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 5 January 2009 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava
Location
3 months to
5 Jan 2009
Same period last year
Rank118
Rank change on same period last yearDown-3
Matching permanent IT job ads1224425168
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled10.38 %12.74 %
As % of the category below22.12 %28.10 %
Salaries quoted1032520314
Average minimum salary£41,388£43,139
Average salary£45,697£47,853
% change on same period last year-4.50 %
Average maximum salary£50,007£52,566
UK excluding London average salary£39,584£40,696
% change on same period last year-2.73 %
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
UK
Matching permanent IT job ads5534589556
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled46.93 %45.35 %
Salaries quoted4785473747
Average minimum salary£36,751£37,474
Average salary£40,309£41,278
% change on same period last year-2.34 %
Average maximum salary£43,868£45,083
UK excluding London average salary£35,659£35,902
% change on same period last year-0.67 %

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 5 January 2009 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 5 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
EnglandDown-311693£45,808-4.73 %
LondonDown-35575£54,128-1.57 %
South EastDown-32202£40,773-2.33 %
City of LondonDown-51601£57,661-3.89 %
East of EnglandUp+21002£42,010+9.35 %
South WestDown-3907£37,348-7.16 %
North WestNo change0775£37,790-14.01 %
BerkshireUp+3720£43,839-0.21 %
SurreyDown-3598£39,881-6.25 %
CambridgeshireUp+2539£38,663+6.56 %
YorkshireDown-7466£33,505-11.02 %
West MidlandsDown-8441£38,950-0.87 %
CambridgeUp+1407£38,739+6.75 %
ManchesterDown-2394£36,499-20.76 %
ScotlandUp+2336£41,502+15.90 %
BristolDown-5295£38,741+0.85 %
HampshireDown-12294£38,701-5.78 %
East MidlandsNo change0252£41,216+4.21 %
HertfordshireNo change0252£46,385+19.31 %
ReadingUp+1249£41,937-12.00 %
West YorkshireDown-13243£34,110-9.63 %
CheshireUp+10238£39,799-9.38 %
WiltshireUp+3178£35,646-4.63 %
OxfordshireUp+3171£31,497-10.22 %
BuckinghamshireDown-4166£40,581+2.86 %
BirminghamDown-8164£41,713-3.41 %
SomersetDown-5155£37,221+4.35 %
DevonUp+9154£38,683+22.43 %
LeedsDown-21139£35,181-10.73 %
ExeterUp+4109£39,647+23.58 %

Java
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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.

110986 (34.66 %)J2EE
28929 (28.17 %)SQL
38442 (26.64 %)Oracle
47570 (23.88 %)XML
57449 (23.50 %)Finance
67098 (22.39 %)C++
76463 (20.39 %).NET
85993 (18.91 %)UNIX
95805 (18.32 %)C#
105242 (16.54 %)OO
115103 (16.10 %)Degree
124418 (13.94 %)HTML
134394 (13.86 %)Spring
144358 (13.75 %)SQL Server
154177 (13.18 %)Linux
163888 (12.27 %)JavaScript
173722 (11.74 %)Banking
183702 (11.68 %)Hibernate
193539 (11.17 %)JSP
203465 (10.93 %)Windows
212869 (9.052 %)WebServices
222862 (9.030 %)UML
232795 (8.818 %)WebSphere
242786 (8.790 %)C
252497 (7.878 %)Agile Software Development
262434 (7.679 %)CSS
272418 (7.629 %)Front Office
282229 (7.033 %)AJAX
292133 (6.730 %)WebLogic
302107 (6.648 %)Perl

Java
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 January 2009, 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
110986 (34.66 %)J2EE
27570 (23.88 %)XML
36463 (20.39 %).NET
44418 (13.94 %)HTML
54394 (13.86 %)Spring
63702 (11.68 %)Hibernate
73539 (11.17 %)JSP
82869 (9.052 %)WebServices
92795 (8.818 %)WebSphere
102434 (7.679 %)CSS
112229 (7.033 %)AJAX
122033 (6.414 %)Struts
131754 (5.534 %)Servlets
141639 (5.171 %)ASP.NET
151488 (4.695 %)EJB
161220 (3.849 %)Swing
171194 (3.767 %)XHTML
181193 (3.764 %)J2SE
191149 (3.625 %)JDBC
201131 (3.568 %)XSLT
IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
12133 (6.730 %)WebLogic
21942 (6.127 %)Tomcat
31689 (5.329 %)Apache
41476 (4.657 %)JBoss
5665 (2.098 %)WebSphere Application Server
6477 (1.505 %)CMS
7426 (1.344 %)IIS
8354 (1.117 %)SharePoint
9307 (0.969 %)MQSeries
10283 (0.893 %)ColdFusion
11250 (0.789 %)ESB
12236 (0.745 %)WPS
13193 (0.609 %)NetWeaver
13193 (0.609 %)BizTalk Server
14176 (0.555 %)SAS
15148 (0.467 %)WebSphere MQ
16132 (0.416 %)WebLogic Portal
17121 (0.382 %)Oracle Workflow
18114 (0.360 %)Oracle Application Server
19111 (0.350 %)ATG Dynamo
IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
1903 (2.849 %)MS Excel
2358 (1.130 %)MS Visio
3246 (0.776 %)Photoshop
4205 (0.647 %)MS Office
5161 (0.508 %)MATLAB
683 (0.262 %)MS Project
755 (0.174 %)Spreadsheet
849 (0.155 %)Adobe Illustrator
947 (0.148 %)CA Clarity
1046 (0.145 %)MS PowerPoint
1143 (0.136 %)Simulink
1238 (0.120 %)Fireworks
1319 (0.060 %)ArcInfo
1416 (0.050 %)FreeHand
1513 (0.041 %)CATIA
1513 (0.041 %)Quicktime
1611 (0.035 %)FrameMaker
1710 (0.032 %)3ds Max
1710 (0.032 %)S-PLUS
189 (0.028 %)Maya
IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
1175 (0.552 %)Oracle Applications
2133 (0.420 %)Oracle EBS
3123 (0.388 %)Navision
4110 (0.347 %)Movex
5107 (0.338 %)Great Plains
6103 (0.325 %)SAP Retail
783 (0.262 %)Oracle 11i
873 (0.230 %)Endur
960 (0.189 %)Summit
1056 (0.177 %)Oracle Financials
1147 (0.148 %)Oracle EBS R12
1246 (0.145 %)RMDS
1329 (0.091 %)Misys Midas
1329 (0.091 %)SAP FI
1428 (0.088 %)SAP CRM
1526 (0.082 %)Dynamics AX
1625 (0.079 %)SAP CO
1724 (0.076 %)SAP FI/CO
1820 (0.063 %)SAP R/3
1919 (0.060 %)assyst
IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
11436 (4.531 %)Internet
2652 (2.057 %)TCP/IP
3628 (1.981 %)HTTP
4269 (0.849 %)Intranet
5238 (0.751 %)Firewall
6216 (0.681 %)LDAP
7189 (0.596 %)Wireless
8174 (0.549 %)DNS
9134 (0.423 %)FTP
10118 (0.372 %)WAN
11115 (0.363 %)LAN
1293 (0.293 %)SAN
1382 (0.259 %)VPN
1479 (0.249 %)SMS
1578 (0.246 %)3G
1672 (0.227 %)SSL
1770 (0.221 %)Broadband
1862 (0.196 %)GSM
1958 (0.183 %)SMTP
2056 (0.177 %)HTTPS
IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14358 (13.75 %)SQL Server
21727 (5.449 %)MySQL
31694 (5.345 %)RDBMS
4889 (2.805 %)DB2
5789 (2.489 %)Oracle 10g
6522 (1.647 %)SQL Server 2005
7478 (1.508 %)Oracle 8/8i
8475 (1.499 %)Oracle Reports
9431 (1.360 %)Datawarehouse
10403 (1.271 %)Oracle 9i
11318 (1.003 %)SQL Server 2000
12261 (0.823 %)BusinessObjects
13220 (0.694 %)ETL
14213 (0.672 %)GIS
15206 (0.650 %)PostgreSQL
16161 (0.508 %)TOAD
17128 (0.404 %)Crystal Reports
18111 (0.350 %)SQL Server Integration Services
19101 (0.319 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
2097 (0.306 %)SQLPlus
IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11648 (5.200 %)JUnit
21564 (4.935 %)Eclipse
31212 (3.824 %)Ant
4638 (2.013 %)Subversion
5414 (1.306 %)Oracle Forms
6396 (1.249 %)Visual Studio
7263 (0.830 %)ClearCase
8155 (0.489 %)LoadRunner
9154 (0.486 %)Selenium
10136 (0.429 %)JDeveloper
11130 (0.410 %)Log4j
12123 (0.388 %)ClearQuest
13112 (0.353 %)NUnit
14107 (0.338 %)CruiseControl
15100 (0.316 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1691 (0.287 %)Dreamweaver
1786 (0.271 %)QuickTest Pro
1884 (0.265 %)JIRA
1976 (0.240 %)VSS/SourceSafe
2074 (0.233 %)JBuilder
IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
17449 (23.50 %)Finance
23722 (11.74 %)Banking
32418 (7.629 %)Front Office
41637 (5.165 %)Investment Banking
51152 (3.635 %)Pensions
61125 (3.549 %)Telecoms
71096 (3.458 %)Insurance
81094 (3.452 %)Retail
91040 (3.281 %)Health
10883 (2.786 %)Games
11872 (2.751 %)Education
12619 (1.953 %)Marketing
13614 (1.937 %)Government
14523 (1.650 %)Back Office
15331 (1.044 %)Financial Institution
16288 (0.909 %)Publishing
17233 (0.735 %)Online Games
18206 (0.650 %)Construction
19169 (0.533 %)Pharmaceutical
20163 (0.514 %)Advertising
IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
116510 (52.09 %)Developer
29101 (28.71 %)Java Developer
32928 (9.238 %)Senior Developer
42890 (9.118 %)Analyst
52428 (7.661 %)Architect
62283 (7.203 %)Java/J2EE Developer
71931 (6.092 %)Senior Java Developer
81870 (5.900 %)Software Engineer
91821 (5.745 %)J2EE Developer
101781 (5.619 %)Consultant
111467 (4.628 %)Software Developer
121334 (4.209 %)Programmer
131226 (3.868 %)Web Developer
141145 (3.613 %)C# Developer
151078 (3.401 %)Graduate
161003 (3.165 %)Project Manager
17797 (2.515 %)Team Leader
18789 (2.489 %)C++ Developer
19750 (2.366 %)Technical Architect
20744 (2.347 %).NET Developer
IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
12019 (6.370 %)Derivative
21673 (5.278 %)Computer Science
3927 (2.925 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
4867 (2.735 %)Fixed Income
5856 (2.701 %)Mathematics
6839 (2.647 %)Equities
7595 (1.877 %)Equity Derivative
8547 (1.726 %)Multithreading
9424 (1.338 %)Client/Server
10409 (1.290 %)Web 2.0
11384 (1.212 %)Credit Derivative
12337 (1.063 %)N-Tier
13295 (0.931 %)Physics
14252 (0.795 %)Market Risk
15227 (0.716 %)Credit Risk
16189 (0.596 %)Interest Rate Derivative
17177 (0.558 %)Mainframe
18157 (0.495 %)Handset
19154 (0.486 %)Grid Computing
20153 (0.483 %)Management Information System
IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
15993 (18.91 %)UNIX
24177 (13.18 %)Linux
33465 (10.93 %)Windows
41277 (4.029 %)Solaris
5417 (1.316 %)AIX
6404 (1.275 %)Red Hat Linux
7392 (1.237 %)Windows Server 2003
8214 (0.675 %)Windows XP
9172 (0.543 %)Windows 2000
1089 (0.281 %)Windows Mobile
1187 (0.274 %)Windows 2000 Server
1282 (0.259 %)HPUX
1376 (0.240 %)Windows NT
1460 (0.189 %)Debian
1556 (0.177 %)Embedded Linux
1646 (0.145 %)MVS
1741 (0.129 %)CentOS
1835 (0.110 %)Windows Vista
1934 (0.107 %)Windows CE
2032 (0.101 %)Android
IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
15242 (16.54 %)OO
22862 (9.030 %)UML
32497 (7.878 %)Agile Software Development
42025 (6.389 %)E-Commerce
51643 (5.184 %)Project Management
61616 (5.099 %)SOA
71346 (4.247 %)Web Development
81023 (3.228 %)Software Engineering
91008 (3.180 %)Scrum
10952 (3.004 %)OOD
11944 (2.978 %)Unit Testing
12777 (2.451 %)RUP
13744 (2.347 %)TDD
14639 (2.016 %)Risk Management
15621 (1.959 %)Content Management
16620 (1.956 %)CRM
17591 (1.865 %)OOA/OOD
18547 (1.726 %)OOP
19536 (1.691 %)Business Intelligence
20515 (1.625 %)PRINCE2
IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
18929 (28.17 %)SQL
27098 (22.39 %)C++
35805 (18.32 %)C#
43888 (12.27 %)JavaScript
52786 (8.790 %)C
62107 (6.648 %)Perl
71799 (5.676 %)VB
81731 (5.461 %)PL/SQL
91565 (4.938 %)PHP
10904 (2.852 %)VB.NET
11863 (2.723 %)Python
12792 (2.499 %)Shell Script
13694 (2.190 %)Ruby
14642 (2.026 %)VBA
15393 (1.240 %)Transact-SQL
16374 (1.180 %)ActionScript
17354 (1.117 %)ABAP
18340 (1.073 %)Delphi
19297 (0.937 %)VB6
20215 (0.678 %)COBOL
IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
15103 (16.10 %)Degree
2859 (2.710 %)Security Cleared
3363 (1.145 %)PhD
4281 (0.887 %)SC Cleared
5266 (0.839 %)Sun Certification
6228 (0.719 %)ISEB
7118 (0.372 %)Microsoft Certification
898 (0.309 %)Oracle Certification
985 (0.268 %)DV Cleared
1068 (0.215 %)PRINCE2 Certification
1157 (0.180 %)CISSP
1253 (0.167 %)HND
1350 (0.158 %)OCP
1446 (0.145 %)MCSD
1545 (0.142 %)MBA
1643 (0.136 %)PMI Certification
1742 (0.133 %)ITIL Certification
1832 (0.101 %)Cisco Certification
1930 (0.095 %)PMP
2028 (0.088 %)SAP Certification
IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
1806 (2.543 %)QA
2127 (0.401 %)SLA
344 (0.139 %)WAI
440 (0.126 %)ISO9001
519 (0.060 %)HL7
618 (0.057 %)BS7799
717 (0.054 %)MiFID
815 (0.047 %)DICOM
913 (0.041 %)ISO9000
913 (0.041 %)Basel II
1012 (0.038 %)ISO27001
1012 (0.038 %)WCAG
117 (0.022 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
117 (0.022 %)21 CFR Part 11
117 (0.022 %)GLP
126 (0.019 %)ISO17799
135 (0.016 %)COBIT
144 (0.013 %)HIPAA
153 (0.009 %)PCI DSS
153 (0.009 %)JTAG
IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
1119 (0.375 %)Active Directory
297 (0.306 %)AquaLogic
380 (0.252 %)Oracle RAC
427 (0.085 %)VMware Infrastructure
526 (0.082 %)ISA Server
622 (0.069 %)MSMQ
622 (0.069 %)Oracle RMAN
721 (0.066 %)NFS
816 (0.050 %)Backup Exec
914 (0.044 %)Squid
109 (0.028 %)Xen
118 (0.025 %)SAP ITS
127 (0.022 %)MetaFrame
136 (0.019 %)Orbix
136 (0.019 %)Samba
136 (0.019 %)MailMarshal
136 (0.019 %)Cronacle
136 (0.019 %)Terminal Services
145 (0.016 %)Microsoft Virtual Server
145 (0.016 %)Terminal Server
IT Job Market, Systems ManagementSystems Management
170 (0.221 %)Nagios
268 (0.215 %)Tivoli
355 (0.174 %)AutoSys
429 (0.091 %)MOM
528 (0.088 %)Tivoli Storage Manager
627 (0.085 %)OpenView
722 (0.069 %)Data Guard
821 (0.066 %)CA SiteMinder
914 (0.044 %)Unicenter
1011 (0.035 %)CONTROL-M
1110 (0.032 %)Oracle Statspack
128 (0.025 %)Systems Management Server (SMS)
137 (0.022 %)Oracle Enterprise Manager
137 (0.022 %)BMC PATROL
137 (0.022 %)OVSD
145 (0.016 %)Legato
145 (0.016 %)Tivoli Identity Manager
145 (0.016 %)WSUS
154 (0.013 %)EMC NetWorker
154 (0.013 %)Nessus
IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
18442 (26.64 %)Oracle
21677 (5.291 %)Microsoft
31506 (4.752 %)Sybase
41116 (3.521 %)IBM
5745 (2.351 %)SAP
6644 (2.032 %)Sun
7544 (1.716 %)TIBCO
8510 (1.609 %)BEA
9452 (1.426 %)Red Hat
10261 (0.823 %)Business Objects
11253 (0.798 %)Adobe
12221 (0.697 %)Symbian
13185 (0.584 %)HP
14177 (0.558 %)ATG
15170 (0.536 %)Vignette
16159 (0.502 %)Cisco
17154 (0.486 %)Reuters
18151 (0.476 %)BT
19144 (0.454 %)i2
19144 (0.454 %)JDA