The first table below looks at the demand for Java EE skills in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java EE over the 3 months to 21 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
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE)
Rank 89 98 97
Rank change year-on-year
+9 -1
Permanent jobs citing Java EE 29 29 20
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 1.608% 1.480% 1.222%
As % of the Application Development category 3.602% 2.770% 2.328%
Number of salaries quoted 28 28 18
Average salary £28,500 £40,000 £30,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-28.75% +33.33%
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £41,000
% change year-on-year
-5.88% +3.65%
All Application Development
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
805 1047 859
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 44.65% 53.45% 52.51%
Number of salaries quoted 667 939 780
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 £46,000 £46,500 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
Java EE
North West

Java EE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Cheshire Java EE Jobs Demand Trend

Java EE
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Java EE Salary Trend

Java EE
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java EE within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 21 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 -21 3 £37,500 -10.71%
Macclesfield - 1 £37,500 -
Northwich - 1 £35,000 -
Java EE
North West

Java EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Java EE 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 Java EE.

1 45 (100.00%) Java
2 41 (91.11%) Spring
3 33 (73.33%) Web Services
4 30 (66.67%) SQL
4 30 (66.67%) Oracle
4 30 (66.67%) Hibernate
5 29 (64.44%) Agile Software Development
6 28 (62.22%) CSS
7 25 (55.56%) Servlets
7 25 (55.56%) SOAP
7 25 (55.56%) Apache
8 22 (48.89%) Unit Testing
9 21 (46.67%) System Testing
9 21 (46.67%) Apache Axis
9 21 (46.67%) WSDL
9 21 (46.67%) JAX-RPC
9 21 (46.67%) JavaScript
9 21 (46.67%) PL/SQL
9 21 (46.67%) Ajax
9 21 (46.67%) WebSphere
9 21 (46.67%) Finance
9 21 (46.67%) Legal
10 19 (42.22%) Data Management
11 18 (40.00%) JSF
12 17 (37.78%) J2EE
12 17 (37.78%) HTML
13 14 (31.11%) JSP
13 14 (31.11%) XML
14 12 (26.67%) TDD
15 11 (24.44%) Software Engineering

Java EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region citing Java EE 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 Java EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 41 (91.11%) Spring
2 33 (73.33%) Web Services
3 30 (66.67%) Hibernate
4 28 (62.22%) CSS
5 25 (55.56%) Servlets
5 25 (55.56%) SOAP
6 21 (46.67%) Apache Axis
6 21 (46.67%) WSDL
6 21 (46.67%) JAX-RPC
6 21 (46.67%) Ajax
6 21 (46.67%) WebSphere
7 18 (40.00%) JSF
8 17 (37.78%) J2EE
8 17 (37.78%) HTML
9 14 (31.11%) JSP
9 14 (31.11%) XML
10 10 (22.22%) XSLT
11 8 (17.78%) JDBC
11 8 (17.78%) Struts
12 6 (13.33%) REST
Application Platforms
1 25 (55.56%) Apache
2 8 (17.78%) Tomcat
3 5 (11.11%) WebLogic
4 4 (8.889%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (2.222%) GlassFish
Database & Business Intelligence
1 5 (11.11%) Oracle 10g
2 4 (8.889%) SQL Server
2 4 (8.889%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 10 (22.22%) JUnit
2 9 (20.00%) Maven
3 6 (13.33%) Eclipse
4 5 (11.11%) Subversion
5 4 (8.889%) JIRA
5 4 (8.889%) Git (software)
5 4 (8.889%) Mockito
6 2 (4.444%) Ant
7 1 (2.222%) IntelliJ
General
1 21 (46.67%) Finance
1 21 (46.67%) Legal
2 4 (8.889%) Pharmaceutical
3 1 (2.222%) Multimedia
3 1 (2.222%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 44 (97.78%) Developer
1 44 (97.78%) Java Developer
2 5 (11.11%) Java/J2EE Developer
3 4 (8.889%) Senior J2EE Developer
3 4 (8.889%) Senior Java Developer
3 4 (8.889%) J2EE Developer
3 4 (8.889%) Senior Developer
4 2 (4.444%) Web Developer
4 2 (4.444%) Java Web Developer
5 1 (2.222%) Team Leader
5 1 (2.222%) Development Team Leader
5 1 (2.222%) Agile Java Developer
5 1 (2.222%) Android Developer
Miscellaneous
1 11 (24.44%) Web 2.0
2 6 (13.33%) Open Source
3 5 (11.11%) Life Science
3 5 (11.11%) LIMS
4 1 (2.222%) New Media
4 1 (2.222%) Mobile App
4 1 (2.222%) iSeries
Operating Systems
1 8 (17.78%) Linux
2 4 (8.889%) UNIX
3 1 (2.222%) Android
Processes & Methodologies
1 29 (64.44%) Agile Software Development
2 22 (48.89%) Unit Testing
3 21 (46.67%) System Testing
4 19 (42.22%) Data Management
5 12 (26.67%) TDD
6 11 (24.44%) Software Engineering
6 11 (24.44%) E-Commerce
7 6 (13.33%) MVC
8 5 (11.11%) User Acceptance Testing
8 5 (11.11%) Performance Testing
8 5 (11.11%) Workflow
8 5 (11.11%) Scrum
9 4 (8.889%) Kanban
9 4 (8.889%) Continuous Improvement
10 1 (2.222%) SOA
10 1 (2.222%) OOP
10 1 (2.222%) OO
10 1 (2.222%) Pair Programming
10 1 (2.222%) Continuous Integration
Programming Languages
1 45 (100.00%) Java
2 30 (66.67%) SQL
3 21 (46.67%) JavaScript
3 21 (46.67%) PL/SQL
4 10 (22.22%) XPath
5 4 (8.889%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 2 (4.444%) Security Cleared
2 1 (2.222%) Degree
Vendors
1 30 (66.67%) Oracle
2 4 (8.889%) IBM
Cheshire
Ideally you will have experience of most of the following: * Java (Java EE preferred) * Experience in web service development using JAXRPC, WSDL, SOAP, Apache AXIS, Websphere * Experience of...
Hatstand Limited
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + BONUS,LIFE INSURANCE,PENSION
Posted: 14 May 2013
Cheshire
Ideally you will have experience of most of the following: * Java (Java EE) and JSF * Experience in web service development using JAXRPC, WSDL, SOAP, Apache AXIS, Websphere * Experience...
Hatstand Limited
Salary: £25000 - £32000 per annum + BONUS,LIFE INSURANCE,PENSION
Posted: 14 May 2013