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This section looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) skills within the Glasgow 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 20 August 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
Location
3 months to
20 Aug 2008
Same period last year
Rank86-
Rank change on same period last yearNew entry-
Matching permanent IT job ads40
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.000 %
As % of the category below1.055 %0.000 %
Salaries quoted00
Average minimum salary--
Average salary--
% change on same period last year-
Average maximum salary--
UK excluding London average salary£36,798£37,111
% change on same period last year-0.84 %
Glasgow IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Glasgow
Matching permanent IT job ads379623
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.204 %0.260 %
Salaries quoted250384
Average minimum salary£30,634£31,077
Average salary£33,923£34,220
% change on same period last year-0.86 %
Average maximum salary£37,212£37,364
UK excluding London average salary£35,926£36,840
% change on same period last year-2.48 %
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 Glasgow region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Glasgow 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 Glasgow region.

Glasgow J2SE Salary Trend

J2SE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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.

19 (64.29 %)J2EE
28 (57.14 %)Pensions
37 (50.00 %)BREW
37 (50.00 %)Games
37 (50.00 %)Java
37 (50.00 %)C
37 (50.00 %)C++
37 (50.00 %)J2ME
37 (50.00 %)SMS
37 (50.00 %)WAP
44 (28.57 %).NET
44 (28.57 %)XML
44 (28.57 %)UML
44 (28.57 %)OO
44 (28.57 %)Oracle
44 (28.57 %)Servlets
53 (21.43 %)MVC
53 (21.43 %)Spring
53 (21.43 %)Ant
53 (21.43 %)JBoss
53 (21.43 %)Eclipse
62 (14.29 %)QuickTest Pro
62 (14.29 %)JUnit
62 (14.29 %)Struts
62 (14.29 %)WebServices
62 (14.29 %)CSS
62 (14.29 %)JSP
62 (14.29 %)SQL Server
62 (14.29 %)JavaScript
62 (14.29 %)DHTML

J2SE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 20 August 2008, IT jobs across the Glasgow 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.

Glasgow IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
19 (64.29 %)J2EE
27 (50.00 %)J2ME
27 (50.00 %)WAP
27 (50.00 %)BREW
34 (28.57 %).NET
34 (28.57 %)Servlets
34 (28.57 %)XML
43 (21.43 %)Spring
43 (21.43 %)MVC
52 (14.29 %)Hibernate
52 (14.29 %)WebWork
52 (14.29 %)JSON
52 (14.29 %)JSTL
52 (14.29 %)Spring MVC
52 (14.29 %)JPA
52 (14.29 %)Struts
52 (14.29 %)WebServices
52 (14.29 %)CSS
52 (14.29 %)JSP
52 (14.29 %)HTML
Glasgow IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
13 (21.43 %)JBoss
21 (7.143 %)WebLogic
Glasgow IT Job Market, Communications & NetworkingCommunications & Networking
17 (50.00 %)SMS
22 (14.29 %)Internet
Glasgow IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
12 (14.29 %)SQL Server
Glasgow IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (21.43 %)Ant
13 (21.43 %)Eclipse
22 (14.29 %)QuickTest Pro
22 (14.29 %)JUnit
22 (14.29 %)CruiseControl
22 (14.29 %)HttpUnit
22 (14.29 %)WATIR
22 (14.29 %)Selenium
22 (14.29 %)Watij
31 (7.143 %)Borland Together
Glasgow IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
18 (57.14 %)Pensions
27 (50.00 %)Games
32 (14.29 %)Finance
41 (7.143 %)Health
Glasgow IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
14 (28.57 %)Developer
14 (28.57 %)Programmer
23 (21.43 %)Analyst
23 (21.43 %)Senior Developer
23 (21.43 %)Analyst Programmer
32 (14.29 %)Java Developer
32 (14.29 %)Senior Java Developer
41 (7.143 %)Senior Programmer
41 (7.143 %)Senior Analyst
41 (7.143 %)Software Developer
41 (7.143 %)J2EE Developer
41 (7.143 %)Senior Analyst Programmer
41 (7.143 %)Senior Software Developer
Glasgow IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (28.57 %)UML
14 (28.57 %)OO
22 (14.29 %)Refactoring
22 (14.29 %)Wealth Management
22 (14.29 %)Continuous Integration
31 (7.143 %)Unit Testing
31 (7.143 %)E-Commerce
31 (7.143 %)Programme Management
Glasgow IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
17 (50.00 %)C
17 (50.00 %)C++
17 (50.00 %)Java
22 (14.29 %)JavaScript
22 (14.29 %)DHTML
31 (7.143 %)C#
31 (7.143 %)SQL
Glasgow IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (28.57 %)Oracle
21 (7.143 %)Borland