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This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) skills within the England 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 25 July 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
Location
3 months to 25 Jul 2008Same period last year
Rank341297
Rank change on same period last yearDown-44
Matching permanent IT job ads9171357
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.484 %0.556 %
As % of the category below1.550 %1.855 %
Salaries quoted8241097
Average minimum salary£43,082£45,098
Average salary£48,011£51,056
% change on same period last year-5.96 %
Average maximum salary£52,939£57,014
UK excluding London average salary£36,108£36,645
% change on same period last year-1.46 %
England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
England
Matching permanent IT job ads5916373169
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled31.23 %29.96 %
Salaries quoted5092960404
Average minimum salary£37,147£38,948
Average salary£40,735£42,773
% change on same period last year-4.76 %
Average maximum salary£44,324£46,598
UK excluding London average salary£35,873£36,830
% change on same period last year-2.59 %
J2SE UKJ2SE
UK

J2SE
Demand Trend

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

England 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 England region.

England J2SE Salary Trend

J2SE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing J2SE across the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008.

England J2SE Salary Histogram

J2SE
Job Locations

This section looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing J2SE within the England region over the 3 months to 25 July 2008. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year. A positive number indicates a relative increase in demand.

LocationRank Change
on Same Period
Last Last
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
LondonDown-26648£52,745-4.79 %
South EastUp+56102£38,278-6.88 %
North WestUp+4953£38,219+13.54 %
YorkshireDown-146£33,556-12.81 %
West MidlandsDown-316£30,237-5.21 %
East of EnglandDown-714£38,682+15.17 %
East MidlandsUp+2113£35,679+18.92 %
South WestDown-4112£40,917+28.44 %
MidlandsNew entry-7£30,071-
HumbersideNew entry-5£32,250-
J2SE UKJ2SE
UK

J2SE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

11862 (95.05 %)Java
2933 (47.63 %)J2EE
3756 (38.59 %)Finance
4683 (34.86 %)SQL
5548 (27.97 %)Oracle
6522 (26.65 %)UNIX
7516 (26.34 %)XML
8502 (25.63 %)Spring
9467 (23.84 %)JDBC
10464 (23.69 %)Hibernate
11427 (21.80 %)Swing
12341 (17.41 %)Linux
13322 (16.44 %)Banking
14311 (15.88 %)UML
15309 (15.77 %)JSP
15309 (15.77 %)JUnit
16306 (15.62 %)SQL Server
17295 (15.06 %)OO
18287 (14.65 %)WebLogic
19286 (14.60 %)Degree
20271 (13.83 %)Front Office
21252 (12.86 %)JMS
22237 (12.10 %)RDBMS
22237 (12.10 %)Tomcat
23212 (10.82 %)C++
24197 (10.06 %)Servlets
25196 (10.01 %)Struts
26195 (9.954 %)Derivative
27190 (9.699 %)PL/SQL
28180 (9.188 %)Ant

J2SE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 25 July 2008, IT jobs across the England 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.

England IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
1933 (47.63 %)J2EE
2516 (26.34 %)XML
3502 (25.63 %)Spring
4467 (23.84 %)JDBC
5464 (23.69 %)Hibernate
6427 (21.80 %)Swing
7309 (15.77 %)JSP
8252 (12.86 %)JMS
9197 (10.06 %)Servlets
10196 (10.01 %)Struts
11179 (9.137 %)WebServices
12162 (8.270 %)HTML
13146 (7.453 %)EJB
14144 (7.351 %)WebSphere
15116 (5.921 %)CSS
16102 (5.207 %)XSLT
1799 (5.054 %)XHTML
1888 (4.492 %).NET
1984 (4.288 %)AJAX
2077 (3.931 %)JMX
England IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
1287 (14.65 %)WebLogic
2237 (12.10 %)Tomcat
3149 (7.606 %)JBoss
481 (4.135 %)MQSeries
574 (3.777 %)Apache
626 (1.327 %)Oracle HTTP Server
714 (0.715 %)CMS
812 (0.613 %)Rendezvous
911 (0.562 %)WebSphere MQ
109 (0.459 %)WebSphere Application Server
109 (0.459 %)ESB
118 (0.408 %)TIBCO EMS
127 (0.357 %)Oracle 9iAS
135 (0.255 %)ATG Dynamo
135 (0.255 %)MS Exchange
144 (0.204 %)Jetty
144 (0.204 %)Resin
153 (0.153 %)WebLogic Portal
162 (0.102 %)SharePoint
162 (0.102 %)GlassFish
England IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
140 (2.042 %)MS Excel
214 (0.715 %)Photoshop
39 (0.459 %)MS Project
43 (0.153 %)MS Visio
52 (0.102 %)MATLAB
61 (0.051 %)Spreadsheet
England IT Job Market, Business ApplicationsBusiness Applications
14 (0.204 %)RMDS
23 (0.153 %)Oracle 11i
32 (0.102 %)Oracle EBS
32 (0.102 %)Retail-J
41 (0.051 %)Oracle Applications
41 (0.051 %)Oracle Financials
England IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
153 (2.705 %)Internet
243 (2.195 %)HTTP
38 (0.408 %)TCP/IP
46 (0.306 %)CTI
54 (0.204 %)GPRS
54 (0.204 %)GSM
54 (0.204 %)SMS
54 (0.204 %)UMTS
63 (0.153 %)SAN
72 (0.102 %)Wireless
81 (0.051 %)BSS
81 (0.051 %)SSH
81 (0.051 %)Firewall
81 (0.051 %)HTTPS
81 (0.051 %)WAN
81 (0.051 %)LAN
England IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
1306 (15.62 %)SQL Server
2237 (12.10 %)RDBMS
3119 (6.075 %)MySQL
482 (4.186 %)Oracle 10g
540 (2.042 %)DB2
626 (1.327 %)Oracle 8/8i
718 (0.919 %)Informix
815 (0.766 %)SQL Server 2005
913 (0.664 %)SQL Server 2000
1011 (0.562 %)GIS
116 (0.306 %)KDB
124 (0.204 %)TOAD
124 (0.204 %)Oracle 9i
124 (0.204 %)Crystal Reports
133 (0.153 %)Oracle Reports
133 (0.153 %)ETL
133 (0.153 %)SQL Server 7
133 (0.153 %)SQLPlus
142 (0.102 %)Datawarehouse
151 (0.051 %)OLAP
England IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
1309 (15.77 %)JUnit
2180 (9.188 %)Ant
3170 (8.678 %)Eclipse
453 (2.705 %)JBuilder
547 (2.399 %)Subversion
639 (1.991 %)JDeveloper
733 (1.685 %)Log4j
827 (1.378 %)ClearCase
924 (1.225 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
1014 (0.715 %)Dreamweaver
1113 (0.664 %)NUnit
1212 (0.613 %)Flash
1311 (0.562 %)ClearQuest
1311 (0.562 %)Selenium
149 (0.459 %)IntelliJ
158 (0.408 %)PVCS
166 (0.306 %)VSS/SourceSafe
175 (0.255 %)RequisitePro
175 (0.255 %)JIRA
175 (0.255 %)CruiseControl
England IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
1756 (38.59 %)Finance
2322 (16.44 %)Banking
3271 (13.83 %)Front Office
4159 (8.116 %)Investment Banking
5111 (5.666 %)Education
6106 (5.411 %)Games
785 (4.339 %)Insurance
856 (2.859 %)Telecoms
942 (2.144 %)Government
1039 (1.991 %)Marketing
1129 (1.480 %)Publishing
1227 (1.378 %)Retail
1325 (1.276 %)Pharmaceutical
1417 (0.868 %)Financial Institution
1514 (0.715 %)Mobile Games
1514 (0.715 %)Health
1612 (0.613 %)Advertising
1711 (0.562 %)Browser Games
1810 (0.510 %)Law
199 (0.459 %)Multimedia
England IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
11596 (81.47 %)Developer
21373 (70.09 %)Java Developer
3258 (13.17 %)Java/J2EE Developer
4243 (12.40 %)Senior Developer
5211 (10.77 %)Senior Java Developer
6185 (9.444 %)J2EE Developer
7166 (8.474 %)Java Swing Developer
8112 (5.717 %)Programmer
992 (4.696 %)Software Developer
1091 (4.645 %)Java Programmer
1183 (4.237 %)Analyst
1279 (4.033 %)Architect
1370 (3.573 %)Software Engineer
1464 (3.267 %)Team Leader
1557 (2.910 %)Java Team Leader
1644 (2.246 %)SQL Developer
1644 (2.246 %)Analyst Programmer
1737 (1.889 %)Java Analyst Programmer
1836 (1.838 %)Junior Developer
1836 (1.838 %)Junior
England IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
1195 (9.954 %)Derivative
2150 (7.657 %)Equities
3149 (7.606 %)Computer Science
4132 (6.738 %)Multithreading
5117 (5.972 %)Foreign Exchange (FX)
699 (5.054 %)Mathematics
786 (4.390 %)Equity Derivative
874 (3.777 %)Spread Betting
972 (3.675 %)Fixed Income
1036 (1.838 %)Credit Derivative
1133 (1.685 %)Statistical Arbitrage
1227 (1.378 %)Physics
1323 (1.174 %)Grid Computing
1323 (1.174 %)Data Integration
1422 (1.123 %)N-Tier
1422 (1.123 %)Mainframe
1422 (1.123 %)Interest Rate Derivative
1517 (0.868 %)Client/Server
1615 (0.766 %)Credit Risk
178 (0.408 %)Web 2.0
England IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
1522 (26.65 %)UNIX
2341 (17.41 %)Linux
3161 (8.218 %)Windows
461 (3.114 %)Solaris
521 (1.072 %)Windows Mobile
613 (0.664 %)Windows NT
711 (0.562 %)HPUX
89 (0.459 %)AIX
96 (0.306 %)SUSE
104 (0.204 %)Windows XP
112 (0.102 %)Windows 2000
England IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
1311 (15.88 %)UML
2295 (15.06 %)OO
3149 (7.606 %)SOA
4142 (7.249 %)Agile Software Development
5123 (6.279 %)Algorithmic Trading
682 (4.186 %)OOD
778 (3.982 %)Electronic Trading
875 (3.828 %)E-Commerce
964 (3.267 %)RUP
1062 (3.165 %)Unit Testing
1155 (2.808 %)Security Cleared
1252 (2.654 %)OOA/OOD
1347 (2.399 %)Software Engineering
1443 (2.195 %)Web Development
1541 (2.093 %)Project Management
1640 (2.042 %)Scrum
1736 (1.838 %)Extreme Programming
1826 (1.327 %)TDD
1923 (1.174 %)Release Management
2022 (1.123 %)EAI
England IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
11862 (95.05 %)Java
2683 (34.86 %)SQL
3212 (10.82 %)C++
4190 (9.699 %)PL/SQL
5168 (8.576 %)JavaScript
6147 (7.504 %)C
7110 (5.615 %)C#
878 (3.982 %)Shell Script
949 (2.501 %)PHP
1045 (2.297 %)Perl
1134 (1.736 %)DHTML
1227 (1.378 %)XPath
1317 (0.868 %)VB
1414 (0.715 %)ActionScript
1510 (0.510 %)Smalltalk
169 (0.459 %)Ruby
169 (0.459 %)VB.NET
177 (0.357 %)Fortran
177 (0.357 %)AWK
185 (0.255 %)PHP5
England IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
1286 (14.60 %)Degree
265 (3.318 %)PhD
354 (2.757 %)Sun Certification
48 (0.408 %)SCEA
52 (0.102 %)Microsoft Certification
52 (0.102 %)MCSE
England IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
123 (1.174 %)QA
24 (0.204 %)DICOM
England IT Job Market, System SoftwareSystem Software
116 (0.817 %)AquaLogic
England IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
1548 (27.97 %)Oracle
2135 (6.891 %)BEA
3118 (6.023 %)Sybase
463 (3.216 %)IBM
554 (2.757 %)Sun
641 (2.093 %)Microsoft
734 (1.736 %)TIBCO
822 (1.123 %)Symbian
921 (1.072 %)Perforce
1015 (0.766 %)Fidessa
1114 (0.715 %)EMC
1210 (0.510 %)HP
1210 (0.510 %)Calypso
1210 (0.510 %)Portware
1210 (0.510 %)Red Hat
137 (0.357 %)Google
146 (0.306 %)ATG
155 (0.255 %)BT
155 (0.255 %)Borland
155 (0.255 %)Adobe
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