Cheshire J2EE Jobs

This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) skills within the Cheshire region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Location Abingdon Alderley Edge Altrincham Amersham Andover Ascot Avon Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkhamsted Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Brentford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Bury Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Chatham Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chessington Chester Chippenham Chorley Cirencester City of London Clapham Corby Cornwall Coulsdon County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorking Dorset Dover Droitwich Dundee Dunstable Durham Ealing East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Faversham Folkestone Gateshead Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Goole Greenford Guildford Halesowen Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hayes Hebden Bridge Hemel Hempstead Hendon Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Humberside Hungerford Huntingdon Ipswich Isle of Man Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Lincolnshire Liverpool Livingston London Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlborough Marlow Merseyside Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Neath Port Talbot New Malden Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newton-le-Willows Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Poole Port Talbot Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romsey Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Salisbury Scotland Scunthorpe Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Skelmersdale Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark St Albans St Helens St Ives Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Street Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Telford Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Wallingford Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Welwyn Garden City West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wetherby Weymouth Whitstable Whyteleafe Wigan Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Witham Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Wrexham Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 20 Aug 2008	Same period last year
Rank	32	56
Rank change on same period last year	+24
Matching permanent IT job ads	179	97
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.096 %	0.040 %
As % of the category below	15.11 %	8.739 %
Salaries quoted	164	81
Average minimum salary	£34,576	£47,298
Average salary	£39,674	£49,375
% change on same period last year	-19.64 %
Average maximum salary	£44,773	£51,452
UK excluding London average salary	£43,744	£44,359
% change on same period last year	-1.38 %
Application Development Cheshire
Matching permanent IT job ads	1185	1110
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.638 %	0.463 %
Salaries quoted	1086	993
Average minimum salary	£29,632	£30,438
Average salary	£32,707	£32,709
% change on same period last year	-
Average maximum salary	£35,782	£34,979
UK excluding London average salary	£35,926	£36,840
% change on same period last year	-2.48 %
J2EE 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.

J2EE
Salary Trend

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

J2EE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing J2EE across the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 20 August 2008.

J2EE
Job Locations

This section 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 20 August 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Warrington	+18	60	£37,775	+32.98 %
Runcorn	+5	27	£37,593	-30.75 %
Northwich	-	7	£36,071	-
Chester	-	6	£33,917	-
Crewe	+13	5	£37,500	+6.45 %
Macclesfield	-	3	£44,000	-
Knutsford	-35	1	£59,000	+33.33 %
Alderley Edge	-	1	£42,000	-

J2EE North West

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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.

1 332 (86.91 %) Java 2 179 (46.86 %) Oracle 3 131 (34.29 %) SQL 4 126 (32.98 %) EJB 5 111 (29.06 %) JSP 6 95 (24.87 %) Hibernate 7 82 (21.47 %) Finance 8 75 (19.63 %) Degree 9 71 (18.59 %) Servlets 9 71 (18.59 %) HTML 10 70 (18.32 %) UNIX 11 68 (17.80 %) WebSphere 12 67 (17.54 %) JBoss 12 67 (17.54 %) Tomcat 13 66 (17.28 %) XML

14 65 (17.02 %) PL/SQL 15 63 (16.49 %) Spring 16 55 (14.40 %) JDBC 17 51 (13.35 %) Struts 17 51 (13.35 %) Internet 18 47 (12.30 %) WebServices 19 44 (11.52 %) UML 20 43 (11.26 %) WebLogic 21 42 (10.99 %) SOAP 22 41 (10.73 %) E-Commerce 23 40 (10.47 %) BEA 23 40 (10.47 %) Unit Testing 24 39 (10.21 %) Security Cleared 24 39 (10.21 %) CSS 25 37 (9.686 %) Windows

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, 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 1 126 (32.98 %) EJB 2 111 (29.06 %) JSP 3 95 (24.87 %) Hibernate 4 71 (18.59 %) Servlets 4 71 (18.59 %) HTML 5 68 (17.80 %) WebSphere 6 66 (17.28 %) XML 7 63 (16.49 %) Spring 8 55 (14.40 %) JDBC 9 51 (13.35 %) Struts 10 47 (12.30 %) WebServices 11 42 (10.99 %) SOAP 12 39 (10.21 %) CSS 13 36 (9.424 %) J2SE 14 23 (6.021 %) XSL 15 22 (5.759 %) WSDL 15 22 (5.759 %) Middleware 16 21 (5.497 %) JSF 17 19 (4.974 %) AJAX 18 18 (4.712 %) JAX-RPC	Application Platforms 1 67 (17.54 %) JBoss 1 67 (17.54 %) Tomcat 2 43 (11.26 %) WebLogic 3 18 (4.712 %) WebSphere Application Server 3 18 (4.712 %) Apache 4 14 (3.665 %) WebSphere MQ 5 11 (2.880 %) Oracle 10gAS 5 11 (2.880 %) Oracle 9iAS 6 5 (1.309 %) Oracle Workflow 7 4 (1.047 %) Oracle Application Server 8 3 (0.785 %) iPlanet 8 3 (0.785 %) Tuxedo 9 2 (0.524 %) Oracle BPEL 10 1 (0.262 %) GlassFish 10 1 (0.262 %) Resin 10 1 (0.262 %) TIBCO EMS 10 1 (0.262 %) CICS
Applications 1 7 (1.832 %) MS Excel 1 7 (1.832 %) MS Visio 2 4 (1.047 %) CA Clarity 3 2 (0.524 %) MS Office 3 2 (0.524 %) MS PowerPoint	Business Applications 1 20 (5.236 %) Oracle Applications 2 13 (3.403 %) Oracle EBS 3 11 (2.880 %) Oracle 11i 3 11 (2.880 %) Pivotal CRM
Communications & Networking 1 51 (13.35 %) Internet 2 23 (6.021 %) HTTP 3 2 (0.524 %) TCP/IP 3 2 (0.524 %) Intranet 4 1 (0.262 %) VoIP 4 1 (0.262 %) DNS 4 1 (0.262 %) SSL	Database & Business Intelligence 1 37 (9.686 %) Oracle 9i 2 35 (9.162 %) SQL Server 3 28 (7.330 %) Oracle 10g 4 27 (7.068 %) RDBMS 5 26 (6.806 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 19 (4.974 %) Oracle Reports 7 18 (4.712 %) DB2 8 16 (4.188 %) SQLPlus 9 13 (3.403 %) MySQL 10 5 (1.309 %) Oracle Discoverer 11 3 (0.785 %) Informix 12 1 (0.262 %) ETL 12 1 (0.262 %) SQL Server 2005
Development Applications 1 20 (5.236 %) JDeveloper 2 19 (4.974 %) Eclipse 2 19 (4.974 %) Oracle Forms 3 14 (3.665 %) JUnit 4 11 (2.880 %) Ant 5 4 (1.047 %) Subversion 5 4 (1.047 %) JIRA 6 3 (0.785 %) ClearQuest 6 3 (0.785 %) ClearCase 7 1 (0.262 %) Visual Studio 7 1 (0.262 %) WebLogic Workshop 7 1 (0.262 %) jMock	General 1 82 (21.47 %) Finance 2 33 (8.639 %) Pensions 3 26 (6.806 %) Education 4 19 (4.974 %) Publishing 5 17 (4.450 %) Health 5 17 (4.450 %) Retail 6 16 (4.188 %) Government 7 15 (3.927 %) Banking 8 9 (2.356 %) Insurance 9 7 (1.832 %) Telecoms 10 3 (0.785 %) Multimedia 11 2 (0.524 %) Billing 11 2 (0.524 %) Pharmaceutical 12 1 (0.262 %) Financial Institution 12 1 (0.262 %) Electric 12 1 (0.262 %) Games 12 1 (0.262 %) Retail Banking 12 1 (0.262 %) Online Banking 12 1 (0.262 %) Online Gambling
Job Titles 1 254 (66.49 %) Developer 2 190 (49.74 %) Java Developer 3 110 (28.80 %) Java/J2EE Developer 4 90 (23.56 %) J2EE Developer 5 70 (18.32 %) Senior Developer 6 61 (15.97 %) Senior Java Developer 7 31 (8.115 %) Architect 8 27 (7.068 %) Software Engineer 8 27 (7.068 %) Senior J2EE Developer 9 25 (6.545 %) Senior Java/J2EE Developer 10 23 (6.021 %) Oracle Developer 11 21 (5.497 %) Java Architect 12 19 (4.974 %) Analyst 13 18 (4.712 %) J2EE Architect 14 17 (4.450 %) Team Leader 14 17 (4.450 %) Lead Developer 15 16 (4.188 %) Consultant 15 16 (4.188 %) Java Team Leader 16 14 (3.665 %) Programmer 17 13 (3.403 %) Analyst Programmer	Miscellaneous 1 17 (4.450 %) Computer Science 2 5 (1.309 %) Client/Server 2 5 (1.309 %) IVR 3 3 (0.785 %) Italian Language 3 3 (0.785 %) Spanish Language 4 2 (0.524 %) PMI 5 1 (0.262 %) Device Driver 5 1 (0.262 %) Speech Recognition 5 1 (0.262 %) PDA 5 1 (0.262 %) Mathematics
Operating Systems 1 70 (18.32 %) UNIX 2 37 (9.686 %) Windows 3 17 (4.450 %) Linux 4 1 (0.262 %) Windows CE 4 1 (0.262 %) Debian 4 1 (0.262 %) AIX	Processes & Methodologies 1 44 (11.52 %) UML 2 41 (10.73 %) E-Commerce 3 40 (10.47 %) Unit Testing 4 39 (10.21 %) Security Cleared 5 34 (8.901 %) DV Cleared 6 25 (6.545 %) OO 7 23 (6.021 %) Integration Testing 8 11 (2.880 %) CRM 9 10 (2.618 %) PRINCE2 10 8 (2.094 %) Project Management 11 7 (1.832 %) RUP 11 7 (1.832 %) Agile Software Development 12 6 (1.571 %) E-business 13 5 (1.309 %) Business Analysis 13 5 (1.309 %) Workflow 13 5 (1.309 %) OOD 13 5 (1.309 %) SOA 14 4 (1.047 %) Service Management 14 4 (1.047 %) ITIL 14 4 (1.047 %) Validation
Programming Languages 1 332 (86.91 %) Java 2 131 (34.29 %) SQL 3 65 (17.02 %) PL/SQL 4 33 (8.639 %) JavaScript 5 12 (3.141 %) C++ 6 11 (2.880 %) C# 7 8 (2.094 %) C 8 6 (1.571 %) Shell Script 8 6 (1.571 %) VB.NET 9 5 (1.309 %) Fortran 9 5 (1.309 %) VB 10 4 (1.047 %) Perl 10 4 (1.047 %) PHP 11 1 (0.262 %) COBOL 11 1 (0.262 %) DHTML 11 1 (0.262 %) Tcl	Qualifications 1 75 (19.63 %) Degree 2 11 (2.880 %) Oracle Certification 3 2 (0.524 %) HND 3 2 (0.524 %) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 14 (3.665 %) QA 2 11 (2.880 %) SLA	System Software 1 1 (0.262 %) Active Directory 1 1 (0.262 %) Samba 1 1 (0.262 %) AquaLogic
Systems Management 1 1 (0.262 %) Norton AntiVirus	Vendors 1 179 (46.86 %) Oracle 2 40 (10.47 %) BEA 3 21 (5.497 %) IBM 4 9 (2.356 %) SAP 5 8 (2.094 %) Microsoft 6 3 (0.785 %) Adobe 6 3 (0.785 %) Macromedia 6 3 (0.785 %) Sybase 7 2 (0.524 %) Red Hat 8 1 (0.262 %) TIBCO 8 1 (0.262 %) Symantec 8 1 (0.262 %) ATG 8 1 (0.262 %) Sun