12.50%)	Greenfield Project
3	17 (7.59%)	Fintech
4	14 (6.25%)	Mobile App
5	12 (5.36%)	Enterprise Software
6	7 (3.13%)	iPad
7	5 (2.23%)	User Experience
8	4 (1.79%)	PMI
9	3 (1.34%)	RIA
9	3 (1.34%)	Robotics
9	3 (1.34%)	Virtual Team
10	2 (0.89%)	Algorithms
10	2 (0.89%)	Analytical Skills
10	2 (0.89%)	Client/Server
10	2 (0.89%)	e-Learning
11	1 (0.45%)	Derivative
11	1 (0.45%)	Fixed Income
11	1 (0.45%)	Smart Home

Operating Systems
1	11 (4.91%)	Android
2	9 (4.02%)	Linux
3	8 (3.57%)	Apple iOS
4	6 (2.68%)	Windows
5	4 (1.79%)	Unix
6	2 (0.89%)	Windows Server
7	1 (0.45%)	Debian

Processes & Methodologies
1	131 (58.48%)	Agile Software Development
2	69 (30.80%)	Scrum
3	56 (25.00%)	TDD
4	39 (17.41%)	Software Engineering
5	35 (15.63%)	OO
6	32 (14.29%)	SOA
7	31 (13.84%)	Test Automation
8	30 (13.39%)	SDLC
9	25 (11.16%)	BDD
10	20 (8.93%)	Microservices
11	19 (8.48%)	SDET
12	17 (7.59%)	ATDD
12	17 (7.59%)	Mathematics
12	17 (7.59%)	Test Scripting
13	16 (7.14%)	Continuous Integration
13	16 (7.14%)	OOP
13	16 (7.14%)	Test Strategy
14	15 (6.70%)	Web Development
15	14 (6.25%)	High Availability
15	14 (6.25%)	Mentoring

Programming Languages
1	224 (100.00%)	Java
2	84 (37.50%)	JavaScript
3	71 (31.70%)	SQL
4	21 (9.38%)	PL/SQL
5	10 (4.46%)	PHP
6	9 (4.02%)	C#
7	7 (3.13%)	Scala
8	5 (2.23%)	ES6
9	4 (1.79%)	Apex Code
10	3 (1.34%)	C++
10	3 (1.34%)	Groovy
10	3 (1.34%)	Python
10	3 (1.34%)	Shell Script
10	3 (1.34%)	VB.NET
11	2 (0.89%)	Erlang
11	2 (0.89%)	Objective-C
12	1 (0.45%)	Perl
12	1 (0.45%)	T-SQL

Qualifications
1	43 (19.20%)	Degree
2	28 (12.50%)	Computer Science Degree
3	4 (1.79%)	PMI Certification
4	3 (1.34%)	SC Cleared
4	3 (1.34%)	Security Cleared

Quality Assurance & Compliance
1	24 (10.71%)	QA

System Software
1	10 (4.46%)	Docker

Systems Management
1	8 (3.57%)	Opscode Chef
2	5 (2.23%)	Business Desktop Deployment
2	5 (2.23%)	MOM

Vendors
1	57 (25.45%)	Oracle
2	7 (3.13%)	hybris
3	5 (2.23%)	Demandware
3	5 (2.23%)	IBM
3	5 (2.23%)	Red Hat
4	4 (1.79%)	Salesforce.com
5	3 (1.34%)	ATG
6	1 (0.45%)	AppDynamics
6	1 (0.45%)	Apple
6	1 (0.45%)	Google
6	1 (0.45%)	New Relic
6	1 (0.45%)	Sybase