The first table below looks at the demand for J2EE skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 17 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 Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Rank 86 38 24
Rank change year-on-year
-48 -14
Permanent jobs citing J2EE 34 105 141
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.901% 5.449% 8.509%
As % of the Application Development category 4.234% 10.07% 16.17%
Number of salaries quoted 29 96 121
Average salary £42,500 £38,000 £42,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.84% -10.58%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £30,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £49,250 £47,000
UK excluding London average salary £41,500 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-7.77% +5.88%
All Application Development
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
803 1043 872
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 44.89% 54.13% 52.63%
Number of salaries quoted 660 934 791
Average salary £32,500 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-7.14% -
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £24,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £46,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
J2EE
North West

J2EE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire 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 Cheshire region.

Cheshire J2EE Salary Trend

J2EE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing J2EE across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Cheshire J2EE Salary Histogram

J2EE
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Chester -26 13 £42,500 +6.25%
Knutsford +10 4 £33,750 +22.72%
Warrington -9 3 £35,000 -
Northwich +4 1 £35,000 +16.66%
J2EE
North West

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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.

1 133 (81.60%) Java
2 66 (40.49%) Oracle
3 65 (39.88%) JavaScript
4 59 (36.20%) SQL
5 49 (30.06%) Spring
6 48 (29.45%) .NET
7 46 (28.22%) TDD
8 44 (26.99%) XML
9 41 (25.15%) JSP
9 41 (25.15%) SQL Server
9 41 (25.15%) HTML
10 40 (24.54%) Hibernate
11 39 (23.93%) Struts
12 38 (23.31%) jQuery
13 36 (22.09%) JDBC
14 35 (21.47%) MVC
15 31 (19.02%) Microsoft
16 30 (18.40%) Finance
17 29 (17.79%) Project Management
17 29 (17.79%) Tomcat
18 28 (17.18%) UML
18 28 (17.18%) SOA
18 28 (17.18%) IBM
19 27 (16.56%) Web Services
19 27 (16.56%) PL/SQL
19 27 (16.56%) Open Source
20 24 (14.72%) MS Excel
20 24 (14.72%) Scrum
21 23 (14.11%) JUnit
21 23 (14.11%) Agile Software Development

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire 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 49 (30.06%) Spring
2 48 (29.45%) .NET
3 44 (26.99%) XML
4 41 (25.15%) HTML
4 41 (25.15%) JSP
5 40 (24.54%) Hibernate
6 39 (23.93%) Struts
7 38 (23.31%) jQuery
8 36 (22.09%) JDBC
9 27 (16.56%) Web Services
10 20 (12.27%) Java EE
11 19 (11.66%) Ajax
12 18 (11.04%) ASP.NET
13 17 (10.43%) CSS
14 16 (9.816%) Servlets
14 16 (9.816%) JMS
15 13 (7.975%) XSLT
15 13 (7.975%) ASP.NET MVC
15 13 (7.975%) ASP.NET MVC 3
16 11 (6.748%) JNDI
Application Platforms
1 29 (17.79%) Tomcat
2 16 (9.816%) Apache
3 13 (7.975%) Drupal
3 13 (7.975%) WordPress
3 13 (7.975%) Apache Solr
4 7 (4.294%) CICS
5 5 (3.067%) ActiveMQ
5 5 (3.067%) WebLogic
Applications
1 24 (14.72%) MS Excel
Business Applications
1 3 (1.840%) BASE24
Communications & Networking
1 10 (6.135%) HTTP
2 3 (1.840%) ATM
3 2 (1.227%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 41 (25.15%) SQL Server
2 16 (9.816%) DB2
3 13 (7.975%) Oracle 9i
3 13 (7.975%) GIS
3 13 (7.975%) Microsoft Analysis Services
3 13 (7.975%) SQL Server Reporting Services
3 13 (7.975%) SQL Server 2005
3 13 (7.975%) SQL Server Integration Services
3 13 (7.975%) SQL Server Analysis Services
4 8 (4.908%) RDBMS
5 4 (2.454%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 23 (14.11%) JUnit
2 15 (9.202%) Eclipse
2 15 (9.202%) Ant
3 6 (3.681%) Subversion
4 5 (3.067%) Maven
5 3 (1.840%) JIRA
5 3 (1.840%) Git (software)
6 2 (1.227%) ClearCase
7 1 (0.613%) Synon
General
1 30 (18.40%) Finance
2 15 (9.202%) Banking
3 4 (2.454%) Financial Institution
4 3 (1.840%) Law
4 3 (1.840%) Publishing
5 2 (1.227%) Retail
5 2 (1.227%) Automotive
5 2 (1.227%) Retail Banking
6 1 (0.613%) Telecoms
6 1 (0.613%) Multimedia
Job Titles
1 111 (68.10%) Developer
2 91 (55.83%) Java Developer
3 58 (35.58%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 45 (27.61%) J2EE Developer
5 13 (7.975%) Software Engineer
6 12 (7.362%) Technical Consultant
6 12 (7.362%) Consultant
7 11 (6.748%) Architect
8 9 (5.521%) Integration Architect
8 9 (5.521%) Senior Developer
8 9 (5.521%) Senior Java Developer
9 8 (4.908%) Integration Engineer
9 8 (4.908%) Support Analyst
9 8 (4.908%) Analyst
10 7 (4.294%) Applications Support
11 6 (3.681%) Java Software Engineer
11 6 (3.681%) Graduate
11 6 (3.681%) Project Manager
11 6 (3.681%) Systems Engineer
11 6 (3.681%) Senior J2EE Developer
Miscellaneous
1 27 (16.56%) Open Source
2 13 (7.975%) Client/Server
3 11 (6.748%) Mainframe
4 8 (4.908%) Computer Science
5 7 (4.294%) IBM Mainframe
6 5 (3.067%) PMI
7 2 (1.227%) Data Extraction
7 2 (1.227%) iSeries
7 2 (1.227%) Online Banking
7 2 (1.227%) Enterprise Software
8 1 (0.613%) Mathematics
8 1 (0.613%) Mobile App
8 1 (0.613%) IVR
Operating Systems
1 14 (8.589%) UNIX
2 13 (7.975%) Linux
3 7 (4.294%) Android
4 4 (2.454%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 46 (28.22%) TDD
2 35 (21.47%) MVC
3 29 (17.79%) Project Management
4 28 (17.18%) SOA
4 28 (17.18%) UML
5 24 (14.72%) Scrum
6 23 (14.11%) Agile Software Development
7 20 (12.27%) PRINCE2
8 19 (11.66%) RUP
9 18 (11.04%) ITIL
10 17 (10.43%) E-Commerce
10 17 (10.43%) OO
11 15 (9.202%) OOD
12 14 (8.589%) Stakeholder Management
13 13 (7.975%) Use Case
14 12 (7.362%) Pair Programming
15 9 (5.521%) Waterfall
16 7 (4.294%) Extreme Programming
16 7 (4.294%) Technical Architecture
17 5 (3.067%) Kanban
Programming Languages
1 133 (81.60%) Java
2 65 (39.88%) JavaScript
3 59 (36.20%) SQL
4 27 (16.56%) PL/SQL
5 18 (11.04%) PHP
6 16 (9.816%) Python
7 13 (7.975%) XPath
8 6 (3.681%) C#
8 6 (3.681%) C++
9 5 (3.067%) VB
9 5 (3.067%) VB.NET
9 5 (3.067%) Ruby
10 2 (1.227%) Shell Script
10 2 (1.227%) MATLAB
10 2 (1.227%) R
11 1 (0.613%) Assembly Language
11 1 (0.613%) RPG/400
11 1 (0.613%) RPG
11 1 (0.613%) COBOL
11 1 (0.613%) Perl
Qualifications
1 16 (9.816%) Degree
2 15 (9.202%) PRINCE2 Practitioner
3 5 (3.067%) PMI Certification
4 4 (2.454%) PhD
5 2 (1.227%) SCJP
5 2 (1.227%) Security Cleared
5 2 (1.227%) SCJA
6 1 (0.613%) Sun Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 13 (7.975%) QA
Systems Management
1 2 (1.227%) Tivoli
Vendors
1 66 (40.49%) Oracle
2 31 (19.02%) Microsoft
3 28 (17.18%) IBM
4 14 (8.589%) JBoss
5 13 (7.975%) ESRI
6 6 (3.681%) ATG
7 3 (1.840%) Endeca
7 3 (1.840%) hybris
8 2 (1.227%) Chordiant
9 1 (0.613%) Sybase
9 1 (0.613%) JD Edwards
Knutsford, Cheshire
Jave, J2ee, Spring, Hibernate My client is currently one of the leading investment banks and they are currently looking to bring on java developers from junior to mid...
TEKsystems
Salary: £25000 - £35000 per annum + Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
With this role comes a fantastic challenge to be part of a major re platforming programme into Java... Ultimately the client is looking for talented Java developers with...
TEKsystems
Salary: £40000 - £55000 per annum + Package
Posted: 14 May 2013
Chester, North West
Due to continual massive success the company are looking to continue to grow the team and take on strong java developers who will be training and support where...
Computer Futures
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, Cheshire
Java J2EE Developer (Spring MVC,JSP, HTML)... Deploying the company’s software products onto clients systems and ongoing support & maintenance of software products implemented at clients The key...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 - 45,00 + Bens
Posted: 15 May 2013
Warrington, Cheshire
Key Words: Java, J2EE, JEE, Oracle, MySQL, Spring, Hibernate, Swing, Oracle, Eclipse, Groovy, Grails, Agile, Waterfall, Web based applications, Software development The Role Award winning Financial Services software...
Think IT Recruitment
Salary: £25000.00 - £40000.00 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 13 May 2013
Chester, North West
Senior Java Developer -Chester- £40,000 - £45,000 - fantastic benefits package and pension scheme A strong java J2EE developer is required to join a market leader within the...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Chester, North West
Key Skills: - Java / J2EE- Spring- Agile- Javascript / JQuery- Web Service Desirable Skills: - GIT and JIRA- Struts- Hibernate- Oracle- Eclipse- Tomcat The role itself: * Design and development of new...
Computer Futures
Salary: £40000 - £46000 per annum
Posted: 15 May 2013
Cheshire
End-to-end lifecycle experience is vital for the Integration Architect (Java, .NET, IBM Mainframe) as you will be involved throughout the design and development process!... Experience working...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £50,000 to £60,000 per annum + Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
End-to-End Integration Engineer / Architect - Java, J2EE, .NET, IBM Mainframe, MQ Message Broker, End-to-End Design... The successful individuals will have experience of the full end-...
Hays Specialist Recruitment Ltd
Salary: £40000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 18 May 2013
Cheshire, North West
End-to-End Integration Engineer / Architect - Java, J2EE, .NET, IBM Mainframe, MQ Message Broker, End-to-End Design... The successful individuals will have experience of the full end-...
Salary: £40000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Excellent package
Posted: 26 April 2013
Cheshire
End-to-End Integration Engineer / Architect - Java, J2EE, .NET, IBM Mainframe, MQ Message Broker, End-to-End Design... The successful individuals will have experience of the full end-...
HAYS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Salary: £40000.00 - £65000.00 per annum + Excellent Package
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cheshire
The successful Integration Architect (Banking, End-to-End, J2EE, .NET) will have: - Extensive End-to-End Integration Experience - Design and implementation experience in; J2EE (JDBC, JNDI, JSP, JMS)...
ANSON MCCADE
Salary: From £45,000 to £60,000 per annum
Posted: 13 May 2013