Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Java skills within the England 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 8 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to
8 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank118
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads1139623760
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled9.850 %12.13 %
As % of the category below21.92 %28.01 %
Salaries quoted966419275
Average minimum salary£41,409£43,360
Average salary£45,698£48,172
% change on same period last year-5.13 %
Average maximum salary£49,986£52,984
UK excluding London average salary£39,553£40,716
% change on same period last year-2.85 %
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
England
Matching permanent IT job ads5199884817
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled44.94 %43.29 %
Salaries quoted4508070381
Average minimum salary£36,833£37,517
Average salary£40,380£41,356
% change on same period last year-2.35 %
Average maximum salary£43,928£45,195
UK excluding London average salary£35,639£35,856
% change on same period last year-0.60 %
Java UKJava
UK

Java
Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java across the England region over the 3 months to 8 January 2009.

England 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 England region over the 3 months to 8 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.

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
LondonDown-35431£54,022-1.96 %
South EastDown-32135£40,623-2.61 %
East of EnglandUp+2966£42,304+10.02 %
South WestDown-3904£37,359-6.69 %
North WestDown-2761£37,704-13.93 %
YorkshireDown-9444£33,627-10.85 %
West MidlandsDown-8437£38,414-2.05 %
East MidlandsDown-1242£40,813+2.35 %
North EastNo change074£40,099+9.10 %
MidlandsDown-228£41,074-4.25 %
South CoastUp+62£37,500+6.38 %
Java UKJava
UK

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the England 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.

110270 (34.38 %)J2EE
28441 (28.26 %)SQL
37859 (26.31 %)Oracle
47175 (24.02 %)XML
57150 (23.94 %)Finance
66815 (22.81 %)C++
76127 (20.51 %).NET
85675 (19.00 %)UNIX
95509 (18.44 %)C#
105021 (16.81 %)OO
114857 (16.26 %)Degree
124217 (14.12 %)Spring
134181 (14.00 %)HTML
144136 (13.85 %)SQL Server
154012 (13.43 %)Linux
163715 (12.44 %)JavaScript
173605 (12.07 %)Banking
183566 (11.94 %)Hibernate
193294 (11.03 %)Windows
203277 (10.97 %)JSP
212695 (9.022 %)WebServices
222680 (8.972 %)UML
232640 (8.838 %)C
242538 (8.496 %)WebSphere
252402 (8.041 %)Agile Software Development
262380 (7.967 %)Front Office
272327 (7.790 %)CSS
282116 (7.084 %)AJAX
292029 (6.792 %)WebLogic
301987 (6.652 %)Derivative

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 January 2009, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
110270 (34.38 %)J2EE
27175 (24.02 %)XML
36127 (20.51 %).NET
44217 (14.12 %)Spring
54181 (14.00 %)HTML
63566 (11.94 %)Hibernate
73277 (10.97 %)JSP
82695 (9.022 %)WebServices
92538 (8.496 %)WebSphere
102327 (7.790 %)CSS
112116 (7.084 %)AJAX
121936 (6.481 %)Struts
131628 (5.450 %)Servlets
141561 (5.226 %)ASP.NET
151401 (4.690 %)EJB
161162 (3.890 %)J2SE
171159 (3.880 %)Swing
181140 (3.816 %)XHTML
191102 (3.689 %)JDBC
201087 (3.639 %)XSLT
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12029 (6.792 %)WebLogic
21863 (6.237 %)Tomcat
31633 (5.467 %)Apache
41438 (4.814 %)JBoss
5624 (2.089 %)WebSphere Application Server
6449 (1.503 %)CMS
7409 (1.369 %)IIS
8328 (1.098 %)SharePoint
9287 (0.961 %)MQSeries
10276 (0.924 %)ColdFusion
11206 (0.690 %)WPS
12204 (0.683 %)ESB
13192 (0.643 %)NetWeaver
14173 (0.579 %)BizTalk Server
15120 (0.402 %)WebSphere MQ
16118 (0.395 %)WebLogic Portal
17112 (0.375 %)SAS
17112 (0.375 %)ATG Dynamo
18110 (0.368 %)Oracle Application Server
1998 (0.328 %)Oracle Workflow
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1847 (2.835 %)MS Excel
2316 (1.058 %)MS Visio
3233 (0.780 %)Photoshop
4198 (0.663 %)MS Office
5162 (0.542 %)MATLAB
678 (0.261 %)MS Project
752 (0.174 %)Spreadsheet
849 (0.164 %)Adobe Illustrator
946 (0.154 %)MS PowerPoint
1043 (0.144 %)Simulink
1136 (0.121 %)Fireworks
1136 (0.121 %)CA Clarity
1220 (0.067 %)ArcInfo
1316 (0.054 %)FreeHand
1413 (0.044 %)CATIA
1413 (0.044 %)Quicktime
1510 (0.033 %)S-PLUS
1510 (0.033 %)3ds Max
169 (0.030 %)Maya
169 (0.030 %)Pro/ENGINEER
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1132 (0.442 %)Oracle Applications
2101 (0.338 %)Oracle EBS
370 (0.234 %)Endur
466 (0.221 %)Oracle 11i
560 (0.201 %)Summit
657 (0.191 %)Navision
753 (0.177 %)Movex
849 (0.164 %)RMDS
946 (0.154 %)SAP Retail
1045 (0.151 %)Great Plains
1138 (0.127 %)Oracle Financials
1237 (0.124 %)Oracle EBS R12
1330 (0.100 %)SAP FI
1428 (0.094 %)Misys Midas
1526 (0.087 %)SAP CRM
1625 (0.084 %)SAP CO
1724 (0.080 %)SAP FI/CO
1820 (0.067 %)Dynamics AX
1820 (0.067 %)assyst
1918 (0.060 %)SAP HR
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11372 (4.593 %)Internet
2625 (2.092 %)TCP/IP
3598 (2.002 %)HTTP
4249 (0.834 %)Intranet
5221 (0.740 %)Firewall
6195 (0.653 %)LDAP
7177 (0.593 %)Wireless
8169 (0.566 %)DNS
9130 (0.435 %)FTP
10116 (0.388 %)WAN
11115 (0.385 %)LAN
1296 (0.321 %)SAN
1378 (0.261 %)VPN
1476 (0.254 %)3G
1575 (0.251 %)SMS
1670 (0.234 %)SSL
1761 (0.204 %)SMTP
1859 (0.198 %)GSM
1859 (0.198 %)Broadband
1950 (0.167 %)HTTPS
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14136 (13.85 %)SQL Server
21670 (5.591 %)MySQL
31566 (5.242 %)RDBMS
4845 (2.829 %)DB2
5743 (2.487 %)Oracle 10g
6506 (1.694 %)SQL Server 2005
7434 (1.453 %)Oracle 8/8i
8398 (1.332 %)Datawarehouse
9389 (1.302 %)Oracle Reports
10372 (1.245 %)Oracle 9i
11299 (1.001 %)SQL Server 2000
12252 (0.844 %)BusinessObjects
13209 (0.700 %)GIS
14202 (0.676 %)ETL
15199 (0.666 %)PostgreSQL
16149 (0.499 %)TOAD
17115 (0.385 %)Crystal Reports
18101 (0.338 %)SQL Server Integration Services
1992 (0.308 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2080 (0.268 %)DTS
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11572 (5.262 %)JUnit
21492 (4.995 %)Eclipse
31095 (3.666 %)Ant
4610 (2.042 %)Subversion
5367 (1.229 %)Visual Studio
6338 (1.131 %)Oracle Forms
7233 (0.780 %)ClearCase
8148 (0.495 %)Selenium
9130 (0.435 %)Log4j
10125 (0.418 %)JDeveloper
11115 (0.385 %)ClearQuest
12107 (0.358 %)NUnit
13101 (0.338 %)LoadRunner
1498 (0.328 %)CruiseControl
1592 (0.308 %)Dreamweaver
1684 (0.281 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1779 (0.264 %)QuickTest Pro
1779 (0.264 %)JIRA
1875 (0.251 %)ProC
1973 (0.244 %)JBuilder
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17150 (23.94 %)Finance
23605 (12.07 %)Banking
32380 (7.967 %)Front Office
41595 (5.339 %)Investment Banking
51111 (3.719 %)Pensions
61045 (3.498 %)Insurance
71005 (3.364 %)Telecoms
8993 (3.324 %)Retail
9983 (3.291 %)Health
10831 (2.782 %)Education
11829 (2.775 %)Games
12604 (2.022 %)Marketing
13581 (1.945 %)Government
14510 (1.707 %)Back Office
15321 (1.075 %)Financial Institution
16280 (0.937 %)Publishing
17231 (0.773 %)Online Games
18196 (0.656 %)Construction
19160 (0.536 %)Advertising
20156 (0.522 %)Pharmaceutical
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
115761 (52.76 %)Developer
28708 (29.15 %)Java Developer
32820 (9.440 %)Senior Developer
42730 (9.139 %)Analyst
52225 (7.448 %)Architect
62179 (7.294 %)Java/J2EE Developer
71861 (6.230 %)Senior Java Developer
81780 (5.959 %)Software Engineer
91730 (5.791 %)J2EE Developer
101654 (5.537 %)Consultant
111393 (4.663 %)Software Developer
121255 (4.201 %)Programmer
131173 (3.927 %)Web Developer
141113 (3.726 %)C# Developer
151058 (3.542 %)Graduate
16946 (3.167 %)Project Manager
17773 (2.588 %)C++ Developer
18741 (2.481 %)Team Leader
19714 (2.390 %).NET Developer
20679 (2.273 %)Applications Support
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
11987 (6.652 %)Derivative
21599 (5.353 %)Computer Science
3901 (3.016 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4850 (2.845 %)Fixed Income
5845 (2.829 %)Mathematics
6831 (2.782 %)Equities
7591 (1.978 %)Equity Derivative
8540 (1.808 %)Multithreading
9399 (1.336 %)Client/Server
10393 (1.316 %)Web 2.0
11381 (1.275 %)Credit Derivative
12319 (1.068 %)N-Tier
13287 (0.961 %)Physics
14250 (0.837 %)Market Risk
15221 (0.740 %)Credit Risk
16180 (0.603 %)Interest Rate Derivative
17166 (0.556 %)Mainframe
18152 (0.509 %)Handset
19146 (0.489 %)Grid Computing
20138 (0.462 %)Management Information System
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15675 (19.00 %)UNIX
24012 (13.43 %)Linux
33294 (11.03 %)Windows
41199 (4.014 %)Solaris
5404 (1.352 %)Red Hat Linux
6398 (1.332 %)AIX
7379 (1.269 %)Windows Server 2003
8195 (0.653 %)Windows XP
9162 (0.542 %)Windows 2000
1089 (0.298 %)Windows Mobile
1182 (0.275 %)HPUX
1278 (0.261 %)Windows 2000 Server
1366 (0.221 %)Windows NT
1457 (0.191 %)Debian
1556 (0.187 %)Embedded Linux
1642 (0.141 %)CentOS
1738 (0.127 %)MVS
1833 (0.110 %)Windows Vista
1931 (0.104 %)Android
1931 (0.104 %)Windows CE
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15021 (16.81 %)OO
22680 (8.972 %)UML
32402 (8.041 %)Agile Software Development
41950 (6.528 %)E-Commerce
51562 (5.229 %)Project Management
61399 (4.683 %)SOA
71264 (4.231 %)Web Development
8990 (3.314 %)Scrum
9972 (3.254 %)Software Engineering
10918 (3.073 %)OOD
11897 (3.003 %)Unit Testing
12742 (2.484 %)RUP
13732 (2.450 %)TDD
14600 (2.009 %)Risk Management
15564 (1.888 %)OOA/OOD
16548 (1.834 %)Content Management
17521 (1.744 %)OOP
18495 (1.657 %)PRINCE2
19491 (1.644 %)Algorithmic Trading
20475 (1.590 %)CRM
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18441 (28.26 %)SQL
26815 (22.81 %)C++
35509 (18.44 %)C#
43715 (12.44 %)JavaScript
52640 (8.838 %)C
61943 (6.504 %)Perl
71641 (5.493 %)PL/SQL
81635 (5.473 %)VB
91487 (4.978 %)PHP
10834 (2.792 %)VB.NET
11822 (2.752 %)Python
12752 (2.517 %)Shell Script
13676 (2.263 %)Ruby
14622 (2.082 %)VBA
15371 (1.242 %)Transact-SQL
16361 (1.208 %)ActionScript
17354 (1.185 %)ABAP
18315 (1.054 %)Delphi
19247 (0.827 %)VB6
20204 (0.683 %)VBScript
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14857 (16.26 %)Degree
2743 (2.487 %)Security Cleared
3356 (1.192 %)PhD
4246 (0.824 %)Sun Certification
5241 (0.807 %)SC Cleared
6196 (0.656 %)ISEB
7114 (0.382 %)Microsoft Certification
887 (0.291 %)Oracle Certification
982 (0.275 %)DV Cleared
1069 (0.231 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1157 (0.191 %)CISSP
1249 (0.164 %)HND
1343 (0.144 %)MCSD
1343 (0.144 %)PMI Certification
1442 (0.141 %)MBA
1541 (0.137 %)OCP
1640 (0.134 %)ITIL Certification
1733 (0.110 %)Cisco Certification
1831 (0.104 %)PMP
1927 (0.090 %)SAP Certification
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1762 (2.551 %)QA
2101 (0.338 %)SLA
339 (0.131 %)WAI
438 (0.127 %)ISO9001
521 (0.070 %)HL7
618 (0.060 %)BS7799
717 (0.057 %)MiFID
815 (0.050 %)DICOM
914 (0.047 %)Basel II
1013 (0.044 %)ISO27001
1013 (0.044 %)ISO9000
1112 (0.040 %)WCAG
127 (0.023 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
127 (0.023 %)21 CFR Part 11
127 (0.023 %)GLP
136 (0.020 %)ISO17799
144 (0.013 %)COBIT
144 (0.013 %)HIPAA
153 (0.010 %)PCI DSS
153 (0.010 %)TickIT
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1110 (0.368 %)Active Directory
296 (0.321 %)AquaLogic
365 (0.218 %)Oracle RAC
424 (0.080 %)VMware Infrastructure
522 (0.074 %)Oracle RMAN
522 (0.074 %)ISA Server
621 (0.070 %)MSMQ
719 (0.064 %)NFS
817 (0.057 %)Squid
916 (0.054 %)Backup Exec
108 (0.027 %)Xen
108 (0.027 %)SAP ITS
116 (0.020 %)MailMarshal
116 (0.020 %)Cronacle
116 (0.020 %)Terminal Services
116 (0.020 %)MetaFrame
125 (0.017 %)Terminal Server
125 (0.017 %)Orbix
125 (0.017 %)Samba
125 (0.017 %)Nmap
England IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
174 (0.248 %)Nagios
264 (0.214 %)Tivoli
353 (0.177 %)AutoSys
430 (0.100 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
528 (0.094 %)MOM
621 (0.070 %)CA SiteMinder
621 (0.070 %)Data Guard
715 (0.050 %)OpenView
813 (0.044 %)Unicenter
910 (0.033 %)CONTROL-M
108 (0.027 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
117 (0.023 %)BMC PATROL
117 (0.023 %)OVSD
117 (0.023 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
125 (0.017 %)Nessus
125 (0.017 %)WSUS
125 (0.017 %)Legato
125 (0.017 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
134 (0.013 %)EMC NetWorker
141 (0.003 %)ServiceCenter
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
17859 (26.31 %)Oracle
21543 (5.165 %)Microsoft
31396 (4.673 %)Sybase
41020 (3.415 %)IBM
5651 (2.179 %)SAP
6619 (2.072 %)Sun
7532 (1.781 %)TIBCO
8484 (1.620 %)BEA
9450 (1.506 %)Red Hat
10252 (0.844 %)Business Objects
11244 (0.817 %)Adobe
12214 (0.716 %)Symbian
13178 (0.596 %)ATG
14156 (0.522 %)Reuters
15155 (0.519 %)Cisco
16154 (0.516 %)Vignette
17135 (0.452 %)HP
18130 (0.435 %)EMC
19128 (0.428 %)Siebel
20120 (0.402 %)Lotus