The first table below looks at the demand for J2EE skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bristol region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 19 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Bristol region.

Location
3 months to
19 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Rank 74 50 35
Rank change year-on-year
-24 -15
Permanent jobs citing J2EE 46 69 111
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 2.727% 4.064% 5.945%
As % of the Application Development category 5.380% 9.452% 13.52%
Number of salaries quoted 43 60 97
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £24,000 £32,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £55,000 £52,500
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.55% +5.88%
All Application Development
Bristol
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
855 730 821
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bristol 50.68% 42.99% 43.97%
Number of salaries quoted 787 685 736
Average salary £35,000 £34,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.94% -2.85%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,500 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
J2EE
South West

J2EE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing J2EE across the Bristol region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Bristol J2EE Jobs Demand Trend

J2EE
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing J2EE across the Bristol region.

Bristol J2EE Salary Trend

J2EE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing J2EE across the Bristol region over the 3 months to 19 June 2013.

Bristol J2EE Salary Histogram

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region citing J2EE 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 J2EE.

1 116 (100.00%) Java
2 58 (50.00%) SQL
3 57 (49.14%) JavaScript
4 45 (38.79%) Agile Software Development
5 44 (37.93%) Degree
6 40 (34.48%) Oracle
7 39 (33.62%) Computer Science
8 30 (25.86%) Spring
8 30 (25.86%) Eclipse
9 28 (24.14%) SQL Server
10 27 (23.28%) WebLogic
10 27 (23.28%) JBoss
11 26 (22.41%) RDBMS
12 24 (20.69%) MySQL
13 23 (19.83%) XML
13 23 (19.83%) Finance
14 22 (18.97%) Unit Testing
15 21 (18.10%) JSON
16 20 (17.24%) JSP
17 19 (16.38%) UML
18 18 (15.52%) JMS
19 17 (14.66%) Google
19 17 (14.66%) WebSphere
19 17 (14.66%) GWT
20 15 (12.93%) PHP
21 14 (12.07%) Hibernate
21 14 (12.07%) Problem Management
22 13 (11.21%) Software Engineering
22 13 (11.21%) PhD
22 13 (11.21%) Flash

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 June 2013, IT jobs across the Bristol region citing J2EE 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 J2EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 30 (25.86%) Spring
2 23 (19.83%) XML
3 21 (18.10%) JSON
4 20 (17.24%) JSP
5 18 (15.52%) JMS
6 17 (14.66%) WebSphere
6 17 (14.66%) GWT
7 14 (12.07%) Hibernate
8 13 (11.21%) Flash
9 12 (10.34%) WebSphere MQ
10 10 (8.621%) Java EE
10 10 (8.621%) EJB
11 9 (7.759%) HTML
12 8 (6.897%) .NET
12 8 (6.897%) Web Services
12 8 (6.897%) jQuery
13 7 (6.034%) REST
13 7 (6.034%) Servlets
13 7 (6.034%) Ajax
14 6 (5.172%) XSLT
Application Platforms
1 27 (23.28%) WebLogic
2 7 (6.034%) GlassFish
3 6 (5.172%) Tomcat
3 6 (5.172%) Apache
4 2 (1.724%) ESB
Communications & Networking
1 7 (6.034%) HTTP
2 4 (3.448%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 28 (24.14%) SQL Server
2 26 (22.41%) RDBMS
3 24 (20.69%) MySQL
4 4 (3.448%) DataStage
4 4 (3.448%) Oracle 11g
4 4 (3.448%) Pentaho
5 3 (2.586%) PostgreSQL
6 2 (1.724%) SQL Server 2005
6 2 (1.724%) GIS
6 2 (1.724%) SQL Server 2008
Development Applications
1 30 (25.86%) Eclipse
2 12 (10.34%) JUnit
2 12 (10.34%) Eclipse RCP
3 11 (9.483%) NetBeans
3 11 (9.483%) Subversion
4 4 (3.448%) Oracle Forms
4 4 (3.448%) Ant
4 4 (3.448%) VSS/SourceSafe
4 4 (3.448%) HttpUnit
5 3 (2.586%) Hudson
5 3 (2.586%) WebDriver
5 3 (2.586%) Selenium
5 3 (2.586%) QuickTest Pro
5 3 (2.586%) LabVIEW
5 3 (2.586%) JMeter
5 3 (2.586%) Maven
General
1 23 (19.83%) Finance
2 12 (10.34%) Telecoms
3 7 (6.034%) Banking
4 4 (3.448%) Aerospace
4 4 (3.448%) Military
5 2 (1.724%) Electronics
6 1 (0.862%) Retail
Job Titles
1 92 (79.31%) Developer
2 83 (71.55%) Java Developer
3 44 (37.93%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 29 (25.00%) J2EE Developer
5 16 (13.79%) Software Engineer
6 14 (12.07%) Java Software Engineer
7 13 (11.21%) Software Developer
8 9 (7.759%) Graduate
8 9 (7.759%) Web Developer
8 9 (7.759%) Java Web Developer
8 9 (7.759%) Junior Java Developer
8 9 (7.759%) Senior Java Developer
8 9 (7.759%) Junior Developer
8 9 (7.759%) Junior
8 9 (7.759%) Senior Developer
9 7 (6.034%) Java Software Developer
10 6 (5.172%) Graduate Developer
11 5 (4.310%) Graduate Java Developer
11 5 (4.310%) Web Applications Developer
11 5 (4.310%) Applications Developer
Miscellaneous
1 39 (33.62%) Computer Science
2 10 (8.621%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (8.621%) Open Source
3 9 (7.759%) Web 2.0
4 7 (6.034%) Digital Media
5 4 (3.448%) Data Integration
5 4 (3.448%) RIA
5 4 (3.448%) Mobile App
6 2 (1.724%) Client/Server
6 2 (1.724%) N-Tier
Operating Systems
1 10 (8.621%) UNIX
2 7 (6.034%) Linux
3 6 (5.172%) Android
4 2 (1.724%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 45 (38.79%) Agile Software Development
2 22 (18.97%) Unit Testing
3 19 (16.38%) UML
4 14 (12.07%) Problem Management
5 13 (11.21%) Software Engineering
6 12 (10.34%) OO
7 10 (8.621%) Event-Driven Architecture
8 6 (5.172%) SOA
9 4 (3.448%) Web Development
9 4 (3.448%) BPEL
9 4 (3.448%) Logistics
9 4 (3.448%) Test Scripting
9 4 (3.448%) Mobile Application Development
10 3 (2.586%) Web Application Development
10 3 (2.586%) E-Commerce
11 2 (1.724%) TDD
11 2 (1.724%) Reverse Engineering
12 1 (0.862%) OOA/OOD
12 1 (0.862%) Business Intelligence
12 1 (0.862%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 116 (100.00%) Java
2 58 (50.00%) SQL
3 57 (49.14%) JavaScript
4 15 (12.93%) PHP
5 13 (11.21%) Shell Script
6 10 (8.621%) PL/SQL
6 10 (8.621%) C#
7 4 (3.448%) XPath
7 4 (3.448%) C++
8 2 (1.724%) Perl
9 1 (0.862%) Bash shell
9 1 (0.862%) Python
Qualifications
1 44 (37.93%) Degree
2 13 (11.21%) PhD
3 3 (2.586%) Security Cleared
4 1 (0.862%) SC Cleared
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 5 (4.310%) QA
2 4 (3.448%) Sarbanes-Oxley
System Software
1 12 (10.34%) VMware Infrastructure
Vendors
1 40 (34.48%) Oracle
2 27 (23.28%) JBoss
3 17 (14.66%) Google
4 12 (10.34%) BEA
4 12 (10.34%) VMware
5 6 (5.172%) Sybase
6 2 (1.724%) GigaSpaces
6 2 (1.724%) SmartStream
7 1 (0.862%) TIBCO
7 1 (0.862%) Yahoo!
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Java, J2EE, SQL, Software Engineer, RDBMS Commutable from: Bristol, Bath, Chippenham, Swindon, Trowbridge, Newport, Cardiff... Suitable candidates will have the following experience: * Strong Java Programming skills * J2EE *...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + Good Benefits Package
Posted: 14 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Keywords: Java, J2EE, OOP, Spring, Hibernate, JSF, XML, SQL Commutable from Bristol, Bath, Newport, Chippenham, Swindon, Gloucester, Cheltenham, etc... Exposure to the following is advantageous but not essential:...
Redrock Consulting Ltd
Salary: £20000 - £25000 per annum + Excellent Benefits Package
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bristol, South West
Due to continued growth in their client base they are now seeking an additional Java J2EE Software Developer to join their Bristol based team and assist in the...
Novate IT
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 10 June 2013
Bristol, South West
Due to continued growth in their client base they are now seeking an additional Java J2EE Software Developer to join their Bristol based team and assist in the...
Novate IT
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013
Bristol, Avon
Applicants must have strong experience of Java J2EE application development combined with exposure to SQL databases (MySQL, Oracle or SQL Server), web servers (Glassfish, Weblogic, JBOSS or similar)...
Novate IT Ltd
Salary: £30000 - £35000 per annum + benefits
Posted: 17 June 2013