The first table below looks at the demand for J2EE skills in IT jobs advertised for the Lancashire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited J2EE over the 3 months to 18 June 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the Lancashire region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE)
Rank 49 34 19
Rank change year-on-year
-15 -15
Permanent jobs citing J2EE 11 28 45
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 2.371% 5.479% 11.42%
As % of the Application Development category 4.472% 10.33% 19.31%
Number of salaries quoted 11 27 44
Average salary £50,000 £31,500 £37,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
+58.73% -16.00%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,000 £30,500 £35,000
10% offered a salary of more than £72,500 £37,000 £40,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,000 £45,000 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-6.66% +5.88%
All Application Development
Lancashire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
246 271 233
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Lancashire 53.02% 53.03% 59.14%
Number of salaries quoted 235 258 208
Average salary £32,500 £31,500 £31,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+3.17% +1.61%
90% offered a salary of more than £25,000 £26,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £40,000 £42,500 £38,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
J2EE
North West

J2EE
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing J2EE across the Lancashire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

Lancashire J2EE Jobs Demand Trend

J2EE
Salary Trend

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

Lancashire J2EE Salary Trend

J2EE
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing J2EE across the Lancashire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013.

Lancashire 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 Lancashire region over the 3 months to 18 June 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Find
Job
Vacancies
Blackburn +3 4 £40,000 - 2
Preston -3 4 £72,500 +130.15% 1
Blackpool - 1 £70,000 -
J2EE
North West

J2EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 32 (96.97%) Java
2 18 (54.55%) Web Services
3 17 (51.52%) JavaScript
4 16 (48.48%) HTML
5 14 (42.42%) E-Commerce
6 12 (36.36%) WebSphere
6 12 (36.36%) ESB
7 11 (33.33%) Finance
7 11 (33.33%) SOA
8 10 (30.30%) CSS
8 10 (30.30%) Agile Software Development
9 9 (27.27%) SQL
10 8 (24.24%) JSP
10 8 (24.24%) JUnit
10 8 (24.24%) WebSphere Application Server
10 8 (24.24%) XML
10 8 (24.24%) Web Development
10 8 (24.24%) TDD
10 8 (24.24%) Retail
10 8 (24.24%) Spring
11 7 (21.21%) EJB
11 7 (21.21%) OOA/OOD
11 7 (21.21%) Oracle
11 7 (21.21%) SQL Server
12 6 (18.18%) Ant
12 6 (18.18%) JSF
12 6 (18.18%) Maven
12 6 (18.18%) Degree
13 5 (15.15%) Middleware
14 4 (12.12%) ERP

J2EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Lancashire 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 18 (54.55%) Web Services
2 16 (48.48%) HTML
3 12 (36.36%) WebSphere
4 10 (30.30%) CSS
5 8 (24.24%) JSP
5 8 (24.24%) XML
5 8 (24.24%) Spring
6 7 (21.21%) EJB
7 6 (18.18%) JSF
8 5 (15.15%) Middleware
9 4 (12.12%) Servlets
10 3 (9.091%) SOAP
10 3 (9.091%) Hibernate
10 3 (9.091%) Ajax
11 2 (6.061%) WSDL
11 2 (6.061%) jQuery
12 1 (3.030%) JPA
12 1 (3.030%) Guice
12 1 (3.030%) Struts2
12 1 (3.030%) iOS SDK
Application Platforms
1 12 (36.36%) ESB
2 8 (24.24%) WebSphere Application Server
3 2 (6.061%) WebLogic
4 1 (3.030%) IIS
4 1 (3.030%) Apache
Business Applications
1 1 (3.030%) SAP xMII
Communications & Networking
1 1 (3.030%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 7 (21.21%) SQL Server
2 2 (6.061%) DB2
2 2 (6.061%) RDBMS
3 1 (3.030%) SAP BW
3 1 (3.030%) SAP HANA
3 1 (3.030%) IBM InfoSphere
3 1 (3.030%) Oracle 8/8i
3 1 (3.030%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (24.24%) JUnit
2 6 (18.18%) Ant
2 6 (18.18%) Maven
3 3 (9.091%) Eclipse
4 1 (3.030%) Xcode
4 1 (3.030%) Subversion
General
1 11 (33.33%) Finance
2 8 (24.24%) Retail
3 3 (9.091%) Marketing
4 1 (3.030%) Automotive
4 1 (3.030%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 22 (66.67%) Developer
2 21 (63.64%) Java Developer
3 13 (39.39%) Java/J2EE Developer
4 9 (27.27%) Java Web Developer
4 9 (27.27%) Web Developer
5 4 (12.12%) Architect
5 4 (12.12%) J2EE Developer
5 4 (12.12%) Applications Architect
6 3 (9.091%) Java Programmer
6 3 (9.091%) Senior Java Developer
6 3 (9.091%) Java Software Developer
6 3 (9.091%) Software Developer
6 3 (9.091%) Analyst
6 3 (9.091%) Consultant
6 3 (9.091%) Senior Developer
6 3 (9.091%) Analyst Programmer
6 3 (9.091%) Programmer
7 2 (6.061%) Software Engineer
7 2 (6.061%) Java Analyst Programmer
7 2 (6.061%) Java Consultant
Miscellaneous
1 1 (3.030%) Mainframe
1 1 (3.030%) FMCG
1 1 (3.030%) iPhone
1 1 (3.030%) Open Source
1 1 (3.030%) iPad
1 1 (3.030%) Mobile App
1 1 (3.030%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 3 (9.091%) Linux
2 2 (6.061%) UNIX
3 1 (3.030%) Windows
3 1 (3.030%) AIX
3 1 (3.030%) SUSE
3 1 (3.030%) Android
3 1 (3.030%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
3 1 (3.030%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 14 (42.42%) E-Commerce
2 11 (33.33%) SOA
3 10 (30.30%) Agile Software Development
4 8 (24.24%) TDD
4 8 (24.24%) Web Development
5 7 (21.21%) OOA/OOD
6 4 (12.12%) UML
6 4 (12.12%) CRM
6 4 (12.12%) ERP
6 4 (12.12%) Logistics
7 2 (6.061%) Software Engineering
7 2 (6.061%) MVC
7 2 (6.061%) Scrum
7 2 (6.061%) OOD
7 2 (6.061%) OO
8 1 (3.030%) Project Management
8 1 (3.030%) Disaster Recovery
8 1 (3.030%) Extreme Programming
8 1 (3.030%) Business Continuity
8 1 (3.030%) Migration
Programming Languages
1 32 (96.97%) Java
2 17 (51.52%) JavaScript
3 9 (27.27%) SQL
4 2 (6.061%) Groovy
5 1 (3.030%) COBOL
5 1 (3.030%) Objective-C
Qualifications
1 6 (18.18%) Degree
Vendors
1 7 (21.21%) Oracle
2 2 (6.061%) IBM
3 1 (3.030%) Red Hat
3 1 (3.030%) Endeca
3 1 (3.030%) SAP
Preston, North West
You will have at least 3 years commercial Java development knowledge with ideally knowledge of the Spring framework and design patterns. You will also have good SQL knowledge...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £34000 - £40000 per annum + bens
Posted: 11 June 2013
Blackburn, North West
Java / Web developer (Java/J2EE/JScript/HTML) nr Blackburn (off M65)Key skills: Java/J2EE development, web development (HTML/Javascript/CSS), SOA/web services Java developer sought by...
Applause IT Ltd
Salary: £35000 - £45000 per annum
Posted: 7 June 2013
Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside
They’re comfortable mixing enterprise technology, like Endeca Search or JPA, with best-of-breed open source libraries, like Guice or jQuery... Technologies: Java based core & web technologies (...
Trader Media Group Ltd
Salary: Up to £40,000 per annum plus bonus and great benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013
Lancashire, North West
Hard Skills - Java (ideally J2EE) SQL databases (MySQL, MS-SQL Server) Agile/TDD experience Soft Skills - 'Forward thinking' (always looking to advance your career and explore new technologies)...
Computer Futures
Salary: £50000 - £60000 per annum
Posted: 23 May 2013
Blackburn, North West
The Role The requires skills for a Java Developer are:- Java / J2EE (Working in a multi-user environment)- Front-End web Development skills (HTML/JavaScript/CSS)- SOA Design...
JAM
Salary: £35000.00 per annum
Posted: 18 June 2013
Newton-Le-Willows, Merseyside
Trader Media Group Ltd
Salary: Up to £37,000 per annum plus on-call, bonus and great benefits
Posted: 23 May 2013