Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The table below looks at the demand for Java skills across the UK 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 21 November 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to
21 Nov 2008
Same period last year
Rank118
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads1661529241
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled10.72 %13.09 %
As % of the category below22.92 %28.55 %
Salaries quoted1393823434
Average minimum salary£42,233£43,673
Average salary£46,723£48,378
% change on same period last year-3.42 %
Average maximum salary£51,212£53,084
UK excluding London average salary£40,088£40,577
% change on same period last year-1.20 %
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads72486102410
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled46.76 %45.84 %
Salaries quoted6262683811
Average minimum salary£37,192£38,141
Average salary£40,862£41,953
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
Average maximum salary£44,532£45,764
UK excluding London average salary£35,690£35,938
% change on same period last year-0.68 %

Java
Demand Trend

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

Java Demand Trend

Java
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing Java within the UK.

Java Salary Trend

Java
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java over the 3 months to 21 November 2008 within the UK.

Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 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 UK over the 3 months to 21 November 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
EnglandDown-315861£46,908-3.64 %
LondonDown-48106£54,578-2.07 %
South EastDown-13014£41,720-0.04 %
City of LondonDown-32577£57,546-4.39 %
East of EnglandUp+21314£40,995+3.93 %
BerkshireUp+61093£44,681+1.35 %
South WestDown-41026£37,428-6.16 %
North WestDown-2861£37,877-13.70 %
SurreyDown-2807£40,211-6.05 %
YorkshireDown-8642£34,331-8.66 %
CambridgeshireUp+1633£37,305+5.29 %
West MidlandsDown-9504£40,225+4.84 %
CambridgeDown-2457£36,826+4.38 %
ScotlandDown-1432£43,554+23.56 %
ManchesterDown-1429£37,121-18.80 %
HertfordshireUp+1398£45,487+12.94 %
HampshireDown-10381£39,176-2.01 %
West YorkshireDown-8369£33,927-10.50 %
ReadingUp+5351£44,702-2.64 %
BristolDown-6337£39,546+6.46 %
East MidlandsDown-1327£41,053+10.33 %
CheshireUp+8271£38,697-6.31 %
LeedsDown-10247£35,155-11.26 %
WiltshireUp+1245£35,266-1.47 %
BuckinghamshireDown-6244£41,040+2.99 %
OxfordshireDown-5204£33,851+1.53 %
North YorkshireDown-4161£34,102-8.05 %
BirminghamDown-10152£43,741+1.94 %
WalesDown-6147£32,170-3.97 %
SomersetDown-9142£38,373+9.81 %

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

113064 (34.56 %)J2EE
210688 (28.28 %)SQL
310121 (26.78 %)Oracle
48956 (23.70 %)Finance
58918 (23.60 %)XML
68314 (22.00 %)C++
77613 (20.14 %).NET
87359 (19.47 %)UNIX
96768 (17.91 %)C#
106078 (16.08 %)OO
116021 (15.93 %)Degree
125249 (13.89 %)Spring
135235 (13.85 %)SQL Server
145142 (13.60 %)HTML
155060 (13.39 %)Linux
164604 (12.18 %)JavaScript
174580 (12.12 %)Banking
184483 (11.86 %)Hibernate
194278 (11.32 %)JSP
204223 (11.17 %)Windows
213513 (9.295 %)UML
223324 (8.795 %)WebSphere
233312 (8.763 %)C
243274 (8.662 %)WebServices
252898 (7.667 %)CSS
262817 (7.453 %)Front Office
272729 (7.220 %)Agile Software Development
282681 (7.093 %)WebLogic
292670 (7.064 %)AJAX
302564 (6.784 %)Derivative

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 November 2008, IT jobs within the UK 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.

IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
113064 (34.56 %)J2EE
28918 (23.60 %)XML
37613 (20.14 %).NET
45249 (13.89 %)Spring
55142 (13.60 %)HTML
64483 (11.86 %)Hibernate
74278 (11.32 %)JSP
83324 (8.795 %)WebSphere
93274 (8.662 %)WebServices
102898 (7.667 %)CSS
112670 (7.064 %)AJAX
122418 (6.398 %)Struts
132119 (5.606 %)Servlets
141907 (5.046 %)EJB
151868 (4.942 %)ASP.NET
161601 (4.236 %)Swing
171505 (3.982 %)JDBC
181497 (3.961 %)J2SE
191468 (3.884 %)JMS
201420 (3.757 %)XHTML
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12681 (7.093 %)WebLogic
22299 (6.083 %)Tomcat
32019 (5.342 %)Apache
41856 (4.911 %)JBoss
5804 (2.127 %)WebSphere Application Server
6593 (1.569 %)CMS
7538 (1.423 %)IIS
8412 (1.090 %)SharePoint
9391 (1.035 %)MQSeries
10296 (0.783 %)ColdFusion
11274 (0.725 %)ESB
12262 (0.693 %)SAS
13258 (0.683 %)BizTalk Server
14219 (0.579 %)NetWeaver
15202 (0.534 %)WebSphere MQ
16196 (0.519 %)WPS
17161 (0.426 %)Oracle Application Server
17161 (0.426 %)WebLogic Portal
18134 (0.355 %)Oracle Workflow
18134 (0.355 %)Lotus Notes
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11064 (2.815 %)MS Excel
2452 (1.196 %)MS Visio
3319 (0.844 %)Photoshop
4273 (0.722 %)MS Office
5179 (0.474 %)MATLAB
6101 (0.267 %)MS Project
772 (0.190 %)Adobe Illustrator
865 (0.172 %)Spreadsheet
952 (0.138 %)MS PowerPoint
1043 (0.114 %)CA Clarity
1141 (0.108 %)Simulink
1231 (0.082 %)Fireworks
1322 (0.058 %)FreeHand
1416 (0.042 %)ArcInfo
1514 (0.037 %)3ds Max
1612 (0.032 %)PrintSoft PReS
1612 (0.032 %)Quicktime
1711 (0.029 %)S-PLUS
1711 (0.029 %)CATIA
1810 (0.026 %)Maya
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1203 (0.537 %)Oracle Applications
2180 (0.476 %)Navision
3163 (0.431 %)Movex
4161 (0.426 %)Great Plains
5151 (0.400 %)SAP Retail
6142 (0.376 %)Oracle EBS
793 (0.246 %)Oracle 11i
884 (0.222 %)Endur
956 (0.148 %)Oracle Financials
1045 (0.119 %)Oracle EBS R12
1143 (0.114 %)RMDS
1241 (0.108 %)SAP CRM
1339 (0.103 %)Summit
1437 (0.098 %)Misys Midas
1534 (0.090 %)SAP R/3
1629 (0.077 %)Dynamics AX
1725 (0.066 %)SAP HR
1822 (0.058 %)Hyperion Planning
1921 (0.056 %)SAP FI
2019 (0.050 %)MAXIMO
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11740 (4.604 %)Internet
2774 (2.048 %)TCP/IP
3714 (1.889 %)HTTP
4337 (0.892 %)Intranet
5278 (0.736 %)LDAP
6267 (0.706 %)Firewall
7207 (0.548 %)Wireless
8184 (0.487 %)DNS
9150 (0.397 %)FTP
10119 (0.315 %)SAN
11115 (0.304 %)WAN
12112 (0.296 %)LAN
13108 (0.286 %)SMS
14102 (0.270 %)Broadband
15101 (0.267 %)SSL
16100 (0.265 %)VPN
1798 (0.259 %)3G
1883 (0.220 %)GSM
1982 (0.217 %)HTTPS
2069 (0.183 %)Extranet
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
15235 (13.85 %)SQL Server
22093 (5.538 %)RDBMS
31991 (5.268 %)MySQL
41174 (3.106 %)DB2
5982 (2.598 %)Oracle 10g
6615 (1.627 %)SQL Server 2005
7586 (1.550 %)Oracle 8/8i
8557 (1.474 %)Oracle Reports
9516 (1.365 %)Oracle 9i
10497 (1.315 %)Datawarehouse
11394 (1.042 %)SQL Server 2000
12282 (0.746 %)BusinessObjects
13265 (0.701 %)ETL
14233 (0.616 %)GIS
15218 (0.577 %)PostgreSQL
16182 (0.482 %)TOAD
17165 (0.437 %)Crystal Reports
18130 (0.344 %)SQL Server Integration Services
19114 (0.302 %)DTS
20105 (0.278 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11857 (4.913 %)Eclipse
21842 (4.874 %)JUnit
31500 (3.969 %)Ant
4785 (2.077 %)Subversion
5773 (2.045 %)Flash
6510 (1.349 %)Oracle Forms
7429 (1.135 %)Visual Studio
8307 (0.812 %)ClearCase
9183 (0.484 %)LoadRunner
10170 (0.450 %)Selenium
11161 (0.426 %)JDeveloper
12150 (0.397 %)Log4j
13140 (0.370 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
14132 (0.349 %)NUnit
15129 (0.341 %)QuickTest Pro
16126 (0.333 %)VSS/SourceSafe
17125 (0.331 %)ClearQuest
18124 (0.328 %)CruiseControl
19113 (0.299 %)JBuilder
20111 (0.294 %)JIRA
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18956 (23.70 %)Finance
24580 (12.12 %)Banking
32817 (7.453 %)Front Office
41943 (5.141 %)Investment Banking
51448 (3.831 %)Retail
61355 (3.585 %)Telecoms
71306 (3.455 %)Insurance
81300 (3.440 %)Pensions
91225 (3.241 %)Health
101090 (2.884 %)Games
111061 (2.807 %)Education
12747 (1.976 %)Government
13741 (1.961 %)Marketing
14616 (1.630 %)Back Office
15418 (1.106 %)Financial Institution
16365 (0.966 %)Publishing
17262 (0.693 %)Online Games
18234 (0.619 %)Construction
19195 (0.516 %)Pharmaceutical
20191 (0.505 %)FMCG
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
119791 (52.36 %)Developer
211072 (29.29 %)Java Developer
33589 (9.496 %)Analyst
43512 (9.292 %)Senior Developer
52816 (7.451 %)Java/J2EE Developer
62746 (7.265 %)Architect
72328 (6.159 %)J2EE Developer
82315 (6.125 %)Senior Java Developer
92188 (5.789 %)Software Engineer
102158 (5.710 %)Consultant
111712 (4.530 %)Software Developer
121620 (4.286 %)Programmer
131433 (3.791 %)Web Developer
141356 (3.588 %)C# Developer
151246 (3.297 %)Graduate
161180 (3.122 %)Project Manager
171006 (2.662 %)Team Leader
18968 (2.561 %)C++ Developer
19950 (2.513 %).NET Developer
20902 (2.386 %)Junior
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12564 (6.784 %)Derivative
21956 (5.175 %)Computer Science
31092 (2.889 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
41047 (2.770 %)Fixed Income
51045 (2.765 %)Equities
6984 (2.603 %)Mathematics
7755 (1.998 %)Equity Derivative
8684 (1.810 %)Multithreading
9562 (1.487 %)Client/Server
10464 (1.228 %)Credit Derivative
11431 (1.140 %)Web 2.0
12392 (1.037 %)N-Tier
13358 (0.947 %)Physics
14293 (0.775 %)Market Risk
15272 (0.720 %)Credit Risk
16270 (0.714 %)Interest Rate Derivative
17260 (0.688 %)Mainframe
18203 (0.537 %)W3C
19193 (0.511 %)Grid Computing
20188 (0.497 %)Management Information System
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
17359 (19.47 %)UNIX
25060 (13.39 %)Linux
34223 (11.17 %)Windows
41544 (4.085 %)Solaris
5466 (1.233 %)Windows Server 2003
6460 (1.217 %)AIX
7454 (1.201 %)Red Hat Linux
8281 (0.743 %)Windows XP
9261 (0.691 %)Windows 2000
10102 (0.270 %)HPUX
1193 (0.246 %)Windows Mobile
1291 (0.241 %)Windows NT
1386 (0.228 %)Windows 2000 Server
1467 (0.177 %)Debian
1549 (0.130 %)Android
1646 (0.122 %)MVS
1646 (0.122 %)SUSE
1744 (0.116 %)Embedded Linux
1843 (0.114 %)VMS
1942 (0.111 %)Windows CE
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
16078 (16.08 %)OO
23513 (9.295 %)UML
32729 (7.220 %)Agile Software Development
42390 (6.323 %)E-Commerce
51843 (4.876 %)Project Management
61829 (4.839 %)SOA
71555 (4.114 %)Web Development
81220 (3.228 %)Software Engineering
91159 (3.066 %)Scrum
101066 (2.820 %)Unit Testing
111040 (2.752 %)RUP
121026 (2.715 %)OOD
121026 (2.715 %)Security Cleared
13850 (2.249 %)TDD
14776 (2.053 %)OOA/OOD
15766 (2.027 %)Content Management
16755 (1.998 %)Risk Management
17698 (1.847 %)CRM
18681 (1.802 %)Business Intelligence
19641 (1.696 %)PRINCE2
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
110688 (28.28 %)SQL
28314 (22.00 %)C++
36768 (17.91 %)C#
44604 (12.18 %)JavaScript
53312 (8.763 %)C
62498 (6.609 %)Perl
72222 (5.879 %)VB
82011 (5.321 %)PL/SQL
91814 (4.799 %)PHP
101121 (2.966 %)VB.NET
111025 (2.712 %)Python
12942 (2.492 %)Shell Script
13795 (2.103 %)Ruby
14775 (2.050 %)VBA
15474 (1.254 %)DHTML
16432 (1.143 %)Transact-SQL
17430 (1.138 %)ActionScript
18394 (1.042 %)ABAP
19383 (1.013 %)Delphi
20375 (0.992 %)VB6
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16021 (15.93 %)Degree
2404 (1.069 %)PhD
3300 (0.794 %)Sun Certification
4299 (0.791 %)ISEB
5171 (0.452 %)Microsoft Certification
6116 (0.307 %)Oracle Certification
7109 (0.288 %)PRINCE2 Certification
873 (0.193 %)CISSP
966 (0.175 %)HND
1065 (0.172 %)MCSD
1160 (0.159 %)OCP
1250 (0.132 %)MCP
1349 (0.130 %)PMI Certification
1447 (0.124 %)ITIL Certification
1545 (0.119 %)MCSE
1638 (0.101 %)MCAD
1736 (0.095 %)MBA
1832 (0.085 %)SAP Certification
1930 (0.079 %)PMP
2029 (0.077 %)Cisco Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11009 (2.670 %)QA
2151 (0.400 %)SLA
376 (0.201 %)WAI
448 (0.127 %)ISO9001
529 (0.077 %)DICOM
623 (0.061 %)HL7
719 (0.050 %)WCAG
818 (0.048 %)MiFID
917 (0.045 %)BS7799
1016 (0.042 %)Basel II
119 (0.024 %)ISO8583
119 (0.024 %)COBIT
128 (0.021 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
137 (0.019 %)21 CFR Part 11
137 (0.019 %)GLP
137 (0.019 %)ISO9000
146 (0.016 %)ISO17799
154 (0.011 %)ISO27001
154 (0.011 %)HIPAA
163 (0.008 %)PCI DSS
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1152 (0.402 %)Active Directory
2119 (0.315 %)Oracle RAC
3107 (0.283 %)AquaLogic
432 (0.085 %)MSMQ
529 (0.077 %)VMware Infrastructure
628 (0.074 %)Oracle RMAN
727 (0.071 %)ISA Server
823 (0.061 %)NFS
823 (0.061 %)Backup Exec
918 (0.048 %)Squid
1015 (0.040 %)MetaFrame
1111 (0.029 %)Xen
129 (0.024 %)Orbix
138 (0.021 %)SAP ITS
147 (0.019 %)Terminal Services
156 (0.016 %)Cronacle
156 (0.016 %)Samba
156 (0.016 %)VMware ESX
165 (0.013 %)Terminal Server
165 (0.013 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
173 (0.193 %)Tivoli
259 (0.156 %)AutoSys
358 (0.153 %)Nagios
441 (0.108 %)OpenView
520 (0.053 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
619 (0.050 %)CA SiteMinder
718 (0.048 %)MOM
718 (0.048 %)CONTROL-M
817 (0.045 %)Unicenter
915 (0.040 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
109 (0.024 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
118 (0.021 %)Oracle Statspack
127 (0.019 %)OVSD
136 (0.016 %)BMC PATROL
145 (0.013 %)Legato
145 (0.013 %)WSUS
145 (0.013 %)SCOM
154 (0.011 %)EMC NetWorker
154 (0.011 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
163 (0.008 %)CiscoWorks
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
110121 (26.78 %)Oracle
22046 (5.413 %)Microsoft
31723 (4.559 %)Sybase
41416 (3.746 %)IBM
5880 (2.328 %)SAP
6731 (1.934 %)Sun
7669 (1.770 %)TIBCO
8668 (1.767 %)BEA
9511 (1.352 %)Red Hat
10282 (0.746 %)Business Objects
11266 (0.704 %)Adobe
12237 (0.627 %)HP
13231 (0.611 %)Symbian
14211 (0.558 %)ATG
15207 (0.548 %)Vignette
16206 (0.545 %)EMC
17200 (0.529 %)BT
18181 (0.479 %)i2
18181 (0.479 %)JDA
19178 (0.471 %)Reuters