The first table below looks at the demand for Java EE skills in IT jobs advertised for the Leeds region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java EE 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 Leeds region.

Location
3 months to
18 Jun 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE, JEE)
Rank 110 99 87
Rank change year-on-year
-11 -12
Permanent jobs citing Java EE 40 41 29
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 1.528% 1.877% 1.600%
As % of the Application Development category 3.839% 4.104% 3.545%
Number of salaries quoted 27 35 26
Average salary £35,000 £40,000 £38,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
-12.50% +3.22%
90% offered a salary of more than £32,500 £37,500 £32,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,500 £49,200 £77,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £42,500 £42,500
% change year-on-year
-5.88% -
All Application Development
Leeds
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
1042 999 818
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Leeds 39.82% 45.74% 45.12%
Number of salaries quoted 820 874 715
Average salary £34,000 £35,000 £32,500
Average salary % change year-on-year
-2.85% +7.69%
90% offered a salary of more than £26,000 £25,000 £25,000
10% offered a salary of more than £47,500 £45,000 £45,000
UK excluding London average salary £37,500 £37,500 £36,500
% change year-on-year
- +2.73%
Java EE
West Yorkshire

Java EE
Jobs Demand Trend

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

Leeds Java EE Jobs Demand Trend

Java EE
Salary Trend

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

Leeds Java EE Salary Trend

Java EE
Salary Histogram

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

Leeds Java EE Salary Histogram

Java EE
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing Java EE 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 Java EE.

1 75 (100.00%) Java
2 55 (73.33%) J2EE
3 43 (57.33%) Spring
4 42 (56.00%) Hibernate
5 40 (53.33%) .NET
6 37 (49.33%) OO
7 31 (41.33%) Agile Software Development
8 26 (34.67%) RDBMS
9 24 (32.00%) JSP
10 23 (30.67%) Enterprise Software
11 21 (28.00%) UML
11 21 (28.00%) JavaScript
11 21 (28.00%) WebSphere
12 20 (26.67%) Software Engineering
13 19 (25.33%) jQuery
14 18 (24.00%) OOA/OOD
14 18 (24.00%) JBoss
15 17 (22.67%) TIBCO
15 17 (22.67%) Middleware
15 17 (22.67%) SQL
15 17 (22.67%) C#
15 17 (22.67%) .NET Framework
15 17 (22.67%) Ajax
15 17 (22.67%) Scala
16 15 (20.00%) Oracle
17 13 (17.33%) MVC
17 13 (17.33%) Spring MVC
18 11 (14.67%) Finance
18 11 (14.67%) Retail
18 11 (14.67%) WebLogic

Java EE
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 18 June 2013, IT jobs across the Leeds region citing Java EE 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 Java EE. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 55 (73.33%) J2EE
2 43 (57.33%) Spring
3 42 (56.00%) Hibernate
4 40 (53.33%) .NET
5 24 (32.00%) JSP
6 21 (28.00%) WebSphere
7 19 (25.33%) jQuery
8 17 (22.67%) .NET Framework
8 17 (22.67%) Ajax
8 17 (22.67%) Middleware
9 13 (17.33%) Spring MVC
10 11 (14.67%) XML
11 10 (13.33%) CSS
11 10 (13.33%) JPA
12 9 (12.00%) ActiveMQ
13 8 (10.67%) HTML
13 8 (10.67%) JMS
14 7 (9.333%) SOAP
14 7 (9.333%) JDBC
15 6 (8.000%) Struts
Application Platforms
1 11 (14.67%) WebLogic
2 6 (8.000%) ESB
3 4 (5.333%) GlassFish
4 3 (4.000%) Oracle Application Server
5 2 (2.667%) Apache
5 2 (2.667%) Tomcat
6 1 (1.333%) WebSphere Application Server
Applications
1 1 (1.333%) MS Project
1 1 (1.333%) MS Excel
1 1 (1.333%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 1 (1.333%) Teamcenter
Communications & Networking
1 6 (8.000%) HTTP
2 1 (1.333%) Internet
Database & Business Intelligence
1 26 (34.67%) RDBMS
2 4 (5.333%) SQL Server
3 3 (4.000%) Oracle 11g
4 1 (1.333%) MySQL
4 1 (1.333%) Oracle 10g
4 1 (1.333%) DB2
4 1 (1.333%) Oracle 8/8i
4 1 (1.333%) Oracle 9i
Development Applications
1 7 (9.333%) JUnit
2 4 (5.333%) Maven
3 3 (4.000%) Subversion
3 3 (4.000%) Hudson
4 2 (2.667%) Eclipse
5 1 (1.333%) JMeter
5 1 (1.333%) Selenium
General
1 11 (14.67%) Finance
1 11 (14.67%) Retail
2 1 (1.333%) Aerospace
2 1 (1.333%) Automotive
2 1 (1.333%) Manufacturing
2 1 (1.333%) Publishing
Job Titles
1 49 (65.33%) Developer
1 49 (65.33%) Java Developer
2 33 (44.00%) Software Engineer
3 32 (42.67%) Java Software Engineer
4 17 (22.67%) J2EE Software Engineer
5 15 (20.00%) C# Developer
5 15 (20.00%) C# Software Engineer
6 13 (17.33%) Software Developer
6 13 (17.33%) Java Software Developer
6 13 (17.33%) C# Software Developer
7 11 (14.67%) Java/J2EE Developer
7 11 (14.67%) J2EE Developer
8 7 (9.333%) Senior Developer
8 7 (9.333%) Architect
8 7 (9.333%) Senior Java Developer
9 6 (8.000%) Applications Architect
10 3 (4.000%) Java Programmer
10 3 (4.000%) Programmer
11 2 (2.667%) Junior
11 2 (2.667%) Graduate
Miscellaneous
1 23 (30.67%) Enterprise Software
2 9 (12.00%) Computer Science
3 3 (4.000%) Open Source
4 2 (2.667%) Social Media
5 1 (1.333%) Management Information System
Operating Systems
1 9 (12.00%) Windows
2 8 (10.67%) UNIX
3 7 (9.333%) Linux
4 3 (4.000%) Solaris
5 1 (1.333%) Windows Server 2003
5 1 (1.333%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 37 (49.33%) OO
2 31 (41.33%) Agile Software Development
3 21 (28.00%) UML
4 20 (26.67%) Software Engineering
5 18 (24.00%) OOA/OOD
6 13 (17.33%) MVC
7 7 (9.333%) Continuous Improvement
8 6 (8.000%) TDD
8 6 (8.000%) Unified Process
8 6 (8.000%) SOA
9 4 (5.333%) E-Commerce
10 3 (4.000%) Configuration Management
10 3 (4.000%) Stakeholder Management
10 3 (4.000%) Unit Testing
10 3 (4.000%) Change Control
11 2 (2.667%) Multithreading
12 1 (1.333%) Time Management
12 1 (1.333%) Scrum
12 1 (1.333%) PLM
12 1 (1.333%) Systems Analysis
Programming Languages
1 75 (100.00%) Java
2 21 (28.00%) JavaScript
3 17 (22.67%) SQL
3 17 (22.67%) C#
3 17 (22.67%) Scala
4 2 (2.667%) C
4 2 (2.667%) C++
4 2 (2.667%) VB.NET
5 1 (1.333%) Python
5 1 (1.333%) Ruby
Qualifications
1 9 (12.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.333%) QA
Vendors
1 18 (24.00%) JBoss
2 17 (22.67%) TIBCO
3 15 (20.00%) Oracle
4 4 (5.333%) Perforce
5 2 (2.667%) Terracotta
6 1 (1.333%) ATG
Leeds, West Yorkshire
The successful candidates will have at least 3 years commercial experience developing Java applications and will either be a graduate developer, intermediate developer, Senior or Team Lead developer...
D Tech Recruitment
Salary: From £30,000 to £55,000 per annum
Posted: 15 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
KEYWORDS: Java/JEE/JEE/Leeds/West Yorkshire/North Yorkshire/Harrogate/York/South Yorkshire/Agile/Spring/Hibernate... Key Skills & Experience Required: - Proven Java and / or JEE Software Engineering experience -...
AMsource Technology
Salary: From £30,000 to £50,000 per annum Plus pension, holidays
Posted: 14 June 2013
Leeds, West Yorkshire
Knowledge of systems integration standards including ESB, SOA, XML, SOAP, HTTP and network topology... - Experience of web technologies, enterprise software platforms and database driven applications such as Java...
William Hill
Salary: Competitive
Posted: 23 May 2013