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This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) skills within the Edinburgh region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited J2SE over the 3 months to 21 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
Location
3 months to
21 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank7294
Rank change on same period last yearUp+22
Matching permanent IT job ads135
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.007 %0.002 %
As % of the category below2.664 %0.912 %
Salaries quoted125
Average minimum salary£24,167£27,400
Average salary£27,375£28,400
% change on same period last year-3.60 %
Average maximum salary£30,583£29,400
UK excluding London average salary£36,833£37,136
% change on same period last year-0.81 %
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Edinburgh
Matching permanent IT job ads488548
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.263 %0.228 %
Salaries quoted365395
Average minimum salary£31,347£31,630
Average salary£34,838£35,835
% change on same period last year-2.78 %
Average maximum salary£38,329£40,040
UK excluding London average salary£35,949£36,837
% change on same period last year-2.40 %
J2SE ScotlandJ2SE
Scotland

J2SE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing J2SE across the Edinburgh region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Edinburgh J2SE Demand Trend

J2SE
Salary Trend

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

Edinburgh J2SE Salary Trend

J2SE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing J2SE across the Edinburgh region over the 3 months to 21 August 2008.

Edinburgh J2SE Salary Histogram

J2SE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

122 (100.00 %)Java
122 (100.00 %)Swing
217 (77.27 %)C++
312 (54.55 %)OO
312 (54.55 %)C#
312 (54.55 %)XML
312 (54.55 %)Agile Software Development
49 (40.91 %)Education
49 (40.91 %)Computer Science
57 (31.82 %)Software Engineering
57 (31.82 %)Smartcard
66 (27.27 %)Scrum
66 (27.27 %)Degree
75 (22.73 %)Spring
75 (22.73 %)Games
75 (22.73 %)Hibernate
75 (22.73 %)J2EE
75 (22.73 %)Struts
84 (18.18 %)Windows
84 (18.18 %)Linux
93 (13.64 %)C
102 (9.091 %)Perl
102 (9.091 %)Eclipse
102 (9.091 %)Tcl
102 (9.091 %)Telecoms
102 (9.091 %)Software Testing
102 (9.091 %)SWT
102 (9.091 %)French Language
102 (9.091 %)German Language
102 (9.091 %)Japanese Language

J2SE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 August 2008, IT jobs across the Edinburgh 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.

Edinburgh IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
122 (100.00 %)Swing
212 (54.55 %)XML
35 (22.73 %)J2EE
35 (22.73 %)Struts
35 (22.73 %)Hibernate
35 (22.73 %)Spring
42 (9.091 %)SWT
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
12 (9.091 %)Eclipse
Edinburgh IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
19 (40.91 %)Education
25 (22.73 %)Games
32 (9.091 %)Telecoms
41 (4.545 %)Construction
41 (4.545 %)Manufacturing
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (45.45 %)Software Engineer
29 (40.91 %)Developer
34 (18.18 %)Software Developer
34 (18.18 %)Java Developer
43 (13.64 %)Java Software Engineer
52 (9.091 %)C++ Software Engineer
61 (4.545 %)Junior Developer
61 (4.545 %)Junior Java Developer
61 (4.545 %)Lead Java Developer
61 (4.545 %)UI Developer
61 (4.545 %)Junior
61 (4.545 %)Lead Developer
Edinburgh IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
19 (40.91 %)Computer Science
27 (31.82 %)Smartcard
32 (9.091 %)French Language
32 (9.091 %)German Language
32 (9.091 %)Japanese Language
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
14 (18.18 %)Windows
14 (18.18 %)Linux
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
112 (54.55 %)OO
112 (54.55 %)Agile Software Development
27 (31.82 %)Software Engineering
36 (27.27 %)Scrum
42 (9.091 %)Software Testing
51 (4.545 %)TDD
51 (4.545 %)OOD
Edinburgh IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
122 (100.00 %)Java
217 (77.27 %)C++
312 (54.55 %)C#
43 (13.64 %)C
52 (9.091 %)Perl
52 (9.091 %)Tcl
Edinburgh IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
16 (27.27 %)Degree