The first table below looks at the demand for the Java/J2EE Developer role in IT jobs advertised for the Manchester region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited Java/J2EE Developer in their job title over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all Job Titles advertised for the Manchester region.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Java J2EE Developer
Rank 160 121 118
Rank change year-on-year
-39 -3
Permanent jobs requiring a Java/J2EE Developer 34 54 56
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 0.838% 1.489% 1.419%
As % of the Job Titles category 0.877% 1.543% 1.477%
Number of salaries quoted 32 54 56
Average salary £36,000 £35,000 £35,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.85% -
90% offered a salary of more than £32,000 £24,000 £29,250
10% offered a salary of more than £43,000 £45,000 £47,500
UK excluding London average salary £38,500 £42,500 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-9.41% +6.25%
All Job Titles
Manchester
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Job Titles category
3875 3500 3791
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Manchester 95.49% 96.53% 96.07%
Number of salaries quoted 3350 3122 3469
Average salary £35,000 £35,000 £35,000
90% offered a salary of more than £23,500 £23,000 £21,500
10% offered a salary of more than £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £38,000 £38,000 £37,500
% change year-on-year
- +1.33%
Java/J2EE Developer
North West

Java/J2EE Developer
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer across the Manchester region as a proportion of the total demand within the Job Titles category.

Manchester Java/J2EE Developer Jobs Demand Trend

Java/J2EE Developer
Salary Trend

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

Manchester Java/J2EE Developer Salary Trend

Java/J2EE Developer
Salary Histogram

This chart provides a salary histogram for IT jobs citing Java/J2EE Developer across the Manchester region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013.

Manchester Java/J2EE Developer Salary Histogram

Java/J2EE Developer
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited Java/J2EE Developer in their job title 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 with Java/J2EE Developer in their job title.

1 86 (100.00%) Java
1 86 (100.00%) J2EE
2 61 (70.93%) Spring
3 53 (61.63%) Hibernate
4 49 (56.98%) JSP
5 43 (50.00%) SQL
6 40 (46.51%) Linux
7 34 (39.53%) Tomcat
8 32 (37.21%) Agile Software Development
9 31 (36.05%) JBoss
10 28 (32.56%) Web Application Development
11 26 (30.23%) JavaScript
12 24 (27.91%) Oracle
13 22 (25.58%) Apache
13 22 (25.58%) Struts
13 22 (25.58%) Scrum
14 21 (24.42%) E-Commerce
15 20 (23.26%) jQuery
16 19 (22.09%) Apache Solr
16 19 (22.09%) OO
16 19 (22.09%) MySQL
17 18 (20.93%) TDD
18 17 (19.77%) Pair Programming
19 15 (17.44%) Degree
19 15 (17.44%) Ajax
19 15 (17.44%) Web Services
19 15 (17.44%) Servlets
20 14 (16.28%) JDBC
20 14 (16.28%) JSF
20 14 (16.28%) BDD

Java/J2EE Developer
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT jobs across the Manchester region that cited Java/J2EE Developer in their job title 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 with Java/J2EE Developer in their job title. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 86 (100.00%) J2EE
2 61 (70.93%) Spring
3 53 (61.63%) Hibernate
4 49 (56.98%) JSP
5 22 (25.58%) Struts
6 20 (23.26%) jQuery
7 15 (17.44%) Ajax
7 15 (17.44%) Web Services
7 15 (17.44%) Servlets
8 14 (16.28%) JSF
8 14 (16.28%) JDBC
9 13 (15.12%) J2SE
10 10 (11.63%) HTML
11 8 (9.302%) CSS
12 6 (6.977%) XML
13 5 (5.814%) SOAP
14 4 (4.651%) WebSphere
15 3 (3.488%) JSTL
15 3 (3.488%) Django
15 3 (3.488%) JMS
Application Platforms
1 34 (39.53%) Tomcat
2 22 (25.58%) Apache
3 19 (22.09%) Apache Solr
4 2 (2.326%) ESB
4 2 (2.326%) WebLogic
5 1 (1.163%) WebSphere Application Server
Communications & Networking
1 10 (11.63%) HTTP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 19 (22.09%) MySQL
2 12 (13.95%) RDBMS
3 3 (3.488%) SQL Server
4 2 (2.326%) DB2
5 1 (1.163%) Redis
Development Applications
1 12 (13.95%) Subversion
2 7 (8.140%) Maven
3 6 (6.977%) JUnit
3 6 (6.977%) Eclipse
4 2 (2.326%) CruiseControl
4 2 (2.326%) Git (software)
4 2 (2.326%) Ant
5 1 (1.163%) ClearCase
General
1 7 (8.140%) Finance
2 5 (5.814%) Financial Institution
3 2 (2.326%) Billing
4 1 (1.163%) Telecoms
4 1 (1.163%) Publishing
Miscellaneous
1 13 (15.12%) Enterprise Software
2 4 (4.651%) Telematics
3 3 (3.488%) Mainframe
3 3 (3.488%) IBM Mainframe
4 2 (2.326%) Open Source
4 2 (2.326%) SaaS
5 1 (1.163%) Social Media
5 1 (1.163%) RMADS
5 1 (1.163%) Computer Science
Operating Systems
1 40 (46.51%) Linux
2 12 (13.95%) UNIX
3 2 (2.326%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 32 (37.21%) Agile Software Development
2 28 (32.56%) Web Application Development
3 22 (25.58%) Scrum
4 21 (24.42%) E-Commerce
5 19 (22.09%) OO
6 18 (20.93%) TDD
7 17 (19.77%) Pair Programming
8 14 (16.28%) BDD
9 8 (9.302%) MVC
10 5 (5.814%) Extreme Programming
11 4 (4.651%) ITIL
12 3 (3.488%) Dependency Injection
12 3 (3.488%) Unit Testing
12 3 (3.488%) Kanban
13 2 (2.326%) Information Assurance
13 2 (2.326%) Web Development
13 2 (2.326%) SOA
13 2 (2.326%) Identity Management
14 1 (1.163%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 86 (100.00%) Java
2 43 (50.00%) SQL
3 26 (30.23%) JavaScript
4 3 (3.488%) Python
4 3 (3.488%) Bash shell
5 2 (2.326%) PHP
6 1 (1.163%) C#
6 1 (1.163%) C++
Qualifications
1 15 (17.44%) Degree
2 11 (12.79%) PhD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (1.163%) JSP 440
System Software
1 2 (2.326%) Active Directory
Vendors
1 31 (36.05%) JBoss
2 24 (27.91%) Oracle
3 3 (3.488%) IBM
4 1 (1.163%) Google
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