Essex J2EE Jobs

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.

Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Location Abingdon Altrincham Andover Ascot Avon Aylesbury Basildon Basingstoke Bath Bedford Bedfordshire Belfast Berkhamsted Berkshire Birmingham Blackburn Blackpool Bolton Borehamwood Bournemouth Bracknell Bradford Bridgend Brighton Bristol Bromsgrove Buckinghamshire Burton-upon-Trent Bury Camberley Cambridge Cambridgeshire Canary Wharf Canterbury Cardiff Chelmsford Cheltenham Cheshire Chessington Chester Chippenham Chorley Cirencester City of London Clapham Clydebank Corby Cornwall Coulsdon County Antrim Coventry Crawley Crewe Croydon Darlington Derby Derbyshire Devon Docklands, London Dorset Droitwich Dundee Dunstable Durham Ealing East Kilbride East Midlands East of England East Sussex East Yorkshire Eastleigh Edinburgh Egham Elland England Epsom Essex Exeter Fareham Farnborough Farnham Faversham Folkestone Gateshead Glasgow Gloucester Gloucestershire Goole Greenford Guildford Halesowen Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Harrogate Hebden Bridge Hemel Hempstead Hendon Hereford Herefordshire Hertfordshire High Wycombe Home Counties Horsham Hounslow Huddersfield Hull Humberside Huntingdon Ipswich Kent Knutsford Lancashire Leamington Spa Leatherhead Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Letchworth Liverpool Livingston London Luton Lytham St Annes M4 Corridor Macclesfield Maidenhead Maidstone Manchester Marlborough Marlow Merseyside Middlesbrough Middlesex Midlands Milton Keynes Neath Port Talbot Newbury Newcastle Newcastle Upon Tyne Newport Newport Pagnell Norfolk North East North Wales North West North Yorkshire Northampton Northamptonshire Northern Ireland Northwich Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Osterley Oxford Oxfordshire Paddington Paisley Peterborough Poole Port Talbot Portsmouth Potters Bar Preston Reading Redhill Reigate Renfrewshire Rickmansworth Romsey Rotherham Rugby Runcorn Salford Scotland Sevenoaks Sheffield Shropshire Sittingbourne Skelmersdale Slough Solihull Somerset South East South Lanarkshire South Wales South West South Yorkshire Southampton Southwark St Albans St Helens St Ives Stafford Staffordshire Staines Stockport Stoke-on-Trent Stratford-upon-Avon Strathclyde Street Suffolk Surbiton Surrey Sussex Swansea Swindon Tadworth Telford Thame Thames Valley Trowbridge Tyne and Wear UK Uxbridge Wales Wallingford Walsall Warrington Warwick Warwickshire Watford Wellingborough Welwyn Garden City West Dunbartonshire West Lothian West Midlands West Sussex West Wales West Yorkshire Wetherby Weymouth Whitstable Whyteleafe Wigan Wiltshire Wimbledon Winchester Windsor Witham Woking Wokingham Worcester Worcestershire Worthing Wrexham Yeovil York Yorkshire	3 months to 8 Sep 2008	Same period last year
Rank	55	49
Rank change on same period last year	-6
Matching permanent IT job ads	67	99
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.037 %	0.042 %
As % of the category below	9.293 %	10.59 %
Salaries quoted	65	92
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 %
Application Development Essex
Matching permanent IT job ads	721	935
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled	0.400 %	0.394 %
Salaries quoted	609	853
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 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.

J2EE
Salary Trend

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

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.

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.

Location	Rank Change on Same Period Last Last	Matching Permanent IT Job Ads	Average Salary Last 3 Months	Average Salary % Change on Same Period Last Year
Chelmsford	+24	22	£46,136	-7.72 %
Basildon	+4	10	£35,500	-17.05 %
Witham	-	5	£40,500	-

J2EE 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.

1 79 (78.22 %) Java 2 61 (60.40 %) Oracle 3 51 (50.50 %) SQL 4 37 (36.63 %) UNIX 5 34 (33.66 %) Linux 5 34 (33.66 %) OO 6 30 (29.70 %) XML 7 22 (21.78 %) UML 7 22 (21.78 %) Agile Software Development 8 18 (17.82 %) .NET 9 17 (16.83 %) JUnit 9 17 (16.83 %) C# 9 17 (16.83 %) Eclipse 10 16 (15.84 %) HTML 10 16 (15.84 %) Struts

11 15 (14.85 %) .NET Framework 11 15 (14.85 %) Degree 12 14 (13.86 %) PL/SQL 12 14 (13.86 %) Ant 12 14 (13.86 %) Finance 13 13 (12.87 %) Hibernate 13 13 (12.87 %) WebSphere 13 13 (12.87 %) SQL Server 13 13 (12.87 %) PVCS 14 12 (11.88 %) MySQL 14 12 (11.88 %) JavaScript 14 12 (11.88 %) ITIL 14 12 (11.88 %) Telecoms 14 12 (11.88 %) Configuration Management 14 12 (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.

Application Development 1 30 (29.70 %) XML 2 18 (17.82 %) .NET 3 16 (15.84 %) HTML 3 16 (15.84 %) Struts 4 15 (14.85 %) .NET Framework 5 13 (12.87 %) WebSphere 5 13 (12.87 %) Hibernate 6 11 (10.89 %) XSLT 6 11 (10.89 %) JSP 7 10 (9.901 %) CSS 7 10 (9.901 %) JDBC 8 9 (8.911 %) Spring 9 8 (7.921 %) WinForms 9 8 (7.921 %) Servlets 10 7 (6.931 %) XSL 11 6 (5.941 %) EJB 12 5 (4.950 %) ASP 12 5 (4.950 %) SOAP 12 5 (4.950 %) WebServices 12 5 (4.950 %) JSR 168	Application Platforms 1 6 (5.941 %) SharePoint 2 4 (3.960 %) WebLogic 2 4 (3.960 %) JBoss 3 2 (1.980 %) WebSphere Application Server 4 1 (0.990 %) JRun 4 1 (0.990 %) IIS 4 1 (0.990 %) Oracle HTTP Server 4 1 (0.990 %) Content Management Server 4 1 (0.990 %) WebLogic Portal 4 1 (0.990 %) CMS 4 1 (0.990 %) IBM HTTP Server
Applications 1 6 (5.941 %) MS Visio 2 4 (3.960 %) MS Office 3 1 (0.990 %) MS Excel	Communications & Networking 1 3 (2.970 %) HTTP 1 3 (2.970 %) Firewall 2 2 (1.980 %) LDAP 3 1 (0.990 %) FTP 3 1 (0.990 %) SNMP 3 1 (0.990 %) TCP/IP 3 1 (0.990 %) SSH
Database & Business Intelligence 1 13 (12.87 %) SQL Server 2 12 (11.88 %) MySQL 3 10 (9.901 %) Oracle Reports 4 8 (7.921 %) RDBMS 5 7 (6.931 %) Oracle 8/8i 6 6 (5.941 %) Oracle 9i 7 5 (4.950 %) SQL Server Integration Services 8 1 (0.990 %) Crystal Reports 8 1 (0.990 %) Datawarehouse 8 1 (0.990 %) ETL 8 1 (0.990 %) Oracle Discoverer 8 1 (0.990 %) Oracle 10g 8 1 (0.990 %) BusinessObjects 8 1 (0.990 %) SQL Server 2005	Development Applications 1 17 (16.83 %) JUnit 1 17 (16.83 %) Eclipse 2 14 (13.86 %) Ant 3 13 (12.87 %) PVCS 4 4 (3.960 %) WebSphere Studio Application Developer 4 4 (3.960 %) TestDirector 5 2 (1.980 %) Subversion 6 1 (0.990 %) Rational Rose 6 1 (0.990 %) Oracle Forms
General 1 14 (13.86 %) Finance 2 12 (11.88 %) Telecoms 3 7 (6.931 %) Automotive 4 6 (5.941 %) Construction 5 5 (4.950 %) Health 5 5 (4.950 %) Pensions 6 4 (3.960 %) Back Office 7 1 (0.990 %) Manufacturing 7 1 (0.990 %) Education 7 1 (0.990 %) Government 7 1 (0.990 %) Marketing	Job Titles 1 60 (59.41 %) Developer 2 30 (29.70 %) Java Developer 3 17 (16.83 %) J2EE Developer 3 17 (16.83 %) Senior Developer 4 11 (10.89 %) Architect 4 11 (10.89 %) Software Engineer 4 11 (10.89 %) Java/J2EE Developer 5 10 (9.901 %) Software Developer 5 10 (9.901 %) C++ Software Engineer 6 9 (8.911 %) J2EE Software Engineer 7 6 (5.941 %) .NET Designer 7 6 (5.941 %) Software Designer 7 6 (5.941 %) Senior Software Designer 7 6 (5.941 %) Senior C# Developer 7 6 (5.941 %) Senior .NET Developer 7 6 (5.941 %) .NET Developer 7 6 (5.941 %) C# Developer 7 6 (5.941 %) Senior Software Developer 7 6 (5.941 %) Technical Architect 8 5 (4.950 %) Analyst
Miscellaneous 1 8 (7.921 %) N-Tier 2 3 (2.970 %) Clustering 3 2 (1.980 %) Computer Science 4 1 (0.990 %) Management Information System 4 1 (0.990 %) Client/Server	Operating Systems 1 37 (36.63 %) UNIX 2 34 (33.66 %) Linux 3 4 (3.960 %) Solaris 4 1 (0.990 %) Windows Vista 4 1 (0.990 %) Red Hat Linux 4 1 (0.990 %) Windows 4 1 (0.990 %) AIX 4 1 (0.990 %) HPUX
Processes & Methodologies 1 34 (33.66 %) OO 2 22 (21.78 %) UML 2 22 (21.78 %) Agile Software Development 3 12 (11.88 %) ITIL 3 12 (11.88 %) Configuration Management 3 12 (11.88 %) Service Management 4 8 (7.921 %) OOD 4 8 (7.921 %) Technical Architecture 5 5 (4.950 %) Disaster Recovery 5 5 (4.950 %) System Testing 6 4 (3.960 %) User Acceptance Testing 6 4 (3.960 %) Performance Testing 6 4 (3.960 %) OOA/OOD 7 3 (2.970 %) Continuous Integration 7 3 (2.970 %) Refactoring 7 3 (2.970 %) TDD 8 2 (1.980 %) Content Management 8 2 (1.980 %) Wealth Management 8 2 (1.980 %) Unit Testing 8 2 (1.980 %) E-Commerce	Programming Languages 1 79 (78.22 %) Java 2 51 (50.50 %) SQL 3 17 (16.83 %) C# 4 14 (13.86 %) PL/SQL 5 12 (11.88 %) JavaScript 6 11 (10.89 %) C++ 7 5 (4.950 %) Perl 8 2 (1.980 %) VB 8 2 (1.980 %) Shell Script 9 1 (0.990 %) VB6 9 1 (0.990 %) VB.NET 9 1 (0.990 %) C 9 1 (0.990 %) DHTML
Qualifications 1 15 (14.85 %) Degree 2 8 (7.921 %) Sun Certification 3 6 (5.941 %) ITIL Certification 4 4 (3.960 %) SCJP 5 1 (0.990 %) RHCE	Quality Assurance & Compliance 1 4 (3.960 %) SLA 1 4 (3.960 %) Sarbanes-Oxley 1 4 (3.960 %) QA
Vendors 1 61 (60.40 %) Oracle 2 12 (11.88 %) Microsoft 3 7 (6.931 %) Sun 3 7 (6.931 %) IBM 4 1 (0.990 %) Business Objects 4 1 (0.990 %) ILOG 4 1 (0.990 %) Red Hat 4 1 (0.990 %) webMethods 4 1 (0.990 %) ATG