The first table below looks at the demand for the Java/J2EE Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Cheshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java/J2EE Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 24 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 Job Titles advertised for the Cheshire region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java J2EE Developer
Rank 109 84 89
Rank change year-on-year
-25 +5
Permanent jobs requiring a Java/J2EE Developer 14 44 30
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 0.778% 2.191% 1.817%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.812% 2.296% 1.928%
Number of salaries quoted 12 42 29
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £45,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% -11.11%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £33,500 £37,100
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £47,950 £48,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-9.41% +6.25%
All Job Titles
Cheshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
1725 1916 1556
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Cheshire 95.89% 95.42% 94.25%
Number of salaries quoted 1371 1684 1327
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,100 £23,000 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java/J2EE Developer
North West

Java/J2EE Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer across the Cheshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Cheshire Java/J2EE Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Java/J2EE Developer
Salary Trend

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

Cheshire Java/J2EE Developer Salary Trend

Java/J2EE Developer
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer within the Cheshire region over the 3 months to 24 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 -24 10 £41,250 +3.12%
Knutsford - 3 £30,000 -
Java/J2EE Developer
North West

Java/J2EE Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Java/J2EE Developer in their job title 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 with Java/J2EE Developer in their job title.

1 55 (100.00%) Java
1 55 (100.00%) J2EE
2 26 (47.27%) JavaScript
2 26 (47.27%) SQL
2 26 (47.27%) Spring
3 25 (45.45%) Struts
3 25 (45.45%) Hibernate
4 23 (41.82%) Oracle
5 21 (38.18%) JSP
6 20 (36.36%) XML
7 18 (32.73%) HTML
7 18 (32.73%) Ajax
8 17 (30.91%) Tomcat
8 17 (30.91%) IBM
9 16 (29.09%) MVC
9 16 (29.09%) JUnit
9 16 (29.09%) jQuery
10 15 (27.27%) JDBC
10 15 (27.27%) Web Services
11 13 (23.64%) Ant
11 13 (23.64%) PL/SQL
11 13 (23.64%) Eclipse
12 10 (18.18%) TDD
13 9 (16.36%) Spring MVC
13 9 (16.36%) JBoss
14 8 (14.55%) ITIL
15 7 (12.73%) JPA
15 7 (12.73%) Finance
16 6 (10.91%) Scrum
16 6 (10.91%) Servlets

Java/J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the Cheshire region that cited Java/J2EE Developer in their job title 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 with Java/J2EE Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 55 (100.00%) J2EE
2 26 (47.27%) Spring
3 25 (45.45%) Struts
3 25 (45.45%) Hibernate
4 21 (38.18%) JSP
5 20 (36.36%) XML
6 18 (32.73%) HTML
6 18 (32.73%) Ajax
7 16 (29.09%) jQuery
8 15 (27.27%) JDBC
8 15 (27.27%) Web Services
9 9 (16.36%) Spring MVC
10 7 (12.73%) JPA
11 6 (10.91%) Servlets
11 6 (10.91%) WebSphere
12 5 (9.091%) Java EE
13 4 (7.273%) EJB
14 3 (5.455%) Stripes Framework
14 3 (5.455%) Guice
14 3 (5.455%) JSF
Application Platforms
1 17 (30.91%) Tomcat
2 5 (9.091%) WebLogic
3 3 (5.455%) Apache
Communications & Networking
1 4 (7.273%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 4 (7.273%) DB2
1 4 (7.273%) SQL Server
1 4 (7.273%) MySQL
2 3 (5.455%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 16 (29.09%) JUnit
2 13 (23.64%) Ant
2 13 (23.64%) Eclipse
3 4 (7.273%) JIRA
3 4 (7.273%) Git (software)
4 2 (3.636%) ClearCase
5 1 (1.818%) Subversion
General
1 7 (12.73%) Finance
2 5 (9.091%) Banking
3 3 (5.455%) Publishing
4 2 (3.636%) Financial Institution
4 2 (3.636%) Retail
4 2 (3.636%) Retail Banking
5 1 (1.818%) Telecoms
Miscellaneous
1 4 (7.273%) Open Source
2 1 (1.818%) Mathematics
2 1 (1.818%) Computer Science
2 1 (1.818%) IBM Mainframe
2 1 (1.818%) Mainframe
2 1 (1.818%) PMI
Operating Systems
1 6 (10.91%) UNIX
2 3 (5.455%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 16 (29.09%) MVC
2 10 (18.18%) TDD
3 8 (14.55%) ITIL
4 6 (10.91%) Scrum
4 6 (10.91%) Agile Software Development
4 6 (10.91%) Pair Programming
5 5 (9.091%) E-Commerce
6 4 (7.273%) Extreme Programming
7 2 (3.636%) Project Management
7 2 (3.636%) Waterfall
7 2 (3.636%) BDD
8 1 (1.818%) Web Application Development
8 1 (1.818%) OOA/OOD
8 1 (1.818%) PRINCE2
8 1 (1.818%) Stakeholder Management
8 1 (1.818%) OOD
Programming Languages
1 55 (100.00%) Java
2 26 (47.27%) JavaScript
2 26 (47.27%) SQL
3 13 (23.64%) PL/SQL
4 2 (3.636%) Shell Script
5 1 (1.818%) PHP
Qualifications
1 4 (7.273%) Degree
2 2 (3.636%) PhD
2 2 (3.636%) SCJA
2 2 (3.636%) SCJP
3 1 (1.818%) PMI Certification
Vendors
1 23 (41.82%) Oracle
2 17 (30.91%) IBM
3 9 (16.36%) JBoss
4 3 (5.455%) Endeca
5 2 (3.636%) Chordiant
6 1 (1.818%) Sybase
Chester, Cheshire
Junior Java Developer - Wirral - Java J2EE -£30k- URGENT. Java - SQL - J2EE - Wirral - £30k - Urgent - Java J2EE Spring Hibernate A junior java developer is required by a leading software...
Rullion IT Plus
Salary: £30000 per annum + Package
Posted: 20 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
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: 22 May 2013
Crewe, Cheshire
Essential Skills: - JAVA 1.6+ with a thorough knowledge of Spring and JUnit - An interest in the development of complex and high performing trading and settlement systems. - Knowledge...
Evolution Recruitment Solutions
Salary: 40,000 - 45,000 + Bens
Posted: 22 May 2013