Permanent IT Jobs Contract IT Jobs

The first part of the 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 19 March 2010 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second part of the table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Cheshire region.

 Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Location
3 months to
19 Mar 2010
Same period 2009Same period 2008
Rank666426
Rank change year-on-year
Down-2Down-38
Matching permanent IT job ads3345227
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire2.263 %3.151 %6.998 %
As % of the Application Development category6.561 %6.696 %20.27 %
Salaries quoted3142217
Average salary£36,000£57,500£35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-37.39 %+64.28 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£30,500£35,250£30,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£47,500£60,000£64,000
UK excluding London average salary£40,000£40,000£40,000
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryAll Application Development
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
5036721120
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire34.50 %47.06 %34.53 %
Salaries quoted4576241028
Average salary£32,500£30,000£33,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+8.330 %-9.090 %
90% of jobs offered a salary of more than£22,400£22,500£25,000
10% of jobs offered a salary of more than£40,000£47,500£50,000
UK excluding London average salary£35,000£34,000£35,000
% change year-on-year
+2.940 %-2.850 %
J2EE North WestJ2EE
North West

J2EE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing J2EE across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Cheshire J2EE Demand Trend

J2EE
Salary Trend

The 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

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing J2EE across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 19 March 2010.

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 19 March 2010. 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
WarringtonUp+156£33,250-33.50 %
RuncornNew entry-5£37,250-
ChesterUp+173£42,500+41.66 %
NorthwichUp+42£36,500-2.66 %
KnutsfordUp+61£52,500-12.50 %
J2EE North WestJ2EE
North West

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

176 (88.37 %)Java
230 (34.88 %)HTML
329 (33.72 %)Struts
428 (32.56 %)Spring
527 (31.40 %)JSP
527 (31.40 %)Oracle
624 (27.91 %)XML
723 (26.74 %)EJB
723 (26.74 %)SQL Server
723 (26.74 %)Hibernate
822 (25.58 %)Ant
822 (25.58 %)JUnit
920 (23.26 %)JavaScript
1019 (22.09 %)AJAX
1117 (19.77 %)CSS
1216 (18.60 %)Web Services
1216 (18.60 %)SQL
1216 (18.60 %).NET
1315 (17.44 %)UML
1315 (17.44 %)DV Cleared
1315 (17.44 %)Security Cleared
1414 (16.28 %)J2ME
1513 (15.12 %)E-Commerce
1513 (15.12 %)C#
1513 (15.12 %)Servlets
1513 (15.12 %)Maven
1612 (13.95 %)WebSphere
1612 (13.95 %)PHP
1612 (13.95 %)MySQL
1612 (13.95 %)SOA

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 19 March 2010, 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.

Cheshire IT Job Market, Application Development CategoryApplication Development
130 (34.88 %)HTML
229 (33.72 %)Struts
328 (32.56 %)Spring
427 (31.40 %)JSP
524 (27.91 %)XML
623 (26.74 %)EJB
623 (26.74 %)Hibernate
719 (22.09 %)AJAX
817 (19.77 %)CSS
916 (18.60 %).NET
916 (18.60 %)Web Services
1014 (16.28 %)J2ME
1113 (15.12 %)Servlets
1212 (13.95 %)WebSphere
139 (10.47 %)XHTML
139 (10.47 %)Stripes Framework
148 (9.302 %)LAMP
148 (9.302 %)ASP.NET
148 (9.302 %)Java EE
157 (8.140 %)JMS
Cheshire IT Job Market, Application Platforms CategoryApplication Platforms
111 (12.79 %)IIS
210 (11.63 %)Apache
210 (11.63 %)Tomcat
37 (8.140 %)WebLogic
46 (6.977 %)WebSphere Application Server
54 (4.651 %)Oracle Application Server
62 (2.326 %)Documentum
62 (2.326 %)Oracle Workflow
71 (1.163 %)WebSphere Process Server
71 (1.163 %)ActiveMQ
71 (1.163 %)Lotus Notes
71 (1.163 %)WebSphere Portal
71 (1.163 %)SharePoint
Cheshire IT Job Market, Applications CategoryApplications
15 (5.814 %)MS Visio
24 (4.651 %)CA Clarity
Cheshire IT Job Market, Business Applications CategoryBusiness Applications
12 (2.326 %)Oracle 11i
12 (2.326 %)Oracle EBS
12 (2.326 %)Oracle HRMS
12 (2.326 %)Oracle Applications
12 (2.326 %)Oracle Financial Analyzer
12 (2.326 %)Oracle EBS R12
12 (2.326 %)Oracle iStore
Cheshire IT Job Market, Communications & Networking CategoryCommunications & Networking
15 (5.814 %)Internet
Cheshire IT Job Market, Database & Business Intelligence CategoryDatabase & Business Intelligence
123 (26.74 %)SQL Server
212 (13.95 %)MySQL
37 (8.140 %)RDBMS
45 (5.814 %)Oracle Reports
53 (3.488 %)SQL Server Reporting Services
53 (3.488 %)JasperReports
62 (2.326 %)SQL Server 2005
62 (2.326 %)SQL Server 2008
62 (2.326 %)Datawarehouse
62 (2.326 %)Oracle Discoverer
62 (2.326 %)Oracle 10g
62 (2.326 %)BusinessObjects
71 (1.163 %)SQL Server 2000
71 (1.163 %)DB2
71 (1.163 %)Oracle 11g
Cheshire IT Job Market, Development Applications CategoryDevelopment Applications
122 (25.58 %)Ant
122 (25.58 %)JUnit
213 (15.12 %)Maven
34 (4.651 %)Subversion
43 (3.488 %)CruiseControl
52 (2.326 %)Oracle Forms
52 (2.326 %)Eclipse
61 (1.163 %)Visual Studio
61 (1.163 %)Selenium
61 (1.163 %)WebDriver
Cheshire IT Job Market, General CategoryGeneral
110 (11.63 %)Government
27 (8.140 %)Finance
27 (8.140 %)Marketing
35 (5.814 %)Pensions
35 (5.814 %)Health
44 (4.651 %)Education
52 (2.326 %)Retail
61 (1.163 %)Insurance
61 (1.163 %)Telecoms
61 (1.163 %)Construction
61 (1.163 %)Games
61 (1.163 %)Banking
Cheshire IT Job Market, Job Titles CategoryJob Titles
167 (77.91 %)Developer
252 (60.47 %)Java Developer
332 (37.21 %)Java/J2EE Developer
425 (29.07 %)J2EE Developer
514 (16.28 %)Designer
69 (10.47 %)Senior Java Developer
69 (10.47 %)Senior Developer
76 (6.977 %).NET Developer
85 (5.814 %)Java Analyst Programmer
85 (5.814 %)Java Programmer
85 (5.814 %)Analyst Programmer
85 (5.814 %)Programmer
85 (5.814 %)Analyst
85 (5.814 %)Web Developer
85 (5.814 %)Architect
85 (5.814 %)Senior Java/J2EE Developer
94 (4.651 %)Java Web Developer
94 (4.651 %)Software Engineer
94 (4.651 %)Senior J2EE Developer
94 (4.651 %)Java Software Engineer
Cheshire IT Job Market, Miscellaneous CategoryMiscellaneous
15 (5.814 %)Blackberry
23 (3.488 %)Web 2.0
32 (2.326 %)Computer Science
41 (1.163 %)IBM Mainframe
41 (1.163 %)Mainframe
41 (1.163 %)Handset
41 (1.163 %)Client/Server
Cheshire IT Job Market, Operating Systems CategoryOperating Systems
110 (11.63 %)Linux
26 (6.977 %)Windows Server 2003
26 (6.977 %)Windows
34 (4.651 %)UNIX
42 (2.326 %)Debian
42 (2.326 %)Fedora
42 (2.326 %)Ubuntu
42 (2.326 %)Red Hat Linux
42 (2.326 %)Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Cheshire IT Job Market, Processes & Methodologies CategoryProcesses & Methodologies
115 (17.44 %)UML
213 (15.12 %)E-Commerce
312 (13.95 %)SOA
312 (13.95 %)OO
410 (11.63 %)TDD
57 (8.140 %)Agile Software Development
66 (6.977 %)Scrum
75 (5.814 %)Unit Testing
83 (3.488 %)WFM
83 (3.488 %)OOA/OOD
92 (2.326 %)Project Management
92 (2.326 %)MVC
92 (2.326 %)Workflow
92 (2.326 %)Migration
92 (2.326 %)Technical Architecture
92 (2.326 %)Data Migration
101 (1.163 %)Data Architecture
101 (1.163 %)Extreme Programming
101 (1.163 %)Digital Marketing
101 (1.163 %)Continuous Integration
Cheshire IT Job Market, Programming Languages CategoryProgramming Languages
176 (88.37 %)Java
220 (23.26 %)JavaScript
316 (18.60 %)SQL
413 (15.12 %)C#
512 (13.95 %)PHP
69 (10.47 %)PL/SQL
69 (10.47 %)C
78 (9.302 %)Shell Script
85 (5.814 %)VB.NET
85 (5.814 %)C++
93 (3.488 %)T-SQL
93 (3.488 %)VB
102 (2.326 %)Perl
Cheshire IT Job Market, Qualifications CategoryQualifications
115 (17.44 %)DV Cleared
115 (17.44 %)Security Cleared
28 (9.302 %)Degree
31 (1.163 %)Sun Certification
Cheshire IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & Compliance CategoryQuality Assurance & Compliance
15 (5.814 %)QA
Cheshire IT Job Market, System Software CategorySystem Software
13 (3.488 %)VMware Infrastructure
Cheshire IT Job Market, Vendors CategoryVendors
127 (31.40 %)Oracle
212 (13.95 %)JBoss
37 (8.140 %)Interwoven
44 (4.651 %)Microsoft
53 (3.488 %)VMware
62 (2.326 %)Red Hat
62 (2.326 %)Symbian
62 (2.326 %)IBM
62 (2.326 %)Business Objects
71 (1.163 %)Vignette
71 (1.163 %)Sybase
71 (1.163 %)Sun
71 (1.163 %)FileNet
71 (1.163 %)Lotus