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The table below looks at the demand for Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) skills within the Leeds 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 5 September 2008 with a comparison to the same period last year.

LinkJava 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE)
Location
3 months to
5 Sep 2008
Same period last year
Rank143126
Rank change on same period last yearDown-17
Matching permanent IT job ads743
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.004 %0.018 %
As % of the category below0.572 %2.518 %
Salaries quoted743
Average minimum salary£36,286£30,488
Average salary£36,286£36,814
% change on same period last year-1.43 %
Average maximum salary£36,286£43,140
UK excluding London average salary£37,135£37,167
% change on same period last year-0.08 %
Leeds IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
Leeds
Matching permanent IT job ads12241708
As % of all UK permanent IT job ads sampled0.677 %0.716 %
Salaries quoted11371443
Average minimum salary£31,240£32,349
Average salary£34,016£35,234
% change on same period last year-3.45 %
Average maximum salary£36,793£38,118
UK excluding London average salary£35,934£36,795
% change on same period last year-2.33 %
J2SE West YorkshireJ2SE
West Yorkshire

J2SE
Demand Trend

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

Leeds 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 Leeds region.

Leeds J2SE Salary Trend

J2SE
Salary Histogram

The chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing J2SE across the Leeds region over the 3 months to 5 September 2008.

Leeds J2SE Salary Histogram

J2SE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Leeds 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
211 (91.67 %)J2EE
39 (75.00 %)JSP
39 (75.00 %)XML
48 (66.67 %)Servlets
56 (50.00 %)UNIX
65 (41.67 %)Linux
74 (33.33 %)RDBMS
74 (33.33 %)Computer Science
74 (33.33 %)Finance
83 (25.00 %)Spring
83 (25.00 %)Software Engineering
83 (25.00 %)Shell Script
83 (25.00 %)Windows
83 (25.00 %)Solaris
83 (25.00 %)Oracle
83 (25.00 %)JUnit
83 (25.00 %)EJB
83 (25.00 %)C
83 (25.00 %)HTML
83 (25.00 %)Perl
83 (25.00 %)SQL
92 (16.67 %)VB
92 (16.67 %)MySQL
92 (16.67 %)Swing
92 (16.67 %)Hibernate
92 (16.67 %)Government
92 (16.67 %)Financial Institution
92 (16.67 %)Windows NT
92 (16.67 %)Windows XP

J2SE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 5 September 2008, IT jobs across the Leeds 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.

Leeds IT Job Market, Application DevelopmentApplication Development
111 (91.67 %)J2EE
29 (75.00 %)JSP
29 (75.00 %)XML
38 (66.67 %)Servlets
43 (25.00 %)EJB
43 (25.00 %)HTML
43 (25.00 %)Spring
52 (16.67 %)Swing
52 (16.67 %)Hibernate
61 (8.333 %)JSF
61 (8.333 %)Java SE
61 (8.333 %)Java EE
61 (8.333 %)CSS
61 (8.333 %)JDBC
61 (8.333 %)Struts
61 (8.333 %)WebServices
Leeds IT Job Market, Application PlatformsApplication Platforms
11 (8.333 %)WebLogic
Leeds IT Job Market, Database & Business IntelligenceDatabase & Business Intelligence
14 (33.33 %)RDBMS
22 (16.67 %)MySQL
31 (8.333 %)SQL Server
31 (8.333 %)Informix
31 (8.333 %)Oracle 8/8i
Leeds IT Job Market, Development ApplicationsDevelopment Applications
13 (25.00 %)JUnit
Leeds IT Job Market, GeneralGeneral
14 (33.33 %)Finance
22 (16.67 %)Government
22 (16.67 %)Financial Institution
31 (8.333 %)Pharmaceutical
31 (8.333 %)Law
31 (8.333 %)Insurance
31 (8.333 %)Pensions
Leeds IT Job Market, Job TitlesJob Titles
110 (83.33 %)Developer
29 (75.00 %)Java Developer
36 (50.00 %)Java/J2EE Developer
42 (16.67 %)Programmer
42 (16.67 %)J2EE Developer
51 (8.333 %)Systems Developer
51 (8.333 %)Junior Developer
51 (8.333 %)Systems Architect
51 (8.333 %)J2EE Architect
51 (8.333 %)Junior Java Developer
51 (8.333 %)Java Programmer
51 (8.333 %)Junior J2EE Developer
51 (8.333 %)Junior Software Developer
51 (8.333 %)Java Architect
51 (8.333 %)Junior Java/J2EE Developer
51 (8.333 %)Analyst
51 (8.333 %)Analyst Programmer
51 (8.333 %)Software Developer
51 (8.333 %)Architect
51 (8.333 %)Junior
Leeds IT Job Market, MiscellaneousMiscellaneous
14 (33.33 %)Computer Science
Leeds IT Job Market, Operating SystemsOperating Systems
16 (50.00 %)UNIX
25 (41.67 %)Linux
33 (25.00 %)Windows
33 (25.00 %)Solaris
42 (16.67 %)Windows NT
42 (16.67 %)Windows XP
Leeds IT Job Market, Processes & MethodologiesProcesses & Methodologies
13 (25.00 %)Software Engineering
21 (8.333 %)Web Development
21 (8.333 %)RUP
21 (8.333 %)CRM
21 (8.333 %)Unified Process
21 (8.333 %)Agile Software Development
Leeds IT Job Market, Programming LanguagesProgramming Languages
112 (100.00 %)Java
23 (25.00 %)Perl
23 (25.00 %)SQL
23 (25.00 %)C
23 (25.00 %)Shell Script
32 (16.67 %)VB
41 (8.333 %)PL/SQL
41 (8.333 %)JavaScript
Leeds IT Job Market, VendorsVendors
13 (25.00 %)Oracle