Java developers and programmers are vital members of staff for major companies throughout the world. The widely used programming language can be adapted to run on any hardware, and people with wide experience of implementing it on IT systems or web applications are valued employees.
Since its development by Sun Microsystems in 1995, Java’s versatility and ease of programming has led companies, especially in Canada, to utilize it for their operations. Job-holders with background in the program’s syntax and its sub-applications as well as XML, HTML, JSP, Eclipse and AJAX, will find they have a varied range of new opportunities.
Successful applicants will be expected to utilise their talents to write and develop programs that, once they have been written, will run on any computer set up. Incumbents will deal with application analysis, encoding, testing and error rectification tasks using established guidelines and procedures. Level one professionals can expect to get a median salary of C
$50,000 per year when working in a city such as Toronto, Ontario. More experienced people might command salaries of up C
$80,000. Smaller cities may see incumbents see a corresponding drop in remuneration.