The first table below looks at the demand for J2SE skills in IT jobs advertised for the City of London region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited J2SE 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 of the Application Development category for the City of London region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
Rank 277 235 191
Rank change year-on-year
-42 -44
Permanent jobs citing J2SE 44 89 146
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 0.377% 0.681% 0.946%
As % of the Application Development category 0.980% 1.820% 2.596%
Number of salaries quoted 43 86 136
Average salary £57,500 £67,500 £60,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
-14.81% +12.50%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £43,750 £45,000
10% offered a salary of more than £79,500 £80,000 £78,750
UK excluding London average salary £36,000 £37,500 £46,500
% change year-on-year
-4.00% -19.35%
All Application Development
City of London
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
4488 4889 5623
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the City of London 38.47% 37.42% 36.45%
Number of salaries quoted 3945 4578 5183
Average salary £52,500 £50,000 £52,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+5.00% -4.76%
90% offered a salary of more than £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £80,000 £75,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £35,000
% change year-on-year
- +7.14%
J2SE
London

J2SE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

City of London 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 City of London region.

City of London J2SE Salary Trend

J2SE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing J2SE across the City of London region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

City of London J2SE Salary Histogram

J2SE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 85 (100.00%) Java
2 53 (62.35%) Finance
3 52 (61.18%) Multithreading
4 41 (48.24%) Spring
5 37 (43.53%) Agile Software Development
6 34 (40.00%) SQL
7 31 (36.47%) Hibernate
8 29 (34.12%) Oracle
9 27 (31.76%) J2EE
10 26 (30.59%) UNIX
11 24 (28.24%) Banking
12 19 (22.35%) Front Office
13 18 (21.18%) Sybase
14 17 (20.00%) Linux
15 16 (18.82%) CSS
15 16 (18.82%) HTML
15 16 (18.82%) Games
16 15 (17.65%) TDD
16 15 (17.65%) Investment Banking
16 15 (17.65%) C#
16 15 (17.65%) JavaScript
16 15 (17.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
17 14 (16.47%) HTTP
17 14 (16.47%) .NET
18 13 (15.29%) OO
18 13 (15.29%) Degree
19 12 (14.12%) Open Source
20 11 (12.94%) Computer Science
20 11 (12.94%) Apache
20 11 (12.94%) JUnit

J2SE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the City of London 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 41 (48.24%) Spring
2 31 (36.47%) Hibernate
3 27 (31.76%) J2EE
4 16 (18.82%) CSS
4 16 (18.82%) HTML
5 14 (16.47%) .NET
6 8 (9.412%) Middleware
6 8 (9.412%) SOAP
7 7 (8.235%) Swing
7 7 (8.235%) REST
8 6 (7.059%) Oracle Fusion
8 6 (7.059%) jQuery
8 6 (7.059%) DOM
8 6 (7.059%) JSP
8 6 (7.059%) EJB
9 5 (5.882%) Web Services
9 5 (5.882%) JMS
9 5 (5.882%) Ajax
9 5 (5.882%) Java SE
9 5 (5.882%) GWT
Application Platforms
1 11 (12.94%) Apache
2 9 (10.59%) Tomcat
3 6 (7.059%) WebLogic
4 3 (3.529%) Oracle Coherence
5 1 (1.176%) ActiveMQ
5 1 (1.176%) ESB
5 1 (1.176%) Mule
5 1 (1.176%) Apache Solr
5 1 (1.176%) Oracle Service Bus
5 1 (1.176%) GemFire
5 1 (1.176%) Oracle SOA Suite
Business Applications
1 1 (1.176%) Oracle 11i
1 1 (1.176%) Bond Adapt
Communications & Networking
1 14 (16.47%) HTTP
2 1 (1.176%) Internet
2 1 (1.176%) PPP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (8.235%) SQL Server
2 4 (4.706%) MongoDB
2 4 (4.706%) NoSQL
2 4 (4.706%) RDBMS
2 4 (4.706%) MySQL
3 3 (3.529%) DB2
3 3 (3.529%) KDB
3 3 (3.529%) Hadoop
4 2 (2.353%) Oracle 8/8i
4 2 (2.353%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.176%) Oracle 10g
5 1 (1.176%) Oracle 9i
5 1 (1.176%) OLAP
5 1 (1.176%) IDOL
5 1 (1.176%) Oracle Exadata
Development Applications
1 11 (12.94%) JUnit
2 6 (7.059%) Cucumber
2 6 (7.059%) JSUnit
2 6 (7.059%) Selenium
2 6 (7.059%) FitNesse
2 6 (7.059%) jMock
2 6 (7.059%) Subversion
3 2 (2.353%) Maven
4 1 (1.176%) WebDriver
General
1 53 (62.35%) Finance
2 24 (28.24%) Banking
3 19 (22.35%) Front Office
4 16 (18.82%) Games
5 15 (17.65%) Investment Banking
6 10 (11.76%) Financial Institution
7 6 (7.059%) Legal
8 3 (3.529%) Back Office
8 3 (3.529%) Retail
9 2 (2.353%) Corporate Banking
Job Titles
1 57 (67.06%) Developer
2 54 (63.53%) Java Developer
3 13 (15.29%) Java Software Engineer
3 13 (15.29%) Software Engineer
4 9 (10.59%) Senior Developer
5 7 (8.235%) Architect
5 7 (8.235%) Senior Java Developer
6 6 (7.059%) QA Engineer
7 5 (5.882%) Applications Developer
7 5 (5.882%) Programmer
7 5 (5.882%) Java Programmer
7 5 (5.882%) Java Swing Developer
8 4 (4.706%) Web Engineer
8 4 (4.706%) Java Applications Developer
8 4 (4.706%) Web Programmer
8 4 (4.706%) Java Web Developer
8 4 (4.706%) Web Developer
8 4 (4.706%) Enterprise Architect
8 4 (4.706%) Web Applications Developer
9 3 (3.529%) Senior Software Engineer
Miscellaneous
1 15 (17.65%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
2 12 (14.12%) Open Source
3 11 (12.94%) Computer Science
4 9 (10.59%) Online Games
5 5 (5.882%) Clustering
5 5 (5.882%) Mathematics
5 5 (5.882%) Hedge funds
6 4 (4.706%) Equities
7 3 (3.529%) Derivative
8 2 (2.353%) iPad
8 2 (2.353%) Digital Media
8 2 (2.353%) Machine Learning
9 1 (1.176%) N-Tier
9 1 (1.176%) Physics
9 1 (1.176%) iPhone
Operating Systems
1 26 (30.59%) UNIX
2 17 (20.00%) Linux
3 8 (9.412%) Windows
4 6 (7.059%) Oracle Linux
4 6 (7.059%) Solaris
Processes & Methodologies
1 52 (61.18%) Multithreading
2 37 (43.53%) Agile Software Development
3 15 (17.65%) TDD
4 13 (15.29%) OO
5 10 (11.76%) Unit Testing
6 7 (8.235%) UML
6 7 (8.235%) Analytics
7 6 (7.059%) Web Application Development
7 6 (7.059%) System Testing
7 6 (7.059%) Data Management
7 6 (7.059%) Automated Testing
7 6 (7.059%) SOA
7 6 (7.059%) OOA/OOD
8 5 (5.882%) Risk Management
8 5 (5.882%) Load Balancing
9 4 (4.706%) BDD
9 4 (4.706%) MVC
9 4 (4.706%) E-Commerce
10 3 (3.529%) OOP
10 3 (3.529%) Scrum
Programming Languages
1 85 (100.00%) Java
2 34 (40.00%) SQL
3 15 (17.65%) C#
3 15 (17.65%) JavaScript
4 6 (7.059%) Scala
4 6 (7.059%) C++
4 6 (7.059%) C
4 6 (7.059%) PL/SQL
5 4 (4.706%) Shell Script
6 3 (3.529%) Clojure
7 2 (2.353%) Python
8 1 (1.176%) Perl
8 1 (1.176%) Haskell
8 1 (1.176%) OCaml
Qualifications
1 13 (15.29%) Degree
2 1 (1.176%) Sun Certification
2 1 (1.176%) Brainbench
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 6 (7.059%) QA
System Software
1 1 (1.176%) XenApp
1 1 (1.176%) XenDesktop
Vendors
1 29 (34.12%) Oracle
2 18 (21.18%) Sybase
3 7 (8.235%) Sun
4 5 (5.882%) TIBCO
5 3 (3.529%) Microsoft
5 3 (3.529%) JBoss
5 3 (3.529%) DataSynapse
6 2 (2.353%) Google
7 1 (1.176%) Reuters
7 1 (1.176%) Bloomberg
7 1 (1.176%) Citrix
7 1 (1.176%) VMware
7 1 (1.176%) Sony
7 1 (1.176%) Atlassian
7 1 (1.176%) Facebook
City of London
Leading Hedgefund Seeks a Core Java Developer (with around 2-4 years of experience)... The opportunity for a Java Developer with excellent J2SE to join a leading hedge-...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £45000 - £55000 per annum + outstanding bonuses + benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Ideally you will have experience of most of the following: *Java (J2SE/J2EE) *Core Java *Experience of Spring and Hibernate *Proficiency in Oracle database systems PL/SQL, SQL *...
Hatstand Limited
Salary: £30000 - £40000 per annum + BONUS,LIFE INS,PENSION
Posted: 22 May 2013
City of London
Join an investment bank in a highly tech focussed team as an Associate Java (J2SE) Developer... Kanban, TDD, daily Scrum meetings, Sprints etc... They are also using other...
Huxley Associates
Salary: £50000 - £65000 per annum + full benefits + excellent bonus
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
As the Java Middleware Developer (J2SE, FIX) you will be working closely with specialist client facing teams to gather requirements and produce high quality integration technology. Key requirements;...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
As the Java Middleware Developer (J2SE, FIX) you will be working closely with specialist client facing teams to gather requirements and produce high quality integration technology. Key requirements;...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £60000 - £80000 per annum + Benefits + Bonus
Posted: 19 May 2013
City, London
Java Developer required for a leading financial institution based in the Square Mile. The Java Developer will have demonstrable experience of developing mission critical, high performance, real-time...
Oliver Bernard
Salary: £65,000 per annum plus bonus and benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City, London
Ideal skill set: Java (J2SE and J2EE Spring and Hibernate HTML (5 ideally) Oracle (Sybase, SQL - solid understanding of any will suffice) The work will be an on-...
Aston Carter
Salary: £65000 - £85000 per annum + uncapped bonus + excellent benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
City of London
Java Developer (J2SE, Spring, Hibernate, Murex, XML, SQL, JMS, Maven, AJAX) Front Office Banking Technology - London City £45,000 to £60,000 + Benefits Harrington Starr has partnered with...
harringtonstarr
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 21 May 2013
City, London
Java Developer (J2SE, Spring, Hibernate, Murex, XML, SQL, JMS, Maven, AJAX) Front Office Banking Technology - London City £45,000 to £60,000 + Benefits Harrington Starr has partnered with...
Harrington Starr
Salary: £45000 - £60000 per annum + Benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London, City
You will have the following experience: - Java/J2EE/J2SE. - Advanced OOP concepts, Design Patterns, and Software Engineering best practices. - Development processes and methodologies (e.g., RUP / XP / UML).
GreySpark
Salary: Attractive Salary + Quarterly Bonus
Posted: 24 May 2013
City, London
CORBA/RMI, Web services, SOAP. JSP, JDBC, Java Servlets, Javabeans/EJBs, ASP. Understanding of Multithreaded applications and Java internals Strong relational database experience (DB2, Sybase, SQL, Oracle 8i/...
Grey Spark
Salary: Attractive Salary + Quarterly Bonus (OTE)
Posted: 1 May 2013