Job Vacancy Trend Salary Trend Salary Histogram Job Locations Skill Sets
Period
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The following table provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for Java skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Java over the 6 months to 21 May 2022 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

Java
North West > Manchester
6 months to
21 May 2022		 Same period 2021 Same period 2020
Rank 13 20 15
Rank change year-on-year +7 -5 -3
Permanent jobs citing Java 736 397 462
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Manchester 12.94% 10.12% 11.25%
As % of the Programming Languages category 27.21% 18.51% 19.86%
Number of salaries quoted 458 329 376
10th Percentile £40,000 £38,400 £30,250
25th Percentile £47,500 £45,000 £40,938
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £60,000 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +4.35% +9.52% -4.55%
75th Percentile £77,255 £68,750 £65,594
90th Percentile £87,500 £75,000 £75,000
North West median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% +4.76% -

Java is in the Programming Languages category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in Manchester with a requirement for coding skills.

All Programming Languages
Manchester
Permanent vacancies with a requirement for coding skills 2,705 2,145 2,326
As % of all permanent IT jobs advertised in Manchester 47.57% 54.68% 56.66%
Number of salaries quoted 1,985 1,873 1,929
10th Percentile £37,250 £32,500 £32,500
25th Percentile £42,500 £38,750 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% - +11.11%
75th Percentile £73,675 £63,750 £60,000
90th Percentile £85,000 £72,500 £70,000
North West median annual salary £55,000 £47,500 £50,000
% change year-on-year +15.79% -5.00% +11.11%

Java
Job Vacancy Trend in Manchester

Job postings citing Java as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Manchester.

Job vacancy trend for Java in Manchester

Java
Salary Trend in Manchester

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Java in Manchester.

Salary trend for Java in Manchester

Java
Salary Histogram in Manchester

Salary distribution for jobs citing Java in Manchester over the 6 months to 21 May 2022.

Salary histogram for Java in Manchester

Java
Job Locations in Manchester

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java within the Manchester region over the 6 months to 21 May 2022. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads		 Median Salary
Past 6 Months		 Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year		 Live
Jobs
Stockport -3 16 £72,500 +26.09% 2
Salford -8 15 - - 3
Wigan +2 5 £40,000 -25.58% 1
Sale - 5 - -
Bolton -1 3 - -
Altrincham -8 3 £35,000 -
Rochdale - 2 - -
Cheadle - 1 - -
Oldham - 1 - - 1
Java
North West

For the 6 months to 21 May 2022, IT jobs citing Java also mentioned the following skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Manchester region with a requirement for Java.

1 466 (63.32%) Agile
2 326 (44.29%) Software Engineering
3 299 (40.63%) AWS
4 298 (40.49%) JavaScript
5 279 (37.91%) Python
6 245 (33.29%) DevOps
7 217 (29.48%) Kubernetes
8 201 (27.31%) Spring
9 191 (25.95%) React
10 187 (25.41%) Azure
11 180 (24.46%) Docker
12 179 (24.32%) CI/CD
13 160 (21.74%) TDD
14 159 (21.60%) C#
14 159 (21.60%) Go
15 153 (20.79%) Microservices
16 144 (19.57%) Test Automation
17 136 (18.48%) Security Cleared
18 135 (18.34%) Git (software)
19 131 (17.80%) Mentoring
20 130 (17.66%) SQL
21 121 (16.44%) Scrum
21 121 (16.44%) AngularJS
22 120 (16.30%) Continuous Integration
23 119 (16.17%) GCP
23 119 (16.17%) Full Stack Development
24 117 (15.90%) Terraform
24 117 (15.90%) Node.js
24 117 (15.90%) Linux
25 115 (15.63%) OO

Java
Co-occurring IT Skills in Manchester 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
1 30 (4.08%) Cloud Foundry
2 19 (2.58%) Elasticsearch
3 18 (2.45%) Apache
4 17 (2.31%) Apache Solr
4 17 (2.31%) Apache Spark
5 16 (2.17%) Confluence
6 9 (1.22%) JBoss
7 8 (1.09%) SharePoint
8 6 (0.82%) Apache Airflow
8 6 (0.82%) IIS
8 6 (0.82%) nginx
9 5 (0.68%) Jetty
9 5 (0.68%) Tomcat
10 2 (0.27%) CMS
10 2 (0.27%) GlassFish
10 2 (0.27%) WebLogic
10 2 (0.27%) WebSphere
Applications
1 12 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
2 6 (0.82%) Microsoft Excel
3 4 (0.54%) Maple
Business Applications
1 1 (0.14%) Oracle Procure-to-Pay
Cloud Services
1 299 (40.63%) AWS
2 187 (25.41%) Azure
3 119 (16.17%) GCP
4 47 (6.39%) GitHub
5 39 (5.30%) AWS CloudFormation
6 31 (4.21%) Cloud Computing
7 28 (3.80%) SaaS
8 21 (2.85%) OpenShift
9 19 (2.58%) Serverless
10 15 (2.04%) Apigee
11 14 (1.90%) AWS Lambda
12 11 (1.49%) Azure Cosmos DB
13 8 (1.09%) PaaS
14 6 (0.82%) Azure Machine Learning
14 6 (0.82%) Azure Service Fabric
15 5 (0.68%) Amazon ECS
16 4 (0.54%) Amazon EC2
17 3 (0.41%) BlazeMeter
17 3 (0.41%) GitHub Actions
18 2 (0.27%) npm
Communications & Networking
1 23 (3.13%) HTTPS
2 13 (1.77%) HTTP
3 11 (1.49%) Internet
4 10 (1.36%) Network Security
4 10 (1.36%) TCP/IP
5 7 (0.95%) DNS
6 6 (0.82%) VPN
7 3 (0.41%) DHCP
7 3 (0.41%) FTP
7 3 (0.41%) IPsec
8 1 (0.14%) ATM
8 1 (0.14%) Firewall
8 1 (0.14%) RS-232
8 1 (0.14%) SAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 72 (9.78%) MongoDB
1 72 (9.78%) MySQL
2 60 (8.15%) PostgreSQL
2 60 (8.15%) Relational Database
3 52 (7.07%) Big Data
4 47 (6.39%) NoSQL
5 38 (5.16%) Redis
6 30 (4.08%) SQL Server
7 24 (3.26%) Apache Cassandra
8 20 (2.72%) Neo4j
9 16 (2.17%) Amazon DynamoDB
9 16 (2.17%) Oracle Database
10 15 (2.04%) RDBMS
11 13 (1.77%) Hadoop
12 11 (1.49%) Bigtable
12 11 (1.49%) DB2
13 9 (1.22%) Couchbase
14 6 (0.82%) Data Warehouse
15 4 (0.54%) Amazon RDS
16 3 (0.41%) Oracle Database 11g
Development Applications
1 135 (18.34%) Git (software)
2 94 (12.77%) Jenkins
3 63 (8.56%) JIRA
4 46 (6.25%) GitLab
4 46 (6.25%) Maven
5 44 (5.98%) Selenium
6 34 (4.62%) Postman
7 29 (3.94%) JUnit
8 28 (3.80%) Cypress.io
9 26 (3.53%) SonarQube
10 22 (2.99%) Gradle
11 21 (2.85%) Cucumber
11 21 (2.85%) Robot Framework
12 19 (2.58%) Subversion
13 17 (2.31%) Bitbucket
13 17 (2.31%) Mockito
13 17 (2.31%) TeamCity
14 16 (2.17%) JMeter
15 13 (1.77%) Vagrant
16 12 (1.63%) SoapUI
General
1 96 (13.04%) Finance
2 95 (12.91%) Social Skills
3 91 (12.36%) Inclusion and Diversity
4 57 (7.74%) Public Sector
5 51 (6.93%) Automotive
6 35 (4.76%) Games
7 32 (4.35%) Law
8 28 (3.80%) Retail
9 20 (2.72%) Banking
10 18 (2.45%) Legal
11 13 (1.77%) Analytical Skills
12 9 (1.22%) Marketing
12 9 (1.22%) Telecoms
13 7 (0.95%) Financial Institution
13 7 (0.95%) Presentation Skills
14 6 (0.82%) Police
15 5 (0.68%) Retail Banking
16 4 (0.54%) Electronics
16 4 (0.54%) Manufacturing
17 3 (0.41%) Tech for Good
Job Titles
1 310 (42.12%) Developer
2 213 (28.94%) Software Engineer
3 156 (21.20%) Java Developer
4 82 (11.14%) Senior Software Engineer
5 81 (11.01%) Senior Developer
6 61 (8.29%) Software Developer
7 53 (7.20%) Senior Java Developer
8 37 (5.03%) Full Stack Developer
9 36 (4.89%) Java Engineer
9 36 (4.89%) Lead Software Engineer
10 34 (4.62%) Test Engineer
11 29 (3.94%) Java Software Engineer
11 29 (3.94%) Site Engineer
11 29 (3.94%) Site Reliability Engineer
12 28 (3.80%) DevOps Engineer
13 25 (3.40%) Data Engineer
14 23 (3.13%) Junior
14 23 (3.13%) Junior Developer
15 21 (2.85%) Senior Full Stack Developer
16 20 (2.72%) Trainee
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 201 (27.31%) Spring
2 191 (25.95%) React
3 121 (16.44%) AngularJS
4 117 (15.90%) Node.js
5 105 (14.27%) HTML
6 103 (13.99%) Spring Boot
7 94 (12.77%) Kafka
8 93 (12.64%) CSS
9 87 (11.82%) REST
10 74 (10.05%) RESTful
11 72 (9.78%) .NET
12 70 (9.51%) HTML5
13 41 (5.57%) Vue.js
14 37 (5.03%) Web Services
15 35 (4.76%) SOAP
16 32 (4.35%) XML
17 30 (4.08%) CSS3
18 23 (3.13%) JSON
19 22 (2.99%) .NET Core
19 22 (2.99%) Hibernate
Miscellaneous
1 90 (12.23%) Cloud Native
2 38 (5.16%) User Experience
3 29 (3.94%) Greenfield Project
4 28 (3.80%) Blog
5 27 (3.67%) Cyberattack
6 26 (3.53%) Data Protection Act
6 26 (3.53%) Self-Motivation
7 23 (3.13%) Enterprise Software
8 22 (2.99%) Mobile App
9 20 (2.72%) Cybercrime
9 20 (2.72%) Data Structures
10 19 (2.58%) Cyber Defence
10 19 (2.58%) Social Media
11 16 (2.17%) Mobile Payment
11 16 (2.17%) Virtual Team
12 15 (2.04%) Algorithms
13 14 (1.90%) Management Information System
14 11 (1.49%) Legacy Code
15 10 (1.36%) IoT
15 10 (1.36%) Smart Home
Operating Systems
1 117 (15.90%) Linux
2 52 (7.07%) Android
3 47 (6.39%) Apple iOS
3 47 (6.39%) Windows
4 42 (5.71%) Unix
5 9 (1.22%) Mesosphere
6 6 (0.82%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 5 (0.68%) CentOS
7 5 (0.68%) Mac OS
7 5 (0.68%) Windows 10
8 3 (0.41%) Windows Server
9 1 (0.14%) Embedded Linux
9 1 (0.14%) Mac OS X
9 1 (0.14%) Windows Server 2012
Processes & Methodologies
1 466 (63.32%) Agile
2 326 (44.29%) Software Engineering
3 245 (33.29%) DevOps
4 179 (24.32%) CI/CD
5 160 (21.74%) TDD
6 153 (20.79%) Microservices
7 144 (19.57%) Test Automation
8 131 (17.80%) Mentoring
9 121 (16.44%) Scrum
10 120 (16.30%) Continuous Integration
11 119 (16.17%) Full Stack Development
12 115 (15.63%) OO
13 110 (14.95%) Problem-Solving
14 96 (13.04%) Coaching
15 74 (10.05%) Continuous Delivery
16 64 (8.70%) Configuration Management
16 64 (8.70%) Infrastructure as Code
17 63 (8.56%) Analytics
18 57 (7.74%) Pair Programming
18 57 (7.74%) Software Testing
Programming Languages
1 298 (40.49%) JavaScript
2 279 (37.91%) Python
3 159 (21.60%) C#
3 159 (21.60%) Go
4 130 (17.66%) SQL
5 98 (13.32%) C++
6 74 (10.05%) Kotlin
6 74 (10.05%) TypeScript
7 73 (9.92%) Ruby
8 68 (9.24%) Scala
9 30 (4.08%) PowerShell
10 29 (3.94%) Bash
11 23 (3.13%) C
12 20 (2.72%) PHP
13 19 (2.58%) Apple Swift
13 19 (2.58%) ES6
13 19 (2.58%) Objective-C
14 15 (2.04%) ES7
14 15 (2.04%) ES8
15 11 (1.49%) F#
Qualifications
1 136 (18.48%) Security Cleared
2 83 (11.28%) Degree
3 64 (8.70%) SC Cleared
4 17 (2.31%) CIW
4 17 (2.31%) Computer Science Degree
4 17 (2.31%) OCA
4 17 (2.31%) OCP
4 17 (2.31%) Oracle Certification
5 13 (1.77%) ISTQB
6 10 (1.36%) Microsoft Certification
7 8 (1.09%) DV Cleared
8 7 (0.95%) DBS Check
9 3 (0.41%) ISTQB Foundation Certification
10 2 (0.27%) AWS Certification
11 1 (0.14%) Master's Degree
11 1 (0.14%) Numerate Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 32 (4.35%) QA
2 17 (2.31%) Data Quality
3 5 (0.68%) Accessibility
4 2 (0.27%) GDPR
5 1 (0.14%) ISO 22301
5 1 (0.14%) ISO/IEC 27001
System Software
1 180 (24.46%) Docker
2 4 (0.54%) Postfix
2 4 (0.54%) VMware Infrastructure
3 3 (0.41%) Firmware
4 1 (0.14%) Active Directory
Systems Management
1 217 (29.48%) Kubernetes
2 117 (15.90%) Terraform
3 41 (5.57%) Ansible
4 35 (4.76%) Prometheus
5 26 (3.53%) Grafana
6 17 (2.31%) Puppet
7 15 (2.04%) Opscode Chef
8 9 (1.22%) Automic
8 9 (1.22%) Consul
9 6 (0.82%) HP ALM
9 6 (0.82%) Istio
10 4 (0.54%) Pacemaker
10 4 (0.54%) Podman
10 4 (0.54%) Single Sign-On
11 3 (0.41%) Docker Swarm
11 3 (0.41%) HP Quality Center
12 2 (0.27%) Kibana
13 1 (0.14%) Packer
Vendors
1 88 (11.96%) Oracle
2 67 (9.10%) Microsoft
3 63 (8.56%) Google
4 30 (4.08%) Salesforce.com
5 17 (2.31%) Twitter
6 11 (1.49%) Dell
6 11 (1.49%) Xamarin
7 10 (1.36%) Splunk
8 9 (1.22%) Hitachi
8 9 (1.22%) HP
8 9 (1.22%) VMware
9 8 (1.09%) Perforce
10 6 (0.82%) Red Hat
11 5 (0.68%) Cisco
12 4 (0.54%) Atlassian
12 4 (0.54%) IBM
13 3 (0.41%) MuleSoft
14 2 (0.27%) Databricks
14 2 (0.27%) SAP
15 1 (0.14%) Adobe