The first table below looks at the demand for the Java/J2EE Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the East of England 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 East of England region.

Location
3 months to
24 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java J2EE Developer
Rank 237 179 198
Rank change year-on-year
-58 +19
Permanent jobs requiring a Java/J2EE Developer 27 89 80
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 0.327% 1.023% 0.838%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.343% 1.058% 0.886%
Number of salaries quoted 26 63 62
Average salary £38,750 £42,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-8.82% +13.33%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,750 £35,000 £30,000
10% offered a salary of more than £45,000 £50,000 £43,850
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-9.41% +6.25%
All Job Titles
East of England
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
7877 8413 9032
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in the East of England 95.31% 96.70% 94.67%
Number of salaries quoted 6859 7048 7738
Average salary £39,500 £40,000 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-1.25% +6.66%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £55,000 £55,000 £55,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java/J2EE Developer
England

Java/J2EE Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

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

East of England 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 East of England region.

East of England Java/J2EE Developer Salary Trend

Java/J2EE Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer across the East of England region over the 3 months to 24 May 2013.

East of England Java/J2EE Developer Salary Histogram

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 East of England 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
Suffolk -2 12 £30,000 +27.65%
Cambridgeshire -8 7 £42,500 -2.29%
East Anglia - 5 £40,000 -
Hertfordshire -15 2 £47,500 +11.76%
Java/J2EE Developer
England

Java/J2EE Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 82 (100.00%) Java
1 82 (100.00%) J2EE
2 45 (54.88%) Hibernate
3 44 (53.66%) XML
3 44 (53.66%) Spring
4 42 (51.22%) SQL
5 35 (42.68%) JSP
6 31 (37.80%) JavaScript
7 29 (35.37%) Oracle
8 25 (30.49%) Struts
9 24 (29.27%) Web Services
10 23 (28.05%) E-Commerce
11 21 (25.61%) CSS
12 20 (24.39%) HTML
13 19 (23.17%) WebSphere
13 19 (23.17%) Web Development
14 18 (21.95%) Retail
14 18 (21.95%) UNIX
15 17 (20.73%) MVC
16 16 (19.51%) Eclipse
16 16 (19.51%) Servlets
16 16 (19.51%) SOAP
16 16 (19.51%) Ajax
17 15 (18.29%) TDD
17 15 (18.29%) Games
18 13 (15.85%) JDBC
18 13 (15.85%) EJB
18 13 (15.85%) JUnit
18 13 (15.85%) Content Management
18 13 (15.85%) jQuery

Java/J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 24 May 2013, IT jobs across the East of England 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 82 (100.00%) J2EE
2 45 (54.88%) Hibernate
3 44 (53.66%) XML
3 44 (53.66%) Spring
4 35 (42.68%) JSP
5 25 (30.49%) Struts
6 24 (29.27%) Web Services
7 21 (25.61%) CSS
8 20 (24.39%) HTML
9 19 (23.17%) WebSphere
10 16 (19.51%) Servlets
10 16 (19.51%) SOAP
10 16 (19.51%) Ajax
11 13 (15.85%) JDBC
11 13 (15.85%) EJB
11 13 (15.85%) jQuery
12 12 (14.63%) XHTML
13 9 (10.98%) JSTL
13 9 (10.98%) JSF
14 8 (9.756%) REST
Application Platforms
1 12 (14.63%) WebSphere Application Server
1 12 (14.63%) Tomcat
2 3 (3.659%) Apache
2 3 (3.659%) WebLogic
Database & Business Intelligence
1 11 (13.41%) SQL Server
2 10 (12.20%) MySQL
3 9 (10.98%) DB2
4 1 (1.220%) RDBMS
4 1 (1.220%) TOAD
4 1 (1.220%) Hadoop
4 1 (1.220%) MongoDB
4 1 (1.220%) Apache Cassandra
4 1 (1.220%) NoSQL
4 1 (1.220%) Big Data
Development Applications
1 16 (19.51%) Eclipse
2 13 (15.85%) JUnit
3 9 (10.98%) Rational Application Developer
3 9 (10.98%) WebSphere Studio Application Developer
4 4 (4.878%) Maven
4 4 (4.878%) Subversion
5 2 (2.439%) JIRA
5 2 (2.439%) Ant
6 1 (1.220%) NetBeans
6 1 (1.220%) Mercurial
6 1 (1.220%) Jenkins
General
1 18 (21.95%) Retail
2 15 (18.29%) Games
3 12 (14.63%) Finance
4 3 (3.659%) Marketing
5 2 (2.439%) Law
Miscellaneous
1 3 (3.659%) Web 2.0
2 2 (2.439%) Mobile App
3 1 (1.220%) Enterprise Software
3 1 (1.220%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 18 (21.95%) UNIX
2 9 (10.98%) Linux
Processes & Methodologies
1 23 (28.05%) E-Commerce
2 19 (23.17%) Web Development
3 17 (20.73%) MVC
4 15 (18.29%) TDD
5 13 (15.85%) Content Management
6 9 (10.98%) Continuous Integration
6 9 (10.98%) RAD
7 8 (9.756%) Systems Analysis
8 7 (8.537%) Rapid Prototyping
8 7 (8.537%) Agile Software Development
8 7 (8.537%) SOA
9 6 (7.317%) Scrum
9 6 (7.317%) UML
10 4 (4.878%) Domain-Driven Design
10 4 (4.878%) OO
10 4 (4.878%) OOD
11 2 (2.439%) Pair Programming
11 2 (2.439%) BDD
11 2 (2.439%) User Stories
11 2 (2.439%) Unit Testing
Programming Languages
1 82 (100.00%) Java
2 42 (51.22%) SQL
3 31 (37.80%) JavaScript
4 10 (12.20%) PL/SQL
5 9 (10.98%) Bash shell
5 9 (10.98%) Perl
6 3 (3.659%) PHP
7 2 (2.439%) Groovy
Qualifications
1 10 (12.20%) Degree
2 9 (10.98%) Sun Certification
3 2 (2.439%) Postgraduate
Vendors
1 29 (35.37%) Oracle
2 12 (14.63%) JBoss
2 12 (14.63%) IBM
3 9 (10.98%) Sun
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