Cheshire Java Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Java skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Programming Languages category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java over the 3 months to 6 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

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Location Aberdeen Abingdon Accrington Aldershot Altrincham Amersham Andover Ascot Atherstone Aylesbury Banbury Barnsley Barnstaple Basildon Basingstoke Bath Beaconsfield Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkshire Bicester Birmingham Bishop's Stortford Blackburn Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bridgwater Brighton Bristol Buckinghamshire Burgess Hill Burnley Bury St Edmunds Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Channel Islands Cheadle Cheltenham Chertsey Cheshire Chester Chippenham Chorley Cirencester City of London Clapham Cornwall County Antrim County Londonderry Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Cumbria Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Diss Docklands, London Doncaster Dorchester Dorking Dorset Dundee Dunstable Durham Ealing East Anglia East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham Elland England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Felixstowe Feltham Fife Flintshire Folkestone Gatwick Glasgow Glastonbury Gloucester Gloucestershire Godalming Goole Guernsey Guildford Gwent Gwynedd Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Harrow Hemel Hempstead Herefordshire Hertford Hertfordshire High Wycombe Highlands Hitchin Hoddesdon Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Hove Huddersfield Hull Hungerford Huntingdon Inverness Ipswich Isle of Man Jersey Kendal Kent Kettering Kingston Upon Thames Knaresborough Knutsford Lancashire Lancaster Leatherhead Ledbury Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lincoln Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Loughborough Luton Lutterworth Maidenhead Maidstone Malvern Manchester Mansfield Marlow Matlock Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Mitcheldean Mold Monmouthshire New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northumberland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Nuneaton Oldham Oxford Oxfordshire Pershore Peterborough Plymouth Poole Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redditch Redhill Reigate Rickmansworth Romsey Ross-shire Rotherham Royston Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scarborough Scotland Selby Shaftesbury Sheffield Shropshire Sleaford Slough Solihull Somerset South Coast South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton St Albans St Helens St Ives Staffordshire Staines Stevenage Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Stroud Suffolk Sunbury-on-Thames Sunderland Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Taunton Telford Tewkesbury Thame Thames Valley Tonbridge Trowbridge Tunbridge Wells Twickenham Tyne and Wear UK Usk Uxbridge Wakefield Wales Wallingford Walsall Warminster Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Waterlooville Watford Wells Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Weybridge Whitstable Wigan Wilmslow Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Wirral Woking Wokingham Wolverhampton Woodbridge Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Wotton-under-Edge Wrexham Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 6 Jan 2009	Same period last year
Rank	13	21
Rank change on same period last year	+8
Matching permanent IT job ads	229	195
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.201 %	0.098 %
As % of the category below	24.08 %	15.15 %
Salaries quoted	211	183
Average minimum salary	£37,025	£41,228
Average salary	£39,645	£43,895
% change on same period last year	-9.68 %
Average maximum salary	£42,266	£46,562
UK excluding London average salary	£39,537	£40,676
% change on same period last year	-2.79 %
Programming Languages Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	951	1287
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.836 %	0.645 %
Salaries quoted	888	1176
Average minimum salary	£29,841	£30,571
Average salary	£32,829	£33,405
% change on same period last year	-1.72 %
Average maximum salary	£35,817	£36,239
UK excluding London average salary	£35,677	£35,845
% change on same period last year	-0.46 %
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Java
Demand Trend

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

Java
Salary Trend

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

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Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 6 January 2009.

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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 Cheshire region over the 3 months to 6 January 2009. 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	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Chester	+10	41	£40,400	+37.28 %
Knutsford	-	38	£49,855	-
Warrington	+5	37	£37,176	+7.82 %
Wilmslow	-2	22	£26,500	-32.48 %
Crewe	-	14	£32,679	-
Northwich	-	8	£38,313	-
Runcorn	-15	2	£52,500	+21.41 %
Macclesfield	+4	1	£20,000	-
Nantwich	-	1	£30,000	-

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Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 6 January 2009, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1 211 (45.09 %) J2EE 2 184 (39.32 %) SQL 3 174 (37.18 %) Oracle 4 149 (31.84 %) XML 5 140 (29.91 %) .NET 6 118 (25.21 %) C# 7 115 (24.57 %) C++ 8 114 (24.36 %) SQL Server 9 91 (19.44 %) WebServices 10 81 (17.31 %) J2ME 11 80 (17.09 %) JSP 12 69 (14.74 %) PL/SQL 12 69 (14.74 %) Finance 13 67 (14.32 %) .NET Framework 14 65 (13.89 %) HTML

15 63 (13.46 %) Hibernate 16 61 (13.03 %) WebSphere 17 51 (10.90 %) HTTP 18 49 (10.47 %) Linux 19 46 (9.829 %) UML 20 45 (9.615 %) Servlets 20 45 (9.615 %) Struts 21 44 (9.402 %) Microsoft 22 43 (9.188 %) UNIX 22 43 (9.188 %) VB 23 42 (8.974 %) CSS 24 41 (8.761 %) EJB 24 41 (8.761 %) Windows 24 41 (8.761 %) OO 24 41 (8.761 %) Spring

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Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 6 January 2009, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

Application Development 1 211 (45.09 %) J2EE 2 149 (31.84 %) XML 3 140 (29.91 %) .NET 4 91 (19.44 %) WebServices 5 81 (17.31 %) J2ME 6 80 (17.09 %) JSP 7 67 (14.32 %) .NET Framework 8 65 (13.89 %) HTML 9 63 (13.46 %) Hibernate 10 61 (13.03 %) WebSphere 11 45 (9.615 %) Servlets 11 45 (9.615 %) Struts 12 42 (8.974 %) CSS 13 41 (8.761 %) EJB 13 41 (8.761 %) Spring 14 36 (7.692 %) AJAX 15 30 (6.410 %) ASP.NET 16 26 (5.556 %) XSLT 17 20 (4.274 %) J2SE 17 20 (4.274 %) JDBC	Application Platforms 1 38 (8.120 %) WebLogic 2 33 (7.051 %) Tomcat 3 21 (4.487 %) JBoss 4 13 (2.778 %) WPS 5 9 (1.923 %) MQSeries 5 9 (1.923 %) WebSphere Application Server 6 8 (1.709 %) ColdFusion 7 6 (1.282 %) CMS 8 5 (1.068 %) BizTalk Server 8 5 (1.068 %) Commerce Server 9 4 (0.855 %) Oracle 9iAS 9 4 (0.855 %) Oracle Application Server 10 3 (0.641 %) WebSphere Message Broker 10 3 (0.641 %) SAS 10 3 (0.641 %) Lotus Notes 10 3 (0.641 %) Lotus Domino 10 3 (0.641 %) Apache 11 2 (0.427 %) Tuxedo 11 2 (0.427 %) Oracle Workflow 11 2 (0.427 %) WebSphere MQ
Applications 1 11 (2.350 %) MS Excel 2 7 (1.496 %) CA Clarity 3 6 (1.282 %) MS Visio 4 5 (1.068 %) MS Office	Business Applications 1 5 (1.068 %) Oracle Applications
Communications & Networking 1 51 (10.90 %) HTTP 2 34 (7.265 %) Internet 3 4 (0.855 %) Intranet 4 2 (0.427 %) Wireless 4 2 (0.427 %) TCP/IP 4 2 (0.427 %) LDAP 4 2 (0.427 %) GSM 5 1 (0.214 %) SMS 5 1 (0.214 %) VoIP 5 1 (0.214 %) Extranet	Database & Business Intelligence 1 114 (24.36 %) SQL Server 2 37 (7.906 %) MySQL 3 28 (5.983 %) Oracle 10g 4 21 (4.487 %) Oracle 9i 5 20 (4.274 %) RDBMS 6 14 (2.991 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 14 (2.991 %) DB2 7 13 (2.778 %) Oracle Reports 7 13 (2.778 %) Datawarehouse 8 7 (1.496 %) SQL Server 2005 8 7 (1.496 %) SQL Server 2000 9 6 (1.282 %) ETL 10 5 (1.068 %) GIS 11 3 (0.641 %) Crystal Reports 11 3 (0.641 %) PostgreSQL 11 3 (0.641 %) Base SAS 12 2 (0.427 %) Oracle Discoverer 12 2 (0.427 %) Oracle OWB 12 2 (0.427 %) Oracle 11g
Development Applications 1 15 (3.205 %) Visual Studio 2 12 (2.564 %) Ant 2 12 (2.564 %) JUnit 3 11 (2.350 %) Oracle Forms 4 8 (1.709 %) ClearCase 4 8 (1.709 %) Eclipse 4 8 (1.709 %) ClearQuest 5 6 (1.282 %) Oracle APEX 6 4 (0.855 %) Flex Builder 7 3 (0.641 %) Selenium 7 3 (0.641 %) Subversion 7 3 (0.641 %) JIRA 7 3 (0.641 %) JDeveloper 8 2 (0.427 %) Dreamweaver 9 1 (0.214 %) VSS/SourceSafe 9 1 (0.214 %) QuickTest Pro	General 1 69 (14.74 %) Finance 2 24 (5.128 %) Health 2 24 (5.128 %) Banking 2 24 (5.128 %) Pensions 3 15 (3.205 %) Retail 4 14 (2.991 %) Publishing 4 14 (2.991 %) Telecoms 5 9 (1.923 %) Government 6 7 (1.496 %) Mobile Games 6 7 (1.496 %) Games 6 7 (1.496 %) Billing 7 5 (1.068 %) Electric 7 5 (1.068 %) Retail Banking 8 4 (0.855 %) Education 8 4 (0.855 %) Multimedia 9 3 (0.641 %) Insurance 9 3 (0.641 %) Local Government 9 3 (0.641 %) Marketing 10 2 (0.427 %) Online Banking 10 2 (0.427 %) Manufacturing
Job Titles 1 258 (55.13 %) Developer 2 122 (26.07 %) Java Developer 3 62 (13.25 %) Software Developer 4 48 (10.26 %) Architect 5 43 (9.188 %) Analyst 6 40 (8.547 %) Senior Developer 6 40 (8.547 %) Java/J2EE Developer 7 38 (8.120 %) J2EE Developer 8 27 (5.769 %) Senior Java Developer 9 24 (5.128 %) Programmer 9 24 (5.128 %) Applications Support 10 23 (4.915 %) Oracle Developer 10 23 (4.915 %) Software Engineer 11 22 (4.701 %) Analyst Programmer 12 21 (4.487 %) Lead Developer 13 19 (4.060 %) Development Manager 13 19 (4.060 %) Team Leader 14 17 (3.632 %) Support Analyst 15 16 (3.419 %) DBA 15 16 (3.419 %) Project Manager	Miscellaneous 1 30 (6.410 %) Blackberry 2 15 (3.205 %) Web 2.0 3 13 (2.778 %) Computer Science 4 7 (1.496 %) Mainframe 5 6 (1.282 %) Mathematics 5 6 (1.282 %) Physics 6 5 (1.068 %) Chip and PIN 6 5 (1.068 %) IBM Mainframe 7 4 (0.855 %) N-Tier 7 4 (0.855 %) PDA 8 3 (0.641 %) W3C 9 2 (0.427 %) PMI 9 2 (0.427 %) Client/Server 9 2 (0.427 %) APACS 9 2 (0.427 %) IVR 9 2 (0.427 %) Data Integration 10 1 (0.214 %) Speech Recognition 10 1 (0.214 %) Pocket PC 10 1 (0.214 %) Management Information System 10 1 (0.214 %) Device Driver
Operating Systems 1 49 (10.47 %) Linux 2 43 (9.188 %) UNIX 3 41 (8.761 %) Windows 4 10 (2.137 %) AIX 5 6 (1.282 %) Windows Mobile 6 4 (0.855 %) Embedded Linux 7 3 (0.641 %) MVS 8 2 (0.427 %) VxWorks 8 2 (0.427 %) Solaris 9 1 (0.214 %) Slackware 9 1 (0.214 %) Windows Vista 9 1 (0.214 %) Red Hat Linux 9 1 (0.214 %) Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 1 (0.214 %) HPUX 9 1 (0.214 %) Windows 2000 9 1 (0.214 %) Windows XP 9 1 (0.214 %) VMS 9 1 (0.214 %) Windows CE	Processes & Methodologies 1 46 (9.829 %) UML 2 41 (8.761 %) OO 3 40 (8.547 %) Unit Testing 4 37 (7.906 %) E-Commerce 5 29 (6.197 %) SOA 6 28 (5.983 %) Software Engineering 7 26 (5.556 %) PRINCE2 8 21 (4.487 %) RUP 9 19 (4.060 %) ITIL 10 17 (3.632 %) EAI 10 17 (3.632 %) Agile Software Development 11 15 (3.205 %) Project Management 12 14 (2.991 %) Change Management 13 13 (2.778 %) OOD 14 10 (2.137 %) CRM 14 10 (2.137 %) OOP 14 10 (2.137 %) Web Development 14 10 (2.137 %) Problem Management 15 9 (1.923 %) DSDM 15 9 (1.923 %) Business Intelligence
Programming Languages 1 184 (39.32 %) SQL 2 118 (25.21 %) C# 3 115 (24.57 %) C++ 4 69 (14.74 %) PL/SQL 5 43 (9.188 %) VB 6 32 (6.838 %) C 6 32 (6.838 %) PHP 7 28 (5.983 %) JavaScript 8 23 (4.915 %) VB.NET 9 19 (4.060 %) Transact-SQL 10 17 (3.632 %) Perl 11 14 (2.991 %) Ruby 12 13 (2.778 %) Python 13 12 (2.564 %) VB6 14 8 (1.709 %) Shell Script 14 8 (1.709 %) VBScript 14 8 (1.709 %) ActionScript 14 8 (1.709 %) VBA 15 3 (0.641 %) XPath 15 3 (0.641 %) PHP5	Qualifications 1 36 (7.692 %) Degree 2 26 (5.556 %) Security Cleared 3 22 (4.701 %) DV Cleared 4 9 (1.923 %) Oracle Certification 5 5 (1.068 %) Sun Certification 6 4 (0.855 %) PRINCE2 Certification 7 3 (0.641 %) SC Cleared 8 2 (0.427 %) PhD 8 2 (0.427 %) PMP 8 2 (0.427 %) PMI Certification 9 1 (0.214 %) PRINCE2 Practitioner 9 1 (0.214 %) ISEB 9 1 (0.214 %) OCP 9 1 (0.214 %) HND
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 13 (2.778 %) QA	System Software 1 1 (0.214 %) Active Directory
Systems Management 1 2 (0.427 %) Systems Management Server (SMS) 2 1 (0.214 %) Tivoli 2 1 (0.214 %) Tivoli Identity Manager 2 1 (0.214 %) MOM	Vendors 1 174 (37.18 %) Oracle 2 44 (9.402 %) Microsoft 3 29 (6.197 %) IBM 4 19 (4.060 %) Zend 5 16 (3.419 %) BEA 5 16 (3.419 %) Siebel 6 8 (1.709 %) Adobe 7 7 (1.496 %) Symbian 8 5 (1.068 %) Sun 9 4 (0.855 %) Macromedia 10 3 (0.641 %) Lotus 11 2 (0.427 %) TIBCO 11 2 (0.427 %) Perforce 12 1 (0.214 %) HP 12 1 (0.214 %) Citrix 12 1 (0.214 %) Interwoven 12 1 (0.214 %) SAP