The first table below looks at the demand for J2EE skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cardiff region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 23 May 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 Cardiff region.

Location
3 months to
23 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Rank 50 25 7
Rank change year-on-year
-25 -18
Permanent jobs citing J2EE 17 25 106
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 3.102% 5.747% 18.18%
As % of the Application Development category 7.424% 14.45% 39.11%
Number of salaries quoted 15 21 98
Average salary £36,100 £38,500 £44,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-6.23% -13.48%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £25,500 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £62,500 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
All Application Development
Cardiff
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
229 173 271
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cardiff 41.79% 39.77% 46.48%
Number of salaries quoted 207 157 249
Average salary £35,000 £30,500 £40,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+14.75% -23.75%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £27,500
10% offered a salary of more than £46,000 £52,500 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
J2EE
South Wales

J2EE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cardiff 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 Cardiff region.

Cardiff J2EE Salary Trend

J2EE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing J2EE across the Cardiff region over the 3 months to 23 May 2013.

Cardiff J2EE Salary Histogram

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 41 (82.00%) Java
2 23 (46.00%) Spring
3 20 (40.00%) SQL
4 17 (34.00%) Finance
4 17 (34.00%) Hibernate
5 15 (30.00%) Oracle
6 12 (24.00%) Maven
7 11 (22.00%) Web Services
8 10 (20.00%) Scrum
9 9 (18.00%) JSF
9 9 (18.00%) Banking
10 8 (16.00%) RDBMS
10 8 (16.00%) Apache
10 8 (16.00%) Ajax
11 7 (14.00%) Degree
11 7 (14.00%) XML
11 7 (14.00%) MySQL
11 7 (14.00%) Servlets
12 6 (12.00%) EJB
12 6 (12.00%) Identity Management
12 6 (12.00%) Management Information System
12 6 (12.00%) Telecoms
12 6 (12.00%) Spring Web Flow
12 6 (12.00%) RabbitMQ
12 6 (12.00%) Spring Integration
12 6 (12.00%) Jenkins
12 6 (12.00%) Enterprise Software
13 5 (10.00%) EJB 3.0
13 5 (10.00%) JSP
13 5 (10.00%) SOAP

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 23 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cardiff 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 23 (46.00%) Spring
2 17 (34.00%) Hibernate
3 11 (22.00%) Web Services
4 9 (18.00%) JSF
5 8 (16.00%) Ajax
6 7 (14.00%) XML
6 7 (14.00%) Servlets
7 6 (12.00%) EJB
7 6 (12.00%) Spring Web Flow
7 6 (12.00%) Spring Integration
8 5 (10.00%) EJB 3.0
8 5 (10.00%) JSP
8 5 (10.00%) SOAP
8 5 (10.00%) Struts
8 5 (10.00%) J2SE
9 4 (8.000%) XSLT
9 4 (8.000%) HTML
9 4 (8.000%) WebSphere
9 4 (8.000%) Java EE
10 3 (6.000%) soapUI
Application Platforms
1 8 (16.00%) Apache
2 6 (12.00%) RabbitMQ
3 3 (6.000%) FileNet
3 3 (6.000%) WebSphere Application Server
3 3 (6.000%) WebLogic
4 1 (2.000%) Tomcat
Applications
1 4 (8.000%) MS Office
Business Applications
1 2 (4.000%) Staffware
Database & Business Intelligence
1 8 (16.00%) RDBMS
2 7 (14.00%) MySQL
3 4 (8.000%) SQL Server
4 3 (6.000%) SQL Server 2008
5 2 (4.000%) Oracle Reports
5 2 (4.000%) Crystal Reports
6 1 (2.000%) TOAD
Development Applications
1 12 (24.00%) Maven
2 6 (12.00%) Jenkins
3 4 (8.000%) Subversion
4 3 (6.000%) Selenium
4 3 (6.000%) Ant
5 2 (4.000%) JUnit
5 2 (4.000%) Eclipse
5 2 (4.000%) TestDirector
General
1 17 (34.00%) Finance
2 9 (18.00%) Banking
3 6 (12.00%) Telecoms
4 2 (4.000%) Advertising
5 1 (2.000%) Welsh Language
5 1 (2.000%) Legal
Job Titles
1 34 (68.00%) Developer
2 31 (62.00%) Java Developer
3 14 (28.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 12 (24.00%) J2EE Developer
5 10 (20.00%) Analyst
6 9 (18.00%) Programmer
7 7 (14.00%) Senior Analyst
8 5 (10.00%) Java Programmer
9 4 (8.000%) Analyst Programmer
9 4 (8.000%) Development Manager
9 4 (8.000%) Senior Analyst Programmer
9 4 (8.000%) Senior Programmer
10 3 (6.000%) Test Analyst
10 3 (6.000%) Senior Test Analyst
11 2 (4.000%) Architect
11 2 (4.000%) Business Analyst
11 2 (4.000%) Financial Business Analyst
11 2 (4.000%) Financial Services Business Analyst
11 2 (4.000%) Java Development Manager
12 1 (2.000%) Development Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 6 (12.00%) Management Information System
1 6 (12.00%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (8.000%) Mobile Banking
3 3 (6.000%) Blackberry
3 3 (6.000%) Handset
4 2 (4.000%) AS400
5 1 (2.000%) Open Source
5 1 (2.000%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 3 (6.000%) Android
1 3 (6.000%) Apple iOS
1 3 (6.000%) Windows
2 2 (4.000%) UNIX
Processes & Methodologies
1 10 (20.00%) Scrum
2 6 (12.00%) Identity Management
3 4 (8.000%) UML
3 4 (8.000%) System Testing
4 3 (6.000%) Test Automation
4 3 (6.000%) BDD
4 3 (6.000%) Agile Software Development
4 3 (6.000%) Regression Testing
5 2 (4.000%) OOA/OOD
5 2 (4.000%) OO
5 2 (4.000%) MVC
5 2 (4.000%) Software Engineering
5 2 (4.000%) Systems Analysis
5 2 (4.000%) Time Management
5 2 (4.000%) Business Analysis
6 1 (2.000%) Waterfall
6 1 (2.000%) Integration Testing
6 1 (2.000%) Web Application Development
6 1 (2.000%) SOA
Programming Languages
1 41 (82.00%) Java
2 20 (40.00%) SQL
3 2 (4.000%) JavaScript
3 2 (4.000%) PL/SQL
Qualifications
1 7 (14.00%) Degree
2 1 (2.000%) SC Cleared
2 1 (2.000%) Security Cleared
Vendors
1 15 (30.00%) Oracle
2 4 (8.000%) IBM
3 3 (6.000%) Adobe
3 3 (6.000%) ILOG
4 2 (4.000%) Microsoft
4 2 (4.000%) BEA