The first table below looks at the demand for J2SE skills in IT jobs advertised for the Chester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited J2SE over the 3 months to 22 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 Chester region.

Location
3 months to
22 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
Rank - 29 -
Permanent jobs citing J2SE 0 5 0
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester - 3.185% -
As % of the Application Development category - 5.747% -
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 0
Average salary - £40,000 -
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £37,500 £47,500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% -21.05%
All Application Development
Chester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
164 87 146
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Chester 46.99% 55.41% 60.33%
Number of salaries quoted 96 76 142
Average salary £37,250 £33,500 £37,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+11.19% -9.45%
90% offered a salary of more than £30,000 £22,807 £22,500
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £47,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
J2SE
Cheshire

J2SE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing J2SE across the Chester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Chester J2SE Jobs Demand Trend

J2SE
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing J2SE across the Chester region.

Chester J2SE Salary Trend

J2SE
Top 6 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region citing J2SE 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 J2SE.

1 1 (100.00%) Java
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
1 1 (100.00%) Spring

J2SE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 22 May 2013, IT jobs across the Chester region citing J2SE 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 J2SE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 1 (100.00%) J2EE
1 1 (100.00%) Spring
Communications & Networking
1 1 (100.00%) HTTP
Job Titles
1 1 (100.00%) Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Java Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Senior Java/J2EE Developer
1 1 (100.00%) Java/J2EE Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 1 (100.00%) MVC
1 1 (100.00%) Agile Software Development
Programming Languages
1 1 (100.00%) Java