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This section 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank107
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads2117734652
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled11.40 %14.44 %
As % of the category below24.84 %31.33 %
Salaries quoted1744327230
Average minimum salary£42,743£45,089
Average salary£47,269£49,968
% change on same period last year-5.39 %
Average maximum salary£51,795£54,846
UK excluding London average salary£39,496£39,968
% change on same period last year-1.18 %
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads85248110611
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled45.89 %46.11 %
Salaries quoted7227589246
Average minimum salary£37,393£39,239
Average salary£41,069£43,047
% change on same period last year-4.59 %
Average maximum salary£44,746£46,855
UK excluding London average salary£35,245£35,645
% change on same period last year-1.11 %

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 20 August 2008 within the UK.

Java Salary Histogram

Java
Top 30 Job Locations

This section 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 20 August 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-320326£47,493-5.64 %
LondonDown-310821£55,145-4.53 %
South EastDown-13793£42,259+0.84 %
City of LondonNo change03560£57,290-8.21 %
East of EnglandDown-11333£39,418+0.33 %
BerkshireUp+31322£45,101+1.52 %
South WestDown-31265£36,089-2.90 %
YorkshireDown-11086£37,417-1.48 %
North WestDown-3945£37,635-10.48 %
SurreyUp+1942£41,688-5.19 %
West MidlandsDown-5678£35,764+1.09 %
CambridgeshireDown-1621£35,462+1.20 %
HampshireDown-1531£40,177+0.75 %
ManchesterDown-2473£38,177-9.74 %
West YorkshireDown-8447£38,024-2.26 %
CambridgeDown-2436£35,136+1.01 %
ScotlandDown-7411£37,150+4.71 %
OxfordshireUp+12406£35,221+8.23 %
HertfordshireDown-6384£43,700+1.44 %
ReadingUp+2381£47,134+8.62 %
LeedsDown-3377£38,687-2.48 %
WiltshireDown-3320£37,380+0.27 %
North YorkshireDown-1319£38,416-0.53 %
BristolDown-10311£36,843+5.88 %
CheshireNo change0310£38,202-4.06 %
East MidlandsDown-12301£34,859+2.65 %
BuckinghamshireDown-10292£41,529+4.27 %
OxfordUp+4264£33,979+6.99 %
South YorkshireUp+16223£36,294+9.38 %
BirminghamNo change0215£37,909-2.37 %

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 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.

115765 (34.64 %)J2EE
213098 (28.78 %)SQL
312368 (27.17 %)Oracle
410972 (24.11 %)Finance
510734 (23.58 %)XML
610116 (22.23 %)C++
79220 (20.26 %)UNIX
88665 (19.04 %).NET
97786 (17.11 %)C#
107408 (16.28 %)OO
117205 (15.83 %)Degree
126412 (14.09 %)Spring
136389 (14.04 %)Banking
146211 (13.65 %)Linux
156111 (13.43 %)SQL Server
165901 (12.96 %)HTML
175453 (11.98 %)Hibernate
185399 (11.86 %)JSP
195300 (11.64 %)JavaScript
205084 (11.17 %)Windows
214556 (10.01 %)UML
224059 (8.918 %)Front Office
233934 (8.643 %)Derivative
243796 (8.340 %)WebServices
253774 (8.292 %)C
263727 (8.188 %)WebSphere
273198 (7.026 %)CSS
283074 (6.754 %)WebLogic
293003 (6.598 %)Struts
302932 (6.442 %)Perl

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 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
115765 (34.64 %)J2EE
210734 (23.58 %)XML
38665 (19.04 %).NET
46412 (14.09 %)Spring
55901 (12.96 %)HTML
65453 (11.98 %)Hibernate
75399 (11.86 %)JSP
83796 (8.340 %)WebServices
93727 (8.188 %)WebSphere
103198 (7.026 %)CSS
113003 (6.598 %)Struts
122918 (6.411 %)AJAX
132719 (5.974 %)Servlets
142673 (5.873 %)EJB
152095 (4.603 %)JDBC
162058 (4.521 %)ASP.NET
172039 (4.480 %)JMS
181902 (4.179 %)Swing
191791 (3.935 %)J2SE
201558 (3.423 %)XSLT
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13074 (6.754 %)WebLogic
22804 (6.160 %)Tomcat
32592 (5.695 %)Apache
42536 (5.572 %)JBoss
5786 (1.727 %)WebSphere Application Server
6710 (1.560 %)IIS
7621 (1.364 %)CMS
8567 (1.246 %)MQSeries
9485 (1.066 %)SharePoint
10353 (0.776 %)BizTalk Server
11295 (0.648 %)ESB
12294 (0.646 %)Oracle Application Server
13283 (0.622 %)ColdFusion
14275 (0.604 %)NetWeaver
15263 (0.578 %)WebSphere MQ
16248 (0.545 %)SAS
17239 (0.525 %)WebLogic Portal
18180 (0.395 %)Oracle Workflow
19172 (0.378 %)Lotus Notes
20147 (0.323 %)Documentum
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
11258 (2.764 %)MS Excel
2522 (1.147 %)MS Visio
3440 (0.967 %)MS Office
4379 (0.833 %)Photoshop
5208 (0.457 %)MATLAB
6134 (0.294 %)Adobe Illustrator
7105 (0.231 %)MS Project
879 (0.174 %)Spreadsheet
938 (0.083 %)MS PowerPoint
1037 (0.081 %)CA Clarity
1133 (0.073 %)S-PLUS
1133 (0.073 %)Fireworks
1232 (0.070 %)PrintSoft PReS
1325 (0.055 %)DOC1
1424 (0.053 %)Simulink
1519 (0.042 %)FreeHand
1614 (0.031 %)SPSS
1712 (0.026 %)3ds Max
188 (0.018 %)Maya
197 (0.015 %)Pro/ENGINEER
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1314 (0.690 %)Oracle Applications
2195 (0.428 %)Navision
3169 (0.371 %)Great Plains
4164 (0.360 %)Movex
5157 (0.345 %)Oracle 11i
6152 (0.334 %)SAP Retail
7140 (0.308 %)Oracle EBS
872 (0.158 %)Endur
970 (0.154 %)SAP HR
1063 (0.138 %)SAP CRM
1159 (0.130 %)Oracle Financials
1247 (0.103 %)SAP R/3
1343 (0.094 %)Summit
1441 (0.090 %)RMDS
1535 (0.077 %)Dynamics CRM
1634 (0.075 %)FLEXCUBE
1634 (0.075 %)SAP Payroll
1731 (0.068 %)Dynamics AX
1829 (0.064 %)Misys Midas
1926 (0.057 %)Staffware
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
12236 (4.913 %)Internet
2862 (1.894 %)TCP/IP
3758 (1.665 %)HTTP
4438 (0.962 %)Intranet
5409 (0.899 %)Firewall
6392 (0.861 %)LDAP
7229 (0.503 %)DNS
8223 (0.490 %)Wireless
9185 (0.406 %)SAN
10145 (0.319 %)SSL
11134 (0.294 %)FTP
11134 (0.294 %)LAN
11134 (0.294 %)SMS
12133 (0.292 %)WAN
13131 (0.288 %)GSM
14124 (0.272 %)VPN
15120 (0.264 %)Broadband
16117 (0.257 %)GPRS
17115 (0.253 %)HTTPS
18109 (0.239 %)UMTS
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
16111 (13.43 %)SQL Server
22849 (6.259 %)RDBMS
32376 (5.220 %)MySQL
41415 (3.109 %)DB2
51274 (2.799 %)Oracle 10g
6744 (1.635 %)Oracle 8/8i
7731 (1.606 %)Oracle 9i
8690 (1.516 %)SQL Server 2005
9619 (1.360 %)Oracle Reports
10496 (1.090 %)SQL Server 2000
11485 (1.066 %)Datawarehouse
12290 (0.637 %)BusinessObjects
13258 (0.567 %)GIS
14236 (0.518 %)ETL
15194 (0.426 %)Crystal Reports
16181 (0.398 %)PostgreSQL
17170 (0.373 %)TOAD
18164 (0.360 %)Oracle Discoverer
19141 (0.310 %)DTS
19141 (0.310 %)OLAP
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12298 (5.049 %)Eclipse
21918 (4.214 %)Ant
31915 (4.207 %)JUnit
41043 (2.292 %)Subversion
5753 (1.654 %)Flash
6559 (1.228 %)Oracle Forms
7389 (0.855 %)Visual Studio
8343 (0.754 %)ClearCase
9237 (0.521 %)VSS/SourceSafe
10212 (0.466 %)JDeveloper
11196 (0.431 %)QuickTest Pro
12192 (0.422 %)JIRA
13191 (0.420 %)CruiseControl
14181 (0.398 %)TestDirector
15170 (0.373 %)Selenium
16164 (0.360 %)Rational Rose
17146 (0.321 %)NUnit
18144 (0.316 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
18144 (0.316 %)Dreamweaver
18144 (0.316 %)LoadRunner
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
110972 (24.11 %)Finance
26389 (14.04 %)Banking
34059 (8.918 %)Front Office
42695 (5.921 %)Investment Banking
51764 (3.876 %)Telecoms
61711 (3.759 %)Retail
71562 (3.432 %)Pensions
81386 (3.045 %)Insurance
81386 (3.045 %)Health
91376 (3.023 %)Education
101085 (2.384 %)Games
11932 (2.048 %)Government
12758 (1.665 %)Marketing
13671 (1.474 %)Back Office
14516 (1.134 %)Financial Institution
15433 (0.951 %)Publishing
16251 (0.551 %)Online Games
17243 (0.534 %)Music
18232 (0.510 %)Billing
19223 (0.490 %)Construction
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
124957 (54.83 %)Developer
214320 (31.46 %)Java Developer
34504 (9.895 %)Analyst
44205 (9.239 %)Senior Developer
53764 (8.270 %)Java/J2EE Developer
63334 (7.325 %)Architect
73130 (6.877 %)J2EE Developer
82810 (6.174 %)Senior Java Developer
92541 (5.583 %)Software Engineer
102523 (5.543 %)Consultant
112016 (4.429 %)Software Developer
121983 (4.357 %)Programmer
131668 (3.665 %)Web Developer
141580 (3.471 %)Team Leader
151469 (3.227 %)C# Developer
161436 (3.155 %)C++ Developer
171371 (3.012 %)Project Manager
181329 (2.920 %)Graduate
191134 (2.491 %).NET Developer
201109 (2.437 %)Junior
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
13934 (8.643 %)Derivative
22407 (5.288 %)Computer Science
31585 (3.482 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
41523 (3.346 %)Equities
51284 (2.821 %)Fixed Income
61187 (2.608 %)Equity Derivative
71179 (2.590 %)Mathematics
8970 (2.131 %)Multithreading
9715 (1.571 %)Credit Derivative
10664 (1.459 %)Client/Server
11532 (1.169 %)N-Tier
12407 (0.894 %)Physics
13405 (0.890 %)Web 2.0
14355 (0.780 %)Interest Rate Derivative
15305 (0.670 %)AS400
16292 (0.642 %)Mainframe
17278 (0.611 %)W3C
18257 (0.565 %)Grid Computing
19252 (0.554 %)Credit Risk
20237 (0.521 %)Market Risk
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
19220 (20.26 %)UNIX
26211 (13.65 %)Linux
35084 (11.17 %)Windows
41808 (3.972 %)Solaris
5477 (1.048 %)Red Hat Linux
6432 (0.949 %)Windows Server 2003
7361 (0.793 %)Windows XP
8360 (0.791 %)AIX
9347 (0.762 %)Windows 2000
10169 (0.371 %)Windows NT
11140 (0.308 %)HPUX
12124 (0.272 %)Windows Mobile
1397 (0.213 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
1494 (0.207 %)Windows 2000 Server
1591 (0.200 %)Debian
1671 (0.156 %)CentOS
1760 (0.132 %)Symbian OS
1855 (0.121 %)SUSE
1954 (0.119 %)FreeBSD
2045 (0.099 %)VMS
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
17408 (16.28 %)OO
24556 (10.01 %)UML
32831 (6.220 %)Agile Software Development
42786 (6.121 %)E-Commerce
52044 (4.491 %)Project Management
61865 (4.097 %)SOA
71640 (3.603 %)Web Development
81302 (2.861 %)RUP
91270 (2.790 %)Software Engineering
101195 (2.625 %)Security Cleared
111179 (2.590 %)OOD
121115 (2.450 %)Scrum
131018 (2.237 %)Unit Testing
141010 (2.219 %)OOA/OOD
15945 (2.076 %)Risk Management
16918 (2.017 %)TDD
17821 (1.804 %)CRM
18804 (1.766 %)Content Management
19772 (1.696 %)Workflow
20763 (1.676 %)Business Intelligence
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
113098 (28.78 %)SQL
210116 (22.23 %)C++
37786 (17.11 %)C#
45300 (11.64 %)JavaScript
53774 (8.292 %)C
62932 (6.442 %)Perl
72559 (5.622 %)VB
82378 (5.225 %)PL/SQL
92096 (4.605 %)PHP
101380 (3.032 %)VB.NET
111161 (2.551 %)Shell Script
121112 (2.443 %)Python
13903 (1.984 %)Ruby
14871 (1.914 %)VBA
15619 (1.360 %)DHTML
16481 (1.057 %)Delphi
17465 (1.022 %)Transact-SQL
18444 (0.975 %)ActionScript
19418 (0.918 %)VB6
20394 (0.866 %)ABAP
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
17205 (15.83 %)Degree
2430 (0.945 %)ISEB
3429 (0.943 %)PhD
4361 (0.793 %)Sun Certification
5244 (0.536 %)Microsoft Certification
6189 (0.415 %)Oracle Certification
7181 (0.398 %)PRINCE2 Certification
8135 (0.297 %)OCP
993 (0.204 %)MCSD
1087 (0.191 %)MCSE
1177 (0.169 %)MCP
1267 (0.147 %)HND
1364 (0.141 %)PMI Certification
1462 (0.136 %)MCAD
1556 (0.123 %)CISSP
1651 (0.112 %)ITIL Certification
1651 (0.112 %)PMP
1743 (0.094 %)Cisco Certification
1835 (0.077 %)IBM Certification
1929 (0.064 %)SAP Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
11280 (2.812 %)QA
2196 (0.431 %)SLA
3155 (0.341 %)WAI
454 (0.119 %)ISO9001
531 (0.068 %)Basel II
629 (0.064 %)DICOM
724 (0.053 %)ISO8583
823 (0.051 %)HL7
922 (0.048 %)COBIT
1021 (0.046 %)WCAG
1111 (0.024 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
129 (0.020 %)TickIT
129 (0.020 %)MiFID
137 (0.015 %)BS7799
146 (0.013 %)ISO17799
152 (0.004 %)ISO7816
161 (0.002 %)ISO27001
161 (0.002 %)ISO9000
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1239 (0.525 %)Oracle RAC
2176 (0.387 %)Active Directory
3142 (0.312 %)AquaLogic
467 (0.147 %)Oracle RMAN
547 (0.103 %)MSMQ
639 (0.086 %)NFS
726 (0.057 %)VMware Infrastructure
823 (0.051 %)MetaFrame
920 (0.044 %)Backup Exec
1018 (0.040 %)Xen
1018 (0.040 %)Squid
1116 (0.035 %)Samba
1215 (0.033 %)Orbix
1215 (0.033 %)Nmap
136 (0.013 %)NetBackup
136 (0.013 %)ISA Server
145 (0.011 %)NDS
145 (0.011 %)VMware ESX
145 (0.011 %)Artix
154 (0.009 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
177 (0.169 %)AutoSys
272 (0.158 %)Tivoli
352 (0.114 %)MOM
450 (0.110 %)Nagios
544 (0.097 %)OpenView
630 (0.066 %)CONTROL-M
719 (0.042 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
818 (0.040 %)Nessus
917 (0.037 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
1015 (0.033 %)Unicenter
1114 (0.031 %)MIIS
1213 (0.029 %)CA SiteMinder
1310 (0.022 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
148 (0.018 %)BMC PATROL
156 (0.013 %)Legato
156 (0.013 %)CiscoWorks
165 (0.011 %)Netcool
165 (0.011 %)EMC NetWorker
165 (0.011 %)SCOM
173 (0.007 %)Netcool/Proviso
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
112368 (27.17 %)Oracle
22608 (5.730 %)Sybase
32500 (5.493 %)Microsoft
41556 (3.419 %)IBM
5998 (2.193 %)SAP
6882 (1.938 %)TIBCO
7834 (1.832 %)Sun
8752 (1.652 %)BEA
9531 (1.167 %)Red Hat
10290 (0.637 %)Business Objects
11265 (0.582 %)Adobe
12259 (0.569 %)Vignette
13249 (0.547 %)Symbian
14235 (0.516 %)Google
15225 (0.494 %)HP
16224 (0.492 %)Reuters
17210 (0.461 %)Lotus
18193 (0.424 %)BT
19178 (0.391 %)ATG
20164 (0.360 %)Calypso