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The table below looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) skills within the Essex region with a comparison to our Application Development category. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 8 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Location
3 months to
8 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank5549
Rank change on same period last yearDown-6
Matching permanent IT job ads6799
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.037 %0.042 %
As % of the category below9.293 %10.59 %
Salaries quoted6592
Average minimum salary£42,923£37,337
Average salary£45,173£38,394
% change on same period last year+17.65 %
Average maximum salary£47,423£39,451
UK excluding London average salary£43,780£44,301
% change on same period last year-1.17 %
Essex IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Essex
Matching permanent IT job ads721935
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.400 %0.394 %
Salaries quoted609853
Average minimum salary£36,657£37,070
Average salary£38,956£39,112
% change on same period last year-0.39 %
Average maximum salary£41,254£41,154
UK excluding London average salary£35,934£36,786
% change on same period last year-2.31 %
J2EE East of EnglandJ2EE
East of England

J2EE
Demand Trend

The chart provides a 3-month moving total beginning in 2004 of permanent IT jobs citing J2EE across the Essex region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Essex J2EE Demand Trend

J2EE
Salary Trend

The chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing J2EE across the Essex region.

Essex J2EE Salary Trend

J2EE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing J2EE across the Essex region over the 3 months to 8 September 2008.

Essex J2EE Salary Histogram

J2EE
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing J2EE within the Essex region over the 3 months to 8 September 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
ChelmsfordUp+2422£46,136-7.72 %
BasildonUp+410£35,500-17.05 %
WithamNew entry-5£40,500-
J2EE East of EnglandJ2EE
East of England

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the Essex region citing J2EE 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 J2EE.

179 (78.22 %)Java
261 (60.40 %)Oracle
351 (50.50 %)SQL
437 (36.63 %)UNIX
534 (33.66 %)Linux
534 (33.66 %)OO
630 (29.70 %)XML
722 (21.78 %)UML
722 (21.78 %)Agile Software Development
818 (17.82 %).NET
917 (16.83 %)JUnit
917 (16.83 %)C#
917 (16.83 %)Eclipse
1016 (15.84 %)HTML
1016 (15.84 %)Struts
1115 (14.85 %).NET Framework
1115 (14.85 %)Degree
1214 (13.86 %)PL/SQL
1214 (13.86 %)Ant
1214 (13.86 %)Finance
1313 (12.87 %)Hibernate
1313 (12.87 %)WebSphere
1313 (12.87 %)SQL Server
1313 (12.87 %)PVCS
1412 (11.88 %)MySQL
1412 (11.88 %)JavaScript
1412 (11.88 %)ITIL
1412 (11.88 %)Telecoms
1412 (11.88 %)Configuration Management
1412 (11.88 %)Service Management

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 8 September 2008, IT jobs across the Essex region citing J2EE 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 J2EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Essex IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
130 (29.70 %)XML
218 (17.82 %).NET
316 (15.84 %)HTML
316 (15.84 %)Struts
415 (14.85 %).NET Framework
513 (12.87 %)WebSphere
513 (12.87 %)Hibernate
611 (10.89 %)XSLT
611 (10.89 %)JSP
710 (9.901 %)CSS
710 (9.901 %)JDBC
89 (8.911 %)Spring
98 (7.921 %)WinForms
98 (7.921 %)Servlets
107 (6.931 %)XSL
116 (5.941 %)EJB
125 (4.950 %)ASP
125 (4.950 %)SOAP
125 (4.950 %)WebServices
125 (4.950 %)JSR 168
Essex IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
16 (5.941 %)SharePoint
24 (3.960 %)WebLogic
24 (3.960 %)JBoss
32 (1.980 %)WebSphere Application Server
41 (0.990 %)JRun
41 (0.990 %)IIS
41 (0.990 %)Oracle HTTP Server
41 (0.990 %)Content Management Server
41 (0.990 %)WebLogic Portal
41 (0.990 %)CMS
41 (0.990 %)IBM HTTP Server
Essex IT Job Market, ApplicationsApplications
16 (5.941 %)MS Visio
24 (3.960 %)MS Office
31 (0.990 %)MS Excel
Essex IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
13 (2.970 %)HTTP
13 (2.970 %)Firewall
22 (1.980 %)LDAP
31 (0.990 %)FTP
31 (0.990 %)SNMP
31 (0.990 %)TCP/IP
31 (0.990 %)SSH
Essex IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
113 (12.87 %)SQL Server
212 (11.88 %)MySQL
310 (9.901 %)Oracle Reports
48 (7.921 %)RDBMS
57 (6.931 %)Oracle 8/8i
66 (5.941 %)Oracle 9i
75 (4.950 %)SQL Server Integration Services
81 (0.990 %)Crystal Reports
81 (0.990 %)Datawarehouse
81 (0.990 %)ETL
81 (0.990 %)Oracle Discoverer
81 (0.990 %)Oracle 10g
81 (0.990 %)BusinessObjects
81 (0.990 %)SQL Server 2005
Essex IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
117 (16.83 %)JUnit
117 (16.83 %)Eclipse
214 (13.86 %)Ant
313 (12.87 %)PVCS
44 (3.960 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
44 (3.960 %)TestDirector
52 (1.980 %)Subversion
61 (0.990 %)Rational Rose
61 (0.990 %)Oracle Forms
Essex IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
114 (13.86 %)Finance
212 (11.88 %)Telecoms
37 (6.931 %)Automotive
46 (5.941 %)Construction
55 (4.950 %)Health
55 (4.950 %)Pensions
64 (3.960 %)Back Office
71 (0.990 %)Manufacturing
71 (0.990 %)Education
71 (0.990 %)Government
71 (0.990 %)Marketing
Essex IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
160 (59.41 %)Developer
230 (29.70 %)Java Developer
317 (16.83 %)J2EE Developer
317 (16.83 %)Senior Developer
411 (10.89 %)Architect
411 (10.89 %)Software Engineer
411 (10.89 %)Java/J2EE Developer
510 (9.901 %)Software Developer
510 (9.901 %)C++ Software Engineer
69 (8.911 %)J2EE Software Engineer
76 (5.941 %).NET Designer
76 (5.941 %)Software Designer
76 (5.941 %)Senior Software Designer
76 (5.941 %)Senior C# Developer
76 (5.941 %)Senior .NET Developer
76 (5.941 %).NET Developer
76 (5.941 %)C# Developer
76 (5.941 %)Senior Software Developer
76 (5.941 %)Technical Architect
85 (4.950 %)Analyst
Essex IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
18 (7.921 %)N-Tier
23 (2.970 %)Clustering
32 (1.980 %)Computer Science
41 (0.990 %)Management Information System
41 (0.990 %)Client/Server
Essex IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
137 (36.63 %)UNIX
234 (33.66 %)Linux
34 (3.960 %)Solaris
41 (0.990 %)Windows Vista
41 (0.990 %)Red Hat Linux
41 (0.990 %)Windows
41 (0.990 %)AIX
41 (0.990 %)HPUX
Essex IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
134 (33.66 %)OO
222 (21.78 %)UML
222 (21.78 %)Agile Software Development
312 (11.88 %)ITIL
312 (11.88 %)Configuration Management
312 (11.88 %)Service Management
48 (7.921 %)OOD
48 (7.921 %)Technical Architecture
55 (4.950 %)Disaster Recovery
55 (4.950 %)System Testing
64 (3.960 %)User Acceptance Testing
64 (3.960 %)Performance Testing
64 (3.960 %)OOA/OOD
73 (2.970 %)Continuous Integration
73 (2.970 %)Refactoring
73 (2.970 %)TDD
82 (1.980 %)Content Management
82 (1.980 %)Wealth Management
82 (1.980 %)Unit Testing
82 (1.980 %)E-Commerce
Essex IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
179 (78.22 %)Java
251 (50.50 %)SQL
317 (16.83 %)C#
414 (13.86 %)PL/SQL
512 (11.88 %)JavaScript
611 (10.89 %)C++
75 (4.950 %)Perl
82 (1.980 %)VB
82 (1.980 %)Shell Script
91 (0.990 %)VB6
91 (0.990 %)VB.NET
91 (0.990 %)C
91 (0.990 %)DHTML
Essex IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
115 (14.85 %)Degree
28 (7.921 %)Sun Certification
36 (5.941 %)ITIL Certification
44 (3.960 %)SCJP
51 (0.990 %)RHCE
Essex IT Job Market, Quality Assurance & ComplianceQuality Assurance & Compliance
14 (3.960 %)SLA
14 (3.960 %)Sarbanes-Oxley
14 (3.960 %)QA
Essex IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
161 (60.40 %)Oracle
212 (11.88 %)Microsoft
37 (6.931 %)Sun
37 (6.931 %)IBM
41 (0.990 %)Business Objects
41 (0.990 %)ILOG
41 (0.990 %)Red Hat
41 (0.990 %)webMethods
41 (0.990 %)ATG