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The table below looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) skills within the Hertfordshire 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 13 October 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
Location
3 months to
13 Oct 2008
Same period last year
Rank159160
Rank change on same period last yearUp+1
Matching permanent IT job ads323
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.002 %0.010 %
As % of the category below0.242 %1.527 %
Salaries quoted323
Average minimum salary£32,333£31,739
Average salary£35,167£37,065
% change on same period last year-5.12 %
Average maximum salary£38,000£42,391
UK excluding London average salary£37,452£38,550
% change on same period last year-2.84 %
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Hertfordshire
Matching permanent IT job ads12411506
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.721 %0.648 %
Salaries quoted10701288
Average minimum salary£37,898£36,038
Average salary£41,697£39,749
% change on same period last year+4.89 %
Average maximum salary£45,496£43,461
UK excluding London average salary£35,991£36,643
% change on same period last year-1.77 %
J2SE East of EnglandJ2SE
East of England

J2SE
Demand Trend

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

Hertfordshire 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 Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire J2SE Salary Trend

J2SE
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing J2SE within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 13 October 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
WatfordNew entry-2£33,500-
St AlbansDown-121£38,500+1.37 %
J2SE East of EnglandJ2SE
East of England

J2SE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

112 (100.00 %)Java
112 (100.00 %)J2EE
210 (83.33 %)Struts
38 (66.67 %)Swing
47 (58.33 %)JBoss
47 (58.33 %)XML
47 (58.33 %)Hibernate
56 (50.00 %)EJB
65 (41.67 %)JSP
65 (41.67 %)Servlets
65 (41.67 %)SQL
65 (41.67 %)JavaBeans
74 (33.33 %)Computer Science
74 (33.33 %)Degree
74 (33.33 %)OO
74 (33.33 %)Oracle
83 (25.00 %)OOP
83 (25.00 %)OOD
83 (25.00 %)Retail
92 (16.67 %)WebSphere
92 (16.67 %)Spring
92 (16.67 %)IBM
92 (16.67 %)Linux
92 (16.67 %)UNIX
92 (16.67 %)Perl
101 (8.333 %)MySQL
101 (8.333 %)SQL Server
101 (8.333 %)DB2
101 (8.333 %)JUnit
101 (8.333 %)WebLogic

J2SE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 13 October 2008, IT jobs across the Hertfordshire 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.

Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
112 (100.00 %)J2EE
210 (83.33 %)Struts
38 (66.67 %)Swing
47 (58.33 %)Hibernate
47 (58.33 %)XML
56 (50.00 %)EJB
65 (41.67 %)JSP
65 (41.67 %)Servlets
65 (41.67 %)JavaBeans
72 (16.67 %)Spring
72 (16.67 %)WebSphere
81 (8.333 %)Velocity
81 (8.333 %)Apache Axis
81 (8.333 %)FreeMarker
81 (8.333 %)JSF
81 (8.333 %)XMLBeans
81 (8.333 %)AJAX
81 (8.333 %)Middleware
81 (8.333 %)JMS
81 (8.333 %)NetBeans
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
17 (58.33 %)JBoss
21 (8.333 %)Tomcat
21 (8.333 %)MQSeries
21 (8.333 %)WebLogic
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
11 (8.333 %)MySQL
11 (8.333 %)SQL Server
11 (8.333 %)DB2
11 (8.333 %)SQLPlus
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
11 (8.333 %)JUnit
11 (8.333 %)JBuilder
11 (8.333 %)WebSphere Studio Application Developer
11 (8.333 %)Eclipse
11 (8.333 %)JDeveloper
11 (8.333 %)Log4j
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
13 (25.00 %)Retail
21 (8.333 %)Games
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
19 (75.00 %)Developer
19 (75.00 %)Java Developer
26 (50.00 %)Software Engineer
35 (41.67 %)Programmer
35 (41.67 %)Java Programmer
35 (41.67 %)J2EE Software Engineer
35 (41.67 %)Java/J2EE Developer
35 (41.67 %)J2EE Developer
35 (41.67 %)Java Software Engineer
41 (8.333 %)Applications Support Specialist
41 (8.333 %)Applications Specialist
41 (8.333 %)Graduate
41 (8.333 %)Junior
41 (8.333 %)Support Specialist
41 (8.333 %)Applications Support
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (33.33 %)Computer Science
21 (8.333 %)Mainframe
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
12 (16.67 %)UNIX
12 (16.67 %)Linux
21 (8.333 %)Red Hat Linux
21 (8.333 %)AIX
21 (8.333 %)HPUX
21 (8.333 %)Solaris
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
14 (33.33 %)OO
23 (25.00 %)OOP
23 (25.00 %)OOD
31 (8.333 %)UML
31 (8.333 %)RAD
31 (8.333 %)E-Commerce
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (100.00 %)Java
25 (41.67 %)SQL
32 (16.67 %)Perl
41 (8.333 %)Shell Script
41 (8.333 %)XPath
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, QualificationsQualifications
14 (33.33 %)Degree
Hertfordshire IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
14 (33.33 %)Oracle
22 (16.67 %)IBM
31 (8.333 %)BEA
31 (8.333 %)Red Hat
31 (8.333 %)ATG
31 (8.333 %)Blue Martini